Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1890. Volume 5. Indianapolis : R. L. Polk & Co., 1890.
See also:
Entries from Dearborn County, Indiana (1890)
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana (1890)
Dearborn County Directories

AURORA. This city of 5,500 inhabitants is situated on the Ohio river and O. & M. and C., C., C. & St. L. Rys, in Dearborn county, 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh court house, 25 from Cincinnati, and 79 from Indianapolis. It was settled in 1819, incorporated in 1848, and is now a growing manufacturing place supplied with 12 churches, 2 graded schools, an opera house with a seating capacity of 600, 2 national banks, good hotels, gas works and a fire department. The press is represented by 2 weekly newspapers, the Independent and Spectator. The chief manufacturing establishments comprise 1 flour mill, furniture factory, distillery, 1 foundry, 2 chair factories, saw mill, machine shop, large brewery, cooper shop and 2 brick yards. Exp., B. & O. and Adams. Tel., W, U. S. G. Givan, postmaster.

• Aurora Cigar Co, cigar mnfrs.
• Aurora Distilling Co, Charles L Howe Pres, Charles H Jacob Vice-Pres, Henry W Smith, Sec and Treas.
• Aurora Furniture Co, furniture mnfrs.
• Aurora Gas Light and Coke and Coal Co.
• Aurora National Bank (capital, $100,000), Will F Stephens pres, Alex B Pattison cash.
• Aurora Spectator, Everett & Gregory proprs.
• Baker Charles K, blacksmith
• Baker James M, marshall
• Baker Walter S, insurance
• Bauer Charles, carpenter
• Bauer John H, tailor
• Beinkamp Charles M, grocer
• Bellican Mrs. S A, Milliner
• Blinn Mrs. Clara, mngr W C T U
• Bloom Abraham, grocer
• Bond Richard C, physician
• Bradford Albert W, blacksmith
• Brannon John, grocer
• Braunegel Michael, saloon
• Brodbeck Henry W, dentist
• Buchanan John, confectioner
• Buffington Blythe W, grocer
• Busby Isaac, boarding house
• Campbell Alexander M, farm impts
• Canfield Oliver T, dry goods
• Chambers, Stevens & Co, general store
• Cheek Lafe M & Co, grocers
• Cobb John & Co, chair mnfrs.
• Cobb L Willard, propr Dearborn Independent
• Cobb O P & Co, groceries and hardware
• Cochran Misses G & L, milliners
• Cofield Wm R, sewing machines and organs
• Coles J R & Sons, livery
• Crescent Brewing Co, brewers
• Crosby Peter, saw mill
• Curtis & Buffington, feed mill
• Day Wm T, undertaker
• Dearborn Indpendent, L Willard Cobb propr.
• Denton John H, fish
• Donselman & Co, grocers
• Dorrel D & Son, meat market
• Downey Erastus S, livery and farm impts
• Downey George E, lawyer
• Droge Gerhard H, grocer
• Ebel John P, grocer and saloon
• Egan John, tailor
• Elliott Aaron M, farm impts
• Elliott Wm, meat market
• Emrie Mrs. Curtis K, milliner
• Emrie Henry, jeweler
• Epstein L, clothing
• Everett & Gregory, proprs Aurora Spectator
• Excelsior Iron Roofing Co, Mnfrs Iron Roofing, Sidings, Metallic Slating, Iron Truss Roofs, Iron Doors, Shutters, Chimneys, Breechings.
• Fehling Charles, grocer
• Ferguson James E, photographer
• Fisk & Son, carriage mnfrs.
• Flohr John, barber
• Freiberger Andrew, saloon
• Fritz Hiram, carriages
• Funck George P, meat market
• Gieholdt & Miller, meat market
• Givan Sanford G, postmaster
• Goenawein Jacob, shoes
• Goerth Bros, barbers
• Goerth L & Son, painters
• Graf Louis, gunsmith
• Gregg Presley, lawyer
• Griffin Mrs. Mary A, grocer
• Griffith Wm W & Co, drugs
• Hannah Mrs. J, dressmaker
• Haring Emil L, dentist
• Harwood Elias, painter
• Hauck Louis, barber
• Heaton Connelly, physician
• Held Henry, hardware, etc.
• Henry Wm C, physician
• Herdegen & Kress, grocers
• Hill A & Son, coal
• Hillman Charles, crockery
• Holman & Holman, lawyers, etc.
• Holthause Edward, furn and undertkr
• Horr Philip, jeweler
• Huckleberry Rev Frank M (Baptist)
• Hurlbert Lewis G, lumber
• Jacobs Henry, notions
• Jaehnich & Renner, cigarmakers
• Johnston Adam, baker, etc.
• Johnston John A, confectioner
• Kassebaum F W & Son, marble
• Kastner Anthony, baker and grocer
• Kerr & Melson, blacksmiths
• Kirsch House, Jacob Kirsch Propr, 162 and 164 Second St, nr O & M Depot
• Kirsch Jacob, Propr Kirsch House; First-Class Accomodation for Travelers
• Klueber John Jr., clothing
• Knight Charles, picture frames
• Knight Mrs. Sarah, milliner
• Knippenberg Heinrich, confectioner
• Kreite Louis, architect
• Kreite Mrs. Mary, grocer
• Kyle John J, Oculist and Aurist
• Kyle T M, Surgical Specialist, Medical and Surgical Treatment of Malignant Diseases, 75 Second
• Kyle & Son, Physicians and Surgeons
• Lamar Mrs. Elizabeth, dry goods
• Lamb James, physician
• Langtree, McGuire & Co (John J Backman, George C Mullen), Flour Mill
• Leive Wm, books
• Lindsay J F & Son, carpenters
• Loew Jacob, baker
• Lostutter David & Co., insurance
• Love James, saloon
• McAvoy George, druggist
• McClellan Miss Mattie, dressmaker
• McConnell R A & Bros, dry goods
• McHenry Charles B, lumber
• McHenry Wm J, lumber
• McIntyre Mrs. Isabella, confectioner
• McIntyre John A, furniture, etc.
• McMullen & Johnston, lawyers
• Maffey Frank, grocer and saloon
• Marshall Arthur P, raeal estate
• Martin Charles, saloon
• Mattox Charles, agent O & M Ry
• Mauntel Frederick, livery
• Maybin Robert, general store
• Merkel Adolph H, grocer and insurance
• Milburn John N, books and jewelry
• Miles Allen W, justice of peace
• Mitchell Mrs. M B, milliner
• Mueller Charles C, druggist
• Mullen & Dennerline, insurance
• Murphy John F, veterinary surgeon
• Nees John A, hotel and grocer
• Nees Wm J, music teacher
• Neff & Schipper, shoes
• Niebaum & Steuver, dry goods
• Norton Thomas, junk
• Oswald George, baker
• Parks John A, lawyer
• Parnell Kerby, barber
• Pelgen John, saloon
• Pelgen Mrs. Margaret, grocer
• Peters David, grocer and saloon
• Peters Jacob, carpenter
• Petscher John, saloon
• Petscher J William, barber
• Pickelheimer Moses S, lawyer and mayor
• Pickelheimer Thomas J, lightning rods
• Porter Miss Ruth, dressmaker
• Post Clemens, Mnfr and Wholesale Dealer in Fine Cigars, cor Second and Bridgeway
• Probst George & Henry, brick mnfrs
• Rectanus Frederick, physician
• Riddell J & Co, druggists
• Ritter John, shoemaker
• Roberts John W, harnessmaker
• Roberts Omar F, lawyer
• Sale J H & Son, physicians
• Sargent Thomas W, coal and salt
• Sattler & Conway, well machinery
• Scharf Wm F, meat market
• Schroeder Mrs. Magdalena, grocer and saloon
• Schuler John C, furniture
• Schultz Adolph, saloon and restaurant
• Schulz Bros, clothing mnfrs
• Schwartz Mrs. Kate, notions
• Schoentrup Rev. J J (Catholic)
• Siemantel Mrs. Catherine, saloon
• Siemantel Simon, grocer and saloon
• Smelly Reuben B, confectioner
• Smith Edwin, physician
• Smith Henry J, justice of peace
• Somerfield Samuel, millinery
• Spaeth H P & Co, hardware and stoves
• Spencer Benjamin F, druggist
• Stagenwald Miss Anna, grocer
• Stamm Julius, Machinist, Mnfr of Moulding Cutters
• Stapp David H, lawyer
• Stedman Nathan, foundry
• Stedman & Vail, insurance
• Stoll L & Son, meat market
• Stratton Loren S, general store
• Stronk Mrs. Dora, saloon
• Sunnyside Distilling Co, Mnfrs of the Celebrated Sunnyside All-Rye Whiskies
• Taylor George W Jr., livery
• Teany James R, grocer
• Thomas & King, machinists
• Thoms F & Co., blacksmiths
• Tuck Nelson H, photographer
• Twentyman John, shoemaker
• Uhly Wm, barber
• Ulrich John, druggist
• Underhill Winfield S, saloon
• Vail Benjamin Jr., lawyer
• Walker A D, blacksmith
• Walter Jacob, saw mill
• Walton James N, photographer
• Ward Samuel W, sewing machines
• Webber Wm, grocer
• Webster Miss Mary C, milliner
• Weiss Louis, saloon
• Werner Michael, shoemaker
• White John H, agent Big 4 and Am Exp Co.
• Wood Rev E H (Methodist)
• Wood Henry, grocer, feed, etc.
• Writer David, stone mason
• Wymond Ellsworth, news agent
• Wymond John E, insurance
• Wymond Miss Lois, milliner
• Wymond Philip, brick mnfr.
• Wymond Samuel Cooperage Co., Gilbert H Wymond Pres, Denton Wymond Vice Pres, Randall J Wymond Sec-Treas and Genl Manager
• Zimmerman Peter, saloon