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Thursday, November 12, 2015

George Honey Biography

During the first several weeks of 1894 publisher F. M. Brown ran several biographies of Sutton citizens in his Sutton Register newspaper. 


George Honey built a large, two-story building on the southeast corner of Saunders Avenue and Hickory Street where he operated his furniture store/hardware store and mortuary. That building became the Sutton Schools Auditorium for many years. After the schools moved to the north end of town, it was a blacksmith shop and later was destroyed in a fire. 


The Sutton Community Center is now located on that site. 





Samuel Carney Biography


During the first several weeks of 1894 publisher F. M. Brown ran several biographies of Sutton citizens in his Sutton Register newspaper. 


This is the bio of Samuel Carney, the Elder. One of the first commercial businesses in Sutton and the first one on Saunders Avenue was a hardware store started by I. N. Clark. Clark hired Samuel Clark into that business. I. N. Clark soon turned to business over to Carney to pursue other interests - real estate and driving the development of our town.



Samuel Clark had a son, Samuel Jr. who took his turn running this hardware business later hiring his own assistant and clerk, Les Bauer. When Samuel Jr. retired, Les Bauer became Sutton's hardware merchant on the north side operating the business for several years.







John C. Merrill Biography

During the first several weeks of 1894 publisher F. M. Brown ran several biographies of Sutton citizens in his Sutton Register newspaper. 




Dr. John M. Birkner Biography




During the first several weeks of 1894 publisher F. M. Brown ran several biographies of Sutton citizens in his Sutton Register newspaper. 




Frederick J. Hoerger Biography

During the first several weeks of 1894 publisher F. M. Brown ran several biographies of Sutton citizens in his Sutton Register newspaper. 


This is the bio of Frederick J Hoerger - a bit raggen on the edge of the paper but this is a 121-year old newspaper - deal with it.