DOWNEY, CA (LOS ANGELES CO) DIRECTORY, 1883-84 Reprinted from Los Angeles City and County Directory, 1883-84, pp. 353-360. Copied/submitted by Robert E. Brasher, Jr. "Downey. (A Post and Express Office 12 miles southeast of Los Angeles, on the Anaheim and Santa Ana branch of the S.P.R.R.) Adams, J.W., laborer Anderson, G.D., farmer Allen, O.H., farmer Allen, Mrs. R. Ambrose, W.D., farmer Andrews, Joshua, blacksmith E.S. Crawford Andis, J.C., Mrs. Bangle, John, peddler Banks, J.K., agent S.P.R.R., W.F. & Co. and W.U. Tel. Co. Baptist Church Barker, A.L., laborer Barnett, E.L., farmer Beddome, Wm., farmer Bell, Leander, photographer Benbrook, C.M., Mrs. Berlin, Lizzie, Miss, domestic J. Schlesinger Bidwell, R.D., farmer Bird, J., peddler pictures, notions, etc. Black, Chas., cigar stand H.S. Daniels & Son Borden, A., farmer Borden, R.B., farmer Bowman, H., blacksmith R.B. Harris Brenizer, J.K., farmer Brodie, W., farmer Bronson, A.B., physician Brunson, R.A., farmer Butler, G.E. minister Burke, J.H., farmer Burke, S.W., teacher Burton, A.H., peddler Buster, J.W., Justice of the Peace and Notary Public Caruthers, W., farmer Carson, Henry C., meat market E.S. Crawford, res Compton Central Hotel, W.H. Russell prop'r, Crawford Chapman, J.C., carpenter Cheney, A.H., farmer Cheney, T.S., dairyman Christian Church, Rev. Dr. Kendrick, pastor Clark,A.W., bookkeeper Frankel Bros., res Central Hotel Clayton, P.O., farmer Click, G.W., wagon-maker Cochran, I.N., farmer Cocke, J.H., farmer Cocke, John R., farmer Cohn, Sam, meat market Cole, A.J., farmer Condit, W.H., well borer Cooley, W., farmer Cramer, Chas., orchardist Crawford, M.D. Jr., farmer Daniels, F.H. (H.S. Daniels & Son) Daniels, H.S. (H.S. Daniels & Son) Daniels, H.S. & Son (H.S. Daniels and F.H. Daniels) druggists Davis, A.E., farmer Davis, J.J., farmer Decker, L.K., tinsmith W. Dickerson, res Central Hotel Decker, Z., shaving and hairdressing saloon, Crawford Denman, Chas., porter J. Loew Devine, Martin, farmer Dickerson, J.P., farmer Dickerson, W., stoves and tinware, Crawford and 2d Dismukes, Geo. E., farmer Dodson, J., farmer Downey Land Association (Hon. J.G. Downey and M.D. Crawford, Sr. ) Downey Signal (weekly) Purcell & Emmert publishers, E.S. Crawford Dudley, F.A., Mrs. boarding and lodging, Railroad Dunn, John A., farmer Dunn, J.T., farmer Dyke, M.N., farmer Eason, Chas. C., Pollard Saloon, E.S. Crawford, res same East, W.T., farmer Edwards, Henry, farmer Eliot, S., farmer Elliott, Geo. E., clerk Jenison & Greening Ellis, Thomas, surveyor Emmert, J.M. (Purcell and Emmert) res Central Hotel Enlow, B.J., farmer Fleming, J.P. farmer Flora, A.W., Mrs. Foster, G.W., farmer Foster, Jno., farmer Francis, C.W., farmer Frankel, M.E. (Franklin Bros.) Frankel, Sam (Franklin Bros.) Franklin Bros.,(Samuel and M.E. Frankel) general Merchandise Freeman, Wm. , farmer French, Edwin, capitalist Fuller, John, constable and deputy sheriff Fuller, W.D., Mrs. res Crawford Gillespie, J., res Central Hotel Glass, Wm., farmer Glidden, J.C., horse trainer, res Central Hotel Goodrich, B.G., farmer Graham, J.B., dairyman Greening, E.G. (Jenison & Greening) Grey, A.N., constable Grider, M., notion peddler Griffith, J.M. & Co., lumber dealers, S.S. Skidmore, agent Groover, J.F., physician Haddock, T.W., carpenter Hagar, P., Mrs. Hall, Wm. F., farmer Hammer, S.C., painter Hammerton, H.W., farmer Harris, R.B., blacksmith, s.s. Front nr Crawford Harris, W.M., orchardist Harper, W.S., farmer Haynes, J.G.B., farmer Holman, W.C. farmer Horton, M., farmer Horton, W.A., farmer Houghton, Albert, peddler Hovey, Charles, Mrs. Huntley, John, farmer Jenison, J.E. (Jenison & Greening) Jenison & Greening, (J.E. Jenison and E.G. Greening) general merchan Johnston, Robert, farmer Julian, M.S., peddler Kating, N., laborer Kellogg, C.G., farmer Kendrick, J.R. phyician Kerns, T.J., farmer Kinman, Nathan, livery stable Lane, D., farmer Levi, Morris, clerk, J. Loew, res e.s. Crawford Levy, C.W., supervisor Livermore, P.P., postmaster Loew, Jacob, commission merchant, e.s. Crawford Logan, A.J., farmer Los Nietos College, one mile south of Downey Lugo, B.A., clerk, Frankel Bros Luper, Martin, farmer Manning, M. Mrs., farmer Manning, T.R., farmer Manning, S.H., farmer Harter, George M., farmer (Typo?) Mathews, F.M., farmer Mayes, Robert, farmer McCormick, William M., farmer McDonald, E., dairyman McGarvin, John, fish peddler McKellar, D.H., farmer McKeller, Josie, Miss,teacher McKinney, Charles, farmer Methodist Episcopal Church South Mitrovich, J.A., groceries, liquors, etc., cor Crawford and Second Moores, William, clergyman Morrison, George, porter J. Loew Morrow, John N., farmer Newmark, Joseph, clerk J. Schlesinger, res w.s. Crawford Mewcomb, R.T., farmer Neighbors, A.W., farmer Neighbors, S.M., farmer Nietos Lodge I.O.O.F. O'Connor, P., farmer Odd Fellows Building Association of Downey Patten, B.P., farmer Paulsell, L. , Mrs. Pearce, J.B., farmer Pendleton, A., farmer Pendleton, E., farmer Pendleton, W.H. Jr., farmer Pendleton, W.H. Sr., farmer Patton, Jack, laborer Pioneer Saloon, D.P., Smart, prop'r, n.e.cor Front and Crawford Pitts, J.M., laborer Pitts, J.W., porter J. Loew Pollard Saloon, C.C. Eason, prop'r, e.s. Crawford Prindle, E.J., farmer Purcell, S.H. (Purcell & Emmert) res New Purcell & Emmert (S.H. Purcell & J.M. Emmert) publishers Downey Sign Quill, James, farmer Ragland, P.E. Mrs., farmer Reynolds, C., farm hand Reynolds, C.A., farmer Reynolds, W.M., farmer Rice, John H., farmer Rice, M. Mrs. Riddick, C.B. Ridenhour, Geo., farmer Rives, J.C., printer, Downey Signal, res Second Rogers, Diego A., farm hand Ruddock, Eugene, apprentice, Downey Signal res Crawford Ruddock, S.C., farmer Ruddock, S.C. Mrs., milliner and dressmaker, Crawford Russell, W.H., prop'r Central Hotel Ryder, A.G., farmer Schehon, Robert, superintendent Loew's mill Scheleser, M. , variety store e.s. Crawford, res same Schenck & Thayer, horse breeders, trainers Schlesinger, J., gen'l mdse, e.s.Crawford, res w.s. Crawford See, Frank, barkeeper D.P. Smart, res s.s. Front See, John, Mrs., farmer Shortridge, C.S., harnessmaker Sidwell, Jas., clerk Sam Cohn Skidmore, A.G. Mrs Skidmore, E.U., expressman, res cor 3rd and depot Skidmore, Geo. E., clerk, Jenison & Greening Skidmore, M. Mrs., farmer Skidmore, Schuyler B., peddler Skidmore, S.S., agent J.M. Griffith & Co. Skinner, J.K., farmer Smart, D.P., Pioneer Saloon, n.e. cor Front and Crawford, res s.s. F Smith, Chas., farmer Smith, Joseph, teacher Smith, Joshua, shoemaker, e.s. Crawford, res same Smith, W.C., physician Sparks, T.J., farmer Spears, James S,, watchmaker and jeweler, Crawford Squire, A.J., farmer Squires, C.C., dairyman Squires, W., farmer Standlee, J.W., farmer Standlee, D.W., farmer Stanley, Oliver, farmer Steel, W.H. Steinhart, Joe, farmer Stewart, James, farmer Steward, J.H., blacksmith Stuart, A. Mrs., boarding house, e.s. Crawford Stuart, John, well borer Stroud, R., blacksmith Swain, W.F., farmer . Swinnie, Michael, barkeeper C.C. Eason, res Crawford Tarwater, B.W., real estate agent Taylor, Eli, farmer Thurman, J.S., farmer Tierce, T.R., farmer Tiffany, Wm., farmer Townsley, John, carriagemaker e.s. Crawford, res 2d (Second?) Truman, J.R., farmer Tweedy, G.W., farmer Tweedy, John, farmer Tweedy, J.J., farmer Tweedy, L.D., farmer Venable, Robert, peddler Ware, Mary Mrs., farmer Walker, M.E., farmer Walter, G.B., farmer Warner, Caroline Miss, farmer Weaver, J.L. farmer Welden, Martha Mrs., farmer Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, J.K. Banks agent W.U. Tel. Co., J.K. Banks agent Wiley, Wm., farmer Wiley, W.H., livery stable, Crawford Williams, Eb., attorney-at-law Wilson, J.H., butcher, H.C. Carson Wilson, W.D., clerk, J. Mitrovich, res Central Hotel Wolf, G.W., dealer in hogs Worth, Charles E., printer Downey Signal, res Second Wylie, E.R., livery stable Zinn, John, stockraiser Abbreviaions: e.s. - east side; 2d - Second Street; s.s. - south side; S.P.R.R. - Southern Pacific Rail Road; w.s. - west side; Donated by: San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society, San Luis Obispo Co., California http://kcbx.net/~slogen/ Transcribed by Michael Appletoft February 2008 CLOSE WINDOW TO RETURN TO PREVIOUS PAGE