Smith and Jurney records (Elkhorn Grove, Illinois)

Collection — Box: 81

Identifier: MS-SC1437

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Mill Book Oct. 1843-April 1844 lists names of customers, and charge for lumber or sawing wood. Lists of merchandise sold March-August 1840. Receipts for items bought by Henry Smith and Jurney, 1833-1844.

Dates

Created: 1833 - 1844

Creator

Smith and Jurney (Elkhorn Grove, Ill.) (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

Mill and lumber company in Elkhorn Grove, Carroll County, Illinois, founded by Henry "Harry" Smith and Sample M. Jurney. Both men also served as county commissioners and in other public posts in Carroll County. Smith died in Denver, Colorado in 1882. Jurney moved to Oregon, where he died in 1870.