Amedeo Preziosi - Butcher Shop in Bucharest Year: 1869
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1869 A BUSY YEAR
By the year 1869, Selma was a busy community, according to Benson's Directory. Listed were one church, Episcopal; one hotel owned by John W. Sharp; one lawyer; John W. Sharp. Manufacturers included the Selma Iron Works, seven turpentine distilleries in area owned by Thomas Oliver and Bro., Daniel Sellers, J. G. Rose, D. W. Adams, Allen Johnson and Son, C. P. Kenyon, and William J. Beard. Merchants listed as owners of general stores were J. S. Book and Co., S. H. Hood, A. M. Noble, and C. E. Preston. J. C. Colyer was proprietor of a grocery store. The Frost Iron Mine near Selma was said to be inexhaustible. In addition, there were two saw mills owned by Wilson and Waddell and R. H. Page. J. M. Richardson ran a tannery. Miss Carrie Hood was postmaster; no physicians were listed. Some prominent farmers were David Turner,' Daniel Sellers, J. W. Sharp, A. M. Noble, J. W. B. Watson, Perry Godwin, Joseph Richardson, and Milton Richardson.
From the History of Selma - Centennial Program.
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