HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY.     379
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It was laid out by Charles J. Rosenbaum, and platted, June 18,
1857; consisted of forty-two lots, and was surveyed by Thomas
Carr. Charles Rosenbaum was probably the first to do business
of any consequence. Wesley Abbot, Clarke Richards, Meyers &
Beck, and A. J. Lee are the principal merchants that have sold
goods at that point.
 
 
                   WEDDLEVILLE.
 
Weddleville was laid out August 15, 1855, by John A. Wed-
dle, Claiborne Weddle and Gabriel Osborne, and located in Section
29, Township 5 north, and Range 3 east. It consisted of seven-
ty-two lots, with North, Main, Center, and High Streets running
north and south, and Weddle, Walnut and College Streets run-
ning east and west. The principal business done here was by
John A. Weddle, L. Sullivan, Gabriel Osborne and John Nelson.
There has been no business done there for more than twenty
years, and the town is now entirely extinct.