Brookhaven, Mississippi

Lincoln County

Population: 2142 in 1890

                    2578 in 1900

                    5293 in 1910

                    4708 in 1920

Town incorporated:  11-15-1858

Post office: 2-27-1835 to present

Railroads: MSC- ICG

                  NOJ&GN- CStL&NO- IC- ICG- IC- CN

MSC Next Town East- Phillips

IC Next Town North- Central Jct.

 

IC Milepost 783.04

(from Chicago, IL)

IC Old Milepost 128.98

(from New Orleans)

MSC Milepost 83.3 after 1927

(from Hattiesburg)

 

IC Next Town South- Cedar Hill Switch

MSC Next Town West- Connelly

1912 soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY-

Pearl River Lumber Co.

J. A. Carroll- pine lumber mill cutting 10,000 ft/day and planing mill capy 75,000 ft/day listed on Freight Circular No 21-L List of Sawmills and Planing Mills on Mississippi Central RR Nov. 1, 1919. 

Central Lumber Co.- pine lumber mill cutting 25,000 ft/day and planing mill capy 100,000 ft/day listed on Freight Circular No 21-L List of Sawmills and Planing Mills on Mississippi Central RR Nov. 1, 1919. 

Sunny South Lumber Co.- pine lumber mill cutting 20,000 ft/day and planing mill capy 50,000 ft/day listed on Freight Circular No 21-L List of Sawmills and Planing Mills on Mississippi Central RR Nov. 1, 1919. 

Joint Illinois Central- Mississippi Central freight station at Brookhaven in May 1954. 

 

Illinois Central depot at Brookhaven in 1903. 

Illinois Central turntable at Brookhaven in 1898.

 

BUSINESSES

L. Alcus, general store 1866

S. Alcus & Co.- dry goods & grocery 1868

B. H. Alexander- grocery 1868

B. J. Atkins- grocery 1868

Bachman, general store 1866

W. P. Bagget, dry goods, grocery & hardware 1866

Jacob Becker, grocer 1866

J. W. F. Bennett & Co.- general store 1868

R. F. W. Bochman- general store 1868

E. A. Bohne- watchmaker 1868

Edward Bowen, drugs 1866

E. L. Bowen Sr., hotel 1866-68

J. M. Bowes- dry goods & grocery 1868

Carson, Skelks & Co., dry goods & grocery 1866

J. S. Carson- general store 1868

Joseph Casse- grocery 1868

S. B. Chamberlain- saddler 1868

S. Channings- general store 1868

Conn & Watkins- general store 1868

Joseph Cope- grocery 1868

John Daly, general store 1866-68

Dr. R. J. Darr- drugs 1868

Frank Decell, grocer 1866

T. G. Decill- dry goods 1868

Decell, Spindle & Co., general store 1866

Doughty & Lenoir- dentists 1868

Duffy & Patrick- blacksmiths 1868

Ellzy & Pezant- dry goods & grocery 1868

Peter Grant, dry goods & grocery 1866-68

A. F. Hartman- grocery 1868

Clark Havey, grocer 1866

F. & C. Heuck, grocers 1866

F. & C. Hinck- confections 1868

John M. Hooker, general store 1866

Hoskins & Whitworth- sawmill 1868

James A. Hoskins- sawmill 1868

J. M. Hooker- general store 1868

Benjamin Hudnel, dry goods & grocery 1866-68

W. B. Jelks- com’n 1868

A. J. Lewis & Co.- marble dealers 1868

M. Lowenthal- general store 1868

J. W. Magee- general store 1868

Martin & Hoskins, drugs 1866-68

R. W. & W. G. Millsops- general store 1868

Mortier & Co.- drugs 1868

Natley & Perkins- 1868

O’Hara & Kauffman- general store 1868

E. Pfeifer- general store 1868

M. Pfeifer- dry goods 1868

Moses Pficker, general store 1866

L. Pincus- grocery 1868

A Scarborough & Co., general store 1866

Scarborough & Ellen- general store 1868

H. J. Schaffer- tailor 1868

T. G. Spindle- general store 1868

Jacob Stern, grocer 1866

Storm & Brooks, general store 1866-68

__ Webb- dry goods 1868

M. J. Whitworth- dry goods 1868

Witsworth, Hoskins & Co., sawmill 1866

S. W. Yonken- merchant 1868

S. W. Younkin, dry goods & grocery 1866

 

 

 

 

 

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