Covington's heaviest tax payers; Hemingray listed

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer

Cincinnati, OH, United States
vol. 34, no. 127, p. 7, col. 4


THE SOLID MEN OF COVINGTON. — We copy from the Assessor’s books for 1870, recently completed, the subjoined list of our heaviest tax payers. The figures given in this list represent only about two-thirds of the value of the property of the parties named:­

Amos Shinkle.... $161,100          James G. Arnold.    $115,950

G. & J. H.                                    Saml. Walker...           93,900

       Shoenberger........ 95,000

S. Russel’s estate     87,250         S. B. Laird’s estate    72,450

John Kearney....       70,900         John Fennessy...        66,200

A. L. Greer.......        64,800         Phillips & Jordan.     61,800

McNickel’s Estate.   60,000         John Todd........         58,500

J. W. Banning.....      58,500         G. W. Ball........         55,050

W. A. Crawford...     48,100         N. Leman’s estate.    47,800

C. A. McLaughlin.   47,425         Wm. E. Wade.....       47,400

M. M. Benton.....     41,600          Vincent Shinkle..      40,550

Saml. Howard ...      39,820         Jno. B. Casey.......     38,550

Robert Howe......      38,325         Jennie Abbott.......     38,000

E. F. Abbott........      37,825         R. Hemingray &

   O.R. Powell’s estate 36,000            Co.......................   35,700

Thos Greer........       35,450         Isaac Cooper............ 33,950

R. Pretlow.........       33,850         Margaret L.

Julius Deglow....      33,400            Manley........           33,825

A. D. Bullock....       33,300         W. E. Ashbrook...     32,650

M. L. Hawthorn.      32,000          Farmers’ Bank of

W. M. Bennett....      31,750              Kentucky......       32,000

James Spilman..       31,550          Kentucky Central

J. D. Shutt.........       30,750               R. R. Company   31,300

Uriah Shinkle...        30,100          Wm. Ernst......         30,000

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Keywords:Hemingray
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Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:December 21, 2024 by: Bob Stahr;