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First Merchant in Piggott

Posted Monday, June 2, 2008, at 4:43 PM
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The first merchant to come to Piggott was A. Jack Brown, who erected a box house and opened the first store in 1882. His brother , Jake came a few months later from Illinois and became Piggott's first undertaker .

Jack Brown's store was in south Piggott, below Sugar Creek.

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I own one of the older homes in town (built about 1898) in the Templeton Addtn. It is the old Morgan/Montgomery house (254 N. Taylor), where Marie Williams lived. I haven't been able to find who built it, and have a feeling it was by E. L. Templeton, who built the Pfeiffer home some years later. How could I possibly find out the builder and exact date?

-- Posted by Kenneth Renshaw on Tue, Jul 1, 2008, at 5:27 PM

I inherited an old bed and dresser. On the back of the dresser is a stamp that says

A & S P Co, Piggott Arkansas. I think the bed was purchased between 1900 and 1910.

Does anyone know who this merchant was and where the merchant was located?

Thanks.

-- Posted by luc on Wed, Jun 18, 2008, at 1:48 PM