Prospect Mills Daybook from (1866-1868) contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, an index of sales and where they are found, the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for, and lists of how much cider and sausage meat was made. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards, turning trundle posts, and rejoining carriage shafts. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs.
Admin/Biographical History
Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.
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Yeates School Alumni Reunion at Slaymaker Lodge, June 23, 1951. All persons are identified in a list attached to the back of each photo. Front row, left to right: Jack Locher, William Barton Bard, John H. Girvin, Walter McGovern, J. M. Brenneman, Kirk Galbraith, W. J. L. Walker, Frank Reynolds, Clyde Shissler, Lyman Windolph, Samuel Herman, A. J. Kline, Ephraim Shue, S. C. Slaymaker. Second row, left to right: Clarence Wohlsen, Jess Butz, Dudley Brown, Howard Herr, William Drachbar, Owen Bricker, Charles Snyder, Frank Everts, William Gardiner, H. P. Smith Sr., Paul Sutton, Paul Denckla, Willing Foulke, Edwin Roland, William Heitshu. Third row, left to right: Robert Hartman, John Bausman Jr., Henry Hopkins, John Pfister, Reynolds Hopkins, Donald Brown, Max Kramer, John Woods, John R. C. Boyer, Alfred Burt, Henry H. Nolt III. Fourth row, left to right: William Klein, James Locher Jr., Lester Kurtz, Herbert Leman, John Hartman, Morton Rosse, William Brown, Holmes Carson, Charles Perot, Nevin Schroeder, Edwin Scovel, Thomas J. Brown Jr. Back row, left to right: Truxton Brodhead, Robert Smith, Arthur Herman, Andrew Rote, Robert Locher, Frank Gunzenhauser, Jan Claxton, John Watson and Leon Herman.
