My Tibbetts clan moved from Maine about 1816 to the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area (Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky), and I suspect Jeremiah is some sort of cousin of mine, although how I have yet to determine. Generally the Tibbetts men seemed to be involved in things like tanning, glass blowing, and river boat captaining, so a hair dresser in the midst was a most unexpected find.
As yet I have not found any advertising for this Emperor of the West! in Cincinnati newspapers, but I did find some contemporary advertisements in other states to get a flavor of what might have been offered at Jeremiah's establishment:
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| John Rolington, Hair Dresser and Barber, in Frederick-town, Maryland in 1818. Advertisement. Date: Saturday, July 4, 1818 Paper: Republican Gazette and General Advertiser (Fredericktown, Maryland) Page: 3 From GenealogyBank.com |
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| William DeVaughn, Barber & Hair Dresser, in Alexandria, Virginia in 1822. Advertisement Date: Saturday, June 1, 1822 Paper: Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, Virginia) Page: 1 From GenealogyBank.com |
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J. Murray, Barber and Hairdresser, in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1829 (possible a successor to Jeremiah Tibbets?). Advertisement
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1829 Paper: Cincinnati Chronicle and Literary Gazette (Cincinnati, Ohio) Volume: 3 Issue: 21 Page: 3 From GenealogyBank.com |
Edited to add:
Jeremiah has apparently intrigued interested parties for almost a century, as he is mentioned in this 1919 Cincinnati newspaper article on past Cincinnati "tonsorial artists" (hat tip Pat Hartley):
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| Clipped from The Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Jul 1919, Thu, Page 6. From Newspapers.com |
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There was an Emperor of the West barber in San Leandro, CA in the 1860 census! Age 39, said to be from Tennessee.
ReplyDeleteOh, how funny!
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