P. 12: " the (carpet) mill was never rebuilt, and in 1898 the site was purchased by a local syndicate compsed of AMOS GIBBS, DANILE SUTTER, EDWARD B. JONES, WILLIAM W. WORRELL, JOHN D. JOHNSON, JOSEPH CROSS, ROBERT L NIXON, GEORGE D. WORRELL, CHARLES A KING, EDWARD F. BURNS AND DR. R. C. BARRINGTON." "ANN PIPPITT, the oldest resident of the town in 1859, remembered picking berries in a swampt on the west side of Main St." "A contract for the repair of the iron works bridge, dated at 'Mt. Holly, November ye 2d, 1759,' signed by Daniel Wills, carpt., and two Justices, two Freeholders, and two Surveyors, REVELL ELTON, HENRY PAXSON, HENRY COOPER, SAMUEL WOOLSTON, THOMAS BUDD AND THOMAS MOORE, is virtually an official recognition of (the name) Mount Holly..." 'Wallace Nutting names MAHLON THOMAS as a cabinet maker in the village in 1795. BUTLER ATKINSON was another about 1800. JOSEPH BENNETT made chairs at High and Garden Streets about 1783. THOMAS C. KEELER began to make furniture in 1834. The grandfather clock makers were PETER HILL, a negro; DANIEL FLING, WILLIAM HUDSON, EDWARD HUDSON, JOSEPH BUDD, RICHARD DICKINSON, HUGH HOLLINSHEAD, DAVID SHOEMAKER, GEORGE W. COPPUCK, who was also a silversmith, and WILLIAM H. MASON. There were many blacksmith shops." MaisieAnn@aol.com