Thank you. Older relatives claim he was a brewer. Also according to the newspaper I looked at he was fined for selling alcohol without a license. Lori -----Original Message----- From: ROOTS [mailto:roots-bounces+america4821=myactv.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bstamail--- via ROOTS Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 1:12 PM To: roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] ROOTS What is an Ordinary? An Ordinary is what we later called a saloon and now a bar. The owner sold alcohol by the drink. To obtain the license he usually needed two local citizens of upstanding character to sign that he would keep an orderly place. Betty S.