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From "The History of Columbia and Mountour Counties" Battle, 1887
DANIEL W. KITCHEN, manager of the Farmers Produce Exchange, Bloomsburg, was born in Rohrsburg, this county, in 1859, a son of Amos H. and Sarah Ann (McHENRY) KITCHEN. Amos H. was a son of Henry and Matilda (DAVIS) KITCHEN, and Henry was a son of a pioneer, who first settled in this county in 17__, near Rhorsburg. He was a native of Ireland, a farmer by occupation, and a member of the Methodist Church. He took up some 400 acres in the neighborhood of Rohrsburg, where he resided many years and died, leaving a family of thirteen children. Many of his descendants are still found in this county. Daniel W. educated at Starkey Seminary, Yates County, N. Y., and when twenty-one began teaching, which profession he followed two terms. He then engaged as a clerk in the general store of William MASTERS, at Millville, and continued in his employ for fifteen years, In 1882 he was appointed by the directors of the Farmers Produce Exchange as their business manager, and assumed charge in January, 1882, in the old building adjoining the present store. The annual sales then averaged about $1,000, but under the supervision of Mr. KITCHEN the sales of the first three months amounted to $16,000. Shortly after he took charge a grain trade was established, which resulted in a regular grain market. In 1886 the present large three-story structure 72x42, was built at a cost of $7,500. The Exchange has an annual sale of about $80,000, and regularly declares dividends from 6 1/4 per cent upward. The business carries a general stock and requires the attention of four men, besides occasional outside help. The most of the produce is sold at local points. Mr. KITCHEN married, September 2, 1873, Lizzie J. WARNER of Muncy, a daughter of James WARNER, and they have one child, Carola J. Mr. KITCHEN is a strict temperance advocate and for many years was a member of and worker in the Good Templar organization. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 346)
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