The Yorkville Enquirer of of Jan. 21, 1886 – “The firm of Cross and Hafner is dissolved and the business will continue at the old stand as Hafner and Brother.”
City Directories and History: 1908 – J. A. Hafner (Dry Goods), 1940 – The Hub Department Store, 1958 – Vacant, 1978 – Byrd’s Flower and Gift Shop, 1986 – The Peddler Shop
The building that once stood on this lot was destroyed by fire in 1989. Originally built in about 1873 it served as a location for many businesses, including a used furniture company.
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“The amount of business done here during the past commercial year was about $700,000, of which S.M. Jones & Co. and Joseph Wylie & Co. did about $100,000 each. In addition to these two large firms, we have the prominent firms of W. Holmes Hardin & Co., W.T.D. Cousar & Son, Culp & Irwin, Crawford & Blake, R. Brandt & Son, J.J. & T.B. Stringfellow, Gregg & Means, J.S. Calvin, Hafner Bros., J.D. Ratterree, W. H. Rosborough, E. C. Stahn, L. Samuels, Gunhouse & Co., Fishel & Walker, A. H. Davega, S. B. Massey & Son, and several smaller firms.”
Reprinted from South Carolina in the 1880s: A Gazetteer by J.H. Moore, Sandlapper Publishing Company – 1989
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Early image of Gadsden St., showing the an unpaved commercial district. Image courtesy of the CDGS.
Information provided by Agnes Love for R&R – 2014: “I only research my direct line due to the enormous numbers of descendants involved otherwise, but I have researched this family back to Dietrich’s arrival in the colonies in 1744. I descend from Marcus and have details on his line. I believe that J. A. Hafner (Hafner Dry Goods of Chester) was the son of John A. Hafner, the brother who lived in Chester County. My mother’s Great Uncle Andy (There is an Uncle Andy.) lived with her family while he remodeled their house, a common practice for Andy in his later years. Andy’s nickname was Dutchman most likely due to his accent and having been raised in the German (Dutch) settlements around Lincolnton, NC. “
The picture of the Chester house is beautiful, not the way it looks today. Since I have not really researched this branch of the family, I cannot verify the family connection nor can I confirm that this was built by Andy and family. I can confirm that the stone house on the King’s Mountain National Park was built by Henry Howser who married Dietrich Heavener (Hafner)’s daughter Christina Jane. The last name was spelled various ways in the English settlement and finally became either Hafner and Hefner.
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