The following is a list of a few of the business men in Ashland and Wahoo in 1876: J. Manners & Co., general store; Ashland; Joseph Arnold and H. A. Alden, attorneys; James M. Lee, general merchandise, Wahoo; Frank Koudele, meat market; Douglas & Coleman, machinists and blacksmiths, Ashland; F. C. Williams and E. E. Lyle, real estate and insurance, Wahoo; Henry Anderson, banker, Wahoo; I. Soule, physician, surgeon and dentist, also City Drug Store, Wahoo; Barnes & Reid, tinware, Wahoo; Jay Chastarn, harness and saddles, Ashland; J. H. White, pianos and organs, Wahoo; F. S. Steward, livery, Wahoo; A. W. Vandeman, grocer, Ashland; H. H. Shedd & Company, Palace Clothing House, Ashland; O. M. Carter, hardware, Ashland.

The following is a list of later business men in the city: J. B. Allen, grocer; J. E. Phelps, contractor and builders, E. B. Phelps, grocer; C. M. Burr, general store; Riddle & LeMaster, saloon; John Beermaker, hardware and stoves; Wahoo Bakery, A. W. Mills; C. H. Adams, furniture; Perky & Gilkeson, Thomas & Reese, Mosher & Bell, and George W. Burton, attorneys; Stephens & Maynard, W. O. Thayer, blacksmith; John S. Stevens, Wahoo Hotel; William Arndt, Deutsches Gast Jaus; P. Andrus and J. W. Perkind, grocers; Simeon Deeker, livery; Dr. R. B. Morton, P. Andrus, drugs.