James A. POGUE
Spouse:
James Anna POGUE
James A. and Anna POGUE moved to Lacona and opened a small drug
store in Lacona in 1880. In 1887
general merchandise was added. In 1897 he became the first person in
Lacona to own a graphophone. He completed building his home in 1898, a
one-story building with a two-story turret which had glass on three
sides, a marble fireplace and a large porch. At the time it was the most
extravagant home in Lacona. The home burned September 1931. He sold
his stores to Eugene McCray in 1915.(Source: Chronology of the
early settlers of White Breast Township and Lacona compiled by Edith HEEMSTRA and
John FORD sometime around 1980.)