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Carpet weaver (brought over from England because there was a shortage)
Chauffeur
Farmer
Quarryman (granite quarries in VT)
Police Detective
Company Treasurer
Military: CSA General and officers, US President, US Congressnan, State Congress, acting Governor, environmentalist, postmaster, farmer. judge, lawyer, physician, merchant. butcher, blacksmith. realtor, fur trader. indian scout. newspaper editor, oilman, preacher, local city clerks, mill owner, farm markets.
Military: CSA General and officers, US President, US Congressnan, State Congress, acting Governor, environmentalist, postmaster, farmer. judge, lawyer, physician, merchant. butcher, blacksmith. realtor, fur trader. indian scout. newspaper editor, oilman, preacher, local city clerks, mill owner, farm markets.
Who was the acting governor? I have one of those from Missouri (Hancock Lee Jackson) not far from your neck of the woods.
My claustrophobic grandfather worked in the coal mines because there was no other jobs available during the depression. My mom said he'd come home first thing and take a stiff drink to take the edge off.....
Other grandfather worked in the mines as a carpenter shoring up the walls.
For some reason occupations have always interested me so I've paid attention to them a lot. Here are some more.
A great uncle who was a brakeman for a RR. Found him in a city directory just recently.
One of my English forbears is described as a "Herbalist" in several of the British Censae of the 1800s. Local drug pusher? Or like a pharmacist..hopefully.
My dad recently informed me that his gf started a dry cleaning business in the early 1900s.
One of my ggf's opened a grocery store in his later years. No social security back then, but he could make his living without hard physical work.
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Or like a pharmacist..hopefully. 
