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Staves were any narrow strip of wood or metal placed side by side to form a lining or covering for a vessel such as a barrel. Stave makers were of course the men who worked at making these and the rivers were the men who worked at placing or putting them onto the vessels. As the term to cull infers to sort out the undesirable, it would be my guess that the stave culler would be a man who worked in the capacity of sorting out staves that were not usable.
Owen County
Theadore WERNER -- maker and dealer
George MOSS-- River
Henry BARONE--stave factory worker
George BAYSON --stave factory worker
Patrick REIDY--culler
James PRYOR--culler
Morgan County
Jesse ALBERTY --river
Fredrick J. ANDT --hewer
Benonie LEWIS --merchant
Edward SWAFFORD --maker
Putnam County
Silas ABLE--river
David FOWLER--river
Alexander MORAN--merchant
Lenzy TYLOR--cutter
Alfred HIRT
John P. HOOD --maker
Isaac WHITECOTTON--maker
Addison CHEW--river