Stephen A. Cleaves, Practical Plumber. Agent for Richmond’s Celebrated Furnaces and Ranges, 631 Washington St., Dorchester District
… The business was founded away back in 1849 by Mr. Chas. P. Tolman, and came under the control of the present proprietor in 1879
From Picturesque Boston Highlands, Jamaica Plain and Dorchester. (New York : Mercantile Illustrating Co., 1895)