Notable men of Kentucky at the beginning of the 20th century (1901-1902), Part 5

Author: La Bree, Benjamin, ed
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Louisville, G.G. Fetter Print Co
Number of Pages: 240


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F. S ALLEN. President Exchange Bank; born in Sharpsburg, 1850; has been Cashier and President of above bank since January 1, 1868. Sharpsburg, Ky.


I. W. KELLY, B. S. Graduate Georgetown College; Farmer and Busi- ness Man; Theologian and Scholar; Author of the Mathematical Key to the Scriptures; President Bank of New Castle, New Castle, Ky.


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BANKERS.


J. E. POTTER.


President P. J. Potter's Sons, Bankers, Bowling Green, Ky.


W. A. SEARS. For thirty-four years connected with the banking house known as W. A. Sears & Co.'s Pri- vate Bank. Nicholasville, Ky.


J. WHIIT POTTER.


Manager Potter-Matlock & Co., Bankers: Presi dent Southern Educational Building Co., Bowling Green, Ky.


WILLIAM J. POTTER. Cashier P. J. Potter's Sons, Bankers, Bowling Green, Ky.


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TRUST COMPANIES.


JOHN STITES. President Fidelity Trust & Safety Vault Co., Louisville, Ky.


JOHN W. BARR, JR. Vice-President Fidelity Trust & Safety Vault Co., Louisville, Ky.


JOHN T. MALONE. Second Vice-President Fidelity Trust & Safety


Vault Co., Louisville, Ky.


J. C. MAHON.


Secretary Fidelity Trust & Safety Louisville, Ky.


Vault Co.,


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TRUST COMPANIES.


ATTILLA COX.


President Columbia Finance & Trust Co .; Pres- ident Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Ry. Co., Louisville, Ky.


HENRY V. SANDERS. Treasurer Columbia Finance & Trust Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


TREVOR HI. WHAYNE. Superintendent Real Estate Department Fidelity Trust & Safety Vault Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


J. LITHGOW SMITII. Superintendent Real Estate Department Columbia Finance & Trust Co., Louisville, Ky.


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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


TRUST COMPANIES, SAVING BANKS AND TITLE COMPANIES.


HECTOR V. LOVING. President Louisville Trust Co., Louisville, Ky.


EMBRY L. SWEARINGEN. President Kentucky Title Co. and Kentucky Title ' Savings Bank, Louisville, Ky.


J. D. POWERS. Pres. Nat. Trust Co., Louisville; Pres. First Nat. Bank. Owensboro; Late Pres. Ky. Bankers' Assn .; Member Executive Council Amer. Bankers' Assu., Louisville, Ky.


BETHEL B. VEECH. Vice-President National Trust Co., Louisville; Residence Jefferson County, Ky.


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LIFE INSURANCE.


GEO. W. MORRIS. President Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Kentucky, Louisville, Ky.


H. D. RODMAN. General Agent Northwestern Mutual Life Insur- ance Co. of Wisconsin, Louisville, Ky.


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JAMES B. STEEDMAN, M. D. Medical Director Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Kentucky, Louisville, Ky.


CHARLES C. EARLY. Superintendent Kentucky Department Union Cen- tral Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, O., Louisville, Ky.


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FIRE INSURANCE.


BRIG .- GEN. JOHN B. CASTLEMAN. Barbee & Castleman, Insurance Managers; For. mer Adj. Gen; Former Colonel First Regt. N. G. of Ky .; Brig .- Gen. Spanish-American War, Louisville, Ky.


BRECKINRIDGE CASTLEMAN. Fire Insurance Manager. Barbee & Castleman, Louisville, Ky.


GEORGE L. DANFORTH.


Of J. L. Danforth & Co., General Agents, Louisville, Ky.


Insurance


JAMES W. POWELL. Fire Insurance Adjuster, with Royal Insurance Co., Barbee & Castleman, Managers; Col. on staff of Gov. J. C. W. Beckham; Member Board of Trade, Louisville, Ky.


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LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE.


GRIFFIN P. THEOBALD.


Fire and Tornado Insurance Agent; Veteran Mex- ican War; Major Confederate Army, Louisville, Ky.


ALFRED PIRTLE. Fire Insurance Agent; Veteran Union Army ; Author of "Battle of Tippecanoe," Louis- ville, Ky.


THOS. C. TIMBERLAKE. Fire Insurance; Secretary Salvage Corps, Louis. ville, Kv.


CHIARLES W. DORSEY. Manager for Kentucky & Tennessee, United States Life Insurance Co., Louisville, Ky.


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LIFE INSURANCE.


BISCOE HINDMAN.


Gen. Agent Mut. Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. for Ky. & Tenn .; Com. Gen. U. S. C. V., 1900-1901, Louisville, Ky.


JOHN B. PIRTLE.


State Agent Travelers' Insurance Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


FRANK L. McKERNAN. General Agent National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont, Louisville, Ky.


II. P. REAGER.


Manager Germania Life Insurance Co. of New York, Louisville, Ky.


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LIFE, SICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE.


JOHN CALDWELL DAVIDSON. General Agent Aetna Life Insurance Co. of Hart- ford, Conn., Louisville, Ky.


J. G. A. BOYD.


Manager Dept. Eastern Ky. Prud. Ins. Co. of


Amer .; First Vice-Pres. Louisville Commer- cial Club, Louisville, Ky.


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C. S. DRAKE. Superintendent National Sick and Accident As- sociation, Louisville, Ky.


WILLETT C. TRABUE. Lawyer; General Agent for Cont. Ky. Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Phila .. Pa., Louis- ville, Ky.


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CASUALTY, INDEMNITY AND GENERAL INSURANCE.


CHARLES L. NELSON.


Resident Manager Kentucky, Tennessee and Sou- thern Indiana of the Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, Louisville, Ky.


WILLIS S. MULLEN. General Agent and Attorney in Fact, Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, Louisville, Ky.


CLAUDE D. MOODY.


General Agent American Credit Indemnity Co. of New York, Louisville and Pewee Valley, Ky.


T. LOGAN HOCKER. General Insurance and Brokerage, Lexington, Ky.


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REAL ESTATE.


HANCOCK TAYLOR.


Real Estate Agent, Farms and Suburban Prop- erty a Specialty; Native of Jefferson County, Ky .; Four years in Confederate Army, Louisville, Ky.


BRUCE HOBLITZELL. Real Estate Broker, Louisville, Ky.


JOHN A. STRATTON. John A. Stratton & Co., Real Estate Agents, Louisville, Ky.


ORLAND S. KLINE. Of O. S. Kline & Co., Real Estate and Financial Agents, Louisville, Ky.


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REAL ESTATE.


WALTER S. ADAMS. Real Estate and Financial Broker; projected large investment properties; financed the con- solidation of the brick companies known as the Hydraulic Brick Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


CLARENCE R. GARDINER. Real Estate Broker, Louisville, Ky.


JUNIUS CALDWELL. Of Hardy Burton & Co., Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers, Louisville, Ky.


WILLIAM A. MERIWETIIER. Real Estate Broker; Secretary and Treasurer Highland Park Land Co., Louisville, Ky.


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REAL ESTATE.


EDWARD F. METZNER. Real Estate Broker, Louisville, Ky.


ALEXIS F. STEBER. Of A. F. Steber & Co., Real Estate and Loans, Louisville, Ky.


CHARLES KAVANAUGHI OLDHAM. Real Estate Broker; Promoter Chautauqua Woods and Arlington Heights Additions, Lex- ington, Ky.


WILLIAM A. BAKER. Of William A. Baker & Co., Real Estate Brokers and Loan Agents, Louisville, Ky.


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REAL ESTATE.


JAMES E. BELL. President Bell & Coggeshall, Real Estate Pro- moters, Louisville, Ky.


JAMES M. RAINS.


Real Estate Agent; Superintendent Lebanon Water Works Co. since 1893, Lebanon, Ky.


Secretary


W. R. R. La VIELLE. Louisville Public Warehouse, ville, Ky.


Louis-


W. N. COX.


Warehouse, Louis-


President Louisville Public ville, Ky.


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CIVIL, SANITARY AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.


Civil


CHARLES HERMANY. Engineer; Chief Engineer and Superin- tendent Louisville Water Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


W. B. GRAY. Sanitary Engineer; Author and Trade Journalist, Louisville, Ky.


HARRY I. WOOD. Electrical Engineer and Contractor, Louis- ville, Ky.


JAMES CLARK, JR. Of James Clark, Jr., & Co., Merchant and Manu- facturer of Electrical Supplies and Machin- ery, Louisville, Ky.


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RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS.


T. J. MINARY. President Louisville Railway Co., Louisville, Ky.


BUSHROD W. TAYLOR. Superintendent P., C., C. & St. L. R. R., Louis- ville, Ky.


GEORGE B. HARPER. General Superintendent Frankfort & Cincinnati Railway, Louisville, Ky.


W. W. IIITE. President L. & E. Mail Co., L. & J. Ferry Co .. and of W. W. Hite & Co .; Vice-President Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., Louisville, Kv.


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STEAMBOATS.


GEORGE H. WILSON. Superintendent Louisville & Evansville Mail Line, Louisville, Ky.


CHARLES V. WILLIAMS.


General Freight Agent Louisville & Evansville Mail Line, Louisville, Ky.


CAPT. FRANCIS M. RYAN. Master Steamer "Morning Star," Louisville & Evansville Mail Line, Louisville, Ky.


CAPT. R. H. BALLARD. Master Louisville & Evansville Mail Line, Louis- ville, Ky.


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STEAMBOATS.


CHARLES C. FULLER. Master Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co .; Mem- ber Board of Trade and Commercial Club, Louisville, Ky.


CAPT. JOHN BRENNEN. Master "City of Louisville" and Louisville & Evansville Packet Co .; Knight Templar, Covington, Ky.


CAPT. FREDERICK ZOLL. Master Louisville & Evansville Mail Line, Louis- ville, Ky.


JEFFERSON THOMAS. Pilot "City of Cincinnati," Louisville & Cincin- nati Packet Co .; Former United States Hull Inspector Steam Vessels, Louis- ville, Ky.


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ARCHITECTS.


WILLIAM J. DODD. Of Dodd & Cobb, Architects, Louisville, Ky.


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ARTHUR COBB. Of Dodd & Cobb, Architects, Louisville, Ky.


HENRY WOLTERS. Architect, Louisville, Ky.


JOHN BACON HUTCHINGS. Architect, Louisville, Ky.


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ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.


JACOB F. MERIWETHER. Contractor and Builder, Louisville, Ky.


GUSTAV N. LORTZ. Contractor and Builder, Louisville, Ky.


EDWARD D. FITCHNER. Of John Fitchner & Son, Builders, Louisville, Ky.


J. W. CONNOR. Builder and Contractor, Louisville, Ky.


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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


PHOTO-ENGRAVERS, ELECTROTYPERS AND INVENTORS.


PHOTO.


STANDIFORD


FRANK P. BUSH.


Secretary and Treasurer Heybach-Bush Photo-Engravers; Makers of Half Tones in this book; Member of Board of Trade, Louisville, Ky.


THOS. D. BARR.


Co .. Superintendent Heybach-Bush Co., Photo-Engrav- ers; Makers of Half Tones in this book; Louisville, Ky.


J. KIRK ROWELL.


Photo-Engraver; Electrotyper; Printers' Material. Louisville, Ky.


WILLIAM G. RAU.


Inventor and Manufacturer, Louisville, Ky.


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DECORATORS, WALL PAPER, PAINTERS' SUPPLIES.


CHARLES M. SNYDER. President and Manager Louisville Interior Decor- ating Co., Inc., Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of Wall Papers. Louis- ville, Ky.


ARTHUR B. COOK. Treasurer Louisville Interior Decorating Co., Inc., Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of Wall Papers, Louisville, Ky.


WILLIAM B. PELL. Of W. B. Pell & Bro., Contracting Painters, Decorators and Hardwood Finishers, Louisville, Ky.


EDWARD H. MARCUS. Window Glass and Painters' Supplies, Louis- ville, Ky.


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CAR BUILDER, CONTRACTORS, PLASTERER, PLUMBERS.


J. II. SANAMAN. Car Builder and Contractor, Louisville, Ky.


WILLIAM P. BANNON .. Contracting Plasterer and Proprietor Standard Wall Mortar Co., Louisville, Ky.


SIMON SHULHAFER. Plumber and Sanitary Engineer; Member B. P. O. Elks. Louisville, Ky.


BENJAMIN B. WATTS. Master Plumber, Louisville. Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS. STOVES, GRATES, ETC.


JAMES S. LITHGOW .* Mayor of Louisville 1865; President Lithgow Man- ufacturing Co., Stove Manufacturers,, Louisville, Ky.


*Died February 21, 1902.


CHARLES C. PFEIFER. President of the Fischer-Leaf Co., Manufacturers of Grates and Stoves, Louisville, Ky.


GEORGE F. DOWNS. Retired Manufacturer and Merchant, late of firm of Mark & Downs; in eighty-ninth year, Louisville, Ky.


P. GALT MILLER. President Bridgeford & Co., Stove Foundry, etc., Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS. PLOWS, CEMENT, ELEVATORS.


JAMES EDWARD HARDY. Vice President Brinly .Hardy Co., Plow Manu- facturers; Chairman Ky. State Exec. Com. Y. M. C. A. from organization to present time, Louisville, Ky.


ABRAHAM G. MUNN. President Southwestern Agricultural Works, Louis- ville, Ky.


JOHN L. WHEAT.


Sec. and Treas. Union Cement & Lime Co. and Utica Lime Co .; Vice-Pres. Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home; Ky. State Y. M. C. A. Organization; Pres. Lou. and Vicinity Bible Soc .; East. Cemetery Co., Louisville, Ky.


WILLIAM E. KOOP. President of the Geiger, Fiske & Koop Co., Ele- vator Manufacturers, Louisville, Ky.


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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


MANUFACTURERS. PLOWS.


GEORGE C. AVERY. President B. F. Avery & Sons, Plow Manufact- urers, Louisville, Ky.


CHARLES F. HUHLEIN. General Manager B. F. Avery & Sons, Plow Man- ufacturers, Louisville, Ky.


THOMAS E. C. BRINLY. President Brinly-Hardy Co., Plow Manufacturers, Louisville, Ky.


JOHN L. BRINLY. Superintendent Brinly-Hardy Co .. Plow Manu- facturers, Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS. IRON, NAILS, WIRE.


JNO. J. SLATTERY. President The Todd-Donigan Iron Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


JOHN COCHRAN. Secretary and Treasurer The Todd-Donigan Iron Co., Louisville, Ky.


IRON PIPE, BATH TUBS, BRASS.


GEORGE J. LONG.


Resident Manager Louisville Branch United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co., Louisville, Ky.


THEODORE AHRENS, SR. Founder Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing Co., Bath Tubs, Brass Goods, Plumbers' Supplies, etc., Louisville, Ky.


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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


MANUFACTURERS. IRON, STEEL, PIG IRON.


ANDREW G. WHITLEY. President Fulton, Conway & Co., Iron, Steel, Heavy Hardware, Blacksmith and Carriage Material and Tools; Manufacturers Wagon Wood Work, Louisville, Ky.


WILLIS P. DAVIS. Davis, Kelly & Co., Manufacturers Pig Iron and Steel, Louisville, Ky.


RICHARD BAYLOR HICKMAN. Of Hickman, Williams & Co., Merchants and Manufacturers of Pig Iron, Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, Ky.


ROBERT M. KELLY, JR. Davis, Kelly & Co., Manufacturers Pig Iron and Steel, Louisville, Ky.


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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


MANUFACTURERS. HENRY VOGT MACHINE CO


HENRY VOGT.


President Henry Vogt Machine Co., Manufacturers of Ice Machines, Boilers, etc .; Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason, Louisville, Ky.


ADAM VOGT. Secretary and Treasurer Henry Vogt Machine Co., Manufacturers of Ice Machines, Boilers, etc., Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason. Louisville, Ky.


AMERICAN MACHINE CO.


JOHN G. DAEUBLE. President American Machine Co., Louisville, Ky.


F. WM. DAEUBLE. Secretary and Treasurer American Machine Co., Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS. IRON FOUNDER, SAWS, WHEELS, MACHINES.


ROGER D. WILLIAMS. Iron Founder; Colonel Commanding Second Regi- ment Kentucky Infantry, Lexington, Ky.


LOGAN L. MATHER.


Manager Henry Disston & Sons, Saw Manu-


facturers, Louisville, Ky.


L. J. WARDEN.


Secretary Brown-Colburn Machine Co., Bowling Green, Ky.


JOSEPH S. COLEMAN. Manager Royer Wheel Co., Lebanon, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS. CLOTHING.


PRESLEY H. TAPP.


President Tapp, Leathers & Co., Clothing Manu- facturers; native of Alabama; began busi- ness 1857, Louisville, Ky.


JAS. M. S. BEAVERS. Superintendent Tapp, Leathers & Co., Clothing Manufacturers, Louisville, Ky.


MARK R. IIARNED.


Senior Member Harned Bros., General Merchants, Caneyville, Ky .; President Louisville Clothing Co., Louisville, Ky.


Superintendent


FRANK J. HEALINE. Van B. Nelson Louisville, Ky.


Clothing Co.,


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MANUFACTURERS. JEANS CLOTHING, WOOLEN.


ANTHONY V. THOMSON. President Kentucky Jeans Clothing Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


Vice-President


CHARLES MENDEL. Kentucky Jeans Clothing Co., Louisville, Ky.


HARDIN WILSON. Secretary and Treasurer Kentucky Jeans Clothing Co .. Louisville, Ky.


ROLAND L. WHITNEY. Secretary and Treasurer Falls City Jeans Woolen Mills Co., Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS. WAGONS, CARRIAGES.


WILLIAM C. NONES. President Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co., Louisville, Ky.


SETH M. NONES. Secretary Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co., Louisville, Ky.


FRED. O. NUETZEL. Manager Ruby Carriage Co .; Treasurer Lieder- kranz Society; Exalted Ruler B. P. O. Elks; Member Willis Stewart Lodge 224 F. A. M . Louisville, Ky.


THOMAS H. RUBEL. Carriage Manufacturer; Former Member Board of Aldermen, Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS. SADDLERY, HOUSE FURNISHINGS.


JOIIN J. HARBISON.


President Harbison & Gathright, Inc., Merchants and Manufacturers of Saddlery, etc., Louisville, Ky.


JOSIAH B. GATHRIGHT. Vice-President Harbison & Gathright, Inc., Mer- chants and Manufacturers of Saddlery, etc., Louisville, Ky.


OWEN GATHRIGHT. Second Vice-Pres. and Treas. Harbison & Gath- right Co., Inc .; Pres. Lou. Y. M. C. A .; Ky. Mem. Int. Com. Y. M. C. A .; Mem. and Ex. Dir. Board of Trade; Mem. and Ex .- Pres. Commercial Club; Ex-Pres. Whol. Sad. Assn. U. S. A .: Treas. Lou. Charity Assn., Louisville, Ky.


HENRY TERSTEGGE. Of Stratton & Terstegge, Manufacturers of House Furnishings; and of Terstegge, Gohmann & Co .. New Albany, Ind., Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS. BOXES, LUMBER, SAW MILL, COOPERS.


CHARLES C. MENGEL, JR. Former Colonel First Regt. N. G. of Ky .; Presi- dent Mengel Box Co. and of C. C. Mengel, Jr., & Bro. Co., Lumber and Saw Mill; Presi- dent Board of Trade, 1898-99, Louis- ville, Ky.


PHILIP SENGEL.


Proprietor Gambrinus Cooperage Works, Chip Casks, Tanks, etc .. Louisville, Ky.


CLARENCE R. MENGEL. Secretary and Treasurer C. C. Mengel, Jr., & Bro. Co. Lumber, Saw and Planing Mills; Mem- ber Board of Trade, Louisville, Ky.


MICIIAEL J. MEEHAN. President The Bergen & Meehan Co., Whisky Staves and Heading and Cooperage for Export. Louisville, Ky.


FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


MANUFACTURERS. TOBACCO.


CHARLES C. VOGT. Resident Manager John Finzer Branch Continental Tobacco Co., Louisville, Ky.


RUDOLPH F. VOGT. President of Hummel & Vogt Co., Cigar Manu- facturers, Louisville, Ky.


WILLIAM E. STRATER.


HENRY STRATER. President Strater Brothers Tobacco Co .; Strater Bros., Grain, Louisville, Ky.


Secretary


and Treasurer Strater Brothers To- bacco Co., Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS.


CIGARS, STORE FIXTURES.


J. A. LANCASTER.


Of firm of J. A. Lancaster & Co., Cigar Manu- facturers, Louisville, Ky.


ROBERT MANSFELD. Of R. Mansfeld & Son, Manufacturers of Bank, Office and Store Fixtures, Louisville, Ky.


GAS MACHINES, BROOMS, MATTRESSES.


IIYMAN OFFUTT. Manufacturer of Acetylene Gas Machines, Louis- ville, Ky.


THOMAS C. CAUMMISAR. Manufacturer of Brooms, Excelsior, Staves, Split Baskets, Mattresses, etc., Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS.


CHEWING GUM, CANDY, PICKLES, PRESERVES.


THOMAS L. JEFFERSON. Manager American Chicle Co .; Kis-Me Gum Fac- tory; Dir. Sou. Nat. Bank; Nat. Trust Co .; Pres. Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home, Louisville, Ky.


WALLACE G. MILLER. Secretary and Treasurer Hyman Pickle Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


FRANK A. MENNE. President Frank A. Menne Candy Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


EDWARD L. GOODWIN. Proprietor Goodwin Preserving Co., Louis-


ville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS.


CAR COMPANY, MILL COMPANY.


JACOB L. SMYSER.


President Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing Co., Louisville, Ky.


FREDERICK W. HARDWICK. Secretary and Treasurer W. T. Pyne Mill & Sup ply Co. Louisville, Ky.


REFINERY, SOAP, OIL.


EDWIN H. FERGUSON. President Kentucky Refining Co. and Louisville Soap Co., Louisville, Ky.


JAMES W. RUGGLES. Born and raised in Lewis Co., Ky .; attended Ky. Wesleyan College; taught in Public Schools 1890-1896; Candidate County School Supt. in 1897; representing Standard Oil Co., Vanceburg, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS.


MONUMENTS, ARTIFICIAL STONE, DYNAMITE.


MICHAEL MULDOON. Muldoon Monument Co., Louisville, Ky.


JAMES S. CLARK. President J. S. Clark Monument Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


ALBERT S. ROBERTSON. President Falls City Artificial Stone Co., stone work in all its branches, owners of Palmers' Concrete Building Block, Louisville, Ky.


ALEX. L. SEMPLE. Of firm Alex. L. Semple & Co., Dynamite Ex- plosives, Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS.


COTTON, OX BREECHES, TANNERS.


ED. W. CHAMBERLAIN. Treasurer Indiana Cotton Mills (Cannelton, Ind.), Louisville, Ky.


GEORGE G. SUMMERS. Secretary and Treasurer Ox Breeches Manufact- uring Co., Louisville, Ky.


THEOPHILE CONRAD.


President Conrad Tanning Co. Louisville, Ky.


JOHN F. C. HEGEWALD. Secretary Conrad Tanning Co. Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS.


THE J. W. ZARING GRAIN AND MILL COMPANY


J. W. ZARING.


President J. W. Zaring Grain & Mill Co., Rich- mond, Ky.


ALLEN H. ZARING. Secretary and Treasurer J. W. Zaring Grain & Mill Co., Richmond, Ky.


ICE, LIGHT, POWER.


T. M. ESTES. President Lebanon Light, Ice & Power Co., and breeder of standard bred trotting horses, Lebanon, Ky.


MATHIAS POSCHINGER.


President New Albany Ice Co .; Proprietor Louis- ville Ice Co., Louisville, Ky.


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MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS. MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES.


ROBERT ARTHUR PETER. Of R. A. Peter & Co., Proprietary Medicines, Louisville, Ky.


STUART McDOWELL. President Bridges-McDowell Co .; Secretary Ohio Falls Varnish Co., Louisville, Ky.


HENRY S. RAMEY.


President Lampton, Crane & Ramey Co .; Vice- President Sterling Paint & Color Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


WILLIAM F. CRANE. President Sterling Paint & Color Co .; Vice-Pres- ident Lampton, Crane & Ramey Co., Louis- ville, Ky.


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MERCHANTS.


JEWELRY, DIAMOND SETTER, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.


WM. C. KENDRICK. Senior Member Wm. Kendrick's Sons, the lead- ing jewelers, established 1832, Louis- ville, Ky.


GEORGE P. KENDRICK. Junior Member Wm. Kendrick's Sons, the lead- ing jewelers, established 1832, Louis- ville, Ky.


WILLIAM G. BUSCHMEYER. Manufacturing Jeweler and Diamond Louisville, Ky.


Setter,


BROOKS DENHARD. Manager W. T. Berry Surgical Instrument Co., Louisville, Ky.


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MERCHANTS.


DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES.


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CHARLES BONNYCASTLE ROBINSON. President Robinson-Hughes Co., Dry Goods, Com- mission; President Beargrass Woolen Mills; Director Ohio Falls Dye Works; Trustee and Treasurer Town of Anchorage, Ky.


WILLIAM MEADE ROBINSON. Vice-President Robinson-Hughes, Dry Goods Com- mission; Vice President Beargrass Woolen Mills; President Alimentol Co .; Director Ohio Falls Dye Works, Louisville, Ky.


JOHN C. HUGHES.


Sec. and Treas. Robinson-Hughes Co. and Bear- grass Woolen Mills; Director Ky. Wagon Works Am. Nat. Bank, Ohio Falls Dye Works and Board of Trade, Louis- ville, Ky.


MANUEL J. STRENG. Of Streng & Thalheimer, Wholesale Boots and Shoes. Louisville, Ky.


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MERCHANTS.


J. M. ROBINSON-NORTON & CO., DRY GOODS.


GEORGE C. NORTON. J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, Louisville, Ky.


GARLAND H. MOURNING. J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, Louisville, Ky.


DOUGLAS BARCLAY. J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, Louisville, Ky.


ALVAH H. TERRY. . J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co., Manager Notion Department, Louisville, Ky.


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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


MERCHANTS.


J. M. ROBINSON-NORTON & CO .--- JOHN C. LEWIS CO., DRY GOODS.


WILLIAM H. MOURNING.


J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods; Member Commercial Club, B. P. O. Elks No. 8, Board of Trade, Royal Ar- canum. T. P. A., etc., Louisville, Ky.


CHARLES B. NORTON.


J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods; Director Board of Trade; President Commercial Club; Member Royal Arcanum, B. P. O. Elks No. 8, T. P. A., etc., Louis- ville, Ky.


ALEXANDER G. ROBINSON.


J. M. Robinson, Norton & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods; Member Commercial Club, Board of Trade, B. P. O. Elks No. 8, K. A. E. O., etc., Louisville, Ky.


JOHN C. LEWIS. President John C. Lewis Co., Dry Goods, etc., Department Store, Louisville, Ky.


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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


MERCHANTS.


CARTER DRY GOODS COMPANY.


JOHN A. CARTER .* Founder of the Carter Dry Goods Co., Louis- ville, Ky. *Died March 16, 1894.


HARRY DUMESNIL. Treasurer Carter Dry Goods Co., Louisville, Ky.


JOSEPH C. BETHEL. President Carter Dry Goods Co .; Capt. Co. A, Fourth Ky. Inf. (Orphans' Brigade), C. S. A., Louisville, Ky.


EDWARD ROWLAND. Vice-President Carter Dry Goods, Co .; born in Mobile, Ala .: came to Louisville in 1869, Louisville, Ky.


189


FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


MERCHANTS.


CARTER DRY COODS COMPANY.


WILLIAM H. BRADBURY. Secretary Carter Dry Goods Co .; born in New York; eame to Louisville in 1879; in present business since 1880, Louisville, Ky.


EDWARD B. CLARK.


Seeond Vice-President Carter Dry Louisville. Ky. Goods Co.,


MILLINERY CARPETS, ETC.


WILLIAM H. MeKNIGIIT. Senior Member of W. H. MeKnight Sons & Co., Carpets, Oil Cloth, ete .; Member Board of Trade; President New Galt House; Member Board of Directors Polytechnie Society, Louisville, Ky.


WILLIAM J. BAIRD.


Of David Baird & Son, Wholesale Millinery, Louisville, Ky.


190


FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."


MERCHANTS.


DRY GOODS CARPETS, UMBRELLAS, ETC.


G. E. WISEMAN.


Welsh & Wiseman Co., Merchants, Dry Goods, Carpets, etc., Danville, Ky.


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A. B. ROBERTSON. Of A. B. Robertson & Bro., Merchants, Dry Goods, etc., Danville, Ky.


GEORGE CROSS.


The Original George Cross; Umbrellas, Parasols, Gloves and Corsets; the pioneer umbrella store of Louisville, Ky.


GEORGE E. CROSS. Umbrellas, Parasols, Gloves, Corsets, Fans, etc., Louisville, Ky.




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