Manufacturer Notes: Southern Glass WorksLouisville DirectoriesKentucky Directories Louisville & Kentucky Directories 1878 Doyle Charles (Stanger & Co.), r 60 High av, nr 13th 1878 Doyle Michael, glassblower Stanger & Co., r 60 High av, nr 13th 1878 Husack Joseph (Stanger & Co.), r es 12th, bet Main and Monroe 1878 Rau Frederick (Stanger & Co.), r 275 Washington, nr Clay 1878 Stanger John (Stanger & Co.), r N. A 1878 Stanger Joseph (Stanger & Co.), r ss High, nr 14th 1878 Stanger Markel, glass mnfr, r 66 High av, nr 14th 1878 Stanger Thomas (Stanger & Co.), r N. A. 1878 STANGER & CO. (John, Joseph M. and Thomas Stanger, Charles Doyle, Conrad Upperman, Joseph Husack, Philip Zell and Frederick Rau), proprs Southern Glass Co., ns Monroe, bet 11th and 12th (see adv 776) 1878 SOUTHERN GLASS CO., Stanger & Co., proprs, Monroe cor 11th nr Canal, (see adv page 776) 1878 Upperman Conrad (Stanger & Co.), bds ss High, nr 14th 1878 Zell Philip (Stanger & Co.), r Pittsburgh 1878 Glass Manufacturers. STANGER & CO., Monroe, cor 11th, nr Canal [See adv, page 776] 1878 Advertisement Page 776 SOUTHERN GLASS COMPANY, Cor. Eleventh and Monroe Streets,} LOUISVILLE, KY. NEAR THE CANAL ___.___ Our new Company is now well established and in full operation. All orders for WINE, ALE, BEER and MINERAL WATER BOTTLES, and also for FLASKS FOR DRUGGISTS, and FRUIT JARS will be promptly filled at lowest rates. We also keep on hand a large stock of the above named goods. Our goods can not be surpassed by those from other factories. We employ only the most competent workmen. STRANGER & CO. 1879 Doyle Charles (Stanger & Co.), r 60 High av, nr 14th 1879 Husack Joseph (Stanger & Co.), r 12th, se cor Rowan 1879 Rau Frederick (Stanger & Co.), r 275 Washington, nr Clay 1879 Rau Frederick, Jr., glassblower, bds 275 Washington, nr Clay 1879 Sherley Thomas H. (T. H. Sherley & Co.), r 55 Breckinridge, nr 2d 1879 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (T. H. Sherley and W. C. Johnson), distillers' agts and com mers, 37 4th, nr Main 1879 Stanger John (Stanger & Co.), r es 12th, bet Monroe and High 1879 Stanger John Jr., glass, r es 12th, bet Monroe and High av 1879 Stanger Joseph M. (Stanger & Co.), r 66 High av, nr 13th 1879 Stanger Martin, glass blower, r 66 High av, nr 14th 1879 Stanger Thomas (Stanger & Co.), r N. A. 1879 STANGER & CO. (John, Joseph M. and Thomas Stanger, Charles Doyle, Conrad Upperman, Joseph Husack and Frederick Rau), proprs Southern Glass Works, ns Monroe, bet 11th and 12th (see adv page F, front fly) 1879 SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Stanger & Co., proprs,11th, cor Monroe (see adv page, front fly F) 1879 Upperman Conrad (Stanger & Co.), bds ss High, bet 13th and 14th 1879 Glass Manufacturers. STANGER & CO., Monroe, cor 11th [See adv, front fly F] Louisville Glass Works, ns High, bet 27th and 28th 1879 Advertisement Page F SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Cor. Eleventh and Monroe Sts., near the Canal LOUISVILLE ___.___ Our new Company is now well established and in full operation. All orders for WINE, ALE, BEER and MINERAL WATER BOTTLES, and also for FLASKS FOR DRUGGISTS, and FRUIT JARS will be promptly filled at lowest rates. We also keep on hand a large stock of the above named goods. Our goods can not be surpassed by those from other factories. We employ only the most competent workmen. STRANGER & CO. 1880 Sherley Thomas H. (T. H. Sherley & Co. and Sherley & McCulloch), r 55 Breckinridge, nr 2d 1880 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (T. H. Sherley and W. C. Johnson), distillers' agts and com mers, 37 4th, nr Main 1880 Sherley & McCulloch (T. H. Sherley and J. G. McCulloch), props Southern Glass Works, Rowan, nw cor 11th 1880 Southern Glass Works, Sherley & McCulioch (sic), proprs, Rowan, nw Cor 11th 1880 Glass Manufacturers. (Green, Black and Amber Glassware.) SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs; Rowan, nw cor 11th (see adv, page 895) 1880 Advertisement Page 895 SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS ____.____ SHERLEY & McCULLOCH PROPRIETORS, Corner Eleventh and Monroe Streets LOUISVILLE, KY. ___.___ Manufacturers of all kinds of Druggist's Glassware, Fruit Jars, Flasks --AND-- ALL KINDS OF BOTTLES. 1881 McCulloch J. G. (Sherley & McCulloch), bds Galt House 1881 McCulloch J. L. bkkpr Southern Glass Wks, bds Willard Hotel 1881 SHERLEY THOMAS H. (T. H. Sherley & Co. and Sherley & McCulloch), r 55 Breckinridge, nr 2d 1881 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (T. H. Sherley and W. C. Johnson), distillers' agents and commision merchants, 10 Main, ab 1st 1881 SHERLEY & McCULLOCH (T. H. Sherley and J. G. McCulloch), proprs Southern Glass Works, Monroe, nw cor 11th [See adv, page 907] 1881 Southern Glass Works, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs, Monroe nw Cor 11th [See adv, page 907] 1881 Glass Manufacturers. (Green, Black and Amber Glassware.) SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs; Monroe, nw cor 11th (see adv, page 907) 1881 Advertisement Page 907 SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS ____.____ SHERLEY & McCULLOCH PROPRIETORS, Corner Eleventh and Monroe Streets LOUISVILLE, KY. ___.___ Manufacturers of all kinds of Druggist's Glassware, Fruit Jars, Flasks --AND-- ALL KINDS OF BOTTLES. 1882 McCulloch J. G. (Sherley & McCulloch), bds Galt House 1882 McCulloch J. L. bkkpr Sherley & McCulloch 1882 SHERLEY THOMAS H. (T. H. Sherley & Co. and Sherley & McCulloch), r 207 W. Breckinridge 1882 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (T. H. Sherley and W. C. Johnson), distillers' agents and commission mers, 114 E. Main 1882 SHERLEY & McCULLOCH (T. H. Sherley and J. G. McCulloch), proprs Southern Glass Works, 1101 Monroe, cor 11th [See adv, page 955] 1882 SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs, 1101 Monroe, Cor 11th [See adv, page 955] 1882 Glass Manufacturers. (Green, Black and Amber Glassware.) SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs; 1101 Monroe, cor 11th (see adv, page 955) 1882 Advertisement Page 955 SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS ____.____ SHERLEY & McCULLOCH PROPRIETORS, Corner Eleventh and Monroe Sts. LOUISVILLE, KY. ___.___ Manufacturers of all kinds of Druggist's Glassware, Fruit Jars, Flasks --AND-- ALL KINDS OF BOTTLES. 1883 McCULLOCH J. G. (Sherley & McCulloch), r Pewee Valley and Galt House 1883 McCULLOCH J. L. bkkpr and cashier Sherley & McCulloch, r 325 W. Walnut 1883 SHERLEY THOMAS H. (T. H. Sherley & Co. and Sherley & McCulloch), r 207 W. Breckinridge 1883 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (Thomas H. Sherley and William C. Johnson), distillers agts, whiskies whol and com mers. 114 E. Main 1883 SHERLEY & McCULLOCH (T. H. Sherley and J. G. McCulloch), proprs Sou. Glass Wks, 1101 Monroe, cor 11th [See adv opp page 670] 1883 SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs, 1101 Monroe, Cor 11th [See adv, opp page 670] 1883 Glass Manufacturers. (Green, Black and Amber Glassware.) KENTUCKEY GLASS WORKS Co., 542 W Main SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs; 401 Monroe, cor 11th (see adv opp page 670) (Plate Glass.) Louisville Plate Glass Works, ns Montgomery, bet 27th and 28th 1883 Advertisement Page 955 SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS ____.____ SHERLEY & McCULLOCH PROPRIETORS, 1101 Monroe St., corner 11th LOUISVILLE, KY. ___.___ Manufacturers of all kinds of Fruit Jars, Flasks, Beer Bottles, --AND-- DRUGGIST' GLASSWARE. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 1883-84 Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Volume 4 LOUISVILLE .... Sherley & McCulloch (T H Sherley, J G McCulloch), Props Southern Glass Works, cor 11th and Monroe (See adv, p 423.) .... Southern Glass Works, Sherley & McCulloch Proprs, cor 11th and Monroe. (See adv, p 423) .... Glass Mnfrs. SHERLEY & McCULLOCH (See adv. p 423)................ Louisville Southern Glass Works..............Louisville Page 423 Advertisement SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS SHERLEY & McCULLOCH, Props. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF Fruit Jars, Bottles and Vials, SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO PRIVATE MOULDS. Corner of Eleventh and Monroe Sts., LOUISVILLE, KY. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 1884 HITE W. W. & CO. (W. W. Hite, J. G. McCulloch, and Ed. S. Brewster), ship chandlers, railroad and engineers' supplies, 146 and 148 4th 1884 McCULLOCH J. G. (Sherley & McCulloch and W. W. Hite & Co.), office 148 4th, r Pewee Valley and Walnut nw cor 2d 1884 SHERLEY THOMAS H. (T. H. Sherley & Co. and Sherley & McCulloch), r 207 W. Breckinridge 1884 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (Thomas H. Sherley and T. J. Batman), distillers agts. whiskies whol and com mers. 114 E. Main 1884 SHERLEY & McCULLOCH (T. H. Sherley and J. G. McCulloch), proprs Southern Glass Works, 1101 Monroe, cor 11th 1884 SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs, 1101 Monroe, Cor 11th 1884 Glass Manufacturers. (Green, Black and Amber Glassware.) SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs; 1101 Monroe, cor 11th 1884 Advertisement Page 1192 JOSEPH HUSAK, Prest. JACOB SHEURER, Sole Agent. CONRAD OPPERMAN, Sec'y FALLS CITY GLASS CO., Manufacturers of all kinds of GREEN AND AMBER COLOR BOTTLES, VIALS, FRUIT JARS, DRUGGISTS' GLASSWARE, Etc. North of Bank Street, bet 26th and 27th, Special attention paid to LOUISVILLE, KY. private Moulds. 1885 HITE W. W. & CO. (W. W. Hite, J. G. McCulloch, and Ed. S. Brewster), ship chandlers, railroad and engineers' supplies, 146 and 148 4th 1885 McCULLOCH J. G. (W. W. Hite & Co. and Sherley & McCulloch), and vice pres Louisville and Evansville Mail Co., r Pewee Valley, and Walnut nw cor 2d 1885 SHERLEY THOMAS H. (T. H. Sherley & Co. and Sherley & McCulloch), r 207 W. Breckinridge 1885 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (Thomas H. Sherley and T. J. Batman), distillers agts. whiskies whol and com mers. 114 E. Main 1885 Sherley & McCulloch (T. H. Sherley and J. G. McCulloch), proprs Southern Glass Works, 1101 Monroe 1885 Southern Glass Works, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs, 1101 Monroe 1885 Glass Manufacturers. (Green, Black and Amber Glassware.) SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, Sherley & McCulloch, proprs; 1101 Monroe 1886 LOUISVILLE GLASS WORKS CO., R. W. Lewis, pres; J. Richardson, sec and treas; J. M. Stanger, supt; 1101 Monroe 1886 LEWIS ROBERT W., pres Louisville Glass Works Co., r 300 W. Chestnut 1886 McCULLOCH JOSEPH G., vice pres W. W. Hite & Co. and Louisville and Evansville Mail Co., r Pewee Valley, and 205 W Walnut 1886 Richardson Joseph, sec and treas Lou. Glass Works Co., b 219 2d 1886 SHERLEY THOMAS H. (T. H. Sherley & Co.), r 207 W. Breckinridge 1886 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (Thomas H. Sherley and T. J. Batman), distillers' agts, whiskies whol and com mers. 114 E. Main 1886 Stanger Joseph M., supt Lou. Glass Works Co., r N. A 1886 Stanger Thomas, glassblower Lou. Glass Wks Co., r N. A 1886 Glass Manufacturers. (Green, Black and Amber Glassware.) LOUISVILLE GLASS WORKS CO., 1101 Monroe 1887 BATMAN THOMAS J. (T. H. Sherley & Co.), sec and treas E. L. Miles & Co. and the New Hope Distillery Co., r 1421 2d 1887 McCULLOCH JOSEPH G., vice pres W. W. Hite & Co. and Louisville and Evansville Mail Co., r Pewee Valley, and 205 W Walnut 1887 Richardson Joseph, b 219 2d 1887 SHERLEY THOMAS H. (T. H. Sherley & Co.) and pres E. L. Miles & Co. and the New Hope Distillery Co., r 207 W. Breckinridge 1887 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (Thomas H. Sherley and T. J. Batman), distillers' agts, whiskies whol and com mers. 114 E. Main 1888 BATMAN THOMAS J. (T. H. Sherley & Co.), (Kentucky Glass Works and Southern Glass Works); sec and treas E. L. Miles & Co. and The New Hope Distillery Co., and mngr Belle of Nelson Distillery Co., r 1421 2d 1888 SHERLEY THOMAS H. (T. H. Sherley & Co.) and pres E. L. Miles & Co. and the New Hope Distillery Co., r 207 W. Breckinridge 1888 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (Thomas H. Sherley and T. J. Batman), distillers' agts, whiskies whol and com mers. 114 E. Main 1888 Southern Glass Works, T. H. Sherley & Co., lessees. office 114 E Main, wks 11th and Monroe 1888 Glass Manufacturers. Kentucky Glass Works, 114 E. Main Southern Glass Works, 114 E. Main 1889 BATMAN T. J. (T. H. Sherley & Co.), sec and treas E. L. Miles & Co. and The New Hope Distillery Co., r 1421 2d 1889 Kentucky Glass Works, office, 114 E main; works 4th and C 1889 Sherley Thomas H. (T. H. Sherley & Co.) president E. L. Miles Co. and the New Hope Distillery Co., r 207 W. Breckinridge 1889 SHERLEY T. H. & CO. (Thomas H. Sherley and T. J. Batman), distillers' agts, whiskies whol and com mers. 114 E. Main 1889 Glass Manufacturers. Kentucky Glass Works, 114 E. Main Southern Glass Works, 114 E. Main _______________________________________________________________________________________ --The Southern Glass Works, John Stanger & Co., Louisville, have completed their buildings and started work. National Labor Tribune (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) September 22, 1877 _______________________________________________________________________________________ STANGER & CO., SOUTHERN GLASS COMPANY, Manufacturers of all kinds of Bottles, Vials and Fruit Jars, Cor. Eleventh and Monroe Sts,. near Canal. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) December 5, 1877 _______________________________________________________________________________________ --The Southern Glass Works, John Stanger & Co., Louisville, Ky., have completed their buildings and started work, Commercial Bulletin (Louisville, Massachusetts) December 15, 1877 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Another Case of Disappearance. LOUISVILLE, March 26.--The Evening News this afternoon will say that John Stanger, Jr., business manager of the Southern Glass Works of this city, disappeared last Saturday evening with a considerable sum of money, probably amounting to several thousand dollars, belonging to the company. It is learned that he had been collecting bills at a heavy discount. He was last heard of at Lexington, Indiana, where it was supposed he collected a bill due the company. He is a married man and has two children, lived happily and attended to business faithfully and soberly. The company which was organized in 1877, and has done a good business, stopped work when it was learned that Stanger was gone, but will resume next Monday. His family fear foul play, while the general verdict is "Leadville fever." Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) March 26, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Mysteriously Disappeared. LOUISVILLE, March 26th,--John Stanger Jr., business manager of the Southern Glass Works, is unaccountably missing, with considerable money. His friends fear foul play. The general verdict is that he has absconded to Leadville. San Francisco Bulletin (San Francisco, California) March 26, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ DISAPPEARED WITH THE MONEY.--John Stranger, jr., business manager of the Southern glass works at Louisville, Ky., disappeared Thursday last, with several thousand dollars belonging to the company. His family fear foul play. Evening Star (Washington, District of Columbia) March 27, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ LOUISVILLE. _____ Man and Money Disappear. LOUISVILLE, March 26.--The evening News: says: John Stalger (sic), Jr., a married man, business manager of the Southern glass works, disappeared on Thursday evening last, with a sum of money amounting to several thousand dollars belonging to the company. Picayune Times (New Orleans, Louisiana) March 27, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ SEVERAL days after the fact had been published in the LEDGER-STANDARD, the Louisville papers discovered that John Stanger had disappeared from that city, with a large amount of funds belonging to the southern glass company. The company an assignment for the benefit of creditors, but it is understood the works will be kept running. New Albany Ledger Standard (New Albany, Indiana) March 27, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette. NEW ALBANY, MARCH 27, John Stanger, Jr., the defaulting and absconded cashier of the Southern Glass Works, at Louisville, has not been heard from. He carried off several thousand dollars. He resided for a number of years at New Albany, and those here who knew him are of the opinion that he will never return or pay back any part of the money he carried off with him. Cincinnati Daily Gazette (Cincinnati, Ohio) March 28, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Missing. LOUISVILLE, March 26.--Jno. S. Eanger, (sic) Jr., business manager of the Southern glass works is unaccountably missing, with considerable money. His friends fear foul play. The general verdict is that he has absconded to Leadville. The New North-West (Deer Lodge, Montana) March 28. 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Absconded to Leadville. LOUISVILLE, March 26.--John Stanger, Jr., business manager of the Southern Glass Works, is unaccountably missing with considerable money. The general verdict is absconded to Leadville. Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) March 29, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ John Stanger, Jr., business manager of the Southern Glass Works, Louisville Ky., is unaccountedably missing with considerable money. His friends fear foul play, but the general verdict is absconded to Leadville. Helena Weekly Herald (Helena, Montana) April 3, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ The latest rush to Leadville is the business manager of the Southern glass works, Louisville, and his enthusiasm was so sudden that he did not even wait to empty the company's money out of his pockets. Leadville will welcome him. Black Hills Daily Pioneer (Deadwood, South Dakota) April 6, 1879 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Note: There were dozens and dozens of articles from across the country that were copies or paraphrased form the above articles on John Stanger Jr.'s disappearance. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Everything is moving off smoothly and encouraging at both the Kentucky and Southern glass works, Louisville, Ky. Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) October 13, 1880 _______________________________________________________________________________________ SOUTHERN GLASS WORKS, SHERLEY & McCULLOCH, PROPEITORS, MANUFACTURERS OF Druggists' Glassware, Fruit Jars, BOTTLES AND VIALS, Corner of Eleventh and Monroe Streets. LOUISVILLE, KY. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) August 24, 1881 _______________________________________________________________________________________ BIG FAILURE. ______ A Wholesale Whisky Merchant Makes an Assignment. ______ An assignment was made yesterday by G. Baum, a wholesale liquor dealer at 356 Main street, to Abraham Cecil. The paper states that he is indebted to the following persons: Freiberg & Workum in the sum of $46,006.86; to Kerbs & Spies $4318.60; to Charles Nelson $2147.60; to the Manhattan bank $1500; ......... to the Southern Glass Company, of Louisville, Kentucky, $187.50; to Pohalski & Greenhall $150; to North Wheeling Glass Company $206.50; to Hemingray Glass Company 249.55; ...... The total indebtedness of Baum foots up about $80,000. Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) November 18, 1881 _______________________________________________________________________________________ BOARD OF TRADE ............. BOTTLES. Kentucky Glass Works, Southern Glass Works. GLASS WORKS. DePauw's Amer. Plate Glass Works New Albany, Ind., Southern Glass Works. Ky. Glass Works. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) December 27, 1882 _______________________________________________________________________________________ A TABLE OF LOSSES, COMPILED WITH CARE BY A CORPS OF COURIER-JOURNAL REPRESENTATIVES. The COURRIER-JOURNAL presents this morning the first and only accurate estimate of the losses by floods in this city. There has been no half-way work in its compilation. The approximations, in fact, are authoritative, and that the ground has been fully covered no one will deny. The following are the losses on TOTAL LOSS..................$367,500 .............. FROM EIGHTH TO FOURTEENTH STREETS. .............. SOUTHERN GLASS-works............ 100 ............ The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) February 17, 1883 _______________________________________________________________________________________ THE Southern Glass works will blow out and cease work for the summer next week. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) June 22, 1883 _______________________________________________________________________________________ THE Southern Glass works have suspended till September, and the Kentucky Glass-works will continue running till all contracts are filled. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) July 12, 1883 _______________________________________________________________________________________ THE Southern Glass works resume operations September 1. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) August 23, 1883 _______________________________________________________________________________________ THE Southern Glass works expect to begin blowing glass next week. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) August 30, 1883 _______________________________________________________________________________________ WANTED-CARPENTERS-To work on the Henderson bridge. Apply at Southern Glass-works. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) October 1, 1883 _______________________________________________________________________________________ BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 21. Friend Manks:--All the factories in the East are now in operation except Winslow, and there are strong probabilities that it will not start again as a hollow ware factory. In the West they are all in operation except McKee, of Pittsburgh, who has gone out of the hollow ware business, and the Southern Glass Co., of Louisville, Ky. A new factory has been erected in Denver, Colorado, and another is projected westward "the star of empire," etc. there will soon be a line of glass factories stretching across the continent, unless the free trade fanatics are successful, which Jeaven forbid! As usual at this time of the year there is a fair demand for ware, but not enough to warrant the erection of any new factories. Yours Truly F. S. TOMLIN Bridgeton Evening News (Bridgeton, New Jersey) April 24, 1884 _______________________________________________________________________________________ T. H. Sherley & Co. UNTIL within a very few years the difference between cities north of the Ohio river, and those south of that beautiful, historic waterway was as distinct and radical as that between daylight and darkness. Given at any time two cities in their respective sections, with equal advantages in the race for wealth, power, and importance, the victory was never doubtful at all. No matter what the underlying causes for their difference were, it was generally recognized that the southern merchants lacked the energy, the dash, the intrepidity of their northern competitors. The former were content with moderate success, conservative to the point of timidity, interested, rather, each man in his own well-being, than in the growth and improvement of the community. There was very little in the South of what is known across the river as "public spirit." In every one of the centers of population at the South, however, there were exceptions to the rule of general sluggishness; men who, either naturally, or by business association with their active brethren further north, were infected with the pluck and push of the latter. When the great awakening which has come to all sections of the country in the last few years—the Titanic impulse which is to carry America to yet undreamed-of heights of splendor and glory—reached such men, it found eager and able advocates and promoters. Louisville has a few of this class among her native residents, and of these Thos. H. Sherley is a type. The firm of T. H. Sherley & Co., of which Mr. Sherley is the ruling spirit, is one of the most extensively and favorably known in Kentucky. Twenty-two years ago, in 1865, the house was established by Mr. Sherley, himself then a very young man, who began business as a distiller's agent and commission merchant for the sale of distilled spirits. In a few years he acquired the control of a large number of standard brands, and enlarged the scope of his business by engaging in the actual manufacture, obtaining an interest in two distilleries. At present the firm operates three distilleries. Of these, the most famous perhaps is the E. L. Miles. This is the oldest manufactory in the State. It was established by the father of the present E. L. Miles, and has been in continuous operation for nearly one hundred years, except a period of about three years during the war. Its product has attained a wonderful celebrity among consumers and the medical profession who require a purity of quality combined with the perfect flavor that is rarely, if ever, known outside of the Kentucky article. As showing the position held by such goods among the trade, it may be stated that the highest priced sweet mash whisky in Kentucky to-day is the brand known as the E. L. Miles. After Mr. Sherley gained control of it, the Miles, which had been a small house, was enlarged and improved, and in 1885 was converted into a stock company of which Mr. Sherley is President. The second of his houses is the New Hope. This was built in 1876, but its product has already gained a wide reputation for its purity and flavor. This is also run as a stock company of which Mr. Sherley is Vice-President. The third is the "Belle of Nelson." This famous brand of whisky is simply manufactured by Sherley & Co. for the Belle of Nelson Distillery Company, of which Bartley, Johnson & Co. are the principal stock-holders. The capacity of the Miles house is about 10,000 barrels a year, that of the New Hope about 6,000 barrels. The distilleries where these whiskies are manufactured are in Nelson county, where the soil and water contain the peculiar properties essential in the production of Bourbon whisky to a degree not surpassed by any of the other famous localities in Kentucky. The firm is also interested as commission merchants in the apple and peach brandy trade, and controls two-thirds of the product of the State. In addition to its dealings in whisky, within the past few months the firm has leased both the Southern Glass Works and the Kentucky Glass Works, and is now actively operating those enterprises. The same activity and sagacity which Mr. Sherley has always displayed in his other pursuits, warrant a prediction of great success in his latest venture. The company of the firm is Mr. Thos. J. Batman, a young man of fine character and sterling business qualities, who entered Mr. Sherley's service in 1875 as an office boy, and who after ten years of faithful and intelligent apprenticeship was honored by admission as a partner. Mr. Batman has complete control of the office, and by his thorough knowledge of the business and his devotion to the firm's interests has acquired a fine reputation in the mercantile world. While Mr. Sherley is known to the business world as a shrewd and prosperous merchant, his reputation with the public is still more general as an alert, progressive citizen, interested in every movement for the general development, and in every particular satisfying the requirements necessary to that envied and admired individual, a prominent man. For six years he was a member of the School Board, part of which time he was its chairman. He has been a director in the Board of Trade for two terms, four years in all, and is a director in the Louisville Southern road. It was mainly due to his exertions and money that the Public Elevator was built, the only institution of its kind in the city. Mr. Sherley has always manifested a fondness for politics and is now a member of the Democratic State Committee. (He is fortunate in the possession of a temperament of which a vivid, if not elegant, idea is conveyed by the expression, "he is a good fellow.") Louisville owes her prosperity to such men as Tom Sherley and their multiplication here will insure her future greatness. Young, Ewing Allison: The City of Louisville and a Glimpse of Kentucky (Louisville, Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1887) _______________________________________________________________________________________ Colonel John L. McCulloch. Valiant, self-reliant and endowed with great circumspection and constructive ability, Colonel McCulloch has proved one of the most influential and resourceful powers in the civic and industrial progress of the city of Marion, the beautiful and thriving capital and metropolis of Grant county. His character is the positive expression of a noble and loyal nature and he holds by just deserts an inviolable place in popular confidence and esteem. He is a native son of Indiana and a scion of a family whose name has been worthily linked with the history of this state for considerably more than half a century. Through energy, strong initiative and sterling integrity of purpose he has gained definite precedence as one of the prominent and influential men of affairs in his native state, and, further than this, he has been significantly prominent in connection with civic activities representing the higher ideals in the scheme of human thought and action. He is one of the most honored Indiana affiliates of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has the distinction of having received the thirty-third and maximum degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and he has done much to foster the interests of the great fraternal order in his state, especially in his home city. He has served as a member of the military staff of the governor of Indiana, with the rank of Colonel; he is one of the representative bankers of the state, as president of the Marion National Bank; and he has been the liberal and progressive citizen to whom is mainly due the development and upbuilding of a number of the most important industrial enterprises that contribute to the commercial precedence and material and civic prosperity of Marion. The foregoing brief statements indicate fully that in any history of Grant county it is imperative to accord definite tribute to Colonel McCulloch, and thus a review of his career is given in this publication, with all of appreciation and with marked satisfaction. Of the staunchest of Scotch and Swiss lineage, Colonel John Lewis McCulloch has given evidence of possessing the sterling traits of character that most significantly designate the races from which he is sprung, and he takes a due amount of pride in reverting to the fine old Hoosier commonwealth as the place of his nativity. He was born near Vevay, Switzerland county, Indiana, on the 14th of March, 1858, and is a son of George and Louisa (Weaver) McCulloch, the former of whom was born in Scotland and the latter in Switzerland county, Indiana, a representative of one of the fine families that early founded the Swiss colony in that county. The father devoted the greater part of his active career to mercantile pursuits and was long numbered among the representative and influential citizens of Switzerland county, both he and his wife having continued to reside at Vevay until their death. Of their ten children four sons and two daughters are now living. Colonel McCulloch continued to attend the public schools of his native town until he had completed the curriculum of the high school, and this discipline was supplemented' by a short course of study in Wabash College, at Crawfordsville. At the age of nineteen years he put his scholastic attainments to practical test and utilization, by turning his attention to the pedagogic profession, in which he was a successful teacher in the district schools of his native county for two years. Thereafter he was employed as clerk in a hardware store at Frankfort, Clinton county, for one year, at the expiration of which he gained further and valuable business experience by assuming the position of bookkeeper for the Southern Glass Works, in the city of Louisville, Kentucky, where he remained four years. He then went to the city of Wheeling, West Virginia, where he became bookkeeper for the North Wheeling Glass Company, for which corporation he later became general salesman. After serving five years as one of the valued attaches of this company Mr. McCulloch returned to Indiana, and the spring of 1888 marked his arrival in the city of Marion, where he became the promoter and organizer of the Marion Fruit Jar & Bottle Company. He individually held two-thirds of the stock of the new company and became its president and treasurer. Through his previous experience in connection with the glass-manufacturing industry he had gained substantial knowledge of the details of this line of enterprise and thus was well fortified in the initiating of the new manufactory in Marion. Operations were instituted on a modest scale, with an investment of only ten thousand dollars, and under his aggressive and resourceful administration the industry rapidly expanded in scope and importance, until the company became the second largest fruit-jar manufacturers in the entire United States, with branch factories at Converse and Fairmount, this state, and at Coffeyville, Kansas. The discovery of natural gas in Indiana greatly spurred manufacturing in this state, as history fully records, and in this connection the Marion Fruit Jar & Bottle Company effected large leases of gas and oil land in Indiana and other states. After the supply of gas began to wane these lands proved to be very valuable in the production of oil, and it is a matter of record that the Marion company mentioned drilled about one hundred oil wells which proved very profitable in their output. In 1904 the manufacturing business, which had grown to extensive proportions, was sold to the only other company which had been a large competitor. Colonel McCulloch had been indefatigable in his labors and other incidental activities in connection with the great industry built up under his direction, and the sale of the business was prompted largely by his desire to obtain relaxation from the manifold cares and exactions involved. He sought and found a much needed rest, and he found special pleasure and recreation through two years of extensive travel, in company with his wife and daughter. They not only visited the various sections of the United States but also sojourned in Mexico and made a trip around the world,—starting from San Francisco, and returning home by way of New York city. They visited all of the countries of the Old World and the pleasures and profits gained have proved of abiding order. When, in 1905, the Marion National Bank was reorganized, Colonel McCulloch became a prominent figure in the institution, as the owner of one-fourth of its stock, and one year after its incorporation under the new regime he was elected its president. He has since continued as the chief executive of this strong and representative bank, and its interests have been signally advanced under his wise and conservative direction, the bank being now the most important in Grant county, in the matter of solidity and extent of business controlled, even as it is also one of the strongest and most popular in central Indiana. Colonel McCulloch has shown special predilection for and ability in the banking business and is known as one of the representative figures in connection with financial affairs in his native state, the while he has a wide acquaintanceship among the leading capitalists and financiers of the country, especially those of Chicago and New York city. Never swerving in the least from the highest principles of integrity and honor, he is an exponent of the best element in financial circles, and his influence in this connection has been both fruitful and benignant. He has held many positions of honor and trust in the Indiana Bankers' Association, of which he is president at the time of this writing, in 1913, and he is also a valued member of the American Bankers' Association, in which he has served as vice-president for Indiana. Deeply appreciative of the many attractions and superior advantages of his home city, Colonel McCulloch has been most aggressive and influential in the furthering of measures and enterprises tending to advance the civic and industrial progress and prosperity of Marion, and in this connection his fine initiative and executive powers have come into effective play. In the year 1900 he became one of the interested principals in the Marion Paper Company, and for several years past he has been the owner of three-eighths interest in its capital stock, and vice president and secretary of the company. This corporation represents one of the most important and successful industrial enterprises in this part of the state, as is shown by the fact that it is to-day the largest patron of the railroads entering Marion, where it ships in and out a greater freight tonnage than does any other manufacturing concern in Marion. The company manufactures paper-box board, and its trade is not only of the most substantial order but is also widely disseminated. In politics Colonel McCulloch has been found arrayed as a staunch supporter of the cause of the Republican party, with well fortified opinions concerning matters of governmental and economic import, but he has been essentially a business man and had no desire to enter the turbulent stream of so-called practical politics, though one preferment of incidental order has been his, that of colonel on the military staff of Governor Hanley. He is a man of fine address and unvarying courtesy and consideration, is genial and tolerant, and is by nature and voluntary determination a distinct optimist. He is appreciative of his stewardship and in an unassuming way has given ready aid to those in affliction and distress, so that there are ample reasons for his being held in unequivocal confidence and esteem by all who know him. He and his wife are active and liberal members of the Presbyterian church; he is affiliated with the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, and not only holds membership in the Marion Country Club and the Marion Golf Club and has been president of both, but has also been for a number of years a valued member of the Commercial and Marion Clubs of Indianapolis, these being representative organizations of the capital of the state. In the Masonic fraternity Colonel McCulloch has been specially prominent and influential in his native state, and he has been a close and appreciative student of the history and teachings of this time honored fraternity. He is one of the seventy representatives in Indiana who have been distinguished in receiving the thirty-third and ultimate degree in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Masonry, and he is most active in the work of the various Masonic bodies with which he is affiliated, including the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The beautiful new Masonic Temple in Marion will reach completion about April, 1913, and the large and noble benefao tions of Colonel McCulloch in this connection demand special mention. From an article published in a Marion paper at the time when decisive action was being instituted in connection with the proposed Masonic building are taken the following extracts, which are well worthy of preservation in this article: "The most prominent Mason in Marion and one of the best known in Indiana is Colonel John L. McCulloch, president of the Marion National Bank. It has been largely through the untiring efforts of this representative citizen and Mason that the local Masonic bodies will soon be housed in one of the finest Masonic homes in the state. When the movement for a new temple was launched, Colonel McCulloch, through his great business ability and Masonic enthusiasm, was made its leading spirit and was voted to the chairmanship of the building committee, on which he has admirably and successfully served. "One of Colonel McCulloch's fondest hopes was to see a Masonic temple in Marion,—a temple that would be a credit to the city and the fraternity. To this end he contributed liberally and kept in close touch with the work of raising finances. When $16,000 was raised by the lodge for building purposes and it was realized that this would be insufficient to defray expenses and that the lodge would have to go in debt for the remainder, Colonel McCulloch came forward and submitted a proposition which certainly attested his interest and enthusiasm. Here is what he told his brethren of Samaritan Lodge, No. 105, Free & Accepted Masons, of which he is a trustee: 'We already have raised $16,000 by subscription and we figure that we shall need $28,000 more to construct the building as we want it. We can, of course, borrow the money to take care of the matter, but I would like to have the building dedicated without indebtedness. I want every penny of the indebtedness provided for before the last brick is laid. We yet need about $28,000. I will give half the amount if the lodge will take care of the remaining half. My money will be ready whenever the lodge raises its half.' This generous offer from Colonel McCulloch was warmly received by the lodge, and thus was assured the splendid Masonic temple for Marion." When the thirty-third degree was conferred upon Colonel McCulloch, at Saratoga, New York, the members of his home lodge showed their appreciation of the high honor conferred upon him by presenting to him a beautiful ring emblematic of the degree which he had received. He is a valued member of all the Masonic bodies in Marion and is influential in the affairs of each. On the 5th of July, 1883, was solemnized the marriage of Colonel McCulloch to Miss Alice Rebecca Wilson, of Louisville, Kentucky,— a young woman of gracious presence and distinctive culture and a representative of one of the old and distinguished families of Kentucky. She is a daughter of Wood and Elizabeth (Muir) Wilson, both of Scotch lineage and both members of families whose names have been prominently and worthily linked with the annals of the state of Kentucky. Mrs. McCulloch's parents are both dead, having died in Louisville, Kentucky, about the close of the Civil war. Her father was a prominent merchant of Louisville, and during the Civil war the Wilson home in Louisville was the headquarters for everything identified with the Union cause, as the family had two sons in the Union Army. Immediately after their marriage, which was celebrated in the city of Louisville, Colonel and Mrs. McCulloch removed to Wheeling, West Virginia, and there, in the year 1884, occurred the birth of their only child, Alice Rebecca, who is now the wife of George Alfred Bell, a prominent manufacturer of Marion, their marriage having been solemnized in 1910. Mrs. Bell has been a resident of Marion from her childhood days and is one of the leaders and most popular factors in the representative social activities of her home city, besides being well known in the social circles of other cities. She and her husband reside with her parents and the beautiful home is a center of gracious and refined hospitality. Whitson, Rolland Lewis; Centennial History of Grant County, Indiana, 1812 to 1912 (Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914) _______________________________________________________________________________________ Go To North American Soda & Beers Home |