Difference between revisions of "Lewis Bear"

From Pensapedia, the Pensacola encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(New page: {{Infobox Biography | subject_name =Lewis Bear | image_name =LewisBear.jpg | image_size =180px | image_caption = | date_of_birth =October 20, 1831 | place_of_birth =[[W...)
 
m
Line 19: Line 19:
 
{{otheruses}}
 
{{otheruses}}
  
'''Lewis Bear''' ([[1831]]-[[1895]]) was a Bavarian immigrant and [[Confederate]] veteran who moved to Pensacola from Greenville, Alabama in [[1876]]. A year later he established a grocery on [[Palafox Street]] — the [[Lewis Bear Company]] — that would eventually become a major wholesale liquor distributor.
+
'''Lewis Bear''' ([[1831]]-[[1895]]) was a Bavarian immigrant and [[Confederate]] veteran who moved to Pensacola from Greenville, Alabama in [[1876]] and established a grocery on [[Palafox Street]] — the [[Lewis Bear Company]] — that would eventually become a major wholesale liquor distributor.
  
 
{{biz-bio-stub}}
 
{{biz-bio-stub}}

Revision as of 22:02, 29 September 2008

Lewis Bear
LewisBear.jpg
Born October 20, 1831
Oettingen, Bavaria, Germany
Died July 18, 1895
Pensacola
Occupation Businessman
Spouse Henrietta Kugelman

Lewis Bear (1831-1895) was a Bavarian immigrant and Confederate veteran who moved to Pensacola from Greenville, Alabama in 1876 and established a grocery on Palafox Street — the Lewis Bear Company — that would eventually become a major wholesale liquor distributor.

References