L C LEA CO.
Memphis, TN.
1902-1903
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L. C. Lea Co. was a wholesale and retail liquor business acquired by partner James Christopher Pidgeon on April 12, 1901. Pidgeon purchased the company from the Lea estate, along with adjoining lots opposite Illinois Central Railroad Depot for a total of $13,000. The company continues under the name of J. C. Pidgeon until 1909.

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Business name timeline:
L C Lea Co.

Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
W

Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Memphis directory notes

Appearance in directories:
1902, 1903

Directories consulted:
1850, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1870, 1874, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1896, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1910, 1915

Memphis directory notes:
L = Wines, Liquors, Etc., W = Liquors, Wholesale (1865), R = Rectifiers, I = Importers (1866), D = Distillers (1902).

No addresses for 1860, 1865. There was a city-wide street renumbering somewhere between 1903 and 1910.

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