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Est. 1819.
The Memphis directory also shows a listing with St. Louis address in 1910 (404 N 4th).
B J Semmes & Co. consisted of Benedict Joseph Semmes, Joseph Malcolm Semmes, and Raphael Eustace Semmes (1897). By 1914, Benedict Joseph Semmes has disappered from the company.
They were proprietors of the Yannissee Distillery, Greenbrier, TN (5th District).
The company used the brand names:
"Jo Blackburn", "Memp", "Memph", "Old Yannissee", "Tennessee Club", "U E Eeg", "Yannissee", and "Yannissee Rye." |  | Business name timeline:
B J Semmes (1860), B J Semmes & Co. (1867-1915)
Address timeline:
234 2nd (1867-1870), 297 Main (1874-1897), 256 2nd (1900-1903), 50 N 2 nd (1910), 14 N Front (1915) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
L, I (1867), W (1870)
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Memphis directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1860, 1867, 1870, 1874, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1896, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1910, 1915
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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