McFerran & Menefee

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Louisville, Kentucky, commission merchants and cotton factor. Described in 1865 as "cotton factors, general com. mers. and dealers in provisions, ball rope and bagging." Entered the business of curing hams in 1863. Advertised as "Commission Merchants, Cotton Factors, and Manufacturer's Agents for the Sale of Bale Rope and Bagging," when relocating to Cincinnati, Ohio, in October 1865. Partner(s): James C. McFerran, John B. McFerran, and Richard J. Menefee.

Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc. in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edward, Greenough, & DeVed, 1866), 420-21.
Harold D. Woodman, King Cotton and his Retainers: Financing and Marketing the Cotton Crop of the South, 1800-1925 (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1968), 261.
Louisville Board of Trade, The City of Louisville and a Glimpse of Kentucky (Louisville: Committee on Industrial and Commercial Improvement of the Louisville Board of Trade, 1887), 129.

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