L.C. Ware & Co


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  L C Ware & Co, 281 Main Street, Norfolk VA (1892-1894)
  L C Ware & Co, 255 Main Street, Norfolk VA (1895)
  L C Ware & Co, 471 (255) Main Street, Norfolk VA (1897) 2
  Quattlebaum's Pharmacy, 471 Main Street, Norfolk VA (1898-1902)

Notes:
 Louis C. Ware (born 1870)3 started the "L.C. Ware & Co" drugstore about 1892.
Michael Jenkins Quattlebaum (1863-1939)4 was his partner.1

Apparently the store struggled, because in 1897 Ware sold the store and stock to pay his bills. Apparently Quattlebaum's mother, Daisy Adelaide Harrold Quattlebaum was able to purchase it for $800 after all the bills had been paid.5,6

Ware worked in other drugstores in subsequent years1. In 1907 he moved to Texas, although he returned 2 years later7,8

Meanwhile, Quattlebaum, who had recently opened up a drugstore at 162 Botetourt, took over the former "L C Ware & Co" store and ran it until 1902.1

Bottles:
ware_01 This is a clear 4.5" bottle embossed:
horizontal: L. C. WARE / & CO. / (diamond with 'LCW" monogram) / PHARMACISTS / NORFOLK / VA
base: W T & CO / E / U S A / PAT JAN 5 1892


1 Norfolk City directories, 1851,66,72,74,75,77,80,82,83,86,88,89,91,92,94,95,97-99,1900-10,12-14,16,19,20,22,25,30
2 Street addresses changed in 1897; 255 Main Street became 471 Main Street, but was the same location
3 1910 US Census for Norfolk, Ward-2, "L. C. Ware", born 1870
4 Find-a-grave entry for Micah Jenkins Quattlebaum
5 Norfolk Virginian, 17-Jul-1897, p.2 ("Assignment To Close Business")
6 Public Ledger, 2-Oct-1897, p.1
7 Virginian Pilot, 2-Jun-1907, p.26 ("Left For Texas")
8 Virginian Pilot, 15-May-1909, p.9


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