Biography of C T Rosenthal, Independence Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
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page 709

C. T. Rosenthal, dealer in hardware, stoves, tin ware, etc., Batesville. Among
the resources of the town of Batesville, which go to make up its commercial
fabric, the trade carried on in hardware, stoves, tin-ware, etc., forms a most
important feature. Prominent among those engaged in it is Mr, C. T. Rosenthal,
who has been in this line of business for twenty-five years. In 1865 he engaged
as clerk in the wholesale hardware house of Pratt & Fox, then the largest
hardware firm in St. Louis. He remained with them over three years, after which
he went to Helena, M. T., and there worked for Clark, Conrad & Miller for a
short time. He then returned to St. Louis and entered the firm of Adolphus
Meier & Co., remaining with them about three years, or until they sold out to
McCombs, Keller & Byrnes, with whom he remained until 1878, although the firm
again changed, this time to McCombs, Caruth & Byrnes. At the above mentioned
date. Mr. Rosenthal came to Batesville. Ark., engaging in business for himself.
The first two years the firm was Rosenthal & Stritter, and since that time he
has carried on the business alone. He has one of the neatest and best stocked
hardware stores in Arkansas. Mr. Rosenthal has been an alderman three terms,
and was school director for one term of two years. He owns the building that he
occupies, which is a large two-story stone building, and which he has had
erected since coming to Batesville. He does a good businees, carries a large
stock of goods, and employs five men.