Jefferson-Chicot County ArArchives Biographies.....Dreyfuss, Isaac ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 June 19, 2009, 10:07 am Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) ISAAC DREYFUSS. Isaac Dreyfuss is one of the pioneer merchants of Pine Bluff, where he is conducting a well appointed department store. Enterprise and persistency of purpose have actuated him in all of his business career and his success is the merited reward of his labors. Mr. Dreyfuss is a native of Louisiana, his birth having occurred in New Orleans in 1850, his parents being Isaac and Rosina (Meyer) Dreyfuss. The parents were from Germany and on coming to the United States settled in New Orleans, where the father engaged in merchandising. Isaac Dreyfuss, one of a family of four children, was educated in his native city, after which he traveled through this section of the south. In 1869 he located at Grand Lake, where he engaged in merchandising on his own account and after eleven years there spent came to Pine Bluff in 1880. Here he opened a small store on Barraque street and some time afterward established his store at his present location. Here he founded the nucleus of what is now a large department store, gradually adding different departments to the original store until he is at the head of a very substantial commercial enterprise. He is one of the oldest merchants in years of continuous connection with business in Pine Bluff and his slogan "your grandparents traded here" is literally true. His lines are comprehensive in their scope, tasteful in selection and reasonable in prices and his .patronage has steadily grown as the years have passed by. Mr. Dreyfuss was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Simon of New Orleans, and their children are: H. C., J. M., D. S. and Hattie. The son, D. S. Dreyfuss, served with the Red Cross during the World war and was also at Camp Pike. The sons are engaged in business with their father and are progressive young men, whose enterprise and zeal are guided by the sound business judgment and experience of the father, making this a strong combination. Mr. Dreyfuss certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished as he started out in the business world empty-handed and by persistent effort has made continued advancement, his labors winning for him the just and merited reward of diligence and persistency of purpose. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/jefferson/bios/dreyfuss109bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb