Biography of Louis R. Grobmyer, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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FOUNDED GROBMYER MARKET IN 1887-Since it was established in 1887, by the founder
of the firm, Louis R. Grobmyer, it has two outstanding distinctions, one, it is
the third oldest firm in St. Francis County, and second, it has done business in
the same location longer than any other in St. Francis County. He was born on
Feb. 9, 1859, in Carrolton, Ky., son of Henry Harmon and Elizabeth (Cassin)
Grobmyer. He came to Forrest City in 1887, direct from Carrolton. He operated
buying, feeding, and shipping catlle to large markets in addition to operating a
meat market, and owned more than a thousand acres of farming land, a 400 acre
farm south of Forrest City where he had the cattle. He married Mary Emma
Grasmick of Carrolton, on Oct. 16, 1883, and they reared four children; Leo,
Albert, Anna May, and Louis Richard Jr.. He died on March 5, 1901.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas