Tipton-Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Rosenthal, Moses 1850 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   MOSES ROSENTHAL was born in Kokomo, Howard Co., Ind., November 20, 1850; he
is the son of Henry and Esther Rosenthal, and the eldest of a family of six
children. When quite young, he removed from Kokomo to Indianapolis, whence,
after a brief residence, he went to Louisville, Ky., and thence, at about the
age of fifteen, to Peru, Ind., where, for several years, he worked in the woolen
manufactory of Sterne & Co. During his boyhood, his opportunities for acquiring
an education were very limited, but he manifested his disposition to take care
of himself by selling papers on the streets of the different cities in which he
lived, and in the performance of various odd jobs by which he could turn an
honest penny. He, in 1873, located at Tipton, and engaged in the dry goods
business in partnership with E. Rothschild. In 1878, he purchased his partner's
interest, and has since conducted the business alone. He carries a stock of
goods of general merchandise valued at from $12,000 to $15,000, and does an
annual business of from $30,000 to $35,000. His business room, known as the
Indiana Store, is one of the most convenient and commodious in the town of
Tipton. A few years ago, he purchased and has ever since conducted the stave
factory situated along the south side of the tracks of the L., E. & W. R. R.,
near the northern limits of Tipton; here he employs twenty-three hands at a
weekly expense of $150,,and does a business of $40,000 annually. Mr. Rosenthal
has been twice elected to the office of Treasurer of the town of Tipton.
Politically, he is a Democrat, and is one of the best workers in his party; he
is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has occupied prominent positions
in that order. He is one of the most prominent and energetic business men in the
county.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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