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CIGAR MANUFACTURERS & CIGAR BRANDS
N. MANCHESTER 1875-1925
Updated by John Knarr, April 10, 2012
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Ben Ramsey, 1870s
Frank M.
Gift, 1886-1892, "Camp Fire"
Gift Bros., 1888 “Winner” and others
Gift & Henney (October 1888)
Charles Henney (son of Michael Henney)
Gift & Lautzenhiser, 1890
Rhodes & Custer, 1890 “Pointer”
Frank/Fiana Rhodes, 1894
Frank Ross, 1892
H.C. Anderson, 1897, “Splash”
Edward P. Hartman, 1895-1914, “Red Cross"; "Royal Queen",
"Porto Rico"
Edward E. Alber,
“Change”
Linus S. Strauss, 1900 “La Rosa”; “Monte”; “No. 121”
Strauss & Alber (dissolved Dec. 13, 1900)
David C. Ulrey
Chester W. Kilborn, 1915-1916 “Little Duke”; “Kilborn”;
"Hand Made"
Karl Morris, 1920-1922, “Blackmore”; “Little Quaker”
Note: If you have further information or anecdotes about
these cigar manufacturers, please notify John Knarr or The
Center of History. In addition to the cigar makers and their
employees, there was also an extensive cigar industry
network of dealers, retailers, distributors, traveling
salesmen, suppliers and tobacco growers. While several of
these manufacturers were raised and had family roots in the
North Manchester community, others originated elsewhere.
Gift came from Preble County, Ohio; Kilborn had been a cigar
maker in Marion and Logansport, Indiana; Karl Morris
came here from Boston, Massachusetts. Agricultural censuses
and statistics reveal that there were several tobacco
growers in Wabash County before 1900. Total tobacco
production in Wabash County in 1899 was surprisingly high,
ranking third in Indiana, with 1517 acres and more than two
million pounds.
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