Moss & Miller


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  F.P. Landon & Co, 731 W Main Street, Charlottesville VA (1912)
  Landon & Moss, 731 W Main Street, Charlottesville VA (1914)
  Moss & Miller, 731 W Main Street, Charlottesville VA (1916-1924)
  Moss Pharmacy, 731 W Main Street, Charlottesville VA (1927-1934)

Notes:
Moss & Miller was Eugene W. Moss and Guy Miller Jr.1

Eugene William Moss (1874-1940)2 was listed as a salesman for a grocery store in the 1910 US Census. By 1914 he had teamed up with Frank Landon, who renamed his store to the Landon & Moss Drug store. By 1916 Frank had dropped out, and Eugene partnered up with Guy Miller Jr. and changed the name to the Moss & Miller drug store. Sometime between 1924 and 1927, Miller dropped out (went to work with his father's drug store), and the store was just called the "Moss Pharmacy".

Guy Lytelle Miller Jr. (1893-1964)3 was Moss's partner. He was a registered pharmacist - I suspect this was at least part of the reason that Moss teamed up with him. Guy's father Guy Miller Sr was also a druggist in Charlottesville, running the Miller Drug Store, which Guy Jr. eventually went to work for.


Bottles:

moss_01 This is a clear 3.5" bottle with a label:
label: Sweet Spirit of Nitre / (Spirit of Nitrous Ether) / ... / MOSS & MILLER / Prescription Druggists / Near Union Station Charlottesville, Va.
embossed on the base: [O]WENS


1 Charlottesville city directories for the years: 1902,04,06,10,12,14,16,19,22,24,27,29,31,34,36,45,47,50,53,55-60 2 Find-a-grave for Eugene William Moss
3 Find-a-grave for Guy Lytelle Miller Jr.


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This page last updated on September 15, 2021.