J. Owen Hanvey


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1,2
  Faulkner & Hanvey, 805 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1890-1894)
  J. Owen Hanvey, 805 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1894-1907)

Notes:
 J. Owen Hanvey (1858-1908)3 came to Lynchburg at roughly 1874, and started working for W. A. Strother & Son. In 1890, he formed a partnership with John William Faulkner and formed the firm Faulkner & Hanvey. When Faulkner passed away in 1894, Hanvey purchased the business, and became the sole owner. 2

Hanvey was also a director of and large stockholder in the First National Bank in Lynchburg. Hanvey passed away in 1908.2

Bottles:
hanvey_01 This is a clear 4.5" bottle embossed:
vertical: J. OWEN HANVEY / LYNCHBURG, VA.
hanvey_02 This is a clear 3.3" bottle embossed:
in oval: J. OWEN HANVEY / DRUGGIST / LYNCHBURG, VA.
base: *** / W T & CO / U S A
hanvey_03 This is a clear 6.8" bottle embossed:
in oval: J. OWEN HANVEY / LYNCHBURG, VA.
base: W T & CO / A / U S A / PAT DEC 11 1894


Other Items:
hanvey_04 This is an odd-shaped, clear, 3" tall Dose glass. It's embossed:
Front: (tablespoon and teaspoon gradations)
Base: J. OWEN HANVEY LYNCHBURG, VA.
The letters on the base are embossed backwards, so it reads forwards when seen from above.


1 Lynchburg City Directories for years: 1890,97,99,1900,07-10
2 Times Dispatch, 28-May-1908, page 2 (obituary for J. Owen Hanvey)
3 Find-a-grave entry for James Owen Hanvey


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