Wm. R. Tyree
Logan, Tyree & Martin


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  W.R. Tyree, Staunton VA
  Logan, Tyree & Martin, Staunton VA

Notes:
William R. Tyree was born in May 18501
In 1870, he teamed with Dr B.P. Reese, formerly of Young & Reese, and they formed a drugstore business known as "B P Reese & Co"2. His occupation in the 1870 US Census was a drug store clerk.
In 1873 he purchased the stock of the George C. Yeakle drug store on Main Street, and started his own drugstore3. I'm not sure the exact location of that store, but by 1879 he had a store at No. 6 Main Street4.

One of the bottles below is embossed with "Logan, Tyree & Martin". This was Tyree partnered with William B. Logan and John D. Martin. At some point, the order of the names changed to Tyree, Logan & Martin5.
In September 1883, their drugstore at No. 6 Main Street was purchased by Waldo M. Allen and his brother Philip Allen, of W.M. Allen & Bro.
After moving out of that location, they apparently continued their business until March of 1884, when Tyree bought out John D. Martin and continued with Logan under the name "W.R. Tyree & Co."5.

By 1879, Tyree had created some of his own medicines, including "Tyree's Magic Liniment", "Tyree's Carminative Balsam", "Tyree's Compund Syrup of Wild Cherry", and "Tyree's Chamomile Bitters"6. The latter is embossed on one of the bottles below. A label on his Chamomile Bitters said it was "Prepared only by Tyree, Martin and Login, Druggists, Staunton VA"7. The label goes on to say "This being a medicinal compound, vendors do not require a liquor license". I wonder how many people drank this concoction because they were sick vs. because they wanted to get drunk?

Bottles:

tyree_02 This is a clear 6.75" bottle embossed:
vertical: W.R. TYREE / PHARMACIST / STAUNTON VA.
base: 2
tyree_01 This is a clear 3.5" bottle embossed:
vertical: LOGAN, TYREE & MARTIN / DRUGGISTS / STAUNTON, VA.
base: W T & CO
tyree_03 This is an amber 6.3" bottle embossed:
vertical: TYREE'S / CHAMOMILE / BITTERS


1 William R Tyree birth year from 1900 US Census, Staunton Ward 01, District 0107
2 Staunton Spectator and Vindicator newspaper, 6-Sep-1870, page 3
3 Staunton Spectator and Vindicator newspaper, 26-Aug-1873, page 4
4 Staunton Spectator and Vindicator newspaper, 18-Feb-1879, page 2
5 Staunton Spectator and Vindicator newspaper, 18-Mar-1884, page 3
6 Staunton Spectator and Vindicator newspaper, 14-Oct-1879 (p.4) & 21-Oct-1879 (p.3)
7 Monteray Highland Recorder newspaper 7-Aug-1969, page 6


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