Augustus Shapleigh

Augustus Frederick Shapleigh
Born(1810-01-09)January 9, 1810
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US[1]
DiedFebruary 27, 1902(1902-02-27) (aged 92)
St. Louis, Missouri, US[2]
OccupationPresident of the A. F. Shapleigh Hardware Company
Years active1843–1901[3]
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Augustus Frederick Shapleigh (1810–1902) was an American businessman and early pioneer of St. Louis during the Second Industrial Revolution.[4] He was president of the A. F. Shapleigh Hardware Company, which by the 1880s grew to be one of the largest wholesale hardware firms west of the Mississippi River.[4] He was also involved in a number of other business endeavors in the banking, mining, and insurance industry.

  1. ^ Stevens, Walter Barlow (1911). St. Louis, the Fourth City, 1764-1911. St. Louis: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  2. ^ White, James Terry (1894). The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: James T. White & Company. p. 376. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  3. ^ "Has Capital of $1,000,000: Norvell-Shapleigh Files Incorporation Papers". St. Louis Republic. St. Louis. June 30, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  4. ^ a b The Iron Age. Pennsylvania: Chilton Company. 1902. Retrieved October 26, 2016.