Levi Leiter

Levi Leiter
Levi Leiter, 1894
Born
Levi Ziegler Leiter

(1834-11-02)November 2, 1834
Leitersburg, Maryland, U.S.
DiedJune 6, 1904(1904-06-06) (aged 69)
Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
Known forCo-founder of Marshall Field & Company
Spouse
Mary Theresa Carver
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(m. 1866)​
ChildrenMary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
Margaret Howard, Countess of Suffolk
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Levi Ziegler Leiter (November 2, 1834 – June 9, 1904) was an American businessman based in Chicago. He co-founded what later became the Marshall Field & Company retail empire.[1][2]

  1. ^ Wendt, Lloyd, Give the Lady What She Wants! The Story of Marshall Field & Co., Rand McNally, 1952
  2. ^ Twyman, Robert W., History of Marshall Field & Co., 1852-1906, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1954