John Means | |
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| 2nd Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky | |
| In office October 20, 1881 – June 7, 1882 | |
| Preceded by | H. B. Brodess |
| Succeeded by | William Wirt Culbertson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21, 1829 West Union, Ohio, US |
| Died | February 14, 1910 (aged 80) Ashland, Kentucky, US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Henrietta Perkins |
| Children | Ellison Cooke Eliza Isabelle Means |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Means Sarah Ellison |
| Residence(s) | Ashland, Kentucky, US |
John Means (September 21, 1829 – February 14, 1910) was a mayor of Ashland, Kentucky and a leader in the banking and iron industries.[1] He helped organize the Cincinnati and Big Sandy Packet Company, laid out Ashland Cemetery,[2] built furnaces, served as vice-president of the Ashland National Bank, and he served then led the growing iron business of the Means family. The Kentucky Encyclopedia of 2015 described the Means-owned iron empire as having "created massive enterprises out of the disorganized and weakened industry that emerged from the Civil War."[3]
- ^ "John Means, Pioneer in Kentucky Field". Industrial World. Vol. 44, no. 8. Pittsburgh: National Iron and Steel Publishing Company. February 21, 1910. p. 225. Retrieved June 21, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ A History of Ashland, Kentucky 1786 - 1954
- ^ Kleber, John E. (2015). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 456. ISBN 9780813159010 – via Google Books.
Corporations began to replace the local owners of Kentucky's small-scale iron industry. Industrial giants like the Boston-owned Red River Iron Manufacturing Company (1866) in Estill County, the family-owned iron empire of John Means in Ashland, and Daniel Hilman in the Cumberland region created massive enterprises out of disorganized and weakened industry that emerged from the Civil War.