Strauss, Simon A., 1851-1930.

Brother and business partner of Leopold Strauss in the firm of Strauss & Co., wholesale grocers and commission merchants of South Carolina; the Strauss brothers immigrated from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; the firm operated in Bennettsville and Clio (Marlboro County, S.C.), and Charleston, S.C.; the original partnership dissolved in Apr. 1882 and was thereafter headed by Simon Strauss with his main office in Charleston, S.C.

From the description of Simon A. Strauss papers, 1878-1923. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28415042