In the early 1900s, the Schafer family of Little Rock, South Carolina, owned dry goods stores in Little Rock, Latta, and Dillon, S.C. As each Schafer daughter married, she was given a store to operate. In 1906 Lizzie Schafer married Leon Kornblut, who took over as proprietor of the Latta store. Kornblut later formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Isadore Blum, and eventually operated stores in South Carolina towns of Latta, Dillon, Marion, Mullins, Cheraw, Chesterfield, and Lake View, and Tatum, NC. Latta Dry Goods Company later became Kornblut's Department Store. Leon and Lizzie Kornblut raised their family (Rebecca, Esther, Moses and Sigmond) in Latta, SC. Moses and Sigmond Kornblut joined the family business and took over operations of the Latta and Dillon stores.
From the description of Kornblut family papers, 1880s-2001. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 49603882
