Thomas A. Person Papers, 1924-1948

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Thomas A. Person Papers, 1924-1948

1924-1948

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0303

Papers (1924-1948, undated) of a prominent Greenville, NC tobacconist, including correspondence, financial papers, programs, certificates, a bond, debt, letters, annual statements, etc.

0.22 Cubic Feet, 185 items

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11637723

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Louisburg College

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Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church (Greenville, N.C.)

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Person, Thomas A., 1874-1943.

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Thomas Arrington Person (1874-1943) was a prominent Greenville, N.C. tobacconist. He moved to Greenville in 1906, where he founded T.A. Person and Company, a subsidiary of JP Taylor Tobacco Company. In 1915 he became president of the Person-Garrett Tobacco Company; he retained this post until his retirement in 1921. Person served as a steward of Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church from 1933 to 1935, and as a trustee of Louisburg College from 1939 to 1942. From the description of Thomas ...