Hennegan, Bates & Co.

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Hennegan, Bates & Co.
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Hennegan, Bates & Co.

American, 1857 - 1955
BiographyFounded by William H. Hennegan, James O. Bates, and John D. Reynolds as successors to Scott & Hennegan in Wheeling, WV in 1869. The business was sold in 1874 and the
partners moved to Baltimore, MD, opening up a new wholesale and retail jewelry business under the name of W.H. Hennegan & Co. and changed the name to Hennegan, Bates & Co. in 1879. The business was incorporated in 1899 as the Hennegan-Bates Co. and was active as a retailer until the 1930s.
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