| Birth: | Jul. 11, 1838
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Dec. 12, 1922
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA | 
Businessman. Son of Nelson Wanamaker and of Elizabeth Deshong Kochersperger. He is the founder of Wanamaker's Department Stores of Philadelphia, New York and Paris. In 1889, President Benjamin Harrison appointed John Wanamaker as Postmaster General of the United States, an office he held until 1893. He is considered a pioneer merchant tycoon of the 19th and early 20th century pioneering novel concepts of advertising, modern-style department stores, customer satisfaction guarantees and employee benefit plans. (bio by: Längenberger Familien)
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Parents:
John Nelson Wanamaker (1811 - 1862)
Elizabeth Deshong Kochersperger Wanamaker (1818 - 1881)
Spouse:
Mary Erringer Brown Wanamaker (1839 - 1920)*
Children:
Thomas Brown Wanamaker (1861 - 1908)*
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (1863 - 1928)*
Horace Wanamaker (1864 - 1864)*
Harriet E Wanamaker (1865 - 1870)*
Mary Brown Wanamaker Warburton (1871 - 1954)*
Elizabeth Wanamaker McLeod (1876 - 1927)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for John Wanamaker | | | Burial:
Saint James the Less Episcopal Churchyard
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Interred in Wanamaker Family Private Chapel |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 1069 |
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