His full given names were NATHANIEL FRANK. Some written statements say that he was born ca. 1864 in Comfort, North Carolina.
N. F. Shivar was the founder of the Shivar Spring Bottling Company in about 1907, located near Shelton in Fairfield County, SC. It's said that he came to nearby Columbia in the early 1900s and was a shoe salesman at the time. He discovered the so-called healing waters of the spring located on the land owned by the widow NEWBILL - whom he later married.
The plant, at first, sold only medicinal quality mineral water to hospitals around the South, later branching into other avenues such as orange, grape, ginger ale and root beer.
Shivar died in 1922 and the company continued operation until about 1957. Rather than repeating all the plant's history herein, there are various accounts easily available on-line to anyone interested.
This grave site is only about 0.6 miles (straight line) from the location of the bottling enterprise and the cisterns which still survive.
His obit in the Union newspaper, 9 Nov 1922, stated that he left his wife, Ida S. and an adopted daughter, Eva Grace Sharp.
The plant reportedly burned twice - once in 1915 and finally in 1957 whereupon the business closed its doors. There is a 98 minute interview with Thomas J McConnell, Jr, by the South Caroliniana Library's Office of Oral History available on-line. He was the last known living employee of the plant, and who died in 2013.
N. F. Shivar was the founder of the Shivar Spring Bottling Company in about 1907, located near Shelton in Fairfield County, SC. It's said that he came to nearby Columbia in the early 1900s and was a shoe salesman at the time. He discovered the so-called healing waters of the spring located on the land owned by the widow NEWBILL - whom he later married.
The plant, at first, sold only medicinal quality mineral water to hospitals around the South, later branching into other avenues such as orange, grape, ginger ale and root beer.
Shivar died in 1922 and the company continued operation until about 1957. Rather than repeating all the plant's history herein, there are various accounts easily available on-line to anyone interested.
This grave site is only about 0.6 miles (straight line) from the location of the bottling enterprise and the cisterns which still survive.
His obit in the Union newspaper, 9 Nov 1922, stated that he left his wife, Ida S. and an adopted daughter, Eva Grace Sharp.
The plant reportedly burned twice - once in 1915 and finally in 1957 whereupon the business closed its doors. There is a 98 minute interview with Thomas J McConnell, Jr, by the South Caroliniana Library's Office of Oral History available on-line. He was the last known living employee of the plant, and who died in 2013.
His full given names were NATHANIEL FRANK. Some written statements say that he was born ca. 1864 in Comfort, North Carolina.
N. F. Shivar was the founder of the Shivar Spring Bottling Company in about 1907, located near Shelton in Fairfield County, SC. It's said that he came to nearby Columbia in the early 1900s and was a shoe salesman at the time. He discovered the so-called healing waters of the spring located on the land owned by the widow NEWBILL - whom he later married.
The plant, at first, sold only medicinal quality mineral water to hospitals around the South, later branching into other avenues such as orange, grape, ginger ale and root beer.
Shivar died in 1922 and the company continued operation until about 1957. Rather than repeating all the plant's history herein, there are various accounts easily available on-line to anyone interested.
This grave site is only about 0.6 miles (straight line) from the location of the bottling enterprise and the cisterns which still survive.
His obit in the Union newspaper, 9 Nov 1922, stated that he left his wife, Ida S. and an adopted daughter, Eva Grace Sharp.
The plant reportedly burned twice - once in 1915 and finally in 1957 whereupon the business closed its doors. There is a 98 minute interview with Thomas J McConnell, Jr, by the South Caroliniana Library's Office of Oral History available on-line. He was the last known living employee of the plant, and who died in 2013.
N. F. Shivar was the founder of the Shivar Spring Bottling Company in about 1907, located near Shelton in Fairfield County, SC. It's said that he came to nearby Columbia in the early 1900s and was a shoe salesman at the time. He discovered the so-called healing waters of the spring located on the land owned by the widow NEWBILL - whom he later married.
The plant, at first, sold only medicinal quality mineral water to hospitals around the South, later branching into other avenues such as orange, grape, ginger ale and root beer.
Shivar died in 1922 and the company continued operation until about 1957. Rather than repeating all the plant's history herein, there are various accounts easily available on-line to anyone interested.
This grave site is only about 0.6 miles (straight line) from the location of the bottling enterprise and the cisterns which still survive.
His obit in the Union newspaper, 9 Nov 1922, stated that he left his wife, Ida S. and an adopted daughter, Eva Grace Sharp.
The plant reportedly burned twice - once in 1915 and finally in 1957 whereupon the business closed its doors. There is a 98 minute interview with Thomas J McConnell, Jr, by the South Caroliniana Library's Office of Oral History available on-line. He was the last known living employee of the plant, and who died in 2013.
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