John moved to Florida with his parents,sisters and two step-brothers in 1876. His father purchased citrus groves on the Marion/Alachua line in the Evinston community. After his father died in December 1879,the family moved into Micanopy where they purchased a large home on Shady Lane (now Whiting Rd.)and behind the Baptist Church. John worked for the Simon Benjamin Co. for ten years, learning the mercantile trade. He opened his own business in 1896 and operated it until 1932 when his son, J. E. Thrasher Jr. became the manager. The Thrasher Warehouse complex (Micanopy Historical Society Museum)was the "hardware, seed & feed" area of the business. John constructed two brick, two story store buildings - the "Chief" Store on Seminary Street and the "1923" building on Cholokka Blvd. which became the center of the mercantile and grocery business. In the years following his retirement, John oversaw his properties and traded cows & horses. He died on a trading trip with his truck driver of a heart attack.
John moved to Florida with his parents,sisters and two step-brothers in 1876. His father purchased citrus groves on the Marion/Alachua line in the Evinston community. After his father died in December 1879,the family moved into Micanopy where they purchased a large home on Shady Lane (now Whiting Rd.)and behind the Baptist Church. John worked for the Simon Benjamin Co. for ten years, learning the mercantile trade. He opened his own business in 1896 and operated it until 1932 when his son, J. E. Thrasher Jr. became the manager. The Thrasher Warehouse complex (Micanopy Historical Society Museum)was the "hardware, seed & feed" area of the business. John constructed two brick, two story store buildings - the "Chief" Store on Seminary Street and the "1923" building on Cholokka Blvd. which became the center of the mercantile and grocery business. In the years following his retirement, John oversaw his properties and traded cows & horses. He died on a trading trip with his truck driver of a heart attack.
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