C. J. PETTIBONE
DIES AT FOND DU LAC
C. J. Pettibone died yesterday at his home in Fond du Lac, at the advanced age of 85 years. The funeral was this afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mr. Pettibone was one of the most pioneer and progressive merchants of Wisconsin. He was the founder of the Pettibone store in Fond du Lac which was the representative dry goods store of that city, and his name has always been attached to the business of the store in Appleton. At one period Mr. Pettibone was known as “the merchant prince,” as he had stores in several cities, including Fond du Lac, Berlin, Ripon, Portage, Appleton and Neenah. He established his Neenah store in 1863 in a wooden building on the site where now stands the Billstein warehouse. He afterword’s removed to the corner store in the Pettibone block, built by the Ford brothers.
The writer knew deceased intimately at that period. He was kind hearted, liberal and just, and always full of business. He was a man of energy and enterprise. Mr. Pettibone was born in Granby, Conn. March 3, 1817.
Neenah Times (Neenah, Wisconsin)
10 May 1902, Saturday, Page 2
Contributor: public name (46946785)
C. J. PETTIBONE
DIES AT FOND DU LAC
C. J. Pettibone died yesterday at his home in Fond du Lac, at the advanced age of 85 years. The funeral was this afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mr. Pettibone was one of the most pioneer and progressive merchants of Wisconsin. He was the founder of the Pettibone store in Fond du Lac which was the representative dry goods store of that city, and his name has always been attached to the business of the store in Appleton. At one period Mr. Pettibone was known as “the merchant prince,” as he had stores in several cities, including Fond du Lac, Berlin, Ripon, Portage, Appleton and Neenah. He established his Neenah store in 1863 in a wooden building on the site where now stands the Billstein warehouse. He afterword’s removed to the corner store in the Pettibone block, built by the Ford brothers.
The writer knew deceased intimately at that period. He was kind hearted, liberal and just, and always full of business. He was a man of energy and enterprise. Mr. Pettibone was born in Granby, Conn. March 3, 1817.
Neenah Times (Neenah, Wisconsin)
10 May 1902, Saturday, Page 2
Contributor: public name (46946785)
Family Members
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Maria Pettibone Spooner
1843–1920
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Chauncy Vallette Pettibone
1845–1908
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Mary Francis Pettibone
1848–1849
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Carrie Pettibone
1850–1853
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Emma Kate Pettibone Peabody
1852–1876
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Minnie Alice Pettibone
1856–1856
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Nettie Pettibone Hoyt
1859–1922
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Annie Jane Pettibone Edson
1861–1899
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Grace Heckman Pettibone
1865–1871
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