City Directories and History: This location in 1852 was that of the J.P. M. Epping Drug Company. It was listed as being opposite the Society Street area and the Merchant’s Hotel building. It sold essences and fancy articles. Later the location became that of the Sherfesee Insurance Co., of which Louis Sherfesee was the principal. Read more about this remarkable Charleston family under the More Information link.
“The agency is named Louis & Louis Sherfesee, Insurance Agents, and was located at 277 King Street. Moseley F. Sherfesee continued to work as a railroad conductor until the 1904 Directory, when he is recorded as an insurance agent for Germanic Life Insurance Company. It is not clear if this was in his father’s agency or another agency. Robert Augustus Sherfesee worked as a stenographer in 1902 with Pringle Brothers, then as a bookkeeper in 1903 and 1904 with Wm. M. Bird & Company. ” Paul M. Gettys research for R&R – 2016
Louis Sherfesee, Sr. died on March 22, 1904 and was buried at Magnolia Cemetery.
For additional information on the Sherfesee family click the More Information link found under the primary image.
Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61 and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917
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