Frank Fleury, druggist, 505 Washington street, north side of the square, established the business at this number in August, 1876. He has a fine store, carries a large stock of drugs and toilet goods, and has an extensive trade. His prescription business, a special feature of this house, is exceptionally large. The Fleury Medicine Company, of which he is chief proprietor, manufactures several valuable medicinal remedies of tried and acknowledged merit. Among them are, "Indian Herbs of Joy," a remedy for diseases arising from impurities of the blood, of which more than four thousand bottles have been sold in Springfield in the past year; and Fleury's Tasteless Cascarina, a new remedy for billiousness, headache and torpid liver. Of this over one thousand five hundred packages have been sold in Springfield in the past eight months. Mr. Fleury has also manufactured DuFay's Magic Fluids for about five years, and has sold over ten thousand bottles of them in that time.
Mr. Fleury was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1841; served thiee years at the drug business with Carter & Brother, in Erie, Pennsylvania; and declining an offer from the firm of $50 per month, he came West, landing in Illinois in 1858. After spending a short time in Alton and Chicago, he located in Bloomington; from there came to Springfield in June, 1865; was elected City Clerk on the Democratic ticket in 1868, and served till 1872, four consecutive years. Previous to opening his present store he had been clerking in the drug business, He married Annie M., the eldest daughter of William II Herndon, June 26, 1863. She was born April 9, 1843, in Springfield, Illinois. One child has been born of their union, Annie May Fleury.
History of Sangamon County, IL. 1881, Inter-State Publishing, 1881.
Frank Fleury, druggist, 505 Washington street, north side of the square, established the business at this number in August, 1876. He has a fine store, carries a large stock of drugs and toilet goods, and has an extensive trade. His prescription business, a special feature of this house, is exceptionally large. The Fleury Medicine Company, of which he is chief proprietor, manufactures several valuable medicinal remedies of tried and acknowledged merit. Among them are, "Indian Herbs of Joy," a remedy for diseases arising from impurities of the blood, of which more than four thousand bottles have been sold in Springfield in the past year; and Fleury's Tasteless Cascarina, a new remedy for billiousness, headache and torpid liver. Of this over one thousand five hundred packages have been sold in Springfield in the past eight months. Mr. Fleury has also manufactured DuFay's Magic Fluids for about five years, and has sold over ten thousand bottles of them in that time.
Mr. Fleury was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1841; served thiee years at the drug business with Carter & Brother, in Erie, Pennsylvania; and declining an offer from the firm of $50 per month, he came West, landing in Illinois in 1858. After spending a short time in Alton and Chicago, he located in Bloomington; from there came to Springfield in June, 1865; was elected City Clerk on the Democratic ticket in 1868, and served till 1872, four consecutive years. Previous to opening his present store he had been clerking in the drug business, He married Annie M., the eldest daughter of William II Herndon, June 26, 1863. She was born April 9, 1843, in Springfield, Illinois. One child has been born of their union, Annie May Fleury.
History of Sangamon County, IL. 1881, Inter-State Publishing, 1881.
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