City: Memphis
DREW, Charles M., wholesale grocer; born Memphis, Tenn., April 11, 1856; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Andrew W. and Rebeccah (Miller) DREW; father, employee Southern Railway, and old M. & C.; educated in the public schools of Memphis, Tenn., also Va. Military Institute, Lexington, Va.; married Lizzie WHITE, Aug. 22, 1880; entered business as clerk in office of Memphis & Little Rock Railway; and 1884-1903 was salesman, and member of firm of Fly & Hobson Co., of Memphis, Tenn.; in 1903 succeeded H. B. Treadwell & Co., under firm name of White-Wilson-Drew Co., Memphis, Tenn.; member of Knights of Honor, T. P. Association, and Business Men’s Club; Democrat; member First Methodist church, of Memphis, and former steward of same ten years prior to 1911.
