City: Memphis
RIECHMAN, John A., mill supplies; born Cincinnati, O., Oct. 7, 1872; German descent; son of John G. and Louise M. (Freber) RIECHMAN; father’s occupation, oil refiner, and manufacturing; educated in common schools of Cincinnati, Ohio; in early life was clerk in railroad office; engaged in mill supplies and machinery business at Memphis, Tenn., since 1895, under firm name of Riechman-Crosby Co.; married Gladys FOX; April 29, 1905; member F. & A. M. (Scottish Rite), Business Men’s Club, Country Club, Chickasaw Club, Southern Machinery Supply Assn. (pres, 1906); fire and police commissioner city of Memphis, since 1910.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.