City: Memphis
FRIEDEL, P. R., lumber dealer; born near Copenhagen, Denmark, March 3, 1845; when he was eleven years of age he came with his father and two of his brothers to the United States, landing in Philadelphia Pa., April 13, 1856, going from there to New York; in 1860 he came to Memphis and engaged in the state business just across the river in the State of Arkansas; when the war broke out the business was discontinued; he then found employment in a steamboat carpenter shop, where he remained four years, then went to Helena, Ark., and clerked in a store about one year; in 1873 he went to work for Williams & Co., lumber dealers, and remained with them until 1885, being in full charge of their mill, yard and box shop; in 1885 he started in business with C. F. Reder, the firm being Friedel, Reder & Co.; in 1893 the firm of P. R. Friedel & Co. was established; from 1901 to 1904 he was a member of the Memphis Board of Education; he is a 32d degree Mason, a Knight Templar, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and a member of I. O. O. F., Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoos, the Knights and Ladies of Honor, Business Men’s Club and St. Mary’s Episcopal cathedral.
