City: Memphis
MANOGUE, John, business man; born in Ireland in 1843; moved to United States when he was twelve years of age and located in Cincinnati, Ohio; at age of sixteen he entered the employ of the Swift Iron & Steel Company, Cincinnati; he was later made the companys’ /sic/ purchaser; when the war broke out he entered the service, returning at the close of the hostilities and resuming his work with Swift & Co., which company later decided to establish several branches in the South, and selected him as the manager of the Memphis branch; after seven years he purchased the interests of Swift & Co., and continued in that business alone until 1886, when he disposed of the stock and interests and devoted four years to travel and restoration of his health, which had been greatly impaired; in 1890 he formed the Manogue-Pidgeon Iron Co., Memphis, Tenn., and became president of same.
