City: Memphis
VAN VLEET, Peter P., wholesale druggist; born Tecumseh, Mich., Nov. 17, 1849; Dutch-English descent; son of Ralph S. and Henrietta (Lockwood) VAN VLEET; paternal grandparents Peter P. and Martha (Swartout) VAN VLEET, maternal grandfather Cornelius LOCKWOOD; educated Kalamazoo (Mich.) College; in early life he was in the retail drug business at Kalamazoo, Mich., three years; moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1871, and was drug clerk fourteen years; established firm of Van Vleet Drug Co., 1885, firm changed to Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co. in 1900, and he is president of same; director in Bank of Commerce & Trust Co., Memphis, Tenn.; married Ramelle McKAY, April 24, 1884; member of Business Men’s Club, Tennessee Club, Chickasaw Club, Waponocca Club, Merchants Exchange, Credit Men’s Assn., and Bear River Duck Club.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
