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Firmin René Desloge (17 February 1803, in Nantes, France – 20 July 1856, in Potosi, Missouri) was a U.S. businessman who founded lead mines and other mercantile businesses. [1] He was the progenitor of the Desloge Family in America , whose Missouri business interests included fur trading, hardware, clothing, lead mining, smelting and ore ...
The family's businesses in lead and mercantile in Missouri date from around 1824, when Firmin Rene Desloge built his own smelting furnace as an extension of his Potosi, Missouri, mercantile business. They grew to include the Missouri Lead Mining and Smelting Company in 1874 and the Desloge Lead Company in 1876, inclusively one of the largest ...
Firmin V. Desloge died December 18, 1929, in Richmond Heights, Missouri. His estate was settled in 1932, valued at more than $52 million ($1,161,248,780 today [ 16 ] ). [ 20 ] He was one of the wealthiest men of that era, alongside W. K. Vanderbilt ($52 million) and A. W. Mellon ($50 million), but only half as wealthy as the Astors ($100 million).
The name Desloge Consolidated Lead Company was used for a company formed in 2004 as an investment holding company by a Desloge family descendant, Christopher Desloge, and capitalized by remainderment of trusts from Firmin Desloge as assets of the sale of Desloge Consolidated Lead Company. [33] [34] The name was changed in 2005 to Madaket Growth ...
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At the time of her death, O’Connor’s estate was worth £1.7 million but reduced to £ 1.4 million ($ 1.75 million) after debts, legal fees, and funeral costs.
Firmin Desloge may refer to: Firmin René Desloge (1803–1856), American industrialist Firmin V. Desloge (1843–1929), American industrialist, son of Firmin René Desloge
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