President of the Fouke Fur Company. The company was at one time the world's largest processor of seal skins. A native of New Orleans, he came to St. Louis in 1885. There he rose from office boy to head of the world's top fur organization. He began as office boy for the old F. C. Taylor Fur Company and later joined the commission house of Funsten Brothers & Company, eventually taking over its fur department. Founder of the fur firm bearing his name, he also organized and headed the International Fur Exchange. That organization became the greatest fur auction market in the world before collapsing in 1921. Fouke was able to save his own firm because he had a government contract to be the exclusive agent in the taking, processing and selling of Alaskan sealskins. A Colonel in the Missouri Home Guard during World War I, Mr. Fouke was a member of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners at the same time. At his death he was vice president of Southern Comfort Corporation as well as president of the fur company.
President of the Fouke Fur Company. The company was at one time the world's largest processor of seal skins. A native of New Orleans, he came to St. Louis in 1885. There he rose from office boy to head of the world's top fur organization. He began as office boy for the old F. C. Taylor Fur Company and later joined the commission house of Funsten Brothers & Company, eventually taking over its fur department. Founder of the fur firm bearing his name, he also organized and headed the International Fur Exchange. That organization became the greatest fur auction market in the world before collapsing in 1921. Fouke was able to save his own firm because he had a government contract to be the exclusive agent in the taking, processing and selling of Alaskan sealskins. A Colonel in the Missouri Home Guard during World War I, Mr. Fouke was a member of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners at the same time. At his death he was vice president of Southern Comfort Corporation as well as president of the fur company.
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