--Biography published in "The Makers of St. Louis: A Brief Sketch of the Growth of a Great City with Biographies of the Men Whose Lives Have Been Given to the Building Up of a Mid-continent Metropolis" (1906), p. 37.--
"Stockholder and director in the National Biscuit Company and manager of the St. Louis branch of that organization, Lewis D. Dozier represents one of the most important bakery concerns in the Middle West. For more than forty years he has been a leading figure in this branch of manufacture.
The history of the concern with which he was formerly connected and which is now merged in the National Company, practically gives a history of modern baking methods in the city. Starting as the firm of Garneau & Dozier, the company became known later as the Dozier-Weyl concern, and still later as the Dozier Cracker Company. Its purchase by the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company and the subsequent merging of that corporation with the National Biscuit Company brings the history of the firm down to the present day.
The Dozier bakery is one of the leading manufactories of its kind in the city and is still managed by Mr. Dozier, in addition to the interests of the National Company. It was soon after the civil war that the firm originated, L. D. Dozier becoming a silent partner in the bakery business established by his father and Joseph Gatneau in 1867. The Dozier-Weyl Company succeeded this firm in 1872, and L. D. Dozier became one of the partners. At the death of the elder Dozier, John T. Dozier, brother of Lewis, became president of the corporation. The Weyl interest was purchased by Lewis D. Dozier in 1888, and in 1890 the business was merged with the American Company. Light years later it became a part of the National Biscuit Company.
Mr. Dozier's financial ability is also instanced in his selection to many important posts in banking institutions. He is a di rector in both the Mercantile Trust Company and the Merchants- Laclede Bank. For several years he was first vice-president of the Manufacturers' Association. He is a member of the Commercial Club, of the Missouri Historical Society and a life member of the Bellefontaine Cemetery board of trustees. He has been president of the Noonday Club, vice-president of the St. Louis Club and of the Country Club and is a member of the University Club. He is a director and active worker on behalf of St. Luke's Hospital and i a member of the Episcopalian Church. Mr. Dozier is well known as an active worker and friend of the local Y. M. C. A. and the St. Louis Provident Association.
Besides these bodies, he is a member of several leagues and orders, including the Masonic order and the Elks. He is a member of the St. Louis Gun Club and the King's Lake Shooting Club and has been president of the Missouri State Sportsmen's Society. The sole semi-political position he has ever held was that of member of the School Board.
Lewis D. Dozier was born in St. Charles County, Mo., 1846. He was the son of Captain James and May Ann (Dudgeon) Dozier, his father being a North Carolinan and his mother a Kentuckian. He first came to St. Louis in 1860, his father's family removing here in 1865. He attended the Washington Public School and was graduated from the Bryant and Stratton Business College. He married Miss Rebecca E. Lewis in 1886. Miss Lewis being the daughter of the late Benjamin Lewis, of Glasgow, Mo. She died in January, 1889, and her numerous benefactions in life and at the time of her death have caused her to be held in most grateful remembrance. She was a liberal donor to the Church of the Redeemer and to the Episcopal Orphans' Home, besides endowing a bed in the Martha Parsons Hospital. Children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dozier were Lewis, Mary, Eleanor and Ann Lewis Dozier. The family home is in Westmoreland Place."
"Stockholder and director in the National Biscuit Company and manager of the St. Louis branch of that organization, Lewis D. Dozier represents one of the most important bakery concerns in the Middle West. For more than forty years he has been a leading figure in this branch of manufacture.
The history of the concern with which he was formerly connected and which is now merged in the National Company, practically gives a history of modern baking methods in the city. Starting as the firm of Garneau & Dozier, the company became known later as the Dozier-Weyl concern, and still later as the Dozier Cracker Company. Its purchase by the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company and the subsequent merging of that corporation with the National Biscuit Company brings the history of the firm down to the present day.
The Dozier bakery is one of the leading manufactories of its kind in the city and is still managed by Mr. Dozier, in addition to the interests of the National Company. It was soon after the civil war that the firm originated, L. D. Dozier becoming a silent partner in the bakery business established by his father and Joseph Gatneau in 1867. The Dozier-Weyl Company succeeded this firm in 1872, and L. D. Dozier became one of the partners. At the death of the elder Dozier, John T. Dozier, brother of Lewis, became president of the corporation. The Weyl interest was purchased by Lewis D. Dozier in 1888, and in 1890 the business was merged with the American Company. Light years later it became a part of the National Biscuit Company.
Mr. Dozier's financial ability is also instanced in his selection to many important posts in banking institutions. He is a di rector in both the Mercantile Trust Company and the Merchants- Laclede Bank. For several years he was first vice-president of the Manufacturers' Association. He is a member of the Commercial Club, of the Missouri Historical Society and a life member of the Bellefontaine Cemetery board of trustees. He has been president of the Noonday Club, vice-president of the St. Louis Club and of the Country Club and is a member of the University Club. He is a director and active worker on behalf of St. Luke's Hospital and i a member of the Episcopalian Church. Mr. Dozier is well known as an active worker and friend of the local Y. M. C. A. and the St. Louis Provident Association.
Besides these bodies, he is a member of several leagues and orders, including the Masonic order and the Elks. He is a member of the St. Louis Gun Club and the King's Lake Shooting Club and has been president of the Missouri State Sportsmen's Society. The sole semi-political position he has ever held was that of member of the School Board.
Lewis D. Dozier was born in St. Charles County, Mo., 1846. He was the son of Captain James and May Ann (Dudgeon) Dozier, his father being a North Carolinan and his mother a Kentuckian. He first came to St. Louis in 1860, his father's family removing here in 1865. He attended the Washington Public School and was graduated from the Bryant and Stratton Business College. He married Miss Rebecca E. Lewis in 1886. Miss Lewis being the daughter of the late Benjamin Lewis, of Glasgow, Mo. She died in January, 1889, and her numerous benefactions in life and at the time of her death have caused her to be held in most grateful remembrance. She was a liberal donor to the Church of the Redeemer and to the Episcopal Orphans' Home, besides endowing a bed in the Martha Parsons Hospital. Children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dozier were Lewis, Mary, Eleanor and Ann Lewis Dozier. The family home is in Westmoreland Place."
--Biography published in "The Makers of St. Louis: A Brief Sketch of the Growth of a Great City with Biographies of the Men Whose Lives Have Been Given to the Building Up of a Mid-continent Metropolis" (1906), p. 37.--
"Stockholder and director in the National Biscuit Company and manager of the St. Louis branch of that organization, Lewis D. Dozier represents one of the most important bakery concerns in the Middle West. For more than forty years he has been a leading figure in this branch of manufacture.
The history of the concern with which he was formerly connected and which is now merged in the National Company, practically gives a history of modern baking methods in the city. Starting as the firm of Garneau & Dozier, the company became known later as the Dozier-Weyl concern, and still later as the Dozier Cracker Company. Its purchase by the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company and the subsequent merging of that corporation with the National Biscuit Company brings the history of the firm down to the present day.
The Dozier bakery is one of the leading manufactories of its kind in the city and is still managed by Mr. Dozier, in addition to the interests of the National Company. It was soon after the civil war that the firm originated, L. D. Dozier becoming a silent partner in the bakery business established by his father and Joseph Gatneau in 1867. The Dozier-Weyl Company succeeded this firm in 1872, and L. D. Dozier became one of the partners. At the death of the elder Dozier, John T. Dozier, brother of Lewis, became president of the corporation. The Weyl interest was purchased by Lewis D. Dozier in 1888, and in 1890 the business was merged with the American Company. Light years later it became a part of the National Biscuit Company.
Mr. Dozier's financial ability is also instanced in his selection to many important posts in banking institutions. He is a di rector in both the Mercantile Trust Company and the Merchants- Laclede Bank. For several years he was first vice-president of the Manufacturers' Association. He is a member of the Commercial Club, of the Missouri Historical Society and a life member of the Bellefontaine Cemetery board of trustees. He has been president of the Noonday Club, vice-president of the St. Louis Club and of the Country Club and is a member of the University Club. He is a director and active worker on behalf of St. Luke's Hospital and i a member of the Episcopalian Church. Mr. Dozier is well known as an active worker and friend of the local Y. M. C. A. and the St. Louis Provident Association.
Besides these bodies, he is a member of several leagues and orders, including the Masonic order and the Elks. He is a member of the St. Louis Gun Club and the King's Lake Shooting Club and has been president of the Missouri State Sportsmen's Society. The sole semi-political position he has ever held was that of member of the School Board.
Lewis D. Dozier was born in St. Charles County, Mo., 1846. He was the son of Captain James and May Ann (Dudgeon) Dozier, his father being a North Carolinan and his mother a Kentuckian. He first came to St. Louis in 1860, his father's family removing here in 1865. He attended the Washington Public School and was graduated from the Bryant and Stratton Business College. He married Miss Rebecca E. Lewis in 1886. Miss Lewis being the daughter of the late Benjamin Lewis, of Glasgow, Mo. She died in January, 1889, and her numerous benefactions in life and at the time of her death have caused her to be held in most grateful remembrance. She was a liberal donor to the Church of the Redeemer and to the Episcopal Orphans' Home, besides endowing a bed in the Martha Parsons Hospital. Children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dozier were Lewis, Mary, Eleanor and Ann Lewis Dozier. The family home is in Westmoreland Place."
"Stockholder and director in the National Biscuit Company and manager of the St. Louis branch of that organization, Lewis D. Dozier represents one of the most important bakery concerns in the Middle West. For more than forty years he has been a leading figure in this branch of manufacture.
The history of the concern with which he was formerly connected and which is now merged in the National Company, practically gives a history of modern baking methods in the city. Starting as the firm of Garneau & Dozier, the company became known later as the Dozier-Weyl concern, and still later as the Dozier Cracker Company. Its purchase by the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company and the subsequent merging of that corporation with the National Biscuit Company brings the history of the firm down to the present day.
The Dozier bakery is one of the leading manufactories of its kind in the city and is still managed by Mr. Dozier, in addition to the interests of the National Company. It was soon after the civil war that the firm originated, L. D. Dozier becoming a silent partner in the bakery business established by his father and Joseph Gatneau in 1867. The Dozier-Weyl Company succeeded this firm in 1872, and L. D. Dozier became one of the partners. At the death of the elder Dozier, John T. Dozier, brother of Lewis, became president of the corporation. The Weyl interest was purchased by Lewis D. Dozier in 1888, and in 1890 the business was merged with the American Company. Light years later it became a part of the National Biscuit Company.
Mr. Dozier's financial ability is also instanced in his selection to many important posts in banking institutions. He is a di rector in both the Mercantile Trust Company and the Merchants- Laclede Bank. For several years he was first vice-president of the Manufacturers' Association. He is a member of the Commercial Club, of the Missouri Historical Society and a life member of the Bellefontaine Cemetery board of trustees. He has been president of the Noonday Club, vice-president of the St. Louis Club and of the Country Club and is a member of the University Club. He is a director and active worker on behalf of St. Luke's Hospital and i a member of the Episcopalian Church. Mr. Dozier is well known as an active worker and friend of the local Y. M. C. A. and the St. Louis Provident Association.
Besides these bodies, he is a member of several leagues and orders, including the Masonic order and the Elks. He is a member of the St. Louis Gun Club and the King's Lake Shooting Club and has been president of the Missouri State Sportsmen's Society. The sole semi-political position he has ever held was that of member of the School Board.
Lewis D. Dozier was born in St. Charles County, Mo., 1846. He was the son of Captain James and May Ann (Dudgeon) Dozier, his father being a North Carolinan and his mother a Kentuckian. He first came to St. Louis in 1860, his father's family removing here in 1865. He attended the Washington Public School and was graduated from the Bryant and Stratton Business College. He married Miss Rebecca E. Lewis in 1886. Miss Lewis being the daughter of the late Benjamin Lewis, of Glasgow, Mo. She died in January, 1889, and her numerous benefactions in life and at the time of her death have caused her to be held in most grateful remembrance. She was a liberal donor to the Church of the Redeemer and to the Episcopal Orphans' Home, besides endowing a bed in the Martha Parsons Hospital. Children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dozier were Lewis, Mary, Eleanor and Ann Lewis Dozier. The family home is in Westmoreland Place."
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