1891 Biography - Philip Bodenheimer

PHILIP BODENHEIMER, GLENCOE, partner, and manager of the firm of Bodenheimer & Bro., is a native of Germany, born November 24, 1865. He is the son of Lazarus and Therese (Mendelbaum) Bodenheimer, both natives of Germany. Philip Bodenheimer was reared in his native country, and at the age of five entered school, attending constantly until he had attained the age of sixteen years, when he left school and engaged as a clerk in a factory, in which he served for two years. Later he became traveling agent for this factory, and was employed in this capacity for a similar length of time. In 1884 he removed to New Orleans, where he was located for a period of five months. In 1885 he removed to Glencoe, St. Mary parish, and has since conducted successfully at that place a large mercantile business. Mr. Bodenheimer is a shrewd manager, and his business is continually growing. The firm carries a stock of about eight to ten thousand dollars, and does an annual business of forty thousand dollars. The firm is conducted in partnership with Mrs. B. Bodenheimer, under the firm name of Bodenheimer & Bro.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, pages 359-360.