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Samuel B. Poyntz was born in Mason County, KY in 1819. He was married to Mary (Dewees) Poyntz and was son of William Poyntz, who had migrated from Pennsylvania and was an early settler of Kentucky. Samuel moved to Cincinnati in 1865 and was a wholesale grocer until becoming a distiller in Maysville, KY. Samuel and his sons owned or operated RD #6 of the 7th district.
The distillery business initially consisted of Samuel and Benjamin, his son, operating as Benj. B Poyntz & Sons. In 1881, Charles Baldwin Poyntz joined the firm. Charles was Benjamin's brother and had been working for the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad as accountant and paymaster for the previous eight years.
Samuel died in 1890 but the firm continued as Poyntz Bros. & Co.
Charles was a prominent member of the group of distillers that organized in opposition to the Trust ca. 1893.
The company used the brand names:
"Golden Age", "Oakwood", and "Poyntz Bros.." | | Business name timeline:
Poyntz & Wheatly (1874), Poyntz & Sons (1884), Poyntz Bros. Co. (1908-1913)
Address timeline:
Office: 126 Market (1913) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
W
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Maysville directory notes
Appearance in
directories:
1874, 1884, 1908, 1913
Directories
consulted:
1860-1861, 1874, 1884, 1897, 1908, 1913-1914, 1916-1918
Maysville directory
notes:
Listings were compiled from a copy of the directory for 1913, plus a typed transcript of directories showing names only, prepared in 1973 by Margaret Kendall, a genealogy researcher working for the Maysville library.
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