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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 4847042, member: 1886&quot;]William and Henry Lightsey grew up working in their father&#039;s general store in Crocketville, South Carolina--a town named after a school teacher rather than Davy. Eventually, Henry took over his father&#039;s lumber business while William took care of all things mercantile, even adding stores in nearby towns.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1910 William and Henry formed the Lightsey Brothers partnership. Together they built a sawmill in nearby Miley capable of cutting 25,000 linear feet of lumber a day. Again William ran the sawmill&#039;s commissary in addition to helping Henry with the lumber business.&nbsp; When Henry died in 1932, William continued&nbsp; the business until he died, in 1940, from&nbsp; heat exhaustion&nbsp; fighting a fire in the lumber mill. Source:&nbsp; Tony Chibbaro Numismatics of South Carolina Merchant Trade Tokens</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1170199[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1170200[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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