Aaron Suares

Merchant
1888


Sumter, SC

FAMILIES: Suares

Aaron Suares (1856-1892), son of furniture craftsman Jacob Suares (1818-1894) and Isabelle Nathan Suares (1820-1897), was contracted as a buyer for Sumter, South Carolina clothier Ducker & Bultman in 1888. He made a trip to the northern states to purchase new items for the store. The following, year, Suares moved to Birmingham, Alabama. Tragically, he died there in 1892 from injuries he sustained after falling out of a second-story window.

Main Image: Ducker & Bultman advertisement mentioning Suares. Reprinted from The Watchman and Southron, November 28, 1888.

The Jewish Merchant Project is supported by the generosity of the Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation and the Stanley B. Farbstein Endowment at the Coastal Community Foundation.

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