MacDonald-Wilkins Store
Grocery
c.1900-c.1940
Beaufort, SC
FAMILIES: Keyserling
In 1889, Joseph Keyserling (1865-c.1940) immigrated to the United States from Russia. After he settled in Beaufort, Keyserling managed the MacDonald-Wilkins Company’s store in Dale. Soon thereafter, Keyserling moved to Beaufort to run the MacDonald-Wilkins store there. Also, Keyserling worked as a buyer for the wholesale portion of the business at the MacDonald-Wilkins store in Beaufort.
Main Image: The MacDonald-Wilkins Company’s cotton ginnery and warehouse in Beaufort.
Courtesy of Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries