MacDonald-Wilkins Store
Grocery
Keyserling
Wilkins, SC
FAMILIES: Keyserling
Mark Keyserling (1873-1949) immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1892. After he settled in Beaufort, Keyserling worked for the MacDonald-Wilkins Company as the manager of their store in Wilkins (Sam’s Point). In 1932, Keyserling bought the Wilkins store from the MacDonald-Wilkins Company. Keyserling owned the store until his death. Prior to 1932, Keyserling’s brother, William Keyserling (1869-1951), also managed the store in Wilkins for the MacDonald-Wilkins Company.
Main Image: MacDonald-Wilkins Store at Sam’s Point
Courtesy of Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries
Above: William Keyserling (ca.1907)
Courtesy of Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries