Greer Cottonseed Oil and Fertilizer Company
- Title
- Greer Cottonseed Oil and Fertilizer Company
- Subject
- Business history
- Description
- Founded in 1896 by David D. Davenport, the Greer Cottonseed Oil and Fertilizer Company sold products acquired through the processing of cottonseed: oil, meal, and hulls, as well as linters used in the actual processing. The company survived the destruction of offices and warehouses by a fire, and after Davenport's death, company stock was sold to the Greer Oil Mill and Feed Company, Inc., which continued ginning operations until 1959.
- Bibliography
- Belcher, Ray and Joada P. Hiatt. Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center. Arcadia Publishing, 2003.
- Item sets
- GREER: businesses