BELL PLACES OF BUSINESS IN EARLY YEARS    

Middlesboro Distilling Company

est. 1 Jan 1901

Middlesboro, Bell County ,Kentucky

Originally incorporated by Col. David G. Colson, H. P. Ball, and M. S. Overton

Bell National Bank

est. 1 April 1904

Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky

Board of Directors:

D. B. Logan, President

C. J. Johnson, Vice President

T. F. Gibson

T. R. Ware

W. R. Wood

E. G. Conant, Cashier

The National Bank Of Middlesboro

Inc.1903 and opened the doors for business 4 Jan 1904.

Officers:

R.C.Ford, President

L.L. Robertson, Vice President

W.C. Sleet, Cashier

Directors:

J. Goodfriend of J. Goodfriend & Co.

T. J. Asher & Son Saw Mill

Wasioto, Kentucky

Originally founded by Renne and Slawson in 1886 and purchased by T. J. Asher in 1890

Robert Asher, Office Business

J. M. Carroll, Stenographer and Book Keeper

Department Managers:

H. H. Asher

G. M. Asher

A. J. Asher

Dr. M. Brandenburg (T. J. 's son in law) managed the business.

Wallsend Coal & Coke Co.

Est. 1889

Wallsend, Bell County, Kentucky

Charles E. Hall (1904), President

D. B. Logan, Vice President

E. Reno Short, Secretary

Citizens State Bank

est.1903

 Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky

Board of Directors:

W. F. Nicholson

B. H. Perkins

J. L. Manning

A. J. Miller