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Scheinmann, Vivian (?-?)
Vivian Scheinmann was a journalist and women's rights activist. She opened a bookstore in Englewood with Pamela Sheldrick named Pandora Book Peddlers. It was opened around 1983 on 68 West Palisade Avenue. She also ran the New Directions for Women newspaper. -
Jones, John Wyman (1822-1904)
John Wyman Jones was a businessman and lawyer. He was also a real estate developer. He was the president of the St. Joseph Mining Company. He helped finance the founding of Englewood. He was acquainted with numerous contractors and brought Englewood to the attention of his acquaintances. He married Henrietta Dwight Dana in 1946. When she passed Jones married Salmone Marie Hanna. He had two children, James Dana and Dwight Arven. -
Dulles, William (1857-1915)
William Dulles was a lawyer and businessman. He attended Princeton University in 1878 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1880. He began practicing in New York in 1882. He also acted as treasurer of the Louisville, New Albany, and Chicago railroads. From 1889 to 1897 he was the treasurer of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. He lived in Englewood. He was a member of the Englewood Board of Education and the Englewood City Council. He married Sophia Perkins Rhea in 1891. After her death, he married Helen Rollins. He had at least four children, including Foster Rhea Dulles. -
Pavon, Armando (1922-2013)
Armando Pavon owned the Santa Barbara Grocery Store with his brother. He married Noewm Fernandez in 1955. He remarried Luz Amparo Sanchez in 1980. He had five children.Tags Businesses -
Coe, Louis Stevenson (1863-1939)
Louis Stevenson Coe was a business owner who grew up in Englewood. He established and owned the New Jersey Paper Tube Company. He ran and was elected to the Board of Freeholders. He was also head of the Englewood Field Club.
His father was William Patten Coe and his brother was George Simmons Coe Jr. He was the nephew of George Simmons Coe Sr. He married Anne E. Burdett. He had two daughters, Julie Burdett Coe Papst and Marie Clinton. -
Santa Barbara Grocery Store
Santa Barbara Grocery store on Slocum Avenue. The grocery store was one of the first to serve the growing Latinx community emerging in the third ward. Arely Rincon gained possession of the store in 2012.Tags Businesses -
Coe, George Simmons, Sr. (1817-1896)
George Simmons Coe was the president of the American Exchange Bank and a resident of Englewood Cliffs. He became the president of the National Bankers Association in 1881. He was also the treasurer of the Children's Aid Society. He acted as a director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company, and the Postal Telegraph Company. He was a trustee of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. He also was an advisor on finances during the Civil War.
His nephews were George S. Coe Jr. and Louis Coe. His brother was William P. Coe. He married Almira Stanley Coe in 1843. She passed in 1844 and Coe married Mary Emma Duryee Coe. He had five children. -
Bennigan's
Bennigans is an Irish pub food chain. There was a restaurant in Englewood on 412 South Van Brunt Street.Tags Businesses -
Booth, William Agur (1805-1895)
William Angus Booth was a banker and businessman. In 1821 he started a business, Tomlinson & Booth. He was also one of the men who organized the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company. He was a trustee of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company and the Director of the Cincinnati, Lafayette, and Indianapolis Railroad Company. He was president of the Third National Bank. He was president of the American Exchange Bank from 1857 to 1860. He became president of the Third National Bank in 1878 and retired in 1892. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He was involved with missions and charity. He was a trustee of the American Tract Society of Boston and the American and Foreign Christian Union. He was also president of the Children's Aid Society from 1861 to 1889 and of the Trustees of the Syrian Protestant College. He was a trustee of the Robert College in Constantinople as well. His first marriage was to Alida L. Russell. His second marriage was to Louisa Edgar. He had six children, Robert Russell, William Tomlinson, Edgar H., Henry Matthias, Theodore L, and Frederick Augustus. -
