John Means (businessman), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Means (businessman)

American mayor

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1829

Place of Birth: West Union, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1910

Profession: politician, banker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John Means (September 21, 1829 – February 14, 1910) was a mayor of Ashland, Kentucky and a leader in the banking and iron industries.
He organized the Cincinnati and Big Sandy Packet Company, laid out Ashland Cemetery, built furnaces, served as vice-president of the Ashland National Bank, and served then led the growing iron business of the Means family.
The Kentucky Encyclopedia (2015), by historian John E.
Kleber of University of Louisville's McConnell Center, described the family-owned iron-empire of John Means as one of the companies that "created massive enterprises out of the disorganized and weakened industry that emerged from the Civil War."