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About Daniel Henry Holmes
Daniel Henry Holmes was born in the Point Pleasant area of Clermont County, Ohio. Orphaned at age two, he lacked any formal education. He became a successful businessman, developing the D.H. Holmes department store business in New Orleans in 1842 and opening the store in 1849. It was the largest in the South, with more than 700 employees.
Everything about Daniel Henry Holmes →- Occupation
- businessperson
- Born
- April 28, 1816
- Died
- July 3, 1898