Emanuel Felsenthal, one of the prominent grocers of this city, was born in Germany, in 1845, and came to the United States in 1860, and located in Brownsville, Tenn., and engaged in the grocery business, which he continued for ten years. In 1883 he came to this city and engaged in the grocery business, and by industry and fair dealing has commanded a fair trade. In 1872 he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Anker, daughter of Seligman and Jennet Anker. She was born in Brownsville, Tenn., in 1856, and is the mother of seven children - four females and three males. He and wife are members of the Jewish temple at Brownsville. Mr. Felsenthal began life without any assistance from parents or friends, working hard and earning his own money. He is a member of the following orders: Masonic, K. of P. and K. of H.

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