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Religion
  
Catholic

Resting place
  
Tarrytown

Spouse
  
Mary Rourke

Role
  
Grocer

Name
  
James Butler


Residence
  
Eastview Farm, Tarrytown, New York

Occupation
  
Businessman:Grocery store founderRace horse and race track owner

Children
  
Beatrice Katherine, James Jr., Genevieve, Pierce, William

Awards
  
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Died
  
1934, New York, United States

James Butler (1855–1934) was an American businessman from New York and prominent owner of racehorses and racetracks.

As a hotel steward in the early 1880s, Butler invested his $2,000 life savings with Patrick J. O'Connor (the son of his landlady) to open a grocery store on Second Avenue in New York. The business grew to a chain of stores so successful that Butler quit the hotel business and bought out O'Connor. Butler had a reputed net worth of $30 million by 1929.

By 1890, Butler had bought his first horses, and eventually acquired the EastView Stock Farm near Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, New York. In the early 1900s, he established the Empire City Race Track.

At the time of his death, his grocery store chain was the sixth largest in the U.S. by total sales, and his more than 1,100 stores were second only to A & P in the New York area.

References

James Butler (grocer) Wikipedia


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