David
B. Loveman
D. B. Loveman & Co. This well-known wholesale and retail dry goods house was
established in 1875 by D. B. and H. H. Loveman, who started the business on a
small scale. In 1877 Mr. Ismar Noa became a member of the firm, Mr. H. H.
Loveman retiring. In the fall of 1886 this firm completed its present large and
commodious business block, where they have since carried on their business. In
January, 1887, Mr. I. Noa retired from the firm, and Messrs. J. N. Mills and
William McDonald were admitted. David B. Loveman is a native Hungarian, born
July 29, 1844, and came to the United States in 1853. He was reared to manhood
on a farm in Michigan, and in 1860 came to Tennessee, where he followed
clerking in Nashville, Atlanta, Rome (Ga.), and Tuscaloosa, Ala. He engaged in
business for himself at Atlanta from 1869 until 1875 in the firm of Friedman
& Loveman, also in the firm of William Rich & Co., when he came to
Chattanooga, where he has since been actively engaged in business. June 18,
1873, he married Miss Eva Wolfe, of Baltimore, Md., by whom he had three
children-one son and two daughters. He is one of the incorporators of the
Chattanooga, Rome & Charleston Railroad. He is the originator and is one of
the largest stockholders of both building associations of Chattanooga, and is
vice-president in both. He is a Republican in National politics and independent
in local affairs. He is an ancient member of the Masonic fraternity, and a good
citizen.
Goodspeed's
"History of East Tennessee" 1887