Record #:

12544

Author(s):

Woody, Robert H.; Powell, William S.; Crittenden, Christopher

Abstract:

Francis H. Fries is an initial member of the North Carolina magazine Business Hall of Fame. He was an early leader in North Carolina's textile and railroading industries but is remembered best as the guiding genius of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, North Carolina's first statewide bank.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 45 Issue 11, Nov 1987, p22, por

Subject(s):

Bankers--Winston-Salem; Fries, Francis Henry, 1855-1921