Heman Edward Drummond
American businessman (1905–1956)
Heman Edward Drummond (August 8, 1905 – April 5, 1956) was an American businessman from Alabama. He was the founder of the Drummond Company, a coal-mining company.2
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Born Aug 8, 1905, died Apr 5, 1956.1
Companies
- Drummond CompanyFounder5
Early life and education
Heman Edward Drummond was born on August 8, 1905. His grandfather was a landowner in Alabama. His mother was a homesteader.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Drummond Company3
Drummond worked as a coal miner for the Debardeleben Coal Company, founded by Henry T. DeBardeleben.
In 1935, Drummond took a $300 loan from a bank in rural Alabama and founded a coal-mining concern which became known as the Drummond Company. Drummond started coal-mining on the land he had inherited from his grandfather and his mother in Jasper, Alabama. He used mules to drag coal out of mines. He first sold the coal to neighbors, farms and homesteads in the area.
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Personal life
Drummond married Elza Eliza Stewart. They had five sons, Donald, Segal, Garry, Larry and John, and two daughters, Hila Jo Drummond Davidson, Barbara Drummond Thorne.
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- 5WikidataDrummond Company, Founder