John Means (businessman)
John Means | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky | |
| In office October 20, 1881 – June 7, 1882 | |
| Preceded by | H. B. Brodess |
| Succeeded by | William Wirt Culbertson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21, 1829 West Union, Ohio, US |
| Died | February 14, 1910 (aged 80) |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Henrietta Perkins |
| Children | Ellison Cooke Eliza Isabelle Means |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Means Sarah Ellison |
John Means (September 21, 1829 – February 14, 1910) was a mayor of Ashland, Kentucky and a leader in the banking and iron industries. He helped organize the Cincinnati and Big Sandy Packet Company, laid out Ashland Cemetery, built furnaces, served as vice-president of the Ashland National Bank, and he served then led the growing iron business of the Means family. The Kentucky Encyclopedia of 2015 described the Means-owned iron empire as having "created massive enterprises out of the disorganized and weakened industry that emerged from the Civil War."