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Royal Vincent Flesh
1890 - Aft 1930 (> 41 years)-
Name Royal Vincent Flesh Nickname R.V. Birth 25 Feb 1890 St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 
Gender Male Death Aft 1930 Person ID I26196 Scudder Last Modified 3 Mar 2011
Family Mary Alma Meyer, b. 7 Dec 1887, Baldwin, Randolph, Illinois d. 10 Mar 1974, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (Age 86 years) Marriage 9 Oct 1915 Glendale, Saint Louis, Missouri Children 1. Royal Scudder Flesh, b. 7 Aug 1918, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri d. 7 May 2010, Borrego Springs, San Diego, California (Age 91 years)2. W.R. Flesh 3. M.J. Flesh Family ID F9158 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - During the summer of 1913, Roy V. Flesh (known as R.V. to his many friends), closed a rather large sale. R.V. was a salesman by trade, and an excellent one. To reward himself for closing the sale, he took the afternoon off and attended a Cardinal baseball game. The next day, when R.V.'s boss asked him where he had been the previous day, R.V. told him he had gone to a baseball game. "Well I wish you hadn't done that," his boss said. "We could have used you around here." R.V. was disappointed by the lack of gratitude his boss displayed, and shortly thereafter, he decided to leave his sales position and go into business for himself. He named his new sole proprietorship The Flesh Company.
Soon, his young company grew into a thriving business. The Flesh Company blossomed in the 1920s and continued to do well even during the Great Depression years of the 1930s. R.V. ran the company through World War II. As the war concluded, The Flesh Company was poised for a new chapter in its history.
- During the summer of 1913, Roy V. Flesh (known as R.V. to his many friends), closed a rather large sale. R.V. was a salesman by trade, and an excellent one. To reward himself for closing the sale, he took the afternoon off and attended a Cardinal baseball game. The next day, when R.V.'s boss asked him where he had been the previous day, R.V. told him he had gone to a baseball game. "Well I wish you hadn't done that," his boss said. "We could have used you around here." R.V. was disappointed by the lack of gratitude his boss displayed, and shortly thereafter, he decided to leave his sales position and go into business for himself. He named his new sole proprietorship The Flesh Company.