Leggett, Francis H
merchant, was born March 27, 1840, in New York city. He received an academic education, and in 1856 entered a produce commission house as clerk.
In 1862 he and his brother formed a cothe partnership; business grew rapidly that it was not long before they were occupying three stores on Reade street; and in 1880 the land was bought SO and the present immense building was erected. The business of the house amounts to nearly ten million dollars annually, and nearly five hundred persons are employed in the establishment; and the firm of Francis H. Leggett and Company is one of the largest wholesale grocery houses in New York city.