Background
Springs, Leroy was born on November 12, 1861 in Fort Mill, York Company, South Carolina, United States. Son of A. Baxter and Julia Blandia (Baxter) Springs.
Springs, Leroy was born on November 12, 1861 in Fort Mill, York Company, South Carolina, United States. Son of A. Baxter and Julia Blandia (Baxter) Springs.
Student of University of North Carolina, 1878-1880.
Samuel East. White, of Fort Mill, December 28, 1892. Married second, Lena, daughter T. M. Jones, of Pulaski, Tennessee, November 29, 1913.
Began as salesman for Springs & Burwell, wholesale grocers, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1880.
Founded Leroy Springs & Company, wholesale and retail merchandise, Lancaster, South Carolina., 1884, now Lancaster Mercantile Company of which was president 16 years. Organized Springs & Shannon (Camden, South Carolina.), 1885, Kershaw (South Carolina.) Mercantile & Banking Company, 1888, Springs Banking & Mercantile Company (Heath Springs, South Carolina.), 1889, The Bank of Lancaster, 1889, Bank of Kershaw, 1904, also Lancaster Cotton Mills (largest in the South), 1896, Eureka Cotton Mills, 1899, Kershaw Cotton Mills, 1913.
Reorganized 2 mills of Fort Mill (South Carolina.) Manufacturing Company, 1904. Now president 7 cotton mill companies.
President Bank of Lancaster, Lancaster & Chester Railway, Lansford Water Power Company.
Vice president Bank of Kershaw. Trustee Mutual Life Insurance Company of New New York An organizer Vice-President, Columbia (South Carolina.) National Bank.
Colonel on staff of Governor John P. Richardson, 1886-1890.
Chairman of the board of trustees Lancaster Graded School One of the founders, and director Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association.
Married Grace Allison, daughter Married second, Lena, daughter