John Sexton
John Sexton was born June 29, 1859 in Dundas, Ontario to Michael and Ellen (O'Connor) Sexton from County Clare, Ireland. John Sexton worked in a general store in Niagara, Ontario 1874–1877. He immigrated to Chicago in 1877 at 18 and began working for various wholesale grocers in Chicago as a clerk and city salesman. During this time, he realized that there was an opportunity to specialize in selling quality teas, coffees and spices.
John Sexton married Annie Louise Bartleman (born Chicago 1866) on August 11, 1886. The Bartleman’s immigrated from Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Germany in the mid-1850s. The couple had five children, Thomas G. (born 1890), Franklin (born 2/16/1891), Sherman J. (born 9/12/1892), Helen (Egan) (b.?) and Ethel (Marten) (born 1896) the family home was 2263 North Dayton Street in Chicago. All three sons and both sons in laws worked for the company in various roles.
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