Left to right: Billy, Bob, John and Nathaniel Grammer. Nathaniel Grammer came to Fort Worth in 1884, married Miss Lula Whaley of Longview, Texas in 1885 and started a drug store business at 111 Weatherford in downtown Fort Worth that grew to be one of the largest and most modern in the city. In 1899 the Grammer Drug Store was located at 100 Main Street, and in 1904 Nathaniel added a second drug store at 200 Main Street. He took a prominent part in many business organizations and was a very active citizen in the community. Nathaniel was “prominent in Masonic circles. He was made a Master Mason in 1887, and a Royal Arch Mason in 1889. During the latter year he was made a Royal and Select Master and a Knight Templar. He was elected eminent commander of Worth Commandery in 1894 and took the Scottish Rite degrees in 1891. In 1897 he was awarded Rank and Decoration of a Knight Commander of the Court of Honor.” Nathaniel was also a member of the Fort Worth Club and the Methodist Church. Working with J. P. Nicks, he organized the Fort Worth and Tarrant County Druggists’ Association and Nathaniel served as treasurer. He also served as the vice-president of State National Bank. In 1894 a business card for N. E. Grammer and the Grammer Drug Store was placed in a time capsule under the cornerstone of Fort Worth’s present day courthouse. The card lists the store as the second oldest merchant in Fort Worth, and by 1920 the Grammer Drug Store is noted as being the oldest in Fort Worth.
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