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IRA LACKEY, druggist, Bloomington. Mr. Ira Lackey, of the firm of Funk & Lackey is another of the old residents of Bloomington, and a man long established in business; he is a native of Wayne Co., Ind.; was born in 1838, and, in 1855, came to Illinois, locating at Bloomington, and a man long established in business; he is a native of Wayne County, Ind.; was born in 1838, and, in 1855, came to Illinois, locating at Bloomington; his first business engagement was in the capacity of a clerk for the drug firm of Paist & Elder, with whom he remained for about three years; the firm changing to Paist, Marmon & Co., he still remained with them for two years; then he and his brother engaged in business in the Ashley-House block, where they carried on the drug business for five years, the firm being known as I. & G. W. Lackey ; his health then failing, he sold out to his brother, went to Chicago and began traveling for Fuller, Finch & Fuller, wholesale druggists; he traveled for this firm until 1869; having regained his health, he returned to Bloomington, and again began the retail drug business by buying the drug establishment of J. M. Major, since which time he has been permanently located, gradually increasing his business until now he has one among the finest retail drug houses in this part of Illinois, doing a retail trade of about $33,000 per annum, besides his jobbing-trade, which is gradually increasing; his establishment is located at No. 110 W. Washington street; by his careful management and close attention to business, he has established a business, of which any man should be proud, and has no less reason to look for success in the future as he has had in the past.