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William Jennings Demorest
William Jennings Demorest (aka W. Jennings Demorest) (1822–1895), from New York City, was an American magazine publisher, national prohibition leader, and, in collaboration with his second wife, Ellen Demorest, née Curtis, attained international success from his wife's development of paper patterns for sewing fashion apparel of the day. Together, they built a fashion manufacturing and merchandising empire from it.
He and his wife launched five magazines and started a cosmetics company. He individually patented a sewing machine and a velocipede.
Demorest harbored lifelong political and religious aspirations. He is widely known for being a Prohibition activist and ran for Mayor of New York City on the Prohibition ticket. He also organized the Anti-Nuisance League.〔Ishbel Ross (1895-1975), ''Crusades and Crinolines: The Life and Times of Ellen Curtis Demorest and William Jennings Demorest,'' Harper & Row, New York (1963).〕
==Town Named for Demorest==
''In 1889, a group of people from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Indiana moved to Georgia to found a community which would have high moral standards. They decided that anyone who permitted drinking alcoholic beverages, gambling, or prostitution would forfeit their property.'' (Jennings ) ''Demorest formed the Demorest Home, Mining, and Improvement Company to make that dream a reality. On November 13, 1889, the town was incorporated and named "Demorest" in honor of the great Prohibition leader''.〔The National Statesman (Prohibition Party newsletter, discontinued 2003), p.4., December 2003.〕
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