Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)
Henry Jacob Lutcher (November 4, 1836 – October 2, 1912) was a sawmiller and business partner of the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company. His business ventures would help establish Orange, Texas, as the timber-processing capital of the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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