J. W. Hetherington & Co. manufactured cigars from 1888-1914.

1888 – J. W. Hetherington & Co., 415 West High Ave. – factory No. 202, 4th district of Iowa – John Hetherington and Leo Roenspeiss

1892 – J. W. Hetherington & Co., High Ave. – employed 25 people – produced up to 120,000 cigars a month.

1894 – 219 West High Street

1897 – Employed seven people

1900 - J. W. Hetherington built a new cigar factory and outbuildings on his property on North G Street.

Born September 1865

Died June 7, 1933

Wife: Emma Nicholson

John Hetherington had an ice cream store in 1930.

Brands of cigars manufactured: In the Soup, Skinny, Nisita, Monarch