* 1905 - March 8, buys half interest of H. B. Christine in the Christine Bros. furniture and undertaking business in Wooster, Ohio and it becomes Danford & Christine.
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* 1905 - December, buys the other half interest in the furniture and undertaking business to become sole proprietor of the business.
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* 1908 - Moore's Directory shows J.H.B. Danford Funeral Director and Embalmer operating at 22 W. Liberty St. in Wooster, Ohio.