Difference between revisions of "Harding & Jones Hardware"

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| traded_as        =  
 
| traded_as        =  
 
| industry        = [[Retail]]
 
| industry        = [[Retail]]
| fate            = Sold
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| fate            = [[Acquired]] by Harding & Jones Hardware
| predecessor      = Jacobs Hardware Store
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| predecessor      = [[Jacobs Hardware Store]]
| successor        = ''sold to'' Col. Samuel Keefer ''transferred to'' [[Harding & Jones Hardware]]
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| successor        = ''sold to'' [[Col. Samuel Keefer]] ''transferred to'' [[Harding & Jones Hardware]]
 
| foundation      = <!-- [[Wooster, Ohio]] ({{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}) -->
 
| foundation      = <!-- [[Wooster, Ohio]] ({{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}) -->
| founder          = William [[Harding (surname)|Harding]] and W. H. [[Jones (surname)|Jones]]
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| founder          = [[William A. Harding]] and [[W. H. Jones]]
 
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| defunct          = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
 
| location_city    = 3-story building just West of Court House, [[Wooster, Ohio]]
 
| location_city    = 3-story building just West of Court House, [[Wooster, Ohio]]

Revision as of 11:21, 3 February 2016

Harding & Jones Hardware
Industry Retail
Fate Acquired by Harding & Jones Hardware
Predecessor(s) Jacobs Hardware Store
Successor(s) sold to Col. Samuel Keefer transferred to Harding & Jones Hardware
Founder(s) William A. Harding and W. H. Jones
Headquarters 3-story building just West of Court House, Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1

Comprehensive History

In 1874, James C. Jacobs sold his well-established hardware store business and the Iron Block building to Col. Samuel Keefer, of New York city, New York. In 1876, Keefer transferred the hardware store business to William A. Harding and Willard H. Jones, also of New York and they moved to Wooster, Ohio to operate the business.[1]

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