Jacobs Hardware Store

Jacobs Hardware Store

Wayne County Townships v. 1 notebook
Former type	Hardware Stores; Sporting Goods Stores
Industry	Retail
Fate	Acquired by Col. Samuel Keefer
Successor(s)	Col. Samuel Keefer
Founder(s)	James C. Jacobs
Defunct	1874 (1874)
Headquarters	3-story building just West of Court House, Wooster, Ohio Iron Block Building, United States
Number of locations	1 0000 W. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio
Key people	James C. Jacobs

Locations

• 0000 W. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

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.

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

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  Harding & Jones' Hardware Store. An Extensive Business Industry. Wayne County Democrat, Supplement, DEC. 18, 1878 p.2

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  Neighborhood News. Wooster. Dalton Gazette, 1879-MAR-12 p.1

Newspaper ads

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What Links Here

• Iron Block Building ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1870 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1872 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1875 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1874 ‎ (← links)
• Wayne County Democrat, Business Abstracts 1876 ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Republican, Business Abstracts 1877 ‎ (← links)