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| locations = [[Eby Rd|3388 Eby Rd]], [[Smithville, Ohio]] | | locations = [[Eby Rd|3388 Eby Rd]], [[Smithville, Ohio]] | ||
| area_served = | | area_served = | ||
− | | key_people = W. D. {{Surname|Tyler} 1884-1909; Jacob {{Surname|Frick}} 1884-1895; Jacob F. {{Surname|Tyler}} 1908-1943; William D. {{Surname|Tyler}} 1912-1913; Walter W. {{Surname|Tyler}} 1912-1943 | + | | key_people = W. D. {{Surname|Tyler}} 1884-1909; Jacob {{Surname|Frick}} 1884-1895; Jacob F. {{Surname|Tyler}} 1908-1943; William D. {{Surname|Tyler}} 1912-1913; Walter W. {{Surname|Tyler}} 1912-1943 |
| products = Grains, seeds and wool (1860). | | products = Grains, seeds and wool (1860). | ||
| brands = | | brands = |
Revision as of 16:56, 1 February 2021
Formerly called | Jacob Frick; Frick & Taylor; W. D. Tyler; W. D. Tyler & Son; Tyler Grain Co.; Tyler Grain Co Feed Mill & Grain Elevator |
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Type | Grain Mills; Fertilizers |
Industry | Manufacturing |
Fate | Active |
Founded | Weilersville, Ohio (1860 ) |
Founder(s) | Clenn D. Reed |
Headquarters | Smithville, Ohio, United States |
Number of locations | 3388 Eby Rd, Smithville, Ohio |
Key people | W. D. Tyler 1884-1909; Jacob Frick 1884-1895; Jacob F. Tyler 1908-1943; William D. Tyler 1912-1913; Walter W. Tyler 1912-1943 |
Products | Grains, seeds and wool (1860). |
Services | Feed grinding a specialty. |
Website | www.tylersfertilizer.com |
Locations
- approx. 1915-1919 - 127 W. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
- approx. 1923-1925 - 125 W. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
- approx. 1928-1930 - 135 W. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
- approx. 1932-1939 - 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
- approx. 1940 - 619 Madison Ave., Wooster, Ohio 44691
- 3388 Eby Rd., Smithville, Ohio 44677
City Directories
- 1884 No business address:
- 1894-1895 warehouse located rear of county offices
- W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
- Frick and Tyler
- 1896 located rear of county offices
- W. D. Tyler, grain & seed
- 1900 located rear of Frick's Memorial blk
- W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
- 1908-1909 W.D. Tyler and Son, located rear of courthouse
- Jacob F. Tyler and William D. Tyler, grain, seed & wool
- 1912-1913 Tyler Grain Co, offices located rear Freedlander's
- J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler, Proprietors
- 1915 Tyler Grain Co., rear 127 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
- 1919 Tyler Grain Co., rear 127 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
- 1923 Tyler Grain Co., rear 125 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
- grain, seeds, flour & feed
- 1925 Tyler Grain Co., rear 125 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
- 1928 Tyler Grain Co., 135 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
- grain, seeds & feed
- 1930 Tyler Grain Co., 135 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
- 1932 Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
- 1934-1935 Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
- 1937 Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
- 1939 Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
- J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
- 1940 Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co., 619 Madison Ave., Wooster
- Walter W. Tyler, President
- J. Frick Tyler, Vice-President
- Walter F. Tyler, Treasurer
- Portia Hines, Secretary
- 1943 Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co., 619 Madison Ave., Wooster
- Walter W. Tyler, President and General Manager
- J. Frick Tyler, Treasurer
- Portia Hines, Secretary
Comprehensive History
Slogans
- 1906 "We Pay Top Prices" -- [1]
Timeline
- 1860 - Jacob Frick opened a hardware store on the "Summit" South of Smithville and across the street from current location. The store dealt with grain, seed and wool.
- 1865 - Expanded business to downtown Wooster, Ohio. Jacob Frick became the first president of the Wayne County National Bank, organized in 1880.
- 1881 - Jacob Frick's daughter Melissa married William Dexter Tyler of Mansfield, Ohio who worked for his father-in-law. William Dexter Tyler and Melissa had 2 sons which joined his father in the business: Jacob Frick Tyler and Walter William Tyler.
- 1882 - As business responsibilities grew Jacob Frick made William Dexter Tyler a partner in the grain business.
- 1900 - The business became known as Tyler's Fertilizer. As the Wayne County National Bank was new it demanded attention Jacob Frick gave more attention to the bank and less to the grain business.
- 1930s - Tyler's business returned to the Smithville, Ohio area due to an arrangement between Walter William Tyler (known as W. W. by his friends) and A. C. Ramseyer, an area farmer. A. C. Ramseyer provided the land on which the current factory is located in order to serve the areas potato farmers.
- 1932 - The new Weilersville, Ohio factory built by Walter William Taylor which remains the main factory in 2021. The downtown Wooster location had been operating out of a building adjacent to the Wayne County Courthouse.
- 1939 - The downtown Wooster factory moved into a new building at the foot of Madison Hill across from the Wooster Brush Co.
- 1939 - A grain elevator was added to the Smithville location.
- 1940s - After Walter William Tyler's son, Walter Frick Tyler served as a civilian aviation instructor in Florida. Walter Frick Tyler brought his family back to Wayne County, Ohio to succeed his father as the fourth generation to run the family business.
- 1969 - Walter Frick Tyler ran the company until his death in 1969. Walter Frick Tyler was succeeded by his window Josephine Hobbs Tyler who took over the company with the assistance of her two sons, Howard and Walter Tyler. Josephine Hobbs Tyler oversaw operations from the Wooster, Ohio location and Walter Tyler ran the Smithville fertilizer plant built by his grandfather.
- 1976 - Walter Tyler and his wife Mildred built a home down the street from the business. Raising 3 children: Walter III, William and Clarissa.
- 1980s - Saw movement away from the grain mill operations of the company.
- 1990s - Expansion into sand, and larger seeds and liquid fertilizer services.
- 1990s - The sixth generation began as Walter's son William began taking over a larger interest in the company's decisions.
- 1992 - Josephine Hobbs Tyler died. Walter Tyler took over full operations following his mother's death.
- 1997 - Madison Hill location was torn down and several new buildings were added to the Smithville, Ohio company.
- 2010 - Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co. celebrated 150th anniversary.
- 2010 - Completed addition of 7,500 ton dry fertilizer storage building.
- - William and his wife Krista settled in Smithville with their son Devin. William worked with his dad to change and adapt to current trends and technology to stay ahead.
Gallery
Historical documents
- Wooster High School annual -- [2]
- Wooster, Ohio Sesquicennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 30.
- Wooster Progress (1914)
- 1914 - Grain
"This Company began operation in 1864 and now has to its credit fifty years of successful business and honest endeavor. They are wholesale and retail dealers in grain of all kinds, seeds, wool, flour, feed, salt, fertilizer, lime and cement. Their elevator has a complete cleaning outfit for grain and seeds. [3]
Business letterheads
Business photos
Maps
Newspaper articles
Newspaper full-text articles
Newspaper ads
1917
1918
1919
1920
ad, [11].
No date
ad, [12].
Newspaper citations with no attached images
References
- ↑ Wooster High School annual. 1906. Wooster, Ohio
- ↑ Wooster High School annual. 1906. Wooster, Ohio
- ↑ Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 31.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-08, p. 5.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 6.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-08-10, p. 3.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-02-14, p. 3.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-08-08, p. 2.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-22, p. 4.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 5.
- ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-23, p. 8
What Links Here
- Business Letterheads (← links)
- File:75px-Tyler Grain Co front.jpg (← links)
- File:75px-Tyler Grain Co back.jpg (← links)
- File:TylerGrain19200123p8.png (← links)
- File:Tyler.png (← links)
- Wooster Directory 1948 (← links)
- Wooster: City of Progress (1914) (← links)
- File:CourtHouse-SanbornMaps1905.PNG (← links)
- File:TylerGrainCo-SanbornMaps1911.PNG (← links)
- File:CourtHouse-SanbornMaps1923.PNG (← links)
- File:WayneCoCourtHouse-TylerGrainCo-SanbornMaps1930.PNG (← links)
- File:WayneCoCourtHouse-SanbornMaps1930-1945.PNG (← links)
- Newspaper ad:Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Company WR19180214 - February 28 2023 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:Tyler Grain Co. WDN19200102pg5 - February 28 2023 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:TylerGrain19200123p8 - Wooster Daily Republican January 23 1920 (← links)
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- W. D. Tyler & Son
- 1906. Wooster High School annual ads
- Wooster High School annual ads
- Wooster Progress. 1914