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"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.  <ref>Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 31.</ref>
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*  1906 ''"We Pay Top Prices"'' -- <ref>Wooster High School annual. 1906. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
 
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==Quick Facts==
 
==Quick Facts==
 
Information taken from the company website <ref>Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co. website</ref>
 
Information taken from the company website <ref>Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co. website</ref>
  
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* 1865 - Expanded business to downtown [[Wooster, Ohio]]. Jacob Frick became the first president of the[[Wayne County National Bank, The| Wayne County National Bank]], organized in 1880.
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* 1865 - Expanded business to downtown [[Wooster, Ohio]]. Jacob Frick became the first president of the[[Wayne County National Bank, The| Wayne County National Bank]], organized in 1880.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* 1882 - As business responsibilities grew Jacob Frick made William Dexter Tyler a partner in the grain business.
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* 1882 - As business responsibilities grew Jacob Frick made William Dexter Tyler a partner in the grain business.
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*  1900 - The business became known as Tyler's Fertilizer. As the [[Wayne County National Bank, The|Wayne County National Bank]] was new it demanded attention Jacob Frick gave more attention to the bank and less to the grain business.
 
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*  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.
 
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*  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 (1878-Present)|Wayne County Courthouse]].
 
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*  1939 - The downtown Wooster factory moved into a new building at the foot of Madison Hill across from the [[Wooster Brush Company, The|Wooster Brush Co.]]
 
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*  1939 - A grain elevator was added to the Smithville location.
 
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*  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.
 
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*  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.
 
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*  1976 - Walter Tyler and his wife Mildred built a home down the street from the business. Raising 3 children: Walter III, William and Clarissa.
 
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*  1980s - Saw movement away from the grain mill operations of the company.
 
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*  1990s - Expansion into sand, and larger seeds and liquid fertilizer services.
 
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*  1990s - The sixth generation began as Walter's son William began taking over a larger interest in the company's decisions.
 
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*  1992 - Josephine Hobbs Tyler died. Walter Tyler took over full operations following his mother's death.
 
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*  1997 - Madison Hill location was torn down and several new buildings were added to the Smithville, Ohio company.
 
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*  2010 - Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co. celebrated 150th anniversary.
 
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*  2010 - Completed addition of 7,500 ton dry fertilizer storage building.
 
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*  - 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.
 
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* 1884  No business address:  
 
* 1884  No business address:  
 
** W. D. Tyler, grain merchant  
 
** W. D. Tyler, grain merchant  
 
** Jacob Frick, flour & feed dealer; wool dealer
 
** Jacob Frick, flour & feed dealer; wool dealer
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* 1896  located rear of county offices
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** W. D. Tyler, grain & seed
 
* 1894-1895  warehouse located rear of county offices
 
* 1894-1895  warehouse located rear of county offices
 
** W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
 
** W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
 
** Frick and Tyler
 
** Frick and Tyler
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* 1896  located rear of county offices
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* 1900 - The business became known as Tyler's Fertilizer. As the [[Wayne County National Bank, The|Wayne County National Bank]] was new it demanded attention Jacob Frick gave more attention to the bank and less to the grain business.
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** W. D. Tyler, grain & seed
 
 
* 1900  located rear of Frick's Memorial blk
 
* 1900  located rear of Frick's Memorial blk
 
** W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
 
** W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
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* 1906 - Wooster High School annual -- <ref>Wooster High School annual. 1906. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
 
* 1908-1909  W.D. Tyler and Son, located rear of courthouse
 
* 1908-1909  W.D. Tyler and Son, located rear of courthouse
 
** Jacob F. Tyler and William D. Tyler, grain, seed & wool
 
** Jacob F. Tyler and William D. Tyler, grain, seed & wool
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** J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
 
** J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
 
** grain, seeds & feed
 
** grain, seeds & feed
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* 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.
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* 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 (1878-Present)|Wayne County Courthouse]].
 
* 1930  Tyler Grain Co., 135 W. Liberty St., Wooster
 
* 1930  Tyler Grain Co., 135 W. Liberty St., Wooster
 
** J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
 
** J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
 
* 1932 Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
 
* 1932 Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
 
** J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
 
** J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
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* 1934-1935  Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
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* 1934-1935  Tyler Grain Co., rear 1
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** 31 W. Liberty St., Wooster
 
** J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
 
** J. Frick and Walter W. Tyler
 
* 1937  Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
 
* 1937  Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
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* 1939  Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
 
* 1939  Tyler Grain Co., rear 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster
 
** J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
 
** J. Frick Tyler and Walter W. Tyler
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* 1939 - The downtown Wooster factory moved into a new building at the foot of Madison Hill across from the [[Wooster Brush Company, The|Wooster Brush Co.]]
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* 1939 - A grain elevator was added to the Smithville location.
 
* 1940 Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co., 619 Madison Ave., Wooster
 
* 1940 Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co., 619 Madison Ave., Wooster
 
** Walter W. Tyler, President
 
** Walter W. Tyler, President
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** Walter F. Tyler, Treasurer
 
** Walter F. Tyler, Treasurer
 
** Portia Hines, Secretary
 
** Portia Hines, Secretary
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* 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.
 
* 1943 Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co., 619 Madison Ave., Wooster
 
* 1943 Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co., 619 Madison Ave., Wooster
 
** Walter W. Tyler, President and General Manager
 
** Walter W. Tyler, President and General Manager
 
** J. Frick Tyler, Treasurer
 
** J. Frick Tyler, Treasurer
 
** Portia Hines, Secretary
 
** Portia Hines, Secretary
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* 1958 - Wooster, Ohio Sesquicennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 30.
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* 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.
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* 1976 - Walter Tyler and his wife Mildred built a home down the street from the business. Raising 3 children: Walter III, William and Clarissa.
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* 1980s - Saw movement away from the grain mill operations of the company.
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* 1990s - Expansion into sand, and larger seeds and liquid fertilizer services.
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* 1990s - The sixth generation began as Walter's son William began taking over a larger interest in the company's decisions.
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* 1992 - Josephine Hobbs Tyler died. Walter Tyler took over full operations following his mother's death.
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* 1997 - Madison Hill location was torn down and several new buildings were added to the Smithville, Ohio company.
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* 2010 - Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co. celebrated 150th anniversary.
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* 2010 - Completed addition of 7,500 ton dry fertilizer storage building.
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* - 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.
  
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Feed grinding a specialty.
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*  1906 ''"We Pay Top Prices"'' -- <ref>Wooster High School annual. 1906. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
  
 
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File:TylerGrainCoWebsize.jpg|Circa 1914 image of the Tyler Grain Company.
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* Wooster High School annual -- <ref>Wooster High School annual. 1906. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
 
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* Wooster, Ohio Sesquicennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 30.
 
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* Wooster Progress (1914)
 
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** 1914 - Grain
 
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"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.  <ref>Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 31.</ref>
 
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File:CourtHouse-SanbornMaps1905.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1905
 
File:CourtHouse-SanbornMaps1905.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1905
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File:TylerGrainCo-SanbornMaps1930.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1930
 
File:TylerGrainCo-SanbornMaps1930.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1930
 
File:TylerGrainFertilizerCo-SanbornMaps1930-1945.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1930-1945
 
File:TylerGrainFertilizerCo-SanbornMaps1930-1945.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1930-1945
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==Newspaper articles==
 
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====1917====
 
 
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File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19170108p5.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-08, {{Cite page|5}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19170108p5.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-08, {{Cite page|5}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19170214p6.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, {{Cite page|6}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19170214p6.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, {{Cite page|6}}.</ref>.
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File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19180214.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19180214.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19180810p3.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-08-10, {{Cite page|3}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19180810p3.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-08-10, {{Cite page|3}}.</ref>.
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File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19190214p3.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-02-14, {{Cite page|3}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19190214p3.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-02-14, {{Cite page|3}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19190808p2.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-08-08, {{Cite page|2}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19190808p2.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-08-08, {{Cite page|2}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19191222p4.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-22, {{Cite page|4}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19191222p4.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-22, {{Cite page|4}}.</ref>.
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File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19200102p5.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, {{Cite page|5}}.</ref>.
 
File:Tyler_Grain_&_Fertilizer_Company_WR19200102p5.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, {{Cite page|5}}.</ref>.
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File:TylerGrain19200123p8.png|ad, <ref>Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-23, p. 8</ref>.  
 
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  • Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Company
Manufacturing
  • Food Manufacturing
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Founded
  • 1860
    Smithville,Ohio
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    • 135 W. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States
    • 3388 Eby Rd., Smithville, 44677, Ohio, United States
    • 127 W. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States
    • 131 W. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States
    • 619 Madison Ave., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States
    • 125 W. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States

Feed grinding a specialty.

  • 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. [1]

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Quick Facts

Information taken from the company website [2]

  • 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.
  • 1884 No business address:
    • W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
    • Jacob Frick, flour & feed dealer; wool dealer
  • 1896 located rear of county offices
    • W. D. Tyler, grain & seed
  • 1894-1895 warehouse located rear of county offices
    • W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
    • Frick and Tyler
  • 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.
  • 1900 located rear of Frick's Memorial blk
    • W. D. Tyler, grain merchant
  • 1906 - Wooster High School annual -- [3]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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 1
    • 31 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 1943 Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co., 619 Madison Ave., Wooster
    • Walter W. Tyler, President and General Manager
    • J. Frick Tyler, Treasurer
    • Portia Hines, Secretary
  • 1958 - Wooster, Ohio Sesquicennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 30.
  • 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.

Slogan

  • 1906 "We Pay Top Prices" -- [4]

Gallery

  • Circa 1914 image of the Tyler Grain Company.

  • Business logo circa 1962.

Business letterheads

  • TylerGrain&FertilizerCo-Statement.jpg
  • 75px-Tyler Grain Co front.jpg
  • 75px-Tyler Grain Co back.jpg

Maps

  • Sanborn Maps 1905

  • Sanborn Maps 1911

  • Sanborn Maps 1923

  • Sanborn Maps 1930

  • Sanborn Maps 1930-1945

Newspaper articles

  1. ↑ Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 31.
  2. ↑ Tyler Grain & Fertilizer Co. website
  3. ↑ Wooster High School annual. 1906. Wooster, Ohio
  4. ↑ Wooster High School annual. 1906. Wooster, Ohio
  5. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-08, p. 5.
  6. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 6.
  7. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14.
  8. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-08-10, p. 3.
  9. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-02-14, p. 3.
  10. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-08-08, p. 2.
  11. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-22, p. 4.
  12. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 5.
  13. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-23, p. 8
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