W. C. Myers & Company

W. C. Myers & Company

Type	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
Industry	Finance and Insurance
Fate	Merged; Dissolved
Successor(s)	Whitaker-Myers Insurance Agency
Founded	Wooster, Ohio (April 15, 1870 (1870-04-15))
Founder(s)	William C. Myers
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	345 N Market St, Wooster, Ohio
Key people	William C.Myers
Services	General fire insurance agency, office

In 1870, the insurance firm of W.C. Myers Agency was founded. In 1970, the Myers and The Whitaker insurance agencies merged to form what is still known today as Whitaker-Myers. Whitaker-Myers Insurance Agency Inc. continues to maintain the same guiding principles which have earned the agency the trust of an entire community for generations. The firm now uses the trade name, Whitaker-Myers Group.

Locations

• 1887 - 35 S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
• 345 N. Market St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

City Directories

• 1894 - 1885 - Business Abstracts from the 1894-1895 Directory - Wooster
• 1919 - Business Directory of Wooster and Bloomington, Ohio
• 1930 - Wooster Directory, W. C. & Myers Co., George W. Quinby and George E. Wertenberger, general insurance, Citizens National Bank building, p. 166, 232.

Historical documents

Policy invoice from W.C. Myers Co. dated 1968.

• Sesquicentennial Celebration, Wooster, Ohio, June 14-21, 1958, p. 35. [book]
• Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887)
  • 1887 - General Fire Insurance Agency

W.C. Myers & Co., of this city, represent many of the most prominent and solid companies and associations of this character both of America and Europe. This agency has been established for the past 17 years and has been noted for its prompt and equitable adjustment of all established losses. The individual members of this firm are W. C. Myers and P. C. Given, gentlemen whose many years experience and thorough familiarity with the principles and workings of all systems of insurance suggests the advisability of consulting with them before taking a policy. This company also represents the Wayne County Mutual Fire Insurance Association, of this city, for which Mr. I. H. Myers, Esq., is the general agent. The Wayne County Mutual Fire Insurance Association is represented by the leading agencies in various section of this state, and is unsurpassed by any mutual organization in the arena of fire insurance. Its officers are John Zimmerman, President; P. C. Given, Secretary; H. L. Wiles, Treasurer, and I. H. Myers, General Agent.

Timeline

• 1870 - April 15, Organized
• 1970 - Myers and The Whitaker insurance agencies merged to form what is still known today as Whitaker-Myers. Whitaker-Myers Insurance Agency Inc.

What Links Here

• Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887) ‎ (← links)
• N. Market St., Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Business Letterheads ‎ (← links)
• W. C. Myers & Co. (redirect page) ‎ (← links)
  • W. C. Myers & Company ‎ (← links)
  • Business Abstracts from the 1896 Directory ‎ (← links)
  • 1919 Business Directory of Wooster and Bloomington, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Business Abstracts from the 1894-1895 Directory - Wooster ‎ (← links)
• Public Square 1894-1895 Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Public Square 1930 Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Public Square 1932 Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Public Square 1937 Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Public Square 1939 Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Newspaper ad:Page 4 of Wooster Daily Record,published in Wooster, Ohio on Tuesday, August 6th, 1929 (1) - February 27 2023 ‎ (← links)