The Banfield Company

 John Banfield founded Banfield Brothers general store in 1875 and ran it with his two sons, George and Harry. They began operations in the Clark Block. In 1898, they built a two-story brick building at Front and Warner Streets. Over its nearly 110 years in operation, the company sold hardware and building supplies, farm equipment and wagons, coal, furniture, and Ford and Studebaker cars. In its heyday, it employed 20 people. In 1909, Mark Banfield, Samuel H. English, and Hawley A. Briggs purchased the stock of goods and the building, and incorporated the business as the Banfield Company. One or more members of the Banfield family retained partial ownership of the company until Thomas J. Banfield and his sister Ruth Hinz closed the store in 1981.