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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 482232, member: 136&quot;]Actually, Geyler Furniture was a new iteration of Pence &amp; Geyler, which itself had originally been JW Pence Furniture. JW Pence was in business in Hillsboro at least as early as 1888. I didn&#039;t find any info about when Geyler joined with Pence.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1904, Phil(l)ip Jacob Geyler bought out his partner JW Pence, who retired. Pence died the next year, in 1905.</p><p><br /></p><p>Geyler himself died only a few years later, in 1911, at the age of 43. His wife died the next year. They left no living children. I didn&#039;t find any info about who took over the company at that point.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Geyler Furniture factory continued to operate on Elm Street in Hillsboro until the fire you mentioned, which destroyed the plant in 1933. According to a local newspaper of the time, dated AUG 21, 1933:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The blaze started, it was reported, when Dan Brumfield washed his hands with benzine, the friction causing the fire. Brumfield was burned severely.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I found no evidence that the factory was ever rebuilt or that it ever operated again under the Geyler name.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to look into it further, I imagine that the local Hillsboro or the Highland County, Ohio historical society might have some additional information.</p><p><br /></p><p>some info from:</p><p><i>The Furniture Journal</i>, a trade periodical, v.21, 1904</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AnAoAAAAYAAJ&amp;dq=Geyler+Furniture.+Mfg.+Co.+Hillsboro+Ohio&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AnAoAAAAYAAJ&amp;dq=Geyler+Furniture.+Mfg.+Co.+Hillsboro+Ohio&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=AnAoAAAAYAAJ&amp;dq=Geyler+Furniture.+Mfg.+Co.+Hillsboro+Ohio&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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