Incorporation in Ohio During the Marion Relocation

On 16 December 1926, The Wilson Bohannan Company was incorporated in Ohio as the business prepared to transfer its manufacturing operations from Brooklyn, New York, to Marion, Ohio. Better Business Bureau corporate data records this date as the company's incorporation date and lists the business as beginning local operations in Marion in 1927. New York corporate records likewise identify 16 December 1926 as the company's Ohio formation date. The incorporation formed part of a broader transition led by Wilson Bohannan Tway. Our company records place the move from Brooklyn to Marion in 1926, while other historical accounts describe the physical relocation and start of local operations as occurring in 1927. The December incorporation therefore provides a precise legal date within that transition, rather than necessarily the date on which manufacturing physically moved.