With the demo of the Wrenn Paper Company I thought you might enjoy reading this obit
November 2, 1934 Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio
LAST SURVIVOR OF PIONEER FAMILY OF THIS CITY DIES; SUFFERED STROKE RECENTLY
Miss Kate B. Wrenn, Daughter Of One Of Founders Of Paper Mill Firm
Miss Kate B. Wrenn, daughter of the late Allen S. Wren, one of the founders of the Wrenn Paper Company, died Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of Mrs. George B. Shafor, of 517 South Main Street. She was 75 years old.
In ill health about a year, Miss Wrenn suffered a stroke of paralysis three years ago and for the past week had lain in a coma without recognizing the close attention of a wide circle of friends, who mourn her death and regret the passing of a former substantial and influential woman of Middletown.
Miss Wren was the last survivor of the five children of Allen S. and Parthenia Wrenn, whose names are written indeliby into the early history of Middletown.
OLD HOME STANDS
Memory of the Wrenn family always takes older Middletonians to the happy times when Mr. and Mrs. Wrenn and five children occupied the old brick home which still stands on the south west corner of Main and Manchester Avenue. This was the Wrenn homestead and about it always cling memories of the years when they occupied it and important happenings for Middletown radiated from it.
A short distance away, in the old brick house now occupied by the "Kopper Kettle," a brother of Mr. Wrenn (George L.) lived. Both homes were considered among the finer in Middletown at the time and were pointed out for their beauty of architecture and the prominence of the families they protected.
Mr. Wrenn came to Middletown early in life from Fairfax County, Virginia, where he was born in 1815. He was married to Parthenia Taylor, daughter of David Taylor and Joanna Enyart, of Middletown in 1845. To them five children were born, Thomas A., Edward, Mary, Charles, and Kate B.
Since the death of her parents, many years ago, Miss Wrenn had made her home among her friends. Early in the summer she took up residence with Mrs. Shafor, after having spent several years with Miss Bessie Harding, of Excello.
With Joseph Sutphin as his partner, A.S. Wrenn founded the Wrenn Paper Company which played a prominent part in the publishing of newspapers during the Civil War. Newsprint was then a scarcity and it was the local mill which furnished the Cincinnati Enquirer all of the material on which were printed its editions carrying news from the Confederate and Northern lines.
CHANGES HANDS
With the passing of A.S.Wrenn, his stock in the company fell to his children and other relatives and eventually became the property of the late Austin Smith and John Gibson, Jr. They organized the corporation which is today known as the Wrenn Paper Company.
Miss Wrenn was a member of the First Baptist Church all of her life and recognized as one of its most earnest promoters.
Miss Wrenn's only survivors are nieces and nephews in the east who are now enroute for the funeral service. Arrangements for the funeral will be made later.