The Mead Corporation was founded in Dayton in 1846, by Colonel Daniel Mead and his partners. Originally named Ellis, Chafflin & Company, the paper company went through a series of buyouts and reorganizations over the next several years, until the Mead Paper Company was established in 1882.
- 1856 – Mead bought out his original partners and formed Weston and Mead.
- 1860 – Weston and Mead became Mead and Weston.
- 1866 – Mead and Weston became Mead and Nixon.
- 1873 – Mead and Nixon became the Mead & Nixon Paper Company.
- 1881 – Mead bought out Nixon, and established the Mead Paper Company in 1882.
By the time Daniel Mead died in 1891, the Mead Corporation was one of the largest paper producers in the country, with paper mills in Tennessee, Georgia, and Michigan, as well as the several plant locations in Ohio.
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