History

In the beginning, the company was chartered as the "Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of ELmira" on September 20, 1876. At that time it was a township insurance company and included the townships of Elmira, Goshen, and Toulon in Stark County.

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EVENTS IN WORLD HISTORY IN 1876:

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* John Hopkins and Texas A&M Universities both open for classes.
* Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention called the telephone.
* Wyatt Earp begins work in Dodge City, Kansas.
* The Transcontinental Express arrives in California.
* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is first published.
* Colorado becomes the 38th State in the Union.
* Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the mimeograph.
* The first symphony of Johannes Brahms is premiered.
* The Battle of the Little Bighorn.
* The Dewey Decimal Classification is invented by Melvil Dewey.
* Wild Bill Hickok dies.