E. R. Curtin
E. R. Curtin, vice-president of the Lima Trust Company and general manager of The Manhattan Oil Company, of Lima, is one of the younger business men of this city who have achieved success through genuine ability and great personal enterprise. Mr. Curtin was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1868, and is a son of William W. Curtin, a well-known oil producer of this section who has been in the business since 1865.
After completing his education, which included the common and high school courses, Mr. Curtin entered into business as an employee of the Wells Supply Company, with whom he remained for six years. His next work was with his father and with oil companies in the Pennsylvania oil field, and for seven years he was interested with the Neely Brothers, the large operators of St. Marys. For the past 15 years he has been with The Manhattan Oil Company, of which for five years he has been manager. This company does a pipe-line business and owns a large refinery at Welker, Ohio. Mr. Curtin is identified with the city's interests in many ways, being vice-president of The Lima Trust Company and a member of many of the city's public organizations.
Mr. Curtin was married in 1892 to Effie Allen, who was born in New York, and they have one son, Emmet L. For a number of years he has been prominent in Masonry, belonging to Blue Lodge, Council and Commandery at Lima and the Consistory, at Toledo. He also belongs to the Elks. For the past eight years Mr. Curtin has filled a large place in the business life of the city and has won the warm friendship and hearty esteem of the many who have had business and social relations with him.