S. H. Parvin

"PARVIN, SYLVESTER H., Advertising Agent, was born at Bridgeton, New Jersey, June 23^nd, 1815, and is the son of Holmes Parvin (a Methodist minister) and Elizabeth Dare. In 1837 he came to Cincinnati, and finished his education at Old Woodward. On March 27^th, 1851, he established an advertising agency in Cincinnati. It was the first agency of the kind ever undertaken west of the Alleghenies. Advertising was then in its infancy, and it was only by uniting with it other sources of support that he could at first maintain himself. The largest mechants then rarely exceeded an expenditure for advertising of over $200 or $300; now $30,000 and $40,000 are paid by some establishments, the business having attained large proportions. Mr. Parvin still continues in this business, assisted by his son, George S. Parvin, at 168 Vine street, Cincinnati. He is one of the three founders, and the largest proprietor, of Norwood, one of the suburbs of Cincinnati, on the line of the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad, a place that is destined to become noted from the extraordinary beauty of its location. It is on a high elevation, and on the summit is a curiosity, a large Indian mound, with a noble outlook upon a picturesque country."