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Henry P. Stentz was born in Middletown,
Pennsylvania in 1838, coming to Huron county with his parents in 1840.
His early years were passed in Plymouth and in
Galion, but in 1866 removed to Monroeville, where he had been appointed cashier of the Exchange Bank, succeeding the late S.V. Harkness, the well known standard oil magnate. The Exchange Bank has since become the First National Bank of Monroeville, and Mr. Stentz, who was the moving spirit of the bank, was years ago made president. He is also a director of the National Bank of Plymouth, and of Galion. Mr. Stentz is apart from his banking interests, one of the largest real estate owners in northern Ohio, owning and operating over 1500 acres of the best land in Huron county. Without recourse to hazardous speculations he has accumulated one of the handsomest fortunes of all this region, and his success is a shining example of what an honest and capable young man may do by his own unaided efforts. |