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Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York
Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical
The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8

   [123-124]

        WILLIAM CHARLES URBAN, who died May 17, 1902, exemplified a life
     devoted to useful aims, and measurable only by the highest standards
     of business, social duty and citizenship. During his connection of
     many years with that great industrial enterprise, the URBAN Milling
     Company, MR. URBAN acquired a deserved reputation for superior
     practical ability.
        MR. URBAN was born in Buffalo July 28, 1861, the youngest of three
     children, received a public and High School education, and on leaving
     school entered his father's establishment as a bookkeeper. He showed
     strong natural aptitude for business, and was presently admitted a
     member of the firm, the other partners being his father, his brother,
     GEORGE URBAN, JR., and E. G. S. MILLER.  April 1, 1897, the URBAN
     Milling Company was incorporated. WILLIAM C. URBAN's connection with
     the company continued until two years before his death, when ill
     health made it impossible for him actively to participate in the busi-
     ness, from which he accordingly retired. After illness compelled him
     to sever his relationship with the enterprise to which he had devoted
     so great a share of his life, he lived quietly at his residence at
     Pine Eidge.
        June 30, 1886, MR. URBAN married LOUISA W. BURGARD, daughter of
     PETER and SARAH (RINCK) BURGARD of Buffalo. He is survived by his wife
     and six children: GRACE E., WILLIAM P., RAYMOND G., ADA M., EDWARD B.,
     and LOUISE C. URBAN.
        MR. URBAN was one of those able, sagacious and unpretending men who
     accomplish important results by unobtrusive methods. Though of high
     social standing he belonged to no clubs or societies. His tastes were
     domestic to an unusual degree, and he was devoted to his home and
     family. A man of strong religious feeling, he was a devout and con-
     sistent member of the English Lutheran Church. His circle of friends
     was wide, and his estimable personal qualities contributed to make his
     friendships enduring.

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