DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 375 Darke county, March 18, 1900, but her father, whose birth occurred near Harper's Ferry in Virginia, September 26, 1830, is still living at the age of seventy-nine years on the old homestead at Ansonia and enjoys good health. His brother, Joseph B. Ziler, served throughout the Civil war and for a time was private cook for General Sherman. He is still living at Ansonia at the age of eighty-one years. Mrs. Weaver has two brothers, Perry E. and Frank L., both residents of Ansonia. She, too, has engaged in school teaching, following that profession for three years in Ansonia. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Weaver : Olive May and Ralph Emerson, both in school ; and Lois Edna. Mr. Weaver is a man of poise and ability who accepts seriously the responsibility and trust placed in his hands. The guidance of teachers and youths to a desire for the best in education is a noble task and one not lightly to be bestowed on any man nor accepted in any but a conscientious spirit. That Mr. Weaver appreciates all that his position means his years of service demonstrate. He and his family attend the Memorial Baptist church of Dayton, but his parents were members of the United Brethren church. WILLIAM A. EWING, M. D. Dr. William A. Ewing is deserving of mention with the medical fraternity of Dayton as in his practice he holds to a high standard of professional ethics and is meeting with excellent success as he makes his daily round of calls, performing every service with a sense of conscientious obligation. Born on a farm in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1876, he is descended from a family of Scotch origin that was founded in Maryland in the seventeenth century. The branch to which Dr. Ewing belongs was later represented in Kentucky and afterward in Montgomery county, Ohio, its representatives taking an active and helpful part in the pioneer development of the different states. His great grandfather arrived in Montgomery county in 1797, removing from Kentucky to this state when it was still under territorial rule. From that time to the present the family has been active in promoting the work of public improvement in this county, contributing in substantial measure to its general growth and progress. The grandfather, John Ewing, was born in this county in 1802, devoted his life to general agricultural pursuits and reached the venerable age of eighty years ere he was called to his final rest in 1882. His son, William G. Ewing, the father of Dr. Ewing, was born on the old family homestead in Montgomery county in 1826. He was here reared amid the wild scenes and environments of pioneer life, sharing in all of the hardships and difficulties that fall to the lot of the early settler. As the years passed by he gave substantial assistance in the work of promoting the material development of this section. Following the discovery of gold in California he made his way to the Pacific coast, traveling across the long stretches of hot sand and through the mountain passes to the Golden state, where he remained for five years. He then returned to Montgomery county and at the time of the Civil war responded to the call for troops to serve for one hundred days. When the war was over he once 376 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY more took up his abode in this county, continuing his residence in Ohio until his death in 1891. Dr. Ewing was a little lad of six years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Darke county, Ohio, where his youthful days were passed on the home farm, the work of field and meadow early becoming familiar to him. He completed his more specifically literary education in the high school at Greenville, Ohio, and in the State University at Columbus, where he continued his studies for a year. His professional training was received in the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1900, and he put his theoretical training to the practical test in the Miami Valley Hospital, at Dayton, where he served as interne for a year, gaining the broad and valuable experience of hospital practice, which proved an excellent preparation for the professional labors that have since devolved upon him as he has continued in private practice in Dayton. At present he is a member of the staff of Miami Valley Hospital. His labors have been attended with gratifying success when viewed from both professional and financial standpoints and his patronage is constantly increasing. In 1902 Dr. Ewing was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Davenport, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and they have an interesting little daughter, Mary. Dr. and Mrs. Ewing are widely and favorably known in the social circles of the city. He is a member of the Masons and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and gives his political allegiance to the republican party but is not an active worker in its ranks aside from casting his ballot in support of its principles. He concentrates his attention upon his professional duties and keeps abreast with the most progressive methods of the medical fraternity through his connection with the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society, the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Dayton Academy of Medicine. Of the last named he was president in 1907. In the years which have followed since he left college he has continued a student of the fundamental principles of medicine and while he is not quick to discard the old and time tried methods of practice at the same time he is quick to adopt any new idea which his judgment sanctions as of essential value in professional circles. JOHN W. AULL. John W. Aull is the secretary and general manager of The Aull Brothers Paper & Box Company of Dayton, in which connection he is a well known representative of the productive industries of the city. He was born here in 1866 and is a son of Nicholas L. Aull, of whom extended mention is made on another page of this volume in connection with the sketch of F. N. Aull, a brother of our subject. John W. Aull was reared in Dayton and at the usual age entered the public schools, wherein he passed through consecutive grades until he reached the age of thirteen years. At that time he entered business circles and has since been dependent entirely upon his own resources so that he justly deserves all DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 379 the praise indicated in the term a self-made man. He entered the employ of R. A. Rogers & Company, wholesale paper manufacturers, and that he was reliable, competent and faithful is indicated in the fact that he continued with the house for fifteen years. He was sent upon the road as a traveling salesman when seventeen years of age and thus represented the house among its patrons for ten years. Desirous, however, of engaging in business for himself, he carefully saved his earnings and at length he and his two brothers, F. N. and W. J. Au11, embarked in the wholesale paper business on their own account and gradually transformed the enterprise into .that of which they are, now the owners. The firm was incorporated under the name of The Aull Brothers Paper & Box Company, with John W. Aull as secretary and general manager. This has been his official connection with the business continuously since and in a position of administrative direction and executive control he has shown himself thoroughly familiar with the trade and has given evidence of his power in business lines in his ready appreciation .,for and utilization of opportunities. Mr. Aull was married in 1901 in Dayton to Miss Mary L. Harries, a daughter of John L. Harries. He belongs to the Dayton City Club, to the Bicycle Club and to the Dayton Country Club and is a man of genial social nature, whose deference for the opinions of others, combined with a kindly generous spirit, has made him popular with a large circle of friends. In his political views he is a republican, but while he supports the party at the polls he does not seek or desire office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, his capable conduct thereof being evidenced in the success which is attending his efforts. EMIL SCHULTZE. Emil Schultze, the leading merchant of Harrison township, is the sole owner of a well equipped grocery and meat market on the corner of Fairview avenue and Catalpa drive. He was born near Berlin, Germany, on the 9th of June, 1889, his parents being Julius and Emma (Seitz) Schultze. The paternal grandfather, who followed mercantile pursuits throughout his active business career, spent his entire life in Gerthany. Julius Schultze, the father of our subject, learned the butchering business in Germany and after crossing the Atlantic to the United States he lived for a short time in Galena, Illinois. Subsequently he came to Dayton, Ohio, and here gave his attention to various occupations. His family numbered eight children, namely : Emil, of this review ; Richard; Emma ; Julius ; Anna ; Charles ; and Minnie and Edith, twins. All still survive and are residents of Montgomery county. Emil Schultz was but two years of age when brought by his parents to the United States and, as before stated, the family home was first established in Galena, Illinois, where Mr. Schultze of this review began his education in the common schools. His mental training was further continued in Dayton, Ohio, following the removal of his parents to this place and on putting aside his textbooks he entered the employ of the National Cash Register Company. The fact that he remained with that concern for fourteen years stands in incontrovertible 380 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY proof of his promptness and capability in the discharge of the duties assigned him and during this period he carefully saved his earnings with a view to acquiring capital sufficient to enable him to begin business on his own account. About- two years ago he established a grocery store at the corner of Fairview avenue and Catalpa drive, which is now the leading enterprise of the character in Harrison township. He is the sole proprietor of the business and in addition to dealing in groceries and meats also conducts a feed business, meeting with a most gratifying and commendable measure of prosperity in his undertakings because of his honorable business methods, his earnest desire to please his patrons and his close application.. The neat and tasteful arrangement of the store and the excellent line of goods which he sells have secured to him a gratifying and growing patronage. On the 7th of January, 1902, Mr. Schultze was united in marriage to Miss Doris Martin, a daughter of Henry and Caroline (Meinike) Martin. The father, who was a native of Germany, took up his abode in Dayton, Ohio, after emigrating to the United States with his family. He had ten children, as follows: Ernest ; Lena ; Carl ; Louise ; Henry and Doris, twins ; Mary ; Wilhelm ; Minnie ; and Henry. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Schultze have been born three children : Florence H., Theodore J., and Harold E. Mr. Schultze finds his greatest delight in his home and family. Fraternally Mr. Schultze is identified with Gem City Camp of the Modern Woodmen at Dayton, Ohio. He is a trustee of the German Baptist church and does all in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence. By perseverance, determination and honorable effort he has overthrown the obstacles which barred his path to success and reached the goal of prosperity, while his genuine personal worth has won him the warm regard and esteem of all with whom he has been associated. ALLEN W. SOMERS. Allen W. Somers, postmaster of Brookville, his native city, was born September 5, 1875, and is a son of Ephraim and Catherine Somers. The father, also a native of this county, was in early life a school teacher, following that profession for about twelve years. He filled the position of justice of the peace and notary public for twelve years prior to his death, and in the discharge of his official duties made a most creditable record. He passed away October 16, 1900, and is still survived by his widow, who yet resides in Brookville.  Allen W. Somers, after acquiring his preliminary education in the schools 'of Brookville, later attended the Dayton Commercial College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1893. He afterward learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for about eight years, at the end of which time he entered the employ of the Citizens' Banking Company as assistant cashier. That position he filled for three years, at the end of which time he resigned to become postmaster of Brookville, to which position he was appointed on the 22d of February, 1906. He has made a most creditable record in this connection for  DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 381 the business of the office is carefully systematized and he is most prompt in the distribution of the mails and in all of the work connected with the position. He has also filled other places of public trust, the duties of which he has discharged in a most faithful and.loyal manner. For three years he was clerk of Clay township and for two years was clerk of the village. On the ioth of February, 1906, he was appointed notary public and is still acting in that capacity, having again been commissioned in February, 1909. In 1908 he was elected justice of the peace and his decisions in that connection have been strictly fair and impartial, being at all times based upon the law and the equity in the case. Mr. Somers was married on the 22d of June, 1898, to Miss Maud E. Berst, of Brookville, a daughter of A. C. Berst, an ex-superintendent of the county infirmary and now a resident of Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. Somers have two children, Ruby H. and Catherine E. Mr. Somers is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Knights of Pythias lodge, while his religious belief is manifest in his membership in the United Brethren church. In his political views he is a republican and has always been active in the work of the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has several times acted as chairman of the local committee of his party and does all in his power to promote its growth and secure its success. His citizenship is of a high order and his devotion to the general good no man questions seriously. WILLIAM H. SWISHER, M. D. Dr. William H. Swisher, coroner of Montgomery county, who since 1903 has engaged in the general practice of medicine in Dayton, was born in Campbellstown, Ohio, in February, 1875, a son of Henry and Sarah (Bulla) Swisher. His father died in Campbellstown, June 27, 1905, but the mother is still living and now makes her home in Richmond. She is a daughter of Joseph M. and Nancy Bulla, of Boston, Indiana. The Doctor's paternal grandfather was William Swisher, who served throughout the war of -1812, and his discharge papers are now in possession of our subject. He came to this state from Charlottesville, West Virginia, in 1789, and after leaving the army served as justice of the peace in Preble county for a number of years. Dr. Swisher has one sister, Minnie E., now the wife of George W. Murray, of Dublin, Indiana. In the place of his nativity the Doctor made his home until he had attained manhood. He attended school in that place and was also a student in the high school in Richmond, Indiana, while in preparation for a business career he pursued a course in pharmacy in the Ohio State University at Columbus, from which he was graduated with the class of 1896. He then entered the Eclectic Medical Institute, where he completed the course by graduation in 1898. His knowledge of pharmacy has been of great value to him in the practice of medicine and in the latter line he has continually promoted his efficiency by broad reading and investigation. He practiced at Eaton in partnership with Dr. C. W. Conley until 1899 and then went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he remained for six months. 382 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY On the expiration of that period he located at Campbellstown, Ohio, where he practiced success fully until 1903, when, seeking the broader field of labor and the wider opportunities offered in a city practice, he came to Dayton. Here he has since remained, receiving a good patronage, and in the round of his professional visits he displays conscientious understanding of the obligations that devolve upon him. In November, 1908, he was elected coroner of Montgomery county on the democratic ticket. He belongs to the Ohio Eclectic Medical Association ; to the Dayton Medical Society, of which he is secretary ; and to the National Eclectic Medical Association. On the 5th of October, 1902, Dr. Swisher was married in New Paris, Ohio, to Miss Cora Agnes Murray, and they have one son, Murray, born September 23, 1908. Mrs. Swisher is one of a family of seven children. Her father, James Murray, was born in 1843 and during the Civil war entered the service as a member of Campany F, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He died at his home near New Paris, March 25, 1905. His widow still survives. Dr. Swisher in his fraternal relations is connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and the modern Woodmen of America, and his associates in those orders find him a genial companion who at all times manifests deference for the opinions of others, while at the same time his own ideas are clear-cut and forceful. JOHN J. HOOVER. John J. Hoover, practicing at the Dayton bar as a successful attorney, was born in Grafton, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1869. His youthful days were there passed to the age of about nineteen years, during which time he attended the public schools, continuing his studies in Juniata College, at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, from which institution he was graduated with the B. E. degree in the class of 1889. He afterward engaged in teaching school for three years in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and also spent three years as a representative of the teacher's profession in Butler county, Ohio. On the expiration of that period he removed to Dayton and was upon the road for two years, representing the firm of McClung Brothers, cigar dealers of this city. Thinking, however, to find the profession of law a more congenial pursuit, he entered the Cincinnati Law School, and following his graduation in 1894, he opened an office in Dayton, where he has practiced continuously since. His knowledge of the law and his ability in correctly applying its principles have brought him a good clientage, his success being demonstrated in the extent and importance of the legal interests entrusted to his care. Mr. Hoover is also recognized as a leader in democratic circles in Dayton, and while the party is in the minority here he has been honored with its nominations, having been a candidate for the school board at one time and again for the legislature. He now holds membership in Gravel Hall Club, a democratic organization. In his fraternal relations he is a Knight of Pythias and belongs to DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 383 the Modern Woodmen of America. His religious faith is indicated in his membership in Grace Reformed church. In 1895 Mr. Hoover was united in marriage to Miss Maud Brosier, and they have four children, Miriam Lucille, John Ruskin, Earl Reese and Rodney Robert. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoover have many warm friends in Dayton, where they have always resided. Mr. Hoover is a gentleman of genial manner and unfailing courtesy, whose interests are not narrowed down to those things which affect only himself and his success but reach out along broader lines, finding manifestation in his genial interest in and laudable spirit toward municipal affairs that affect the growth, progress and improvement of his city. GEORGE W. MEARICK. It is a well known fact that from humble clerkships have come some of the most able, progressive and successful merchants of the country, in which connection George W. Mearick is deserving of mention, being widely recognized as a dynamic force in the commercial circles of Dayton, for he is today at the head of the Mearick Cloak House, the largest establishment of this character in the middle west. He was born in Irvine, Kentucky, in 1854 and there resided until 1863, when his parents removed with their family to a farm in Darke county, Ohio. Eighteen months later a removal was made to Hill Grove, Darke county, where they continued for five or six years and then went to Union City, Indiana. In the meantime George W. Mearick had availed himself of the educational opportunities offered in the different localities. After the removal of the family to Indiana he attended the Kline Commercial College at Evansville, that state, being there graduated on the completion of the regular course in 1871. He made his initial step in the business world in Evansville, spending two or three years as a clerk in a dry-goods store, after which he returned to Union City, Indiana, where he engaged in clerking for two or three years. In 1884 he came to Dayton and entered the dry-goods store of Rike, Hassler & Company, whoth he represented as a salesman for two years. At the end of that time he went with the D. L. Rike Company, with whom he continued for ten or eleven years, at the end of which time he utilized the capital, which he had acquired through his labors in the establishment of the Mearick Cloak House. While the beginning was comparatively small he has developed the enterprise until it is today the largest of the kind in the west. The trade has been conducted in accordance with the strictest commercial ethics and the business is managed along the most progressive and modern lines. Mr. Mearick, as the head of the house, is continually forming new plans for the expansion of its interests and his ideas are based upon knowledge gained from broad practical experience and from a close study of market conditions. His house is attractive in its appointments and equipments and, having surrounded himself with an able corps of assistants, business is dispatched in the most prompt and accurate manner. Moreover he has worked upon the theory that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement 384 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY and his success today proves the worth of his policy. In addition to his mercantile interests Mr. Mearick is connected with the Bower Roller Bearing Company of Dayton as its vice president. In 1877 in Hartford City, Indiana, Mr. Mearick was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Clouser, a daughter of Dr. N. D. Clouser and unto them have been born four children : Carrie E., Nelson W., Winnifred K. and Hazel M. The parents attend the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Mearick gives his political support to the republican party and holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce. One .of his contemporaries in the business circles of Dayton characterized him as, "a very substantial and prosperous merchant and a very keen observer of business and city affairs who, by his honesty of purpose, sterling character and strict adherence to high business principles, has become one of the foremost merchants and citizens of Dayton." RIENZI RUSH SHANK, M. D. Dr. Rienzi Rush Shank, a prominent and successful medical practitioner of Montgomery county, located at Trotwood, was born in this city on the 14th day of December, 1869, his parents being Dr. A. M. and Delilah (Fry) Shank, while the paternal grandparents were Dr. Peter and Mary (Miller) Shank. The grandfather was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, and when a young man drove across the country in a wagon, settling on a section of land in Jefferson township, Montgomery county, Ohio. At the time of his demise, which occurred in Dayton, Ohio, he was about ninety years of age and was laid to rest in Jefferson township. The grandmother was called to her final rest in 1859 and her remains were likewise interred in Jefferson township. Dr. A. M. Shank, the father of our subject, was born near Frytown, in Jefferson township, and subsequently took up his abode in Stringtown and later in Trotwood, which was a swamp at the time of his arrival. In his early manhood he followed the profession of school teaching but for thirty-six years was numbered among the leading and successful physicians here, being a graduate of the Medical College of Ohio. His family numbered eight children, namely : Ambrose E., a resident of. Trotwood ; Ulysses S., of Lynchburg, Ohio ; Rienzi Rush, of this review ; Lon O., of Dayton ; Iona, deceased ; and three who died in infancy. Dr. R. R. Shank supplemented his preliminary education, acquired in the schools of Trotwood and Dayton, by a course in the old Central high school, from which he was graduated. Subsequently he was engaged in teaching in Madison township for a period of four years and for two years followed that profession in the Trotwood high school, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. In 1896 he entered the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati and after graduating from that institution he came at once to Trotwood, Ohio, having since been numbered among the well known and prosperous representatives of his calling in this county. He keeps in touch with the onward march of the profession through his membership in the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association and the American DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 387 Medical Association and that he is an able and skilled practitioner is indicated in the large patronage that is accorded him. He also has a creditable military record, having served as medical corps man under Colonel Hunt, of Cincinnati, in the Spanish-American war. He was honorably discharged at Huntsville and now belongs to the Spanish-American War Veterans. On the 12th of June, 1900, Dr. Shank was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary E. Spitler, of Perry township, a daughter of Ephraim E. and Jennie (Worley) Spitler, and a member of a very prominent old family of the state. Unto Dr. and Mrs. Shank have been born four children : Catharine E., Paul J., Alberta L. and John T. Fraternally Dr. Shank is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America at Trotwood ; Iola Lodge, K. P., of Dayton ; and the Odd Fellows lodge No. 754, in which he has passed through all of the chairs and is now past grand master. He is also identified with the Masonic fraternity at Brookville, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Christian church of Trotwood. Both he and his wife are members of prominent and well known old families of the county and throughout the long period of their residence here they have gained the kindly regard and esteem of those with whom they have come in contact. JOHN REESE. John Reese, prominent among the hardware merchants of Dayton, is well known as a dealer in stoves. Few men of his years continue active in business but Mr. Reese, although he has now passed the seventy-third milestone on life's journey, is actively connected with commercial interests. Ohio numbers him among her native sons, for his birth occurred in the city of Springfield, October 3, 1835, his parents being Philip and Polly (Yost) Reese, in whose family of seven children John Reese was the fourth in order of birth. The father was a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, born in 1804, and after living for some time in Springfield, Ohio, he removed to Dayton in 1844, continuing a resident of this city until his death in 1859. He had been married in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Miss Polly Yost, and of their seven children six are now living. The family is of German lineage and it is thought that the grandfather, Philip Reese, was born in Germany, his death occurring in Dayton in 1854. John Reese of this review was in his eighth year when he accompanied his parents to Dayton, and in the schools of this city he was educated, pursuing his studies in that manner until seventeen years of age, when he took up the more difficult lessons in the school of experience. He entered the tin shop of Henry Yost on the 1st of March, 1853, and for five years was there employed. Among his fellow workmen in that establishment was Henry Callahan and in 1858 they joined forces and bought out their employer, forming a partnership which continued for thirty years, or until the loth of April, 1888. The relation between them was then dissolved but each continued in business in Dayton and John Reese is today numbered among the oldest and most respected hardware mer- 388 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY chants of the city. Mr. Reese is conducting a large and profitable business, his long experience making him most capable in the direction of his affairs. On the 31st of March, 1859, in this city, was celebrated the marriage of John Reese and Miss Eliza Turner. They have now traveled life's journey happily together for fifty years, sharing with each other the joys and sorrows, ihe adversity and prosperity which checker the careers of all. Their marriage was blessed with four children : Jeremiah, Jacob J. and Walter, all residents of Dayton and Carrie, the wife of James Crandall, of Elyria, Ohio. Mr. Reese has alWays given his political support to the republican party since its organization, believing it to be the party of reform, progress and improvement. He attends the First Baptist church and in his life has always stood four square to every wind that blows. His commercial integrity and his personal worth none ever question, his substantial qualities gaining for him the unqualified regard, confidence and good will of his business colleagues and his associates in other relations of life. PERRY APPLE. Perry Apple, a farmer and stock raiser of Germantown, Montgomery county, Ohio, was horn on the farm upon which he now lives, January 27, 1867, the son of Henry and Catherine (Meckley) Apple. The name Henry was borne by a son in this family for three generations continuously, the great-grandfather, Henry Apple, being the son of John Apple, who was of German descent. This Henry came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, and in the course of his long and useful life, followed several occupations, all very necessary in those early days. He was a blacksmith by trade, farmed for his vocation and also ran a distillery that was famous for its applejack, creating fame and reputation for its owner. Henry Apple, the grandfather of our subject was born in Pennsylvania in 1802 and was but three years old when his father came to this county and entered land in Jackson township. Henry Apple, the third, was born in this locality on the 6th of August, 1835, and like his parents before him followed the life of a tiller of the soil, bequeathing some of his skill and fondness for the life to those who have come after him. Catherine Meckley Apple, the mother of Perry Apple, was born in Pennsylvania, in February, 1804, the daughter of Michael and Nancy (Keener) Meckley. With so noble a heritage of birth and descent Perry Apple was endowed for the struggles of life. All his years have been passed on his present farm, so that it may well be asserted that he knows the character of the land he tills. The raising of stock of different kinds soon appealed to him with greater attractiveness than the mere growing of produce for market. As he was able to specialize in his breeding, he selected polled Durham cattle, Poland China hogs and Plymouth Rock chickens. He has been more than ordinarily successful in his ventures and his stock is among the finest of its kind, and yet his farm has not been neglected. He keeps it in excellent shape, being a man who realizes DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 389 the value of care in little things that he may have a large return of the things that are greater. Alone has Mr. Apple faced the struggles and trials of this life ; his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Amelia Catherine Leis, has been his helpmeet and companion for eighteen years, during which time she has proved how indispensable are her ministrations. They were married March 12, 1891, when she lacked three months of being twenty years of age. She is a member of the Reformed church, while Mr. Apple is a Lutheran in religious belief and has served as deacon of his church for a number of years. As both a stock raiser and a farmer he has worked hard, but the returns the years have brought him have fully repaid him for this outlay of labor. His fields, always among the first to be tilled, his buildings and fences ever in the best of repair, bespeak the good workman, the man of thrift and the home where good management points the way along which success will travel. REV. WILLIAM JOHN SHUEY. In all those interests which are agencies for intellectual and moral progress Rev. William John Shuey is deeply interested and his cooperation therein has been an active and beneficial factor for growth and development. He is, moreover, a business man of keen discernment, strong and practical in action, and therefore accomplishes substantial results. He has now passed the eighty-second milestone on life's journey but in spirit and interest seems yet in his prime. While he retired from business life he has never ceased to feel a deep interest in the world's work and his is an old age which has grown stronger and brighter mentally and spiritually as the years have gone by, giving out of the rich stores of his wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Rev. Shuey was born in Miamisburg, Montgomery county, Ohio, February 9, 1827. His parents were Adam and Hannah (Aley) Shuey. The father was born in Pennsylvania in 1799 and was six years of age when brought to Montgomery county by his father, Martin Shuey. The mother, a native of Maryland, also born in 1799, was a little maiden of six summers when her father, Isaac Aley, located near Dayton. After mastering the branches taught in the common schools, Rev. Shuey attended the academy at Springfield, Ohio, and afterward engaged in teaching in the public schools in that locality. In 1843 he joined the United Brethren church and, taking up religious work, received a license to preach from the Miami conference in 1848 and was ordained by Bishop Erb in 1851. From 1849 he served for two years as pastor of the church at Lewisburg, Ohio, and from 1851 until 1859 occupied a pastorate at Cincinnati. He was engaged in pastoral duties in Dayton from 186o until 1862 and in the latter year became presiding elder, so serving until 1864. In 1854 he was appointed the first missionary of the church to Africa and the following year in company with the Rev. D. K. Flickinger and Dr. D. C. Kummer, he made a voyage to that land for the purpose of selecting a site for a mission. 390 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY In 1864 Rev. Shuey turned his attention to other lines in connection with the extension of the church work and its influences, being in that year appointed assistant agent of the publishing house at Dayton, Ohio, while in 1865 he was elected senior agent and by the successive resignation of two assistant agents became sole agent in 1866, retaining the position up to 1897, when he was elected financial manager of Union Biblical Seminary, where he served to the time of his retirement. All through the years he has remained an active factor in various departments of the church work ; has been a delegate to nine different general conferences, serving as secretary of one ; was a member of the board of missions for about three decades ; and was one of the first directors of the Church Erection Society. On the organization of the General Sabbath School Association he became superintendent, thus serving for twelve years. He was connected with Otterbein University as a trustee for fourteen years and was a member of the executive committee of the Union Biblical Seminary. He was also a member of the church commission and in 1889 became one of the newly incorporated board of trustees of the church, so continuing until 1901. For thirty-five years he has been a trustee of the First United Brethren church at Dayton, is a member of the Montgomery County Bible Society and president of the Dayton United Brethren Ministers Society. All through the years he has kept in close touch with the constantly expanding interests of the church and the newly organized branches of this work, and his efforts have been far reaching and beneficial. He has written many valuable articles relating to the church and in 1859 was associated with Rev. D. K. Flickinger in the preparation of a volume called Discourses on Doctrinal & Practical Subjects. He was the editor of various year books of the church, beginning in 1867, and in 1865 became the editor of the general conference minutes. In 1880 the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Hartville University but was declined. In 1848 Rev. Shuey was married to Miss Sarah Berger, of Springfield, and their living children are : Edwin L. and William A. Shuey. In community affairs Rev. Shuey has been interested and active. He has been a member of the Dayton board of education and of the Board of Trade ; a member of the directorate of the Fourth National Bank ; and vice president of the Union Safe Deposit & Trust Company of Dayton. In his relations to the public he has maintained an unassailable record for loyalty, reliability and public spirit. His support has been withheld from no philanthropic, benevolent or educational movements relative to the city's best interests, and wherever known he is held in high regard for his upright life entitles him to the unqualified respect of his fellowmen. FRANK J. KINZIG. Frank J. Kinzig, a wholesale and retail butcher at No. 8, Central Market, Dayton, Ohio, and the owner of six acres of land on the old Troy pike, about two and a half miles north of Dayton, was born March 11, 1871, in this city and in the south end of town. His father, Charles Kinzig, was born and educated in Germany, but when a very young man he left his native home and came direct to Day- DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 391 ton. Here he worked at first for various concerns, until by industry and thrift he was able to save enough money to enable him to go into the butcher business with his brother. This venture, however, did not prove to be successful, so after a time he disposed of his interests and started in business for himself on Valley street, North Dayton, where he was located until his death. In his youth he had married Miss Margaret Boeckman, who bore him ten children: Charles ; Frank J.; John ; Harry, deceased; Joseph; Louis ; William ; Mamie; Tena; and Gertrude, deceased. Frank J. Kinzig, received his early education in the schools of Dayton and acquired his trade working for his father. Like all self-made men who have achieved success in their occupation, he soon learned the value of industry and good management. He was a diligent and assiduous worker and seventeen years ago had saved enough money to establish himself in the butcher business. This was started on a small capital, but he soon worked it up to its present importance and high standard. His substantial eleven room house, furnished with all the modern conveniences, stands as an additional evidence of his energy and thrift. He has not limited his connections with the business world, however, to butchering, but as a stockholder is interested in the development of the Northern Portland Cement Company, and as vice-president of the Bartrel Brothers Company keeps abreast of the times in printing and binding. On the 2oth of October, 1892, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Kinzig and Miss Louise Stumpp, the daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Mack) Stumpp. Jacob Stumpp now lives in Dayton. In his family were eleven children, of whom Mrs. Kinzig was the second. Mr. and Mrs. Kinzig- are the parents of two daughters : Margaret, who is in her first year in the Steele high school, has a number of friends in Dayton and is frequently one of the little social gatherings in the city. Florence, who attends the Riser school, still lives quietly at home. The family attend the Holy Rosary church. As a member of The Young Butchers Society Mr. Kinzig keeps informed of the progress in his business and of the interests of his fellow workers in the same occupation. He is also a member of the Harugari Society and is active in his participation in all the functions connected with the lodge. In short Mr. Kinzig is a young business man with many interests and a commendable breadth of outlook. By many sterling qualities he has proved his right to succeed in the battles of the business world. He is found to be honorable in all his dealings and ever evinces a sincere desire to satisfy completely those who give him their trade. JACOB F. SCHNEIDER. Success in business has come to Jacob F. Schneider by reason of his well directed energy, close application and ready adaptability. He is now a member of the J. K. McIntire Company, in which connection he has become well known in the commercial circles of Dayton. One of Ohio's native sons, he was born in Lewisburg, Preble county, in 1858, and was there reared, while the public schools afforded him his educational privileges. He passed through successive grades 392 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY until he had reached the age of fifteen years, when he put aside his text-books and soon afterward came to Dayton. Here he pursued a course of study in preparation for a business career, being graduated in 1880 from the Miami Commercial College. He then entered the employ of J. K. McIntire & Company in the capacity of assistant bookkeeper and his capability, thoroughness and trustworthiness were such that from time to time he was promoted and in 1888 was admitted to a partnership, becoming a member of the J. K. McIntire Company. Mr. Schneider was married in 1881, in Lewisburg, Ohio, to Miss Ida J. Busby, and they have one daughter, Stella B., now the wife of Dr. Rome Webster. Mr. Schneider belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Comas Club. He is also a loyal member of the St. John's Lutheran church, taking an active and helpful interest in its work, while for a quarter of a century he has acted as its secretary. His political views are in accord with the principles of the democratic party and though he does not desire office he is interested in the success of the party and in the advancement of all those interests which are a source of the city's growth and upbuilding. AUGUST SNYDER. August Snyder, proprietor of the Globe Steam Laundry, in which connection his capable management is bringing a fair measure of success, was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1847, in which country his parents spent their entire lives, the father dying in 1873 and the mother in 1886. The early life of our subject was spent in the acquirement of an education and in various business duties, but feeling that financial returns came more quickly on this side of the Atlantic than in the older, more thickly settled and more conservative countries of Europe, he determined to try his fortune in the United States and in 188o arrived in America. He has been a resident of Dayton since 1893, in which year he established a grocery store, conducting it with success until 1899, when he opened a laundry. He has now for ten years continued in that line of business, conducting a profitable and growing enterprise under the name of the Globe Steam Laundry. He has a well equipped plant supplied with the latest machinery for carrying on the business and the excellence of the work which he turns out insures him a continuance of a liberal and growing patronage. He is also known as one of the directors and the vice president of the Permanent Building Association and his business interests are thus increasing in volume and importance. Mr. Snyder was married in Germany in 1872 to Miss Lina Lueckhoff, a daughter of Henry Lueckhoff, a merchant of Dillenburg, Germany, who died in that country in 1884. Mrs. Snyder's mother passed away in 1876. Unto our subject and his wife have been born four children : Amelia, the wife of William Evers ; Charles L.; Robert C.; and Otto A. Mr. Snyder gives his political support to the republican party. He belongs to the Protected Home Circle and to the German Reformed church, associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests. As the years have gone by his persistency of purpose, DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 395 combined with tireless energy, has brought him a substantial measure of success and he feels that he has never had occasion to regret his determination to leave his native country and seek the opportunities offered by the western world. JAMES LOGAN SENSENY. Dayton is largely a center for the work of the United Brethren denomination and from this point its influence, in continually broadening circles, is teaching out to all parts of the world. James Logan Senseny is well known as the general superintendent of the United Brethren Publishing House of Dayton and adds to his profound interest in the work of the church marked business ability that well qualifies him for the control and management of the interests which come under his direction in his present official position. He was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1858. For three hundred years the Senseny family has brought forth many distinguished representatives of the medical fraternity. The great-grandfather of James L. Senseny was Dr. Abraham Senseny, president of a famous medical college in Germany, and his son, Dr. Jeremiah Senseny, also a native of Germany, attained prominence in the profession, while Dr. A. H. Senseny, an uncle of our subject, was one of the distinguished physicians of the Cumberland valley of Pennsylvania. He was offered, but declined, the presidency of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He had four sons, all of whom attained prominence . in the profession. Jeremiah Senseny, the father of James L. Senseny, was born in Pennsylvania and in early life engaged in mercandising in Chambersburg, that state. He also served for six months in the government service at the time of the Civil war by special request of Governor Curtin, who was then governor of Pennsylvania and in close touch with the government at Washington. He married a daughter of James Logan, who was a non-commissioned officer in the war of 1812 and had a special pension conferred upon him by the United States for services rendered during that conflict. He was one of the pioneer residents of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the manufacture of tallow candles, conducting a very successful business. His death occurred in 1885 when he had reached an advanced age. Jeremiah Senseny, the father, died in 1874, while the mother passed away in 1906. James L. Senseny spent his childhood and youth to the age of seventeen years in the city of his nativity, attending the public schools in which he was a pupil when the Confederates under General McCausland burned the city on their raid into the north. He was not quite fifteen years of age at the time of his father's demise and about a year later he put aside his text-books that he might provide for his own support, entering the office of the Franklin Repository, a weekly publication, published at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, of which Colonel A. K. McClure was then editor. After two years' experience in the office, during which time he largely acquainted himself with all of the different branches of the mechanical side of the business, he was, in 1877, given charge of the composing 396 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY room and remained in that position for about a year. He then severed his connection with the Repository in order to establish a daily paper, which was the first in the Cumberland valley. He with a partner purchased the old Allentown Herald and, removing it to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, continued the publication of the paper as a daily until 1880, when he disposed of his interest in the plant. In the fall of 1882 Mr. Senseny arrived in Dayton and entered the United Brethren Publishing House in charge of the making up and composition of the Sunday school periodicals. For five years he acted in that capacity and in 1887 took charge of the mailing room and circulation department, to the duties of which he still devotes his energies although various other interests have been added to the round of his daily tasks. He was made superintendent of the printing department some. years .ago and in 1907 was appointed general superintendent of the United Brethren Publishing House. In this connection he manifests marked executive ability and capable direction and his practical knowledge of the printing and publishing business are also of immense benefit to him as the controlling head of an enterprise of this character. In 1879 Mr. Senseny was married in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Miss Emma C. Eckel, and they have one daughter, Helen E. The parents are members of the First United Brethren church and Mr. Senseny is also connected with the Chamber of Commerce of Dayton and is keenly alive to the interests and progress of the city. He was one of the organizers and is the secretary of the Riverdale Welfare Club and has served on its executive committee. While not an active worker in the ranks of the republican party in the usually accepted sense of the term politician, he is nevertheless alive to the interests and political prOblems of the day and has written many articles and editorials relative to the situation, the governmental policy and the possibilities for achievement through restrictive and regulative legislation. He is now a member of the board of five of the Publicity League. He regards it as the duty as well as the privilege of citizenship to uphold measures which the individual deems of benefit in promoting the welfare of the country, and his influence is continually found on the side of government for and by and of the people. JOHN HERBY. John Herby is a successful truck gardener and farmer of Harrison township, Montgomery county, his tract of fourteen acres lying on the outskirts of Dayton; his native city. Here he was born June 20, 1861, on Ludlow street, and is a, son of John and Jessie (Smith) Herby. The father was a native of England and on coming to the United States he first settled in Dayton. Later he removed from the city and established himself in the potash business in Harrison township, conducting a factory on the bank of Stillwater river. He also engaged to some extent in truck gardening. Ere leaving England Mr. Herby was married and his wife died in that country, leaving one son, William, now residing in Dayton. After reaching the new world he was again married, his second DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 397 union being with Jessie Smith, a native of Scotland, and unto this marriage were born eight children : two who died in infancy ; John, of this review ; Jeanette ; Elizabeth B. ; Annie M. ; James ; and Margaret, also deceased. John Herby, the oldest surviving son of this family acquired his early education in the Perry street school in Dayton and during this period remained at home, assisting his father with his truck gardening. As the years passed he became thoroughly conversant with all the details of this line of activity and subsequently took full charge of the place, which is now in his possession and which he is operating with a creditable degree of success. The place, which was originally his father's, consists of fourteen acres of land adjoining the city of Dayton, and here Mr. Herby is conducting his enterprise along strictly commercial lines, while his business ability and capable management are proving the salient characteristics in his success. On the 28th of March, 1887, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Herby and Miss Clare Schmidt, a daughter of Frederick and Lenora Schmidt, both natives of Germany. Unto, this union were born four children: John E., who married Vesta Bush and has one child, Ralph ; Minnie and Jamie, both deceased ; and Mary, who is about to take up her high school course. The family home, situated on Highland avenue, is one of the many pretty homes in the township, and standing as it does on the very edge of Dayton, Mr. Herby and his family are able to enjoy the pleasures of rural life combined with the conveniences of the city. He is a member of the United Brethren church, and in politics gives his allegiance to the republican party. Having passed his entire life in this immediate vicinity he has gained a wide acquaintance and the consensus of public opinion regarding him is favorable, for his life has been characterized by activity and reliability in business, by loyalty in citizenship and by those traits in social life which win warm friendships. REV. HENRY FRANCIS COLBY. No history of Dayton's contribution to the religious progress of the world would be complete without extended reference to the labors of the Rev. Henry Francis Colby, who is now living retired but who for thirty-five years was pastor of the First Baptist church of this city. He came here as a young man at the beginning of his ministerial work and gained such a hold upon the affections of his people and the community at large and did such excellent service for the cause that he continued as the pastor until his health forced him to resign. He was born in Roxbiiry, now a part of Boston, Massachusetts, November 25, 1842. His grandfather, Josiah Colby, was a native of New Hampshire, and died in Fryeburg, Maine. He was a shipbuilder at Bowdoinham, Maine, on the Kennebec river, until his business was ruined by the war of 1812. He was a lineal descendant of Anthony Colby, who was one of the colony that under Governor Winthrop settled Boston. He came to this country from the east coast of England and in all probability was a member of the Colby family of Suffolk, England. 398 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY Gardner Colby, the father of Rev. H. F. Colby, was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, and at an early age entered business life in Boston. He was married in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to Miss Mary Lowe Roberts, and unto them were born six children : Gardner Roberts, who died in New York city in 1888; Charles Lewis, who died in 1896, and who at one time was president of the Wisconsin Central Railroad, of which his father had also been the president ; Rev. Henry' F. Colby, of this review ; Joseph Lincoln Colby, living at the old home in Newton Center, Massachusetts ; Mary Frances, the wife of Arthur C. Walworth, of Newton Center, Massachusetts ; and Georgetta Emeline, the widow of Daniel R. Wolfe, of St. Louis. The father died in 1869 and the mother departed this life August 28, 1895. He not only attained considerable prominence in business circles but was also greatly interested in educational progress and acted as a trustee of Brown University of Providence, Rhode Island, and of Waterville College, of Waterville, Maine, afterward known as Colby University, in his honor, because of his benefactions. He was likewise president of the board of trustees of the Newton Theological Institution of Newton Center, Massachusetts, and he eagerly embraced every opportunity that offered to promote the cause of education. In 1845 Gardner Colby erected a residence at Newton Center, Massachusetts, seven miles from Boston and there the Rev. Henry F. Colby was reared and attended school. In 1858 he went to Brown University, entering that institution before he was sixteen years of age, while before he reached the age of twenty he was graduated with the second honors of his class, delivering the Latin salutatory. He was also class poet at the class day exercises. The Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him at his graduation in 1862 and three years later his alma mater extended to him the Master of Arts degree. After leaving college Rev. Colby spent a few months in New York and, returning to Boston, entered upon the study of law with Henry W. Paine. There he remained for nine months, after which he went broad, traveling for about a year in Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land. Soon after his return to America be entered the Newton Theological Institution at Newton Center, Massachusetts, where he took the regular three years' course and was graduated in June, 1867. About a month prior to his graduation he went to Chicago to attend the National Baptist Anniversaries. There his father, who had accompanied him, met an old friend, Ebenezer Thresher, who was a prominent retired Baptist minister and at that time a leading business man of Dayton, who was in Chicago as a delegate from Dayton to the National Baptist Anniversaries. Henry F. Colby was introduced to Mr. Thresher, who invited him to come to Dayton and preach a sermon in the First Baptist church, then without a pastor. After returning home from Chicago and Dayton he finished his course in the Theological Institution and in September, 1867, came to this city and filled the pulpit on the ensuing Sunday, making such a favorable impression that he was soon called to the pastorate. On the 12th of January, 1868, he was regularly ordained and for thirty-five years remained as pastor of the First Baptist church of Dayton, at the end of which time he was forced to retire on account of ill health, on the 12th of January, 1903. In the years which came and went he did splendid work for the church, organizing various societies to promote its work, while his labors in the DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 399 pulpit and as pastor led many to unite with the organization. He did not regard his studies as finished when he left college but has ever remained a broad reader, deep thinker and logical reasoner. Regarding the church not only as a means of perparation for the life to come but for the present life as well, his sermons were of a most practical, helpful character, and at the same time were evidence of his scholarly attainments. On the 5th of May, 1870, Rev. Colby was married in Boston, Massachusetts, to Miss Mary Lizzie Chamberlin, a daughter of Edward Chamberlin, a Boston business man. Unto this marriage were born seven children, of whom one son died in infancy, while six are yet living. The eldest, Mary Low, is the wife of Brainerd B. Thresher and they have three children, Alden Bliss, Mariel and Sylvia. Edward Chamberlin is an assistant in the Dayton public library. Frank Gardner also resides in this city. Henry Roberts, of Dayton, married Miss Kathryn Ehrenhart, of Springfield, Ohio. Alfred Mansfield is now in St. Paul, Minnesota. Eleanor Thresher completes the family. Rev. Colby belongs to the Alpha Delta Phi and to the Phi Beta Kappa. Twenty years after his graduation his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He was long recognized as one of the ablest divines of the Baptist ministry and was well known in connection with other lines of intellectual and moral progress aside from his church. During his pastorate here the growth of the church made it possible to establish three branches in different parts of Dayton. Rev. Colby has been a member of the board of trustees of Denison University at Granville, Ohio, for a long period and has now been president of the board for some time. He was also president of the American Baptist Missionary Union for three successive years, was for three consecutive. years president of the Ohio Baptist Convention and is now president of the Miami Valley Hospital Society, in which connection he has served for sixteen years. He has written memoirs of various prominent men and has been a frequent contributor to the church periodicals and reviews, together with other publications. His writings have included various poems. He has ever-kept in touch with the living issues of the day, that he might understand men, their lives and their motives, and assist them toward the higher development. His own life and his teachings have been an inspiration to many, for with all of his intellectual strength he manifests the broadest sympathy, being ever ready to extend a helping hand or speak the needed word of encouragement and counsel. HARVEY JAMES KING. Harvey James King, an interior architect and decorator with a large patronage indicative of the skill and ability which he displays in his chosen field of activity, was born in Dayton, November 20, 186o, and is a son of Rufus J. King, president of the Third National Bank, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. He was here reared and the common schools afforded him his early educational privileges while later he attended the private school conducted by Professor J. A. Robert. He afterward entered the firm of Greer & King