DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 75 terial, intellectual, social and moral progress of the community. Moreover he he an active republican and has served for two terms as a member of the Dayton council, exercising his official prerogatives in support of various progressive public measures. He is, however, preeminently a business man, alert and enterprising, closely applying himself to each day's duties, his concentration and well directed energy bringing him to a substantial and gratifying position in the industrial circles of Dayton. WILFRED P. GLASER. Wilfred P. Glaser, successfully engaged in business as a gardener of Van Buren township, has a valuable and well improved tract of land on the Springboro road, about three miles from the courthouse. His birth occurred in Montgomery county, Ohio, on the l0th of October, 1875, his parents being Joseph and Alicia (Burns) Glaser, the former a native of New York. Coming to Ohio at an early age, Joseph Glaser has since continued to reside in this county and is now one of the leading gardeners of Montgomery county. His family numbered twelve children, namely : Joseph and Charles, both of whom are deceased; John; Margaret ; Wilfred P., of this review ; George, who has passed away ; Harry ; Blasius, Who has also been called to his final rest ; Mary ; Christopher ; Fred; and Morris and Walter, who are likewise deceased. Wilfred P. Glaser obtained his education in the schools of Dayton and has followed market gardening throughout his entire business career. Subsequent to his marriage he started out in business life on his own account and the success which has attended his efforts is entirely the result of his indefatigable energy and untiring industry, guided by sound judgment and keen discrimination. On the 23d of September, 1903, Mr. Glaser was united in marriage to Miss Philomena Miller, a daughter of Joseph Miller, a baker of Dayton. Unto them have been born two children, Wilfred and Ralph E. Mr. Glaser belongs to the Pathfinders, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Emanuel church. He is well and favorably known throughout the county in which he has always resided and a host of friends are not only willing but eager to testify to his sterling worth. Though still young in years, he has already attained a measure of prosperity in his undertakings that augurs well for the future. CALVIN McNELLY. In this age of marked commercial activity and unfaltering enterprise the man who wins success must be ever alert and energetic, quickly noting the opportunities which are to be had and utilizing them to the best advantage. Such a man is Calvin McNelly, now the vice president of the McNelly Brothers Mer- 76 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY cantile Company, of Brookville. He has been a partner in this concern since 1891 and is meeting with .substantial success in his undertakings. He was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1858, and acquired a public-school education while spending his boyhood days in the home of his parents, Daniel and Catherine McNelly. He also studied for the ministry as a pupil in the German Baptist College at Mount Morris, Illinois, and was graduated therefrom in 1898. For a number of years he engaged in preaching as a representative of that denomination but in 1904 he became a member of the United Brethren church and has since been a representative of its ministry. He lived for a time at Cincinnati, where he was instrumental in building the Clifton United Brethren church and parsonage. He has also been identified with educational as well as moral progress, devoting about twelve years to school teaching, in which work he was quite competent, imparting readily, clearly and concisely to others the knowledge that he had gained. Later he came to the McNelly store as a partner, joining his brother Warren McNelly in the ownership and conduct of the business in 1891. Upon its incorporation in 1907, he was made vice president of the company and is now devoting his energies to administrative direction and executive control. Mr. McNelly was married to Miss Elizabeth Clappert, who was born near Brookville, Ohio, and they have become parents of three children : Nanna Bell, who is a graduate of the Mount Morris University and of the Cincinnati University and is now a student of medicine ; Alston Ellis, now of the University of Cincinnati ; and Catherine Elizabeth. The family is well known in this community and the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them, which indicates their prominent social position. JOHN C. REEVE, M. D. When the history of Dayton and her public men shall have been written its pages will bear no more illustrious name nor record a more distinguished career than that of Dr. John C. Reeve. If "biography is the home aspect of history," as Wilmott has expressed it, it is certainly within the province of true history to commemorate and perpetuate the lives of those men whose careers have been of signal usefulness and honor to the state, and in this connection it is not only compatible but imperative that mention be made of Dr. Reeve who for many years has figured as one of the most distinguished physicians of Dayton, where he is now living at the age of eighty-three years. He was born in England, June 5, 1826, and in 1832 was brought by his parents to the new world, the family home being established in Cleveland. When twelve years of age he entered upon an apprenticeship at the printer's trade and for several years worked on the Cleveland Advertiser and Herald. During this period he devoted all his time not occupied by offryce duties to study that he might expand his mental horizon and lay a foundation for usefulness in broad, general information. Subsequently he turned his attention to the profession of teaching and afterward took up the study of medicine under Dr. John Delamanter, pro- DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 79 fessor of obstetrics in the medical department of the Western Reserve College of Cleveland. He began practice in 1849 in Dodge county, Wisconsin. Later he spent one year in Europe, in London and Germany, where he pursued his studies under the direction of some of the most renowned physicians and surgeons of the old world. It was in the year 1854 that Dr. Reeve came to Dayton and now for more than a half century he has practiced continuously in this city. In 1861 he was elected professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati. He would have removed to that city had not the breaking out of the war changed all plans. This connection lasted therefore but one year, and he returned to Dayton, where he has since resided. He has always been recognized as one of the leading surgeons of the country. Even medical practice has not made such rapid advancement as has surgical work, for investigation and research have brought to light knowledge that enables a surgeon to perform work that is nothing short of marvelous. In fact many 'operations that are performed seem almost miraculous to the laity. With all the work of progress Dr. Reeve had been in touch and has not only been a follower but has at times been a leader in professional service and original work in this line. He performed the operation of tracheotomy on a little girl, remarkable as being the largest foreign body ever removed. The operation is fully described in Gross' Surgery. He displayed remarkable skill and precision in all of his surgical work. He was an early operator in abdominal surgery, having performed ovariotomy as early as 1872. His skill as a surgeon was widely recognized by the profession as well as by the general public. He has also occupied a foremost place in the ranks of the physicians and surgeons, not only of Dayton but of Ohio as well. He has been honored with the presidency of the Montgomery County Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical Society. He also holds membership in the Ohio State Medical Society, and the American Genealogical Society, of which he was one of the founders. He was made an honorary fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He was in former years, a frequent contributor to medical journals and his writings attracted much attention at home and were noticed abroad. When the Sisters of St. Francis came to Dayton in 1876, and established a little hospital with twelve beds, on Franklin street, Dr. Reeve was called upon to form a medical and surgical staff. This he did and for thirty-four years was president of the staff. He was adviser to the Sisters and aided to the best of his ability, in the growth of that noble institution to its present magnificent proportions. On the l0th of August, 1849, Dr. Reeve was married to Miss Emma G. Barlow, of Cleveland, and unto them have been born four children: Charlotte E., now Mrs. Frank Conover ; John C., Jr., a surgeon ; Mary S., now Mrs. R. E. Dexter ; and Sidney A., a mechanical engineer. In social circles Dr. Reeve has been as prominent and honored as he is in his professional connections. Throughout his entire life he has been actuated by high ideals and his work in the world has made his career one of signal usefulness. He is honored as the oldest active representative of the medical fraternity in Dayton, but more for what he has accomplished for the benefit of his fellowmen. He has been actuated in all of his work by a broad humanitarian spirit as 80 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY well as a love of scientific research and the assistance which he has rendered in times of need to those unable to reward him in any substantial way classes him with the benevolent men of the city. C. FRED WEINMAN. The self-made man is practically a product of America, for in other countries where effort is hampered by caste or class the individual does not have the incentive or the chance to use his powers to the full extent. In America, however, where labor brings its just reward, there are thousands of men who have proved the forcefulness of their ability and the strength of their character in overcoming difficulties and obstacles and Working their way steadily upward to success. Of this class Mr. Weinman is a worthy representative, for though he started out in business life at the early age of thirteen years and was therefore denied educational advantages which other youths receive, he has nevertheless made steady progress and today occupies a prominent position in the business world as president of the Franklin Building Association. His birth occurred in Dayton, January 8, 1855, and as the name indicates he comes of German parentage, his father, Christopher Weinman, a native of Wurtemberg, arriving in America in 1853 when nineteen years of age and establishing his home in Dayton. Here he married Miss Barbara Werner, who was also a native of Wurtemberg, and they became the parents of eight children, of whom four are yet living : C. Fred ; Christian J., a member of the firm of C. F. Weinman & Company ; William C., assistant secretary. of the Franklin Building Association ; and Anna B., the wife of Adam Menges, of Dayton. In his native land the father learned the shoemaker's trade and in 1866 established a retail shoe store in Dayton, conducting the business successfully for fifteen years, after which he retired to private life, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. In 1899 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 30th of March of that year, in the faith of the German Evangelical church, of which she had long been a consistent member. Mr. Weinman is also connected with that denomination. In the public schools of Dayton C. Fred Weinman pursued his studies to the age of thirteen years and then made his initial step in the business world as an employe in the cotton factory of T. A. Phillips & Son, of Dayton, where he remained for about two years. On the expiration of that period he began learning the trade of carriage making in the employ of De Camp Brothers, with whom he remained for four years, during which time he became very proficient in that line. He next entered the employ of Murray & Ogier, carriage manufacturers, but after a brief period entered the service of W. W. Phillips as a wagon builder, continuing in his employ for eight years. He next occupied the position of foreman in the wheel works of Pinneo & Daniels, where he remained from 1881 until the 1st of February, 1887. His increased salary following his successive promotions and his careful expenditure up to this time brought him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account and he turned his atten- DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 81 tion to the manufacture of wagons in partnership with W. F. Kramer under the firm style of Kramer & Weinman, which partnership continued until May, 1896, when Mr. Weinman withdrew and purchased an interest in the Pioneer Wagon Works. He has since been identified with this industry, which is one of considerable extent, its product having a large sale over a wide territory. Since engaging in business on his own account Mr. Weinman has made durability, excellence and trustworthy methods his source of advertisement and from the beginning has occupied an enviable position in business circles by reason of the straightforward policy he has pursued. Extending his efforts to other lines, he is now the president of the Franklin Building Association of Dayton and in this connection is conducting a profitable business. On the 27th of May, 1879, occurred the marriage of Mr. Weinman to Miss Sophia C. Wiesmath, a daughter of the late George Wiesmath, of Dayton. They have become parents of three daughters : Emma C., now the wife of Harry Wolfrath, of Dayton ; Mary, the wife of J. W. Davy, of this city ; and Minnie C., the wife of Edward A. Wentz, also of Dayton. Mr. Weinman and his wife attend St. Luke's Lutheran church and are well known socially, having an extended circle of warm friends. Mr. Weinman belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias fraternity, the Dayton Turners and the Owls. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and in 1896 and 1897 acted as a member of the board of public service. As the years have gone by he has not only proven his worth as a business man but also as a citizen in his advocacy and helpful support of various measures for the public good. His record in connection with the industrial life of Dayton is most commendable, his advance coming to him by reason of his close application, his unwearied industry and his firm purpose. Today he stands among the substantial representatives of business life in this city, his worth being widely acknowledged by all who know him. WILLIAM SCHUEY MUNDHENK, M. D. Dr. William Schuey Mundhenk, a prominent and successful physician of Brookville, is associated in practice with his son, Herbert Conner Mundhenk, under the style of Drs. W. S. & H. C. Mundhenk. His birth occurred in Pyrmont, Montgomery county, Ohio, on the 19th of August, 1851. The paternal grandfather, Daniel G. Mundhenk, who was born in Germany in 1777, wedded Miss Louisa Sprangel in 1803. On the 7th of July, 1807, he set sail for the new world in the ship "William P. Johnson," arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 2d of December of the same year. When a young man he was a sailor in service upon whaling vessels and visited the Arctic ocean and Greenland. After retiring from a seafaring life he became a farmer and a mechanic. By his first wife. who died shortly after reaching Philadelphia, Mr. Mundhenk had two children, August and Louisa. For his second wife he married Maria Hagerman, by whom he had eight children, as follows : Daniel, Henry, Mary A., Michael, Joseph, Charles, Frederick and John. Daniel G. Mundhenk settled in Mont- 82 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY gomery county in 1817 and founded the town of Pyrmont, laying it out on his own land, of which he had from five to six hundred acres. Upon this farm his second wife died, and for his third wife he married Margaret Hubler, by whom he had one child, Caroline. He was engaged in both farming and milling in Pyrmont, erecting both saw and grist mills early in the history of Montgomery county. He was well known and highly esteemed as a man of sterling character and a valued citizen. Early in life he was a Quaker but after reaching Ohio joined the United Brethren church, in the faith of which he passed away at the age of eighty-one years, his demise occurring in Pyrmont in 1859. Frederick Mundhenk, father of Dr. W. S. Mundhenk, was born at Pyrmont on the 4th of July, 1818, being the first child born in the settlement. He was one of a family of fourteen children and his education was received in the common schools, while early in life he became familiar with the .milling business, operating both saw and grist mills. He resided at Pyrmont during the greater portion of his life, where he was engaged in milling for many years and was well and widely known as a substantial and honored citizen. He was an industrious, hard-working and prosperous man, owning some five hundred acres of land. His political allegiance was given to the republican party, while his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the United Brethren church, of which he was a liberal supporter. On the 3d of November, 1843, at Pyrmont, he wedded Miss Mary C. Hook, whose birth occurred in Rockingham county, Virginia, November 11, 1823, her parents being John and Ann (Chandler) Hook. The former, a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, was of English descent on his father's side and of German ancestry on the maternal side. He served as a soldier in the war of 1812, being stationed for a time at Norfolk, Virginia. For some years he followed the harness and saddlery business in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and at an early day emigrated to Missouri, while about 1830 he located at Pyrmont, Ohio. He was twice married and by his first union had one child, Mary C. By his second wife he had two children, Uriah and Sarah. He was called to his final rest in 1869, when seventy-six years of age. Frederick Mundhenk, who was also twice married, had the following children by his first wife: James, who participated in the Civil war as a member of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; William S., of this review ; and Minnie. By his second wife he had one son, Frederick. William S. Mundhenk, whose name introduces this review, obtained his education in the public schools and then, having decided upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he began the study of the profession under the direction of Dr. J. R. Conner, a prominent physician of Montgomery county. He was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1876 and immediately began practice at Brookville, his skill and ability in the line of his chosen calling soon bringing him an extensive and lucrative patronage. He keeps in touch with the progress that is continually being made by the profession through his membership in the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association and the American Medical Association and has an enviable reputation among his brethren of the fraternity. He is now serving as the vice president of the Citizens Banking Company and has long been numbered among the most prosperous, progressive and esteemed residents of his native county. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 83 In 1872 Dr. Mundhenk was united in marriage to Miss Emma Conner, who was born in 1853, her parents being Dr. J. R. and Mary (Cusick) Conner. The father, a native of Maryland, removed to Clinton county, Ohio, in early manhood and in 1851 came to Montgomery county, locating in Pyrmont, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine until 1872. He was widely recognized as a prominent representative of the medical profession and during the last ten years of his life practiced in Brookville, dying there in 1882, at the age of fifty-three years. His children were as follows : Emma, Eberle, Flora and Rose. Unto Dr. and Mrs. Mundhenk have been born two children : Herbert Conner ; and Miriam, whose birth occurred in 1898. In his political views the Doctor is a stalwart republican, while fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias. He has now been engaged in practice in Brookville for a third of a century, manifesting at all times a close conformity to a high standard of professional ethics, and if patronage is any criterion of ability he ranks high among the leading physicians of the county. Herbert Conner Mundhenk, who is associated in practice with his father, was born in Brookville in 1877. He supplemented his preliminary education, obtained in the city schools, by a course in the Ohio State University at Columbus, from which institution he was graduated in 1899. Subsequently he entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and upon completing the course there in 1902 he at once joined his father in practice, in which connection he has since remained an active and successful representative of the medical profession. Like his father, he is a worthy member of the Montgomery County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias and the Masons. In 1904 he was united in marriage to Miss June Jenks, of Greenville, Ohio, by whom he has two children, William J. and Marian. EUGENE G. KENNEDY. Eugene G. Kennedy, attorney at law of Dayton, was born on a farm in Harrison township, Montgomery county, Ohio, October 27, 1874, the home place being known as Maple Grove. There he was reared amid the environments of agricultural life and in his early youth pursued his education in the district schools. Later, however, he attended a private school in Dayton and in further pursuit of an education entered Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1895. With a good literary education to serve as a basis for professional knowledge, he took up the study of law the same year in Dayton and after three years preliminary reading was admitted to the bar in June, 1898. Later he entered into partnership with his brother, G. C. Kennedy, and H. L. Munger and practiced as a member of the well known law firm of Kennedy, Munger & Kennedy, until the death of Grafton C. Kennedy, when the name was changed to Munger & Kennedy. He belongs to the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity but his attention is largely given to his profession to the exclusion of club and fraternal interests. 84 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY On July 7, 1904, Mr. Kennedy was married to Miss Mabel Manwaring, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has three children: Thomas Gilbert, born April 16, 1905 ; Alice, born October 14, 1906 ; and Frances, born July 3, 1908. Mr. Kennedy still resides on the old farm which has been in the possession of his family for over one hundred years, and takes his greatest pleasure in the conducting of it, and also other farms which they own. SAMUEL WATTS DAVIES. Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in financial and commercial circles in Dayton than Samuel Watts Davies, whose business activities have covered a wide scope and who through well directed labor has attained notable success. He is now president of the Dayton National Bank, has for many years been a prominent representative of the lumber trade in this city and is identified with various commercial enterprises which are a factor in Dayton's growth, development and prosperity as well as in his individual success. Born in this city on the 9th of Mary, 1838, he is indebted to its educational institutions for the early training which he received. After pursuing his studies for some years in the public schools he entered the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and was graduated with the class of 1859. Soon afterward he took up the study of law but his eyesight became impaired and he turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits in Montgomery county, being thus identified with farming interests until he entered the Union army in August, 1861, in response to the country's call for aid. He was assigned to duty as second lieutenant of Company C, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant and adjutant in 1862. He had served from the fall of 1861 on the staff of General A. McD. McCook. In 1863 Mr. Davies was commissioned captain of his company and when in the fall of that year his colonel, E. A. Parrott, was made provost marshal of Ohio, Captain Davies was made his acting adjutant general and so served until 1864, when he resigned and left the army. He had participated in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville and Stone River but was never wounded or captured. On leaving the service in 1864, Captain Davies returned to Dayton, and has since been a factor in the business interests of the city. In 1868 he became connected with the lumber trade and has since been a representative of that department of commercial enterprise. He is recognized today as one of the best informed lumbermen of the state on all matters relating to the trade and in the course of years has developed an enterprise of extensive proportions. His resourceful ability has also led him into other business connections. He became a stockholder and in 1876 was elected to the directorate of the Dayton National Bank, while in 1900 he was chosen its president after serving for some years as its vice president. He is a director of the Malleable Iron Company of Dayton, of the Dayton Savings & Trust Company, of the Columbia Insurance Company, of the National Cash Register Company and is president of the Davies Building DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 87 Company. All of these enterprises have profited by his cooperation and wise counsel, for in all things his business judgment is sound and his discernment keen. Mr. Davies has also figured prominently and helpfully in connection with semi-public interests, being a trustee of the Woodland cemetery, of the Dayton public library and of the Women's Christian Association. He was for several years president of the board of education and for nine or ten years was a member of the city tax commission. He is also serving as a member of the board of trustees of the Third Street Presbyterian church, to which he has long belonged. He likewise holds membership relations with the Loyal Legion and with Old Guard Post, G. A. R. His political allegiance is given to the republican party but at no time has he had desire for public office. In 1871, in Dayton, Mr. Davies was united in marriage to Miss Eliza P. 'Toward, a daughter of John Howard, and unto them have been born three children: John H. ; Edward W. ; and Mary D., the wife of H. R. Daniels. Mrs. Davies died in 1884. Mr. Davies has long occupied a prominent place in the regard of his fellow townsmen. He is one of the oldest native sons of the city, having for more than the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten been an interested witness of its growth and development, while in large measure he has contributed to its progress and substantial improvement. Not to know Samuel Watts Davies is almost to argue one's self unknown, and throughout the period of his manhood he has enjoyed an enviable reputation as a careful man of business, being widely known in his dealings for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen. EARL WILBUR HELLER. Among the younger residents of Montgomery county who are devoting their lives to the profession of teaching and by their efforts are promoting the educational interests of the county is Earl Wilbur Heller, a native of Ohio, born in Jefferson township, this. county, September 18, 1888. His father, George H. Heller, is a native of Germany, his birth occurring March 25, 1851. When but two years of age he accompanied his parents to the United States and they settled in Montgomery county, Ohio, taking up their abode in Jefferson township, where Mr. Heller has since continued to reside. In 1874 he Was joined in marriage to Miss Sarah Ann Eck, who was born January 10, 1849, and in their family are the following children: Harry Newton, John Milton, Edith Estella and Earl Wilbur. The parents are members of St. Jacob's Lutheran church of Miamisburg. The father has been a member of the Jefferson township school board at different times and is now one of the directors of the Jackson Township Mutual Fire Insurance Company, with which he has been connected for over eight years. He is well known and prominent in community affairs, being recognized as a representative citizen of the township, while his personal traits of character have gained for him the respect and esteem of all. 88 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY No event of special importance came to vary the daily routine of life for Earl Wilbur Heller, who spent the years of his boyhood and youth in his father's home. He acquired his preliminary education in the common schools of Jefferson township, graduating therefrom under the Patterson law in 1903. In the following autumn he entered Jefferson township high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1908, and he at once began teaching in district No. 13, this township. Although but twenty-one years of age, Mr. Heller is nevertheless proving a capable and efficient instructor. He has never ceased to be a student but by thorough reading and research is constantly seeking to extend his knowledge. It is a widely acknowledged fact that the most important profession to which. a man can direct his energies is that of teaching—a profession which has for its primary object the development of the latent powers in the young mind, that the duties of life may be bravely met and well performed, for it is in the youth that the life of the man is marked out, his future course decided and his choice as to the good or evil made. Recognizing the necessity and value of a most thorough and complete education, Mr. Heller is now contemplating pursuing a course of study in some good college in order to fit himself for advanced work in teaching. WILLIAM ERNEST ALLAMAN, M. D. Dr. William Ernest Allaman, who has successfully engaged in the practice of medicine in Dayton since 1903, was born in Butler township, Montgomery county, Ohio, March 8, 1872. He was reared upon the home farm to the age of twenty years, and no event of especial importance occurred to vary the routine of rural life, his time being divided between the work of the fields, the duties of the schoolroom and the pleasures of the playground. After attending the country schools he continued his studies in the high school at Brookville, this county, and later entered the State University at Columbus, from which he was graduated in 1896 with the degree of Ph. G. Later he spent three years in the field for the Anti-Saloon League, after which he began preparation for the practice of medicine as a student in the Ohio Medical University at Columbus and completed the full course by graduation with the class of 1902. Dr. Allaman put his theoretical training to the practical test by serving for a year and a half as interne in the Protestant Hospital in Columbus, which brought him broad and varied experience and well qualified him for the duties of private practice when in November, 1903, he came to Dayton and entered upon the active work of the profession in this city. He was not long in gaining a good patronage for he soon gave evidence of the fact that he was well qualified to cope with the complex and intricate problems which continually confront the physician in his efforts to restore health and prolong life. The medical fraternity also recognized his ability and his fellow practitioners entertained for him the highest regard because of his close conformity to professional ethics. In addition to a gratifying private practice he is acting as medical examiner for the Franklin Insurance Company of Springfield, Illinois. He keeps in touch with the advanced thought of the profession through his membership in the American DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 89 Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Association, the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Dayton Academy of Medicine, and the Physicians' Business Club. On the 29th of January, 1904, Dr. Allaman was married in Columbus to Miss Edna G. Gilbert, a daughter of John and Sarah Gilbert. They now have two interesting little children, J. Gilbert and David William. In his fraternal relations Dr. Allaman is connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and the Daughters of America. He likewise belongs to the Young Men's Christian Association and to the First United Brethren church. His political allegiance is given to the republican party but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him, as he prefers to concentrate his energies upon his professional duties. He is not unmindful of the obligations of citizenship, however, and his influence is always on the side of progress, reform and improvement, and his cooperation is helpfully given to matters pertaining to the intellectual and moral progress of the community. HENRY B. GETTER. The agricultural, interests of Montgomery county find in Henry B. Getter a worthy representative. One of Ohio's native sons, he was born on the 9th of October, 1850, in Jefferson township, this county, on the farm where he now resides. His father, George Getter, was born in Pennsylvania in 1805 and in 1820 accompanied his parents to Ohio, where they located on the farm now in the possession of our subject. Here he met Miss Mary C. Wertz, a daughter of Daniel Wertz of Franklin, Ohio, and they were united in marriage in 1827. The children born to this union were eleven sons and two daughters, namely : John G., Daniel, George W., William, Jacob, Joseph, Peter, Samuel, Perry, Henry B., Albert, Sarah and Mary, all of whom attained mature years. The father devoted his entire life to farming interests and was a director of the county infirmary for a number of years and also township treasurer for many years. Henry B. Getter, whose name introduces this sketch, acquired his education in the common schools of the neighborhood and when not busy with his text-books assisted his father in the cultivation of the fields. After laying aside his books he wisely decided to make the occupation to Which he had been reared his life. work and he has since been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits upon the old homestead farm, upon which his grandfather had settled in early pioneer days. It is a well improved property of one hundred and sixty acres and responds readily to the care and time expended. upon it. He is up-to-date in his methods of conducting his business and his interests, carefully managed, are returning to him substantial annual profits. Mr. Getter was united in marriage February 19, 1874, to Miss Louise Limebaugh, a daughter of John Limebaugh, residing in Frederick county, Maryland, and unto this union were born five daughters and two sons, namely : Cora, Florence, Catherine, Bessie, Effie, Herman C. and Carl V. Herman, the eldest 90 - DAYTON .AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY son, is a graduate of Miamisburg high school and at present is taking a course at Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio. Carl has just completed a course at the Jefferson township high school in the spring of 1909. Mr. Getter and his wife have been members of the Lutheran church for over fifty-eight years, during which time he has filled many offrycial offices and positions of trust in the church, at present acting in the capacity of trustee. They are people whose sterling traits of character have drawn to them an extensive circle of warm friends who hold them in high esteem. Modest and unassuming in manner, he nevertheless possesses those sturdy characteristics which command the respect and esteem of all with whom he is associated, while his salient qualities are in accord with the principles of honorable and upright manhood. REV. D. FRANK GARLAND, D. D. Rev. D. Frank Garland, D. D., pastor of the First Evangelical Lutheran church and thus closely associated with the movement for moral progress and religious teaching in Dayton, was born on a farm in Perry county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1864. His grandfather, John Garland, represented one of the old pioneer families of. Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and was there born in 1790. Throughout his entire life he followed the occupation of farming in the county of his nativity, where his death occurred in 1865, when he had reached the seventy-fifth milestone on the journey of life. At the time of the second war with England he joined the American army and fought for the interests of this country. His son, Daniel M. Garland, father of the Rev. D. Frank Garland, was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1826. At the time of the Civil war he served as a corporal of Company H, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, enlisting in 1862. He was with that command until September 25, 1865, and in the interim participated in forty-five important engagements, including the Atlanta campaign and the campaign against Hood. While often in the thickest of the fight and found again and again on the firing line, he was never wounded or captured and when the war was over and victory perched upon the Union banners he gladly returned to his home and family. He had been married on the 28th of March, 1858, at Loysville, Pennsylvania, to Miss Elizabeth Kistler and unto them were born five children, of whom four reached mature years, while two are yet living, namely : John K., a druggist, residing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ; and Rev. Garland, of this review. Following his return from the war the father engaged in farming and in teaching, following that profession through twenty-five years. His wife died February 3, 1903, when seventy-eight years of age, while he survived until July 11, 1907, passing away in Dayton, Ohio, in the eighty-first year of his age. Rev. D. Frank Garland spent his youthful days on his father's farm, there remaining to the age of twenty, his education being acquired in the country schools, while in the New Bloomfield Academy of Pennsylvania and in private study he prepared for college. He taught a public school in Perry county two DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 91 years from 1882 to 1884. Later he entered the freshman class of Gettysburg College and was graduated therefrom in 1888, winning second honors in every contest from freshman through the entire course. He was valedictorian of his class. He afterward devoted two years to teaching in the preparatory department of that school and then pursued a theological course in the Gettysburg Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated in June, 1891. Having thus qualified for the work of the ministry, the Rev. Garland went to Baltimore, Maryland, to take charge of the Church of the Reformation, continuing his pastoral duties there for more than five years or until October, 1896, when he accepted a call from Trinity church at Taneytown, Maryland. His labors there continued until the 1st of May, 1899, when he came to Dayton as pastor of the First Evangelical Lutheran church of this city. Here he has since continued, covering a period of ten years, and under his ministry the work of the church has been greatly advanced in many lines. The new house of worship was erected at a cost of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars and is one of the finest specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in the west, having been built in the old English-Gothic style and seating seven hundred people. The different departments of the church work are well organized and the congregation is faring forward not only in its numerical but also in its spiritual strength. He received the doctor's degree from his alma mater, Gettysburg College, in 1906. Rev. Garland was united in the holy bonds of matrimony October 29, 1891, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Miss Anna J. Comfort and they have one son, Charles Comfort, whose birth occurred February 5, 1895. Both Rev. and Mrs. Garland have an extensive circle of friends here and their home is the center of a cultured social circle. Rev. Garland belongs to the Phi Gamma Delta, a college fraternity, and is interested in all those lines of activity which indicate the trend of the world's progress or bear upon man's best development. CHARLES A. FOX. Among the residents of Germantown who are enjoying a well earned rest as the reward of earnest and persistent toil in former years is numbered Charles A. Fox, retired farmer, who is still the owner of a valuable tract of land of one hundred and three acres, situated near the Oxford road about three and a half miles west of the town in which he makes his home. He has always lived in Montgomery county, his birth having occurred in Miami township, on the 16th of February, 1856. His parents were George L. and Susannah (Manning) Fox. The former was a son of George and Elizabeth (Link) Fox. The grandfather of our subject was a planter and slave owner, who lived in Virginia near Harpers Ferry and was the first of the family to come into this section of Ohio. His son George Fox, Jr., was born in Warren county, Ohio, and followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life. On leaving the place of his nativity he came to Montgomery county and cast in his lot among its early settlers, taking an active part in promoting its pioneer development and progress. Unto him and his wife were born eight children : David and Jennie, who are now de- 92 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY ceased; Washington ; William ; Wesley ; Mary ; Adam ; and Perry. The last named is a resident of Dayton. Charles A. Fox, reared under the parental roof, attended the schools of Miami township, thereby acquiring a good, practical education as a preparation for life's duties. He worked on the farm during the school period and early acquainted himself with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. Having arrived at years of maturity he made arrangements for having a home of his own by his marriage in 1879 to Miss Ella Shinn, a daughter of William and Deborah (Anderson) Shinn. Her father was born near Cincinnati and was a son of Asa Shinn. He spent his entire life in Ohio and was well know as a representative farmer and large landowner. The Anderson family came to this state from New Jersey and were among the first settlers in Clermont county, where the grandfather of Mrs. Fox was known as a prominent and influential citizen, wielding a wide influence in public affairs. He had reached the age of ninety-three years at the time of his demise. Unto Mr. and' Mrs. Fox have been born five children : Emma, the wife of William Robinson, by whom she has one son, Amos ; Amos, who is living on the home farm and who married Ella Humbert, by whom he has two children, Luella and Bessie ; Herbert, who married Clara Ankeney and has a daughter, Johanna;. Elizabeth, who is living at home with her father ; and Maggie, the wife of Calvin Ankeney, a resident of Montgomery county. While rearing his family, Charles A. Fox resided upon a farm and was widely known as one of the leading agriculturists and stock-raisers of this Dart of the county. He brought his fields under a high state of cultivation, added to his place many modern improvements and became one of the best known farmers of this part of the state, his diligence and enterprise constituting the salient features in a business career that won him substantial success. Mr. Fox belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge at Springboro and has many friends among his brethren of that fraternity, while in business life and social circles he has won the high regard of those with whom he has been brought in contact. ROBERT IRVIN CUMMIN. The activities of Robert Irvin Cummin left their impress upon the commercial, social and religious life of Dayton to an unusual degree and who can estimate the benefits that arise from the labors of one whose business enterprise is well balanced by broad humanitarianism and who in all of his intense and well directed mercantile interests ever recognized and utilized the opportunity to work for the city's welfare and progress as well as for individual success. He was born in Liverpool, Perry county, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1845. His parents were Dr. William and Mary (Hart) Cummin. The father was a native of Ireland and the mother was of Scotch-Irish descent, although her birth occurred in Tuscarora valley, Pennsylvania. Dr. William Cummin was a physician of marked ability and wide reputation. He was educated for the profession in the schools of Edinburgh, Scotland ; Belfast Institute in Ireland ; and in DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 95 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He practiced his profession in Pennsylvania and died in 1846 at the early age of forty-two. His widow long survived him and passed away in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. Their son, Robert I. Cummin, came to Ohio as a young man of seventeen years, spending the succeeding three years as an employe in a dry-goods store in Marion. He then removed to Dayton and accepted a position in the store of Prugh & Rike who were then conducting an extensive dry-goods business. His connection with that firm terminated after two years when the firm of D. L. Rike & Company was formed, in which S. E. Kumler and Robert I. Cummin became the junior partners. This firm carried on a prosperous business for more than twenty-five years and then a reorganization took place under the name of the Rike Dry Goods Company with Mr. Rike as the president and Mr. Cummin as the vice president. Following the death of the first offrycer in 1895 Mr. Cummin succeeded to the presidency and held that position until his own demise on the 30th of August, 1907. During all of these years he was an indefatigable worker, alert to grasp every new and practical idea, and quick to advance every right policy that promised either to promote the interest of his business or to conserve the public good. He was the originator of the plans upon which the present business block of the Rike Dry Goods Company was constructed and to his wise foresight and his faith in Dayton may be attributed a large share of credit for the gratifying growth of the general dry-goods industry in this city. While thus engaged in building up a splendid mercantile establishment Mr. Cummin had not been unmindful of his obligations and duties to the public as a citizen. He zealously supported many movements for the general good and various public projects benefited by his wise judgment. He was a member of the company which constructed the Fifth Street railroad in Dayton and was for many years one of its directors and a factor in bringing about its success. He was also largely instrumental in procuring the state legislation which made all the pikes of the county free to the use of the public without the imposition of tolls, while his interest in the promotion of good roads was actively manifest in many practical ways, placing him among the pioneers in support of that movement in Ohio. He was likewise one of the organizers of the original Board of Trade of Dayton and served on a number of its most important committees. Every movement which was a matter of civic virtue and civic pride received his endorsement and he was equally interested in matters of national progress. On the 15th of June, 1881, Mr. Cummin was united in marriage to. Miss Ellen P. Church, a daughter of Judge Gaylord Church, of Meadville, Pennsylvania. They became the parents of four children : Gaylord, Edith, Hart and Pearson, all of whom survive the husband and father. Mr. Cummin was devoted to the welfare of his family, counting no personal sacrifice or effort on his part too great if it would promote the happiness and welfare of the members of his own household. While extensive and important business enterprises claimed the attention of Mr. Cummin he was ever mindful of his obligations to the church and those forces which work for the moral development of the community. He held membership in Christ Episcopal church, for twelve years served as one of its vestry- 96 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY men and at his death had been for a decade the treasurer of that parish. At the time of his death the church passed the following resolutions : "In the removal from their midst of Robert Irvin Cummin, who has been summoned to his eternal rest, his associates in the Vestry of Christ church, for themselves, the parish and the diocese, desire to place upon record their sense of the immeasurable loss thus sustained. "For twelve years he has been with us as a vestryman, and in the twelve years he is the only member removed by death. An innate gentleman, of good judgment, earnest, ever ready for service, always cheerful and optimistic, we shall in our meetings greatly miss the inspiration of his genial presence. "The twelve years during which he has been a member of the Vestry, have been the most prosperous in the history of Christ Church parish. We shall be constantly reminded of Mr. Cummin, for he has had an intimate connection with everything that has been done in the parish during this time. To his efforts is due the financing and erection of St. John's mission building on Findlay street. "Our congregation will miss him sadly, for he rarely failed attending services, and at the social gatherings of the parish, he was always present with a cheerful, pleasant greeting for every one. "In his domestic life Mr. Cummin was a pattern. To Mrs. Cummin, daughter and sons, we tender our fullest and sincere sympathy. J. LANE REED, HORACE BONNER, J. RUSSELL JOHNSTON, Committee. "The memorial of the Vestry expresses the heartfelt sentiment of all of us. His death is a personal loss to us all because Mr. Cummin was a loyal friend to all. The best tribute we know is the universal sorrow of his acquaintances." Mr. Cummin was interested at all times in the measures and movements which were factors in the upbuilding of the community, or contributed to the public needs. Speaking of one of these connections a local paper said : "As a member of the board of directors of the Miami Valley hospital he proved himself most invaluable ; because of his broad charity, his unfeigned sympathy and his many sterling qualities of mind and heart, he contributed not a little to the development and beneficence of this institution. His presence will be missed in the meetings of the directors and his wise counsel will no longer be a potent factor in shaping the interests and directing the affairs of an institution in which he was so deeply interested because of its benefits and blessings to our common humanity." One of the Dayton papers in comment upon the life of Mr. Cummin said : "He has been so long identified' with the business, commercial, social and religious interests of this city as to give him unusual prominence in all active circles in this community. Having a high appreciation of his responsibilities as a citizen, he was uninterruptedly interested in the creation and development of everything which promised to propagate and perpetuate the happiness and prosperity of others and the advancement of the city he had selected as a home. Possessed of most admirable moral and mental equilibrium, conservative and enterprising, DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 97 his influence always radiated throughout the circles within which he moved and touched the boundary lines with so much self-assertive yet modest energy and power as to make him an important factor in the determination of momentous and vital matters. He was scrupulously consistent in all things appealing to either his head or his heart ; a man of unquestioned integrity and unyielding rectitude, a courteous, polished gentleman, identified with movements which gave an upward trend to his own life and contributed to the cultivation of the best things in the lives of others." JACOB BENTON GROBY. Jacob Benton Groby, who was formerly actively and successfully identified with the building interests of Montgomery county, conducting an extensive business of this character in Miamisburg, is now living retired on his fine farm of eighty acres on the Cincinnati and Dayton pike. His birth occurred in Miamisburg, Ohio, on the 12th of August, 1855, his parents being David and Eliza Ann (Warner) Groby. His paternal grandparents were Henry and Catharine (Beck) Groby. The former, a native of Germany, took up his abode in Berks county, Pennnsylvania, after coming to this country and subsequently made his way to Montgomery county, Ohio. His oldest brother, Jacob Groby, was the first representative of the family in this county. Jacob Warner, the maternal grandfather of our subject, who was likewise a native of Germany, became one of the first settlers in this county. David Groby, the father of Jacob Benton Groby, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, on the 17th of May, 1824, and obtained his education in the Keystone state. He was a young man of seventeen years on his arrival in Montgomery county, Ohio, and on entering business life took up carpentering and contracting, eventually becoming recognized as one of the most extensive builders in Miamisburg. He was one of the county's most respected and best known citizens and his demise, which occurred on the 17th of January, 1908, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. His family numbered five children, as follows : William H., who is now deceased ; Mrs. Sarah Brehm, a widow residing in Miamisburg, Ohio ; Amanda, who has likewise passed away ; Jacob Benton, of this review ; and Eliza, deceased. Jacob B. Groby obtained his education in the schools of his native town and in early manhood learned the carpenter's trade under the direction of his father. He conducted a successful and profitable business as a contractor throughout his active career and owned a planing mill in Miamisburg in association with his father. On severing his connection with building interests he took up his abode on his present farm of eighty acres and is now living retired in the enjoyment of well earned ease, leaving the active work of the fields to his son, Mark G. Groby. On the 23rd of November, 1876, Mr. Groby was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Goudy, a daughter of T. B. and Lucetta (Hoover) Goudy. Her father was one of the well known and highly esteemed residents of Miamisburg and a man of prominence in public affairs, at one time serving as county auditor. Mr.. and 98 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY MI s. Groby are the parents of two children. Clara Lucetta is the wife of J. Allen Kauffman and has three children : Thomas Benton ; Russell Groby and Allene. Mark G., a young man of nineteen years, has completed his education and now devotes his time and energies to the cultivation and improvement of his father's farm with excellent results. Fraternally Mr. Groby is identified with the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 18, of Miamisburg, and the Senior Order of United American Mechanics at that place, in both of which organizations he has filled all of the chairs. He is likewise a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to the blue lodge, the chapter and the Scottish Rite. The family are members of the Lutheran church and take an active interest in its work. Having lived in this county throughout his entire life, Mr. Groby is well and favorably known within its borders and that his career has ever been an upright and honorable one is indicated by the fact that the associates of his boyhood and youth are still numbered among his stanch friends and admirers. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of Montgomery county and at all times he is ready to lend hiS aid and cooperation to any movement calculated to promote the general welfare. ANDREW WILFRED EICHELBERGER. Andrew W. Eichelberger is known in business circles of Dayton as a member of the firm operating under the name of T. D. Eichelberger Sons, as dealers in cement, lime, etc. He was born in this city, February 12, 1852, his father being Theobald D. Eichelberger, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1821. He spent the first twenty-five years of his life in the state of his nativity and in 1846 came to Dayton where for a time he engaged in the cooperage business, while later he turned his attention to house painting, in which he continued until he became a representative of the lime and cement trade in this city in 1869. Subsequently he extended the scope of his business to include builders' supplies and established an important and growing enterprise. At the time of the Civil war he was a stanch advocate of the Union's cause, but was physically incapacitated for active service with the army. In his fraternal relations he was an Odd Fellow and both he and his wife were life-long members and active workers in the First Lutheran church. He was married in Greene county, Ohio, in 1850, to Miss Melinda Wolf, a daughter of John W. Wolf, and unto them were born two sons, Andrew W. and John W: The elder brother, spending his boyhood days in his parents' home, was sent at the usual age to the public schools wherein he pursued his studies through consecutive grades. Later he took a course with the Miami Commercial College and when he had thus qualified for the practical and responsible duties of a busineSs career he joined his father, who had previously established business as a dealer in lime and builders' supplies. He was put in charge of a branch house in Springfield, Ohio, in 1876, and there remained until 1882 when the branch store was closed out and he returned to Dayton. Here he became a partner of his father and of his brother, John W. Eichelberger, under the firm style of T. D. Eichelberger Sons. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 99 In 1879 A. W. Eichelberger was married in Springfield, Ohio, to Miss Josephine M. Hamilton and they have two sons, John Lee, who is a Scottish Rite Mason of the thirty-second degree ; and Charles Hamilton. In his fraternal relations Andrew W. Eichelberger is an Odd Fellow. His religious faith is indicated by his attendance in the Lutheran church and his political views are manifest in the stalwart support which he gives to the men and measures of the republican party. John W. Eichelberger, the junior partner of the firm, was born in Dayton in 1854 and his early experiences were similar to those of his brother. He married Miss Milly Gilbert and unto them were born two sons, Gilbert and Pearl. The mother of A. W. and John W. Eichelberger is still living and yet makes her home in Dayton. Like the others of the family, John W. Eichelberger is a Lutheran, belonging to the first church of that denomination in Dayton, and in his lodge relations he is connected with the Odd Fellows and the Elks. He, too, votes with the republican party but neither brother desires nor seeks public office as they prefer to give their undivided attention to business affairs which, capably conducted, are bringing to them a substantial measure of prosperity. They have built up an excellent trade in the line which they handle and if success depends upon unremitting energy and reliable business methods they will long continue on the road to prosperity. FRANK J. McCORMICK. Frank J. McCormick, proprietor of the Dayton Supply Company, conducting a wholesale business in plumbers' supplies, is numbered among the worthy citizens that the Emerald isle has furnished to the new world. His birth occurred in County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1843, and in 1848 he was brought to America by his widowed mother, the family home being established in Boston, Massachusetts, where they remained for about two years. The family then removed to Sandusky, Ohio, and remained there until 1855. On the 9th of January, 1855, Mr. McCormick arrived in Dayton, being then a youth of twelve years. He started in business life as a newsboy on what was then the Indiana Central Railroad but is now a part of the Panhandle system and, after being employed in that way for a time, he secured a position as fireman on a locomotive. That he was capable and faithful in that capacity is indicated by the fact that he was promoted to engineer on the 26th of October, 1863, being then a month less than twenty years of age. He remained as a locomotive engineer for fourteen years, a part of that time with the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad and afterward with the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton road. In 1876 he left the road and turned his attention to the business of dealing in plumbing and steam heating supplies in Dayton in connection with M. J. Gibbons under the firm style of Gibbons & McCormick. This partnership existed until December, 1889, and was then dissolved, since which time Mr. McCormick has conducted a wholesale business in plumbers' supplies under the name of the Dayton Supply Company.