DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 25 self a prominent position at the Dayton bar and in securing a large and important clientage. Although he frequently met in forensic combat the older and distinguished members of the Dayton bar, he won many verdicts favorable to his clients, showing that in knowledge of the law and in ability in the presentation of his case he was the equal of those who for a longer period had been active in the work of the profession. When he won his suit in opposition to such distinguished lawyers as Judge Thurman and others prominent at the Dayton bar his reputation was established. His preparation of cases has always been thorough and comprehensive and his arguments have been characterized by a terse, decisive logic, while the attainment of justice has ever been the end in view. Following his partner's entrance into official political life Mr. McMahon practiced alone for a time and then in 1861 joined George W. Houk in a partnership that was maintained until January, 1880. A contemporary biographer has said of him: "As a lawyer his career has been abundantly successful. The secret of his prominence in the profession does not lie alone in his strong natural endowments, his breadth of mental grasp and intellectual vigor. It may be found in the fact that he has always been a close and conscientious student, not only of text-books, but of the reported decisions of both English and American courts, so that he is today familiar, in a marked degree, with case-law, as well as the underlying legal principles. Industry, method, thoroughness, intense application—these are the habits which Mr. McMahon has brought to the practice of the law, and which, exerted upon the operations of a keen and alert intellect, have placed him in the front ranks of the lawyers of Ohio." In his earlier professional career Mr. McMahon would never consent to become a candidate for office and while his opinions concerning the political situation were clear cut and decisive, he preferred to take little active part in political work. In 1872, however, he- was elected a delegate at large by the democratic state convention of Ohio to attend the democratic national convention held in Baltimore. After several times refusing to become a candidate for congress, in 1874 the party nominated him and his friends so strongly urged his acceptance that he finally entered upon the campaign work. Such was his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him by his fellow townsmen that in spite of the fact that the district was at that time largely republican he won the election by nearly eleven hundred votes. In the forty-fourth congress he was one of the managers of the Belknap impeachment proceedings and upon the organization of the management of the conduct of the trial Mr. McMahon was selected chairman of the sub-committee to conduct the case. In the same session he was made a member of a special committee to investigate the St. Louis whisky frauds and later he became a member of a committee of fifteen to investigate the presidential election in Louisiana prior to the counting of the electoral vote. His service during his first term was so commendable and beneficial that he was renominated without opposition for a second term and by popular suffrage was made a member of the forty-fifth congress. He was connected with much important constructive legislation, serving on the judiciary committee on accounts and on other leading committees. During that session he was also selected as one of the Potter investigation committee. During the congress the undetermined questions connected with a distribution of a remainder 26 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY of the Geneva award fund, amounting to nearly ten millions of dollars, were referred to the house judiciary committee, but such was the difference of opinion among the members of the committee that a minority as well as a majority report was made. The former was drawn and reported by Mr. McMahon and signed by representatives Fry, of Maine ; Butler, of Massachusetts ; Conger, of Michigan ; and Lapham, of New York. The minority report was afterward adopted by the house and its principle was subsequently enacted into a law. For the third time Mr. McMahon was chosen to represent his district in congress in 1878 and during that term was a member of the committee on appropriations. His ambition has never been in the line of office holding and in 1881 he retired to resume the practice of law in Dayton and has since remained an honored and prominent member of the bar of this city. Following the election of a democratic legislature in Ohio he was a candidate for the nomination for United States senator and received the second, highest number of votes. In 1904 he was a delegate at large to the democratic national convention in St. Louis. Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. McMahon was married January 23, 1861, to Miss Mary R. Sprigg, of Cumberland, Maryland; and a representative of one of the old and prominent families of that state. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon have ever moved in the highest social circles and have enjoyed the warm friendship of many with whom they have come in contact. Mr. McMahon stands today, at the age of seventy-six years, as one of the distinguished and worthy residents of Dayton, where for more than fifty-eight years he has made his home. Throughout this period his life has been characterized by unfaltering loyalty to. duty, by firm support of his honest convictions and by adherence to a high standard of professional ethics. REV. MAURICE EMERY WILSON, D. D. Rev. Maurice Emery Wilson has for nineteen years been pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Dayton. Profound thought, close reasoning, attractive oratory and above all an abiding sympathy have given him power and gained him prestige as a representative of the Christian ministry in this city. His youthful days were passed in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, although his birth occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, April 2, 1855. In the paternal line he comes of a family founded in America in colonial days. His great-great-grandfather, Colonel Matthew Dill, of York county, Pennsylvania, was a native of Londonderry, Ireland, and the founder of the family in the new world. Another ancestor fought for American liberty in the Revolutionary war and was a descendant of Oliver Cromwell. The Rev. Thomas B. Wilson, the father of Dr. Wilson of this review, was born in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1822, and pursued his education in Jefferson College and in the Western Theological Seminary. Having qualified for the ministry he accepted the pastorate of the Sixth Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and later was called to the Presbyterian DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 27 church at Xenia, Ohio, where he died after a brief pastorate, September 21, 1858. In early manhood he had wedded Miss Margaret B. Sanders, a native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Major Jacob Sanders, who was a gallant officer of the war of 1812 and took part in the battle of Lundy's Lane. Rev. and Mrs. Thomas B. Wilson had two sons, Maurice E. and Calvin Dill, both of whom became representatives of the Presbyterian clergy. They were closely associated in boyhood and youth and were classmates from the time of their entrance upon collegiate work until their graduation. Their mother passed away August 31, 1895. The Wilson family have ever been eminent in literary pursuits and belles lettres generally, as well as in the ministry and other spheres of usefulness. The family records include the names of such eminent men as the Rev. Dr. John R. Paxton and Professor Samuel J. Wilson, D. D., LL. D., who for twenty-five years was professor of church history in the Western Theological Seminary at Pittsburg. Dr. Wilson of this review and his brother have also added to the reputation of the family in this connection in editing and publishing a volume entitled "Occasional Addresses and Sermons." Dr. Wilson, whose name introduces this record, spent his youthful days as a public school student in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, and pursued his preparatory course in the Cannonsburg Academy. He then entered the sophomore class of Washington and Jefferson College at the age of eighteen years and after three years' study was graduated, subsequent to which time he entered the Western Theological Seminary at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he completed his three years' course in April, 1879. Ordained to the ministry in December of the same year, his first pastoral charge was at Gallipolis, Ohio, and extended over two and a half years. He was also for a similar period pastor of the Presbyterian church at Emsworth, one of the suburbs of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Five years were devoted to the upbuilding of the Westminster church in Baltimore, Maryland, and his growing powers during that period made him widely known as a pulpit orator of marked ability and one whose knowledge and interpretation of the scriptures was profound. Since March, 1890, he has labored as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Dayton, having now given nineteen years of his life to the upbuilding of the congregation in its numerical and moral strength. The church is recognized as a most potent influence for good in the development of the community and the membership is largely made up of a most intelligent class of citizens to whom the logical and thoughtful utterances of Dr. Wilson make strong appeal. In June, 1879, Dr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Fanny L. McCombs who was afforded liberal educational privileges and is a graduate of Washington Seminary of Washington, Pennsylvania. The only child of this marriage is Anna Quail Wilson, the wife of John Palmer Brandon, of Cleveland. The family home has ever been the center of a cultured society circle, radiating an influence for intellectual and moral progress. Dr. Wilson holds membership relations with the Sons of the American Revolution, and has ever been a stalwart advocate of the cause of temperance and a worker in other fields indicating the broadening of the angle of his usefulness. While widely recognized as a man of scholarly attainments, thoroughly 28 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY versed in the doctrines of the church and with comprehensive understanding of the questions of vital interest to the people and the country at large, he possesses an abiding individual sympathy that enables him to speak the right word of counsel or encouragement, and thus he has gained a firm hold upon the affection and esteem of his own congregation and of the community at large. ARTHUR MELVILLE KITTREDGE. Many theories have been advanced as to the causation of success but every logical thinker arrives at the same conclusion—that intelligently directed industry is the basis of all advancement in the business world. There is no exciting or thrilling chapter in the life history of A. M. Kittredge but it is the record of a man whose persistent purpose and unfaltering commercial integrity have brought him to a place of prominence in industrial circles, for he is no president of the Barney & Smith Car Company, controlling one of the most important productive industries of the state. He is one of Dayton's native sons and the city rejoices in his advancement, knowing that it has been well won. He was born January 9, 1854, of the marriage of Oliver and Julia (Estabrook) Kittredge, who came to Dayton from Massachusetts in 1838 and for many years were honored and representative residents here. The father died January 9, 1904, at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years, and the mother passed away in 1901. Oliver Kittredge was the first \agent of the first express company in Dayton and also a clerk in the postoffice at a very early day. In fact his name is closely interwoven with many events which shaped the policy and molded the destiny of the city in its formative period. His political allegiance was given to the whig party until its dissolution, when he joined the ranks of the republican party. A son of the family, Anson O. Kittredge; died March 23, 1903, in New York city. Unmarked by any event of special importance, the boyhood days of Arthur M. Kittredge were passed as a public-school student until he reached the age of sixteen years. Ambitious to provide, for his own support and enter business life, he became an apprentice at the galvanized iron and cornice-working trade, and his ability in that line won advancement from time to time as his excellent workmanship and substantial qualities were recognized. Eventually he became foreman of the shop and afterward superintendent of the business, so continuing until 1877, but the latter position kept him away from the city for six years and at the end of that time he returned and became bookkeeper in a wholesale house. He afterward went upon the road as traveling salesman for the H. W. Merriam Shoe Company, of Newton, New Jersey, which he represented for four years, and then entered into active relations with the Barney & Smith Car Company in January, 1884. For a quarter of a century he has been active in the management and control of this extensive business. He had been connected with the company but a brief period when he was made general superintendent of the entire plant, his early training in mechanical lines proving of material benefit to him in this connection. The company today has the largest car works in the DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 31 west and its plant is one of the most extensive manufactories in Ohio. In January, 1900, Mr. Kittredge was elected to the vice presidency and remained as its second. executive officer until November, 1908, when elected president, being thus closely associated with an enterprise of almost immeasurable benefit to the city and one from which he himself has received substantial returns. Since his first connection with the company it has doubled its volume of business more than ten times, now employing three thousand five hundred men. Mr. Kittredge is also a director of the Dayton National Bank, a director and vice president of the Miami Building Association, and in all important business matters his judgment is sound and his discrimination keen. In 1875 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Kittredge and Miss Mary J. Broadwell, a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Dayton. Two sons and two daughters have been born unto them: Harvey G., Arthur L., Mary J. and Helen L. The elder son is now secretary and treasurer of the Kess Paint Company, of which his father is president. Arthur L. Kittredge, who died October 14, 1908, wedded Georgiana Lindley, of Westfield, Indiana, and they had two children, Thomas Arthur and Mary Harriet. Mr. Kittredge is especially interested in educational and religious questions, upon which hinge the intellectual and moral progress of the city. He holds membership in the First Presbyterian church and is interested in all the movements for the uplifting of mankind. His business associates have ever found him reliable and he is widely known as a man of tireless energy, strong purpose and a genius for devising the right thing at the right time. Those whom he meets socially find. him genial and kindly in spirit and at all times he is a courteous, genial gentleman—worthy of success and the high regard in which he is uniformly held in the city of his nativity. WILLIAM HENRY PAYNE. William Henry Payne is at the head of one of Dayton's important commercial enterprises in the conduct of a wholesale business in upholstery and furniture manufacturing supplies. He has also operated largely in real estate and his efforts in both lines have been factors in the growth and substantial development of the city, especially in furthering the business activity upon which the advancement and prosperity of every community depends. The ancestry of the Payne family in the paternal line is traced back to Sir Hugh de Payne, a noble Norman who went to the crusades under Robert, son of William the Conqueror. The American branch of the family was founded at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1622. Rebecca Freeman, one of the great-grandmothers of William Henry Payne, was descended from General Constant Southworth, head of the military forces of Massachusetts, and Robert Treat, governor of Connecticut from 1686 to 1701. Through the Southworths the ancestry is traced back to the fourth century. Elisha Payne, great-grandfather of William Henry Payne, was a native of Cornwall, Connecticut, and at an early day left that place and with his brother and some neighbors traveled by ox-team to Albany and thence 32 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY to the Chenango valley, in New York, where he founded the village of Paynesville, now called Hamilton. In connection with his brother he also founded the Madison University, which is now known as Colgate University, of Hamilton, New York, the two brothers donating the land and at their own expense erecting most of the older buildings still in use by the school. He married Esther Douglas, whose father was a pioneer Baptist minister of Vermont. Edwin Douglas Payne, the youngest of their sixteen. sons, was born at Hamilton, Madison county, New York, May 24, 1818. He was reared in the usual manner of farm boys—an uneventful life and yet one which had the foundation for honorable manhood and for success in business in later years. He was a pupil in the little wayside schoolhouse which was a feature in his native county in the early part of the century. When twenty-two years of age he removed westward to Warren county, Ohio, for the purpose of accompanying a surveyor of the name of Woodruff to Iowa to make a survey of that state, but owing to the death of President Harrison Mr. Woodruff lost his position and Mr. Payne then came to Dayton. Soon after his arrival he secured a position as teacher in a country school located near the city and after about two years he accepted a clerkship in a book-store owned by Ells, Claffin & Company, and later by Charles Ells. He was next connected with a wholesale grocery house owned by John Sayers, and when his industry and judicious expenditures had made such a course possible he established a book and stationery business, in 1844, in an old-fashioned brick building on the present site of the Smith Queens-ware Store, on North Main street. When the Phillips block was completed, soon afterward, Mr. Payne removed his stock to what is now known as No. 40 North Main street and subsequently became senior member of the firm of Payne & Wheaton, while still later the business was conducted under the name of Payne's Book Store, his nephew, Augustus F. Payne, being his partner. In 1864 he sold his interest to George W. Holden. When he started in business he possessed less capital and experience than any of the six men who were then connected with the book trade in Dayton, and when he disposed of his interests his stock and trade were the largest and best in the city—a notable example of industry, perseverance and economy. In 1865 he turned his attention to the flax business, in which he remained to the time of his death save for a period of two and a half years in which he was connected with the Woodsum Machine Company. He died March 5, 1884. On the 1st of November, 1849, Edwin Douglas Payne had married Miss Phoebe M. Crawford, a daughter of Jonathan Crawford, a pioneer resident of Dayton, and a sister of Charles Crawford. Her death occurred August 25, 1886. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. Payne there were four children, all of whom are living: Emma C., who is the widow of Rev. Frederick Clatworthy, D. D., formerly of the Linden Avenue Baptist church of Dayton and afterward pastor at Norwalk, Ohio, Adrian, Michigan, and Evanston, Illinois ; Edward D., a business man of Dayton ; William H., of this review ; and Bessie, the wife of W. D. Bassett, of Loveland, Colorado. The father, Edwin B. Payne, was long a member of the First Baptist church of Dayton, and assisted in building the present house of worship. He afterward contributed liberally to the erection of the Linden Avenue Baptist church, of DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 33 which he served as deacon for seven years. He was once a member and for a time was president of the Union Insurance Company, of Dayton, Ohio. He was also one of the organizers and first directors of the Merchants National Bank. He was likewise one of the original Washingtonians of early temperance celebrity and was an honored citizen of Dayton and a true Christian gentleman. William Henry Payne pursued his education in the public schools of Dayton, but was obliged to put aside his text-books on becoming of age to take up the business of his father, who was then in ill health and who was conducting a wholesale trade in upholstering and furniture manufacturing supplies. Through hard work, persistent effort and close attention, W. H. Payne was enabled to greatly enlarge and extend the business until it developed into one of the most important and most successful of its kind in this part of the country. Mr. Payne has also found time to engage with others to some extent in the real estate business, becoming instrumental in the development of some of the largest and most modern plats and subdivisions of the city of Dayton. He is a man of keen business discernment whose judgment is sound and reliable, manifesting at all times a ready understanding of the value and opportunities of any business situation. On the 7th of May, 1891, in Dayton, Mr. Payne was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Lee Sample, of Dayton, who died in March, 1893. On the 24th of July, 1901, in this city he wedded Miss Alice May Gebhart, a daughter of the late William F. Gebhart, one of the successful pioneer business men of Dayton. There are two children of this marriage: William Gebhart, born in September, 1903 ; and Alice Munger, in May, 1905. In his political views Mr. Payne has always been a stanch republican, giving the weight of his influence for the furtherance of the best interests of the party, yet is entirely free from political aspirations for himself. From early youth he has been connected with the Baptist denomination and is now one of the officers of the First Baptist church of Dayton. His entire life has been passed in this city and, honored and respected by all, no man occupies a more enviable position in commercial and financial circles here, not only by reason of the success which he has achieved but also owing to the straightforward business policy he has ever followed. It is true that he entered upon an enterprise already established, but in enlarging and controlling this many a man of less resolution and with more limited capacity would have failed. His life record, therefore, proves that success is not a matter of genius, as held by some, but is the outcome of clear judgment, experience and unfaltering industry. ORION E. BAKER. Orion E. Baker, the popular and efficient cashier of the Citizens Bank of Brookville, in which capacity he has served since 1900, was born on a farm near Brookville, Montgomery county, in 1870. His parents were John and Sarah (Limbert) Baker, the former an agriculturist by occupation. In pursuit of an education Orion E. Baker attended the Brookville high school and subse- 34 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY quently further prepared for a business career by a course of study in the Miami Commercial College. He then accepted a position as bookkeeper in a railroad auditor's office and was afterward employed in the treasury department of the National Cash Register Company for two years. In 1900 he came to Brookville as the cashier of the Citizens Bank, which position he has held continuously since, proving a most capable, trustworthy and reliable official. In 1892 Mr. Baker wedded Miss Flora Overholser, of Brookville, a daughter of Jacob B. and Eliza Overholser, her father being a blacksmith and wagon manufacturer by trade. By this union there are three children : Lucile, Reba and John. Mr. Baker gives his political allegiance to the republican party and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have called him to various positions of public trust. He served as township clerk for two terms, was township treasurer for one term and for four terms or eight years acted as village clerk. He is now serving as president of the village board of public affairs and is widely recognized as a most influential, progressive and public-spirited citizen of the community. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the United American Mechanics and has been secretary of the local lodge of the two last named orders. His family are affiliated with the United Brethren church and are well known and highly esteemed throughout the locality in which they reside. J. MASON PRUGH. J. Mason Prugh, one of the most extensive and successful agriculturists of Montgomery county, is the owner of Ashlawn Farm, comprising two hundred and fifty acres of valuable land on the Dayton and Wilmington pike, about six miles southeast of the courthouse. He was born on this place on the 8th of February, 1860, his parents being Thomas L., and Catharine (Mason) Prugh. The mother still survives and makes her home with our subject. The paternal grandparents were John and Catharine (Haines) Prugh and the former, who was the first representative of the name in this county, came here with his wife from Frederick county, Maryland. Thomas L. Prugh, father of J. Mason Prugh, obtained his education in this locality and was reared to agricultural pursuits, eventually becoming one of the most prosperous, progressive and representative farmers of the county. His fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, called him to various positions of public trust and responsibility, the duties of which he discharged in a prompt and capable manner. The cause of education ever found in him a stalwart champion and he labored effectively for the establishment of good schools and the employment of competent teachers. When he passed away in October, 1901, the county mourned the loss of one of its most public-spirited, enterprising and respected citizens, while to his many friends and associates his death brought a sense of deep personal bereavement. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 35 J. Mason Prugh acquired his preliminary education in the schools of Van Buren township and subsequently attended a private school in Dayton. He next entered the Miami Commercial College and after completing the course there, returned to the old homestead farm, becoming associated with his father in the conduct of his agricultural interests. This relation was maintained until the latter's death, when Mr. Prugh of this review tame into possession of the place and has since devoted his time and energies to its cultivation and improvement. It is known as the Ashlawn Farm and is one of the best improved and largest farms in the county, embracing two hundred and fifty acres of rich and productive land in Van Buren township. In addition to cultivating the cereals best adapted to the soil and climate Mr. Prugh is also engaged in stock-raising to some extent, both branches of his business returning to him a gratifying annual income. The residence which stands on the property was erected by the grandfather and is situated just off the road in a clump of ash trees, from which the place derives its name. The dwelling which was remodeled in recent years is now modern in every respect and is equipped with all the conveniences and comforts of a city home, including gas and hot and cold water. Mr. Prugh was formerly president of the Farmers Institute but has resigned the office. In September, 1881, Mr. Prugh was united in marriage to Miss Annie M. Kemp, a daughter of Joseph F. and Eva (Coblentz) Kemp, of Germantown, German township. By this union there are three children. Katharine, the wife of the Rev. James S. E. McMichael, a minister of the United Presbyterian church, by whom she has one son, Jackson Prugh. Thomas K., a graduate of the township schools, is now a freshman in Monmouth College. Frances, at home, attending school. Mr. Prugh is a stanch advocate of the men and measures of the republican party and at the present time is serving as a member of the school board. His aid and cooperation can always be counted upon to further any movement instituted to advance the general welfare and he is one of the most widely known and highly esteemed citizens of Van Buren township. He has been an elder in the United Presbyterian church for many years and is a most valued member of the congregation. In business life he has been well known for his alert and enterprising spirit and his salient qualities and characteristics are such as win an honorable success. He is distinctively a representative citizen of Montgomery county and a native son whose life record is a credit to the community. GRANT STONER. Grant Stoner is one of the enterprising and prosperous agriculturists of Montgomery county, being the owner of one hundred and nine acres of rich and productive land in Madison township. The farm is divided by Wolf Creek and is situated about a half mile east of Trot hood and about six miles west of Dayton. He was born in Madison township on the 26th of March, 1863, his parents being William and Sarah (Hyre) Stoner. The paternal grandparents, 36 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY Daniel and Esther Stoner, who drove across the country in wagons from Maryland to Montgomery county, Ohio, were among the first settlers in Madison township, where they took up a tract of land. William Stoner, the father of our subject, who was of German descent, was a native of Montgomery county and became one of the early settlers in this part of Madison township. When his son Grant was about a year -old he took his family to Illinois and followed agricultural pursuits in that state for fifteen years but on the expiration of that period he returned to Madison township and once more became connected with farming interests here. His family numbered six children, namely : Ira ; Flora, deceased ; Grant, of this review ; Lloyd ; and Esther and Henry, who have also passed away. Grant Stoner began his education in Illinois and following the return of the family to this county he attended the district schools here. Throughout his active business career he has been connected with farming interests, early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. As previously stated, his farm comprises one hundred and nine acres of valuable land and in addition to the work of the fields he is also engaged in stock-raising to some extent, both branches of his business returning to him a gratifying annual income. On the 22d of December, 1889, Mr. Stoner was united in marriage to Miss Anna Whitehead, a daughter of Dave and Mary Ann (Wolf) Whitehead, who came from Pennsylvania to this county and were numbered -among the respected and leading residents of the community. The father who was of German descent, became a prominent and prosperous agriculturist of this county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Stoner have been born eight children, as follows : Elsie; Mildred ; Russell, who is deceased ; Walter ; Albert ; Harold ; Milton and Grace. Mr. Stoner is a trustee in the German Baptist church at Trotwood, in the work of which the members of his family take an active and helpful part. He is a worthy representative of a prominent old family of the county and has a wide acquaintance in the locality in which almost his entire life has been passed, being recognized as a successful agriculturist and highly esteemed citizen. LUCIUS D. REYNOLDS. The subject of this sketch was born in Homer, Union county, Ohio, September 3o,30,35, and with his parents moved to West Liberty, Logan county, Ohio, in 1838, and was a participant in the Harrison campaign of 1841840, that he was hauled through the streets of the town astride a miniature log cabin, seated on a coon skin, with a keg perched in front representing "hard cider," by a company of young men. About 1851850e family removed to Republic, Seneca county, Ohio, where in 1852 his mother died, and the fall of the same year the father placed him and two brothers in a school known as Geneva Hall, under the control of a board of the Scotch Covenanters, near Bellefontaine, Ohio, where he remained until the end of the school session in 1854, when he went to Bellefontaine and became ticket and freight clerk in the office of the Old Bee line. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 39 now a part of the Big Four system, and was in the employ of the company until the fall of 1857, at which time he was residing in Indianapolis and connected with the superintendent's office of the line. On September 28 of that year he was united in marriage to Miss Sophia T. Gardner, a daughter of General Isaac S. Gardner, an old and prominent citizen of Bellefontaine, to which place he and wife removed soon after. On January 7, 1859, Mr. Reynolds became associated with Samuel T. Walker in the publication of the Bellefontaine Republican, the leading organ of the new republican party, and on the 28th of the same month came into full possession of the office, with no further experience than received in about a year of service in the West Liberty Banner office, under the control of Colonel Coates Kinney, of "Rain on the Roof" celebrity ; was editor in chief, pressman, typesetter, job workman, often going to the case and composing as he set the type for publication, participating in the exciting events preceding the Civil war was a supporter of Salmon P. Chase for president, also of John Sherman for senator, terminating in the first instance in the nomination of Abraham Lincoln, whose election Mr. Reynolds advocated with all the vigor mind and heart could give for republicanism handed down to him by whig blood kept hot through preceding generations. Publishing what would be called a country newspaper in these days was not a sinecure, with subscriptions paid in wood, butter, eggs, potatoes and apples, and when, if a fellow did get a little cash in paper money, it was of so doubtful a nature that he did not know, that it would be worth anything an hour after he received it. So when his party came into power, he conceived the idea that it might be a good thing to try for some of Uncle Sam's cash, which resulted in his obtaining, through Senator Sherman, a clerkship in the division of receipts and expenditures in the register's bureau of the treasury department at Washington. by appointment of Salmon P. Chase, whom Mr. Lincoln had placed in his cabinet as secretary of the treasury. The duty to which he was assigned was the making up in detail the yearly reports of the receipts and expenditures for each year ending June 30, and a year was consumed each time in doing the work. In addition to this, he, with other clerks in the different bureaus of the treasury, was detailed to trim with long bladed shears the first greenbacks issued by the government, which, becoming too extensive for such a process, was soon done by machinery invented for the purpose. His efficiency being recognized by the chief of the division, who in time was promoted to the chief clerkship of the register's office, had Mr. Reynolds appointed to the vacancy, which he held until the 1st of June, 1866, when he resigned and returned to Bellefontaine, and in August of the same year came to Dayton, and with his brother-in-law, James R. Gardner, started a printing office in the old engine, house that stood in the rear of Turner's Opera House, and with that noted building was destroyed by fire, but the printing offryce had been removed to the Wollaston Mill, corner of the Canal and Fifth street, at which time the firm had become Reynolds & Reynolds, Ira Reynolds, the father, having purchased the Gardner interest. Time passed and Mr. Reynolds purchased his father's interest and in 1889 organized a stock company, under the title of The Reynolds & Reynolds Com- 40 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY pany, which it carries at the present time, and of which he has been president ; is also first vice president of The Dayton Savings & Trust Company ; and director in The Reynolds "Aertite" Carton Company, The Dayton Fibre Plaster Company and The Associated Charities, a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal church, and a "dyed-in-the-wool" republican. His marital companion passed to her reward in June, 1906, leaving as issues of the union: Lewis G., Annie E., wife of Robert L. Hughes ; Edwin S. and Sophia A., wife of John E. Parrott, who with their children have their homes in Dayton. G. HARRIES GORMAN. The growth and progress of a city are always the direct outcome of its business development and the men who are, therefore, the promoters of a city's greatness and prosperity are they who founded and control important commercial and industrial concerns. In this connection G. Harries Gorman is well known as the treasurer of the Davis Sewing Machine Company, his name figuring prominently in the business circles of the city. He was born in Dayton, January 13, 1861, and comes of Irish ancestry in the paternal line. His grandfather, George H. Gorman, was a native of the north of Ireland, born in the eighteenth century. In early manhood he came to the new world and established his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, when it was a comparatively small place, yet of considerable importance from the fact of its advantageous position on the Ohio when practically all transportation was done by means of the waterways of the country. He engaged in steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and also carried on general merchandising. He was in fact one of the prominent figures in connection with trade interests along the two important waterways of the country at that period. He died during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans in 1840. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Harshman and was a daughter of Jonathan Harshman. Their only child was Jonathan H. Gorman, the father of G. Harries Gorman. He was left an orphan at an early age and was reared in Dayton by his maternal grandfather, J. H. Harshman. His birth occurred in Dayton in 1834 and in the pursuit of an education he attended Miami College at Oxford, Ohio, from which in due course of time he was graduated, while subsequently he pursued a post-graduate course in Flushing School, Flushing, Long Island. On the expiration of that period he returned to Dayton and became a factor in the business life of the city as a banker in connection with Reuben Harshman but during the widespread financial panic of 1873 they suffered losses as did hundreds of other banking institutions and were forced to close. Mr. Gorman then entered the milling business in Montgomery county, and also owned and operated a mill in Cincinnati, Ohio, continuing successfully in that line of business until he retired in 1888. He married Miss Rosetta Harries, of Dayton, a daughter of John W. Harries, who was a native of Wales and came to this city during the pioneer epoch in its history. He was not only prominent in business circles but was also recognized as one of the leaders in the political life of the community. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 41 He conducted a brewery business up to the time of his death and was regarded as one of the substantial enterprising representatives of manufacturing interests in the city. He married a Miss Conkling, of Long Island, a great-aunt of the late Senator Roscoe Conkling, and their daughter, Rosetta, became the wife of Jonathan H. Gorman. They lived to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on the 13th of October, 1907. Their marriage was blessed with three children : two daughters who died in early life and G. H. Gorman. The last named was reared in Dayton and at the usual age was sent to the public schools, wherein he continued his studies to the age of eighteen years. He then entered the employ of S. J. Patterson, a coal dealer, with whom he remained for two years, after which he went upon the road for a Dayton firm, which he represented for four years. He next engaged in the manufacture of tobacco in Dayton and so continued until July, 1896, when he became connected with the Davis Sewing Machine Company as purchasing agent. His business ability, enterprising spirit and unwearied industry received recognition in 1903 in his election to the position of treasurer and since that time he has guided the financial interests of what is today one of the most important industries of Dayton. He is also a director of the Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers Association. In his native city in 1888 Mr. Gorman was married to Miss Annae B. Barney, a daughter of Eugene J. Barney and they have one child, E. J. B. Gorman. Appreciative of the social amenities of life Mr. Gorman is a popular and valued member of the Dayton City Club and of the Buzfuz Club. He belongs also to the Episcopal church and gives his political support to the republican party for his study of the questions and issues of the day has led him to the firm) belief that the interests of the country are best conserved through the adoption of republican principles. However, the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him as he has preferred to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs. Beginning life in a humble capacity he has made steady progress, each forward step bringing him broader outlook, while his enterprise has gained for him a prominent position in the commercial circles of the city. Thus his personal worth and the fact that he is a representative of two of the oldest and best knoWn families of Dayton well entitle him to representation in this volume. NED DUNHAM GOODHUE, M. D. Acquainted with all of the modern processes of medical practice, with the latest inventions which are an element in success and with the deepest researches into the science of medicine and surgery, Dr. Ned Dunham Goodhue has gained a liberal patronage during the years of his connection with the medical fraternity in Dayton. He was born in Putney, Vermont, on the l0th of July, 1877, and during his infancy was taken by his parents to Westminister, that state, where he was reared. His preliminary education was there largely acquired in the public schools and later he entered the Kimball Union Academy 42 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY at Meriden, New Hampshire, from which he was graduated with the class of 1897. He afterward entered Carleton College at Northfield, Minnesota, where he spent two years in study and in 1899 he went to Columbus, Ohio, where he began preparation for the medical profession, which he had determined to make his life work. He was matriculated in the Ohio Medical University in that year and on the completion of the regular course was graduated with the class of 1903. Immediately afterward he came to Dayton as interne in the Miami Valley Hospital, where he continued for fourteen months, this bringing him broad, varied, practical and valuable experience. At the end of that time he commenced general practice and is also pathologist at the Miami Valley Hospital. He is a nephew of Dr. George Goodhue, a very prominent physician of Dayton, and the ability which he is now displaying seems to indicate that he may one day rival his uncle in skill and professional power. He belongs to the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society, the Montgomery County Medical Society, and the Dayton Academy of Medicine. He is also serving as a member of the board of health of Dayton. In 1906 Dr. Goodhue was married, in Woodstock, Vermont, to Miss Roma Carpenter, and they have one daughter, Jennette. Dr. Goodhue belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has social qualities which render him popular with his patrons and with many friends. DICK R. PICKERING. Dick R. Pickering may aptly be termed a man of purpose and the story of his life is the story of honest industry and thrift. Something of his ability is indicated in the fact that he is now secretary of the W. P. Callahan Company, manufacturers of hydraulic oil machinery and gas and gasoline engines in Dayton. He was born in Greenville, Ohio, August 29, 1874, and was there reared to the age of eighteen years, entering the public schools at the usual age and passing through consecutive grades until he entered upon the final step in his educational preparation in a course in the Miami Commercial College at Dayton. His youthful days were passed in the home of his father, Moses Pickering, who was born in Greenville, Ohio, in 1836 and there spent his entire life, passing away in his native city in 1886. He had married Deborah Clark and they were the parents of five sons, all of whom are still living as is the mother. Dick R. Pickering is the youngest of the family and when he had completed his training for the business world he entered the employ of the W. P. Callahan Company as bookkeeper. His course in this connection won the favorable attention of those in authority and gained him promotion in 1907 in his election to the office of secretary and treasurer. He is a young man of marked ability, forceful and resourceful and the mere fact of his being secretary and treasurer of the W. P. Callahan Company, at the head of which is Thomas De Armond, a prominent banker and one of Dayton's keenest sighted business men, is the best testimony of his worth and ability. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 43 In 1899 Mr. Pickering was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Josephine Cassel and they are well known in the social circles of the city. Mr. Pickering belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. EDWARD L. ROWE. Edward L. Rowe, for forty-three years actively connected with the profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of every community, in that it conserves the ends of justice and individual rights, has throughout this period practiced in Dayton with a clientage that has not only been of an extensive but also of a distinctly representative character. One of the native sons of Montgomery county, he was born in Germantown, September 21, 1842. His father, Daniel J. Rowe, long a well known and respected citizen of Germantown, where for many years he followed merchandising, died in 1907 at the very venerable age of ninety-three years. While spending his youthful days in his native village Edward L. Rowe mastered the branches of learning that constitute the curriculum of the public and high schools and later entered the Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, where he was graduated with the class of 1864. Soon afterward he came to Dayton and, having determined upon the practice of law as—his life work, he began reading the leading text-books and commentaries of that time under the direction of the Hon. Lewis B. Gunckel. In May, 1866, after passing the required examination, he was admitted to the bar and then practiced alone until 1869, when he formed a law partnership with his former preceptor that continued for some years. After a time P. H. Gunckel was taken into the firm under the style of Gunckel, Rowe & Gunckel. Several years later P. H. Gunckel withdrew and the original firm style of Gunckel & Rowe was then resumed and so continued until 1890, when W. W. Shuey was admitted and the firm then became Gunckel, Rowe & Shuey. After the retirement of the senior partner the association between Mr. Rowe and Mr. Shuey 1907,continued, and in January, 19o7, L. W. James was admitted under the firm style of Rowe, Shuey & James, while 1 in April, 1907, Judge E. P. Matthews came into the firm, which is now Rowe, Shuey, Matthews & James. Thus Mr. Rowe stands at the head of one of the most prominent law firms of the city. The consensus of public opinion accords him high rank in the profession and he is no dbt one of the most successful lawyers here. His opinions are valued highly because of his comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence and his correct application thereof to the points in litigation. He possesses a mind of singular precision and power. capable of an impartial view of both sides of a question and of arriving at a just conclusion. While he possesses much natural ability, he is withal a hard student and is never content until he has mastered every detail of his cases. He believes in the maxim, "There is no excellence without labor," and follows it closely. He is never surprised by some unexpected discovery by an opposing lawyer,. for in his mind he weighs every point and fortifies himself for defense 44 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY as well as attack. During his practice he has conducted important litigation in the federal and state courts with gratifying success, winning well earned fame and distinction. Mr. Rowe votes with the republican party but takes no active part in political work. He has always preferred to concentrate his energies upon his profession and in all his practice he has treated the court with the studied courtesy which is its due and has never indulged in malicious criticism because it arrived at a conclusion in the decision of a case different from that which he hoped to hear. Calm, dignified, self-controlled, free from passion or prejudice, he gives to his client the service of great talent, unwearied industry and rare learning, yet he never forgets there are certain things due to the court, to his own self-respect, and above all to justice and a righteous administration of the law, which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success permits him to disregard. COLONEL JOHN K. McINTIRE. Dayton has reason to be proud of many of her citizens but none more so than Colonel John K. McIntire, now numbered among her honored dead. In the years of his active business career he was a commanding figure in commercial and industrial Dayton and although complex business and financial problems claimed his attention, there was no man more ready or quick to respond to any call for assistance in municipal matters. In all the relations of private life, too, he enjoyed the utmost confidence and good will of those with whom he was associated because he ever displayed the spirit of appreciation for the good qualities in others, rating men ever by their worth of character instead of their attainment in business lines. It was thus that Colonel McIntire took such a firm hold upon the affections of his fellowmen that his death caused a sense of personal bereavement throughout the entire community. Colonel McIntire was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1831, and represented one of the old families of Montgomery county, Ohio. His father, Samuel McIntire, was a native of Scotland and of Scotch-Irish parentage, while the mother, Mrs. Elizabeth McIntire, came of sturdy Virginia stock, being a daughter of one of the Revolutionary war heroes who went to the front from the Old Dominion. The family home was maintained in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until 1840 when, attracted by the opportunities of western life, the father loaded his household effects in a wagon and traveled over the mountains to the Miami valley, accompanied by his family. Their pioneer home was a little 'cabin on the edge of the Huffman prairie near Harshman in a district which was then largely wild and unimproved. The forests were uncut and considerable wild game, especially turkeys, abounded in the woodlands. Four years later the death of the father occurred but the mother survived until 1885, passing away in Dayton, where she had lived for a number of years. John McIntire was only fourteen years of age at the time of his father's demise. Up to this time he had attended the district schools but the necessity DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 47 of now providing for his own support prompted him to accept a situation as a farm hand. The commercial spirit, however, manifested itself early in life, and after a brief period he went to Dayton, where he secured a situation in the grocery store of George W. Kneisley, proprietor of a general mercantile establishment on the north side of Second street, between Main and Jefferson. He slept over the store, served as janitor and received the munificent sum of three dollars a month and his board. But at the same time he was gaining practical experience that constituted the foundation of his later admirable and gratifying success. While subsequently he branched out into other fields, he remained throughout his life in active connection with mercantile interests, being rated for many years as one of the foremost wholesale merchants in the city. His careful expenditure enabled him, soon after attaining his majority, to purchase an interest in the business of Mr. Kneisley, becoming a partner on the 1st of January', 1854, in the wholesale grocery house under the name of Kneisley, McIntire & Company. While he had as far as possible saved his earnings in order to purchase an interest in the business, he borrowed from Mr. Kneisley a sum of money on a three-year note and by dint of economy and hard labor was enabled to pay the loan the first year. Success attended the firm and after seven years, in 1861, Mr. McIntire was enabled to become an equal partner under the firm style of Kneisley & McIntire. His association therewith was maintained until 1876, when he withdrew, and the same year established the wholesale grocery house of J. K. McIntire & Company, which still continues as one of the chief commercial enterprises of the city and in fact as one of the largest of the kind in this state. A removal was made May I, 1894, to No. 116 North Main street. The house was built up through the ability and close application of Colonel McIntire, who surrounded himself with a corps of able assistants, many of whom have been with the house from twenty to forty years, while some of the older employes have been retired on full pension. During the early period of his connection with the grocery trade Colonel McIntire. not only gave his attention to the details of buying but to the sales as well and his life-long friend, Judge Dwyer, said of him that he combined three very important elements which are necessary to a successful business career ; he was a careful buyer, a skillful seller and a good collector. In this connection Judge Dwyer related an interesting little incident of how Mr. McIntire, then a struggling merchant, at one time called to collect a bill from a grocer in Indiana, who was also a teacher in the district school. The man gave the excuse that he had the money at home and could not possibly dismiss the school to procure it, whereupon Mr. McIntire stated that he was a pretty good school teacher himself and took charge of the schoolroom and the pupils while the rural teacher-merchant went home for the money. Throughout his life Mr. McIntire remained at the head of the business which he established and until the closing years was active in its management. He was a splendid representative not only of the old but also of the new school of business, as in advancing time he in no sense slackened his grasp on the affairs of the many concerns in which he was interested. Indeed he visited the grocery store and the bank with which he was connected only a few weeks prior to his demie, June 29, 1908, attending the daily directors' meeting of the Third National Bank. 48 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY For many years Colonel McIntire was closely associated with financial affairs in Dayton, serving for twenty-one years as a stockholder and director of the Third National Bank and becoming president of that institution in 1888. He installed this bank in a beautiful home of white marble on the north side of Third street, between Main and Jefferson and, accepting the presidency, he carried on the affairs of the bank with the most scrupulous regard for the interests of the depositors and stockholders and with careful attention to the banking laws of the nation. This is one of the most prominent and largest banking institutions of southern Ohio and its substantial growth is attributable largely to the personality, integrity and capable management of Colonel McIntire. He was also a stockholder in nearly every bank in the city and was likewise identified with industrial and commercial concerns as a director of the Dayton & Troy Traction Company, the Dayton Spie Mills Company, the Dayton Gas Light & Coke Company, the Green & Green Company, and several building associations. He became connected with the Miami Insurance Company in 1862 and was long one of its directors. His cooperation was always an impetus to every concern with which he became connected and the wisdom of his judgment was again and again demonstrated in the success which attended the execution of his well-formulated plans. In 1858 Colonel McIntire was married at Romulus on Seneca Lake, in New York, to Miss Evaline Van Tuyl, a lady of splendid qualities of mind and heart, whose death in 1887 was the cause of most deep and widespread regret. Their children were four in number : Stella, the wife of George N. Elkins, a well known capitalist of Pennsylvania ; Ada, the wife of Colonel Frank T. Huffman, president of the Davis Sewing Machine Company ; and John S. and Edward M., who are connected with the wholesale grocery house of J. K. McIntire & Company. Colonel McIntire gained the title by which he was usually known from a brief military service at the time of the Kirby-Smith raid, being commissioned by Governor Todd. In the days when Dayton had a volunteer fire company who gave their services without compensation, Mr. McIntire was connected therewith, belonging to the Neptunes, and when the first fire commission was established in this city in 1880 he was appointed one of the four commissioners and always retained a deep interest in the affairs of the fire department. In fact he was interested in every movement, measure and work pertaining to the welfare and upbuilding of the city and in all of his business interests the city benefited in large measures. Prominent in Masonry, he attained the Knight Templar degree of the York Rite and the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. Beginning life in a subordinate position in a mercantile house, Colonel McIntire rose to a position of distinction, honored by all of his colleagues and associates because of the integrity and trustworthiness of his methods. As he prospered he made extensive investments in Dayton property, thus manifesting his faith in the city and its future. He was a. broad and liberal minded citizen and looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities to come and sought not only the welfare of the present but also of the future. He was a kind and constant friend, a pleasant and genial acquaintance, and no citizen of Dayton but was proud to say "I know J. K. McIntire personally and am counted among his friends." Perhaps no better estimate of his character can be given DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 49 than quoting from an article which appeared in the Dayton Daily News at the time of his demise, which said: "Colonel McIntire had those personal qualities which drew his friends to him and bound them by hooks of steel. As a banker he was not only faithful to the stockholders but sympathetic and considerate to the patrons. Many a business man in Dayton can count a large degree of his success to having established himself in the confidence of Colonel McIntire. Once that attained, his credit was fully established. He was a man of indefatigable energy, kind to those associated with him, courteous to his patrons, yet at all times maintaining the dignity of prudent business principles. He loved the association of his friends and in his later years his greatest pleasure seemed to be the entertainment of his friends by motor trips throughout the picturesque part of southern Ohio. In this day he was an enthusiastic sportsman and did considerable hunting and shooting. He was a distinct type of the self-made man. No American boy started upon smaller resources and no American fortune was constructed along cleaner lines of integrity and fair dealing with his fellow men. He passes to his family the heritage of a clean business record, extending as it has into almost every active walk of local business life." JOHN S. McINTIRE. Honored and respected by all, there is no citizen of Dayton who occupies a more enviable position in commercial and financial circles than does John S. McIntire, not alone by reason of the success which he enjoys but owing to the straightforward business policy which characterizes his connection with important mercantile interests. It is true that he entered upon a business already established, but many a man of less resolute spirit would have failed in continuing its conduct along expanding lines or in grasping the opportunities of the present. He is widely known here, as Dayton is his native city, the year of his birth being 1868. After attending the public schools he continued his studies in Deaver Institute in Dayton, preparatory to entering Yale, but, changing his plans, he went instead to Miami University in this city, from which, in due time, he was graduated. He then entered the wholesale grocery house of J. K. McIntire & Company, where he has remained continuously since, thoroughly mastering the business in principle and detail and more and more largely sharing the responsibilities in connection with the control of the house. On the 1st of January, 1909, the firm was reorganized as a stock company under the name of the J. K. McIntire Company with John S. McIntire as president ; Edward M. McIntire as vice president ; and J. F. Snyder as secretary and treasurer. John S. McIntire is also a director of the Third National Bank and the Dayton Spice Mill Company. Mr. McIntire is a popular member of the Dayton City Club and of the Country Club. He is also a member of the First Baptist church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. The advance of time brings constantly changing conditions and the young man of the present age faces problems unknown to