300 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY Mr. Gloyd was married in Dayton, in 1858, to Miss Amanda Swaynie and they have three living children : Gertrude, now the wife of Dr. J. A. Rumspert ; E. L. ; and F. M. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Gloyd belongs also to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his political endorsement is given to the republican party. He has never sought the honors nor emoluments of political office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, which, capably directed, have brought him into important relations with the public in the phases of its business activity and advancement. HARRY E. TALBOTT. Harry E. Talbott, now president of the Mead Pulp & Paper Company, is also connected with other interests which have bearing upon the industrial development of Dayton. His birth occurred in Cincinnati in 186o and his education was acquired in that city. At the age of twenty years he took up the profession of civil engineering and spent six years with the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in its construction department. He was afterward assistant chief engineer of the construction of the Chicago Belt Line road, one hundred and twenty-five miles in length, a task that required eighteen months for its completion. On the expiration of that period he became assistant chief engineer of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, with which he was connected for three years or until 1892, when he came to Dayton, where he has since made his home. His knowledge of the scientific principles underlying his work well qualifies him for the execution of important contracts and he is, moreover, diligent and persevering in all that he undertakes. He gives his attention to executive control and administrative direction as president of the Mead Pulp & Paper Company, also of the H. E. Talbott Company, engineers and contractors. He has likewise extended his efforts into other fields of activity and is now a director of the Dayton Lighting Company and a director of the City National Bank. While Mr. Talbott is well known as an energetic business man whose activity is far-reaching, he is to his friends a most social and genial gentleman and is a popular member of the Buz Fuz Club, the Dayton City Club and the Golf Club. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. CHARLES W. RAYMOND. Charles W. Raymond, whose activities and interests have been directed in commercial, musical and political lines, is the president of the C. W. Raymond Company, incorporated, in which connection he controls a business of substantial worth in the commercial circles of the city. While he has developed a trade of large proportions, however, he has regarded business as but one phase of life and is a participant in other vital interests which go to make up human existence. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 303 Charles Worthington Raymond was born in Dayton, Ohio, January 17, 1851, and in both the paternal and maternal lines represents old families of this state. His father, George McMullen Raymond, was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, and in the '205 wedded Eliza Ann Bonte of that city. They became the parents of five children, three of whom are residents of Indianapolis, Indiana, while Samuel is deceased. The father possessed notable musical ability and was an . unusually sweet singer, his gifts in that direction contributing in no small degree to pleasure in social life and to the interest of the church with which he was connected. During the early years of his residence in Dayton he belonged to Wesley chapel of the Methodist Episcopal church and afterward became one of the founders of Raper chapel on East Fifth street. He became the first superintendent of its Sunday school, served as such continuously for ten years, and in all lines of church work was active and helpful. He belonged to both the subordinate lodge and encampment of Odd Fellows and was once representative to, the grand lodge. He died in Indianapolis, August 16, 1893, having survived his wife for six years. The public schools of Dayton afforded Charles W. Raymond his educational privileges and on putting aside his text-books he became associated with his father in business, learning the trades of blacksmithing and wagonmaking, his practical knowledge thereof proving a source of much benefit as he advanced in business life. His training gave him an excellent knowledge of mechanical principles that has led to the development of what is today one of the leading productive industries of the city. He soon began giving evidence of inventive genius and also early in his career displayed excellent executive ability, enabling him to readily take advantage of any situation or opportunity. He continued in business with his father in the original lines until 1880, when, under the firm style of G. M. Raymond & Son, they established the present brick machine works and from the beginning the enterprise proved profitable, the trade gradually increasing. When the father wished to retire in 1888 the son purchased his interest and reorganized the business under the name of C. W. Raymond & Company. The firm manufactures clay working machinery. Entering the market with a machine, a reversal of 'old ideas and an addition of new ones, at a time when the market was ripe for it, he soon reaped the merited reward of his ingenuity and today is at the head of a business which manufactures machinery for the production of building brick, fire brick, pressed and ornamental brick, also brick for the paving of streets and shingles for the roofing of houses. Mr. Raymond's first invention, in 1886, was a machine for pressing terra cotta and ornamental brick, instead of making them by hand as formerly, which increased the production of thirty pieces per day to about three thousand pieces per day ; later he invented a power repress for the manufacture of paving bricks, by which ten thousand blocks per day were produced, and still later he invented the Columbian special repress, capable of pressing thirty thousand paving blocks per day; a wonder in this line of work and also the first machine by which plastic clays were handled automatically. These, however, form only a small part of his inventions, which followed closely one upon another. It has been. his good fortune to design and invent much of the machinery which now goes to make up a modern brick plant. The capacity was formerly ten thousand per day but has been increased to two hundred thousand per day molded automatically. The output 304 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY of the Raymond factory is distributed throughout the world and it takes contracts for equipping the largest plants with all .necessary machinery, which is set up and guaranteed, and no charge is ever made if inadequate to do all that is claimed for it. This is the only concern of the kind in Dayton and the ingenuity of Mr. Raymond has secured to it almost a monopoly of its peculiar products. Starting in life practically without a dollar, his accumulation of wealth has been a wonder to the community and an example which the younger generation might well emulate. Mr. Raymond is today rated as one of the wealthy men of Dayton. In addition to his manufacturing business, he is a large holder of real estate in Dayton and possesses a plantation of one thousand acres in southern Georgia, which is devoted exclusively to the raising of fruit of various kinds. Upon this place he has eighty thousand peach trees and the plantation is a source of substantial profit. In 1872 Mr. Raymond was united in marriage to Miss Viola Palmer, of Dayton, and unto them have been born three sons and a daughter : Ellis Palmer, Eliza N., George McMullen and Charles W., Jr. The two surviving sons are connected with the father in business. Ellis Palmer, the eldest, who was also the associate of his father in business and was a musician of more than local note, died at Mount Clemens, Michigan, on the 4th of May, 1905. He was born in Dayton and acquired his education in the district and public schools. Endowed by nature with marked musical talent, under the instruction of able teachers he became one of the most proficient organists and choir directors in the city. For many years he served acceptably in Christ's Episcopal and the First Reformed churches of Dayton. He was serving as organist and choir master in the First Reformed church when the growth of the business of the firm of C. W. Raymond & Company made it necessary to establish an eastern branch, which was done in New York city, Ellis P. Raymond, who was the vice president of the company, taking charge of the business in the metropolis. For four years he remained as manager of that point and from the beginning attained large success. He was a man of rare mental and moral qualities, one into whose life religion came as a sweet fragrance. Of fine self-control, large charity, broad sympathy, from boyhood up to full manhood his charming manner endeared him to all who knew him. He was the exemplification of the possibilities that lie before the upright, industrious and faithful American youth. While in Dayton he was a strong assistant of his father, whose success as a manufacturer is well known. In society his influence was for the welfare of his companions. He was ever careful to so live that none could justly criticise his filling the important position he occupied in the house of God. In the family he was a loving and beloved son, and when a month prior to his death his parents were called to New York city on account of his serious illness, they gave to him every possible attention and used every means that reason could dictate or love inspire for his recovery, but all efforts were in vain and on the 5th of May, 1905, he passed away, leaving behind him the memory of a beautiful life that is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew him. The family are prominent socially in the city and the hospitality of the Raymond home is most cordial. In his fraternal relations Mr. Raymond is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Wayne Lodge, No. 10. He is also a charter member of Linden Lodge, K. P., and a member of the Essenic order. He inherited his father's DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 307 love for and talent in music and for many years has been associated with the leading musical societies of the city. In all matters relative to progress and improvement Mr. Raymond is interested. As a member of the Board of Trade he cooperated in many measures for the general good relative to the substantial improvement and municipal welfare of Dayton. He is likewise a gentleman of broad, humanitarian spirit, who for sixteen years has been a trustee of the Montgomery County Children's Home. Neither is he unknown in political circles. He was one of the organizers of the McKinley Club, which was formed in 1902 and had a membership of over four hundred. It was an important organization in the political circles of the city and Mr. Raymond was elected its president. A champion of field sports and all manly outdoor exercises of recreative nature, recognizing the value of such as a factor in well developed manhood, his love of fair play, uniform courtesy and pleasant personality have made him popular in amateur and local contests. In a well rounded character it is difficult to point out those traits which are prominent above all others. Seeing Mr. Raymond in musical circles one might imagine his whole life wrapped up in the art ; in political circles one might feel that his sole aim was to secure the adoption of the principles and the election of the candidates that he advocates ; to know him in business one instantly recognizes in him an alert, enterprising man who is fully capable of meeting and successfully solving the complex problems of trade and commerce. All this indicates that he has in large measure that valuable quality known as concentration, enabling him to give his undivided attention to the interest in hand and therefore accomplish -substantial results in whatever line he is engaged. HERMANN PRETZINGER. Hermann Pretzinger, proprietor of a well appointed drug store in Dayton, was born in Greenville, Ohio, in 1853, but during his infancy was brought by his parents to the city in which he now makes his home. Here he was reared and acquired his education as a public-school student, after which he entered the drug store of Ross & Lindsay in Dayton. In that establishment he acquainted himself with pharmaceutical work, studying at nights and sleeping in the store, where he also partook of his breakfast and supper. His close application, unremitting energy and laudable ambition enabled him to make good advancement, and when nineteen years of age he became prescription clerk. For four years he remained with the firm of Ross & Lindsay, there continuing until 1871, after which he spent five years as a prescription clerk in the drug store of H. D. Carnells. In January, 1877, he formed a partnership with his brother Rudolph for the establishment and conduct of a drug store and they continued together in business until the death of his brother on the 14th of February, 1909. They developed an extensive business and Mr. Pretzinger is now owner of the store, which is attractive and tasteful in its appointments. None of the accessories or equipments of a modern city drug store are lacking here and his trade is very gratifying. 308 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY In Port Huron, Michigan, Mr. Pretzinger was united in marriage to Miss Clementine N. Stickney, and they have one daughter, Irma S. Mr. Pretzinger affiliates with the Lutheran church, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He has never held office or been active in politics but is interested in all those measures and movements which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. He is now acting as a trustee of the Miami Valley Hospital and whenever it is possible to put forth effort for the benefit of the community along any line he does it most willingly. JAMES PERRINE. James Perrine was born in Middlesex county, New Jersey, in which section of the country his ancestors had lived for many generations. He was of French Huguenot descent, representatives of the name having left Nantes, France, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes which deprived the people of the religious liberty that had formerly been accorded them. They went to Holland and thence sailed for America in 1665, first settling on Staten Island, while later the family home was established in New Jersey, and the old homestead passed out of possession of representatives of the name only in 1905. James Perrine spent his early youth in the county of his nativity and in 1812 came to Dayton with his father, John Perrine, who was one of the honored citizens of his day and died here at the venerable age of ninety-four years. At the time of their arrival Dayton was a little village, but it had in it the conditions necessary for the building of a great city because of its advantageous location and the fact that it was settled with a most enterprising and progressive class of men. James, Johnson and Henry Perrine, sons of John Perrine, all became honored business men of Dayton, successful merchants who were esteemed and respected because of their unqualified honesty as well as their progressive spirit. In early life James Perrine accepted a clerkship in the employ of H. G. Phillips and that he demonstrated his worth is evidenced in the fact that after a few years he was admitted to a partnership under the firm name of Phillips & Perrine. Later Mr. Perrine's brothers were admitted to the firm under the style of J. & J. V. Perrine Company. The partnership continued for some time and was then dissolved, James Perrine, however, continuing the business. He made his one of the foremost mercantile establishments in this city, its trade increasing with the growth of Dayton and the settlement of the surrounding county.. He was -a man of positive character, widely known for his unflinching integrity and unfaltering business honor. His store became a savings bank for hundreds of both town and country people who left their money with him for safe keeping. He became a director of the Second, now the Third, National Bank, and for many years figured very prominently in financial circles, manifesting marked power in managing intricate financial interests. He was also one of the directors and organizers of the Dayton Insurance Company. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 309 In 1830 Mr. Perrine was united in marriage to Miss Julia Darst, a representative of one of the old families of Dayton, and unto them were born seven children, of whom two are still living. One daughter, Mary P., married George W. Shaw, of Dayton, and died, leaving three children, George G. Shaw, Mrs. John B. Green and Mrs. Harry Carnell, all of Dayton. Miss Martha Perrine still occupies the old homestead on Second street in Dayton, which was erected in 1830 and was one of the finest residences of the city in the early days. Louisa J. became the wife of Edward E. Barney, now deceased, and resides in Jamestown, Virgina. She has five children, James Perrine, Julia Henrietta, Martha Perrine, Louise Jane and Agnes. Throughout the years of his residence in Dayton Mr. Perrine was also deeply and actively interested in the various movements and measures for the city's good, giving to such his earnest and generous support. He became one of the members of the volunteer fire department at its organization when the leading business men of the town banded together to protect the city against destruction by fire, giving their services without compensation whenever thus needed. He was also one of the organizers of the Woodland Cemetery Association and remained as a director until his death. He was also one of the first trustees and an active and influential member of the Third Presbyterian church. He passed away in January, 1863, and the city mourned the loss of him who had been characterized "one of the best men in Dayton." His prominence in business, his value as a citizen and his worth in private life were all indicated by the fact that at the hour of his funeral all business houses of the city were closed in his honor, his fellow townsmen uniting in thus paying their tribute of honor and respect to one who had long been to them the embodiment of all that was upright and commendable in life. Eight years after the death of Mr. Perrine his wife passed away. Her life was of that quiet, domestic kind which in all of its phases exhibited the true wife, the faithful mother and the exemplary Christian. Her interest in the sick, her readiness at all times to alleviate their suffering, her tender watching and intelligent care will ever be remembered by those who were witnesses of this rare exemplification of Christian duty and of warm sympathy. It would seem that no better tribute could be paid to the memory of this kindly woman than this : that while devoting herself with all earnestness and faithfulness to her home duties as a wife and mother, she was always seeking to give assistance and comfort to friends who were prostrated by illness. WILLIAM F. BIPPUS. The National Cash Register Company has assembled a corps of competent men in charge of a most extensive enterprise, its ramifying trade interests reaching out to all portions of this country and foreign lands as well. Prominent in control of its interests as the manager of its financial affairs, is William F. Bippus, who is now occupying the office of treasurer of the company. 310 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY He was born in Bellaire, Ohio, a son of Christian and Sophia (Faupel) Bippus, both natives of Germany. He spent the first fifteen years of his life in Bellaire, his time being largely employed in the mastery of the branches of learning that constituted the public school curriculum. He prepared for the onerous duties of a business career by a course in the Wheeling Business College, from which he was graduated in 1888. The following year, believing that Dayton offered good business opportunities, he came to this city in the month of June and entered the National Cash Register Company, where his willingness to work, his ready understanding of instructions and quick adaptability in executing the tasks assigned him led to his promotion. In 1893 he was transferred to the treasurer's department from the order department, and on the 16th of July, 1907, he was made treasurer. He is thus actively connected with the financial management of a most important industry, recognized not only as one of the leading productive concerns of Dayton but also of this section of the country. lie is in hearty sympathy with the progressive policy of the company which has made theirs known throughout the world as a model factory in all of its appointments, equipment and its service, not only to the public but to its employers. On the 12th of October, 1897, in Zanesville, Ohio, Mr. Bippus was married to Miss Florence J. Knight. They attend the Presbyterian church and have a large circle of warm friends who enjoy the hospitality. of their attractive home. In Masonry Mr. Bippus has passed through the various degrees and is a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Dayton City Club and in politics votes independently, preferring to champion the principles or candidates without, regard to party affiliations. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is a cooperant factor in many of its movements toward building up a greater city and extending its industrial and commercial relations. Personally he is notably prompt, energetic and reliable, adding to his other business qualifications a large amount of that quality which is termed common sense and which is too often lacking in the business world. It is this quality which enables one to place a correct value upon every situation and its opportunities and to estimate with accuracy upon the outcome of every business move or condition. SAMUEL CREG HUDSON. A rich and productive tract of land on section 5, Jefferson township, pays tribute to the care and labor which is bestowed upon it by Samuel C. Hudson. His birth occurred 'in Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio, on the 5th of April, 1873, his parents being Robert and Barbara (Harter) Hudson. The paternal grandfather of our subject was James Hudson, of Maryland. In early manhood Samuel C. Hudson learned the trade of a stonecutter and brickmason, with which lines of activity he was successfully identified for some time but is now devoting his energies to general farming. He cultivates the cereals best adapted to soil and climate and finds a ready market for his prod- DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 311 ucts. In his business methods he is systematic and in all of his dealings is thoroughly reliable and energetic. On the 24th of December, 1899, Mr. Hudson wedded Miss Grace 0. Holler, who was born on the 14th of July, 1881, and is a daughter of Levi P. Holler. By this union there are two children : Robert Doan, whose natal day was February 2, 1903 ; and Zella Marie, born on the 14th of December, 1906. The parents are consistent and faithful members of the Church of the Brethren and their many sterling traits of character and genuine personal worth have gained them the warm regard and esteem of all with whom they have been associated. H. J. EDWARDS. H. J. Edwards, factory manager and chief engineer of the Dayton Motor Car Company, is thus associated with one of the important industrial concerns that is recognized as a leading factor in the trade activities of this city. He was born in Somerset, England, April 22, 1872, and came to America in September, 1891, being at that time a young man of nineteen years. He had acquired his education in the schools of his native country and the opportunities which he had heard concerning the business conditions in the new world constituted an irresistible attraction which brought him to Ohio at the date designated. He was for almost fourteen years a resident of Cleveland, being engaged with the automobile companies of that city until July, 1905, when he came to Dayton and accepted his present position as factory manager and chief engineer of the Dayton Motor Car Company. He is also vice president of the Courier Car Company. Mr. Edwards was married in 1898 in Cleveland, to Miss Henriette L. Beekman, a daughter of Henry Beekman, and unto them have been born four children, Henriette L., Mary J., John H. and Thomas E. Mr. Edwards and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He is also a member of the Dayton City Club and the Country Club. While he has been a resident of Dayton for but a comparatively brief period, he has already established his place as a worthy representative of industrial circles and one whose salient qualities of manhood entitle him to the good will and confidence which are uniformly given him. MICHAEL JOSEPH SCHWIND. The record of Michael Joseph Schwind was terminated long ere he had attained the prime of life and yet in the years of his manhood his activity and enterprise were such as to win him classification with the representative, reliable and valued business men of Dayton. He was one of the native sons of this city and represented one of the old German families, his father having come to Dayton at an early day. Here he was recognized as a leading German 312 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY pioneer, associated with various business enterprises of importance. The son pursued his education at St. Mary's and also in a college at Windsor, Canada, from which he was graduated on the completion of the course. He possessed notable enterprise, energy and determination and always recognized and utilized his opportunities. He was well known in business circles here as the president of the C. Schwind Realty Company and was the president of the C. Schwind Brewing Company until it became part of the Dayton Breweries Company and of the latter he was one of the directors. In the control of his business affairs he displayed sound judgment and conducted his interests along lines leading to substantial success. On the 12th of February, 1896, Mr. Schwind was united in marriage to Miss Louise Eva Schamel of Dayton, who was born in Darke county, Ohio. They had many friends here, cccupying a leading position in social circles. Mr. Schwind was a member of Emanuel church, also belonging to the Knights of St. John and was connected with St. Joseph's Orphan Society. He gave generously of his means to the poor and needy and also to organized charities. He was particularly fond of outdoor life and sports and found much pleasure in hunting. He also greatly enjoyed farm life and for some time prior to his death which occurred December 8, 1908, made his home upon a farm near the city. WARREN G. LENTZ. Warren G. Lentz, of Madison township, is the owner of a neat and valuable farm of seventy acres, situated on the east side of the Lexington road about five miles north of Dayton. He was born December 23, 1877, on the old Lentz homestead in this township, and is the youngest living child of George and Catharine (Blessing) Lentz. The family is of German lineage and was founded in America by Jacob Lentz, who was born in the fatherland and as a young man came to this country. Eventually he became a resident of Montgomery county, securing a tract of land near Dayton. He married Fredricka Moselman and their son George was the father of our subject. He was born in Pennsylvania and after coming to Montgomery county gave his attention to general agricultural pursuits, his first home being a farm near Dayton. He afterward purchased the old Sanger farm and later bought one hundred and sixty acres of land now known as the old Lentz homestead. He married Catharine Blessing and they became the parents of twelve children, namely : Amos, Martha, Lydia, Isaac, Aaron, Emma, Amanda, Ida, Jesse, Ira, Anna and Warren G. All are living in this county with the exception of Emma, who resides in California. Warren G. Lentz obtained his education in the schools of his native township and when not busy with his text-books he aided his father in the work of the home farm. On starting out in business life for himself he purchased a part of the old Klepinger farm in Madison township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he has since devoted his time and energies. A branch of Wolf Creek runs through the property, thus affording a natural watering DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 315 place for his cattle, of which he raises a number for his own use. In addition to his agricultural interests he also conducts a wholesale dairy, selling milk to his brothers, who are the leading dairymen of the county. He resides in a modern two-story brick structure and his farm is equipped with the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work of the fields. In fact everything about the place is indicative of the business management and keen discernment of the owner, who is accounted one of the representative and successful citizens of the community. On the 16th of March, 1902, Mr. Lentz was united in marriage to Miss Altha May Diehl, a native of Madison township and a daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Ella (Garst) Diehl. They now have a daughter, Lola May, six years of. age. Mr. Lentz belongs to the conservative branch of the Dunkard church, in the work of which he is actively and helpfully interested. Both he and his wife have spent their entire lives in Montgomery county and are a popular young couple, whose many excellent traits of heart and mind have endeared them to all with whom they have been associated. MAURICE D. LARKIN. It is only the successful men who are before the public eye and we have become so accustomed to accept their work without comment that we seldom pause to seriously contemplate their accomplishments or reflect upon the causes which have won them success. In analyzing the life records of such men as Maurice D. Larkin, however, it becomes evident that close application and unfaltering and intelligently directed energy constitute the salient elements in their continuous advancement in business lines. He is today president and treasurer of the M. D. Larkin Supply Company, engaged extensively in the jobbing of mill, factory and steamfitters supplies, and sole proprietor of the Larkin Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of fire department supplies. A native of Dayton, Mr. Larkin was born March 22, 1876, a son of Daniel C. Larkin, former chief of the fire department of this city. The father was born in Sandusky, Ohio, July 29, 1849, while the grandfather, Thomas Larkin, a native of Connecticut, was one of six brothers who came together to the middle west in 1824, three of them locating in Sandusky, Ohio, while the other three became residents of Detroit, Michigan. For more than thirty years Thomas Larkin was a *locomotive engineer and through the explosion of his locomotive about two miles from Sandusky, on the 5th of June, 1875, he lost his life. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ann Ryne, was born in Ireland, came to the United States in childhood with her two sisters and died in 1893. Daniel C. Larkin spent his youthful days as a public school student in Sandusky and in learning the machinist's trade, at which he served a three years' apprenticeship. He then accepted a position as locomotive fireman, his run being between Sandusky and Dayton. Three years' faithful service in that position won him promotion to the position of engineer on the same route. He 316 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY acted in that capacity for three years, after which he spent a similar period as locomotive engineer between Cincinnati and Dayton on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad. On his retirement from railroad service in 1875 he turned his attention to the transfer and storage business in Dayton, in which he was actively engaged until 1880, when he was appointed chief of the fire department, serving continuously until 1907. He was called to the position at the time of the organization of the present board of fire commissioners and the development of the fire system of Dayton is largely attributable to the efforts of Daniel C. Larkin. When he took charge in 188o the department had eleven horses and six hose reels, a hook and ladder truck, thirty-five alarm boxes and six engine houses, three of which, however, were unfit for the service. As the years passed, through Mr. Larkin's efforts all the modern appliances and equipments of. fire engines were introduced and the system was improved in every particular. As the fire chief Mr. Larkin displayed the utmost skill, ability and courage, keeping cool in times of danger and excitement; so that he was able to direct his forces to the best possible advantage. His work was indeed of .great benefit to the community and after twenty-seven years' faithful service Mr. Larkin retired from the position as he had entered it—with the confidence, respect and good will of all concerned. The work which he did in improving the Dayton fire department won for him much more than local renown. He was honored with the position of treasurer of the International Fire Chiefs' Association for twenty years and still is treasurer, and in 1895 was made president of the Fire Chiefs' Association of Ohio. He was likewise a member of the Great Britain Fire Brigade Union, was president of the Firemen's Benevolent Society and secretary of the Firemen's Relief Fund. Daniel C. Larkin also became a member of Iola Lodge, No. 83, K. P., and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Both he and his wife are members of St. Joseph's Catholic church. He was married May 26, 1875, to Hannah A. Hartnett, of Dayton, a daughter of Maurice and Julia (Hern) Hartnett, who were natives of Ireland. Mrs. Larkin was born in Dayton, January 1o, 1856, and by her marriage became the mother of twelve children, of whom four died in early childhood. Maurice D., Thomas, John, Alice, Helen, Francis, Daniel C., Jr., and Ruth are living. Maurice D. Larkin was a pupil in the public schools of Dayton and later entered the Georgetown University at Washington, D. C., from which he was graduated in the class of 1898. Returning to his native city at the age of twenty-two years, he became identified with its business interests, organizing the Larkin Manufacturing Company for the manufacture of fire department supplies. This line of business followed as a logical sequence of his early interests and experiences, for his father was chief of the Dayton fire department and he naturally gained much knowledge concerning the equipment of the department. Realizing the needs in this direction, he began manufacturing along those lines and has conducted the business with growing success to the present time. In addition to the Larkin Manufacturing Company, in March, 1907, he organized and incorporated the M. D. Larkin Supply Company. The output of both businesses is now extensive and is being increased to meet the growing demands of the trade. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 317 On the 1st of February, 1905, Mr. Larkin was married in Dayton to Miss Eva Harvey and they have one son, Maurice D. Jr. Mr. Larkin gives his political support to the republican party at the polls but is not active in its ranks. He is a communicant of the Catholic church, while his social relations are with the Dayton Club and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is well known in Dayton, where the thirty-three years of his life have been passed and where his substantial qualities in business and citizenship have won him high regard and good will. JOSEPH GRAHAM CRANE SCHENCK. Joseph Graham Crane Schenck, cashier of the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, was born in Han Chow, China, in 1872, a son of Woodhull S. Schenck, a nephew of the late General Robert C. Schenck and an officer in the Chinese customs, who during his stay in the orient was located at Han Chow, Canton and Shanghai, China. In 1881 he started on his homeward way but was ill at the time and could proceed no further than San Francisco, where he passed away. Joseph G. C. Schenck was then a lad of nine years. He came with his widowed mother to Dayton and, entering school in this city, continued his studies through successive grades until he was graduated from the high school. On the expiration of that period, in 1889, he entered the employ of the Dayton Gas & Coke Company, with which he continued for two years, there receiving his first business training. Since 1891 he has been continuously connected with the National Cash Register Company, in that year being made cashier, in which capacity he has since served. The head officers regard him as a prominent representative of the worthy corps of assistants with whom they have surrounded themselves in the control and management of what is today one of the most extensive and best known industrial enterprises in the country. Mr. Schenck votes with the republican party but is not active in its ranks. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Dayton City Club, the Country Club and the Buz Fuz Club, while his interest in the religious progress of the city is manifest in his membership in the First Presbyterian church. GEORGE GOODHUE, M. D. There is no profession or line of business so little commercialized as is the practice of medicine. This statement finds verification particularly in the efforts of the physician to prevent disease and to promote health conditions through the dissemination of knowledge concerning the causes of ill health. In all of his professional connections Dr. Goodhue has held to a high standard and many tangible evidences of his effective work are cited, not only in connection with his private practice but also through his service as health officer of Dayton and as one of the trustees of Miami Valley Hospital. 318 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY A native of Westminster, Vermont, Dr. Goodhue was born on the 24th of May, 1853, and is of English lineage, tracing his ancestry back to William Goodhue, whose descendants are now found in this county in the eighth generation. His parents were Horace and Clarissa (Braley) Goodhue, who spent their entire lives in the Green Mountain state. Their family numbered nine children of whom three sons survive. Horace Goodhue is professor of Greek in Carleton College of Minnesota, and Harlan is living on a farm in Vermont. Dr. Goodue, the youngest of the family, and the only one living in Ohio, spent his youthful days on the home farm and pursued a district-school education to the age of sixteen years, when he became a student in the preparatory department of Carleton College at Northfield, Minnesota. His work there covered a three years' course and later he was for four years a student in Dartmouth College, being numbered among its alumni of 1876. His liberal education, enabled him to take up the profession of teaching as professor of Greek and Physics in Miami Valley College at Springboro, Ohio, where he remained for two years, but attracted by the profession of medicine, he began preparation for practice as a student in the office and under the direction of Dr. John Davis of Dayton, now deceased. Subsequently he attended the College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York city but pursued his second course of medical lectures in the medical department of Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1879. In March of the following year he was graduated from the medical department of the University of New York and for a year thereafter he was surgical interne in. the Brooklyn City Hospital and also spent three months in the Manhattan Eye & Ear Hospital, thus gaining broad and varied experience as a preparation for the general practice of medicine. He returned to Dayton and entered into partnership with Dr. John Davis, his former preceptor, the association being maintained until the death of Dr. Davis on the 19th of June, 1883. Later he was associated for two and a half years with the nephew of Dr. Davis but with that exception has been alone in practice to the present time. His ability is pronounced, his energy unflagging and in his chosen life work he has made a splendid record. He continues in the general practice and yet gives considerable attention to diseases of the eye and ear and to surgery, in which he displays notable skill. Dr. Goodhue has at different times been surgeon of the Panhandle Railroad Company and all the different railroads entering Dayton. He was chosen surgeon of the Deaconess Hospital on its organization and is now a trustee of the Miami Valley Hospital, in which connection he has done more than any other individual to bring this institution to its present state of efficiency. In 1908 he was appointed health officer of Dayton and in that position did a work of great value to the city. He belongs to the Montgomery County Medical Society, of which he was elected president in 1890. He is also a member of the Ohio State Medical Association and was chairman of its surgical section in 1907-08. Aside from his practice Dr. Goodhue has had various business interests and is financially connected with a number of the leading commercial and industrial enterprises of the city. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 319 In Terre Haute, Indiana, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Goodhue to Miss Rose E. Kendall, and they have an attractive home which is the center of a cultured social circle. They hold membership in the Protestant Episcopal church and Dr. Goodhue is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Dayton Lodge, No. 147, F. & A. M., and Dayton Consistory and Mystic Shrine. Those who know him find him a social, genial gentleman, of broad and liberal culture outside of his profession and with a helpful interest in all that pertains to general progress. MARTIN H. WOLF. Martin H. Wolf, a retired agriculturist of Mad River township, resides on his valuable farm of fifty acres on the Brandt pike, about two and a half miles north of the courthouse. His birth occurred on his father's farm in Madison township on the 26th of December, 1842, his parents being John and Hettie (Helsel) Wolf. The paternal grandparents were Jacob and Eva Wolf and the grandfather, who came here from Virginia, was the first representative of the name in this county. His family numbered ten children, of whom John, the father of our subject, was the fifth in order of birth. He was born and reared on the ground now occupied by the Soldiers' Home and became a leading agriculturist and prominent and well known citizen in Dayton. He lived to attain the venerable age of ninety-two years and was laid to rest in Woodland cemetery. The record of his children is as follows : David, who is deceased ; Jacob, who passed away in California in 1876 ; Elizabeth ; Rebecca, whose demise occurred in 1882 ; Martin H., of this review ; Zereldia ; and Edward, who was called to his final rest in 1893. Martin H. Wolf attended the schools of Harrison township in pursuit of an education that would fit him for the practical and responsible duties of life and when not busy with his text-books he assisted his father in the work of the home farm. Throughout the years of his active business career he was identified with agricultural interests and met with a large measure of prosperity in his undertakings, owing to his energy, untiring perseverance and capable management. He resides on his farm of about fifty acres, just on the edge of Dayton, but has put aside the active work of the fields in order that he may enjoy in well earned ease the fruits of his former toil. His residence is one of the finest in Mad River township, the dwelling being of pressed brick and containing ten rooms. On the 12th of February, 1868; Mr. Wolf was united in marriage to Miss Hattie R. Keplinger, a daughter of William and Eliza (Nisley) Keplinger, of Montgomery county. They now have four children. Bert, who is connected with the paper novelty company in Dayton, wedded Miss Laura Green, by whom he has two children, Orville and Helen. Daniel, who married Miss Callie Winner. resides in Miamisburg. Wilbur, living at home, Married Miss Edith Zalg and is identified with telephone interests. Alfred, who operates the home farm, wedded Miss Catharine McClelland. 320 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY In his political views Mr. Wolf is a republican and has capably served as a member of the school board. He and his family are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they are deeply and helpfully interested. He is a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family of this section of the state and, having remained in Montgomery county throughout his entire life, his record has been closely interwoven with its history for more than two-thirds of a century. In all of his dealings he has been thoroughly reliable and straightforward and his influence is at all times in favor of those movements, measures and beliefs which uplift and benefit humanity.  DANIEL W. ALLAMAN. The attractiveness of Montgomery county as a place of residence is indicated in the fact that many of his native sons have remained within her borders, believing her opportunities equal to if not superior to those found in other sections of the country. Born in Butler township, this county, on the 5th of August, 1861, Mr. Allaman, since attaining his majority has become a representative of the legal fraternity in Dayton, in which connection he has done good work as an advocate and exponent of a high standard of professional ethics. His youthful days were passed in the home of his parents, David and Catharine (Zimmerman) Allaman, who removed from Franklin county, Pennsylvania, to Montgomery county, Ohio, in the early '4os, establishing their home in the neighborhood in which their son Daniel was born. There the mother passed away in January, 1863, when the son was but eighteen months old. The father, however, continued to reside on the old homestead until his death, which occurred in December,ohnsvillen he was seventy-five years of age. He was recognized as a progressive and enterprising farmer and also as a citizen of sterling worth, who filled a number of minor township offices, to which he was elected on the republican ticket. He was also one of the oldest Masons in Montgomery county. Following his mother's death Daniel W. Allaman was reared in the home of an uncle, who lived on a farm narchookville, Montgomery county. He supplemented his early education by a course in the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and afterward entered the Oberlin Business College, but in the meantime taught school for a number of terms, acting as principal of the schools at Johnsville and at Trotwood, Ohio. He regarded this, however, merely as an initial step to other professional labor, for it was his ambition to become a member of the bar and in 1886 he entered upon a course of reading in the law office of S. H. Carr. When he had mastered many of the principles of jurisprudence, enabling him to successfully pass the required examination, he was admitted to the bar in March, 1888, and has since been actively connected with litigated interests tried in the courts of Dayton. For a short time he practiced in partnership with F. M. Compton under the firm name of Compton & Allaman but during much of his professional career has been associated with his former preceptor, the firm of Carr, Allaman & Kennedy existing for some time. The zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his profession, the careful regard DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 323 evinced for the interests of his clients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of his cases have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct. His arguments have elicited warm commendation not only from his associates at the bar but also from the bench. He is a very able writer : his briefs always show wide research, careful thought and the best and strongest reasons which can be urged for his contention presented in cogent and logical form and illustrated by a style unusually lucid and clear. In the year 1885 Mr. Allaman was married to Miss Iva Cupp, a daughter of Louis and Kate H. Cupp, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Allaman have two children, Mary Katherine and Mildred Louise. Mr. Allaman belongs to Garfield Club and is prominent in Masonry, holding membership with the lodge, the chapter and commandery, the Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine. Aside from professional relations he is perhaps best known as one of the republican leaders of Montgomery county. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has given to the party his stalwart support and was one of the incorporators of the Garfield Club, in which he served as a director for a number of years. In 1891 he was elected to represent his district in the general assembly, being the first republican member from- Montgomery county in fifteen years, with one exception. During his connection with the house he was secretary of the committee on finance and also served on the committee on public works. He has frequently been a delegate to state conventions, including that held in Columbus, March 3 and 4, 1908, and was a delegate to the republican national convention in Chicago, which nominated W. H. Taft for the presidency. He has also been a member of the republican state central committee since 1906. His interest in politics is that of a public-spirited citizen who is alive to the issues of the day and the trend of the times and who keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the age. COLONEL ROBERT COWDEN. Colonel Robert Cowden, known throughout the length and breadth of the land as a prominent Sunday school worker, representing the United Brethren in Christ, his position being that of general secretary of the Sunday school board, makes his home in Dayton. He was born May 24, 1833, in what is now Crawford but was then Richland county. He was twenty-eight years of age when, in response to the country's call for troops to subdue the rebellion in the south, he offered his services to the government, enlisting on the 9th of September, 1861, at Bucyrus, Ohio, as a member of Company B of the First 'United States Mechanic Fusifeets under command of Captain James E. Marsh. This organization was rendezvoused in Camps Webb and Douglas at Chicago and Mr. Cowden was appointed corporal. Before his second detail for guard duty, howeyer, he was made sergeant and went to Girard, Pennsylvania, to recruit men for his regiment. Successful in this undertaking, within two weeks he took fifty-six men to camp in Chicago and they were placed in Company H, commanded by Captain James Armstrong, Mr. Cowden being appointed first lieu- 324 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY tenant of the company in October, 1861. For a period of four months the regiment remained in camp at Chicago, engaged in daily drills but without being furnished arms. Then as the secretary of war refused to recognize the authority for raising a regiment of this character, and in order that the regiment might be regularly mustered out of service, its designation was changed to the Fifty-sixth Illinois Infantry and it was duly mustered out as such January 28, 1862. Lieutenant Cowden's return to civil life covered but a brief period for on the following day he enlisted as a private in Battery I, First Regiment Light Artillery, under Captain Edward Bouton. For eighteen months he was with that command, during which time he was promoted through the ranks of corporal, sergeant and first sergeant to that of second lieutenant. He was then mustered out July 28, 1863, that he might accept promotion in another command. His former captain, Edward Bouton, who was afterward breveted brigadier general of volunteers, had been given power to raise a regiment of colored troops and in this regiment Lieutenant Cowden was commissioned major. The organization was first known as the First West Tennessee Infantry of African Descent, but later was known as the Fifty-ninth United States Colored Infantry. Major Cowden remained with that organization until May 18, 1864, when he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the regiment to succeed R. E. Phillips, resigned, thus serving until January 31, 1866, his military service being then terminated by his being mustered out at Memphis, Tennessee. He had been in actual command of the regiment much of the time, the colonel had been .assigned to the command of the brigade. While at the front Colonel Cowden participated in a number of hotly contested battles, taking part in the engagements at Shiloh and Russell House, Tennessee ; Corinth and Guntown, Mississippi. At the last named he was wounded in the right hip by a sharp-shooter and his injuries for some time precluded his active participation in the movement of his regiment. Because of his wounds he was sent home in July, 1864, and in the following September rejoined his command, although he was still using crutches when he again went south. He was also an active participant in the siege of Vicksburg and in the campaign resulting in the capture of Jackson, Mississippi. He was a valiant officer, inspiring his men with much of his own zeal and courage, and at the same time was an excellent disciplinarian. General Edward Bouton said of him : "Colonel Robert Cowden, of Dayton, Ohio, enlisted as a private soldier in my battery at Chicago at the beginning of the war of the Rebellion, and served over four years continuously under my command, the last two,. years and over commanding a regiment of infantry. Soon after his enlistment, observing his superior ability and worth, I appointed him orderly sergeant of the battery, which position he held at the battle of Shiloh, where he especially distinguished himself and gained further promotion. On Sunday, the 6th of April, 1862, our battery had done hard fighting and particularly distinguished itself, especially in what was described in the Chicago papers as the great artillery duel in front of Pittsburg Landing at the close of the day, in which we suffered severe losses, including Sergeant Tibbetts, who was so severely wounded as to cripple him for life, so that the next day I had to put Orderly Sergeant Cowden in charge of Tibbetts' gun. Towards noon