DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 625 bringing him comprehensive knowledge of mental and nervous diseases. In 1897 he was appointed a member of the Dayton health board and served for a term of two years, during which time he started the crusade against unclean dairies, regarding them as the cause of much illness through the contamination of the milk. At all times he has been deeply interested in the subject of public health, putting forth earnest and effective effort in support of measures for the dissemination of knowledge that will check the spread of disease through the elimination of its cause. In 1887 he was elected a member of the staff of St. Elizabeth's hospital and in 1896 was elected to the chair of proctology, which he still fills. In 1882 Dr. Evans was married in Dayton to Miss Sannie Beaver and they have many friends in the city. They hold membership in the Third Street Presbyterian church and Dr. Evans belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of the Commandery and of the Mystic Shrine. His attention, however, is chiefly concentrated upon his professional duties and he utilizes every opportunity for the acquirement of knowledge hearing upon his chosen life work. He belongs to the Montgomery County Medical Society, which he has served as president, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Proctological Society. The last named is a national institution, of which he was elected president in 1908. In October, 1909, he entered Johns Hopkins University for a three months' course of study under Professor Hugh Young in genito-urinary diseases ; Professor Howard Kelly in gynecology ; and Professor Samuel Earl in proctology, with the intention of limiting his practice to those lines. He has already attained wide fame as a proctologist and is well known as a successful practitioner in the general field of medical and surgical practice. SAMUEL B. GROBY. Samuel B. Groby is successfully engaged in farming on a tract of sixty acres situated in Miami township within a mile and a half of the city of Miamisburg. He is a native son of this township, his birth having occurred on the old homestead farm, May 5, 1878. He is a grandson of Samuel Groby, who was the first member of the Groby family to come to Ohio from Pennsylvania. His son Jacob R. Groby removed to Montgomery county with his parents from Berks county, Pennsylvania, and is now one of the most prominent and successful farmers of this part of the state. He wedded Miss Barbara Buehler and their marriage was blessed with three sons, the brothers of our subject, being : Robert, who is a resident of Miami township ; and Albert, deceased. Samuel B. Groby, the eldest son, was reared to the work of the home farm and acquired his education in the schools of Miamisburg. Since reaching manhood he has engaged in farming and is cultivating a tract of sixty acres located in Miami township, a mile and a half east of Miamisburg on the Heinicke road, so that it will be seen he has all the advantages which the city affords. His place is improved with good buildings and the soil is devoted to various grains, of which he annually gathers good crops, for he is diligent in cultivating his fields and therefore his labors are rewarded with success. 626 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY It was on the 18th of December, 1902, that Mr. Groby was united in marriage to Miss Blanch Willey, a daughter of W. B. and Lucetta (Lesher) Willey, numbered among Montgomery county's most prominent residents. Mr. Willey was formerly a traveling salesman but is now living retired with his daughter, Mrs. Groby. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Groby has been blessed with two sons and a daughter, Willard W., Samuel C. and Emily L., but the younger son is deceased. The parents are members of the Lutheran church at Miamisburg. Mr. Groby gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served on the school board and also on the advisory board. He takes a deep interest in all local movements tending toward the advancement or betterment of conditions in his community and takes a just pride in what is being accomplished here in these directions. L. G. BOWERS, M. D. Dayton's medical fraternity numbers many able men—those who have been long in practice and those of younger years who are steadily working their way upward in the profession. To this class Dr. Bowers belongs, having since July, 1905, practiced in Dayton; his specialty being surgery. He was born in Shelby county, Indiana, in 1870 and is a son of the Civil war veteran, who served for nearly four years in the Fifty-first Indiana Regiment and has since taken an active part in the old soldiers' associations, serving as president of the National Association of the Veterans of the Battle of Stone River in 1907. Dr. Bowers' youthful days were passed on the home farm in Marion township, Shelby county, Indiana, until the age of twenty-three years, during which time he became familiar with all of the duties and labors devolving upon the agriculturist. He worked in the fields during the summer months and in the winter seasons mastered the branches of learning constituting the common-school curriculum. Later he had the benefit of instruction at the high school at Noah, Indiana, where he completed the course by graduation with the class of 1888. He afterward engaged in teaching school in Marion and Union townships, Shelby county, for five years and proved an able educator, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he had acquired. On the expiration of that period he began training for other professional labor, entering the Louisville (Ky.) Medical College, where he completed a course by graduation in 1898. He then put his theoretical training to the practical test in a year's service in the Louisville Medical College Hospital and the broadening experience of hospital practice proved of untold value to him in preparing him for the work of a private practitioner. At the end of that time he located in Richmond, Indiana, where he remained for six years. He engaged in general practice for four and a half years and has since made a specialty of surgery. In professional lines Dr. Bowers is connected with several societies including the American Medical Association, the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Association, the Union District Medical Association, the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Dayton Academy of Medicine. He is surgeon to the St. Elizabeth Hospital. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 627 In 1893 Dr. Bowers was married in Shelby county, Indiana, to Miss Pearl A. Yarling, a daughter of Michael Yarling. Their home has been blessed with three children : Cyril Y., James M. and Anderson T. The Doctor votes with the republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but the honors and emoluments of office have little attraction for him. He holds membership with the Masons and the Elks, his brethren of those fraternities finding in him a representative who is ever loyal to the beneficent teachings upon which the orders rest. WILLIAM G. FRIZELL. William G. Frizell, attorney at law of Dayton, whose influence has been a potent factor in political circles, was born in this city in 1866. His father, James S. Frizell, was a native of Kentucky, born in 1823. He came to Dayton, Ohio, in 1865 and spent his remaining days in this city, where for thirty-five years he was prominently known as a wholesale druggist and representative business man, his labors contributing in substantial measure to the commercial development of Dayton. He died in 1899, leaving two daughters, who are married, and one son, William G. Frizell. The last named acquired his preliminary education in the public schools. In 1887 he was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and upon his return to Dayton he took up the study of law in the office and under the direction of R. D. Marshall. In 1889 he was admitted to the bar and has since given his attention to the practice of law. Mr. Frizell has become well known as a leader of the republican party in Dayton. From early manhood he has made a close study of issues and questions of the day and he recognizes the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship. In 1890 he was elected to the city council from the first ward and served for two terms or four years, and during two years of the time he was president of the council. He exerted his official prerogatives in support 0f various public measures, which have been beneficial elements in municipal life. In 1894 he was elected a member of the Dayton school board and served for four years. In 1903 he was elected a member of the state legislature and was reelected in 1905. In February, 1908, he was renominated for a third term but withdrew from office in 1908 to accept the nomination for congress from the third district. For that office, however, he was defeated. His work as president of the city council was often favorably commented upon by the press. As a member of the legislature he ever occupied an unequivocal position, standing loyally in defense of what he believed to be right, taking just as strong a stand in opposition to any movement which he believed would prove detrimental to the state at large. His law practice having made him at ease as a speaker, he was recognized as one of the strongest debaters in the legislature, both in the committee and on the floor, and because of the fairness and the force of his utterances he always received the thoughtful attention of the entire house. He has never been an extremist or radical upon any subject but rather a progressive conservative and for that reason his words have molded legislative thought upon many a public subject. He made a de- 628 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY termined stand against the steal of the Ohio canals, against the new Paine Municipal Code and for the new building association law. The Dayton Journal said of him, in connection with his service as councilman : "Mr. Frizell has proved himself an admirable public servant in the council, prompt, decisive and intelligent in his rulings. He is one of the class of men whose motives are never impugned and whose acts are always in favor of the interests of the people. He is a clear-headed, resolute business manager from start to finish and enjoys the confidence and esteem of every member of the council." Mr. Frizell is a member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church and in Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He has traveled extensively, has written much for the press and frequently delivers charming lectures on what he has seen in out of the way corners of the world. He has a mind open and alert to impressions, sees what is to be seen and is appreciative of all the interesting points. His reputation as a lawyer, as a legislator and as a lecturer places him prominently before the public as a representative citizen of Dayton. In 1909 he published a book entitled "Out of the Way Places," describing his travels in China, Japan, Spitzbergen, Spain and other unusual places. The book reviews have been very flattering. The Chicago Record-Herald said : "Mr. Frizell has the seeing eyes, his outlook is sympathetic and his book will be read with enjoyment by many." The Albany Argus said : "His book is a collection of bright and graphic views of a traveler in the byways of the world. * * * His book is more spontaneous and less cut and dry than most books of travel." PHILO G. BURNHAM. Philo G. Burnham is one of the prominent local leaders of the republican party in Dayton, where he is now filling the position of city solicitor. He was born in Woodstock, Champaign county, Ohio, in 1869 and there spent his youthful days, remaining a resident of that place until he had attained his majority. Entering the public schools, he passed through consecutive grades until he had completed the high-school course by graduation with the class of 1886. Further opportunities in educational lines were granted him and he matriculated in Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1891. For two years thereafter he occupied the position of principal of the high school at Covington, Ohio, but he regarded this merely as an initial step to other professional labor, it being his desire to become an active member of the bar. To this end Mr. Burnham entered the law department of the University of Michigan and was graduated in 1895, after which he was admitted to the bar and located for practice in Dayton. He has since been identified with legal interests and also to a greater or less extent with official service. His work in the latter connection has been of far-reaching benefit and importance, for, added to his appreciation and understanding of the needs of the city and its possibilities for progress, he is possessed of public-spirited devotion to the general good. He was a member of the board of education of Dayton in 1901 and 1902, and in the former year he was elected to the state senate of Ohio, taking his seat in the DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 631 upper house of the general assembly in January, 1902. He proved an able working member of that body, giving to each question which came up for settlement his careful consideration. In May, 1903, Mr. Burnham was appointed first assistant solicitor of Dayton and continued in that office without interruption until January 1, 1908, when he was elected city solicitor for two years. His previous experience well qualified him for the duties devolving upon him in this connection and he is proving a most worthy incumbent in the office. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has been a stalwart supporter of the republican party and an active worker in its ranks, doing all in his power to promote its growth and insure its success. On the 15th of September, 1897, Mr. Burnham was married in Covington, Ohio, to Miss Erle C. Baer, and they have won many friends during their residence in Dayton, while the hospitality of a number of the attractive homes of the city is cordially extended them. They have one child, a daughter, Dorothy Burnham. Mr. Burnham is well known as a man of enterprise, whose connection with public affairs is based on an intense interest in the welfare of his community and while not without that ambition which is always an incentive for capable service in public office he would manifest just as surely a public-spirited devotion to the general welfare were he not connected with any office. OLIVER PERRY BOYER. The name of Boyer has figured in connection with Dayton's development through more than eight decades. The birth of Oliver Perry Boyer occurred here on the 16th of March, 1827, when the boundaries of the town were much more restricted than at present and when its industrial and commercial activities had received but little impetus from the incoming settlers. With the life of the village and later with the growth and progress of the city Oliver Perry Boyer was closely associated. He was here reared and educated and having put aside his text-books he mastered the cabinet maker's trade, which he utilized as a source of livelihood until 1861. He then turned his attention to the undertaking business in Dayton in the place now occupied by his son, who in the course of years became his successor. About 1866 or 1867 he admitted his brother, Benjamin F. Boyer, to a partnership under the style of Boyer & Brother, this relation being maintained for four or five years, at the end of which time Benjamin Boyer retired and Oliver Perry Boyer continued alone until his death. His was one of the oldest undertaking establishments in this city and the reliability of his business methods sesured to him a liberal patronage from those in need of his services. In 1851 occurred the marriage of Mr. Boyer to Miss Martha W. Chatterton, and unto them were bOrn five children: Eugene J. ; Lida, who died in 1878; Mary, who became the wife of John F. Elliott of Springfield, Ohio, and died in 1885, leaving two children, Oliver P. and Lida ; Harry G., who passed away in 1884; and Oliver Perry, who died in 1868. The wife and mother departed this life on the 28th of March, 1868, and on the 16th of September, 1869, Mr. Boyer was again married, his second union being with Julie Ernante Celine Pilate, a native 632 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY of Galveston, Texas, and a daughter of Dr. E. Pilate, who was born in France. There were four children of the second marriage : Alice S., the wife of Walter S. Allen, of Dayton, Ohio ; Harriett E., the wife of A. W. Lowrey, of Dayton ; Georgie R., at home ; and Louis Pilate. Mrs. Julie Boyer died on the 22d of June, i 891 In his political views Mr. Boyer was a republican but was never bitterly partisan in his political affiliations. In Masonry he attained the Knight Templar degree and he also held membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. For many years he was an elder in the First Presbyterian church and did all in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence. His belief was manifest in his relations with his fellowmen, for at all times he endeavored to closely follow the Golden Rule, doing unto others as he would have them do unto him. His sterling purpose, his just and equitable treatment of all and his manifestation of friendliness and good will won for him the high regard and confidence of those with whom business or social relations brought him in contact. Of his sons, Eugene Joseph Boyer was born in Dayton, June 5, 1852, and was reared in this city where his grandparents had located ere the evidences of village-hood had been replaced by those which gave a metropolitan air of progress and enterprise. He pursued his education in the public schools to the age of seventeen years and then entered upon business life in connection with his father and later with his brother, Louis B. Boyer, succeeding to the business on the father's demise. He was married December 6, 1877, in Dayton to Miss Aurora Miller, and they have two sons, Robert Eugene and Charles Beaver. Louis Pilate Boyer was married July 10, 1901, in this city to Miss Emilie Lewis Radcliff and they have one daughter, Emilie Lewis Radcliff Boyer. Both Eugene J. and Louis P. Boyer are members of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the latter belongs to Christ Episcopal church. The brothers are men of business enterprise who fully sustain the unsullied reputation that has always been connected with the name of Boyer in the business circles of Dayton. HENRY SCHOENFELD. Dr. Henry Schoenfeld, who has won a wide reputation as a specialist in the treatment of chronic diseases, in which connection his labors have been of material benefit to his fellowmen, was born in Hanau Hessen, Kassel, Germany, in 1829. Although he has now reached the age of eighty years, he is still active in practice and his work continues to be a factor for good. He remained at the place of his nativity until fourteen years of age and between the ages of six and fourteen attended school, while spending his boyhood days in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schoenfeld. His father, who was of noble birth, became mixed up with the Revolutionists and on this account crossed the Atlantic to the new world, seeking a haven of refuge in America when his son Henry was about eight years of age. In 1844. the family joined him at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He had studied medicine in his native land but never had practiced until he came DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 633 to the United States. Fleeing from his country because of his political beliefs, he landed in Baltimore with only fifty cents in his pocket and his entire life thereafter was given to the practice of medicine. He married Margaret Kohler, whose father had control of an entire county in Germany. In the family were a sister and a brother of our subject, both of whom died in Pennsylvania. Dr. Henry Schoenfeld until 1848 pursued his education under the tutelage of Catholic priests. In that year he started with a party from Philadelphia to California to dig gold, being attracted by the reports concerning the discoveries on the Pacific coast. The party made their way to Cuba, afterward to the peninsula which constitutes Lower California and then on to the region of the gold excitement. There was only one house in San Francisco at the time and that was the customs house. Dr. Schoenfeld made his way into the mountains where he spent two years, finding plenty of gold but little to eat. He also had trouble with the Indians who were hostile, manifesting considerable ferocity against what they regarded as the intrusion of the white settlers and Dr. Schoenfeld in an encounter with the red men sustained a tomahawk wound, the scar of which he now bears. In 1851, after three years spent on the western coast, he returned by way of the isthmus and after a brief period passed at home began the practice of medicine at Lancaster and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Schoenfeld had studied medicine only with the priests who had been his tutors and with his father who was a successful physician. He practiced for one year in Pennsylvania and then made his way to Cincinnati where he practiced with Dr. Schoen for eight months. He then returned home to see his people, after which he came to Dayton but the fact that at Miamisburg resided many people who had known his father in Pennsylvania influenced Dr. Schoenfeld to locate in that place. He opened an office in Miamisburg in 1853 and has engaged in general practice for fifty-six years, during which time he has never resorted to surgery. He has had an immense practice, not only largely covering Ohio but also various portions of Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida, Kansas, also Canada. During the past twenty-five years he has devoted his time largely to chronic diseases and has effected many notable cures where the general practitioner has failed. Cases have come to him from all parts of the country and his labors have been extremely beneficial to his patrons at large. Dr. Schoenfeld has also been prominent in community affairs and has left the influence of his individuality for good upon the public life. He was elected to the legislature, serving from 1870 until 1873 inclusive, being elected on the democratic ticket by a large and flattering majority. He also served for ten years as a member of the field council and exercised his official prerogatives in support of many measures for the general good. In 1857 Dr. Schoenfeld was married to Miss Amma Shell, who was born in Miamisburg, Ohio, -and died here in 1898. She was a daughter of John Shell, a shoemaker. The children of that marriage are Dr. Henry J. Schoenfeld, a practicing physician of Trenton, Ohio ; John H., who is interested in the Miamisburg Banking Company of Miamisburg ; Charles E. a railroad man of Elmira, New York ; and Margaret, who died at the age of one year. Dr. Schoenfeld is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is also connected with the Knights of Pythias, with the German Order of Haru- 634 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY gari and with the German Reform church. His whole life has been filled with anxiety and responsibility. Since seventeen years of age he has been dependent upon his own resources but he has made wise use of his opportunities and has learned the lessons which are contained in life's contacts and its experiences. His work has been of essential benefit to his fellowmen and his record has made him one of Montgomery county's honored and valuable citizens. JOHN NEWTON ALLABACK. When a man of known public spirit and loyalty occupies a position of trust and responsibility there is a feeling of safety on the part of the community, for they recognize the fact that their interests are conserved through a careful and capable administration of public affairs. Such is the feeling inspired by the mention of the name of John Newton Allaback whose ability has brought him to his present position as chief of police of Dayton. He was born at West Point, Morrow county, Ohio, November 15, 1857, a son of John Allaback, also a native of Ohio. He was a contracting plasterer and maintained his home at Galion, Ohio, but he and his wife were temporarily residing at West Point at the time of the birth of their son, John N., the father being engaged on the execution of a large contract there. After the inauguration of the Civil war he responded to the call and early in the summer of 1861 joined the Union forces with which he continued until the country no longer needed the military aid of her loyal sons. He was mustered out with the rank of captain of Company K, Eighty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He then continued in business as a contracting plasterer at Galion, Ohio, for several years, after which he became a resident of Dayton, where he conducted a successful business in the same line. John N. Allaback and his mother had previously spent several years in Dayton, coming to this city after the father enlisted in the Union army and remaining until 1865, when they all returned to Galion. In 1874, however, the family home was once more established in Dayton, and here Captain Allaback continued his education for a year. During the periods of vacation he worked at the plasterer's trade With his father, and after putting aside his text-books continued as his assistant until he had reached the age of twenty-two years. Military life, however, attracted him, for from his boyhood he had been stirred by the tales which his father told of his military experiences in the south. In 1879, therefore, Captain Allaback went to Cincinnati where, on the 26th of March, he enlisted in the United States Cavalry. Two months were spent in preliminary drill and general training for the service at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, after which he was assigned to duty with Troop M, in the Second United States Cavalry stationed at Fort Custer, Montana. He went through all the hardships and experiences of a frontier campaign, serving for five years in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. He participated in two engagements and a number of skirmishes with the Indians, taking part in the battle on the Milk river with the Sioux and the other on the Rosebud with the Ogallas. The Indians were active and aggressive and the military qualities of the Second Cavalry were often severely tested, but it was a grand com- DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 635 pany of brave men who won well merited fame and glory in the Indian campaigns. Mr. Allaback was promoted from the rank and made corporal and at the time of his discharge, March 26, 1884, was first duty sergeant of his troop. On the expiration of his term of service Mr. Allaback returned to Dayton and again resumed work at his trade. However, he had gained hi his military experiences certain qualities which well equipped him for duty as a police officer and on the 16th of June, 1886, he was made a patrolman. Since that time gradual promotions have come to him in appointments as roundsman, on the 9th of January, 1892 ; as sergeant, May 23, 1892 ; as captain, March 8, 1893 ; while on the 11th of January, 1900, he was appointed acting superintendent on the resignation of Superintendent T. J. Farrell and thus served for fourteen months, after which he returned to his rank as captain. On the 4th of November, 1908, however, he was appointed chief of police and is therefore today at the head of the department. From his earliest connection with the service he has discharged his duties with credit to himself and the department, and with safety to the general public. On the 16th of September, 1884, Mr. Allaback was married to Miss Alice Francis, a native of Dayton and a daughter of Amon Francis. They have become the parents of three children who are yet living : John Clifford ; Wilbur Newton ; and Helen Katherine. Mr. Allaback belongs to the Independent Order of Foresters, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Dayton Police Benevolent Association, of which he is treasurer. He and his family attend the Presbyterian church. His military and official records have at all times been commendable, winning him the confidence and esteem of superior officers and associates, while his ability has largely enabled him to work his way upward until he today stands in the foremost position in Dayton as conservator of the rights and liberties of the law abiding citizens. EDWARD PHILIPPS. The men who have filled the public positions in Dayton have on the whole been competent, efficient and reliable and the record of Edward Philipps as auditor of the city is one which reflects credit upon his constituents. As he is widely and favorably known here his history cannot help but prove of interest to many of the readers of this volume. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November. 30, 1854, a son of Jacob Philipps, who died in Cincinnati in 1877 at the age of fifty-nine years. He was a native of Germany and for more than twenty years was connected with the Cincinnati fire department. While spending his youthful days in his parents' home Edward Philipps enjoyed the benefit of instruction in the public schools, spending one year as a pupil in the Woodward high school. He continued in his native city until nineteen years of age and in 1874 came to Dayton, since which time he has resided here, entering business circles as an employe at the Buckeye Brass Works. There his diligence and perseverance enabled him to work his way upward until he was made general foreman of the brass department, remaining in that establishment for twenty-six years as one of its most trusted, capable and faithful representatives. In May, 636 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY 1899, he was called to public office through appointment as deputy by Sheriff William C. Kershner. He filled that position for three years and eight months and in 1903 he made the race for auditor and was elected by the largest majority of any one chosen on the republican ticket, a fact which is indicative of his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. At the time of his election the term covered three years but a change in the election law extended the term for eighteen months and in the fall of 1907 he was reelected for two years so that he continues as the incumbent, his record being most satisfactory. The business of the office is conducted in a systematic, methodical manner, absolute accuracy being maintained in all departments and over his official career, therefore, there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. In 1879, in Dayton Mr. Philipps was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Ostendorf, and they have three children, namely : Edward C., Louis R., and Ada A. B. The family attend the German Lutheran church, of which Mr. Philipps is a member and he also belongs to the National Union and to the Masonic lodge. In politics he has always been an ardent republican and his position on any vital question is never an equivocal one for he stands fearlessly in support of what he believes to be right. WILLIAM BENNER. William Benner, a well-to-do farmer of Miami township, owns fifty-five acres of land of a very fine quality on the old Mad River road, about three miles from Miamisburg, in an easterly direction. He is the son of Valentine and Carolina (Goudy) Benner, of whom considerable mention is made in the sketch of Samuel Benner. William Benner was six years of age when he started to school in district No. 7, Miami township. At the age of seventeen he had completed his education here and began work in good earnest, assuming many of the duties on his father's farm. During all his life, however, he had taken some part, small at first as suited his years and larger as he became older, in the work of the farm, so that when he left the parental roof he had had more experience than his twenty years would seem to indicate. On leaving his father he went to work for his brother and some time after that for his cousin. Circumstances soon shaped themselves, however, that he was able to take a trip to the west in which he combined pleasure and education. Upon returning from this diversion he entered the employ of A. D. Tibbals and remained in this locality six or seven years. Subsequent to this he went to Iowa, where he worked upon a ranch. In 1898 he returned to this county and engaged in farming, to which he has devoted himself ever since, with creditable results. On the 16th of August, 1898, Mr. Benner was united in marriage to Miss Luella Tibbals, a daughter of Amos and Ruth (Allen) Tibbals. Mr. Tibbals was a well known farmer of this county but of recent years has retired from active life and resides in Centerville, Ohio. No children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Benner. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 637 Mr. Benner is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge, No. 683, of Centerville, and served at one time as master of work. It is needless to say that he is most loyal to his fraternal brothers and an eager worker for the advancement of the interests of the lodge and order. In religious matters he gives his allegiance to the Baptist church, and together with his wife takes an active part in all its affairs, both secular and religious. He is a hard worker too, devoting himself with good results to the cultivation of his farm, and is highly esteemed as a citizen and a friend. ALFRED LOUIS McDANIEL. Alfred Louis McDaniel is a native of Dayton and since his retirement from active business life has returned to the city where his youthful days were passed, having always maintained a deep attachment for the place of his nativity. He was born in February, 1844. His paternal grandfather was a soldier of the war of 1812. His father, James McDaniel, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1813, and was there reared, coming to Dayton in 1836 when this city was still a small and inconsequential town. He engaged in merchant tailoring and was well known as a representative of that line of activity in this city. He was married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Miss Ann B. Hopper, a daughter of William Hopper, and they became parents of seven children, of whom one son died in infancy, while six reached years of maturity. These were : Sarah J. ; Anne E., now deceased ; Charles A., who served in the Civil war and afterward became a paymaster in the United States navy but has now passed away ; Alfred L.; and Mary H. and Jeannette, both of whom are deceased. The father died in Dayton June 30, 1902, having for three decades survived his wife who passed away in this city on the 7th of January, 1872. Alfred Louis McDaniel was reared in his native city, pursuing his education in the public schools until he had completed three years' work in the high school. He then put aside his text-books that he might join the army in the Civil war, but when he offered his services he was rejected on account of physical inability. He then entered the employ of the Dayton & Union Railroad Company in the capacity of agent, applying himself with thoroughness to the mastery of the duties entrusted to him. Three or four years later he was made its general freight agent and so continued until 1873, when he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Columbus as chief clerk in the office of the general freight agent. For two years he thus served after which he went to Baltimore as chief clerk in the office of the general traffic department and there he continued until his retirement. His devotion to his duties, his ready adaptability, his system and his accuracy won him recognition in promotions from the outset of his career until he rose to a place of considerable prominence in railway circles. The careful husbanding of his resources brought to him substantial success, and being in poor health he was enabled in 1896 to put aside further business cares, at which time he determined to make his boyhood home the place of his future residence and returned to Dayton, where he now resides. 638 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY Mr. McDaniel belongs to the Dayton City Club and since his return has made many new friends and has again entered into friendly relations with many of the associates of his early years who throughout the intervening period have entertained for him kindly and enduring regard. JESSE LENTZ. Jesse Lentz, successfully carrying on general farming and also one of the largest dairies in the county, makes his home in Madison township, where he owns and cultivates one hundred and forty-five acres of good land. He was born on the 22d of November, 1870, on the farm which is yet his place of abode and which was the old Lentz homestead. 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 on 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 : Amos, Martha, Lydia, Isaac, Aaron, Emma, Amanda, Ida, Jesse, Ira, Anna and Warren, all of whom are living in this county with the exception of Emma, who resides in California. Jesse Lentz, the fourth son of the family, has always been a resident of Madison township and at the usual age entered the district schools, pursuing his education there. He early became familiar with the work of the farm and has always carried on general farming, in which his well directed labors have met with success. He is now the owner of one hundred and forty-five acres of fine farm land situated on the Lexington road about a mile and a quarter south of Trotwood. For sixteen years he has been engaged in the dairy business and has built up a large trade in this line. Throughout the entire period he has been running a milk-wagon in Dayton, never missing but a few days in all the sixteen years. By his good management and diligence he has become the owner of his present farm, which is a valuable property and brings to him a substantial annual income. He is a self-made man, gaining his large patronage by reason of his honorable effort, his close application and unfaltering diligence. He has depended upon his own resources from the age of twelve years for his father was an invalid and it was necessary that the son should provide for his own support. That he is a citizen of genuine worth is a fact widely acknowledged by all who know him. On the 3d of March. 1893, Mr. Lentz was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Adelberger, a daughter of George and Catharine (Oet) Adelberger. Her father was a well known butcher of this county and conducted a large and profitable business. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lentz have been born four children : Oscar H., Harvard W., Emert C. and Ida C. The eldest two are students in school. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 641 The parents are members of the conservative branch of the Dunkard church and he and his family are very active in the work of the church, doing all in their power to promote its growth and extend its influence. Their lives are ever upright and honorable, guided by high principles, and in all of his business relations Mr. Lentz is thoroughly trustworthy, never taking advantage of the necessities of another in any business transaction. Indeed his commercial honesty stands as an unquestioned fact in his career and has constituted one of the force. ful elements in the life record that commands for him the respect and good will of all who know him. WILLIAM HENRY BENNER. The history of the pioneer settlement of Montgomery county would be incomplete without mention of the Benner family, who from the earliest founding of this section of the Buckeye state have been prominent factors in its substantial growth and improvement. When Montgomery county was still in an embryo state, one Jacob Benner, made his way, across the plains from Maryland to Ohio, and braving all the trials and hardships of pioneer life, made for himself a home and became an active factor in reclaiming this wild region for the purposes of civilization. To this family the citizens of the present generation owe much for bringing this section to its present high state of development and modern progress. The Jacob Benner above mentioned was the great-grandfather of our subject. He was a native of Maryland, where he worked at his trade of a blacksmith. His family numbered five sons and four daughters. The sons were Jacob, Frederick, Samuel, Daniel and David and all became pioneer settlers of Miami township. The daughters are as follows : Elizabeth, who became Mrs. Jonathan Gebhart ; Sarah, who became the wife of James Ryan ; Mary, the wife of Samson Strader and Catherine, the wife of William Aiken. Of the sons, Jacob followed in his father's footsteps, learning the blacksmith's trade but he also engaged in the occupation of farming. He wedded Magdalena, a daughter of Philip Gebhart, and their family numbered four children, Philip, Valentine, Jacob and Alfred. Of these, Philip, the eldest, was born in Miami township in 1827, and like the other members of the family, carried on farming throughout his active business life. He wedded Miss Amelia Heineke, a daughter of the Rev. Henry and Cath erine (Hetzel) Heineke, also residents of Miami township, and their union was blessed with three sons : William Henry, of this review ; Jacob; and Edmund. The father died of typhoid fever, his death occurring on the 13th of August, 1866, at the comparatively early age of thirty-nine years. William Henry Benner, the eldest in the father's family, was reared on the home farm in Miami township and was educated in the common schools neat his father's home. He was early trained to the work of the fields and during the periods of vacation was busily engaged in plowing, planting and harvesting After his father's death he remained with his mother and gave to her valuable assistance in managing the interests of the place, and when starting out upon an independent venture chose as his occupation the work which he had always 642 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY followed. He now owns a valuable tract of land of one hundred and fifty-four acres in Miami township, which he devotes to general farming and he also engages in raising and breeding Poland China hogs. He formerly conducted a dairy in this locality. Like the other members of the family he has become a prosperous citizen by means of tilling the soil and fully sustained the reputation which has always been borne by the members of the Benner family from pioneer times down to the present. Mr. Benner has been twice married. He was first wedded in 1871 to Miss Amanda Groby, a daughter of David and Eliza (Warner) Groby, of Miamisburg, and that union was blessed with five children : Anna, the wife of Jacob Meng, by whom she has four children, Paul, Ruth, Marlow and Carl ; David, who wedded Ada Bloss, their family numbering five children, Glen, Russell, Robert; Helen and Alice ; Walter, who wedded Daisy Wacter and has one son, Kenneth ; Sarah, the wife of Henry Lambert, by whom she has one child, Vere ; and Edith, who makes her home with an aunt in Miamisburg. Mr. Benner was married a second time, this union being with Elizabeth Sommers, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Smith) Sommers, who came from Maryland to Miami township. There is one daughter of this marriage, Lucile Benner. Politically Mr. Benner gives his support to the republican party and takes an active part in public affairs. He is identified with the Lutheran church and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The work instituted by the great-grandfather has been carried on by the grandfather and father and is still continued by W. H. Benner, and the name has become a prominent one throughout Montgomery county, so that it is but fitting that the sketch of this distinguished citizen should find a place in this volume. He stands today as a high type of American manhood, who has won success and at the same time has gained the respect and honor of his fellowmen in public service and private life. WILLIAM H. CASSEL. A glance over the business field of Dayton at once indicates the leading position occupied by the Dayton Malleable Iron Company, one of the most important industries of the city, by reason of the number of its employes and the extent of its output. At the head of this mammoth concern are men of recognized business ability, of keen foresight and initiative spirit who understand the possibilities of the trade and the opportunities for the expansion of this specific enterprise. Prominent in its management is William H. Cassel who is the secretary of the company. Montgomery county numbers Mr. Cassel among her native sons, his birth having here occurred in 1867. He was reared upon the home farm to the age of twenty years and during much of that period attended the country schools, thus laying the foundation for a good practical business education. The vacation periods were devoted to work in the fields and thus time passed in forming habits of industry and energy which have stood him in good stead in later years. At the age of eighteen he began teaching, which profession he followed for four DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 643 years in the country schools of Miami county but, ambitious for the opportunities and conquests of business life, he came to Dayton in 1889 and qualified for entrance into commercial circles by pursuing a course in the Miami Commercial College, from which he was graduated in due time. He then entered the employ of the Dayton, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad as stenographer to the auditor, with whom he remained for six months, after which he secured a situation in the Dayton Car Service Bureau, where he also spent a half year. He then entered the employ of the Dayton Malleable Iron Company in 1892 in the capacity of stenographer and with the passing years he won promotion from time to time until in 1902 he became secretary, which position he has since acceptably filled, having now an influencing voice in the management and control of this large and important industry. In 1892 at Pleasant Hill, Ohio, Mr. Cassel was married to Miss Callie Deeter and they have two children : Homer Deeter and Mabel. The parents hold membership in the Summit Street United Brethren church, of which Mr. Cassel is a trustee and in the work of the church he is deeply and helpfully interested while to its support he contributes generously. While he votes with the republican party in support of its state and national candidates he is allied with that independent movement which is one of the hopeful signs of the times—a movement that has elicited the sympathy and cooperation of many practical and progressive business men who seek to have a clean, straightforward administration rather than the domination of machine rule. In matters of citizenship Mr. Cassel is interested as a public-spirited citizen but has never sought the rewards or emoluments of office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, in which he is meeting with signal success. WILLIAM I. ANDERSON. William I. Anderson, county commissioner from Harrison township, has during all his life been connected with farming interests and is the owner of a fine tract of land of one hundred acres three miles from. Dayton on the New Troy pike. His paternal grandfather, William Anderson, came to Ohio from Pennsylvania and was one of the early settlers in his part of the county. His son, John Anderson, the father of our subject, was born in Warren county, Ohio, and was two years old when his parents removed to this county. He married Miss Sydney Wurst, who bore him five children : W. S. ; William I. ; F. M. and E. E., both deceased; and Florence D. William I. Anderson started upon his earthly sojourn July 12, 1858, in Wabash county, Indiana, and in the county schools derived his education. His life has been intimately associated with farming, and when he embarked for a short time on a business career he was interested in farm implements. For many years he ran a threshing machine, and subsequently for a considerable period he was the agent in this county for a large farm implement concern. Mr. Anderson is a man well known in Harrison township, where he has held several offices at the disposal of the voters. His first was that of township as- 644 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY sessor, which he filled for the space of four years ; next he assumed the duties of township clerk for an equal period ; and subsequently was elected county commissioner on the republican ticket. At the present time, in the exercise of his office, he is contracting for the making of roads. He holds membership in two important fraternal organizations—lodge No. 657, I. 0. 0. F.; and Riverdale Lodge, No. 639 K. P., of Dayton. His religious allegiance is given to the Methodist Episcopal church of Dayton. In January, 1892, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Wealthy Smith, a daughter of John and Maria (Worrell) Smith. ISAAC ECK. Isaac Eck is an enterprising and progressive farmer of Miami township, owning and operating one hundred and fifty acres of fine land. He was born on the 30th of June, 1854, in New Lebanon, Montgomery county, a son of Jacob and Mary (Shober) Eck. The father is a native of Maryland, coming to this state at an early day with his father, Peter Eck, who was a mechanic by occupation and was the founder of the family in Ohio. The entire trip was made by wagon, the family settling in Montgomery county. Jacob Eck was twice married, his first union being with Miss Mary Shober, and in their family were five children : William, Franklin, Isaac, Susan and Miranda, of whom William and Susan are now deceased. He chose for his second wife Miss Elizabeth Fender, by whom he had nine children : Florence, Perry, Ed, Emanuel, Clara, Katie, Charles, Harley and one who died in infancy. Of this number Florence, Perry and Emanuel still survive. Isaac Eck attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education, and when not busy with his text-books he was engaged in the work of the farm. Losing his mother at the age of eight years, it was necessary for him to leave home and engage in farm work to pay for his board while attending school. He was thus engaged until thirteen years of age, when he completed his education and returned home to assist in the work of the farm. He learned the trade of wagonmaker under his father, who followed that occupation for a livelihood, and the two were associated in that line of work for some time. In 1868 he accompanied his father to Franklin township, Darke county, where he remained for about four years, at the expiration of which period he returned to Montgomery county. He was here employed by the month for about three years and then, in the fall of 1875, he took a trip to the west. Upon his return to Ohio he became identified with agricultural interests, purchasing a farm of one hundred and fifty acres of excellent land on the Germantown road about a mile west of Miamisburg. He has since directed his efforts to the cultivation and development of this property, has brought the fields under a high state of cultivation, and the place is now one of the well improved farms of Miami township. He is progressive in his methods, practices the rotation of crops, and in his undertaking is meeting with very desirable success. DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 645 It was on the 29th of January, 1880, that Mr. Eck was united in marriage to Miss Florian M. Stettler, a daughter of John J. and Lauretta (Hohn) Stettler. This union has been blessed with two children. Della L., the eldest, is now the wife of Harry Kennel, who resides on the home farm with his father-in-law and is a self-made young man of the best type. Marion A. married Bessie Hedinger, of Montgomery county, and now owns and operates a farm of twenty-four acres. Mr. Eck and his family are members of the Lutheran church and are people who stand high in the esteem of the community. Mr. Eck gives his political allegiance to the democracy and has been active in the local party ranks. He is a member of the school board, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion, while all matters which have for their object the material, intellectual, political or moral upbuilding of the community find in him a hearty cooperant. His has been a life of continuous activity in which has been accorded due recognition of honest labor, while his success is well deserved for it has come to him through his own energy, determination and well applied efforts. From an early age he has assumed heavy responsibilities and today he is numbered among the substantial residents of Miami township. H. LORAN HUBER. From the position of stenographer at the outset of his career, H. Loran Huber has worked his way steadily upward until he is now the secretary of the Dayton Paper Novelty Company, in which connection he is active in the control of one of the important industrial concerns of the city. His birth occurred on a farm in Logan county, Ohio, September 27, 1863, and he comes of an old Virginia family that was founded in that state in colonial days. His grandfather, Abraham Huber, was a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, and was the first of the name to establish a home in Ohio. Coming to this state, he located in Logan county, where John Huber, the father of our subject, was born in 1834, his birth place being the farm upon which he still resides. It has now been his home for seventy-five years, during which extended period he has witnessed the greater part of the growth and development of the state. He was married in 1862, in that county, to Miss Rebecca J. Pence, and H. Loran Huber is their only child. The old home farm which has now been in possession of the family for. almost a century was the scene of H. L. Huber's youthful exploits and activities. He was trained in the work of the fields and through the school sessions pursued his studies, while later he became a high-school student in De Graff, Ohio. There he completed the course and was graduated in 1884, after which he engaged in teaching school for three sessions in Logan county. Believing, however, that he would find the pursuits of commercial life more congenial, he came to Dayton and entered the Miami Commercial College, from which he was graduated in 1884. He then became a stenographer and in 1887 entered the employ of the Dayton, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company, now a part of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, Hocking & Dayton. He filled the position for three years in 646 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY Dayton, after which he accepted the position of bookkeeper in the Dayton Spice Mills, where he remained for four years. On the expiration of that period he became bookkeeper for the Dayton Paper Novelty Company and was made its secretary. On the 12th of May, 1891, Mr. Huber was united in marriage in Union City, Indiana, to Miss Jennie M. Wolf, a daughter of Fred Wolf, now deceased, and they have two children, Earl B. and Florence Alene. Mr. Huber is a member of the Knights of Pythias and has become a Knight Templar Mason. He also belongs to the Grace Methodist Episcopal church and these qualities indicate much of the nature of his interests and the relations which govern his actions. In all his business career he has been stimulated by a laudable ambition, realizing the fact that within the individual and not in his environment lies his success. He has been willin to F av the price of concentrated effort, close application and unfaltering perseverance in order to win advancement and is thus gradually working his way upward, while his associates and colleagues have become cognizant of his worth and ability. WILLIAM H. HOSKOT. William H. Hoskot, assistant postmaster of Dayton, was born in this city, November 21, 1852. When the days of his early boyhood had passed, his time during that period being largely given to the acquirement of a public-school education, he secured employment in a brickyard, being at that time a little lad of ten years. He worked there through the summer and then secured a position in the employ of T. A. Phillips, manufacturer of cotton batting, remaining in that service for sixteen months. He next worked for Henry Dornbusch, driving a cart, after which he went into the Journal office, where he served for a year as office boy. His next employment was as cash boy in the Beehive Dry Goods store, where he remained for seven years, his willingness to work, his faithfulness and ready adaptability bringing him through successive promotions to the position of bookkeeper. He then entered the Second National Bank as messenger and for seven years was connected with the financial affairs of that institution. Resigning his position to engage in business on his own account he established a steam laundry in 1877. This he conducted until 1893 when his plant was destroyed by fire. About that time he received the appointment of deputy criminal court clerk, serving for two years, after which he was made chief deputy and occupied the position for ten years. In 1906 he was appointed assistant postmaster of Dayton, in which connection he is capably administering the affairs of the office in a most businesslike manner, the work being thoroughly systematized while promptness and accuracy characterize every department. On the 24th of June, 1874, Mr. Hoskot was married in Dayton to Miss Fannie C. Schaeffer and they had four children : Minnie R., the wife of J. H. Merkle ; Tom S.; Catharine I., the wife of Albert King; and Florence. Mrs. Hoskot died May 2, 1909. Mr. Hoskot is well known in several fraternities, holding membership with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Foresters, the Woodmen and DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 647 the Elks and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit which underlies these orders. He belongs also to the Bicycle and Garfield Clubs and his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the First Reformed church. In his different business associations Mr. Hoskot has ever commanded the respect and confidence or those with whom he has been connected while his official record has at all times been characterized by an unfaltering and faithful performance of duty. W. A. CHAMBERLIN. W. A. Chamberlin, a prominent farmer of Miami township, Montgomery county, manages one hundred and ten acres of land on the Springboro pike about three and a half miles from Miamisburg, and six and a half miles from Dayton. He was born on the 1st of September, 1857, in Warren county, Ohio, on his father's farm, and is the son of John and Meribah (Emley) Chamberlin. His paternal grandfather, James Chamberlin, whose wife was Miss Mary Anna Cox in the days of her maidenhood, was the first of the family to come to this state and he did his share in clearing the land for habitation and farming. He came from Monmouth county, New Jersey, in 1800, and it is recounted how he made the journey across the mountains in a comparatively crude vehicle. He cleared his place, and his son John Chamberlin was born on this farm, which was also the birthplace of his grandson, the subject of this sketch. John Chamberlin was reared in Warren county and attained to a position of prominence in the community. He died in 1908 at the advanced age of eighty-six, and with his helpmeet, who was eighty-three when she answered the call of death, lies buried in Franklin. He was the father of seven children : Maggie E., of Miamisburg; James C., of Dayton ; Mary Ann and Irvin, both deceased ; W. A., of this review Frank, of Dayton ; and Alice, of Warren county. W. A. Chamberlin was reared at home and received his education in the schools of this section. During his student days he was ever fond of his books and the same eagerness for learning and desire to keep abreast of the times has marked his later years, so that he is a man very conversant with the things that interest and concern his fellowmen the world over. He has always followed the life of a farmer, from the days of his childhood, through his school period, until he was able to enter upon the cultivation of the soil for himself. It is needless, therefore, to say that he has won a fair. fortune from his vocation, and he is both successful and prominent in the township. In 1879 Mr. Chamberlin married Miss Sarah A. Parker, the daughter of Thomas and Adaline Parker. Two children have been born to them : Parker, the elder, married Miss Della Simpson, who has borne him a son, Francis. Adda, the daughter, is a graduate of Franklin and Zook school, and though she has the majority of her interests in Dayton and goes there almost daily, she makes her home on the farm. A successful farmer well and favorably known throughout this county, Mr. Chamberlin is a man who attains to distinction in whatever he undertakes and among whatever set of people he happens to join. Among the Knights of Pythias, 648 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY in whose ranks he belongs, he is conspicuous for the active interest he has ever evinced in the welfare of the organization and in his fraternal brothers. In the Methodist Episcopal church as well he has made himself all but indispensable WILLIAM KUNTZ. William Kuntz, whose commercial record has been characterized by the orderly progression which follows close application and intelligent appreciation for and understanding of opportunities, is now known as one of the foremost grocers of Dayton, in which line of business he has operated for more than two decades. He was born upon a farm in Mad River township, Montgomery county, Ohio, March 28, 1866. As the name indicates the family is of German lineage and had its origin in America only in the preceding generation, for his father, Joseph. Kuntz, was a native of Alsace, Germany, living in that border district between France and Germany which for centuries has been disputed territory. His. natal day was February 17, 1832, and before he was twenty years of age he came to the United States, being influenced in his choice of Montgomery county as his destination by the fact that he had friends living within its borders. Soon after his arrival he sought and obtained employment at farm labor and subsequent to his marriage he purchased twenty-seven acres of land and began gardening. To this he added twelve acres by additional purchase situated on the city corporation land and included two dwellings and a store. As the year passed he prospered in his undertakings and made investment in real estate within the city limits, becoming in the course of years the possessor of a very desirable competence. His political allegiance was given to the democracy and while he was not a politician in the sense of office seeking he served as supervisor of Mad River township. Both he and his wife were members of the Holy Rosary Catholic church. It was on the 7th of October, 1855, that Mr. Kuntz was married to Miss Magdalene Wolf, who was born in Germany, July 16, 1834. She crossed the Atlantic. in the same year her future husband made the voyage and after living for two years in Cincinnati, she removed to Dayton. Their marriage followed shortly afterward and they continued residents of Montgomery county until called to the home beyond. Joseph Kuntz carried on farming until 1893 when he retired to spend his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He died June 4, 1908, having for about three years survived his wife, who passed away in 1905. They became the parents of ten children : John, Joseph, Maggie, Katie, George, William, Frank, Magdalene, Mary and Clara. The youthful days of William Kuntz were spent in the usual manner of farm lads of the locality and period. He completed his education in the parochial schools, after attending the public schools for a few years, but at the age of thirteen put aside his text-books to assist his father, who was engaged in market gardening. He was thus busily occupied until 1889, when, desiring to start upon an independent business career, he came to Dayton and opened a grocery store, which he has since conducted. As the years have gone by he has developed an ex-