DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 875 of the machine. The government having given them an extension of time, Wilbur and Orville went to Washington, in June, 1909, with a new machine to complete the tests Orville had by misfortune failed to establish the previous year. And it was by mutual agreement that Orville did all the flying. After some time in testing and regulating their machine, Orville on first trial overmade both the promised tests. He flew with a man aboard with him an hour and twelve minutes and a half in the air ; and on the speed flight made the measured distance of ten miles at the rate of forty-two miles and a half to the hour, under much disadvantages. So they delivered the machine to the government and returned home to Dayton. In August following, he in company with his sister, went to Germany, and performed all the tests required by a previous contract with a rich company and delivered to them the rights of that country. He also with another man aboard made a longer flight than any one had made and rose higher in the air than any one had risen on an aeroplane. For these exploits he received a separate reward. A little later, he rose about one thousand six hundred feet in the air, more than twice the height on which he had won. Previous to his misfortune a year before he had remained in the air an hour and fifteen minutes and twenty seconds ; and shortly afterward Wilbur in France had remained in flight two hours and thirty minutes and upward. No triumph in all the past has ever excited greater attention and applause. Today the aeroplane of the Wright brothers is known throughout the civilized world and the attention of Europe and America is concentrated upon the work of these brothers who are now bending their energies to improvements both in balancing and in the speed. They have received the highest honors, especially in France, where great interest is felt in aerial navigation, and have in their own country been honored with the recognition of leading scientific societies receiving gold medals voted by congress, by the Ohio state legislature and by the council of the city of Dayton. Notably free from ostentation and display they nevertheless merit the enthusiastic admiration, approval and commendation of the world, having added to America's fame in the line of invention. It is a fact worthy of note that the Wright brothers prefer to make their own tools, seeming to have more faith in that which their own hands have fashioned and this is particularly true of the delicate parts of their machine. The wings or planes of the machines used in-the trials are forty feet long and six and a half wide, having a surface of five hundred square feet. The planes are six feet apart. The forward rudder consists of two planes two and a half feet wide and sixteen feet long, and a small vertical plane connecting the two. The guiding and balancing are effected by two or three levers which control the forward rudder and change the angles of the planes, at the same time shifting the vertical tail. The patents cover all of these features of guidance and balance and have been granted in nine European countries as well as in the United States. The motive power is supplied by a twenty-five horse power gasoline motor driving two propellers. The machine in flight averages thirty-eight or forty miles per hour. The machine weighs about eight hundred pounds. As has been said the Wright brothers are still making history. While abroad, in his flights in France, Wilbur Wright soon established new records. At LeMans and at Pau he fulfilled his contract with the French syndicate and 876 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY the rights for that country were sold for one hundred thousand dollars. In Rome flights were made, observed by the Italian government and a machine sold. In October, 1909, Wilbur Wright made successful flights in the eastern part of his own country, including one at the Hudson-Fulton centennial celebration. A Wright aeroplane is now the property of the United States, for the Dayton aviators have sold to the government a machine at the price of thirty thousand dollars. The purchase was made in the event that the aeroplane should make forty miles an hour in the straight way speed test of ten miles from Fort Myer to Shuter hill and return and according to the record of the board of signal officers forty seven and a half miles an hour was the speed made, during a part of the flight, while the average speed was more than forty-two and a half miles an hour. The Wright brothers have been engaged to instruct signal service men of this country. They have been received by royalty abroad including the king of Spain, the king of England, and the emperor of Germany but after all it would be hardly possible to find one who cares so little for show or honors of that character as do the Wright brothers. They affect neither singularity nor superiority. They made no boasting announcements, took their time to perfect and improve their invention and adjust themselves to its demands. In no case does the personal or moral element, alertness, courage and self-control have more to do than in the management of the flying machine and in these qualities the Wright brothers are both richly endowed. No subject is demanding more universal attention at the present time than aerial navigation with its limitless possibilities and the Wright brothers have brought to America the honors of the foremost place among the nations of the world in inventions of this character. JOHN RUSSELL REYNOLDS. Among Dayton's capitalists was numbered John Russell Reynolds, who in 1867 became a resident of this city and here made his home until his demise in 1894. He made investment in business enterprses here and was known as a man whose kindly nature was not warped by wealth. le manifested a deep and genuine interest in his fellowmen and, appreciative of the social amenities of life, he delighted in the companionship of those whose similarity of tastes and interests rendered them congenial. A native of Mercersburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, Mr. Reynolds was born March 9, 1831, of the marriage of Thomas Brown Reynolds, a prominent farmer of the Keystone state, and Mary Spear, a representative of one of the leading families of that section. The son spent his youthful days in his parents' home and supplemented his public school course by study in Ballmeyer College near West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was twenty years of age when in 1851 he went to Mississippi, his uncle, James Reynolds, of that state, having sent for him. In the south he became a lumber merchant and followed that business for years, operating boats in the lumber trade between New Orleans and London. He was first in his uncle's employ but when he had saved from his earnings a sufficient sum he purchased a half interest in his uncle's plan- DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 879 tation, which was called Southwood Lodge and was devoted extensively to the cultivation of cotton and corn. For more than a decade Mr. Reynolds prospered in his undertakings in the south. About the close of the Civil war, however, he disposed of his plantation, for his uncle had died, and he returned to New York. Moreover he had lost cotton to the value of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars at the wharf at New Orleans, it having been burned through the orders of General Benjamin Butler. From New York Mr. Reynolds made his way to Springfield, Ohio, to visit his mother who had gone there to reside and it was in that city that he met the lady whom he made his wife. On the 6th of April, 1865, in Springfield, he wedded Miss Jane Culbertson McCoy, a daughter of Abram Smith and Harriet .(Sharon) McCoy. Her father was a Presbyterian minister, devoting his life to the preaching of the gospel. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds were born four children, three sons and a daughter : Charles Maxwell, a commission merchant of San Francisco, California, who is married and has two children ; Harry Newell, a broker of New York city, who is married and has two children; Thomas Brown, with the Whiting Paper Company of New York, who makes his home in Montclair, New Jersey, and is married and has one son ; and Mrs. Gertrude Reynolds Andrews, of Paris, France, who has one daughter. Mr. Reynolds removed with his young wife to Dayton in 1867 and made financial investment in business enterprises here although he was never actively engaged in business to any great extent. He became a stockholder in the Merchants National Bank and was also financially interested in the Firemen's Insurance Company for many years. He was a man of decided opinions, holding resolutely to a course which he believed to be right yet never intrenching on the rights of others to hold their own views. He and his wife were members of the First Presbyterian church and Mr. Reynolds was a man greatly devoted to his family, finding his chief happiness in ministering to the wishes and needs of his wife and children. His social, genial nature and his unfeigned cordiality made him well liked and at his death he left behind many friends who yet cherish and revere his memory. Mrs. Reynolds now resides at No. 9 West Monument avenue, and like her husband enjoys the warm regard of all with whom she has been brought in contact. DANIEL S. EBY. Daniel S. Eby, successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising in Madison township, where he owns a valuable tract of land of two hundred and sixteen acres situated about a half mile west of Trotwood, on the Wolf Creek pike, was born in Preble county, Ohio, on the 30th of November, 1846, his parents being Wilson and Elizabeth (Stover) Eby. The Ebys belong to the Celts, an ancient race of people of Asiatic origin, who inhabited southern, central and western Europe. During the early ages they lived in the northern part of Italy, where they were brought from heathendom to the worship of the true God through the labors of Vaudois (Waldenses>. They soon became strict adherents of that faith. While 880 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY the Roman Catholic church gained power and extended its influence over western and northern Europe, the Vaudois in their mountainous homes were left unmolested. Between the eighth and the eleventh centuries, however, they became very numerous and were becoming quite a power to resist the influences of the church of Rome which, in order to gain full sway, decreed subjection or expulsion of the Vaudois. But these people were firm believers in their faith and would not submit themselves to the laws of the Roman church. Consequently they were bitterly persecuted by their enemies. In 156o the persecutions became so fierce that quite a number fled from their homes and went to the northern part of Switzerland, where they led a wandering life for some time, but finally settled in Cantons Bern, Zurich, Lucerne and Schwyz. Among those Vaudois who settled in the cantons we find the name Eby spelled Ebee. Here they led a God-fearing life and were rigid in keeping primitive faith and forms of worship. During the reformation they were subjected to the same persecutions as other Protestants in northern Europe. After the founding of the Mennonite church A. D. 1537 by one of the early reformers, Menno Simon, a native of Holland, these Swiss Vaudois or Swiss Protestants united w ith Menno Simon's party, now known as Mennonites. In 1663 we find records showing Jacob Eby ordained bishop of the Mennonite church in Canton Zurich. The state party, again gaining ruling power, laid the Mennonites open to persecution. Not wishing to resist the state power, a number of these left Switzerland and went to Palatinate or Pfalz, Germany, an old province which does not appear on the maps today. Here they resided for some time when they were again troubled by enemies for not conforming to the laws and church of the state. When William Penn offered free homes to persons of any religious denomination, quite a number of Mennonites left Switzerland, Pfalz and Holland and moved to America, settling in Pennsylvania, where they worshiped God in accordance with the Bible and the dictates of their own conscience. Among the parties coming to America were the ancestors of our subject. Theodorus Eby, a son of Bishop Jacob Eby, ordained in 1663, came in 1715 Peter Eby, a nephew of Theodorus, came in 1720 ; and Nicholas Eby, a member of the same family, came more than a century later. Theodorus Eby was born in Canton Zurich, Switzerland, April 25, 1663, and, a strict Mennonite in faith, left his native land in 1704 on account of religious persecution. From that time until 1715 he resided in Pfalz, Germany, but finding persecution equally severe there, he, in company with other religious workers, left for Philadelphia in the spring of 17, In August of the same year he settled in Mill Creek, at a place now known as Roland's Mill, south of New Holland and near the line of Earl and Leacock townships, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He died in September, 1737. His family consisted of five sons and one daughter, namely : Peter, Hannes, Jacob, Christian, David and Elizabeth. The sons were all skilled in mechanical arts and with their assistance the father built a mill and such other buildings as were needed without employing persons outside of the family except for the purpose of burning charcoal to supply the smith forge—a process which they themselves did not fully understand. Of this family Peter Eby, the eldest son, and three of his sons resided near Litiz, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and some of their descendants moved to Canada in 1807. Hannes Eby left four sons. Jacob Eby, the third son of Theodorus, had a family of two sons, Peter DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 881 and Christian. The latter lived near Manheim, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he followed farming and reared a family of three sons, John, Andrew and Christian. The last named was born near Manheim in 1743 and married a Miss Huber. In 1770 he removed to York county, Pennsylvania. His children were Elizabeth, Barbara, Polly, Catherine and Christian. Christian Eby, one of this family, removed from York county in 1792 to Botetourt county, Virginia, and three years later, his wife being dissatisfied with their location there, they returned with their son Christian to Pennsylvania, where they spent four years. At the end of that time they again went to Virginia, where she died shortly afterward. Her husband married again and lived to the advanced age of ninety-two years, dying in the Old Dominion. His only son, Christian Eby, was married December 14, 1797, to Susannah McDonald, a lady of Scotch descent. They lived in York county, Pennsylvania, for several years, and they removed to Baltimore county, Maryland, where they made their home until 1838, when they took up their residence in Carroll county that state, near Westminister, the county seat. In 1838 they located in the western part of Montgomery county, Ohio, and some fifteen years later settled in Preble county, Ohio, where Christian Eby died December 10, 1859. His wife passed away in 1866. Both were members of the Dunkard or Brethren church and were remarkable for their integrity, industry, energy and economy. It can truly be said of them "they lived not to themselves, and though they be dead, yet do their good deeds and works still live." They had a family of thirteen children, namely: Elizabeth, John, Jane, Samuel, Susannah, Agnes, Catherine, Adam, Wilson, James, Sara, Lavine and Jacob. Wilson Eby, of the last mentioned family, was born April 27, 1816, and was a young man of about twenty-two years when he accompanied his parents on their removal from Carroll county, Maryland, to Montgomery county, Ohio. In 1841 he married Elizabeth Stover, by whom he had the following children : Nancy Jane ; Jacob ; James ; Daniel S., of this review ; Wilson ; Christian ; Katherine ; and Elizabeth. The family made their home near West Alexandria, Ohio, and the father, who was an earnest member of the Brethren church, died there in 1884. In the acquirement of an education Daniel S. Eby attended the common schools of his native county and when not busy with his text-books aided in the work of the home farm. After attaining man's estate he journeyed northward in the winter seasons to purchase cattle and in 1875 he made a western trip, remaining in Colorado and Missouri for about a year. On returning to Preble county he took up agricultural pursuits and was thus engaged there until 1878, when he came to Montgomery county, purchasing the old Russe farm in Madison township. Owing to his untiring industry and careful management Mr. Eby has been enabled to extend the boundaries of the property until it now comprises two hundred and sixteen acres and in addition to cultivating the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he is also engaged in stock-raising, owning a very fine breed of Aberdeen Angus cattle. He has erected one of the most commodious and attractive brick residences in the county and is widely recognized as a substantial and enterprising agriculturist and public-spirited citizen. On the 3d of February, 1881, Mr. Eby was united in marriage to Miss Harriett Smith, who passed away in 1900. Her parents were John and Susan (Wolf) 882 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY Smith and the father is still living, being now one of the oldest men in Madison township and the minister of the Dunkard church. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Eby were born seven children, namely : May Elizabeth, the wife of Charles Gump, an agriculturist by occupation, now residing in Canada; Nora S., a graduate of the Trot-wood high school, and has an extensive circle of friends in Dayton ; Ethel I., also a graduate of the Trotwood high school, who is at home ; Florence M., who is likewise still under the parental roof and is a graduate of the Trotwood high school ; John Howard, who is attending school ; Fad ; and Walter Scott. The eldest daughter of the family, Mrs. Gump, has a child, Gladys Alberta. They now live in Alberta, Canada, where Mr. Eby also has a large tract of land. For almost a third of a century Mr. Eby has been numbered among the representative agriculturists of this county and his honorable and straightforward dealings in all the relations of life have made him fully worthy of the warm regard and esteem which are uniformly accorded him. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS COOVER. In a history of Montgomery county and its representative citizens it is imperative that mention should be made of John Quincy Adams Coover, else the record would be incomplete, for through his force of character and upright principles he has gained the unqualified interest and respect of his fellowmen and by reason of his excellent business ability and success which he has attained has won more than local distinction. One of Montgomery county's native sons, Mr. Coover was born in Butler township upon the farm which is now his place of residence, his birth occurring on the 13th of February, 1847. He comes from a family which has long been represented in Ohio, his grandfather, Michael Coover, being one of the early pioneer settlers of this state. He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, November I, 1781, and was a farmer and a minister of the United Brethren church. He was married in the Keystone state on the 14th of April, 1807, to Miss Elizabeth Shoop, also a native of Pennsylvania, her birth occurring on the l0th of August, 1788. In their family were nine children, namely, John M., Jacob, George, Michael, Samuel, Sarah, Isaac, David and William H. Rev. Coover removed to Ohio in 1829, and was one of the earliest United Brethren ministers in Butler township, while he later became one of the most influential and wealthy farmers in the community in which he resided. He passed away on the 19th of April, 1839, and his loss was a matter of deep regret throughout the district. His son, John M. Coover, the father of our subject, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and was a young man of twenty-one years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio. After his arrival in this state he became identified with agricultural interests, continuing to devote himself to that occupation throughout his entire life. He married Miss Mary Duncan; a daughter of William Duncan, one of the pioneers of Butler township, and after their marriage they settled on the Coover homestead, upon which they resided during the remainder of their lives. Mr. Coover gave his sup- DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 885 port to the whig party and took a very active part in politics, serving as a member of the state legislature in 1860-6i. He was a man of true Christian character whose integrity was unquestioned and who stood high in the community in which he resided. He passed away in 1876 while his wife has also been called to her final rest. In their family were three children, namely, Benjamin F., Martha E. and John Q. A. John Quincy Adams Coover, whose name introduces this review, passed the period of his boyhood and youth upon the farm which is now his home and upon which he was born. He is indebted to the common schools of Butler township for his early education, and after passing through consecutive grades he was graduated from the high school. He supplemented this training by study in Otterbein University at Westerville, Ohio, which he entered in 1866, and later, in 1868, he entered Wittenberg College at Springfield, where for three years he pursued a classical course. Subsequently he went to Poughkeepsie, New York, and took a course in the Eastman Commercial College at that place. Thus well equipped for the practical and responsible duties of life he returned home and at once entered business on his own account as a farmer and stock-raiser and has continued in this line of activity to the present time. Although he has practically withdrawn from active agricultural pursuits, he owns two large farms which he has brought under a high state of cultivation and which rank among the well improved and most valuable properties of Butler township. His attention is mostly given to his stock-raising interests, in which branch of his business he is meeting with signal success. He makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred Jersey cattle and Dorset horned sheep, while he is known throughout the entire county as a breeder of fine draft and race horses. He now owns a colt, three years old, which is called Halventure, sired by Halclipper, 2 :07 1/2; dam Luella, trial 2 :04. Luella's sire was Venture, whose time was 2 :17 1/4. Hal-venture is now in training at Osborn, Ohio, and shows a speed of a half mile in 1:15 1/2 minutes, which is a remarkable record considering his age and the fact that he has been in harness only since April 20, 1909. When thoroughly trained he will be placed upon the track. In was on the 18th of June, 1874, that Mr. Coover was united in marriage to Miss Sella C. Beardshear, a native of Montgomery county, born on the 21st of May, 1855. She is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Coleman) Beardshear, the former a native of Pennsylvania, who was born in 1814. He came to Ohio in 1822 and was here married in 1848 to Miss Elizabeth Coleman, a daughter of Robert and Mary (Van Cleve) Coleman, and unto them were born the following children : William, Sella C., Rilla M. and Emma D. Mr. and Mrs. Beard-shear were members of the United Brethren church while Mr. Beardshear was a good Christian and a man of excellent moral character. He was the founder of Beardshear Chapel in' Harrison township and donated most of the money necessary for its construction. His death occurred on the 20th of January, 1873, while his wife passed away July 14, 1900, and was laid to rest in the Beardshear cemetery. Their son, William M. Beardshear, LL. D., became very well known and prominent in educational circles in the state of Iowa. He was a graduate of Otterbein University at Westerville, Ohio, and pursued a postgraduate course at Yale University. He was elected president of the Western 886 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY College at Toledo, which office he held for eight years, and was superintendent of the schools of Des Moines, Iowa, for a year and a half, while for eleven years he was president of the Iowa State Agricultural College, at Ames, Iowa, filling this position at the time of his death, August 5, 1902. His remains were interred on the university grounds. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Coover was blessed with four children, namely: Winfred F., born May 29, 1875 ; Lelia A., born October 11, 1876 ; Mabel, whose birth occurred August 24, 1884; and Willard, who was born on the 24th of March, 1894. Winfred F., the eldest, attended the common schools of Butler township and later took advanced work in private, subsequently entering the preparatory department of Otterbein University, at Westerville, Ohio. After leaving the preparatory department he entered upon the classical course of the university from which he was graduated with the class of 1900. He then pursued a post-graduate course in chemistry at the Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, and after. his graduation therefrom accepted a position as professor of chemistry in the Dubuque (Iowa) high school. He then became assistant professor of chemistry in the Iowa State Agricultural School at Ames, Iowa, was later promoted to associate professor, which position he still retains, and is now serving as dean of the agricultural chemical department. He is a member of the Iowa State Geological Survey and is on soil survey during the vacation periods, their purpose being to ascertain what soil is best adapted to the cultivation of certain crops. Along with his other preparations he also pursued a course of study in chemistry at Columbia University, in New York city. He married Miss Effie Rose Richer, of Peru, Indiana, who is also a graduate of Otterbein University. Lelia, the next in order of birth, attended the common schools of Butler township, and is now the wife of Harry Weisenborn, of Vandalia, Montgomery county. They now make their home in Clermont c0unty, where Mr. Weisenborn is ranked among the prosperous and enterprising farmers. In their family are four children, namely, Howard, Ruth, Herbert and Vivian, aged respectively fourteen, thirteen, eleven and four years. Mabel, who graduated from high school and later attended Otterbein University, is now the wife of W. L. Waymire, the marriage being celebrated February 1o, 1904. Mr. Waymire is the son of Harrison Waymire and he and his wife reside at the home of her father where the husband has charge of the work of the farm. They are the parents of two children, as follows : Frances, four years of age ; and Miriam, three years old. Willard, the youngest child, passed away on the 15th of August, 1897, at the age of three and a half years, interment being made at Woodland cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. The entire Coover family are members of the United Brethren church and are people of high moral worth, occupying a foremost place in social circles of the community. Politically Mr. Coover is a stanch republican, casting his ballot for the men and measures of that party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, and doing all in his power to further the influence of that party throughout the locality in which he resides. He has been township trustee for six years and has also served as land appraiser. For twelve years he was president of the Farmers County Institute and throughout his entire career has been deeply interested in the cause of education, giving to all of his children excellent DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 887 advantages along that direction. For several terms he served as a member of the school board and during that period acted as president of the board part of the time. He was influential in establishing the high school of Butler township and has always done everything in his power to uphold a high standard of education. Preeminently public-spirited in his citizenship, the influence of Mr. Coover is always on the side of progress, reform, improvement and advancement. His life has been one of continuous activity for, recognizing the fact that opportunity is always open to the man of ability, energy and diligence, he has labored earnestly and well for the success which he has attained and he stands today as a splendid example of the power and force of honorable manhood, of earnest effort and of high principle. Mr. Coover has spent his entire life in Butler township, Montgomery county, and during this time he has remained one of its representative, worthy and honored citizens. He has won notable success in business and no man's history indicates more clearly the value and power of close application, of concentration, of earnest and honorable purpose and of wise utilization of opportunity. JAMES C. TRUMBO. James C. Trumbo, recognized as one of the representative agriculturists of Montgomery county, is also numbered among the respected, valued and influential citizens of the community. For sixteen years he has been actively connected with farming interests in Wayne township, making his home on a fine farm of one hundred and twenty-eight acres on section 11, known as Willow Lawn Farm. A native of Clark county, Ohio, he was born August 12, 1855, and is a son of Moses and Marie (Leffel) Trumbo. The father, who was born in October, 1828, in Pendleton county, West Virginia, came to Ohio in 1853, settling in Clark county. He had acquired his education in the common schools of his native state, and after his arrival in Clark county he became identified with agricultural pursuits as a general farmer. He was a member of the Methodist church and for a number of years served as superintendent of the Sunday school. His death occurred in 188o and his remains were interred at Donnellsville, Ohio. His wife, who was born on the 25th of September, 1833, in Clark county, Ohio, was a daughter of Daniel and Catharine Leffel. She was married to Moses Trumbo in 1854 and by her marriage became the mother of seven children : James ; Warren (who died at the age of two years) Jeremiah Denton, Ora, Mary, Ida and Gertrude. She still survives her husband but is at present in very poor health. She holds membership in the Methodist church and in the past has been a very energetic woman and prominent in the affairs of the community. The son Jeremiah Denton is a Methodist Protestant minister and is now located in Williston, North Dakota. Ora is a telephone manager at Donnellsville, Ohio, while Mary is now married and resides in Williston, North Dakota. Warren, Ida and Gertrude are deceased. It was upon the home farm in Clark county that James C. Trumbo grew to manhood, attending the common schools in the acquirement of his education. He 888 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY assisted his father about the farm during the periods of vacation and early became familiar with the tasks that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. Upon attaining his majority he engaged in farming on his own account, and remained in his native county until 1893, which year witnessed his arrival in Montgomery county, where he located in Wayne township, upon the farm which is now his place of residence. His farm consists of one hundred and twenty-eight acres of excellent land known as the Willow Lawn Farm, and is one of the well improved properties in the township. He engages in general agricultural pursuits and he has been very successful in his business affairs, ranking among the substantial and representative farmers of the community. It was on the 29th of November, in the year 1888, that Mr. Trumbo was united in marriage to Miss Ella Brown, a daughter of William and Molly (Duffy) Brown. The father, who was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio when a young man, was a general farmer by occupation, and passed away about forty years ago, his remains being interred at Woodland cemetery, Dayton. His wife was also a native of the Keystone state, and came to Ohio in early life, where she was married and passed away in 1894, being buried by the side of her husband in Woodland cemetery. In their family were four children : Laura, Ella, May Gertrude and America, the last named being now deceased, her remains lying in the family lot at Woodland. Mr. and Mrs. Trumbo are both members of the Methodist church and are very active and helpful workers therein, the former acting in the capacity of treasurer of the official board and also as a teacher in the Sunday school. He is a gentleman of excellent repute and stands very high in the community in which he lives. His career has been a most honorable one, in which there has been not a single esoteric phase, his dealings with his fellowmen at all times commanding the entire respect and confidence of those with whom he is associated. HENRY B. SHOUP. Henry B. Shoup scarcely needs introduction to the readers of this volume for during the many years of his residence in Montgomery county he has become widely known as an enterprising business man and valued and representative citizen. He also deserves mention in these pages because of the fact that he is a veteran of the Civil war, giving valiant aid to his country in her hour of need. A native of Pennsylvania, his birth occurred in Roherstown, Lancaster county, on the 31st of October, 1835. He is a son of John and Mary (Beuhler) Shoup, natives of Switzerland and Germany respectively, the former being born in 1806 and the latter in 1805. They came to the United States in childhood, at the age of four or five years. Upon their arrival in America, because of their inability to pay for their passage, they were bound out for service but fortunately their employer was a good man and they were soon able to work out their passage, the father selling bread and cakes. They were married in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio in 1838, where the father engaged in general farming. He passed away in the fall of 1862, while his wife's demise occurred in 1848, their DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 891 remains being interred in Woodland cemetery. In their family were eleven children : Martin, Henry B., Rev. John, Elias, Fannie, Caroline, Elizabeth, Mary, and three who died in infancy. Elias was killed in the Civil war, while Fannie, Caroline and Mary have also passed away. The others are still living. Henry B. Shoup was a little lad of three years when he accompanied his parents to Ohio, the family home being made near Canton. In 1845 he removed to Clark county but he has been a resident of Montgomery county since 1848. He attended the common schools of Ohio and therein acquired a good education that fitted him for the responsible and practical duties of life. Throughout almost his entire business career he has been engaged in the lime business and has met with gratifying success in that line of activity. In the year 1880 he moved to his present location in Wayne township, Montgomery county, his farm consisting of one hundred and eighty-one acres. This property is not only excellent farming land but is also rich in its lime deposits and here Mr. Shoup has since been continuously engaged in making or burning lime, marketing his product in Dayton. That he has been successful is indicated by the extent of the business which he does which, having reached large proportions, is continually increasing in size and importance. He averages about seventy-five thousand bushels of lime every year and his three wagons which carry from eighty to ninety bushels to Dayton every day. An interruption to his busy career came in 1862 when, in March of that year, he put aside all personal considerations and enlisted in Company F, Sixty-first Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This was consolidated with the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry in April, 1865, owing to the small number of men left in the regiment. He participated in several important battles and in various skirmishes, among the former being the second battle of Bull Run and the engagement at Gettysburg. He was also with Sherman on his celebrated march to the sea and participated in the grand review held at Washington, which was the most famous military pageant ever witnessed in the history of this country. He was honorably discharged in Kentucky, August 5, 1865, and returned home with an excellent military career, for throughout his entire service he had never lost a clay through sickness or injury and at all times was most gallant in his defense of the old flag and loyal to the cause which it represented. It was on the 25th of September, 1855, that Mr. Shoup was united in marriage to Miss Mary Lewis, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1834. Unto this union were born ten children, namely : William H., born March 21, 1858 ; John, July 22, 1860; Benjamin, October 19, 1862 ; Elias, May 15, 1866; Myrtle, January 12, 1868; Rose, June 6, 1870; Baniah, February 28, 1872 ; Anna, February 6, 1873 ; Dolly, December 2, 1874; and Maud, June 28, 1878. Rose and Baniah have both passed away, their remains being interred in Shears Cemetery. The other members of the family are all married with the exception of Benjamin. On the 17th of April, 1892, the Wife and mother was called to her final rest and her remains were buried at New Carlisle. She was an excellent wife, a loving mother and a true friend and her loss was felt throughout the community in which she resided. Mr. Shoup is a prominent and valued member.of the United Brethren church, of which he is treasurer, and was the superintendent of the Sunday school for 892 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY fifteen years. His loyalty to the church is indicated by the fact that for several years during his residence in Dayton he drove each Sunday all the way from that city to attend the services held at Sulphur Grove. In politics he is a republican and he has served as trustee of his township. Mr. Shoup may well claim the proud American title of a self-made man for whatever success that is his today has come entirely through his own well directed efforts, his industry and perseverance. Personally he is esteemed and honored by all men. His name is not only inscribed upon the list of those who went valiantly forth at the time of the nation's peril and faced the dangers of warfare, but, as a worthy and upright citizen and. Christian gentleman, he will be honored throughout the coming years. He has just returned from Salt Lake City where he attended the Grand Encampment of. 1909. HENRY C. LOWE. The memory of Henry C. Lowe is one cherished by all who knew him and his record remains as an example well worthy of emulation, for his relations to the public in matters of citizenship, to his employes and to his associates in every walk of life was largely ideal. He held to high standards and labored ever to reach the ideal which he set up for himself. Uniformly popular he was at the same time a forceful factor in business circles, ranking for a long period as one of the foremost manufacturers of the city. Mr. Lowe was a native of Dayton, born on the 1st of February, 1848, and the old Lowe home was on the site of the Lowe building on South Main street between Fourth and Fifth streets. His parents were Colonel John G. and Marianna L. Lowe, the former one of the pioneer lawyers and business men of Dayton. The mother was a widow, Mrs. Marianna L. Thruston, at the time of her marriage with Mr. Lowe and had four children : General Gates P. Thruston, of Nashville, Tennessee ; Mrs. Eliza P. Houk, of Dayton ; Jeannette J. and Dickinson P. Thruston, now deceased. Unto Colsons andMrs. Lowe were born two sons„-and three daughters and with the exception of the subject of this review all are yet living, the others being: Houston Lowe Mrs. Charles Newbold, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. E. Fowler Stoddard ; and Mrs. Thomas P. Gaddis. In the public schools of his native city Henry C. Lowe began his education, mastering the work of each successive grade until he was graduated from the Central high school. At the time of the Civil war he was greatly interested in the events which brought on the conflict and which marked the progress of the struggle, and although but fifteen years of age when Morgan made his famous raid into the north he joined the army of volunteers that enlisted for the defense 6f Ohio homes and people against the intrusion of the southern general and at length put the Confederate army to rout. Later (1863) he enlisted as a private soldier in the One Hundred Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, his father's regiment. Subsequently in the continuance of his education he entered Williams College, from which institution he was graduated in 1869. He was voted the most popular man in his class and was president of it at the time he completed his course DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 893 and the same genial qualities, appreciation for the good in others, enjoyment of the pleasures and opportunities of the moment, and above all his own sterling manhood, rendered him equally popular throughout all the ensuing years of his life. Following his graduation Mr. Lowe returned to Dayton and for two years thereafter was connected with the Dayton Malleable Iron Works in the capacity of secretary. On the 1st of September, 1872, he joined his brother Houston in the establishment of a paint business on a small scale. Under the firm name of Lowe Brothers they began business and under that style the enterprise was conducted until September, 1893, when it was incorporated under the name of the Lowe Brothers Company, with Henry C. Lowe as president. They at first had a small store on East Third street between Jefferson and St. Clair streets and sold paint manufactured by others, but in 1882 established a factory and commenced to make the paint that has given the Lowe Brothers wide fame throughout the country. Henry C. Lowe continued to actively direct the business and to expand the trade throughout the entire period of his connection therewith. During the thirty-seven years of its existence the house has maintained an unassailable reputation. There was no unusual feature nor esoteric phase in the business career of Mr. Lowe. Through the persistent pursuit of a well defined purpose he reached an enviable position among the substantial business men, and by his colleagues for his reliability and enterprise, and by his employes for his justice and fairness in all business relations. Never did any one hear of a strike or of any dissension among the employes in the Lowe Brothers factory and few changes occurred in the personnel of the representatives of the house. The employes recognized the fact that faithful service on their part was appreciated and would be rewarded by promotion as opportunity offered. They knew, too, that their employers felt a personal interest in them and their welfare and all worked together in the utmost harmony. The Lowe Brothers had the faculty of making their employes feel that each one was to a degree responsible for the success of the business and each man in his service knew that he was receiving a just equivalent for his labors. One of the rules of the house was to keep the output at a high standard and the words "high standard" were eventually used as a trade mark of the house. With the passing of the years the Lowe Brothers Paint and Varnish Works became one of the most important enterprises of the kind in any part of the -United States and the output has been widely shipped. This was the visible expression of the business ability, keen discernment and unfaltering energy of Henry C. Lowe and his brother. His course was marked by rigid honesty as well as business sagacity. His record was that of a business man whose advancement was attributable to his close application, unwearied industry and unfaltering integrity. He displayed sound judgment in discriminating between the essential and the nonessential, using those forces which are effective in the attainment of success and at all times conforming to high standards in his commercial activity. In every relation of life Mr. Lowe made an equally creditable name. He was devoted to the welfare of his family though death deprived him of both wife and daughter some years ago. He married Miss Ella Harries who passed away shortly after the birth of their daughter, Marianna, and another almost unbearable blow came to Mr. Lowe in the passing away of his daughter about 1903. Mr. Lowe 894 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY was a man notably generous and just. This was evidenced in one clause of his will which provided that all the dividends of his stock should go to his employes for a period of ten years following his demise, one-fourth of this to be equally divided between those receiving a salary of less than one thousand dollars a year; one-half to those receiving from one thousand. to twenty-five hundred dollars a year ; and one-fourth to those receiving over twenty-five hundred dollars a year. He had the deepest respect and love for those who served him in a business way for they all recognized his deep interest in their personal welfare and were 'made to feel that the enterprise depended in large measure upon their activity and helpful cooperation. Mr. Lowe was never affiliated with any fraternal organizations but held membership in the Dayton City Club and in the Country Club. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he for many years adhered to the First Presbyterian church, the church of his ancestors on both sides, and was interested in its work and a generous supporter thereof. He was one of the founders, the first president and an active member of a society organized in Dayton for the prevention of cruelty to animals and children. He held friendship inviolable and was deservedly one of the most popular men in the city, having that disposition that makes friends among many classes of people. He was genial to a marked degree and the position of a man in society made no difference to him in his selection of friends. Where there was genuine worth and a similarity of tastes his friendship was given, and he ever held it as a sacred trust. Death came to him suddenly, for after a brief illness of a few hours he passed away on the 4th day of July, 1909. GEORGE KUNTZ. George Kuntz is still a resident of Dayton, his native city. He was born July 28, 1863, and is a son of Joseph Kuntz, whose sketch is embodied in the biography of his younger brother, William Kuntz. Our subject was here reared, devoting five years in his boyhood to the acquirement of an education in the public schools, while two years were spent as a student in parochial schools. He put aside his text-books at the age of fourteen years and entered the employ of his father, who was a gardener. He was a young man of about twenty-two years when, in 1885, he established a meat market and succeeding in that undertaking he at length extended the scope of his business by adding a stock of groceries, his store being located at the corner of Third and Clinton streets. There he prospered as the years went by and in 1893 he removed to his present location at Nos. 1113 and 1115 East Third street. His trade is now quite extensive for his establishment is entirely modern and complete in its equipment and in the line of goods which he carries. He is also president of the Dayton Grocers' Baking Company and is a stockholder in the Dayton Loan & Credit Company. On the 7th of October, 1885, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Kuntz and Miss Ida Hochwalt, a daughter of Frederick Hochwalt, who was born in June, 1834, on the ocean while his parents were coming to this country. On reaching DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 897 manhood Mr. Hochwalt started in the market gardening business on the Germantown pike and continued to carry on operations in that locality until he retired in 1905 to enjoy a well earned rest. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Kuntz has been blessed with four children, but they lost one in infancy. Three of the family still survive, namely : Etta, Viola and George Frederick Joseph. Mr. Kuntz is known in fraternal circles as a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Knights of St. John and the Catholic Knights of Ohio, in which order he holds the office of treasurer. He belongs to the Holy Trinity Catholic church and has acted as one of its trustees for the past eight years, and for the last two years has held the office of treasurer of the Holy Trinity congregation. Politically he gives his allegiance to the democratic party. Dependent upon his own resources from the age of fourteen years he is a self-made man, whose 'energy and diligence have brought him the success which he now enjoys. RABBI DAVID LEFKOWITZ. Rabbi David Lefkowitz, who since 1900 has filled the pulpit of the Temple B'Nai Yeshurun in Dayton, was born in Eperies, Austro-Hungary, April 11, 1875. He came, however, to America in early youth and his preliminary education was acquired in the public schools of New York city, while subsequently he was matriculated in the College of the City of New York, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He at once entered upon educational work at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York city and subsequently continued his studies in the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati and also the University of Cincinnati. He was graduated from the latter in 1899 with the degree of Bachelor of Letters and was also admitted to the honor society, the Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Lefkowitz was ordained a rabbi of the Hebrew church the following year. At that time the Dayton pulpit was vacant and for six months before his ordination he served the congregation by weekly visits and upon the date of his ordination, June 17, 1900, was unanimously elected to fill the pulpit of the Temple B'Nai Yeshurun, where he has since remained. His work here has given entire satisfaction to the congregation and he has their undivided loyalty in large measure. The various branches of the church work are well organized and there is a flourishing Sabbath school attended by one hundred and twenty-five children. Rabbi Lefkowitz acts as its superintendent and personally instructs the confirmation class. In the work he is ably assisted by a number of young ladies and gentlemen who teach the younger .children. In all of his work Rabbi Lefkowitz impresses those with whom he comes in contact by his intense earnestness and the people of his own congregation cooperate with him in all of his high purposes, for the growth of the society has helped materially to add strength and numbers to the membership. Rabbi Lefkowitz is recording secretary of the central conference of American Rabbis and chairman of the committee on church and state. He does not feel any narrow racial or sectarian boundaries but is a man of broad humanitarian spirit 898 - DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY who has been a close student of vital questions of the day and is frequently called upon to address both Jewish and non-Jewish organizations at the orthodox synagogues and at the Christian churches. He is a most public-spirited man and during the months of 1907-08 distinguished himself by the active interest he took in the "army of the unemployed," acting as chairman of the citizens' relief committee. Moreover, he has long been intensely interested in the vacation schools and their purpose, and that he throws himself with great earnestness and energy into the work is indicated in the remark of one of the executive members of the vacation schools, who said : "Your Rabbi must take better care of himself or he will overdraw his bank account." In the winter of 1907 he acted as chairman of the citizens' investigating committee and he is the vice president of the Montgomery County Humane Society, vice president ‘of the Dayton Vacation School Association and chairman of the playgrounds committee. He is also on the educational committee of the Chamber of Commerce. On the loth of October, 1901, Rabbi Lefkowitz was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Sadie Braham, who takes an active interest in his work. They now have three children, two sons and a daughter. Endowed with strong intellect and keen perceptive qualities, Rabbi Lefkowitz in the various relations to which his work and his interests have called him has displayed a thorough understanding of each situation and an appreciation of his advantages and opportunities. He has, therefore, always sought and utilized the former and improved the latter and has made steady progress in lines of activity that have resulted most beneficially for his church and for the community at large. JOSEPH EDWIN LOWES, M. D. Dr. Joseph Edwin Lowes held distinctive precedence as one of the most prominent residents of Dayton, where he was recognized as an eminent physician and where his labors along other lines were of a character that contributed in large and substantial measure to the growth and upbuilding of the city. He was connected with railroad building and was the promoter of the street railway and interurban railway systems of this city. His influence, too, was felt in municipal affairs and in political circles and thus he left the impress of his individuality upon many events in public life. He was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga, Ontario, Canada, his birthplace being an old. Indian village among the "Six Nation" Indians of Canada. He represented one of the old families of the North of England, his ancestors being prominent in that section of England, which bordered on Scotland in the days of Scotch invasions. His parents were John Lowes and Isabella Bateman. They were married February 13, 1841, at Moat Hall, Irehy, Cumberland, England, and after their marriage went direct to Canada, settling at Brantford, Ontario. John Lowes operated a grain business between Brantford and Hamilton, transporting the produce with teams, before the railroads were built. Later he removed to Onondaga. In the public schools of Brantford, Dr. Lowes pursued his education to the age of sixteen years, when, determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 899 he matriculated in the Cleveland Homeopathic College at Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in 1867, at the age of nineteen years, although according to the law of the state a college could not award him his. diploma until he had attained his majority. When the law allowed him to enter into active relations with the profession he located in Dayton and took the practice of Dr. Jacob Bosler. From the beginning his professional career was one of continuous advancement resulting from his superior ability and his close study of important problems relative to the work. He continued in practice alone until he was forty-five years of age, at which time he admitted George W. Miller, of Cincinnati, to a partnership, owing to the development of the People's Railroad Company, then the old White Line, and of the Dayton Lighting Company. He was among the leading promoters of both and after about six years he gave up the practice of medicine entirely that he might give his undivided attention to his business interests. He was chosen president of the Dayton Lighting Company and at one time controlled the electric light plant of this city, of Richmond, Indiana, and of three Kentucky towns—Covington, Newport and Dayton. Moreover, he was the father of street electric railroads in Dayton as well as the traction railroads, being one of the original stockholders of the Miamisburg traction line, now the Ohio Electric Railway Company. He also built and operated the road of the Dayton & Western Traction Company of Dayton, the Dayton & Northern Traction Company, and was just completing the line of the Dayton & Muncie Traction Company at the time of his demise. In all his business affairs he displayed an initiative spirit that gave him a position of leadership. He closely studied the situation, his keen insight enabling him to understand its possibilities, and in the wise utilization of his opportunities he reached the goal of prosperity and at the same time contributed in substantial measure to the upbuilding of the city and of this portion of the state. His cooperation was sought in the management and control of various important industries and all with which he became connected profited by his sound judgment and keen discrimination. He was president of the Wagner Water Supply Company and of the Bradley Cordage Company, was one of the directors of the T. M. Roberts Supply Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at one time the proprietor of the Dayton Evening Press. His activities therefore touched many lines and his interests were a potent element in the upbuilding and prominence of Dayton. Dr. Lowes was not unknown in military circles, for he served as surgeon of the Third Ohio National Guard and was with that regiment in the railroad strike at Newark. He was also surgeon general of Ohio on Governor Bushnell's staff and was active in preparing the Hospital Corps of Ohio for the Spanish-American war. He had charge of a hospital relief train, which went to all the southern posts and brought back home the Ohio boys who were ill. He received complimentary mention from the United States government on his record of not losing a man on his relief expedition and on the equipment of the Ohio Hospital Corps. He was also a member of the examining board at the National Military Home at Dayton for fifteen years and for a number of years did effective work in behalf of the cause of public education as a member of the school board. In politics he was a stanch republican and took an active part in city and national politics, doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the party. In his