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All these various lines were claiming the attention of Charley Solomon dur- ing his school days and through the periods of vacation and never for a moment did he neglect the duties that were assigned him in connection with the public school course which he was pursuing after the close of the Cooper Academy. His love of the best writings was manifest in his perusal of the translated works of Schiller, and Goethe, and he also read such technical works as Rosengarden's Hand-Book of Architecture, Combs' Lectures on Moral Philosophy, Whateley's Moral Science and others of the same nature. His advent in the high school was an era of moment for him. It opened a new vista to him for his text-books there were more in harmony with his mental cravings and mental grasp. He pursued with avidity his advanced mathematical studies and was greatly in- terested in the study of German, in which he displayed marked progress. His mind reaching out to other phases that touched directly or indirectly upon school work, it occurred to him that a useful book to furnish a guide to students seeking to enter college might be compiled from the catalogues of each and by summarizing the distinctive features of each, might help the student make a judicious selection. After maturing his plan he entered upon correspondence with Harper Brothers of New York in relation to the publication of such a work. While far in advance of boys of his own age in his intellectual develop- ment, he had nothing of that peculiarity which is the characteristic of the book- worm for his interests were too broad, his nature too deep and his disposition
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too lovable to shut him out from human companionship. The appreciation and esteem in which he was uniformly held by his classmates and teachers was at- tested by the draping of his vacant desk in crape and supplying it with fresh flowers every day until the end of the term. Ere he was laid to rest both his classmates and roommates sent to his parents resolutions beautifully executed on parchment as a token of their appreciation for the good qualities of their friend and companion and of their sympathy for the bereaved father and mother.
In the spring before he passed on to the eternal home Charley Solomon ex- pressed to one of his friends his intention of uniting with the Baptist church before the close of the year. His parents were members of that denomination and he had been reared in an atmosphere of Christian culture. Placing one's mem- bership in a church, however, is but the outward and public expression of an inward belief, and throughout his entire life Charley Solomon had manifested the Christlike spirit in his loyalty to truth and justice, in his consideration for and love of others. He was always a faithful attendant at the Sabbath-school, prepared the lesson for the first day of the week with the same thoroughness with which he qualified for his recitations in the public schools. That religious questions were awakening his deep interest was indicated by the fact that in the library which he collected there were a number of volumes upon Unitarianism. His youthful summer vacations were spent in New England, where that doc- trine largely obtains, and gradually the refining and aesthetic culture usually found in Unitarian societies exercised an influence upon him and impressed his mind. For Christianity is not merely a belief but the living of that belief and though but a boy in years, his life measured up to the full standard of high and honorable manhood and righteous purpose in his relations with young and old, rich and poor. "A boy dutiful and obedient to his parents, reverential and loving to his mother, docile and respectful in his relation with teachers, dili- gent in his studies, a devoted and true friend to his classmates; a student of religion, an earnest and sincere inquirer after truth, and above all, having a sincere desire and aim for a useful and true life, these sum up his moral and religious character."
As the clouds with startling rapidity may overshadow the sun and bring blackness where but a moment before there was vivid light, so came the news of the death of Charley Solomon to Dayton, to his friends and most of all to his parents. On the afternoon of the last day of May when nature seemed at her brightest and best in the springtime freshness and coloring, he was preparing to finish Saturday, his day of recreation, by a swim in the Miami river. From the bath house he ventured into the main channel, but the water was very cold and deep, his body tired and warm, and before he reached the float upon which were other youthful bathers, cramps ensued and speech failed him so that he could not even call to his companions. They saw his plight, however, and at- tempted to rescue him, one reaching him and starting with him for the float. But Charley's grasp upon his companion relaxed ere they reached the float, and he passed to his death. On the 3d of June, 1890, he was laid to rest, flowers, music and the presence and sympathy of friends doing everything possible to assuage the grief of the parents. With a firm belief in the immortality of the
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soul, the father and mother must feel as James Whitcomb Riley has so beauti- fully expressed it :
I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. . .
, He is just away !
With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand He has wandered into an unknown land,
And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you-O you, who the wildest yearn For the old-time step and the glad return,-
Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There as the love of Here ;
Think of him still as the same, I say : He is not dead-he is just away !
JUDGE JOHN ROEHM.
Judge John Roehm was born in Dayton January 29, 1871, and during his youthful days mastered the branches of learning taught in the public school, his course being continued until 1889, when he was graduated from the Central high school. Believing that he would find the practice of law a congenial pursuit and one which would yield good financial returns for a capable service, he began pre- paring for the profession as a law student in the office of W. A. Hallanan. On the 3d of March, 1892, he was admitted to the bar and has since continuously engaged in practice in Dayton, his connection with the profession here covering seventeen years. As a result of his ability he has enjoyed a good clientage and has figured in connection with important work in the courts, winning many ver- dicts favorable to his clients.
Judge Roehm is also well known by reason of his activity in lines of munici- pal progress and improvement. In 1894 he was elected clerk of the board of education and so served for one year while the board was democratic. In April, 1898, he was elected police judge of Dayton and filled the position for a term of three years. It was during this period that the labor troubles occurred and it was this that caused his defeat when a candidate for a second term. He has always taken an active interest in supporting the democracy and was a delegate to the state convention which nominated John M. Pattison for governor. He has also been a member of Montgomery county central committee and of the city cen- tral committee of the democratic party.
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On the 13th of June, 1899, in Dayton, Mr. Roehm was married to Miss Amelia S. Heiss. He is a member of the Dayton Gymnastic Club and of the Turngeneinde, and takes a keen interest in athletic sports and has at all times used his influence to further the promotion of compulsory physical education in the public schools. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He is popular with his associates in these organizations and withal has a wide circle of warm friends in his native city.
LUCIUS O. MILLER.
Lucius O. Miller of Dayton, general church treasurer of the United Brethren church of the United States, is a native son of Ohio, his birth having occurred in St. Johns, Auglaize county, April 19, 1856. His grandfather, Daniel Miller, was a native of Maryland and in his boyhood days went with his parents to Fairfield county, Ohio, the family being there established during the pioneer epoch in the history of this state. Daniel Miller followed the occupation of farming as a life work. His son, the Rev. Daniel R. Miller, was born on the old home farm in Fairfield county, June 13, 1835, and in 1860 became actively identified with the ministry of the United Brethren church. He has since de- voted his time and energies to the work of upbuilding the denomination in all of its varied activities for the promotion of the cause of Christianity, and his influence has been of no restricted order. He is now a resident of Bloomdale, Ohio.
As the father's ministerial labors called him to various points, Lucius O. Miller was reared in different towns where he attended the public schools until 1873, when he entered Otterbein University at Westerville, Ohio, remaining for three years a student in that institution. He afterward entered the Farmers Bank at Marion, Ohio, in the capacity of bookkeeper, occupying that position for three years, when he became bookkeeper in a wholesale men's furnishing goods house at West Liberty, Ohio. He was for two years employed there and on the 15th of August, 1881, came to Dayton where he entered the United Brethren publishing house as shipping and bill clerk. His enterprise, diligence and capability won him promotion to the position of cashier on the Ist of Jan- uary, 1882, and served in that capacity until the Ist of July, 1905, when he as- sumed the duties of the general church treasurer to which he had been elected by the general conference of the United Brethren church for a term of four years. He is a man of good business ability, manifesting keen insight as well as capable control and moreover his industry is unflagging and his resolution un- faltering. In this capacity he has charge of the finances of the home missions, foreign missions, general Sunday-school, general conference expense, the Union Biblical Seminary, ministerial education and church erection.
On the 6th of September, 1877, Mr. Miller was married in Westerville, Ohio, to Miss Lida J. Haywood, a daughter of John and Sylvia (Carpenter ) Haywood, the former professor of mathematics in Otterbein University. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born six children: John Daniel Miller; Sylvia Grace, the
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wife of Richard Campion; Winton Leroy ; Lucius Haywood; Edna Elaine; and Marjory Mae.
In his political views Mr. Miller is a republican, interested in the growth and success of his party because of his belief in its principles, yet without aspira- tion for political preferment. He has served as a member of the board of educa- tion and at all times is interested in intellectual progress. He is a member of the Present Day Club of Dayton and of the United Brethren church, manifesting active support of all the different branches of church work. Alert and energetic, with a thorough preliminary business training, he is well qualified for the com- plex and onerous duties which devolve upon him in his present connection.
JOEL OHIO SHOUP.
Joel Ohio Shoup is identified with various business enterprises, all of which proving profitable cources of income because of the keen business discernment and unfaltering diligence manifested in their control. He is now a member of the firm of Shoup & Heeter, conducting a leaf tobacco business; of the firm of Shoup & Company, general contractors; and of the Edgemont Building As- sociation, of which he is the president.
He was born July 15, 1859, at Davenport, Iowa, during the temporary resi- dence of his parents there. His education was acquired in the public schools of Dayton. After completing his literary course he began reading law and acted as the first law librarian of the county court, which position he filled for ten years. He then organized the Dayton Paper Novelty Company and continued at its head for two years, after which he sold out and was elected county re- corder. He filled that position for two terms or for six years, during which time he most capably discharged the duties of the office, his record winning him high encomiums. He next turned his attention to the hotel business, in which he was engaged with Torrence Huffman, as proprietor of the Beckel Hotel from 1887 until 1900, and in the meantime he had extended his efforts into other fields of labor, being a man of keen discernment and of resourceful business ability. He joined D. M. Heeter in the leaf tobacco business under the firm style of Shoup & Heeter, which association has since been profitably maintained. In 1901 he organized the firm of J. O. Shoup & Company, general contractors in reenforced concrete and street paving. He was one of the organizers and is now the president of the Edgemont Building Association, is a director of the Dayton Ice Manufacturing & Cold Storage Company and a director and one of the organizers of the Home Telephone Company. His interests have long been varied and important and their successful control is unmistakable evidence of his business ability and indefatigable energy.
Mr. Shoup was married in 1886 to Miss Carrie L. Bunstine, a native of Mont- gomery county and a daughter of Jacob Bunstine, a manufacturer. They now have one child, Dorothy, and they also lost one child, Marian. Mr. Shoup is a member of the original Dayton Club and also one of the members of the Day- ton Golf Club. In Masonry he has attained high rank, having taken the degrees
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of the Knights Templar Commandery and of the Mystic Shrine. He also be- longs to Christ Episcopal church, and his is a well rounded character which ex- cludes none of those interests or activities that mark the development of strong and upright manhood.
CALVIN HAGAR LYON.
Dayton is one of the important centers of the iron and steel trade in America, and it is in this field that Calvin Hagar Lyon puts forth his activity, having been closely associated with business interests of this character for more than three decades. He was born near Chaplin, Connecticut, on the 26th of Feb- ruary, 1845, his youthful days being spent on the home farm to the age of twelve years, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Newton, Massachusetts, and his education, begun in the district schools, was there con- tinued until he had completed the high-school course. At the age of seventeen, however, he put aside his text-books and in 1862 accompanied the family on their removal westward to Middletown, Ohio. Two years later the family home was established at Indianapolis, Indiana, where Calvin Hagar Lyon remained until April, 1864, and then at the age of nineteen years he responded to his country's call for further military aid, enlisting as a private of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until mustered out one hundred days later at Camp Morton, Indianapolis. During the period of his military service he was in Stephenson, Alabama, and participated in several skirmishes with General Wheeler's men.
When his term of enlistment had expired Mr. Lyon returned to the north and in 1865 came to Dayton, thus entering upon his business career here at the age of twenty years. He was first employed as a clerk in the grocery store of John F. Edgar, with whom he continued for a year, when he became shipping clerk in the wholesale grocery house of Comer & Brown. When another year had passed he was made book-keeper in that establishment and so continued for ten years, when he resigned his position on account of his health. Joining his brother, E. B. Lyon, he began the manufacture of trunk material and to that business devoted his energies for several years, but recognizing the field for profitable labor in connection with the steel and iron industry, he turned his attention to that line, wherein he has since operated, and has furnished the iron and steel work in most of the large buildings in Dayton and other cities. His interests are important and extensive, bringing him into close association with trade relations of this character, while his capable management, keen busi- ness discernment and unwearied industry have established his place in the fore- most ranks of the trade.
In 1867 Mr. Lyon was united in marriage in Middletown, Ohio, to Miss Mary Chenoweth, and they now have a son, Howard C., and a daughter, Agnes L., who is the wife of Robert E. Kline. Mr. Lyon votes with the republican party, to which he has given his endorsement since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, but, while local advancement and national progress are ques-
C. H. LYON
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tions dear to his heart, he has not sought to participate in governmental affairs as an official. He belongs to Old Guard Post, G. A. R., and to the First United Brethren church, in which for twenty-eight years he acted as organist. Through- out his life his love of music has been one of his dominant traits, contributing much to his own happiness and to the pleasure of others. There is in his life, aside from the strong and forceful qualities which have been dominant in his business career, a marked strain of sentiment as manifest in his love of art and his appreciation of the true, the good and the beautiful.
ALBERT M. MUMMA.
Albert M. Mumma is a worthy representative of the agricultural interests of Montgomery county, owning and operating a well improved farm of one hun- dred and sixty-five acres in Madison township, situated one mile east of Trot- wood and about six miles northwest of Dayton. The property is known as the David Cripe farm.
Our subject was born on the old Mumma farm, on the Salem pike, in Harri- son township, Montgomery county, on the 4th of June, 1872, his parents being Jacob and Susan (Kleppinger ) Mumma. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Mumma, who was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, journeyed to this part of the country by wagon, settling on a tract of four hundred acres, which he cleared of the timber. He built a log cabin, in which he made his home for a number of years and experienced all of the hardships and privations of life on the frontier. Later he erected a large brick house, making the bricks himself, and therein resided until the time of his demise, his remains being in- terred in the Woodland cemetery at Dayton, Ohio. Jacob Mumma, the father of our subject, was born on the farm which the grandfather had secured on his arrival here and after attaining man's estate became one of the pioneer fruit growers of this section, shipping to all parts of the country and meeting with gratifying and well merited success in his undertakings.
In his boyhood days Albert M. Mumma attended the Fairview school in Harrison and later went to Fort McKinley, where he completed his edu- cation. Throughout the period of his attendance at school he also assisted his father in the cultivation of the old homestead farm, thus early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. To this occu- pation he has given his time and energies throughout his active business career and is well known and highly esteemed throughout the community as a most progressive, enterprising and substantial citizen. He finds a ready market for his products in Dayton and has two tenants residing on the farm.
On the 6th of December, 1894, Mr. Mumma was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Catharine Miller, of Madison township, the second child of Jacob F. and Anna (Cripe) Miller. Her paternal grandparents, Daniel and Catharine Miller, were of German descent and came to this county from Pennsylvania. Her ma- ternal grandparents were David and Mary ( Ullery) Cripe. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Mumma have been born five children, namely : Arthur Russell, Clarence Elliott,
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Lawson Everett and Naomi Mabel, all of whom are attending school; and Ruth Irene.
Mrs. Mumma belongs to the German Baptist church, in the work of which she takes an active and helpful interest. Mr. Mumma finds his chief source of recreation and pleasure in motoring and is the owner of a fine Buick forty horse-power machine. Both he and his wife are well and favorably known throughout the county in which their entire lives have been passed and have an extensive circle of friends in Dayton.
ALBERT B. SHAUCK.
Albert B. Shauck, prominent in educational circles, is the founder and pro- prietor of the College & Teachers Preparatory School, which he has conducted since 1891, and the efficient work of this institution is attested by the high stand- ing of the graduates who have entered various colleges and universities in the country. He was born on a farm in Morrow county, Ohio, November 14, 1850, and was reared in the usual manner of farm lads to the age of eighteen years, assisting in the work of the fields through the summer months and attending the district school in the winter seasons. In 1874 he was graduated from Otter- bein University at Westerville, Ohio, and soon after entered upon active con- nection with educational work, becoming a teacher in the schools of Franklin county, Ohio, in 1876. He there taught until the fall of 1877, when he came to Dayton and accepted the position of principal of the third district school, where he remained to the entire satisfaction of the general public until 1891, when, seeing the need for special preparation for college work on the part of many young men, he gave up his position in connection with the public schools and established a college preparatory school, which he has since successfully conducted. Various branches are here taught necessary to qualify one for col- lege entrance examination and the work is thorough and systematic, Mr. Shauck having secured an able corps of assistants. The patronage which is accorded him indicates that his school is meeting a need in educational development. The graduates from the College & Teachers Preparatory School, which is located at No. 17 East Third street, are admitted to college throughout the United States upon Professor Shauck's certificate of graduation and without examina- tion. Many of the superintendents and teachers of the state owe their success to the professional training received while attending this school.
In 1879 in Dayton was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Shauck and Miss Anna Miller. Unto them have been born two daughters and a son: Alice Louise, the wife of Hubert M. Kline, of this city ; Katharine M. ; and Robert W. Shauck. The parents occupy an enviable position in social circles where intelligence is regarded as a necessary attribute to agreeableness.
In his political views Mr. Shauck is a stalwart republican and a valued mem- ber of the Garfield Club. He belongs to the First United Brethren church and his influence and labors are an active force for moral, intellectual and social prog- ress in this city. He is dean of the faculty of the Association Institute, which is
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the night college of the Young Men's Christian Association of Dayton and which, during the school year of 1908-9 had forty-eight teachers and an enroll- ment of between seven and eight hundred scholars. There are more than one hundred colleges throughout the United States which will accept credits for work completed in this institute. Professor Shauck created the department of English and formulated the course of study in that branch, having complete charge of the department since it was founded. The course that he has laid out has been closely followed by other schools doing similar work throughout the country, thus indicating that the institute has been taken as a standard in this as in many other respects.
For sixteen years Professor Shauck served on the board of city examiners and in this connection labored for high standards that the work of the schools might be promoted in breadth and efficiency. He is also a trustee of Otterbein University and of the Bonebrake Theological Seminary of Dayton. A lover of music, his deep interest therein is manifested in the fact that he is now serving as president of the Philharmonic Society of Dayton, which was organized in 1874 and is one of the best and most proficient musical organizations in the United States. It is also next to the oldest in this country. The nature of his interests at once indicates that association with Professor Shauck means ex- pansion and elevation.
EDWARD J. BUNDENTHAL.
Edward J. Bundenthal, of the firm of Heller & Bundenthal, general insur- ance agents of Dayton, was born in this city, July 9, 1869. He has resided here throughout his entire life and has been more or less actively connected with public interests. His education was acquired in the public and parochial schools but he put aside his text-books at an early age and began earning his living by selling papers. He afterward worked in printing offices and partly learned the trade during four years spent in that way. At the end of that time, he secured a situation in a grocery store, where he continued for four years when, thinking to find more congenial and profitable employment he began selling insurance and in 1898 formed a partnership with Charles H. Heller in general insurance lines This connection has now been maintained for eleven years and the firm has met with excellent success, controlling a considerable volume of business. They rep- resent some of the best known of the old-line insurance companies and both gentlemen are thoroughly familiar with the insurance business in all of its varied departments and branches. Aside from his interest in the firm Mr. Bundenthal is a director in the Permanent Building & Savings Association.
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