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opportunity is presented and his judgment and even-paced energy generally carry him forward to the goal of success. Such has been the record of Charles E. Pease, who in his life embodies all the elements of what in this country we term a "square man"-one in whom to have confidence, a dependable man in any rela- tion and any emergency. He is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things and a habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activ- ities. He is among those for whom every one has a pleasant smile and a hearty word of greeting because they know that they are sure to be repaid in kind.
ADAM STINE.
Adam Stine, a member of the Soldiers Relief Commission of Montgomery county and a resident of Dayton, was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 20, 1829. He has therefore passed the eightieth milestone on life's jour- ney but his is a vigorous manhood which makes him seem much younger than his years. In 1831 when he was but two years of age, his parents removed to Milton, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and at- tended school, there acquiring his education.
In April, 1844, when fourteen years of age, he entered business life as an employe of the office of the Miltonian, a weekly whig paper which had been estab- lished in 1816. There he remained until he attained his majority-a period of a little more than five years-during which time he thoroughly learned the print- ing trade, becoming familiar with all of the work of the office. At the end of that time he started out as a journeyman printer and was employed at his trade in various places. When the Civil war was inaugurated he was in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and there he enlisted, for he had watched with interest the progress of events in the south and had determined that if a blow was struck to over- throw the Union he would strike one in its defense. Accordingly the smoke from Fort Sumter's guns had scarcely cleared away when, on the 15th of April, 1861, he enlisted as a private of Company D, Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for the enlisted term of three months and was then mustered out at Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, in July, 1861. In August of that year he again offered his services to the government, enlisting at Philadelphia as a member of Company K, Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, in a command known as the Cameron Dragoons. He was then made orderly sergeant, and, going to the front, served in the Peninsular campaign under General George B. McClel- lan until November, 1862. At that time he was recalled to Harrisburg and was appointed marshal of Montour, Pennsylvania, by the superintendent of state, who was gathering recruits there. There had been some riots in that county on account of the draft and accordingly Mr. Stine was appointed and entered upon active duty, being sent there with a detail of twenty-two men. He remained at that place for six months, after which he was recalled to the head office in Har- risburg, where he continued until December, 1863, when he was mustered out.
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After leaving the army Mr. Stine remained in Harrisburg until February, 1864, working at his trade, but while the war was in progress he could not con- tent himself to remain at home while the Union was imperiled. Accordingly in February, 1864, he once more donned the blue and went to the front as a private of Company C, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Infantry, with which he served until after the close of hostilities, being present at the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox. He took part in a number of hotly contested engagements and was mustered out at Harrisburg in 1865. He was under fire in all of the engagements constituting the Peninsular campaign and in all of those under General Grant from February, 1864, until the close of the war.
When hostilities were ended Mr. Stine worked at his trade in various places, including New York, Philadelphia and Boston, and in October, 1873, he came to Dayton, where he worked, first as foreman in the office of the Herald and En- quirer and later as foreman of the Dayton Democrat. He then became advertis- ing manager of the Religious Telescope, so continuing until 1884, when he started the Workman, a weekly labor paper, which he carried on until 1898. He then sold out and entered into his present relation as a member of the Soldiers Relief Commission of Montgomery county, thus serving for eleven years.
On the 8th of March, 1874, Mr. Stine was married to Mrs. Anna Addleman, nee Evans, a native of Virginia. In politics he is an unequivocal republican, and in fact his position on any vital question is never a matter of doubt, for he stands fearlessly in support of the principles in which he believes. He belongs to Old Guard Post, No. 23, G. A. R., of which he is a past commander, and thus he main- tains pleasant relations with his old army comrades and at the camp fires delights in recalling the scenes and events which took place in the south as the Union sol- diers marched in battle array to meet those who would have overthrown the Union.
ANDREW J. CONKLE.
The commercial interests of Dayton find a worthy and well known repre- sentative in Andrew J. Conkle, who since 1893 has been engaged in merchandis- ing in this city, conducting a large and well appointed establishment for the sale of cloaks, suits and furs. He was born on a farm about ten miles north of De- fiance, Ohio, April 10, 1864, and his youthful days were there passed in at- tendance at the district schools and in the work of the fields. He remained at home until seventeen years of age and then became a student in the Methodist Episcopal college at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he spent one year. In 1884 he was graduated from a business college of the same city and was thus qualified for the duties of a commercial career. Locating at Pleasant Lake, Indiana, he there remained for two years, after which he removed to Middletown, Ohio, and spent four years as the assistant of his brother. A. D. Conkle, who was a photographer of that place. He next went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he be- came associated with the Rink fur house, with which he was connected for a year and a half. He afterward went upon the road as traveling representative for Paul J. Sorg, a tobacco merchant of Middletown, Ohio, whom he repre-
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sented for over a year, after which he went to Columbus, Ohio, and entered a cloak house, where he spent two and a half years. Subsequently he was em- ployed in a similar establishment at Toledo, Ohio, but desirous that his labors should more directly benefit himself he came to Dayton in 1893 and with the capital which he had acquired through his industry and careful expenditure he began business on his own account. His store in the Commercial building is to- day regarded as one of the most reliable mercantile establishments in the city, and its trade has constantly increased from the beginning until it has now reached large proportions. A complete line of cloaks is handled including the latest pro- ductions of the market, and in price to meet the varied demands of the trade.
In 1892 Mr. Conkle was married in Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Lillian R. Tay- lor, and they have two children, Alice Margaret and Andrew J. Mr. Conkle is a director of the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in the work of that or- ganization in its efforts to enhance the industrial and commercial activity of the city and promote the growth of Dayton along many substantial lines. His political allegiance is given to the democracy, yet he does not consider himself bound by party ties but is rather allied with that independent movement which is one of the hopeful signs of the times wherein public-spirited men assert their independence in opposing any machine rule which they deem detrimental to the common good. Fraternally he is connected with the Elks, the Royal Arcanum, the Tribe of Ben Hur and the Pathfinders, and is in sympathy with the spirit that underlies these organizations recognizing the brotherhood of man and meet- ing one's obligations to his fellows. His business career has been characterized by continuous progress, bringing to him a gratifying position in mercantile cir- cles, and at all times his record has been in keeping with the highest standard of commercial ethics.
ANGUS KURT RANKIN.
Angus Kurt Rankin, secretary of the Beaver Soap Company is a man of ex- cellent business ability which is called forth in the control of what is today one of the most important industries of the city. As the years have passed by he has put forth his efforts along well defined lines of labor, and each step in his career has been a forward one.
He was born in Covington, Ohio, March 12, 1856, and came to Dayton in 1864 when a lad of eight summers. Later he lived elsewhere for a brief period but returned to Dayton in 1867, and after spending some time in another locality he once more returned to Dayton in 1872. His education was acquired in the schools of Covington and in Dayton, and in 1877 he became a factor in the bus- iness life of the latter city by becoming connected with the piano trade, repre- senting a piano house as a traveling salesman. He so continued until 1881, when he entered the law office of Thomas O. Lowe and gave some time to mastering the principles of jurisprudence. He also took up the study of stenography and a year later he entered the employ of the Stoddard Manufacturing Company, . while five months later he became connected with the Farmers' Friend Agricul-
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tural Implement Manufacturing Concern. There he continued for twelve years, or until 1894, in the capacity of stenographer, and subsequently he engaged for a time in the typewriter business. In 1896 he became sales manager of the Beaver Soap Company and recognition of his business ability came to him in 1906 in his election to the position of secretary to that company, which controls an ex- tensive business having one of the well equipped plants and important industries in Dayton.
In 1883, in Piqua, Ohio, Mr. Rankin was married to Miss Margarita Rob- bins, and they have two living children, Walter E. and Lester M. Mr. Rankin belongs to No. 3, of the United Commercial Travelers and has many friends among the knights of the grip and also among the patrons whom he formerly visited while a traveling salesman. He holds membership in the First Baptist church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. At all times he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day so that he is able to support his position by intelligent argument, yet he does not seek nor desire office for his business affairs make full demand upon his time and attention. His progress has been the result of close application and strict conformity to a high standard of commercial ethics and now his connection with the business affairs of Dayton is one of importance, bringing him the merited reward of earnest, persistent and intelligently directed labor.
CHARLES LUTHER MILYARD.
Charles Luther Milyard, well known as an enterprising and progressive agriculturist of Madison township, is the owner of one hundred and forty-five acres of rich and arable land, situated just off the Dayton and Lexington road, about three and a half miles from Trotwood. He was born in Carroll county, Maryland, on the 14th of October, 1853, his parents being Christian F. and Elizabeth (Geiger) Milward, the former a native of Maryland, while the pa- ternal grandfather came from Germany. Christian F. Milyard was a shoemaker by trade but owned a valuable farm in Frederick county. He never left the state of Maryland and there passed away in the year 1877. He was twice mar- ried and by his first wife had four children, namely : Eliza Jane, Charles Luther, John McCalvin and Addison. By his second wife, who bore the maiden name of Susan Smith, he had one son, William.
Charles Luther Milyard acquired his education in the schools of his native state and when twenty-three years of age came to Ohio, beginning work as a farm hand on the old Garber place. Subsequently he went into the tobacco bus- iness and afterward purchased the old Shively farm, which has continued his place of abode to the present time. In addition to the work of general farming he is also engaged in raising stock and poultry and finds a ready market for both his stock and grain in Dayton. He is progressive in his farm work, using only the latest improved machinery in carrying on the labor of the fields and he is ac- counted one of the up-to-date and leading agriculturists of the community. His
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landed holdings also include a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres in Oklahoma.
In October, 1876, Mr. Milyard was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Miller, a daughter of David and Anna (Shock) Miller. The father came to this county from Virginia and took up his abode on the old Miller farm, becoming widely recognized as a very prominent agriculturist and substantial citizen. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Milyard have been born eight children, as follows: Perry and David, both of whom are deceased; Anna B., the wife of D. B. Cottrell, a farmer of Darke county, Ohio, by whom she has two children, Alfred Daniel and Charles Franklin; Hettie, twin sister of a child who died in infancy, who is now the wife of David A. Skiles, an agriculturist of Rossville, Indiana, and has two children ; Harvey Charles and Silas David ; one who died in infancy ; and Elizabeth C. and Charles Alfred, both of whom are attending school. Mr. Milyard also reared a child of his wife's sister, Susannah Rapp Miller, who passed away when her daughter, Ida May, was but four months old. Ida May is now the wife of Alva A. Huffman, a farmer of Oklahoma, by whom she has seven children: Bertha C., Ella C., Mary E., Lucy S., John T., Charles A. and Nannie M.
Mr. Milyard and the members of his family belong to and are regular at- tendants of the old German Baptist church of Wolf Creek, in which he is a second degree minister and in the work of which he takes a most helpful part. He has lived in Montgomery county for a third of a century and is respected and honored as an active and industrious citizen of exemplary habits, high principles and up- right conduct, who commands the good will and trust of those with whom he is associated.
CHARLES L. LOOS.
Charles L. Lcos, widely known as one of the leading educators of Ohio, now connected with the schools of Dayton as principal of the Steele high school, was born in Wellsburg, Virginia, August 5, 1849. He was reared at that place and at Bethany near by, receiving his primary and collegiate education at Bethany, where is one of the excellent colleges of the south. Throughout the period of his youth he remained at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Loos, Sr. His father was born in Woerth, a department of the lower Rhine, in 1823 and came to America in 1837 when fourteen years of age. Soon afterward he located at Bethany, West Virginia, and was graduated from Bethany College with the class of 1846. Subsequently he became a member of the faculty of the same institution, filling a professorship there for many years. Later for seventeen years he was president of the Kentucky University at Lexington, and at the present writing, in 1909, is still teaching in that institution. He was married at Bethany to Miss Rosetta E. Kerr and they had eleven children, five sons and six daughters, while four sons and three daughters yet survive.
As previously stated, Charles L. Loos of this review attended Bethany Col- lege and on his graduation received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, while two years later the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him. On leaving col- lege he began teaching near Minerva, Ohio, where he continued for six months
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and was later elected superintendent of schools at Millersburg, Ohio, where he rendered acceptable service in charge of the schools for four yars. He was next chosen principal of the First District school in Dayton, in 1874, and continued there for thirteen years, or until 1887, when he was appointed one of the teach- ers in the Central high school in Dayton. For thirteen years he there remained as a teacher and in 1900 he was elected to his present position as principal of the Steele high school. Thus from the time when his college days were over he has been continuously connected with educational work and has made consecutive progress. At all times he has been a close student of the profession and its op- portunities, striving ever to raise the work of the schools to a higher standard and to make instruction a thorough preparation for the practical duties of life. He served for three years on the Ohio state board of school examiners and in 1888 was elected on the Dayton city board of school examiners. He has ever sought to maintain high ideals and in his profession has greatly inspired his teach- ers and pupils with much of his own zeal and interest in the work. He has sought out new and practical methods of instruction and in all of his labors as a teacher has been noted for the clear and concise manner in which he has im- parted knowledge, impressing it deeply upon the minds of the pupils with whom he comes in contact.
Professor Loos was married in 1875 in Millersburg, Ohio, to Miss Mary L. Mayers and they have two children: Charles L., who is now purchasing agent for the Detroit Ship Building Company ; and Louise M., the wife of Harry Kis- singer.
Professor Loos belongs to the church of the Disciples of Christ and his life has ever been in consistent harmony with his profession. He has studied closely the purposes of life and the possibilities which it holds for the individual and has ever endeavored to make his influence for good reach out in a constantly broadening circle. That he is a man of scholarly attainments is indicated in this review. His reading, study and research have been of a most broad and varied character, making him familiar with a wide range of topics and he is deeply in- terested in all that pertains to the great sociological and economic questions that are prominently before the public today.
JERRY AUCHEY.
Jerry Auchey, who has been a resident of Montgomery county for about thirty years, has won for himself a high place among the enterprising and repre- sentative citizens of Mad River township. He was born November 8, 1859, in York county, Pennsylvania, and represents one of the old pioneer families of Lan- caster county, that state. His parents were John and Maria (Serff) Auchey, na- tives of Lancaster and York county, Pennsylvania, respectively, spending their entire lives in the Keystone state. The father was a farmer by occupation, to which pursuit he devoted his entire life. His parents were numbered among the pioneer settlers of Lancaster county and cleared the land upon which they located and made their home.
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The early life of Jerry Auchey was spent in Pennsylvania and his youthful days were devoted to the acquirement of an education as a pupil of the common schools of his native county. He remained with his parents until about twenty years of age, at which time he removed to Montgomery county, Ohio, and has since remained one of its active and industrious citizens. He first sought em- ployment in a machine shop and later established himself in the brick manufac- turing business, which trade he had learned and followed to some extent in his native state. He continued in this connection for some time and then purchased five acres of fine farm land in Mad River township, where he is successfully en- gaged in truck gardening. He subsequently became the sole proprietor of a store at 175 Market street, and he is here conducting an extensive and growing business which is proving a source of most gratifying profit to its owner. The success to which he has attained in his business venture now enables him to take rank among the prominent and influential citizens of this community.
February 21, 1895, witnessed the marriage of Mr. Auchey and Miss Mar- garet Barrett, a daughter of Patrick and Ellen Barrett, natives of County Cork, Ireland, where they were engaged in farming and where their entire lives were spent. Unto this union was born one son, Arthur Alfred, now a student at school.
Mrs. Auchey is a prominent member of St. Joseph's Catholic church and in politics Mr. Auchey votes with the republican party. The term self-made man may justly be applied to the subject of this review, for it has been entirely through his own efforts that he has won his present prominent position in his chosen life work, for he is recognized as one of the best known gardeners in this section of the township. A hard worker throughout his entire business career, his salient characteristics have at all times been unfaltering diligence, indefatigible energy and untiring perseverance. His business integrity is beyond question and his personal qualities are such as have gained him an extensive circle of warm friends.
EDWARD E. EUCHENHOFER.
Edward E. Euchenhofer, proprietor of the Dayton Machine Works, has been engaged in business on his own account in this city since 1888. Watchfulness over all details, with a recognition of the relative value of each point in his busi- ness interests, have enabled him to make steady advance until in his present con- nection he is known as a prominent representative of industrial circles here and an inventor of considerable note, having produced many valuable inventions. Dayton has reason to be proud of the business record of many who are native sons, and this number includes Edward E. Euchenhofer, who was born on the 3d of October, 1852.
His father, Frederick Gottlieb Euchenhofer, was born in Germany in 181 I and was quite young when his parents died. He was a young man of twenty- one years when, in 1832, he came to the new world. He had heard and heeded the call of the western continent, believing that he might find in its business con- ditions the opportunity which he sought for progress in financial lines. He was
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a baker and confectioner by trade and located first in Philadelphia, continuing in business there for several years, after which he went to Pittsburg and even- tually moved to Miamisburg, Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1838, where he contin- ued in the bakery business until coming to Dayton. In 1848 he arrived in this city and for many years was proprietor of the old Columbus House, one of the oldest hotels in the city, where the utmost cordiality was shown to citizens and strangers, and he continued in this business until 1864. He also owned and conducted the old Third Street Brewery, becoming its owner in 1858 and continuing in the business until 1867, when he sold the plant and about two years later purchased the old Tate flour mill in Dayton View and conducted it for several years, selling it in 1873. Then, on account of his successor's financial situation, he took back the brewery, which he managed until October, 1890, when he closed it and retired from active business. As the years went by he met with prosperity by reason of his careful control of his interests, so that in his later years he was enabled to enjoy the fruits of former toil. He was married twice and his first wife, whom he wedded in Philadelphia, died, leaving one son, Albert, who was born in Miam- isburg in 1844 and died in Dayton, February 2, 1892, leaving a widow and four children, two sons and two daughters. After losing his first wife Mr. Euchen- hofer was married in Dayton in 1849 to Catharine Discher. His death occurred February 3, 1891, when he had reached the age of eighty years, only four months after retiring from business, and thus Dayton lost one of her most respected German-American citizens. His second marriage was blessed with ten children, of whom five are living, namely: E. E. Euchenhofer, of this review ; Otto W., of Dayton ; Julia L., the wife of Russell H. Bates; Kate, the wife of L. Bauers, of Pekin, Illinois ; and Alexander, of Dayton. Mr. Euchenhofer was also a char- ter member of the Teutonia Fire Insurance Company, one of the oldest and most substantial companies in this section of the country, and held a directorship therein until his death.
When he reached the age of six years Edward E. Euchenhofer was sent as a pupil to the public schools, where he continued his studies to the age of fourteen, and then secured a clerkship in Mueller & Son's dry-goods store on East Third street, thus making his initial step in the business world. That he was a faith- ful and capable employe is indicated in the fact that he remained with that es- tablishment for three years. Desirous, however, of learning the machinist's business, he resigned from that position, with the good wishes of his employers, who presented him with his first set of machinist's tools. He entered the ma- chine shop of Brownell, Kielmier & Company, with whom he learned the ma- chinist's trade, working there for ten years, during which time his ability con- tinuously increased so that he became recognized as a most expert workman in that line. In 1882 he was made chief engineer of the city waterworks, where he continued until the spring of 1887. In the fall of the same year he embarked in business on his own account in connection with a partner and later began the manufacture of gas engines, incorporating the business as the Dayton Gas & Gas- oline Engine Company. In this business he continued for eighteen months, when he withdrew from that line to enter the regular machine business, which he car- ried on with a partner for three years. The association was then terminated and Mr. Euchenhofer, in the following year, engaged in business on his own account,
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