The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-23

| Surviving are three daughters.
Mrs. Katie Wilkemeyer, Mrs. Sadie
A. Hershey and Mrs. Mabel Rcnner,
all Of Dapton; / grandchildren and
one great, great grandchiId. John
Mcclure, %, of l21 Saw Mill road,
| IS a brother-in- law His daughter,
| Mrs. Renner, made her home with
him.
His mind was active up to the timc
| Of his death and he was alert to the
happenings of the day. In 1892 he
! typed the story Of his life, which
follows:
Il, W. A. Lincoln, February IL,
1916, was born near Lebanon, Ohio,
| In 1847 my parents moved to Cen
terviie, Montgomery county, Ohio.
lived there until | was II years
old received my education in the
| district school and the academy at
Centerville
when 1fj years old was en-
ployed at the general store Of ]. G..
Anderson and company, Centervi.le,
Ohio. They also had charge Of the
post office. After one yea, came
to Dayton in 1863 was employed in
/ the drygoods store Of j. b. Darst and
Brother, on North Main street.
After a few monhs with the com
pany, several Of my associates from
Gentervllle came 70 see me. They
said We are all going to enlist; we
WANT you to go with US. said W.
1 arc all too young mot one Of us ii
Il s years old yet. One said we
would all be Is when we get to head
quarters.
We'll, we all went to the recruit
ing office and enlisted in the services
Of Uncle Sam until the ciosc Of the
war We were placed in Company
X, l19th Rgt. owl, Capt Henry
r shaffer, good man and good
officer.
Job as Salesman
We were discharged at Nashville.
Tenn, June, 1865. soon after was
/ empi ayed as salesman in the dry
! goods store Of f. G. Trcbein COM
pany;; later the firm changed To Reese
d knuth. After several years the
company sa q 70 p. +. Bauer | wa
with Mr. Bauer for five years. Wa
with the three firms | Z years. told
Mr.. Bauer | thought would rathe,
80 into business for myself on thu
West Side. He said I would rather
you would stay with me. II nigh
be good move and il might not.
said | would try it. He said if an,
reference is needed refer them t,
me. Mr. Bauer was good ma,
kind to all his help in the store. :
'iS9 tlI btsL VI yBpouS #StOfS Ui
the West Side and did a thriving
business for u years. Ny health
failing, closed out the business
with advice Of my doctor to sta,
outdoors | took his advice. | af
ter three months rest thought wa.
/ able to do some light work.
Inactivity DistastefuI
It was hard work for me to dc
| nothing. Mr.. and Mrs. Corbet call
ed to see me. They said in three
/ weeks the board of education woule
elect a truant officer. They thought
it would be good outdoor Job fol
me. He said there were 2l appli
cants now. / said, None for me. Ec
| said, The asst is always first, may
| put you, application in?' said
Yes if you see fit.' He did.
II was elected truant officer.
served II years as truant officer. In
1884 | was elected a member of the
! board of education for two wears.
In 1886 | was reelected for two
more years. That was enough.
Il have seen Dayton grow from
1868 to 1881. | well remember the
first street ear, the first telephone,
| the fisa paved street, and nmny
other tirsts Dayton.
In 1869 / attended Sunday school
! at Grace Me. church. corner Fourth
and Ludlow streets. In 1870 |
joined Grace church, Rev. w. w.
Ramsey pastor. In 1871, I, on the
twenty-third day of February. was
married to Lottie H. Truxel. of 41S
West Fourth street, Dayton, Ohio.
At II pm. she bade farewell to the
loved home that she was born and
married in. We started east on our
wedding tour. We were just Is
minutes on the trip. We stopped at
nice little house on East Fifth st.
We found it nicely furnished. We
took quite a liking TO it,
Selected Home
SO we concluded to make this our
home. We lived in this nice little
home for three years.
In 1874 we moved to our own
home on Olive street. We had five
children born to us in this home,