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Born 1875
From History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909)
CHARLES R. SPITLER.
Charles R. Spitler, junior member of the firm of Spitler & Spitler of Brookville, his native city, was born October 12, 1875, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine Spitler, also natives of Montgomery county. At the usual age he was sent as a pupil to the public schools and mastered the various branches of learning taught in consecutive grades until he became a high-school student. He was born and reared on a farm and there remained until 1890, when he came to Brookville. In 1898 he joined his father in their business under the firm style of Spitler & Spitler and have conducted the enterprise to the present day, building up an extensive and gratifying trade. In 1908 they extended the scope of their activities by becoming extensive dealers in coal and have had large sales in that commodity in the intervening period.
In 1895 Mr. Spitler was united in marriage to Miss Olive Belle Mills, a daughter of Truman B. Mills, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. They now have one child, Herbert, ten years of age. The parents are members of the United Brethren church and Mr. Spitler has also been identified with the junior order of United Order of American Mechanics for the past fourteen years. In politics he is a stanch and stalwart democrat, giving freely of his time and means to the support of his party. He has been a delegate to the democratic convention to this district and is a member of the board of health. Aside from his mercantile interests he is connected with the Brookville Manufacturing Company and he has settled more states than any other one man of the locality, acting as administrator and executor, and at all times having the entire confidence of the general public. He is a man whose business reliability is above question and in no business undertaking has he been known to take advantage of his fellowmen in even the slightest degree.
As printed in History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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