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Born 1872
From History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909)
WEBB T. EBY.
The spirit of modern progress is exemplified in the life and business career of Webb T. Eby, a jeweler of Dayton, who was born in this city, December 27, 1872. Under the parental roof he was reared and in the public schools he acquired his education, there pursuing his studies to the age of eighteen. He entered business life as a clerk in a grocery store and was employed in that capacity for two years. In 1893 he went upon the road for the National Cash Register as a salesman in the Carolinas and was so employed for a year, after which he became connected with the staff of the Farmers Home, a weekly paper.
Another year was passed in that manner, at the end of which time he entered the jewelry store of Aman & Company to learn the business. He continued there for twelve years and though he started out at the meager salary of four dollars per week the ability which he displayed in mastering the business and in handling the interests entrusted to his care won him promotion from time to time until he eventually became manager. In 1907 he started in the jewelry business for himself and has continued therein to the present. He has a very attractive store, carrying a fine line of artistic goods, and he also makes a specialty of diamonds and watches. He has personally made a careful and scientific study of these precious stones in the country’s largest diamond cutting institutions so that he brings expert knowledge to bear upon all purchases which he makes. He has a manufacturing plant in connection with his business, for handling special order work and repairing of all kinds.
On the 26th of January, 1898, Mr. Eby was married in Dayton to Miss Maude E. McQuality, a daughter of John W. McQuality, of Edgemont. They attend and hold membership in the United Brethren church and both are well known socially, having many friends in the city, where Mr. Eby has also won for himself an enviable and gratifying position in commercial circles, and among the. manufacturing jewelers of the east. In 1908 the Dayton Jewelers’ Association was formed, Mr. Eby being elected vice president.
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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