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From History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909), The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882)
WILLIAM JOHN SHUEY, minister and editor, Dayton, was born in Miamisburg, Montgomery County, February 9, 1827. His father, Adam Shuey, and his mother, Hannah (Aley) Shuey, emigrated to this country in 1805, he from Dauphin County, Penn., and she from Washington County, Md. At the age of nine years, our subject moved, with his parents, to the vicinity of Springfield, Ohio, where he assisted his parents in opening a farm out of a dense forest. His advantages for education ! were limited to the common country schools of that day, and four months in the high school of Springfield. On the 7th of March, 1848, he married Miss Sarah Berger, whose parents, natives of Berks County, Penn., settled near Lagonda, Ohio, in 1838. By i this marriage he has been blessed by four sons, the eldest of whom, Albert L., died in childhood. Of the remaining three, Ewin L. is a professor in Otterbein University; William A. is a student in Union Biblical Seminary, Dayton, and Lincoln is a student in the Sophomore year in “ 0. U.” Mr. Shuey entered the active ministry of the Gospel in the United Brethren Church in 1849, and was appointed to his first charge at Liewisburg, Preble County, Ohio. In the autumn of 1851, he was transferred to Cincinnati, where, at different times, he served the church seven years. He was twice elected Presiding Elder in the Miami Conference of his church, and two years pastor ol the First United Brethren Church of Dayton. In 1855, he visited the west coast of Africa for the purpose of locating a mission among the heathen of that country. Id 1864, he was elected one of the agents of the United Brethren publishing house, Dayton in which capacity he still continues. For fifteen years, he has had sole charge of the business management of the house. In May, 1881, conf.rence elected him, fur tin fifth time, to this position, which will give him twenty-one years of continuous service When he began his work in the publishing house it was embarrassed with liabilities amounting to over $52,000. At the close of his fourth term (of four years ea-.h) at its debts were paid and the net assets exceeded $160,000. This circumstance in itself will prove whether or not Mr. Shuey is a successful financier and shrewd business:, manager.
As printed in The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
REV. WILLIAM JOHN SHUEY.
In all those interests which are agencies for intellectual and moral progress Rev. William John Shuey is deeply interested and his cooperation therein has been an active and beneficial factor for growth and development. He is, moreover, a business man of keen discernment, strong and practical in action, and therefore accomplishes substantial results. He has now passed the eighty-second milestone on life’s journey but in spirit and interest seems yet in his prime. While he retired from business life he has never ceased to feel a deep interest in the world’s work and his is an old age which has grown stronger and brighter mentally and spiritually as the years have gone by, giving out of the rich stores of his wisdom and experience for the benefit of others.
Rev. Shuey was born in Miamisburg, Montgomery county, Ohio, February 9, 1827. His parents were Adam and Hannah (Aley) Shuey. The father was born in Pennsylvania in 1799 and was six years of age when brought to Montgomery county by his father, Martin Shuey. The mother, a native of Maryland, also born in 1799, was a little maiden of six summers when her father, Isaac Aley, located near Dayton. After mastering the branches taught in the common schools, Rev. Shuey attended the academy at Springfield, Ohio, and afterward engaged in teaching in the public schools in that locality. In 1843 he joined the United Brethren church and, taking up religious work, received a license to preach from the Miami conference in 1848 and was ordained by Bishop Erb in 1851. From 1849 he served for two years as pastor of the church at Lewisburg, Ohio, and from 1851 until 1859 occupied a pastorate at Cincinnati. He was engaged in pastoral duties in Dayton from 1860 until 1862 and in the latter year became presiding elder, so serving until 1864. In 1854 he was appointed the first missionary of the church to Africa and the following year in company with the Rev. D. K. Flickinger and Dr. D. C. Rummer, he made a voyage to that land for the purpose of selecting a site for a mission.
In 1864 Rev. Shuey turned his attention to other lines in connection with the extension of the church work and its influences, being in that year appointed assistant agent of the publishing house at Dayton, Ohio, while in 1865 he was elected senior agent and by the successive resignation of two assistant agents became sole agent in 1866, retaining the position up to 1897, when he was elected financial manager of Union Biblical Seminary, where he served to the time of his retirement. All through the years he has remained an active factor in various departments of the church work; has been a delegate to nine different general conferences, serving as secretary of one; was a member of the board of missions for about three decades; and was one of the first directors of the Church Erection Society. On the organization of the General Sabbath School Association he became superintendent, thus serving for twelve years. He was connected with Otterbein University as a trustee for fourteen years and was a member of the executive committee of the Union Biblical Seminary. He was also a member of the church commission and in 1889 became one of the newly incorporated board of trustees of the church, so continuing until 1901. For thirty-five years he has been a trustee of the First United Brethren church at Dayton, is a member of the Montgomery County Bible Society and president of the Dayton United Brethren Ministers Society. All through the years he has kept in close touch with the constantly expanding interests of the church and the newly organized branches of this work, and his efforts have been far-reaching and beneficial. He has written many valuable articles relating to the church and in 1859 was associated with Rev. D. K. Flickinger in the preparation of a volume called Discourses on Doctrinal & I'practical Subjects. He was the editor of various year books of the church, beginning in 1867, and in 1865 became the editor of the general conference minutes. In 1880 the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Hartville University but was declined.
In 1848 Rev. Shuey was married to Miss Sarah Berger, of Springfield, and their living children are: Edwin L. and William A. Shuey. In community affairs Rev. Shuey has been interested and active. He has been a member of the Dayton board of education and of the Board of Trade; a member of the directorate of the Fourth National Bank; and vice president of the Union Safe Deposit & Trust Company of Dayton. In his relations to the public he has maintained an unassailable record for loyalty, reliability and public spirit. His support has been withheld from no philanthropic, benevolent or educational movements relative to the city’s best interests, and wherever known he is held in high regard for his upright life entitles him to the unqualified respect of his fellowmen.
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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