William Schuey Mundhenk

As printed in 1909

WILLIAM SCHUEY MUNDHENK, M. D.

Dr. William Schuey Mundhenk, a prominent and successful physician of Brookville, is associated in practice with his son, Llerbert Conner Mundhenk, under the style of Drs. W. S. & LI. C. Mundhenk. His birth occurred in Pyrmont, Montgomery county, Ohio, on the 19th of August, 1851. The paternal grandfather, Daniel G. Mundhenk, who was born in Germany in 1777, wedded Miss Louisa Sprangel in 1803. On the 7th of July, 1807, he set sail for the new world in the ship “William P. Johnson," arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 2d of December of the same year. When a young man he was a sailor in service upon whaling vessels and visited the Arctic ocean and Greenland. After retiring from a seafaring life he became a farmer and a mechanic. By his first wife, who died shortly after reaching Philadelphia, Mr. Mundhenk had two children, August and Louisa. For his second wife he married Maria Hagerman, by whom he had eight children, as follows: Daniel, Henry, Mary A., Michael Joseph, Charles, Frederick and John. Daniel G. Mundhenk settled in Montgomery county in 1817 and founded the town of Pyrmont, laying it out on his own land, of which he had from five to six hundred acres. Upon this farm his second wife died, and for his third wife he married Margaret Hubler, by whom he had one child, Caroline. He was engaged in both farming and milling in Pyrmont, erecting both saw and grist mills early in the history of Montgomery county. He was well known and highly esteemed as a man of sterling character and a valued citizen. Early in life he was a Quaker but after reaching Ohio joined the United Brethren church, in the faith of which he passed away at the age of eighty-one years, his demise occurring in Pyrmont in 1859.

Frederick Mundhenk, father of Dr. W. S. Mundhenk, was born at Pyrmont on the 4th of July, 1818, being the first child born in the settlement. He was one of a family of fourteen children and his education was received in the common schools, while early in life he became familiar with the milling business, operating both saw and grist mills. He resided at Pyrmont during the greater portion of his life, where he was engaged in milling for many years and was well and widely known as a substantial and honored citizen. He was an industrious, hard-working and prosperous man, owning some five hundred acres of land. His political allegiance was given to the republican party, while his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the United Brethren church, of which he was a liberal supporter. On the 3d of November, 1843, M Pyrmont, he wedded Miss Mary C. Hook, whose birth occurred in Rockingham county, Virginia, November 11, 1823, her parents being John and Ann (Chandler) Hook. The former, a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, was of English descent on his father’s side and of German ancestry on the material side. He served as a soldier in the war of 1812, being stationed for a time at Norfolk, Virginia. For some years he followed the harness and saddlery business in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and at an early day emigrated to Missouri, while about 1830 he located at Pyrmont, Ohio. He was twice married and by his first union had one child, Mary C. By his second wife he had two children, Uriah and Sarah. He was called to his final rest in 1869, when seventy-six years of age. Frederick Mundhenk, who was also twice married, had the following children by his first wife: James, who participated in the Civil war as a member of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; William S., of this review; and Minnie. By his second wife he had one son. Frederick.

William S. Mundhenk, whose name introduces this review, obtained his education in the public schools and then, having decided upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he began the study of the profession under the direction of Dr. J. R. Conner, a prominent physician of Montgomery county. He was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1876 and immediately began practice at Brookville, his skill and ability in the line of his chosen calling soon bringing him an extensive and lucrative patronage. He keeps in touch with the progress that is continually being made by the profession through his membership in the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association and the American Medical Association and has an enviable reputation among his brethren of the fraternity. He is now serving as the vice president of the Citizens Banking Company and has long been numbered among the most prosperous, progressive and esteemed residents of his native county.

In 1872 Dr. Mundhenk was united in marriage to Miss Emma Conner, who was born in 1853, her parents being Dr. J. R. and Mary (Cusick) Conner. The father, a native of Maryland, removed to Clinton county, Ohio, in early manhood and in 1851 came to Montgomery county, locating in Pyrmont, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine until 1872. He was widely recognized as a prominent representative of the medical profession and during the last ten years of his life practiced in Brookville, dying there in 1882, at the age of fifty-three years. His children were as follows: Emma, Eberle, Flora and Rose. Unto Dr. and Mrs. Mundhenk have been born two children: Herbert Conner; and Miriam, whose birth occurred in 1898. In his political views the Doctor is a stalwart republican, while fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias. He has now been engaged in practice in Brookville for a third of a century, manifesting at all times a close conformity to a high standard of professional ethics, and if patronage is any criterion of ability he ranks high among the leading physicians of the county.

Herbert Conner Mundhenk, who is associated in practice with his father, was born in Brookville in 1877. He supplemented his preliminary education, obtained in the city schools, by a course in the Ohio State University at Columbus, from which institution he was graduated in 1899. Subsequently he entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and upon completing the course there in 1902 he at once joined his father in practice, in which connection he has since remained an active and successful representative of the medical profession. Like his father, he is a worthy member of the Montgomery County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias and the Masons. In 1904 he was united in marriage to Miss June Jenks, of Greenville, Ohio, by whom he has two children, William J. and Marian.

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.