William John Shuey
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 coutry schools of that day, and four months in the high school of Springfield. On the 7th day of March, 1848, he married Miss Sarah Berger, whose parents, natives of Berks County, Penn., settled near Lagonda, Ohio, in 1838. By 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 student in Union Biblical Seminary, Dayton, and Lincoln is a student in the Sophmore year in "O.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 Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio. In the autumn of 1851, he was transferred to Cincinnati, where, at different time, he served the church seven years. He was twice elected Presiding Elder in the Miami conference of his church, and two years pastor of 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 the country. In 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, conference elected him, for the 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 each) all 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.
From History of Montgomery County, Ohio, W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1882