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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
The History of the City of Dayton
and
The Montgomery County, Ohio.
by Rev. A. W. Drury
1909
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ELMER
E. NISWONGER is president of the Excelsior
Laundry Company and identified with other important and
remunerative business concerns of Dayton. He was
born in West Sonora, Preble county, Ohio, in 1861 and
his youthful days to the age of nineteen years were
there passed. He completed his education by a
course in an academy at Euphemia, Ohio, being graduated
with the class of 1879 and in 1881 he came to Dayton as
stenographer for the John Dodd
Manufacturing Company. For ten years he remained
with that house, winning promotion from time to time but
severed his connection to accept the position of
corresponding clerk with the National
Cash Register Company. His capability and ready
adaptability there won him advancement until he became
secretary of the company and a member of the board of
directors. In 1901, however, he withdrew from that
organization to enter business fields which he believed
would prove still more remunerative, being elected to
the presidency of the Excelsior Laundry Company.
He is also president of the Star Laundry Company of
Columbus and president of the National Laundry Machinery
Company of Dayton. In the position of
administrative direction he displays excellent executive
force in the management and in the control of financial
affairs. His constantly expanding business powers,
his unwearied industry and his close application have
enabled him from the outset of his career to rise
steadily, step by step to his present place of
prominence and success.
In 1888 in Darke county, Ohio, Mr. Niswonger was
married to Miss Gertrude Burtch. He belongs
to the Masonic lodge, holds membership with the Garfield
Club and is also a director of the Chamber of Commerce,
these different associations making him widely known in
Dayton. He is also an active republican, believing
the party platform adequate to meet the needs of the
country in shaping legislation that has to do with the
financial and trade interests of the country and its
foreign policy. He is an effective worker in the
local ranks of the party and, as in other relations of
life, commands the confidence and esteem of his
political associates.
Source: The History of the City of Dayton
and
The Montgomery County, Ohio
by Rev. A. W. Drury
1909 - Vol. II - Page 590 |
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