John Stahl, D.D.S.
Independence of spirit,enterprise, industry and determination, so essential to a successful career in connection with any vocation, are possessed in an eminent degree by the subject of this review, who is one of the leading dentists in the city of Wooster. He was born in Winesburg, Holmes county, Ohio on the 24th of March, 1868, and is descended from Bavarian parentage. His grandfather John Valentine Stahl, was born in Bavaria, near Munich, Germany, and 1827 he came tothe United States, locating in Holmes county, Ohio. There he established the town of Winesburg and donated the site for the first church there. He was a potter by trade and was highly respected in his community, where he lived during the remainder of his life. The subject's father, Charles Stahl, was born in Bavaria, in 1821, and accompanied his parents on their emigration to the United States in 1827. On attaining years of maturity he took up the pursuit of farming, which he followed during his active life, his death occurring at Winesburg on February 28, 1902, at the age of eight years. He had served as a justice of the peace for many years and stood high in his community. He married Louise Dodez, who was born at Mount Eaton, Wayne county, January 3, 1839. She is still living, though an invalid from the effects of paralysis, and is making her home with relatives at Canton, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Stahl were born seven children, all of whom are living, namely: Julius, of Bloomfield, Nebraska; Daniel, of Winesburg, Oho; Charles H., an attorney at Akron, Ohio; Joseph, of North Baltimore, Ohio, being vice-president of the First National Bank of that place; Mrs. Mary Jefferson of Plain View, Nebraska, and Mrs. Lulu Hansen, of Canton, Ohio.
John V. Stahl received his preliminary education in the schools of his home community and remained under the parental roof until eighteen years of age. He then became a student in the Riverside Military Academy at Poughkeepsie, New York, after which he attended Eastman's National Business College, at Poughkeepsie, where he graduated in 1888. He then became a traveling salesman in the interest of F. A. Davis, publisher of medical books at Philadelphia, remaining with this house several years and making a good reputation as a successful salesman. In 1892 Mr. Stahl entered the dental department of Northwestern University, at Chicago, where he remained two years, taking one year in the study of medicine and one year in dentistry. He completed his technical education in the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, at Cincinnati, where he graduated in 1895. Upon the completion of his professional studies, Doctor Stahl located at Mowrystown, Highland county, Ohio, but was not satisfied with the location and in July of the same year he came to Wooster where he has since remained. He met with a satisfactory reception from the public from the start and has always enjoyed his full share of the public patronage. He is a careful and painstaking workman and has invariably given satisfaction in his work. His office is fitted with all the latest and improved appliances for the successful practice of his profession and he keeps in touch with the latest advances made in his profession. In 1908 Dr. Stahl took a post-graduate course at the Northwestern University. He keeps in close touch with his professional brethren through his membership in the Ohio State Dental Association and the Northern Ohio Dental Association, of which he is a valued member. He also possesses a large and well-selected libraryof standard books in several lines of literature and is a close reader of the world's best authors. He has been a keen observer too and is a well informed man on matters in general.
Socially, Doctor Stahl is a member of the [Free and Accepted Masons lodge #48, Knights Templar, and prelate of this commandery for the past eighteen years; is a member of Wooster Council No. 13, Royal and Select Masters, the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Order of Eagles] at Wooster. His religious membership is with the German Evangelical church at Winesburg. The Doctor is up to date and ready at all times to encourage movements for the material advancement of his city or county. He has a large number of warm personal friends and is well liked by all who know him.
From The History of Wayne County, Ohio, B. E. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1910