EDWARD G. NEUMEISTER. Business interests of Upper Sandusky are well represented by Edward G. Neumeister, who conducts a large bakery and confectionery store in the city. He is regarded as one of the most progressive merchants here, employing modern methods in the development of his trade and carrying a line of goods that makes his establishment one of the most attractive stores in the community. He was born in Upper Sandusky, Febru ary 2, 1878, and is a son of David and Katherine (Myers) Neumeister, natives of Germany, the former born on the 4th of May, 1838, and the latter on February 28, 1845. The father was twenty-seven years of age when he crossed the Atlantic to America, landing in New York, where he remained for one year. At the end of that time he came west to Ohio and spent six years in Bucyrus, at the end of which time he established his home in Upper Sandusky, where he still resides. He became identified with mercantile interests when he founded a bakery and confectionery store which he developed ably and along progressive lines, building up a large and representative patronage. He retired from active life in 1900. He and his Avife became the parents of eleven children. John died at the age of two. David, Jr., passed away when he was in his eighteenth year. Adam, a baker at Mount Healthy, Ohio, married Miss Celia Renner, of Findlay, and they have three children. Henry, a merchant, is married and has one child. Carrie married Paul Redlin, a baker and confectioner at Ham ilton, Ohio, and they have four children. William, a baker and confectioner at Sandusky, married Miss Elsie Till and they have one child. Edward G., the seventh in order of birth, is the subject of this review. Ernest is still unmarried.Gustave died at the age of four years. Samuel died at the age of seven. Paul, who completes the family, makes his home in Upper Sandusky. Edward G. Neumeister attended the public schools of Upper Sandusky until he was sixteen years of age and then laid aside his books to assist his father in the conduct of a bakery and confectionery business. In 1900, when his father retired, Mr. Neumeister of this review assumed full control of the establishment, which he still conducts. He has ably carried forward the work which his father began in 1877, and has developed the store into an extensive enterprise, attractive by reason of its well selected line of goods, its tasteful arrangement and reasonable prices. Mr. Neumeister has neglected no detail of his business and has followed always the most modern methods, installing labor-saving machinery and possessing at the present time stock and equipment valued at about fifteen hundred dollars. He owns in addition a mod ern residence in the city, a large business building and an interest in a business building in Hamilton.On December 10, 1905, at Upper Sandusky, Mr. Neumeis ter was united in marriage to Miss Mary Paessler, a daughter of Robert and Lydia Paessler of that city. The father passed away in 1883, but the mother still makes her home in Upper Sandusky. Mr. and Mrs. Neumeister have five children, Evelyn, Karl, Ruth, Jane and James. Mr. Neumeister is independent of political parties and is not active publicly, preferring to concentrate his attention upon his business affairs, which are bringing him richly merited success. His worth is widely acknowledged, his business enterprise having . gained hm distinction in commercial circles and his business probity standing as an unquestioned fact in his career.