AUGUST S. CLOUSE, a representative business man of Piqua, who is teller of the Piqua National Bank and secretary of the Stuart & Brown Underwear Company, was born in this city in 1876, and is a son of Joseph Clouse, a native of Somerset, Ohio, who for years was identified with the man and also the substantial barns near the old manufacturing interests of Piqua.

August S. Clouse was reared and educated in his native city, graduating from the Piqua High School in 1894. He immediately went to work in the Citizen's National Bank, where he continued for seven years. In December, 1901, he came to the Piqua National Bank in the capacity of bookkeeper, afterward being made teller, and remains associated with this financial institution. He has other business interests and an important one is his official connection with the Stuart & Brown Underwear Company.

Mr. Clouse is one of Piqua's most active and earnest citizens. He is serving as clerk of the Board of Public Safety and has been tireless in his efforts to promote the general welfare. In politics he is a leading Republican of this section, being treasur er of the Republican Central Committee, of Miami County, and a member of the County Central Committee from the Third Ward of Piqua. He is a consistent member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Columbus and is a past grand knight of that order. Socially he is identified with the Piqua Club.