Charles F. Eck was born on a farm on Bear Creek Road on July 7, 1873 and lived there until the age of 14 when the family moved to the village of Miamisburg.  Graduating from Miamisburg High School in 1891, he took a job in the blacksmith shop of the Enterprise Carriage Company.  The following fall Mr. Eck became a bank messenger at the First National Bank, where he proved to be the consummate journeyman.  

He moved up within the bank to assistant bookkeeper, to assistant cashier, to cashier, to vice-president, and was eventually named president in 1932.  He was associated with the bank until his death in 1949.  While with the First National Bank, in 1902 he was named a director of the Mutual Federal Savings and Loan and later occupied the positions of treasurer, vice-president and president.  

Charles Eck was active in many other business and civil enterprises including president of the Montgomery County Rural Bankers Association and executive committee member of the Ohio Bankers Association.  He was elected village clerk, a member and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Village Sinking Fund as well as the Miamisburg School District. 

His civic duties included vice-president of the Miamisburg Commercial Club and president of the Miamisburg Businessmen's Club - both of which were instrumental in bringing new businesses to Miamisburg.  Mr. Eck was the first president of the Miamisburg Civil Service Board when Miamisburg became a city, and he was a member of the Rotary Club as well.

Charles F. Eck and family lived at 104 S. Sixth Street in the white house on the southeast corner of Sixth and Park Avenue.  This area, at that time, was the center of education in Miamisburg.  Mr. Eck had a great deal of pride in Miamisburg, and dedicated his life to making it thrive.  He had a special place in his heart for his Alma mater, and with his great love for music, Mr. Eck was especially fond of the Miamisburg High School Band - who serenaded him on his deathbed.  Charles F. Eck died in February of 1949, and was laid to rest in Miamisburg.  Mr. Eck was married to Ida Pansing, and they had three daughters.