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TUTTLE, MARY McARTHUR THOMPSON, Artist-Author; born, Hillsboro, Ohio, Nov. 5. 1848; daughter of James Henry Thompson and Eliza Jane (Trimble) Thompson; educated: Hillsboro College: McMicken Art Sch., Cincinnati, O .; and studied art and the French and German Langs. and Lit. in Europe. College de- grees: A. B., 1867. Married, Prof. Her- bert Tuttle, July 6, 1875, who died, 1894. Has done much art work, landscape and portrait, and among the latter are in- c'uded two portraits of her mother. one of which is in the Crusade Memorial Room in the First Presbyterian Church of Hills- boro, Ohio, and the other was exhibited at the World's W. C. T. U. Conv. in Ber- lin; also painted two "In Memoriam" por- traits of her late husband, one for the Univ. of Vermont, his alma mater, and the other for Cornell Univ. Author: The Mother of an Emporer: Types of Men and Women: edited the Autobiography of Gov. Allen Trimble, her grandfather. Lecturer: has a course of lectures on color as pic- torial art, industrial art, and to dress or costume. Socs. and clubs: Mem. D. A. R .: Anı. Historical Assn .: Ohio Archaeological and Historical Soc .; Am. Fed. of Arts; Am. Peace Soc .: W. C. T. U .; The West- ern Reserve Ilistorical Soc: Protestant Episcopal Church. TIome address: Hills- boro, Ohio.
TWISS, GEORGE RANSOM, State Iligh School Inspector and Univ. Prof .; born, Columbus, Ohio, June 6. 1863: son
of George Henry Twiss and Susan Gale (Ransom) Twiss; educated: public schools of Columbus, O .; Ohio State Univ .; Post- Grad. work, Harvard; Univ. of Chicago, 2 summers; Teachers' College, Columbia Univ., 4 summers and 1 yr. College de- grees: B. S., 1885. Married, Blanche Marie Olin, June 28, 1915. Teacher in high schools, Youngstown, O. and Columbus. O.,
1885-1894; head of Science Dept., Central high school, Cleveland, O., 1894-1908; high school visitor, Ohio State Univ., 1908-1915; State high school inspector, Columbus, O., 1915 -; Prof. Principles of Education, Ohio State Univ., 1915 -; taught in sum- mer term at Harvard, 1899; Ohio State Univ., 1908-1909; Univ. of Missouri, 1916- 1917. Author of two laboratory manuals in physics; joint-author with C. R. Mann of the Univ. of Chicago, of two text-books on Physics. Contributor of the Chapter on the teaching of the natural Sciences in Paul Monroe's Principles of Secondary Education. Author of The Principles of Science Teaching, ready for publication; author of papers on Education in various reports and periodicals. Socs. and clubs: Active member of the N. E. A .; Past Pres. of the Dept. of Science Instruction; Mem. Am. Soc. of College Teachers' of Educa- tion; Mem. Central Assn. of Science and Math. Teachers; Mem. Ohio State Teach- ers' Assn .; Mem. Central Ohio Schoolmas- ters' Club; Mem. Faculty Club of Olio State Univ .; Nat. Soc. for the Study of Education; Nat. Assn. for Adv. of Science. Congregationalist. Home address: 252 18th Ave., Columbus, O.
TYLER, CLAYTON W., Attorney; born, Lakewood, Ohio, May 4, 18$3; son of Clay- ton L. Tyler and Ella M. (Poe) Tyler; educated: Lakewood high school; West- ern Reserve Univ. College degrees: Ll .. B. Married, Alice A. Drope, Feb. 12, 1913. Practicing law in Cleveland since 1906; elected to Lakewood Council, 1907; re- elected in 1909; elected Vice Mayor, 1911; elected Mayor, 1913; re-elected in 1915; associated with F. W. Kurzenberger (Tyler & Kurzenberger), 337 Soc. for Savs. Bldg., Cleveland. O. Socs. and clubs: Lakewood Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 601; Lakewood Lodge, K. of P .; Pearl Lodge, K. O. T. M .; Cunningham Chapter (Masonic) ; Al Sirat Grotto. Methodist Church. Home address: 1477 Westwood Ave., Lakewood, Ohio.
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UBERROTH, MARION W., Physician-Sur- geon; born, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 1S. 1872; son of the late Dr. Adams S. Uber- roth and Mallie (Wollaston) Uberroth; educated : county schools; Heidelberg TTniv .: Univ. of Maryland School of Med- icine and Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons. Baltimore, Md. College degrees: M. D. Married. Cora LaFountaine, Nov. 17. 1898. Began the practice of medicine in New Riegel after graduation in 1893, with his step-father, the late Dr. Wm. H. Focht; a year later, Dr. Focht removed to Tiffin, Ohio, and the subject of this sketchi continued the practice of his pro- fession at New Riegel until 1906; prac- ticed medicine at Tiffin, O., 1906 -. Socs. and clubs: American, Northwestern, Ohio, and Seneca County Medical Socie- ties: K. of P. Home address: 46 Clay St., Tiffin, Ohio.
ULLMAN, CARL WILLIAM, Commercial Secretary; born, Youngstown, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1892; son of Edward D. Ullman and Frederica (Seeger) Ullman; educated : College of Commerce: Administration of I'niv. of Chicago; Rayen Sch. of Youngs- town, O, College degrees: Ph. B. Un- married. Secy. of Northeastern Ohio Commercial Secretaries Assn., 1915-1916; Secy. Salem Chamber of Commerce, 1915- 1917; Secy. Ohio Commercial Secretaries Assn., 1916-1917. German Reformed C'h. Home address: Salem Chamber of Com- merce, Salem, O.
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ULMER, CHARLES ADAM, Physician- Surgeon; born, Bucyrus, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1877; son of Adam Ulmer and Sarah (Mil- ler) Ulmer; educated: public schools of Bucyrus, O .; Case School of Applied Science; Univ. of Mich. College degrees: M. D. Married, Barbara Lodema Angell, Jan. 27, 1904. Practicing medicine and surgery in Bucyrus, O .; local surgeon for New York Central Ry. Co .; surgeon U. S. Med. Dept., 1902-1904, at Washington, D. C .; local examiner U. S. Pension Bd .; coroner of Crawford Co., 1910-1914; local examiner U. S. Civil Service Dept .; Med. Exam. for Industrial Commn. of Ohio. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Elks; Eagles; American Assn. of Railway Surgeons; Am. Med. Assn .: Ohio State Med. Assn .; N. E. N .; Beta Theta Pi. Member Epis- copal Church. Home address: 208 S. Wal- nut St., Bucyrus, O.
UNDERWOOD, ALDRICH B., Attorney; born, Granger, Medina Co., O., April 13, 1889; son of Elmer Brewster Underwood and Lola May (Ganyard) Underwood; educated: Granger's centralized schools; Oberlin College; Western Reserve Univ .; Harvard Univ. College degrees: A. B., 1911; LL. B., 1914. Married, Nettie Caro- line Lawrence, July 29, 1914. Admitted to Ohio bar, June 25, 1914; engaged in gen- eral practice law, Medina, O., 1914- city solicitor, Medina, O., and Lodi, O., 1916 ----; prosecuting attorney, Medina Co., 1915 --; attorney, Medina Co. Hu- mane Soc., 1915 --; delegate Democratic State Conv., 1916; alternate Dem. Nat. Conv., St. Louis, 1916. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Assn. Co. Pros. Attys .; Phi Delta Lit. Soc. (Oberlin Coll.); Medina Lodge. F. & A. M .: Y. M. C. A. First Democratic prosecuting attorney of Me- dina Co. Home address: The Public Square, Medina, O.
UNDERWOOD, CLARENCE CECIL, Edu- cator; born, Butler Twp., Knox Co., O., Sept. 5, 1875; son of Obed Milan Under- wood and Martha Ellen (Beal) Underwood; educated: country schools; Kenyon Coll. College degrees: Ph. B., 1907; A. M., 1910. Married, Mary Elizabeth Morrison, June 10, 1899. Taught schools in country, four yrs .; city schools, 6 yrs. (Prin. high
school); Supt. schools, 11 yrs .; Supt. Painesville, O., schools, 1913- Socs. and clubs: Masonic Order; Chapter, Coun- cil. K. T .; Painesville Shore Club; Nat. Soc. Science; Y. M. C. A. (Painesville) ; Northeastern Ohio Teachers' Assn .; Ohio State Teachers' Assn .; Nat. Edn. Assn. Episcopal. Home address: Painesville, O. UPHAM, ALFRED H., College Professor; born, Eaton, Ohio, March 2, 1877; son of John Upham and Laura A. (Gardner) Upham; educated: Eaton, Ohio, public schools; Miami Univ .; Harvard Univ .; Co- lumbia Univ. College degrees: A. B., Miami; A. M., Harvard; Ph. D., Columbia. Married, Mary C. Mcclintock, June 2S, 1905. Instructor Latin and Greek, Miami, 1897-1900; Prof. English, Utah Agricul- tural College, 1902-1905; Univ. Fellow. Comparative Lit., Columbia Univ., 1905- 1906; associate Prof. English, Miami. 1906- 1908; Prof. English, Miami Univ., 1908-10, 1913 -; associate Prof. English Lit., Bryn Mawr College, 1910-1913; editor Miami
Univ. Bulletin. Author: The French In- fluence Eng. Literature from Accession of Elizabeth to the Restoration (1908): Old Miami, the Yale of the Early West (1909) : The Typical Forms of English Lit. (1917) : contributor numerous articles and reviews in various periodicals. Socs. and clubs: Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Modern Language Assn. of America. Presbyterian. Home address: Oxford, 0.
UPHAM, JOHN HOWELL JANEWAY, born. Trenton, N. J., Aug. 12, 1871; son of Nathaniel Lord Upham and Anna Howell Janeway) Upham; educated: University of Pennsylvania. College degrees: M. D. Married, Alice Lee, 1897. Grad. from Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1894. Interne Johns Hopkins Hosp., Baltimore, Md., 1894-1896; removed to Columbus, Ohio, in 1896; lecturer in Starling Med. Coll., 1896- 1899; studied in Berlin, Leipzig, Prague, 1899-1900; Assoc. Prof. of Med. in Starling Med. Coll. and Starling Ohio Med. Coll .; at present, Prof. of Clinical Medicine in Ohio State University; editor of Ohio State Medical Journal, 1907-1913; Pres. Ohio State Med. Assn., 1915 -; member Ohio State Med. Bd., 1913 -; member Advisory Com. to Industrial Commn., 1914. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Med. Assn., Columbus Acad .; Am. Med. Assn .; Colum- bus Club; Athletic Club; Columbus Coun- try Club, etc. Trinity Episcopal Church. Home address: 1414 E. Broad St., Colum- bus, Ohio.
UPSON, RALPH HAZLETT, Aeronautic Engineer; born, New York City, 1888; son of William Ford Upson and Grace (Haz- lett) Upson; educated: Glen Ridge, N. J., high school; Stevens Inst. of Technology. College degrees: M. E. Married, Frances Talbot Allen, May 19, 1915. Designer and pilot of balloon "Goodyear," winner of Gordon-Bennett International Race, 1913; designer Goodyear Kite Balloon and nu- merous balloons and dirigibles. Author of various treatises on aeronautical subjects. Socs. and clubs: Soc. of Automotive En- gineers; Aero Club of Am .; Ohio Soc. of N. Y .; Univ. Club, Akron. United Pres- byterian. Home address: 219 Shawnee Path, Akron, O.
UPTON, HARRIET TAYLOR (Mrs. George W. Upton), Author; born, Ravenna, Ohio; daughter of Ezra B. Taylor and Harriet M. (Frazier) Taylor; educated: public schools, Warren, O. Married, George W. Upton, 1884. Member Warren (O.) School Board, (Pres.) 15 yrs. Author: Historical Works- Our Early Presidents, Their
Wives and Children (1 Vol.); History of Trumbull Co. (2 Vols.); History of West- ern Reserve (3 Vols.); also children's stories in magazines; edited year book for Nat. Woman Suffrage Assn .; editor, Progress, national organ, number years; Pres. Ohio Woman Suffrage, 14 yrs .: Treas. National Assn., 15 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Political Equality Club; Fortnight- ly Study Club; W. R. C .; Daughter of Veterans; D. A. R .; (Treas.) Highland Mary Aux Clan Campbell (Scotch). Epis- copalian. Home address: Warren, O.
URY, JOHN BUSBY, Physician-Surgeon; born, Defiance Co., Ohio, Dec. 17, 1877; son of Frank W. Ury and Nancy (Bos- tater) Try; educated: public schools of Defiance; Defiance Coll .; Univ. of Chicago (Rush Med. Coll.), Grad. 1903. College degrees: M. D. Married, Lura Kuhn. Sept. 20, 1905. Physician and surgeon : has practiced in Defiance, O., since Socs. and clubs: Am. Med. Assn .; Ohio
State Med. Assn .; Northwestern Ohio Dist. Med. Assn .: Defiance Co. Med. Assn .; Honorary Mem. Toledo Academy of Medicine; Masons; B. P. O. E. ITome ad- dress: 402 Jefferson Ave., Defiance, O.
UTTER, NORWOOD J., Attorney; born. Cincinnati, Ohio, April 20, 1877; son of James W. Utter and Virginia (Lyon) It- ter; educated: public schools of Cincin- nati; high school of Walnut Hills: Univ. of Cincinnati. College degrees: LL. B. Married, Mary Ragsdale, Nov. 17, 1903. Engaged in the general prictice of law
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at Cincinnati, O., since graduation in June, 1999; associated with Charles J. Hunt and O. W. Bennett under the firm name of Hunt, Bennett & Utter, 1913 -. Home address: 3313 Stettinius Ave., Hyde Park, Cincinnati, O.
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VALE, JEAN PUGH (MRS.), Reporter; born, Ottawa, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1863; daugh- ter of Day Pugh and Elizabeth (Davis) Pugh; educated: public and high schools of Ottawa. Ohio; Business Coll., Ada Nor- mal. Married, Edmond L. Vale, July 6,
1884. Taught music at Leipsic and Bel- more, O .. and also in the W. Leipsic schools for 2 yrs .; postmistress of Colum- bus Grove, 5 months; managed the Co- lumbus Grove Vidette, 1% yrs .; traveled for the Brown, Eager & Hull Co. of To- ledo, O .; editor and manager of the Ot- towa Gazette, 212 yrs .; is correspondent for 10 newspapers. Presbyterian Church. Composer of several songs, among them is "Surrender Your Heart to Me." Home address: Ottawa, O.
VANCE, JAMES MILTON, College Profes- sor; born, Lexington, Ill., May 21, 1875; son of (Rev.) Samuel Elbridge Vance and Kate (Frame) Vance; educated: Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ., 1896; Princeton Theol. Seminary; (Grad.) McCormick Theol. Seminary; (Blackstone N. T. fellowship), 1903; studied Univ. Marburg, 1903; Univ. Berlin, 1903-1904; Univ. Jena, 1904-1906. College degrees: A. B., 1896; B. D., 1909; Ph. D., 1906. Married, Elizabeth May Wood, Nov. 29, 1906. Ordained in Pres- byterian ministry, 1903; Mercer Prof. Bible instruction, Univ. Wooster, 1906 -. Author: Beitraege zur Byzantinischen Kulturgeschichte, Jena, 1907. Socs. and clubs: Soc. Biblical Lit. and Exegesis; Religious Ed. Assn .; Century Club ( Woos- ter). Republican. Home address: 1301 Beall Ave., Wooster, O.
VANCE, KYLE M., Attorney; born, Lima, Ohio, July 13, 1889; son of Mcclellan Vance and Ora (Swepston) Vance; edu- cated: public schools of London, O .; Ohio State Univ .; received a law certificate. Married, Grace R. Stevenson, July 24, 1913. Practiced law in Columbus after graduating from O. S. U .; then moved to Chicago where he practiced for 2 yrs .; practicing in London, Ohio, since 1915. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .; K. of P .; London Club. M. E. Church. Democratic in politics and has served on several im- portant committees. Home address: 128 Logan Ave., London, O.
VANCE, SELBY FRAME, Theologian; born, Oneida, Ill., Nov. 17, 1864; son of Sam- vel Elbridge Vance and Kate (Frame) Vance; educated: Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ .; Princeton Theol. Sem .; McCormick Theol. Sem., 1891; Univ. Berlin, 1893-5. College degrees: A. B., 1885; A. M., 18SS; D. D. (Parson's Coll., Ia., 1902); LL. D. (Cum- berland Univ., Tenn., 1916). Married, Agnes Smith, Sept. 23, 1891; 2nd, Jeannie Putnam, Sept. 1, 1909. Ordained in Pres- byterian ministry, 1891; pastor Girard, Kan .. 1891-3; Prof. Greek, Parsons Coll., 1895-1900; Prof. English Bible, Univ. Wooster (Ohio), 1900-5; Prof. church his- tory. 1905-10; English Bible, 1910-, Lane Theol. Seminary, Cincinnati, O. Re- publican. Home address: 3 Lane Seminary Grounds, Cincinnati, O.
VANCE, WILBUR HOADLY, Educator; born, near Buford, Highland Co., O., July 31. 1884; son of William Franklin Vance
and Mary Catherine ( Winkle) Vance; edu- cated: Lebanon Univ. College degrees: Ph. B. Married, Sylvia Cecil Wisby, May 5, 1909. Teacher rural schools, Clay Twp., Highland Co., O., 3 yrs .; Prin. Rainsboro high school, 4 yrs .; Prin. Webster School, Hillsboro, O., 4 yrs .; Supt. schools, High- land Co., O .. 1914 --. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .; M. W. A .; F. & A. M .; High- land Commandery, K. T. Member Church Christ. Home address: Hillsboro, O.
VANCE, WILLIAM McKENDREE, Educa-
tor; born. Mutual, Champaign Co., O .; son of John Vance and Mary Elizabeth (Mil- ler) Vance; educated: public . schools; Linden Hill Academy, New Carlisle, Ohio; Urbana high school; Ohio Wes. Univ., Delaware, O. College degrees: A. B .; A. M. Married, Amy Sutherland, June 18, 1884. Teacher country schools, 4 yrs .; Prin. high school, Gallipolis. O .. 1883-4; teacher mathematics, Kenyon Mil. Acad., Gambier, O., 1884-5; Prin. high school, Washington C. H., O., 1885-6; Prin. high school, Ur- bana, O., 1886-91; Supt. schools, Urbana, O., 1991-1901; Supt. schools. Miamisburg, O .. 1901-6; Supt. schools, Delaware, O., 1906 -. Lecturer: Teachers' Institutes, etc. Member Champaign Co. Bd. School Examiners, 10 yrs .; City Bd. School Ex- aminers, Urbana, Miamisburg, Delaware, 26 yrs .; State Bd. School Examiners,
1916 -. Socs. and clubs: (Pres., 1900-1)
Central Ohio Teachers' Assn .; (Pres., 1906-7) Southwestern Ohio Teachers' Assn .;
(Pres .. 1914-15) Ohio State Teachers'
Assn. ; (Pres .. 1909-10) Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle; Nat. Ed. Assn .; Nat. Soc. for Study Ed .; Nat. Geog. Soc .: Central Ohio Schoolmasters' Club; Shakespeare Club (Dei.); Phi Beta Kappa (Scholarship Soc.); Phi Gamma Delta: Mason. Chapter, Council and Commandery. Methodist. Home address: 160 West Winter St., Del- aware, Ohio.
VAN DE BOE, JOSEPH SHERMAN, Real Estate: born, Cooperstown. N. Y .. Jan. 2, 1859; son of John Leland Van De Boe and Electa (Webster) Van De Boe; edu- cated: Williston Sem., East Hampton,
Mass. Married, Mary A. Wood, Dec.,
1881. Pres. and Treas. of The V. H. Realty Co .: Pres. and Treas. of The Van De Boe-Hager Co. Socs. and clubs: Cleve- land Athletic Club; The Cleveland Auto- mobile Club; 32d degree Mason; Past Master Holyrood Commandery, No. 32, K. T .: Past Potentate Al Sirat Grotto. No. 17; Mem. of Al Koran Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. Episcopalian. Home address: 17902 Nottingham Road, Cleveland, O.
VAN DEMAN, JOHN D., Attorney; born. Delaware, Ohio. Feb. 12, 1832; son of (Rev.) Henry Van Deman and Sarah (Darlinton) Van Deman; educated: Ohio Wes. Univ., 1851. College degrees: A. B., 1851; A. M., 1854. Married, Lydia S. Runkle. Oct. 23. 1861. Admitted to Ohio bar. 1853; practiced at Delaware, Ohio, 1953-1903; partner of Judge T. W. Powell, 1853-1860, then with H. M. Carper, 34 yrs .; retired from law practice, 1903; Dir. First Nat. Bank, Delaware, O., 1883-, resigned as Pres. after 12 yrs. service, Nov., 1911; Dir. Fidelity Bail Assn. and Loan Co .; organized the First Bail Assn. in Ohio; trustee Cemetery Assn .; Dir. Hocking Val- ley Ry .. several years; council for Hock- ing Valley Ry. and Big Four for over 30 yrs .; served 145th Ohio Inf., Civil War; mayor Delaware, O .. 3 terms; Pros. Atty. Delaware Co., 2 terms; Pres. Bd. Trus- tees. Diocese of Southern Ohio. P. E. Ch., 19 yrs .. Dir. 37 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Phi Gamma Delta. Republican. Home ad- dress: N. Sandusky St., Delaware, O.
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VAN FLEET, GEORGE HENRY, Managing Editor; born, Marion, Ohio, April 20, 1864; son of Henry T. Van Fleet and Elnora S. (Shields) Van Fleet; educated: Marion public schools and Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, O. Married, Carrie P. Wallace. June 14, 1899. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1891; Vice Pres. Harding Pub. Co., and manag- ing editor Marion Star, 1903 -. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Odd Fellow; K. of P .; Phi Delta Theta; Marion Club; Tally Wag Club. Home address: 701 E. Church St., Marion, Ohio.
VAN FOSSEN, JESSE ALLEN, Physician; born, Licking Co., Ohio, Dec. 15, 1866; son of Daniel Van Fossen and Sarah (Lake) Van Fossen; educated: Antioch College; Medicine College of Ohio, Cin- cinnati, O. College degrees: M. D., Med- ical College. . Married, Lucy Ricketts, June 8, 1893. Practice of medicine in Co- lumbus. O., 23 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Amer- ican and Ohio State Medical Assns .; Mem. and ex-Pres. Columbus Acad. of Medicine; Athletic Club; Scioto Country Club. Home address: 32 Fifteenth Ave., Columbus, O.
VAN HORN, FRANK ROBERTSON, Profes- sor Geology and Mineralogy; born, John- sonburg. N. J., Feb .. 1872; son of George W. Van Horn and Ellen J. (Robertson) Van Horn; educated: Johnsburg public schools; Hackettstown, N. J., graded school: New Jersey State Model Sch .; B. S., Rutgers Coll., 1892; M. S., Rutgers. 1893; Ph. D., Heidelberg, Germany, 1897. Married, Myra Van Horn, June S, 1898. Instr. Geology and Mineralogy, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, 1899- 1900; Asst. Prof., 1900-1902; Prof., 1902- Librarian, Geological Soc. of America, 1913 -. Author: Lecture Notes on Sys- tematic Zoology, 1902; Lecture Notes on General and Special Mineralogy, 1903; also special articles published in Bulletin of the Geological Soc. of America, Am. Jour- nal of Science; Proceedings of Am. Inst. Mining Engineers; Proceedings Am. Ceramic Soc. Socs. and clubs: Fellow, Geol. Soc. of Am .; fellow, Am. Assn. for Advancement of Science; Am. Inst. of Mining Engineers: Seismological Soc. of America; Delta Upsilon Frat .; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Presbyterian. Home address: 2110 Cornell Rd., Cleveland, O.
VAN OSTRAN, EMERSON ROBERT, Mer- chant-Manufacturer; born, New Philadel- phia, Ohio, March 9, 1847; son of David Van Ostran and Rosanna (Heller) Van Ostran; educated : New Philadelphia schools. Married. Mary E. Smith, May 9, 1871. Started business career by learn- ing shoe trade. New Philadelphia, Ohio: clerked dry goods store, Uhrichsville, O .. at age of 20 yrs .; became partner and manager dry goods and grocery store under firm name of Wilkins, Van Ostran & Co., 1869; organized new firm, Elvin & Van Ostran, 1879-1911; became interested in banking and sewer pipe business, stockholder and treasurer Buckeye Fire Clay Co., 1895 -; Pres. and stockholder Traction Co., Uhrichsville and Dennison, Ohio. 15 yrs .: stockholder and Vice Pres. Twin City Lumber Co., 1915- Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F., 1871. Methodist- Episcopal. Home address: 117 S. Main St., Uhrichsville. O.
VAN RENSSELAER, LANSINGH, Illumin- ating Engineer; born, Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1873; son of Killian Van Rensselaer and Orrea W. (Dempster) Van Rensselaer; educated: Coll. City New York; S. B., Univ. Chicago, 1896; B. S. in E. E .. Mass. Inst. Tech., 1898. Married, Marian Love Minor, Oct. 2, 1900. Served with 2nd U. S. Vol. Engrs., Spanish-American War,
1898; with Western Electric Co., Chicago, 1899-1901; started as consulting and con- tract Engr., Chicago, 1901; became Chi- cago Agt. Holophane Glass Co., manufac- turers prismatic globes and reflectors, and removed to New York as general mana- ger, 1904; company taken over. 1912, by General Electric Co. and united with Fos- toria Glass Co .; manager combined works, Cleveland, O., 1915 -. Author: Practical Illumination, 1907. Socs. and clubs: Illuni. Eng. Soc. (a founder and Pres., 1912); Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs .; A. A. A. S .; Am. Geog. Soc .; Engineers Club (New York) ; Athletic (Cleveland). Progressive. Uni- tarian. Home address: 5823 Magnolia Ave., Chicago, Il1.
VAN VOORHIS, HENRY C., Attorney- Banker; born, Nashport, Muskingum Co., Ohio, May 11. 1852; son of Daniel Van Voorhis and Jane (Roberts) Van Voorhis; educated: public schools; Denison Univ. Married, Mary A. Brown, Dec. 15, 1875. Admitted to bar, 1874; engaged in practice law, Zanesville, Ohio, 1874 -; Pres. Old Citizens' National Bank, Zanesville, Ohio, 1896 -; delegate Rep. Nat. Conv., Chi- cago, 1884; elected to 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th Congresses (1892-1905) ; delegate Rep. Nat. Conv., 1916. Socs. and clubs: Zane Club; Golf Club. Home ad- dress: Zanesville, O.
VAN VOORHIS, SAMUEL FREY, Business Man; born, Nashport, Ohio, July 26, 1841; son of Daniel Van Voorhis and Jane (Rob- erts) Van Voorhis; educated : public school, Nashport, O .; Academy at West Bedford and Denison Univ., Granville, O. Married, Mary E. Fulton, Sept. 10, 1867. Large farming interests near Newark, O .; served on the Bd. of Trustees of Deni- son Univ. for many yrs .; recently re- signed; Dir. in the Newark Trust Co .: Pres. of Newark Hosp. Assn. during the erection of the building; served as Dir. on the County Bd. of Agriculture and then as Treas. for a number of yrs. Socs. and clubs: Chamber of Commerce. Home address: 141 West Main St., Newark, O.
VAUBEL, HERMAN S., Attorney; born, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1889; son of Christian Vaubel and Margaret Vaubel; educated: parochial schools; Grad. Wapa- koneta high school in 1907. Unmarried. Began the study of law in the offices of Layton & Son in 1907; after pursuing his studies for a time in this office, he matriculated in the law department of the Univ. of Michigan from which he graduated in June, 1911, with a degree of Bachelor of Laws; in Dec., 1910, he was admitted to the Ohio bar, and in June, 1911, was admitted to the bar of the State of Michigan; began the practice of law in the City of Wapakoneta, Ohio, July 1, 1911, and in Oct., 1912, became a mem- ber of the law firm of Layton & Vaubel, which has practiced the profession in
Wapakoneta continuously since that time. Socs. and clubs: Knights of Columbus; Modern Woodmen of America; Schwabian Unterstuetzungs Verein; The Wapakoneta Outing Club. Roman Catholic. Demo- crat. Home address: 611 W. Pearl St., Wapakoneta, O.
VENABLE, EMERSON, Educator; born, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1875; son of William Henry Venable and Mary Ann (Vater) Venable; educated: Woodward high school, Cincinnati, 1893; Univ. Cin- cinnati. College degrees: B. A., 1898.
Married, Dolores Cameron, Dec. 24, 1912. Prin. Cincinnati Summer School, 1897; Instr. Latin and Physics, Eclectic Med. Inst., Cincinnati. 1897-1902; librarian and teacher mathematics, Ohio Mechanics'
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