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WISE, WILBERT G., Manufacturer; born, Greentown, Ohio, May 31. 1869; son of Lewis Wise and Eliza (Raber) Wise; edu- cated: Greentown Sch .: Eastman Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Married, Emma F. Filbey, Oct. 26, 1893. Mfr. of heating apparatus; Vice Pres. and Mgr. of The Wise Furnace Co .; Treas. of The Na- tional Warm Air Heating and Ventilating Assn. Socs. and clubs: Rotary Club of Akron; Masonic Order; Akron City Club. Church of Our Savior (Episcopal). Home address: 1011 W. Market St., Akron, O.
WISE, W. OLIVER, Attorney; born, East Liberty, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1875; son of Jacob Wise and Martha (Gigger) Wise; edu- cated: Akron high school; Duff's College, Pittsburgh; Cincinnati Law School; Co- lumibian Univ .; George Washington Univ. Law Sch., Washington, D. C. College dc- grees: LL. B .; LL. M. Married, Grace Griffith, Oct. 30. 1900. Completed a 3 yr. law course at The Cincinnati Law School in 2 yrs. and passed the bar examination at 20; on 21st birthday was admitted to the Ohio bar and had the distinction of being the youngest lawyer in the state; completed a post-grad. course in law, The George Washington Univ., Law Dept., and received the LL. M. degree; at age of 24 was admitted to practice before the U. S. Supreme Court, and had the dis- tinction of being the youngest lawyer of the U. S. Supreme Court bar: elected a member of the Akron Bd. of Edn. in 1907 and re-elected in 1911, said term expiring in Jan .. 1916; also served as Pres. of the Bd. of Education. Socs. and clubs: Knight Templar Masons; Yusef- Khan Grotto; Masonic Club; Akron Auto- inobile Club. First Presbyterian Church. Home address: 325 E. Market St., Akron, Ohio.
WISHARD, JOHN G., Physician; born, Danville. Ind .. Sept. 19, 1863; son of John Oliver Wishard and Mary (Fisher) Wis- hard; educated: Central Coll., Danville, Ind .; Med. Coll. Indiana, 1888; New York Post-Grad. Med. Sch., 1892; studied in London, Paris and Vienna, 190S. College degrees: A. M .. Wabash Coll. (Crawfords- ville. Ind.); M. D., Medical Coll. Ind .; I'niv. Constantinople (Turkey). Mar- ried. Annalette Bryan, 1893, who died, 1899; 2nd, Harriet J. Wishard, 1902. Dir. Am. Presbyterian Mission Hospital, Teh- eran, Persia; consulting surgeon to Muz- zafar-Ed-Din, Shah, of Persia: accom- panied archaeological expedition to Baby- lonia. 1891; decorated order of Lion and Sun by Shah for special service in Persia,
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1907; charter member Persian National Bd. Health, 1905: former clinical lec- turer, Med. Col. of Ind .; engaged in prac- tice medicine, Wooster, O., 1910 -. Au- thor: Twenty Years in Persia; contributor various artices on Persia to The Inde- pendent and other periodicals, 1905-1910; also number articles on medical and scien- tific subjects to American Medical Jour- nals during residence in Orient; trustee Coll. of Wooster. Socs. and clubs: Wayne Co. and Ohio State Med. Socs .; Am. Med. Assn .; also various scientific Socs. Pres- byterian. Home address: Wooster, O.
WISSLER, CHARLES, Merchant; born, Chillicothe, Ohio, July 6, 1867; son of Reinhard Wissler and Catherine ( Higley) Wissler; educated: Ohio State Univ. Mar- ried, Bonnie Reed, July, 1895. Has been engaged in the hardware business in Chil- licothe since 1884. Connected with the Wissler Hardware Co. and Secy .- Treas. of the Warner Hotel Co. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Elks; United Commercial Travelers. Widely known in state elec- trical and hardware circles. Home ad- dress: 94 Western Ave., Chillicothe, O.
WITHERSPOON, WALTER M., Attorney; born, Wellston, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1882; son of James A. Witherspoon and Sarah E. (Erwin) Witherspoon; educated: Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O., Grad. in 1906. College degrees: LL. B. Married, Verna Friesner, Aug. 25, 1903. Engaged in prac- tice of law in Fostoria, O., since 1906: most of his time devoted to railroad and corporation work, later special counsel for N. Y. C. & St. L. Ry .; after leaving school at 17 yrs. of age, became telegraph operator with Nickel Plate and during five years service, applied spare time to study of law; elected city solicitor, 1907; re-elected on the Republican ticket, 1915; Pres. of The Vega Separator Co. Socs. and clubs: Fostoria Country Club; Vice Pres. The Fostoria Chamber of Coni- merce; Y. M. C. A .: K. O. T. M .; B. P. O. E .; Seneca Co. Bar Assn .: State Bar Assn. Home address: 610 Walnut St., Fostoria, Ohio.
WITHROW, JAMES RENWICK, Professor of Chemistry. Ohio State Univ .; born, August 29, 1878; son of David D. Withrow and Maggie McCool (Stewart) Withrow; educated: public schools of Philadelphia, Pa .; Northeast Manual Training high school; Univ. of Pennsylvania. College degrees: B. S. in chemistry. 1899; Ph. D.,
1905. Married. Alice Steelman, Sept. 10, 1906. Served in various capacities for Barrett Mfg. Co., 1899-1903; Asst. Instr. in Chemistry. Univ. of Illinois, 1905; Instr. in Analytical Chemistry, Univ. of Illinois, 1906: Asst. Prof. of Chemistry in charge of Industrial and Applied Electro Chemis- try, Ohio State Univ .. 1905-1909; Asso. Prof .. 1909-1912: Prof. of same, 1912 -; Dir. or consulting chemical engineer in various manufacturing plants in Pennsyl- vania, Ohio. Kentucky and Tennessee; designed and placed in operation first ( ?) Ohio Arsenic Acid plant at Toledo, 1915; also ferricyanide plant at Columbus, 1914; salvaged and placed in operation Sodium Chlorate plant in Kentucky, 1916; Dir. of Am. Inst. of Chem. Engrs .. 1912-1915 and 1917 -; chairman of its Chem. Engring. Edn. work since 1913; Vice Pres., 1915- 1916, and Pres., 1916-, The Ohio State I'niv. Scientific Soc .; member of Advisory Council of the Engring. Experiment Sta- tion of Ohio State Univ. since 1915; mem- ber Advisory Bd. on Engring. Edn. of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance- ment of Teaching, N. Y. City; Asso. mem- ber Naval Consulting Bd. of U. S .; State
Dir. for Ohio of the Organization for In- dustrial Preparedness since April, 1916; Chem. Engr., Special Advisory Bd., Ohio State Civil Service Commn., 1916. Socs. and clubs: Am. Chem. Soc .; twice Vice Pres., Councilor, 1916 -; fellow A. A. A. S .; Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs .; Am. Electro Chem. Soc .; VIII Internat. Congress of Applied Chemistry; Ohio Acad. of Science; Ohio State Univ. Scientific Soc .; Sigma Xi Soc .; Am. Assn. of Univ. Professors; Ohio State Univ. Faculty Club: Ohio State Chem. Soc .; Nat. Geog. Soc .; Gen. Alumni Soc. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Camer- onian Covenanter (Reformed Presbyte- rian). Author of many contributions on chemistry and chemical engineering, sev- eral. of his publications being in collabo- ration. Home address: 77 Sixteenth Ave., Columbus. O.
WITTER, CECIL ORVILLE, Physician; born, St. Joseph Co., Ind., Feb. 18, 1873; son of Aaron Witter and Olive Adelia (Lambert) Witter; educated: common schools, St. Joseph Co., Ind .; high school, South Bend. Ind .; Valparaiso Univ .; In- diana State Univ .; Western Reserve Univ. College degrees: B. S .. 1898; M. D., 1908. Married, Emma Jane Craft, July 21, 1901. Taught in common schools of St. Joseph Co., Ind., 1891-1897; village school. La- Porte Co., Ind .. 1898-1899; Prof. Natural Sciences, Ashland College, O., 1899-1904; Asst. in Chemistry, Western Reserve Dental Sch., 1904-1909; Prof. Chemistry, Western Reserve Dental Sch., 1909-1915; Prof. Materia Medica and Therapeutics, West. Reserve Univ. Dental Sch., 1915 --; physician in charge. Cleveland Tubercu- losis Dispensary, 1910 -; visiting physi- cian to Cleveland City Hosp., 1914-1917. Socs. and clubs: Knights and Ladies of Security; Loyal Order of Moose; Local, State and National Medical Assns. Chris- tian Church. Home address: 3183 W. 84th St .. Cleveland, O.
WOHLLEBEN, WILLIAM JOSEPH, College Professor; born, Chicago, Ill., January 19, 1876; son of John Wohlleben and Cath- erine (Pommers) Wohlleben; educated: St. Mary's Coll., Dayton, O., 1889-1894; Univ. Freiburg, Switzerland, 1904-1909. College degrees: M. S .: Ph. D. Unmar- ried. Director Dept. of Chemical En- gineering, St. Mary's College, Dayton, O., 1915 -. Socs. and clubs: Am. Assn. Adv. Science; Ani. Chemical Soc .; Central Assn. Science Math. Teachers. and
Roman Catholic. Home
address: St. Mary's College, Dayton, O.
WOLF, EDMUND ALBERT, Physician- Surgeon; born, Tuscarawas, O., April 5, 1870; son of John Wolf and Elizabeth (Schneider) Wolf; educated: public schools, Tuscarawas, O .; Georgia Coll. of Eclectic Med. and Surgery, Atlanta, Ga. College degrees: M. D. Unmarried. Engaged in general practice medicine; specialist on surgery. Dennison. O .: served 3 terms as mayor, village Dennison, 1907-1913; board education. 1 term; Pres. Twin City Nat. Bank, Dennison, O .; Dir. Dennison Sewer Pipe Co., etc. Socs. and clubs: Am. Med. Assn .; Ohio State Med. Assn .: Tuscarawas County Med. Assn .; State and Nat. Eclec- tic Med. Assns .; Union Country Club. Home address: Dennison, O.
WOLF, FRED HAWKER, Common Pleas Judge; born, Bluffton, Ind., March 28, 1870; son of William B. Wolf and Martha (Hawker) Wolf; educated: public schools Ohio. Married, Lillian A. Eastman, June 28, 1900. Official stenographer 3rd Sub .- Div., 3rd Judicial Dist. of Ohio, March, 1894-April, 1900; stenographer to attorney general, 1900-1902; official stenographer
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to Supreme Court, 1902-1904; engaged in practice law. Wauseon, O., 1904 -; served as Pros. Atty. Fulton Co., Jan. 1, 1906-Jan. 1. 1911; elected judge, Court of Common Pleas. Fulton Co., O .. Jan. 1, 1915 -. Socs. and clubs: Wauseon Lodge, 349. F. & A. M .: Wauscon Chapter. R. A. M .. No. 111; Wauseon Council, R. & S. M., No. 68; Defiance Commandery, No. 30, K. T .; Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Valley of Toledo; Wau- scon Lodge. No. 156. K. P. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: Wauseon, O.
WOLFE, NORMAN M., Attorney; born, Monroe Twp., Richland Co., Ohio, July 6, IS49; son of Joseph Wolfe and Sarah Mecklem) Wolfe; educated: Dist. 5, Mon- roe Twp .; Greentown Acad .; Perrysville, O .; Univ. of Wooster; Amherst Coll., Mass. Married, Nancy Jane Leiter, Sept. 22, 1877. Admitted to Ohio bar, May, 1878; city solicitor, Mansfield, O., 1879-1883; served 2 consecutive terms as Judge of Common Pleas Court, 6th Dist., Ohio, 2nd Sub. Div., 1892-1902; at retirement fron bench, formed partnership with Cummings & McBride, under firm name of Cummings, McBride & Wolfe; at death of Mr. Cum- mings, partnership continucd under firm name of McBride & Wolfe, Mansfield, O .; member Mansfield Board of Education, 1888-1892; member Memorial Library Bd., 1887-1892; Pres. Carnegie Municipal Li- brary Bd. from its founding at Mansfield in 1903, until 1916, and continues as mem- ber of the, board. Socs. and clubs: Beta Theta Pi; Greek Soc .; Masonic Soc .; York and Scottish Rite, 32d degree; Knights of Pythias; Knights Golden Eagle. Presby- terian. Home address: 49 Washington Ave .. Mansfield. O.
WOLFE, W. G., Educator; Co. Supt. of Schools, Guernsey Co. Home address: Cambridge, Ohio.
WOLFSTEIN, DAVID L., Physician; born, Hannibal, Mo., age 55 yrs .; son of Isaac Wolfstein and Caroline (Levy) Wolfstein; educated: high school, Hannibal, Mo .; Med. Coll. of Ohio; interne Cincinnati Hosp., 1888-1889;
post-grad. student, Strassburg, Zurich; Prague, Vienna, Ber- lin. Paris and London, 1889-1892; Berlin and London. 1898-1899. College degrees: M. D .. 1888. Married, Nettie F. Scheuer, June 4, 1894. In wholesale hardware bus- iness. 1880-1885; in practice general med- icine, 1892-1898; specialist in nervous and mental diseases, Cincinnati, O., 1898- Lecturer on bacteriology, Miami Med. Coll .. Cincinnati; Prof. pathology (re- signed ). Univ. Cincinnati Med. Coll .; Prof. nervous and mental diseases, Cin- cinnati Coll. Med. and Surg .; Prof. clinical neurology, Cincinnati Hosp .; neurologist, Jewish Hosp .; Speers' Hosp. Author: Neuron Theory in Relation to Diseases of the Brain (prize essay Fiske Fund, Provi- (ence. R. I.): also various pamphlets. Socs. and clubs: Cincinnati Acad. Med .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Assn. (Secy. section nervous and mental dis- eases. 1903-1905): Am. Neurological Soc .; fellow Univ. Cincinnati, 1898; member Bd. Trustees. Univ. Cincinnati, 1912 -; ex- Pres. City Club. Republican. Jewish re- ligion. Home address: 847 Glenwood, Avondale, Cincinnati. O.
WOOD, CALVIN H., Common Pleas Judge; born. Mt. Gilead. Ohio; son of Asa M. Wood and Eliza J. (Hayes) Wood; edu- cated: Ohio Northern Univ .. Ada, Ohio. College degrees: A. B. Married, Iras I. Irwin, Jan. 17. 1900. Practiced law 25 yrs .; prosecuting attorney, 6 yrs., for Morrow Co .; elected in 1914, Common Pleas Judge. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .;
K. of P. Presbyterian. Spent the early part of his life on the farm. Home ad- dress: Mt. Gilcad, O.
WOOD, CHARLES LEONARD, Manufac- turer; born. Hollis, N. IL .. 1841; son of Charles A. Wood and Hannah French ( Washer) Wood; educated: Piqua (Ohio) public schools. Married. Juliana Miller,
Feb. 17, 1870. Engaged in school teach- ing, practice law, and later years as manufacturer; Vice Pres. Third Nat. Bank; Pres. Third Bldg. & Loan Co., and Pres. Bd. Education, Piqua, O .; now Vic. Pres. Ball Memorial Hosp .; has been Pres. and now Trustec of Y. M. C. Assn. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Sons Am. Rev .; Piqua Club; Piqua Chamber Commerce. Trus-
tee Green St. M. E. Church. Belonged to Ohio "Squirrel Hunters" who went to the defense of Cincinnati, 1862, during the Civil War. Home address: 600 Caldwell St .. Piqua, Ohio.
WOOD, FRANK WARREN, Manufacturer; born, Ancora, N. J., Nov. 9. 1870; son of Nathan Henry Wood and Emeline Eliza- beth (Spaulding) Wood; educated: Ancora, N. J .; Philadelphia, Pa. Unmarried. Pres. of The Wood & Spencer Co .: Pres. of The Cleveland Castings Pattern Co. Socs. and clubs: Chamber of Commerce; Ma- sonic Bodies; Military Orders Foreign Wars: S. A. R. Home address: 10510 Euclid Ave .. Cleveland. O.
WOOD, GEORGE H., Adj. Gen. Ohio. Term expires Jan., 1919. Democrat. Home ad- dress: Dayton. Ohio.
WOOD, HARLEY KIRK, Manufacturer; born, Piqua, Ohio, Oct. 17. 1847: son of William Webster Wood and Caroline
(Kirk) Wood; educated: Piqua high schools. Married, Frances Adeline Wil- son. Nov. 6. 1873. Engaged in manufac- ture linseed oil in following firms. W. W. Wood & Sons. 1867-1875; Wood, Farring- ton & Co., 1875-1890; Gen. Mgr. The Wood Linseed Oil Co .. 1890-1896, all of Piqua, O .: Pres. and Gen. Mgr. The Piqua Edi- son Electric Illuminating Co., and Piqua Electric Co., 1885-1903; Secy. and Gen. Mgr. The Piqua Milling Co .. 1889-1890; Dir. The Piqua National Bank, 1888 -; 1st Vice Pres .. 1902 --; Vice Pres. and Treas. The Philadelphia Clay Mfg. Co. (Carlis'e. Pa.). 1899-1902: Dir. Third Sav- ings & Loan Co., Piqua. 1914 -; Dir., 1898, Vice Pres .. 1914 -. The Piqua Home Telephone Co .; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. The Wood Shovel & Tool Co., Piqua, 1902 --. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason: Noble, A. A. O. of M. S .: (member Bd. Dir .. 1914, and 2nd Vice Pres .. 1917) Ohio Soc. Sons of Am. Revolution; (Vice Pres., 1911-1912; Pres., 1913) Piqua Club; Dayton Club (Dayton. O.): Pres. Y. M. C. A., 1894. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 208 N. Down- ing St., Piqua. O.
WOOD, JAMES CRAVEN, Surgeon; born, Wood Co .. Ohio. 1859; son of Henry L. Wood and Jane (Kunkle) Wood; educated: public schools, Waterville, O .; Ohio Wes. Univ .; Univ. Michigan. College degrees: A. M .; M. D .; (Hon.) A. M., Univ. Mich. Married. Julia Kellogx Bulkley, Dec. 25, 1883. Practicing surgeon, Cleveland, O .; Prof. obstetrics and gynecology, Univ. Mich., 9 yrs .; Prof. gynecology, Cleveland Pulte Med. Coll., Cleveland, O .. 21 yrs. Socs. and clubs: ex-Pres. Am. Inst. Homeopathy; Fellow Royal Soc. Med., London; fellow, founder, member Am. Coll. of Surgeons: Phi Gamma Delta; Union and Country Clubs, Cleveland, O. Protes- tant Episcopal. Home address: 13168
Forest Hill Ave .. East Cleveland. O.
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WOOD, JOSEPH M., Common Pleas Judge,
Athens County. Term expires Feb., 1910. Home address: Athens. Ohio.
WOOD, WILLIAM WILSON, 3rd, Manufac- turer; born, Piqua, Ohio, March 19. 1878; son of Harley Kirk Wood and Frances (Wilson) Wood; educated: Piqua high school; Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, N. H.). class 1898, Married, Mrs. Aileen (Frederick) Boal Scott. Entered employ The Piqua Electric Co., 1898-1899; Asst. Treas. The Philadelphia Clay Mfg. Co., Carlisle, Pa., 1899-1902; Secy, and Treas. The Wood Shovel & Tool Co., Piqua, O., 1902-1913; Vice Pres. and Treas., 1913- member Miami County Central and Exec. Committees, 1908-
chairman, 190S- 1913; member Rep. State Exec. Com., 1910 -; chairman Miami Co. delegation to State Rep. Conv .. 1910, 1912, 1914; alter- nate-at-large to Nat. Rep. Conv .. 1912; delegate to Nat. Rep. Conv., 1916, from 4th Cong. Dist .; appointed safety director City Piqua, 1914-1915. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason; Noble of A. A. O. of Mystic Shrine; Piqua Rotary Club; Piqua Club: Golf Club (Piqua) ; Day- ton Club and Dayton Country Club (Day- ton. O.); Ohio Soc. Sons of Am. Rev .; Ohio Soc, of New York; Phi Epsilon Sigma. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 527 N. Wayne St., Piqua, Ohio.
WOODS, L. S., Physician; born. Hancock Co .. Nov. 23. 1853: son of Mr. and Mrs. James Woods; educated: public schools; Grad. of College of Physicians & Surgeons. Baltimore. Md., March 7, 1887. Married, Inez E. Kelly, Jan. 1. 1884. Began prac- tice of medicine in Rawson, O., 1887. and has been there continuously since. Prom- inent in educational and public affairs Socs. and clubs: Mason; Odd Fellow. Re- publican. Home address: Rawson, O.
WOODSON, GEORGE FREDERICK, Sen- inary Dean; born, Pittsburgh, Pa .. May 20, 1861; son of Lewis Frederick Woodson and Nancy (Tanner) Woodson; educated: public schools of Allegheny and Pittsburg. Pa .; Grad. Central high school; attended Wilberforce Univ .: Grad. Drew Theol. Sem. College degrees: D. D .; A. M. Mar- ried, Laura Edna Smith, Aug. 10. 1898. While attending school as a boy. sold newspapers in Pittsburgh; went to Phil- adelphia and served as clerk and sales- man with Thomas H. Boling, flour dealer; served as Missionary of M. E. Church anu taught school; was pastor in Bermuda Is- land; returned to U. S. in 1890; entered Drew Sem .; pastor at Madison; called to Wilberforce as Professor; in 1902 was made Dean of Payne Theol. Seminary, and holds that position at the present time. Home address: Wilberforce, Ohio.
WOOLLEY, PAUL GERHARDT, Pathol- ogist: born, Paris, Ill. April 7, 1875: 301 of John Granville Woolley and Mary Veronica (Gerhard) Woolley; educated: Univ. Chicago; Johns Hopkins; fellow in pathology, McGill Univ., 1901-2. College degrees: B. S., 1896: M. D., 1900. Mar- ried, Helen Bradford Thompson, Aug. S, 1905. Resident house officer, Johns Hop- kins Univ. Hosp., 1900-1; bacteriologist and pathologist. 1902-4: Dir. Serum Lab., 1904-6, Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I .; Dir. and pathologist. St. Paul's Hosp .. Manila, 1905-6; Dir. Siamese Govt. Serun Lab .. 1906-7; chief
inspector Health, Bangkok, Siam, 1907-8; Asso. Prof. patho- logic anatomy, Univ. Neb .. 1908-9: Prof. pathology, I'niv. Cincinnati. Oct. 1, 1909 -; dean Coll. Med. same, 1910-13: Dir. Labs. in and pathologist to Cincin- nati Hosp .; Pres. Hosp. Soc. Serv. Assn. of Cin., 1911-1914; de'egate from Siam to In-
ternational Congress of Tuberculosis, 1908, and to Internat. Congress Hygiene and Demography. 1912. Author: The Funda- mentals of Pathology, 1916; The Clinical History in Outline, 1914; various papers dealing with subjects of pathology, bac- teriology, tropical medicine and animal parasites, and medical education. Socs. and clubs: fellow A. A. A. S .; Am. Med. Assn .; Path. and Bact. Assn. of Am .; Soc. Am. Bacteriologists; Internat. Assn. Med. Museums; Manila Med. Soc .; Cin- cinnati Academy Med .; Cincinnati Soc. Med. Research (Pres., 1909-10); Phi Kappa Psi; Alpha Omega Alpha; City Club; So- cial Workers; Cincinnati Lit. Club. Home address: 343 Bryant Ave. (Clifton), Cin- cinnati, O.
WOOLSEY, IDA CLARKE, Physician; born, Evansville, Ind .. Dec. 15, 1852; daughter of William Montgomery Woolsey and Han- nah Clarke (Hall) Woolsey; educated: public schools, Cincinnati, O .; Vassar Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; Ann Arbor. Mich. (Univ. Mich.). College degrees: M. D. Engaged in practice of medicine, special- ist, diseases of women and children, Xenia, O., 25 yrs. United Presbyterian. Home address: 210 W. Main St., Xenia, O.
WORKMAN, CHARLES H., Secy. Y. M. C. A .: born. Loudonville, Ohio, July 19, 1878: son of Alonzo Workman and Elizabeth (Bender) Workman; educated: Grad. of Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa .; student at Yale, 1909-1910; Hartford Sch. of Re- ligious Pedagogy, Hartford, Conn., 1910- 1912. Married. Mary Shearer, Sept. 17, 1905. Teacher public schools, 6 yrs .; wholesale and retail commission business, 4 yrs .: Asst. pastor and Dir. of Religious Education, First Church of Christ, Middle- town, Conn., 2 yrs .; Secy. Y. M. C. A., Middletown, Conn., 512 yrs .; border work among Conn. Natl. Guards at Nogales. Ariz., part of a year; accepted position of Gen. Secy. of Mansfield, O., Y. M. C. A., Oct. 1, 1916. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .: Congregational Club: Chamber of Com- merce; Twentieth Century Club; Bd. of Boy Scouts; Pres. Middlesex County S. S. Assn. Congregational Church. Home ad- dress: 187 Marion Ave., Mansfield, O.
WORLEY, JOHN B., Common Pleas Judge: born, New Athens, Ohio, 1863; son of Daniel Worley and Mary (Goodwin) Wor- ley; educated: Franklin Coll., A. M. Married, Auta A. Groves, Oct. 17, 1895. Admitted to bar, 1891; practiced law at Cadiz, Ohio. until 1899; mayor of Cadiz, 1896-1898; probate judge of Harrison Co .. 1900-1906; in practice. 1906-1913, as part- ner of Hon. D. A. Hollingsworth who was formerly Atty. Gen. of Ohio. and later Congressman for 3 terms: elected common pleas judge in 1912, for term of 6 years, in counties of Harrison, Jefferson and Tuscara was. Member and Elder in United Presby. Ch., and teacher of same class in Sabbath School for 25 yrs. Home address: Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio.
WORMAN, PHILIP HALL, Attorney; born. Dayton, Ohio, May 13, 1882: son of Wa !- ter Worman and Nannie Eleanor (Dye) Worman; educated: Steele high school. Dayton, Ohio: Univ. Virginia, Charlotte <- ville. Va. College degrees: B. L., 1904. Married, Kathleen W. Ramsey, March 20.
1913. Secy. to Dayton Builders' Supply Co .. 1906: elected Secy. The Dayton Street Railway Co .. 1913; Treas. company, 1914: elected Secy. The Rice Electric Display Co., 1916 -: member Bd. Directors, Day- ton Spice Mills Co., and The Green & Green Co .; appointed mayor's Secy., 190S- 1912. Democrat. Socs. and clubs: Dayton City Club; The Kettle Club; Univ. Vir -.
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ginia Frat .; Dayton Country Club. Epis- copalian. Home address: 68 Grafton Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
WORSTELL, LAWRENCE GRANT, Attor-
ney; born, Tappan, Harrison Co., Ohio, Aug. 21. 1863; son of Henry P. Worstell and Eleanor (Scott) Worstell; educated: Ohio Univ., Athens, O. College degrees: A. B .; A. M. Married, Lenore Michacl. Aug. 6, 1889. Teacher, Toledo (Ohio) higli schools, 1888-9; Salt Lake City, Utah, liigli school, 1889-1893; practicing attorney, Athens, (., 1893 --; Mem. Bd. Education, Athens, O., 1900-1914; Treas., 1901-1904; Pres .. 1904-1914; chairman County Exec- utive Com. and Central Com. number times; delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv., 10th Ohio Dist .. 1916 -. Socs. and clubs: Mason: K. T. (Treas. K. T. Commandery, Athens, O.); (Exalted Ruler, 1906-7) Elks. Methodist. Home address: 91 University Terrace, Athens, Ohio.
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WORTHINGTON, GEORGE HEBER, Re- tired; born. Toronto, Canada, Feb. 13, 1850; son of John Worthington and Mary ( Welborn) Worthington; educated: Upper Canada Coll .; other schools in Toronto. Married, Hannah Luella Weaver, Feb. 27, 1878. Before retirement, was Pres. Cleve- land Stone Co .: The Union Nat. Bank; Indiana Quarries Co .; Bedford Stone Ry. Co .: Interurban Ry. & Terminal Co .; American Chicle Co. (New York); now Pres. Underwriters' Land Co. (Missouri) ; Dir. in number other corporations in Ohio and elsewhere; Pres .- Gen., Perry's Victory Centennial Commission. Socs. and clubs: Union Club; Country Club; Cleveland Athletic Club; Yacht Club (Cleveland) ; Yacht Club (New York); Royal Canadian Yacht Club (Toronto) ; Pelee Club (Pelee Island, Ontario); Caledon Mt. Trout Club (Ontario): all Masonic Orders; Nobles of Mystic Shrine. Episcopalian. Home ad- dress: 2638 Euclid Ave .. Cleveland, O.
WRIGHT, ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Edu- cator; born, Pittsburg, N. S., Pa., Nov. 23, 1874; son of Charles Bingley Wright and Margaret (Holland) Wright; educated: Washington and Jefferson College, Wash- ington, Pa .; The Univ. of Chicago; Co- lumbia Univ. College degrees: A. B. and A. M., Washington and Jefferson College, 1898 and 1901. Married, Mary E. McElroy, Dec. 26, 1901. Prin. high school, Duquesne, Pa., 1898-1901; Supt. public schools, Green- ville, Pa., 1901-1903; Prof. of Chemistry, Muskingum College, 1903 -; now on leave of absence doing research work at Co- lumbia Univ. Socs. and clubs: Am. Assn. for the Advancement of Science; The Chemistry Teachers' Club of New York City. United Presbyterian Church. Home address: Dept. of Chemistry. Muskingumn College. New Concord. Ohio.
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