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committee that prepared the Philippine Independence Bill and made the closing argument for the majority side in Con- gress in behalf of the Philippine Independ- ence Bill. Assisted in preparing the Alas- kan Railroad Development Bill and the Constitutional Bill for Porto Rico. Is a member of the Methodist Church; K. of P .: W. O. W .; I. O. O. F. Married. Home address: 1309 Neil Ave., Columbus, O.
BRUNDAGE, HOWARD MILLFORD, Phy-
sician; born, Mccutchenville. O., Dec. 16, 1879: son of Leonard F. Brundage and Martha L. (Lowmaster) Brundage; edu- cated: Ohio Northern Univ .; Ohio Med. I'niv. College degrees: M1. D. Married, Florence M. Veatch. Dec. 16, 1913. Grad- uated in 1906, and served as member staff of Columbus State Hosp., 612 yrs. Now in practice in Columbus for 5 yrs .. and practice limited to clinical and pathological diagnosis. First Lieut. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A .; Consulting pathologist to Columbus State Hosp .; Asst. Pathologist, At. Carmel Hosn. Formerly assistant in Anatomy: Instr. in Psychiatry; later Instr. Clinical Microscopy, Starling Ohio Med. Univ. Socs. and clubs: Am. Medico-Psy- chologieal Assn .; Ohio State Med. Soc .;
Columbus Acad. of Medicine; Columbus Practitioners Soc .; Alpha Mu Pi Omega Med. Frat .; Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner; Columbus
Automobile Club; Scioto Country Club; Columbus Athletie Club. Methodist Episcopal Church. Co- author of a manual in Obstetrics. Home address: 1797 Bryden Road, Columbus, O.
BRUNER, C. A., Educator; Supt. of Schs., Lebanon, O. Home address: Lebanon, O. BRUNER, WILLIAM EVANS, Ophthalmol- ogist; born, Columbia, Pa .. age 51; son of Abram Bruner and Sarah Jane (Brene- man) Bruner; educated: Dickinson Coll., Carlisle, Pa., 1 yr .; A. B., Wesleyan Univ., Middleton, Conn., 1888, A. M., 1891; M. D., Med. Dept., Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1891. Married, Lydia S. Clark, Feb. 18. 1897. Began as clinical assistant in ophthalmol- ogy. 1894; clinical professor, 1912-14. Prof. of Ophthalmology, 1914- Med. Dept., Western Reserve Univ .; visiting ophthal- mologist, St. Vincent's Hosp .. 1898-1917; Lakeside Hosp., 1912 --; Mem. Advisory Bd. Ohio State Commn. for the Blind. Oculist to U. S. Pension Bureau. Pres. Cleveland Acad. of Med., 1916. Socs. and clubs: Fellow of Am. Coll. of Surgeons, Med. Reserve Corps. U. S. A .: Cleveland Soc. for the Blind; Am. Ophthalmol. Soc .; Am. Acad. of Ophthal. and Oto-Laryngol- ogy: Am. Med. Assn .; Cleveland Acad. of Med .; Cleveland Med. Library Assn .; Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi; Sigma Nu; Union Club; University Club; Rowfant Club. Home address: 13380 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. O.
BRUSH, EDMUND CONE, Physician-Sur- geon: born, Zanesville. O., Oct. 22. 1852; son of Edmund Brush and Alice (Cone) Brush; educated: Pub. Schs. of Marietta, O .: Marietta College Acad .; Starling Med. Coll. College degrees: A. M., 1SS8; M. D., 1875. Married, Fannie I. Russell, Oct. 24. 18S3. Practiced at Harmar. O., 1875- 1876; Med. Staff Ohio Penitentiary, 1876- 1878; demonstrator of anatomy, Columbus Med. Coll .. 1878-79: demonstrator of anat- omy. Starling. 1879-1881: practiced Corn- ing. 1SS1-S4; practiced in Zanesville,
1884 -. Asst. Secy. Ohio State Med. Socs .. 1885-1890: Pres. of same. 1902-1903: Pres. Zanesville Atheneum, 15 yrs., and originated plan to incorporate it into the Zanesville Public Library, 1904; served in Ohio Natl. Guard. 25 yrs., and made Sur- geon General. 1900: Mem. Reserve Sur-
geons U. S. A .: writer of note on mili- tary subjects and medical literature. Home address: Zanesville. O.
BRYAN, CHESTER EDWIN, Treasurer of State; born, London, O., Oct. 29, 1859; son of Marcellus L. Bryan and Martha (Materson) Bryan; educated: Pub. Schs. of London, O. Married, Maria Daley, Feb. 25, 1886. Began journalistic career in 1880 on Madison County Demoerat, which paper he still owns and publishes. Has served on various State and National Com- mittees. Elected Treasurer of State in 1916 on the Democratic ticket. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Scottish Rite; Shriner and Elks. Has served as President of London Board of Trade: Buckeye State Press Assn .; Madison County Fish and Game Assn .; and life member of National Edi- torial Assn. Home address: 136 East First St .. London. Ohio.
BRYANT, C. E., Educator; Supt. of Schs., Coshocton, Ohio. Home address: Coshoc- ton, Ohio.
BRYANT. F. B., Educator; Supt. of Schs., Kent. Ohio. Home address: Kent, Ohio.
BRYCE, WILLIAM ELLSWORTH, Clergy- man; born. Cineinnati, O .. Oct. 31, 1865; son of P. F. Bryce and Mary J. (Moore) Bryce; educated: Indianapolis Classical School; Center College, Danville, Ky .; Princeton Coll. Theological Sem .. N. J. College degrees: B. S .: M. A .: D. D. Mar- ried, Clara Lee McGorty, May 30, 1889. Asst. pastor Burlington. N. J., 1×89-1890; pastor-elect Louisville 4th Ch., 1890-1891; pastor Shelbyville Ky .. 1892-1894; pastor, Denison, Ia., 1904-1907: pastor. Ashland, O., 1907-1917. Member Board Trustees Louisville Theol. Seminary; member Bd. Trustees Buena Vista College. Storm Lake, Ia. Contributor to religious press. Socs. and clubs: Beta Theta Pi Frat. Member Presbytery of Wooster. Presbyterian. Home address: Ashland, O .; winter home: Florida.
BRYSON, M. M., Educator; Supt. of Schs., Glouster. Ohio. Home address: Glouster, Oliio.
BUCHWALTER, EDWARD LYON, Banker; born, Hallsville O., June 1. 1841; son of Levi Buchwalter and Margaret (Lyon) Buchwalter; edueated: Pub. Schs. of Halls- ville, O .; Ohio Univ., Athens, O. Married, Clementine Berry. Sept. 1, 1868, who died in the fall of 1912; 2nd. Marilla Andrews, March 3, 1914. Farmer and live stock raiser, number of years; one of the or- ganizers of The Superior Drill Co., and Pres. of same. 1883-1903. when said com- pany merged into American
Seeding Machine Co .; Pres. of latter company, 1903-1911: one of the organizers of the Citizens Nat. Bank of Springfield, O., 1998. and has been its President since 1898. Mem. Bd. of Trustees. Warder Pub. Ll- brary, Springfield, since 1875. Left col- lege to enter the Union Army, served over 3 yrs. Socs, and clubs: G. A. R .; Loyal Legion Assn .; Springfield Country Club; Lagonda Club. IIome address: Spring- field. O.
BUCHWALTER, MORRIS LYON, Attorney; born, Hallsville, Ross Co .. O., Sept. S, 1846; son of Levi Buchwalter and Mar- garet (Lyon) Buchwalter; educated: Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Cornell Univ .; Cincin- nati Law School. College degrees: A. B .; IL. R Married, Louise Zimmerman, May 14, 1573. who died Dec. 10, 1902; 2nd, Mary F. Knox, July, 1909. Appointed Judge of Common Pleas Court, by Gov. Foster, in 1×81. to fill vacancy. Re-elected for
three terms. Ended judicial service, 1997.
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Former Trustee Cincinnati Univ. Socs. and clubs: Phi Beta Kappa; Ohio Alpha and New York Alpha of Phi Kappa Psi Frat .; Mem. of Loyal Legion; 33d degree Mason. Home address: 3315 Reading Rd., Cincinnati, O.
BUCK, JIRAH DEWEY, Physician: born. Fredonia, N. Y .. Nov. 20. 1838; son of Reuben Buck and Fanny (Morton) Buck; educated: Cleveland Homeopathic College, 1864. Married. Melissa M. Clough, 1865. Prof. physiology, Cleveland Homeo. Coll., 1866-1871; Prof. therapeutics and dean, Pulte Med. Coll .. 1880 -; Pres. Theo- sophical Soc. in Amer .. 1892-4: Am. Inst. Homeopathy. 1890; Ohio State Homeo. Med. Soc .. 1875. Author: The Nature and Aims of Theosophy, 1887; A Study of Man and the Way to Health, 1888; Mystic Ma- sonry, 1896; Browning's Paracelsus and other Essays. 1897: The Genius of Free- masonry, 1908; Constructive Psychology, 1909; The Lost Word Found. 1909; The New Avatar and the Destiny of the Soul, 1909; The Soul and Sex in Education; Recent World-Movements; Theosophy and the Great School of the Natural Science. Socs. and clubs: Literary Club; City Club. Home address: 628 Oak St., Walnut Hills, Cincinnati. O.
BUCKINGHAM, ANDREW SCOTT, Bank- er; born, Wells Tp., Jefferson Co., O., Jan. 18. 1850: son of George H. Buckingham and Catherine (Church) Buckingham; edu- cated: Wells Tp. Schools until 18; then taught Dist. Schs. until 22. when he en- tered Scio Acad. for 1 yr. Married, Wini- fred D. Reese. Sept. 26. 1878. Clerked in grocery. Uhrichsville. O .. 1872-73; freight and ticket agent Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
& St. Louis R. R., Uhrichsville, 1873-1876; taught school, Wells Tp., 1876-1879: Prin. Mingo Junction Pub. Schs .. O., 1880-1881; Deputy clerk, Jefferson Co., 1882-1883; Deputy County Auditor, 1883-1888; elected and served as Clerk of Courts. 1888-1895; elected cashier Commercial National Bank in 1895. serving in that capacity until April. 1916. when he severed his con- nection with that institution to become Treasurer of the Union Savings Bank & Trust Co., which position he now holds. Socs. and clubs: Odd Fellow: K. of P. Home address: Steubenville. O.
BUDINGTON, ROBERT ALLYN, College Professor; born, Leyden, Mass., Oct. 22, 1872; son of Stephen Buckland Budington and Ereda (Baker) Budington; educated: Mt. Hermon School (1892); Williams Coll. (1896); Columbia Univ. (1899-1902). Col- lege degrees: A. B., Williams; A. M., Wil- liams. Married, Mabel Frances Stone, Dec. 27, 1906. Instructor Science & Math., Dow Academy. Franconia, N. H., 1896-98; Asst. Zoology. Williams Coll .. 1898-1899; demonstrator Physiology, Columbia Univ. (P. & S.), 1900-1902; teacher, Zoology & Physiology, Mt. Hermon School. 1902-05; instructor Zoology, Wesleyan Univ., 1905- 1908: associate Prof. Zoology, Oberlin Coll., 1908-13; instructor Embryology, Ma- rine Biol. Lab .. Woods Hole. Mass., 1911 --; Prof. Zoology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, O .. 1913 -. Socs. and clubs: American Soc. Zoologists; Am. Natural- ists: Am.
Assn. Advancement Science ( fellow) ; Am. Geographical Soc .: Ohio Academy of Science. Joint-author Ad- vanced Physiology & Hygiene; author: articles in biological journals. Congrega- tionalist. Home address: 34 S. Cedar Ave., Oberlin. O.
BULKLEY, ROBERT JOHNS, ex-Congress- man; born, Cleveland. O .. Oct. 8. 1880; son of Charles Henry Bulkley and Roberta
(Johns) Bulkley; educated: University Sch .. Cleveland, O .; Harvard Coll .: Har- vard Law Sch. College degrees: A. B., 1902; A. M, 1906. Married, Katharine
Pope, Feb. 17, 1909. Admitted to Ohio bar, June, 1906: partner in law firm, Bulk - ley & Inglis, 1909-1912; partner, Bulkley, Hauxhurst, Inglis & Saeger, attorneys, Cleveland, O., 1912 -; elected first pres- ident, Morris Plan Bank. Cleveland, O., 1916- Member Congress, 21st Dist., 1911-15; served on Banking & Currency Committee during preparation and pas- sage of Federal Reserve Act; chiarman. House Sub-Committee on Rural Credits; delegate to Democratic National Conven- tion Baltimore. 1912. and St. Louis, 1916; chairman, Cuyahoga County Democratic Central & Executive Committees, 1914-16. Home address: 2926 Euclid Ave .. Cleve- land. O.
BUNTON, GEORGE WALTER, Clergyman; born. Equality, Gallatin Co., Ill., April 6, 1879; son of Dr. Henry Wallace Bunton and Mary (Charles) Bunton; educated: Asbury Coll., Wilmore, Ky. College de- grees: B. S .; M. A .; D. D. Married, Ina Belle Case, April 27, 1904. Pastor. Cold Spring, Ky., 1903-1905; Maysville, K.y., 1905-1908; Supt. Covington Dist. Kent. Conference, 1908-1909; pastor, Union Ch., Covington, Ky., 1909-1915; Grace Ch., Day- ton, O .. 1915- Pres. Dayton Church
Federation. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner; Freedmen's Aid Soc. (Mem. Bd. Managers, 1912-16). Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 333 North Boulevard, Day- ton. Ohio.
BUNTS, FRANK EMORY, Surgeon; born, Youngstown, O .: son of William C. Bunts and Clara E. (Barnhisel) Bunts; educated: TJ. S. Naval Academy 1881; served in U. S. Navy, 1881-3; Western Reserve Med. College. 1886 (M. D.). Married. Harriet E. Taylor, Cleveland, O., Oct. 29. 1888. Prof. surgery, Western Reserve Med. Coll., 1893 -. Socs. and clubs: fellow Am.} Surg. Assn .: Am. Med. Soc .; Soc. Internat. de Chirurgle; Miss. Valley Med. Assn .; Ohio State Med. Assn .; Academy Medicine, Cleveland; Nu Sigma Nu; Union: Univer- sity; Army and Navy (Wash.). Home ad- dress: 1821 E. 63rd St., Cleveland, O.
BURBA, GEORGE FRANCIS, Editor; born, Hodgenville, Ky., May 4, 1865; son of Benjamin F. Burba and Elizabeth (Rod- man) Burba; educated: Country Schools; Columbian Law Sch. (now George Wash- ington Univ.), Washington, 1903. College degrees: LL. B. Married. Rebecca Bruce Hunter. Oct. 31, 1895. Worked on Louis- ville (Ky.) Courier-Journal as printer; started weekly paper at Hodgenville, 1885; clerk Interior department, Washing- ton, 1890; special pension examiner; re- signed, 1901; managing editor. The Sun, Springfield, O., 1903-1904; editor-in-chief News League of Ohio. 1905- (Dayton
Daily News and Springfield Daily News); Sec. to Governor Cox. 1913-14. Author: Our Bird Friends. 1908; contributor to various publications on political economic and nature subjects. Awarded Carnegie Hero Medal for rescuing child from drown- ing. 1910. Socs. and clubs: Sons Am. Rev. Home address: 35 Central Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
BURGE, CHARLES SUMNER, Merchant; born, Maumee, O., Nov. 24, 1868; son of Robert Burge and Margaret (Shoemaker) Burge: educated: Pub. Schs. of Maumee and Toledo, O. Married, Leonora C. Barks, June 15, 1892. Entered the office of his uncle, S. W. Flower, seed merchant,
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at the age of 14. and in 1880 became a partner in the firm. Now president of the S. W. Flower Co .; Mem. Toledo Produce Exchange. Socs. and clubs: Masons. Home address: 3252 Collingwood Ave .. To- ledo. O.
BURGER, FRANK, Dentist; born. Kenton, O .. Jan. 9, 1879; son of William Burger and Catherine (Ramge) Burger: educated: graduate of Kenton High Sch., 1897; Grad. of Ohio College of Dental Surgery. 1902. College degrees: D. D. S. Unmarried. Dentist. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Alla- din Temple Shriner, Columbus, O .; Latham Lodge: Scioto Chapter; Kenton Council; Kenton Commandery, Kenton, O .; Toledo Consistory, Toledo, O .; Psi Omega Frat. Methodist Church. Home address: Ken- ton. O.
BURKE, MILO DARWIN, Civil Engineer; born, Ashland Co., O., Aug. 23, 1841; son of Sirenoe Burke and Tirza Burke; edu- cated: common schools and Oberlin Col- lege. Married, Ellen S. Bachtell, Dec. 25, 1866. Left college in 1863. enlisted in the 15th Ohio Infantry and served in the third brigade (Willish's) of the third di- vision of the fourth army corps until after the fall of Atlanta, when he was detailed as an assistant topographical engineer at Gen. Geo. H. Thomas' headquarters, where he served until he was mustered out with his regiment in Dec .. 1865. He has had general practice in civil and mine engineering, has constructed four in- clined planes for passenger traffic (thrce at Cincinnati and one at Hamilton. Ont.) and numerous steam and street railroads, as well as municipal work. and developed mineral and suburban properties. He is the author of "Brick for Street Pave- ments." 1893. also numerous technical pa- pers in current publications. He is a member of the American Institute of Min- ing Engineers; The American Society of Civil Engineers, and was one of the founders of The Civil Engineers Club in Cincinnati, O. Home address: Second Na- tional Bank Bldg. S. E. Cor. of Ninth and Main Sts .. Cincinnati. O.
BURKET, HARLAN FESSENDEN, Attor- ney; born, Findlay, O., May 15, 1860; son of Jacob F. Burket and Pamy D. (Walters) Burket: educated: Grad. of Oberlin Coll., 1SS2. College degrees: Ph. B., 1890; A. M.,
1891. Married, Augusta Dukes. Jan. 16, 1895. Admitted to bar in 1887, and since then has practiced at Findlay. O. Mem. of law firm of Burket & Burket since 1888. Now Vice Pres. Am. Natl. Bank of Findlay. O. Pros. Atty., Hancock Co .. O., 1891-4. Socs. and clubs: Ohio Rep. League, ( Vice Pres .. 1889-91); Mem. Am. Bar Assn .: Ohio State Bar Assn. (Pres .. 1913-14): Ohio Archaeol. and Hist. Soc .: Old North West Geneal. Soc .: S. A. R .: Del. Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists. St. Louis, 1904. Lutheran Ch. Republican. Home address: Findlay. Ohio.
BURKETT, D. VAN BUREN, Physician; born, Thornville, O., Nov. 12, 1872; soll of Joseph W. Burkett and Anna (Klinger) Burkett; educated: Thornville High Sch .; Ohio State Univ .; Ohio Med. Univ. Col- lege degrees: B. Ph .; M. D. Married. Sarah J. Miller. March 29. 1905. Engaged in practice of medicine, Columbus, O., 1902- First Sergeant, Troop B, Cav. O. N. G .. 1902: Capt. and Asst. Surgeon, Cavalry. O. N. G .. 1902-16; Reg. Surgeon, 11th Div .. Cavalry. U. S. A .. 1917. Socs. and clubs: Columbus Acad. Med .; Ohio State Med. Assn .; Am. Med. Assn .; Span- ish-Am. War Veterans Assn .; Assn. Mil. Surgeons of U. S .: Elks; Kappa Sigma Frat .; Alpha Mu Pi Omega Med. Frat .;
Theta Nu Epsilon Frat .; A. I. U. Luther- an. Home address: 112 North Fourth St., Columbus. O.
BURKHARDT, HALLY C., Clergyman; born, Tipton, Ind., Dec. 15. 1879; son of Alonzo George Burkhardt and Anna ( Mount) Burkhardt; educated: Tri-State Coll .. Angola. Ind .; Butler Coll .. Indianap- olis, Ind .; Yale Sch. Religion. College de- grees: B. S .; B. A .; B. D. Married. Lois Fisher Mckay. March 25, 1903. Engaged in farming pursuits until age 28 years; began collegiate course in 1907 and fin- ished in 1915; ordained as minister, 1912; pastor. Central Church Christ (Disciples), Dayton, O., Aug. 1, 1915 --. Home ad- dress: 89 Faulkner Ave. Dayton, O.
BURNETT, JOHN FRANKLIN, Editor and Clergyman; born. Adams Co .. O .. April 16. 1851; son of Enos Burnett and Hannalı
(Carson) Burnett; educated: common
schools, Adams Co. College degrees: D. D., by Union Christian College. Married, Elizabeth Ellen Turner, 1870; 2nd. Alice
Edwards Morton, 1901. Now editor Christian Annual; Gen. Sec. of American Christian Convention, 1894 -; trustee, Union Christian Coll. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Order; Odd Fellows; Knight Py- thias. Christian Church. Home address: 310 S. Broadway. Dayton, O.
BURNHAM, MARION LINCOLN, Mayor; born, Pike Tp., Madison Co., O., Oct. 13. 1860: son of John Burnham and Celina (Fullington) Burnham; educated: country schools; O. W. U .: O. S. U. Married, Lizzie R. Chaney, Dec. 22, 1882. Engaged in farming after finishing college course. Located in London, O., in 1900, and is now engaged in the automobile business. Elected mayor of London in 1913, and re- elected in 1915, and is now serving in that capacity. Home address: 55 Elm St .. Lon- don. Ohio.
BURNHAM, WALTER D., Agriculturist; born, Dec. 1, 1859, Pike Tp., Madison Co., O .: son of Henry Burnham and Eveline (Williams) Burnham; educated: country schools; Ohio State Univ .; Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Married. Josephine Robbins, Jan. 29, 1885. Taught school 2 yrs. at Rosedale, then devoted himself to farming, which he has since followed. Has held the office of township treasurer, trustee. and member board of education; also was a member of board of tax adjusters. 1913-15. Socs. and clubs: Delta Tau Delta; O. W. U. Metho- dist Episcopal. Active in school organiza- tion. Home address: Mechanicsburg, O., R. D. No. 3.
BURNITE, CAROLINE, Librarian; born, Caroline Co .. Md .. Jan., 1875; daughter of Emery Burnite and Annie K. (Holmes) Burnite; educated: Easton (Md.) High Sch .: Pratt Institute Library Sch. (1894). Unmarried. Asst. Schermerhorn Library, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1894; librarian Equitable Assurance Soc. of U. S., 1895; librarian Tome Inst., Port Deposit. Md .. 1895-1901; Asst. Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, 1902- 1904; Dir. Children's Work Pub. Library, Cleveland. 1904 -: contributor: library periodicals. Socs. and clubs: Am. Library Assn .; Mem. of Council, 1912-17; Ohio Li- brary Assn. (Pres., 1911-12). Home ad- dress: 45 The Plaza, Cleveland, O.
BURRETT, CLAUDE A., Surgeon-College Dean: born, Greece, N. Y., July 13. 1878; son of Cyrus A. Burrett and Ida I. (Sage) Burrett; educated: High School of E. Bloomfield; Syracuse Univ .; Ohio State Univ .; Cleveland Homeopathic Med. Coll. College degrees: Ph. B .: M. D .; F. A. C. S. Married. Clara Virginia Partridge, July 13, 1905. Prof. of Surgery, Univ. of
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Michigan and Registrar of the Homeo- pathic Med. Sch. of same; Prof. of Sur- gery and Dean of the College of Homeo- pathic Medicine of the Ohio State Univ., 1914 -; was Secy. and Pres. of the Michigan Homeopathic Soc .; Pres. of the Surgical and Gynecological Soc. of the American Inst. of Homeopathy. and Secy. of the College of Alliance of the A. I. H. Socs. and clubs: Am. Inst. of Homeop .; Am. Coll. of Surgeons; Ohio Homeop. Med. Soc .; Shriner: Phi Gamma Delta; Pi Up- silon Rho. Methodist Church. Author of many surgical and medical articles. Home address: 1948 Iuka Ave .. Columbus, O.
BURROWS, CHARLES WILLIAM, Publish-
er; born, Hollis, Yorke Co., Me .. Dec. 21, 1849; son of Joseph Wesley Burrows and Mary Elizabeth (Atkinson) Burrows; edu- cated: U. S. Military Academy, 1870; served as 2nd Lieut., 3rd Light Artillery, 1870-1872. Married, Lottie Thomas Mott, Feb. 26. 1884. Organized the firm, Bur- rows Bros .. 1873; later merged to Bur- rows Bros. Co., publishers and booksellers, Cleveland, 1886 -; Pres. The Burrows Bros. Publishing Co. 1886-1912; Pres. Nat. One Cent Letter Postage Assn. Prevailed upon Elroy M. Avery in 1886 to devote rest of his life to great labor of prepar- ing his "History of the United States and its People" (12 vols.). Socs. and clubs: Cleveland Chamber Commerce ;; Colonial Wars; Union: Euclid; Athletic; Alumni of U. S. Mil. Academy. Republican. Home address: 1881 East 82nd St., Cleveland, O.
BURTNER, ELMER EDWIN, Clergyman; born. Mt. Clinton, Va .. Oct. 31, 1881; son of William Henry Burtner and Frances (Paul) Burtner; educated: College Pre- paratory, Shenandoah Collegiate Institute & School of Music; Otterbein Univ .; Yale School Religion: Yale Grad. School. Col- lege degrees: A. B .; A. M .; B. D. Mar- ried. Zetta Maude Truxal. Aug. 17. 1910. Pastor. First Congl. Ch .. Derby. Conn., 1909-10: First Congl. Ch., Missoula. Mon- tana, 1910-13; Pilgrim Congl. Ch .. Spo- kane. Wash .. 1913-14: First Church United Brethren, 1914 -. College pastor, Otter- bein Univ., Westerville, O. Home address: Westerville. O.
BURTON, THEODORE ELIJAH, former Senator; born, Jefferson, O., Dec. 20, 1851; son of (Rev.) William Burton and Eliza- beth (Grant) Burton; educated: Oberlin Coll .. Oberlin, O. College degrees: A. B. (1872); A. M. (1875): LL. D. (1900), Ober- lin; also Dartmouth Coll .: Ohio State Univ .; St. Johns Coll .. Annapolis. Unmarried. Admitted to bar of Ohio. 1875; practicing attorney, Cleveland, O., 1875 -; member 51st (1889-1891) and 54th to 60th (1895- 1909) Congresses, 21st Ohio Dist .; resigned from 61st Congress. March 4, 1909: U. S. Senator, 1909-15. Chairman Inland Water- ways Commn., 1907-09; also National Waterways Commn., 1909-12. Mem. Nat. Monetary Commn .; Delegate Republican National Conventions. 1904. 1908. 1912 (placed William Howard Taft in nomina- tion for the Presidency, Chicago. 1908); unanimously supported by the Ohio dele- gation as a candidate for President at the Republican Nat. Conv .. in - 1916. Author: Financial Crises and Periods of Industrial and Commercial Depression, 1902; Life of John Sherman, 1906; Corporations and the State. 1911. President. Grant Family As- sociation of the United States, 1901-1903. Elected President Merchants National Bank of New York. Jan .. 1917. Socs. and clubs: Union Club. Cleveland; Metropoli- tan, University (Washington) ; Authors, Bankers and Metropolitan, New York. Pres. American Peace Society. 1911-1915.
Republican. Residence: Cleveland, Ohio. Present address: 42 Wall St .. New York City.
BUSCH, KARL GEORGE ADOLPH, College Professor; born. Woodville, Sandusky Co., O., March 23, 1883; son of (Dr.) C. Henry L. Busch and Sophia (Cronenwett) Busch; educated: graded and parochial schools; high school, Woodville, O .; Capital Univ., Columbus. O .; Univ. Mich .; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. Sc .. 1903; A. B., 1904; Grad. in Theol., 1906. Married, Lulu E. Snapp. Dec. 29, 1908. Head science department. Lenvoir Coll., Hickory, N. C., 1906-8; Math. and science. Luther Sem., St. Paul, Minn., 1908-13; head science de- partment, Lenvoir Coll .. Hickory, N. C., 1913-14; head department of Science (teacher chemistry and botany), Capital Univ., Columbus. O., 1915- Lutheran. Home address: Bexley Station, Columbus, Ohio.
BUSH, SAMUEL PRESCOTT, Manufacturer; born. Brick Church, N .. J., Oct. 4. 1863; son of (Rev.) James S. Bush and Harriet E. (Fay) Bush; educated: Stevens high Sch .; Stevens Inst. Married. Flora Sheldon, 1894. Asst. Engr .. Motor Power, P. C. C. & St. L. R. P ... 1888-1890: Master Mechanic, Pennsylvania shop at Dennison and Co- lumbus, O., 1890-94; Supt. Motor Power, Southwest System Pennsylvania, 1894-99; Supt. of Motor Power, C. M. & St. P., 1899-1901; Pres. and Gen. Mgr .. Buckeye Steel Castings Co., Columbus, O., 1908- Socs. and clubs: Nat. Mfrs. Assn .: Du- quesne Club of Pittsburg; Engineers Club of New York; Univ. Club of Chicago; Scioto Country Club; Columbus Auto Club; Columbus Club; Columbus Athletic Club; The Assembly; Review Club. Home ad- dress: Columbus, O.
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