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sical Assn .. Middle West and South. Home address: Oberlin. O.
COLE, EDMUND ARCHIBALD, Wholesale Merchant; born, Barnesville, O., Nov. 8, 1854; son of John Cole and Harriet H. (Hibbard) Cole; educated: Barnesville schools. Married, Sue Gibbons, March 20, 1878. Bookkeeper, 1873-1877; manager of mines, 1877-1892: owner of mines, 1892- 1902; Pros. Sunday Creek Co .. 1910-1915; Pres. Union Fork & Hoe Co .; Dir. Com- mercial National Bank. Socs. and clubs: Columbus Club; Athletic Club; Columbus Country Club; Indian River Club. Trus- tee First Congregational Church. Home address: 69 Franklin Park, West, Colum- bus. Ohio.
COLE, HEATH K., Attorney; born, Repub- lic. O., Sept. 16. 1880; son of John L. Cole and A. Maria (Platte) Cole: educated: RA- public high school; Heidelberg Univ .; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. S .; LL. B. Married, Dora D. Dunn, Nov. 24, 1910. Taught school, 1895-1896; Supt. of Schs., Republic, O., 1902-3; practiced law, Tiffin. O., 1907 -. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 181 Clinton Ave .. Tiffin, O.
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COLE, R. CLINTON, Attorney; born, Han- cock Co., O .. Aug. 21. 1870; son of John W. Cole and Sarah (McRea) Cole; edu- cated: Pub. Schs .; Findlay Coll .; Ohio Northern Univ., Grad. in law in 1899. Unmarried. Taught school 8 yrs. and en- gaged in farm work in the summer; be- gan practice of law at Findlay in 1901; entered law firm of Cole. Cole & Cole, 1905; then firm of Dunn. Cole & Cole, in 1910, and now engaged in practice at Findlay, O .; city solicitor ~ Findlay 1912- 1916. Socs. and clubs: Elk. Methodist Church. Republican. Home address: Findlay, O.
COLE, RALPH D., Attorney; born, Vanlue, Hancock Co., O., Nov. 30. 1873; son of John W. Cole and Sarah (McCrea) Cole; educated: Country school, Biglick Twp., Hancock Co .: Findlay Coll .: Ohio North. Univ. College degrees: Bach. of Philoso- phy, LL. B. Married, Blanche Davis. Nov. 16, 1907. Attorney; deputy clerk of courts. 1897-1899; Mem. Ohio legislation, 1899-1904; congress, 1904-11; legal advisor to Comptroller of Currency, 1912-13; Dir. of speaker's bureau, Republican Nat. Com., 1916: Mem. of law firm of Taylor, Wil- liams, Cole & Harvey, Columbus, O. Socs. and clubs: Country Club; Elks. Findlay; Columbus Athletic Club. Methodist Ch. Home address: Findlay, O.
COLE, ROBERT LEE, Educator; born, Ceredo. W. Va .. Dec. 11. 1884: son of l. F. Cole and Patsy (Napier) Cole; educated: Ceredo Pub. Schs .: Ceredo High Sch., Grad., 1901; A. B., Univ. of W. Va., 1906. Taught, Fairmont, W. Va., high school, 1906-8; taught, Glenville Normal School, Glenville, W. Va., 1909-1912; taught Hin- ton, W. Va., high school, 1912-14; Supt. of schools, Perrysburg, O., 1914 -; have done a year's post-grad. work at Univer- sity of W. Va .. 1908-1909: Asst Physical Dir., W. Va. Univ., 1908-9; student Asst., History Dept .. W. Va. Univ .. 1905-1906. Socs. and clubs: Organizer and first Pres. of W. Va. Story Tellers' League: Wood- men of the World; Scout Master. group Boy Scouts of America of the World. Presbyterian. Home address: South Point, O.
COLE, WALTER DE LOSS, Clergyman; born. Kewaunee. Wis .. Nov. 15. 1864: son of John D. Cole and Susan Ann (Bevier) Cole; educated: Lawrence Coll., Apple- ton, Wis .; Garrett Biblical Inst .. Evan- ston, Ill. · College degrees: B. S .; M. S .;
D. D. Married, Cora May Riley, Sept. 9, 1890. Has served as pastor of M. E. Churches in Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio; Supt. Springfield Dist. West. Ohio Conf., Methodist Episcopal Ch., 1915 -. Socs. and clubs: Mason. York and Scot- tish Rite (32d degree); Syrian Temple, N. O. M. S. (Cincinnati, O.). Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 474 Park Pl., Springfield, O.
COLEMAN, JOHN, Clergyman and College Professor; born, Beaver Falls. Pa., Jan. 25. 1882: son of William John Cleman. D. D., and Elizabeth (George) Coleman; educated: Univ. Pittsburgh; Univ. Wis- consin; Reformed Presbyterian Theol. Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pa .; Univ. Penn- sylvania. College degrees: A. B .; M. A. Married, Mary Grier Willson, June 23. 1909. Pastor. New Concord Reformed Presby. Ch., 1908 -: Prof. Muskingum College, Dept. Philosophy, 1909 Reformed Presbyterian. Home address: New Con- cord, O.
COLEMAN, MARY WILLSON (Mrs. John), born, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 24, 1885; daugh- ter of Rev. David B. Willson and Mary R. (Galbraith) Willson; coucated: Penn- sylvania Coll. for Women. Grad. in 1913; . Univ. of Pennsylvania; Pepper fellowship in English, 1905-6. College degrees: A. B., 1903; A. M., 1904. Married. Rev. John Coleman, June 23, 1909. Was English Instr., Goucher Coll., 1906-8; English Instr .. Penn. Coll. for Women, 1908-9; Instr. in Philosophy, Muskingum Coll., 1909-1910. Reformed Presbyterian Church. Home address: New Concord. O.
COLLIER, GEORGE FOSTER, Coll. Dean; born, Durant, Iowa, July 21, 1866; son of Chaplain G. W. Collier and Eleanor Jane (Jones) Collier; educated: Hamline (Minn.) Univ .; B. S., 1892, Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; A. B., 1894, A. M., 1895; Harvard College; Litt. D., 1905. Baldwin Univ. Married,
Rose Weidmann, Sept. 1, 1896. Prof. Eng- lish Literature and History, Baldwin Univ .. 1895-1913; Prof. History, Baldwin- Wallace Coll., Berea, O., 1913 -; Dean of Coll., 1914 --; traveled in Europe sum- mer of 1910; has lectured on literary and historical subjects. Socs. and clubs: Na- tional Geographic Soc .; Ohio History
Teachers' Assn. ;
Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 187 Am. Historical Son Beech St., Berea. O.
COLLIER, MARY GREGORY VAIL (Mrs. Allen), born. Blairstown, N. J .. May 2. 1879; daughter of John Davis Vail and Melissa (Gregory) Vail; educated: Blair Acad .; Wellesley Coll. College degrees: B. A .. 1902. Married. Allen Collier. Jan. 12, 1910. Socs. and clubs: Cincinnati Woman's Club: Coll. Club of Cincinnati. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 108 East Auburn Ave .. Cincinnati. O.
COLLINS, CAROLINE CLINTON, Libra- rian; born. Cincinnati. O .. July 28. 1853: daughter of Isaac Clinton Collins and Emily Hopkins Ruth Collins; educated: private schools of Cincinnati, O. Librarian U. S. Circuit Court Appeals, 6th Jud. Cir- cuit, Cincinnati. O., 1897 -. Miss Collins' mother was a descendant of the Johns and Hopkins family. of Maryland, and her father of a Colonial Connecticut fani- ily. both father and brother prominently identified with the history of Cincinnati. and Miss Collins resides at the home- stead built by her father in 1858. Member of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, from childhood. Home address: Collins Place, Walnut Hills. Cincinnati. O.
COLLINS, FRANK, Manufacturer; born, Toledo, O., May 3, 1870; son of Frank Collins and Emma Josephine (Brown)
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Collins; educated: Toledo Public Schools. Married, Florence Elizabeth Fisk. Feb. 11, 1896. First Vice Pres. National Supply Co., Toledo, O .; Pres. Toledo Pipe Thread- ing Machine Co .; Pres. Northwestern Ohio Realty Co .; Dir. Ohio Savings Bank &
Trust Co .; Dir. National Gas, Elec. & Power Co .; Dir. The Reserve Bldg. Co. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Inverness Club; Toledo Country Club; Toledo Com- merce Club; Toledo Automobile Club; Overland Club; Toledo Auto-Lite Club. Home address: 943 Grand Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
COLLINS, JOHN EDGAR, Educator; born,
Peebles. O .. April 9. 1871; son of John R. Collins and Mary C. (Wright) Collins; educated· Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, O., and Teachers College, Columbia Univ. College degrees: B. S .; A. B. Married, Ina E. Treber, Aug. 15, 1900. Supt. of
Schs., Peebles, O., 1893-6; West Union, O., 1896-9; Batavia, O., 1899-1906; Fremont, O., 1906-15; Lima, O., 1915 to present time; instructor Miami Univ. Summer Schools, 4 summers; Mem. Bd. of Trustees. Bowl- ing Green Normal Sch., 1911 -; Pres. of Board, 1911-15; Pres. of Northwestern Ohio Teachers Assn., and Mem. State Teachers Executive Committee; Active Mem. State and National Education Assns. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Lima Rotary Club; Lima Chamber of Commerce. M. E. Church. Home address: 631 W. Elni St., Lima, O.
COLLINS, J. M., Educator; County Supt. of Schools, Clark County. Home address: Springfield, O.
COLLINS, WILLIAM R., Attorney; born, Cincinnati, O., Oct. 25, 1872; son of Henry E. Collins and Mary Francis (Coffin) Col- lins; educated: Law Dept .. Univ. of Cin- cinnati, O. College degrees: LL. B. Mar- ried, Lucy Rawson, June 19, 1909. Ad- mitted to Ohio bar, practicing attorney- at-law, Cincinnati, O., 1894 -; city so- licitor, Norwood, O., 1899-1903; Asst. coun- ty solicitor, 1903-9; member Ohio Senate, 81st Gen. Assembly, 1915-17; First Lieut., 1st O. Inf., U. S. Vol., Spanish-American War. Socs. and clubs: Mason' Frato"- nity; Queen City Club; Univ. Club; Cin- cinnati Country Club. Business Men's Club. Episcopalian. Home address: N. E. Cor. Dexter & Wold Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
COLT, ALONZO J., Manufacturer; born, Pittsford, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1857; son of Judah Colt and Sila E. (Brown) Colt; edu- cated: County Sch. Commenced work at 11 yrs. of age. Married, Maggie Willianı- son, Sept. 21, 1881. Pres. Turnbull Wagon Co., Defiance, O .; has been identified with the implement business since 1880-sales- man, general agent, sales manager, gen- eral manager and vice president; now president of the company. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Bodies; Knight Templars. Con - gregational. Home address: Defiancé, O.
COLTON, GEORGE HENRY, College Pro- fessor; born, Nelson, O., Oct. 10, 1848; son of John Belden Colton and Mary Lucre- tia (Tilden) Colton; educated: Nelson Academy; Hiram College; Michigan Univ .; Chicago Univ. (summer term). College degrees: M. S .; Ph. D. Married, Clara Amanda Taylor, Nov. 14, 1873. Engaged in civil engineering 2 yrs .; Prof. Natural Science, Hiram Coll., Hiram, O., 1873 -; invented and patented the under feed de- vice for furnaces, which allows slack coal to be used successfully with little smoke, no danger of explosion, 1892; member Ohio Constitutional Convention, 1912. Socs. and
clubs: National Geographical Soc .; Ohio Academy Science. Home address: Hiram, Ohio.
COLWELL, RICHARD STEERE, Univer- sity Dean; born, Hebronville, Mass .; son of William Arnold Colwell and Mahala (Winsor) Colwell; educated: A. B., D. D., Brown Univ .; Newton Theol. Seminary; Royal Univ. of Berlin, Germany. Married, Emily C. Hartshorn, June 17, 1875; 2nd, Abby J. Kerr, June 18, 1884. Prof. Greek, Denison Univ .. Sept., 1877 -; mayor of Granville, O., 4 terms, 1888-90; 1894-1596; 1896-1898; 1898-1900. Socs. and clubs: Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Baptist. Home address: Granville, O.
COMINGS, WILLIAM R., Educator; born, East Berkshire. Vermont, Dec. 16. 1\ -; son of Andrew C. Comings and Amanda (Jaynes) Comings; educated: Oberlin; Chicago, Ill .; Missouri State Normal. Married, Loretta E. Kennedy, Aug. 1, 1878. Supt. of Schs., Medina, O., 1874-1882: at Norwalk, 1882 to 1891; at fronton, 1891- 1893; at Elyria, 1901-1916; newspaper bus- iness, 1893-1901; representative from Lo- rain Co. in State Legislature, 1917-1918. Congregationalist. Home address: Elyria, Ohio.
COMPTON, ELIAS, College Dean; born, Glendale, O., Aug. 3, 1856; son of Wilson Martindale Compton and Elizabeth (Hunt) Compton; educated: Natl. Normal Sch., Lebanon. O .; Coll. of Wooster; Western Theol. Sem .; Clark Univ .; 6 months' study in Philosophy in library of British Mus .: College degrees: A. B., 1881; A. M .. 1884; Ph. D., 1889; D. D., Wabash College, 1903. Married. Otelia C. Augspurger, August 3. 1886.
Instructor English, Latin and Mathematics, 1883-1884; Asst. Professor English, 1884-1900; Professor of Philosophy since 1887, and dean since 1899, Coll. of Wooster; editor of the Wooster Quarterly. 1887-1910. Author: "A Short History of Philosophy." and other philo- sophical articles. Socs. and clubs: Sigma Chi; Century Club. Presbyterian. Home address: Wooster. O.
COMPTON, FRANK MCCLELLAN, Attor- ney; born, Middletown, O., Oct. 19, 1863; son of Enoch Drake Compton and Martha (McClellan) Compton; educated: National Normal Univ., Lebanon, O. College de- grees: B. Sc. Married. Mary Ellen Pro- basco, Nov. 6, 1890. Admitted to Ohio bar, 18SS; engaged in practice law, Dayton, O., 1888- Socs. and clubs: Dayton Coun- try Club. Presbyterian. Home address: 201 Central Ave., Dayton, O.
COMSTOCK, FRANK MASON, Educator: born. LeRoy, N. Y., May 20. 1855: son of Samuel Francis Comstock and Mary Mason (Turner) Comstock; educated: LeRoy Academic Inst., LeRoy, N. Y .; Union Coll. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .; C. E .: Ph. D. Married. Louise N. Brown, June 29, 1882. Instr. Science, Le- Roy Academic Inst., LeRoy, N. Y., 1879- 1880: Prin. LeRoy Acad. Inst., 1880-1891; Prof. Descriptive Geometry, Case School Applied Science, Cleveland. O., 1891 -. Socs. and clubs: Ohio Acad. Science; Rochester Acad. Science (Rochester, N. Y.); Canadian Forestry Assn .; Am. For- estry Assn .; Nat. Geographic Soc .; Soc. Promotion Engineering Education: Cleve- land Univ. Club .; Cleveland Chamber Com- merce; Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi: Delta l'psilon. Home address: Case School Applied Science, Cleveland, O.
CONDON, RANDALL JUDSON, Educator; born, Friendship, Me., July 10, 1862; son of James Condon and Hannah Y. (Oran) Condon; educated: Colby; Harvard Sum- mer Sch. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .;
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LL. D. Married, Eliza Alice Sturtevant, April 30, 1899. Principal Richmond Higli Sch., 1886-9; Dist. Supt. Schs., Mass., 1889- 1891; Supt. Schs .. Everett, Mass., 1891- 1902; Helena, Mont., 1902-10; Providence, R. I., 1910-1913; Supt. Schs., Cincinnati, O., 1913 -; Mem. Maine House Repre- sentatives, 1886-8; nominated for State Senate, 1888: Sec. Montana State Text- Book Committee. 1906-10; member Board Visitors, Brown Univ .; organized and Pres. Montana Civic Federation, 1905. Author: Montana Supplement to Frye's Geography. Author: educational monographs. Socs. and clubs: Vice Pres. Am. Peace Soc .; Nat. Soc, Promotion Industrial Education; Nat. Playground Assn .; N. E. A., Am. Civic Fed. (Council);' Pres. Am. School Peace League. 1913; Pres. National Soc. for the Study of Education, 1916; Pres. Montana Soc. Promotion of Industrial Education, 1907; Montana State Teachers' Assn., 1908; Montana Schoolmasters' Club, 1908; Vice Pres. and presiding officer, Nat. Conv., Delta Upsilon, 1892; organizer and Pres., Montana Delta Upsilon Club, Cin- cinnati Delta Upsilon Club; Hon. Mem. Rhode Island Dartmouth Alumni Assn .; Rhode Island Hist. Soc .; Business Men's Club; Chamber of Commerce; U. S. Dele- gate to Internat. Educational Conf., The Hague, 1914. Baptist. Home address: 3818 Winding Way, Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio.
CONLISS, EDWARD B., Business Mgr., News-Bee; born, Cooperstown, N. Y., Jan. 1. 1874; son of Thomas Conliss and Mar- garet (Delaney) Conliss; educated: Coop- erstown Union Sch. Acad. Unmarried. Business Mgr. of The Toledo News-Bee, Toledo, O. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Elks: Yacht Club: Old Sod Club: Y. M. C. A .; Commerce Club; Knights of Colum- bus; Rotary Club; Inverness Club; Tole- do Automobile Club. Cathedral Parish. Home address: 22 Kenilworth Drive, To- ledo, O.
CONLON, THOMAS F., Clergyman; born, Ashtabula, O .. Nov. 10. 1869; educated: public and parochial schools of Ashtabula; Assumption College, Sandwich, Ontario; St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md. Or- dained priest at Baltimore, Dec .. 1898; was assistant at St. Joseph's, Tiffin, O., six months, and assistant at St. Mary's, Tiffin. O., until 1901; pastor of churches at Grafton and Salem until 1904, when he became rector of St. Mary's Church, Tiffin, O. Catholic Church. Rector. Home ad- dress: 105 Miami St .. Tiffin. O.
CONNAUGHTON, JOHN B., Probate Judge; born. Hamilton, O., Jan. 31. 1879; son of John 1. Connaughton and Mary (Brere- ton) Connaughton; educated: St. Xavier's College. Cincinnati. O. College degrees: A. B. (1897); A. M. (1899); LL. B. (1900). Married, Blanche Collins, Feb. 4, 1907. Practicing attorney, Hamilton, O., 1900 -; elected city solicitor. Hamilton, O., 1906- 1910; probate judge. 1910-1917. Socs. and clubs: Elk: Knight of Columbus: Ancient Order of Hibernians: Catholic Order of Foresters. Roman Catholic. Home ad- dress: Hamilton. O.
CONNOLLEY, FRED DAVIS, Mgr. Central Ohio Paper Co .; born, Portsmouth, Ohio, July 1. 1877: son of Francis Simmons Con- nolley and Emma (Davis) Connolley; edu- cated: public schools. Portsmouth, O .; Ohio State Univ. Married. Blanche Moss, June 10, 1903. Connected with The Central Ohio Paper Co., Columbus, O., 1897 -; member city council, Columbus. O., 1911-1913; re- elected, 1913-15; member Bd. Education, Columbus. O .. 1916-20; member Republi- can State Central Com., 1914-16. Socs. and clubs: Athletic Club; University; Ro-
tary; Young Business Men's Club; Elk Lodge and Club; (ex-Pres.) Buckeye Re- publican Club; Columbus Chamber Com- merce; 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason; Shriner; Sons Am. Rev .; Sigma Nu Frat. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 1501 Belmont Ave .. Columbus. O.
CONOVER, ADAMS JEWETT, Bank Presi- dent; born, Dayton, O., January 12, 1850; son of Peter Post Conover and Mary (Dolley) Conover; educated: Dayton, O., public schools; Grier's Commercial Coll. Married. Anna Eliza Hendrickson, Sept. 19, 1872. Early commercial training as clerk in Dayton, O., postoffice, under Mr. Greene, 1867-70; engaged in coal business with brother. under firm name, Conover Brothers, 1870; Mr. Hayden, Columbus, O., admitted to firm changing to Conover & Hayden, 1871; organized Gem City Stove Co., 1885; Sec .- Treas. company, 1885 -; organized and became Pres. Dayton Sav- ings & Trust Co., 1903 -; Vice Pres. Day- ton Nat. Bank; Dir. Dayton Power & Light Co .; Dir. Elder & Johnson Co .; Pres. Gein City Life Insurance Co., 1912 -. Socs. and clubs: Am. Bankers' Institute; Day- ton Power & Light Social Club; Dayton Country Club; Greater Dayton Assn .; Am. Bankers' Assn .: Stove Mfg. Assn .; City Club. Methodist Episcopal. Home ad- dress: 387 West First St., Dayton, O.
CONOVER, CHARLES D., Educator-Legis- lator; born, Kings Creek, O., March 21, 1881; son of Nicholas Conover and Mary L. (Murphey) Conover; educated: public schools and high school, Middleburg, O .; Ohio Northern Univ .; Ohio Wes. Univ. Married, Florence Gail Stokes, Oct. 8, 1903. Supt. Salem Twp. Schs., Kings Creek O .. 7 yrs .; elected to 80th Gen. As- sembly, 1912, Champaign Co. O .; re-elected, 1914 ---; Mem. Com. Banks & Banking; Public Printing, Corporations & Taxation; chosen speaker, S1st Gen. Assembly, Jan. 4, 1915 ---. Socs. and clubs: K. P. Meth- odist Episcopal. Home address: 862 South Main St .. Urbana, O.
CONOVER, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH REEVE (Mrs. Frank), Writer-Lecturer; born, Dayton O., June 14, 1855; daughter of John Charles Reeve and Emma Barlow (Reeve); educated: Dayton, Ohio, public and high schools; Universite de Geneve, 1904. Married, Frank Conover, Oct. 14, 1874. Teacher number yrs. private classes Literature, History, Current
Events, French, Music and Drawing; lecturer: French Literature at Colleges and Chautauquas; historical Secy., J. H. Patterson. Pres. National Cash Register Co .. 10 yrs .: on editorial staff Dayton Jour- nal as writer and preparer special arti- cles. 1916 -. Author: series running 3 yrs. in Ladies' Home Journal, "The Secret Society of Mothers": "Some Dayton Saints and Prophets"; "The Story of Dayton" (going to press); "Concerning the Fore-
fathers"; "The Beck Family"; "David Gebhart"; "Monographs-A Plea for the Prayer Book"; "My Thought Cure"; edi- torial articles in various magazines and newspapers. Socs. and clubs: Women's Literary Club; Montgomery County Suf- frage Assn .; Dayton Woman's Club; Day- ton Branch, League to Enforce Peace; Y. W. C. A .; Greater Dayton Assn .: Young Women's League Dayton. Episcopalian. Home address: 1 South Wilkinson St., Dayton, O.
CONRADE, MARY SPENCER, Composer- Pianist; born, Zanesville, O., Feb. 17, 1863; daughter John Wakefield Conrade & Eliza Anne (Ross) Conrade; educated: Zanes- ville, O., public schools; Putnam Female Seminary; New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass .; pupil, Xaver Scharwenka,
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pianist. Engaged in general teaching. Composer: Songs in Season (children's songs); When Malindy Sings; At the Cir- cus, etc. Prominent in concert work as a piano soloist. Socs. and clubs: All Around Club; Thursday Morning Music Club. Ilome address: 363 Converse Ave., Zanes- ville. O.
CONWELL, JOHN, Merchant; born, Cadiz, O., Sept. 23, 1827; son of lliram Conwell and Mary (Cady) Conwell; educated: com- mon schools. Marricd, Mary J. Gordon, Oct. 4. 1848: 2nd. Elizabeth O. McConnell, Dec. 13, 1888. Went to Mexican War, 1847; traveled in mule team .overland to California, 1819; served in Civil War, Co. "I". 13th O. V. I .. around Washington, D. C .; served in 170th Regiment, Shenandoah Valley Fortification; engaged in merchant tailoring business number years; engaged in manufacture glass; interested in gas business; owner Cadiz, O., Opera House; retired for past 28 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Odd Fellow; Grand Army Republic. Home address: Cadiz. O.
COOK, HARRY, Physician-Surgeon; born, Springfield, O., Feb. 10. 1873; son of Dr. William A. Cook and Anna (Bechtel) Cook; educated: Pub. Schs. of Cleveland and Tippecanoe City, O., and Muncie, Ind. Read medicine with father; matriculated Chicago Homeopathic Med. Coll., 1890, and graduated in 1894. Married, Grace Emer- ick. Oct. 21, 1899. In May. 1894. located in Urbana and now in practice there. Socs. and clubs: Miami Valley Homeopathic Med. Soc. Mem. Urbana Lutheran Church. Home address: 115 Scioto St., Urbana, O. COOK, JOHN HARRISON, Educator; born, Scioto Co., O., April 12, 1881; son of John Hunter Cook and Lucinda (Earley) Cook; educated: Washington Twp., Scioto Co., ( .. rural schools; Ohio Northern Univ .; Miami Univ .; Columbia Univ. College de- grees: A. B. Married, Ethel E. Smith,
April 28. 1906. Taught rural schools un- til 1906; Prin. Wheelersburg High School, 1906-11; Supt. Jackson Twp. Centralized Schs., Pickaway Co., O .. 1912-14; County Supt. Schs., Pickaway Co., O., 1914-1916; Asst. Supt. of Pub. Instruction of Ohio, 1916 --. Socs. and clubs: Sons Veterans; Mason: Tau Kappa Alpha (honorary frat.). Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 545 North Court St .. Circleville. O.
COOKE, DEMMIE PRESTON, Real Estate; born. Cardington. O .. Dec. 24. 1871; son of Demon P. Cooke and Mary (Moore) Cooke; educated: Findlay College. Mar- ried, Maud J. Brown, June 28, 1900. Deal- er in Columbus real estate 25 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Columbus Club; Athletic Club; Columbus Country Club; Rotary Club; Chamber of Commerce; Real Estate Board. First Congregational Church. Home ad- dress: Park View Ave., South Bexley, Co- lumbus. O.
COOKE, EDMUND VANCE, Author; born, Port Dover. Canada. June 5. 1866; son of Edmund Cooke and Matilda (Vance) Cooke; educated: Cleveland. O., public schools. Married, Lilith Castleberry, Oct. 21, 1897. Platform lecturer with lecture- entertainments, 1893 -. Author: A Patch of Pansies. 1894: Rimes to be Read. 1897- 1905; Impertinent Poems, 1903-7; Chroni- cles of the Little Tot. 1905; Told to the Little Tot, 1906; A Morning's Mail, 1907; Little Songs for Two. 1909; I Rule the House, 1910; The Story Club. 1911; The Uncommon Commoner, 1913; Just Then Something Happened, 1915; contributor to leading magazines and weeklies of poems, stories and occasional articles. Socs. and clubs: Pres. International Lyceum Assn. (1905-6); Mem. Adrisory Bd. Nat. League
of Med. Freedom; Chamn. Progressive Const. League (Cuyahoga County), 1911; charter member American Press Humor- ists; Pres. Cleveland Single Tax Club. 1914-15. Home address: 11338 Mayfield Road. Cleveland, O.
COOKE. FRANCIS MARION, Business Man; born, Middlepoint, O., Aug. 29, 1869; son of Daniel F. Cooke and Catharine (Cochran) Cooke; educated: Bluffton High Sch .; Buchtel Acad .; Buchtel Coll. Col- lege degrees: B. A. Married, Mabel Kent Page, Nov. 25, 1897. Secy. Crescent Fire Ins. Co., Cleveland, 1891-2; clerk Wilcox & Noah, Akron, 1892-6; elected Secy. Akron Savings & Loan Co., 1896, and Bruner, Goodhue, Cooke. Cranz Agency Co .; Vice Pres. Central Associated Realty Co., Akron, O .; Dir. in a number of com- panies. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Club; Rotary Club; Portage Country Club; Akron City Club; Knight Templar; Mason; Mas- ter of Adirnian Lodge, 1893; Trustee of Buchtel College 10 yrs .; when Buchtel Col- lege was made the Municipal University of Akron, was Apptd. Chmn. of Bd. of Directors, which office he now holds. Home address: 513 W. Market St., Akron, Ohio.
COOKSON, CHARLES W., Educator; born, Redfield, O., July 6, 1861; educated: rural Schs .; Fultonham Acad .: Univ. Wooster; Ohio Univ. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .; Ped. B .; Ped. D. Married, Madge Davis, Aug. 16, 1894. Supt. Schs., Shaw- nee, New Straitsville, Somerset, and Troy, O .. 1906 -. Socs. and clubs: Alpha Tau Omega; Mason. Methodist. Home ad- dress: 105 N. Market St., Troy, O.
COONS, CLARENCE DALE, University Professor; born, Pataskala, O., Oct. 23, 1876; son of.Steward A. Coons and Emma (Rusk) Coons; educated: Pataskala high school (class 1895); Denison Univ., 1909. College degrees: B. S .; M. S. Grad. work Univ. Chicago. Married, Blonda Watt, Sept. 1, 1909. Supt. Granville. O., public schools, 1901-5; Asst. Prof. Physics, 1905- 12; Prof. Physics, Denison Univ., 1912 -; mayor, Granville O., 1916-17. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Ohio Acad. Science; Am. Assn. Advancement Science; Am. Physi- cal Soc .; Phi Gamma Delta Frat. Bap- tist. Home address: Granville. O.
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