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COONS, JACOB J., Physician-Surgeon; born. Milledgeville, O., March 11, 1874; son of Jones Coons and Rose (Gannon) Coons; educated: Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Johns Hopkins Univ .; Post-Grad work, Univ. of Wien, Austria. College degrees: B. S .; M. D. Unmarried. Pathologist, Mt. Carmel Hosp .; head of clinical and path- ological laboratory, Columbus, O .; Asst. Prof. of Medicine in Coll. of Medicine, Ohio State Univ; specialist in internal medi- cine and pathology. Socs. and clubs: Columbus Club; Athletic Club: Columbus Country Club; 32d degree Mason; Shriner; Beta Theta Pi; Alpha Mu Pi Omega; Co- lumbus Acad. of Medicine; State Med. Soc .: A. M. A .: Columbus Auto Club; Scioto Country Club. Home address: 150 E. Broad St .. Columbus. O.
COONS, RALPH VAN DORN, Business Man; born, Columbus, O., Sept. 16, 1872; son of Isaac N. Coons and Agnes (Tracey) Coons; educated: Pub. Schs. of Columbus, O. Married, Ella McFarland, Aug. 31, 1898. Began career as messenger for Bradstreets in Columbus, and then held a similar po- sition with the Western Union Telegraph Co .: entered the grain firm of McCord & Kelley and then became identified with Coe & Spencer Lumber Co .; moved to Lon- don, O., and in 1907 became identified with the London Coal and Lumber Co.
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Socs. and clubs: Masons; London Club; Madison Co. Fish and Game Assn .; Lon- don Health and Welfare League. Metho- dist Episcopal. Home address: 42 North Walnut St .. London. O.
COOPER, DAHL BUCHANAN, Attorney; born. Coitsville O .. Sept. 19, 1880; son of David Perry Cooper and Mary Ann (Mc- Clelland) Cooper; educated: Coitsville and Struthers, O .; Royen High Sch. of Youngs- town. O. College degrees: A. B., Oberlin Coll .; LL. B., Harvard. Married, Ruth G. Creed, Aug. 5. 1915. Member of the law firm of Williams & Cooper since gradu- ation from law school in 1907; Mahoning County Dry Campaign Mgr .. 1914-1915. Socs. and clubs: K. of P. United Presby- terian Ch. Home address: 242 Poland Ave., Struthers, O.
COOPER, JOHN G., Congressman; born, Wigan, England, April 27, 1872; educated: public schools, Youngstown, O. Married, Elizabeth M. Harries. 1896. At the age of 13 yrs. secured employment at the steel mills where he continued until 1896: en - tered service Pennsylvania Railroad (1896) as locomotive fireman; promoted to posi- tion of engineer. 1901-1915; elected to 64th Congress. 19th Dist. Ohio, 1914; re-elected to 65th Congress, 1916; elected Mem. Rep. County Com., 1906; elected to House Rep. Mahoning Co., 1910; re-elected to same office, 1912. Republican. Home address: Youngstown. O.
COOPER, LINDSEY K., Attorney; born, Sheritts, O .. Jan. 30. 1874; son of Andrew S. Cooper and Ellen (Stewart) Cooper; educated: common school. Unmarried. Attorney-at-law; deputy clerk of courts, 1898-1902; Pros. Atty., 1912-1916. Socs. and clubs: B. P. O. E .: Mason: K. of P .; K. of G. E. Methodist Church. Home ad- dress: Ironton. O.
COPE, ALEXIS, Attorney; born, Farming- ton. Belmont Co .. O .. June 27. 1841; son of Caleb H. Cope and Mildred (Fowler) Cope; educated: common schools of Ohio; Hopedale Normal Institute. Married, Ione Lewis. Oct. 22. 1868. Admitted to bar, 1866; collector Internal Revenue, 1872-76; . chief clerk, Secy. State. 1876-1882; Secy. Board Trustees. Ohio State Univ., 1884- 1904; member law firm, Ricketts & Cope, Columbus, O., 1915 -; prepared and
edited Ohio Statistics, 1877-1883; read proofs and indexed Ohio Laws, 1877-1883; wrote annual report Board Trustees, Ohio State Univ., 1884-1904. Author: "The Fif- teenth Ohio Volunteers and its Campaigns." 1916; served in Civil War, 1861-1865; Pri- vate Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Lieutenant Captain. 15th Ohio Vols .. Asst. Adjutant Gen. 1st Brig. 3rd Div. 4th Corps, Army of the Cumberland; Asst. Inspector Gen. Western Sub-Dist. Texas. Socs. and clubs: Loyal Legion; Army of the Cum- berland; G. A. R .; Hon. Life Member Ohio Archaeological & Hist. Soc. Metho- dist Episcopal. Home address: 70 N. Champion Ave .. Columbus. O.
COPELAND, C. H., Educator; County Supt. of Schools. Vinton Co. Home address: McArthur. Ohio.
COPELAND, FOSTER, Banker; born, Evans- ville. Ind .. March 9. 1858; son of Guild Copeland and Eliza Jane (Foster) Cope- land; educated: Brooklyn Polytechnic and Mt. Pleasant, Amherst. Mass. Married, Martha Hoge Thomas. Jan. 26, 1893. Be- gan as errand boy in father's office, New York, 1876; removed to. Columbus, O., as bookkeeper, 1882; Treas. H. C. Goodman Co., shoe manufacturers, 1889-1899; Pres. City Nat. Bank, 1905 -; Pres. Columbus Forge and Iron Co .; McIntyre Mfg. Co .; Vice Pres. Hayden-Corbett Chain Co .;
Forest Realty Co .: Dir. Columbus & Xenia Ry .; Columbus Pharmacal Co .; Midland Mutual Life Ins. Co .; Columbus Varnish Co .; Pres. Jury Commn., Franklin Coun- ty, O .. 1908-13; Trustee Teachers' Pension Fund (Columbus); Pres. Columbus Acad .; Pres. Columbus Sch. for Girls; Treas. Anti- Saloon League of Am .: Columbus Home for the Aged; Pres. Children's Hospital. Socs. and clubs: Y. M. C. A. (Pres. 10 yrs.); Mem. State Com. Y. M. C. A .; Mem. Evangelistic Com., Presby. Ch., U. S. A .; Sons of Am. Rev .; 33d degree Mason; Co- lumbus Club; Country Club. Republican. Home address: 50 Hamilton Ave .. Colum- bus, O.
COPELAND, GEORGE DODDRIDGE, At- torney-Banker; born, Marion, O., Dec. 14, 1860; son of Howard Copeland and Cath- erine (Darlington) Copeland; educated: Marion High Sch .; Cincinnati Lay Sch. Married, Katharine Bartram, June 5, 1889. Admitted to bar. June 2, 1882; now prac- ticing law in Marion. O .; Vice Pres. The Marion County Bank Co .; Vice Pres. The Ohio & Western Line Co .; Treas. The Os- good Co. (steam shovels); Dir. in Norris & Christian Lime and Stone Co., and ac- tive in real estate enterprises; General Counsel of The Home Bldg. Savings & Loan Co .: delegate to Republican National Conv., 1896; Trustee Massillon State Hosp. Socs. and clubs: Grand Master of Masons of Ohio. Grand Master of R. & S. Masons of Ohio; Treas. of Ohio Council of Deliber- ation; 33d degree Mason. Scottish Rite. Presbyterian Church. Home address: Mit. Vernon and Vine Sts., Marion. O.
CORBIN, CLARENCE A., Postmaster; born, Saybrook. O .. Dec. 2S. 1862; son of Lewis E. Corbin and Annette R. (Somers) Cor- bin; educated: Pub. Schs. of Ashtabula Co .; New Lyme Inst .; Grand River Inst .; born in Ashtabula Co .. O. College de- grees: B. S Married. Emma Peebles, June 2, 1886. Pub. Sch. teacher in Ash- tabula Co., O .. 1879-1891; editor and man- ager Ashtabula Democratic Standard, 1891- 1916; Mem. Ashtabula City Bd. of Edn., 1910-14; chief deputy of the County Bd. of Elections. 3 terms; delegate to Demo- cratic Natl. Conv., 1896-1904; postmaster at Ashtabula. O .. 1914 ---. Socs. and clubs: Ashtabula Chamber of Commerce; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Protected Home Circle; Degree of Honor. A. O. W. W .: Ashtabula Y. M. C. A .; Franklin Literary Club of Ashtabula. Home address: Ash- tabula, O.
CORLETT, WILLIAM THOMAS, Physician: born. Orange. O., April 15. 1854; son of William Corlett and Ann (Avery) Corlett: educated: Dist. Sch .; Chagrin Falls Acad .; Oberlin Academy; Wooster Univ. (Med. Dept.); Royal College Physicians, London, Eng. College degrees: M. D .; L. R .; C. P. Married, Amanda Leisy, June 26, 1895. Pioneer specialist in diseases of the skin, beginning practice in Northern Ohio, 1881; Prof. dermatology, Western Reserve Univ., 1885-1914; Senior Prof., 1914 -. Author several works on medical subjects, one on The American Tropics; has spent much time in study in Europe; has traveled widely all parts of the globe. Socs. and clubs: (Pres., 1885). Cuyahoga Co. Med. Soc .; (Pres., 1906), American Dermatolog- ical Assn .; (Chmn. section of skin diseases, 1899), Am. Med. Assn .; (Pres., 1898), Cir- cle Francaise de Cleveland; (Pres., 1913), Alliance Francaise; Fellow, Royal Soc. Med. (Great Britain) : Cleveland Academy Med .; Union Club; Country Club. Protes- tant. Home address: 3618 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O.
CORN, EDWARD ELLSWORTH, Common Pleas Judge; born, near Bradrick, Law-
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rence Co .. O .. Sept. 18. 1867; son of Wil- liam Corn and Sarah E. (Doddridge) Corn; educated: B. S .. 1892; B. L., 1894, Ohio Normal Univ .. Ada, O. (now Ohio Northern University). Married, Nellie E. Silbaugh. Oct. 24. 1890. Taught school 8 yrs., beginning before 17 yrs. of age; prac- ticed law 14 yrs .; prosecuting attorney, Lawrence Co., 1900-1903; common pleas judge, 1907 -; city school examiner of Ironton, 11 yrs .; was second lieutenant, Co. I. 7th O. V. I., war with Spain; also colonel Seventh Regt. Infty., O. N. G. Republican. Socs. and clubs: K. of P .; I. O. O. F. (Past Grand Patriarch of Ohio and Past Grand Representative to Sover- eign Grand Lodge); Past Exalted Ruler, Ironton Lodge of Elks: Past Grand Chief of Ohio. K. G. F .; Supreme Vice Chief, Supreme Castle, K. G. E .; K. O. T. M .; F. S. W. V .; Order of Spanish-Am. War; Jr. O. U. A. M. Home address: 704 South Fifth St., Ironton, O.
CORNER, H. B., Banker: Vicc Pres. Citi- zens Savings & Trust Co. lIome address: 1895 E. 105th St .. Cleveland, O.
CORNETET, NOAH EDWARD, Univ. Prof .; born, Mowrystown. O., 1867; son of Lewis C. Cornetet and Leah (Winkle) Cornetet; educated: public schools, Highland Co., O .; Otterbein Univ .; Univ. Chicago. College degrees: A. B .: A. M. Married. Nannie E. Holladay, 1889. Teacher in public schools. 1887-1889; pastor, 1889-1892; stu- dent, 1892-1896; Vice President., Prof. and Pastor, Avalon Coll., Trenton. Mo., 1896- 1899; pastor, Logan, O., 1899-1901; Prof. Greek Otterbein Univ., 1901 -; Pres. Board Trustees, Avalon Coll .; Pres. Board Education. Westerville. O .; Secy. Ohio State Assn. School Board Members; Secy. Faculty Otterbein Univ .; Registrar Otter- bein Univ .; Chairman Administration Com- mittee, Otterbein Univ .; member Board Trustees, Otterbein Univ .; Secy. Branch Home Missionary Soc .; member Nat. Geo- graphical Soc .; Central Ohio Schoolmasters' Club; Philophroneau Lit. Soc .; Mem. The Classical Assn. of Middle West and South. Author: "Prayer. a Means of Spiritual Growth"; contributor Religious Telescope; United Brethren Review; Watchword; Senior S. S. Quarterly. Member Southeast Ohio Conf. U. B. in Christ, ordained, 1890. Home address: Westerville, O.
CORNS, JOHN B., Editor; born, Ironton, O., Feb. 18. 1875; son of M. Corns and Lytta E. (McMahon) Corns; educated: Public Schs. of Ironton. Unmarried. Has been a Republican editor in Ironton for a num- ber of years. and formerly conducted a newspaper in Kentucky: was director of public service; member city council of Ironton. Methodist Church. Home ad- dress: 703 South Sixth St., Ironton, O.
CORSON, OSCAR TAYLOR, Editor; born, on farm near Camden. O .. May 3. 1857; son of William Corson and Eliza (Mc- Burney) Corson; educated: public schools; Ohio Wes. Univ. College degrees: (Hon. A. M., 1888; LL. D., Wooster Univ., 1907). Married, Ella May Jacoby. Aug. 2, 1881. Teacher country schools 1875-8; Prin. Fair Haven. O .. schools. 1878-79; Supt. schools, Camden, O., 1880-3; Granville, O., schools, 1884-7; Cambridge, O., schools, 1887-1891; state commissioner common schools Ohio, 1892-8; editor: Ohio Educational Monthly (founded 1852. oldest educational journal
in U. S.). 1895 --. Author: Ohio State School Reports. vols. 6. 1892-S: Trustee, Ohio State Univ., 1899-1913. Socs. and clubs: (Pres.) Ohio State Teachers' Assn., 1898; N. E. A .. 1900: Phi Gamma Delta. Republican. Presbyterian. Home address: 55 East Main St .. Columbus, O.
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CORWIN, MARY BEATRICE HOLMAN,
Author and Publisher; born, Eddyville, Ky .; daughter of David Strauss Holman and Anna Maria (Herr) Holman; edu- cated: Xenia. Ohio. High Sch .: (teacher's Course and special study), Lebanon State Normal Sch .; Antioch Coll. Yellow Springs, O .; (elocution course). Cooper Institute, Dayton. O. Married, Edwin M. Corwin, Nov. 25. 1884. Teacher Ohio Pub. Schs .; journalist and publisher, Cincinnati, O., 15 yrs .; editor and publisher, The Club Wom- an's Magazine, 9 yrs .; editor. Woman's Clubs Depart. Daily Cincinnati American, 1915 --. Author: How the Promise Was Kept; (poems). The Old Cathedral: New Year Retrospect; A Birthday Roundelay; The Amulet and the Pearl; When Amaryl- lis Calls Her Family: The Reception; A Rose Leaf; Tiny Lou; Ode to the Old Bell; A Leap Ycar Valentine. Socs. and clubs: (organizer and founder) The Wom- an's Rotary Club (Cincinnati, O.); Amer- ican Folk -lore Soc .; Susan B. Anthony Club: l'pton Study Club: Kentucky Mac- Dowell Soc. (Covington, Ky.). Home ad- dress: 112 Lincoln Inn Court, Cincinnati, Ohio.
COSGROVE, OTWAY J., Common Pleas Judge. Hamilton Co. Term expires Dec., 1920. Home address: Cincinnati, O.
COSTELLO, EDWARD WILFRED, Attor- ney; born. Adams Tp., Defiance Co .. O., April 23. 1872; son of Michael Costello and Bridget (Caveney) Costello; educated: public and parochial schools of Defiance; Defiance College; law department, Ohio State Univ. Married. Lillian May Cam- eron. Dec. 31. 1910. Admitted to bar, June, 1901; served as justice of the peace; city solicitor of Defiance; prosecuting attorney, 1913-14. Socs. and clubs: B. P. O. E .; Knights of Columbus. Catholic Church. Democrat. Home address: 914 Perry Ave., Defiance. O.
COTT, WILLIAM NEVADA, Railway Offi- cial; born, Arch Springs, Pa., May 14, 1855: son of Christopher C. Cott and Mary Ellen (Brown) Cott; educated: common schools, Pennsylvania. Married, Clara Talbot Cott. Oct. 3. 1878. Entered ac- counting department Hocking Valley Ry., July 22, 1875; then Asst. Secy. and Asst. Treas. H. V. Ry., Columbus. O. Congrega- tionalist. Home address: 1621 Summit St., Columbus, O.
COTTER, JAMES H., Clergyman; born, County Tipperary, Ireland. Aug. 19, 1858; son of George Cotter and Sara (Dela- hunty) Cotter: educated: Roscrea Nat. Sch .; Manhattan Coll .; Mt. St. Marys. Emmits- burg, Md. College degrees: A. B .: A. M .; II .. D. Pastor St. Lawrence Ch .. Iron- ton. O .. 1889 --; editor. Catholic Colum- bian. Columbus. O .; one of the board of contributing editors of the Knights of Columbus organ, The Columbiad. Author: Shakespeare's Art. Lances Hurled at the Sun, and Straws from the Manger of Thoughts on Christmastide. Lecturer: Music and Poetry of Ireland, St. Patrick, Drunkenness. The Need of the Hour, True and False Notions of Liberty. etc. His famous addresses were made in Carnegie Hall. at Manhattan Coll. Commencement, 1906: at the National Meet of the Feder- ation of Catholic Socs .. in Milwaukee Aud- itorium in 1912. Extracts from his Shakes- peare's Art. appear in "Selections from Classic Authors." Socs. and clubs: Knights of Columbus; A. O. H .; U. S. Catholic His- torical Society. Home address: Ironton, Ohio.
COTTER, W. LEE, Transportation Con- tractor; born. Pavania. Richland Co., O., Aug. 2, 1882: son of Chally D. Cotter and
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Elizabeth (Wells) Cotter; educated: Mans- field, O., public schools and high school. Married, Elsie C. Husted, Jan. 11. 1905. Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of The Cotter Transfer & Storage Co., 1899 -; Treas. The Hughes-Keenan Co .. Mfrs .; Dir. Mans- field Savings Bank. Socs. and clubs: Ma- sonic Order; Elk Club; Mystic Club; West- brook Country Club; Mem. Official Board Central Methodist Episcopal Ch. Home address: 53 Brinkerhoff Ave .. Mansfield, Ohio.
COTTERMAN, S., Educator; County Supt. of Schools. Mercer Co. Home address: Celina. O.
COTTINGHAM, WALTER HORACE, Pres. Sherwin-Williams Co .; born, Omeeme, Ont., Canada. Jan. S. 1866; son of William Cottingham and Lucy Cottingham; edu- cated: public schools, Omeeme, Ont. Mar- ried, May 22, 1888. Clerked in hardware store, age 15 yrs .; manufacturing and selling gold paint in small way at age 21 yrs., Montreal, P. Q .; head firm. Wal- ter H. Cottingham Co., 1891; became Cana- dian distributor Sherwin-Williams Co.,
1892; manufacturer varnish in Canada,
Varnish Co., 1894; owner Cottinghanı merged company with Sherwin-Williams of Ohio, 1896; made general manager Sher- win-Williams Co .. 1903; Vice Pres, and Gen. Mgr. 1908; President-Gen. Mgr., The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1915 --; Pres. The Carter Lead Co., Can- ada; Chairman The Lewis Berger Sons, Ltd., London, Eng .; Pres. Ozark Smelting & Mining Co .; Pres. Detroit White Lead Co .; Pres. The Cleveland Box Co .; Pres. The Adams Bag Co .; Dir. Cleveland Trust Co .; Vice Pres. Railway Business Assn., N. Y. Socs. and clubs: Union Club; Coun- try Club; Mayfield Club; Chagrin Hunt Club; Mount Royal Club, Canada; St. Maurice Fish & Game Club. Canada: In- dia House. N. Y .; Country Club. London, Eng .; American Academy Political and Social Science: Nat. Assn. Mfg .; Nat. Chamber Commerce: Clinton Chamber of Commerce; Nat. Civic Fed; Efficiency Soc., New York; Roval Soc. of Art. London, Eng. Presbyterian. Home address: Wooley Hall, Maidenhead Berks, England (summer) ; "Springbank" Lake Shore Boulevard, Bratenahl, Cleveland, Ohio (winter).
COTTON, MARY SLOCOMB, Childrens' Welfare Worker; born. Marietta, O., June 1. 1836; daughter of Silas Slocomb and Deborah Packard (Cone) Slocomb: edu- cated: Marietta, O., public and high schools; Rossiter Seminary. Married, Dr. David B. Cotton, Nov. 21. 1861. President of the Childrens' Home Society, Scioto County, from its organization until the county took charge. as provided by the Ohio laws. First Regent Joseph Spencer Chapter, D. A. R., Portsmouth, O., 1915 -. Mrs. Cotton traces her lineage from the Mayflower and from Charlemagne and William the Conqueror and direct descend- ant of Gen. Spencer. one of Washington's Aides in the Revolution. Socs. and clubs: Woman's Club: Reading Club; Audubon Soc .; Suffrage League, Cincinnati, Ohio. Member First Presbyterian Church. Home address: 712 Sixth St .. Portsmouth, O.
COULTON, GEORGE A., Banker; President Union Natl. Bank. Home address: 2287 Demington Rd., Cleveland, O.
COULTRAP, FLETCHER STANTON, Col- lege Professor; born, Muskingum Co., O., March 28, 1853; son of William Coultrap and Rebecca (Wilson) Coultrap; educated: public schools: Ohio Univ. College de- grees: A. B .; A. M. Married, Fannie Sal- ters Gebhardt, Dec. 25, 1876. Supt. Schs.,
Wheelersburg, O., 1875-77; Nelsonville, O., 1877-98; Athens, O., 1898-1907; Ohio Univ., 1907 --. (Prof. art of teaching and Prin. State Preparatory Sch., State Normal Col- lege, Ohio Univ.). Appointed by Gov. William Mckinley to handle the supplies furnished those in distress in Hocking Val- ley and Sunday Creek Valley, 1892-3. Co. Examiner, Athens Co., 1881-1906; county Secy., Ohio Teachers Reading Circle, 1900- 1910. and member Bd. of Control of O. T. R. C .. 1902 -; debator in annual contest Ohio Univ. in 1873 and 1874; delegate Gen. Conf. of M. E. Church, Omaha, 1892. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Tuesday Club; Ohio Teachers' Assn .: Nat. Educ. Assn .: Nat. Geog. Assn .; Phi Delta Theta; Southeast- ern Ohio Teachers' Assn. Methodist Epis- copal. Home address: 36 North High St., Athens. O.
COULTRAP, HENRY W., Common Pleas Judge; born, Morgan Co., O., April 22, 1848; son of William Coultrap and Rebecca (Wilson) Coultrap; educated: Ohio Univ. College degrees: A. B. Married, Mellie M. Hughes, April 28 1880; 2nd, Frances G. Gibbons, Sept. 29, 1903. Admitted to bar of Ohio, 1875; practiced law, 1875-1894; elected judge, Court Common Pleas, 5 yr. term, 1884; re-elected, Nov., 1889, 5 year term; resumed practice law, 1895-1914; re- elected judge Court Common Pleas, 6 yr. term, Nov., 1914 -; Trustee Ohio Univ. by Appt. of Gov. Bushnell, 1897 --. Socs, and clubs: Delta Lodge, 207, F. & A. M .; I. O. O. F .; Order Eastern Star. Metho- dist. Home address: McArthur, O.
COUNTS, ALBERT FRANKLIN, Attorney; born, Port Jefferson, Shelby Co., O., Sept. 5. 1881; son of Jachomyer Cass Counts and Margaret Belle (Hobby) Counts; educated: Sidney, O., public schools; Collegiate, Law and Graduate Departments of Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, O. College de- grees: Ph. B .; A. M .; LL. B. Married, Eulalie Gaskill, April 17, 1913. Is practic- ing law at Cleveland, O .; for eleven yrs. was writer for Cleveland Plain Dealer; Dir. of numerous Ohio corporations, prin- cipally industrial in character. Socs. and clubs: Shaker Heights Country Club; Co. Bar Assn .: B. P. O. E .: W. O. W .; Na- tional Geog. Soc. Has written to some extent on philosophical, historical and le- gal subjects. Home address: 1885 E. 79th St., Cleveland, O.
COURSEN, W. M., Educator; Supt. of Schs., East Youngstown, O. Home address: East Youngstown. O.
COURT. NICHOLAS A., Business Man; born, Tiffin, O., Sept. 13. 1857; son of John Court and Elizabeth May (May) Court: educated: Tiffin parochial schools. Mar- ried. Mary J. Barry, Feb. 13, 1888. Con- nected with various hotels in Athens and Columbus; manager of Chittenden Hotel of Columbus. O., 1900 -. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Hotel Assn .; Columbus Country Club; Elks; Scioto Country Club; Columbus Auto Club; Columbus Athletic Club; Knights of Columbus. Catholic Church. Home address: Normandie Ho- tel. Columbus. O.
COWDERY, ROBERT HOLMES, Advertis- ing Manager. Am. Fork & Hoe Co .; born, Ashtabula. O .. Oct. 20, 1882; son of War- ren Hervey Cowdery and Harriet (Kelley) Cowdery; educated: Ashtabula publie schools; Case Sch. Applied Science. Col- lege degrees: B. S. Married, Mabel Orde- lia Belden, June 18, 1907. Draughtsman, Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Engr. Co., Cleve- land, O .; designer. Am. Fork & Hoe Co., Ashtabula. O .; factory manager, Am. Fork & Hoe Co .. 1904; advertising manager, Am. Fork & Hoe Co., Cleveland. O., 1909; Mem.
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Bd. Education, Ashtabula. O .. 1908-1903. Socs. and clubs: Phi Delta Theta; Nortli Channel Shooting Club. Member Church Christ. Home address: 2884 Scarboro Rd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
COWDERY, WARREN HERVEY, Merchant; born, Perry, Lake Co., O., May 21. 1853; son of Lyman Hervey Cowdery and Sarah (Holmes) Cowdery; cducated: Painesville, O., and Geneva, O., high schools. Mar- ried. Hattie Kelley, Sept. 19, 1878. Secy. Geneva Tool Co .. Geneva, O .. 1875-1880; Secy. and Treas. Ashtabula Tool Co., Ash- tabula, O., 1880-1902; Vice Pres. American Fork & Hoe Co., Cleveland. O .. 1902-1909; Pres. American Fork & Hoe Co .. Cleve- land, O., 1909 -. Socs. and clubs: Cleve- land Chamber Commerce: Willowick Country Club. Christian Church. Home address: 2044 Abington Rd., Cleveland, O.
COWDERY, WARREN K., Manufacturer; born, Ashtabula, O., Dec. 5, 1886; son of Warren H. Cowdery and Harriet (Kelley) Cowdery; educated: Ashtabula public and high schools of Cleveland. O .; Culver Military Academy; Hiram Coll .; Purdue Univ. Married, Marjorie Bull, Aug. 2, 1909. Entered employ American Fork & Hoe Co. after leaving college; now mana- ger Ashtabula Works (branch of same company) Ashtabula, O., 1915 -; Director and Vice Pres. Ashtabula Y. M. C. Assn. Socs. and clubs: Alpha Omega Frat .; Phi Delta Theta; Scabbard and Blade (mili- tary Frat.); Ashtabula Chamber of Com- merce. Member Christian Church. Home address: 24 Park St., Ashtabula, O.
COX, ERNEST FLEETWOOD, Physician; boin, Chillicothe. O., May 22. 1877; son of Fleming S. Cox and Nannie (Gude) Cox; educated: Chillicothe public school; Chilli- cothe high school; Ohio Med. Univ., Co- lumbus, O. College degrees: M. D., 1906. Married. Mary E. Cardwell. Aug. 9, 1915. Engaged in practice medicine, Columbus, O., 1908 -; deeply interested in and active charity worker. Socs. and clubs: Mason; N. A. A. C. P .; Columbus Academy Medi- cine; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Assn .; Associated Charities. Home ad- dress: 728 Penna Ave .. Columbus, O.
COX, ISAAC JOSLIN, Univ. Professor; born, West Crcek, Ocean Co., N. J .. Nov. 19. 1873: son of Walter Scott Cox and Almeda (Joslin) Cox; educated: Dartmouth, 1896, A. B .: research in Archiv. Gen .. City Mex- ico. 189S-1911; Univ. Texas. 1900; Univ. Chicago, 1901; Univ. Wisconsin, 1902; fel- low Am. History. Univ. Pennsylvania, 1902-4; research fellowship, 1911-12; P. H.
D., Univ. Pennsylvania, 1904.
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Grace Elizabeth Vose, July 11, 1899. Teacher-Vice Prin .. San Antonio Acad., 1896-1902; instructor history. 1904-6: Asst. Prof .. 1906-12; Shaw lecturership, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1911-1912; associate Prof., Univ. Cincinnati, 1912 -; life member Ohio Archaeol. and Hist. Soc .; Secy. Ohio Valley Hist. Assn .. 1908-9; Pres .. 1909-10; fellow Texas State Hist. Assn .: member American Hist. Assn .; Pres. Miss. Valley Hist. Assn .. 1914-15: Vice Pres. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta: Corr. Mem. Chi- cago Hist. Soc .: Mem. City Club. Author: The Journeys of LaSalle and His Com- panions. 1905; The Early Exploration of Louisiana. 1906; editor Quarterly Histori- cal and Philosophical Soc. of Ohio; reports of Ohio Valley Hist. Assn .; editorial work on new International Encyclopedia, 1903; contributor Encyclopedias Americana and Britannica; Am. Hist. Review: Miss. Val- ley Hist. Review; lecturer on Spain and Mexico. Presbyterian. Home address: 553 Evanswood Place. Cincinnati, O.
COX, JACOB DOLSON, Manufacturer; born, Warren. O. May 15. 1852; son of Jacob Dolson Cox and Helen (Finney) Cox; edu- cated: Columbus, Cincinnati. O., public schools. Married. Ellen Prentiss. Oct. 9, 1878. Spent the years 1869-1876 learning the practical side of rolling mill business with Cleveland Iron Co .; organized and founded the business known as The Cleve- land Twist Drill Co., in Dunkirk, N. Y .; moved to Cleveland. O., 1876; president of company 1915 -; Dir. Cleveland Trust Co .: Dir. Cleveland-Pittsburgh Ry. Co .; Trustee Case School Applied Science. Socs. and clubs: Essex Country Club; Cleveland Yacht Club: Mayfield Club;
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