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DE FORD, UNION CORWIN, Attorney; born, Carroll Co., O., Nov. 15. 1863; son of John W. DeFord and Elvira (Croxton) DeFord; educated: Mount Union College, Alliance, O. College degrees: B. S .; M. S. Married, Grace Whitcraft, June 30. 1915. Admitted to bar. March. 1888; practiced 5 yrs. at Carrollton. O .; probate judge of Carroll County, 1894-1900: practiced law
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again 3 yrs. at Carrollton; 4 yrs. at Lis- bon; at Youngstown, O., since 1907. Socs. and clubs: Youngstown Club; Youngstown Country Club; Masons; Elks; Chamber of Commerce. Home address:
318 Wick Ave .. Youngstown. O.
DEHN, A. O., Educator; County Supt. of Schools, Ottawa Co. Home address: Port Clinton, O.
DEHNEL, WILLIAM A., Jeweler: born, Sandusky, O .; son of Henry Dehnel and Augusta (Klosa) Dehnel; educated: San- dusky public schools. Married, Annette Kuebcler, Sept., 1895. Gen, Mgr. and Sec. Henry Dehnel Co .; Vice Pres. Cedar Point Resort Co .: Dir. Third Nat. Exch. Bank. Socs. and clubs: Sunyendeand Club: Elks. Home address: 1312 Tiffin Ave., Sandusky, Ohio.
DEINDOERFER, JOHN ALBERT, Publish- er; born. Waucoma, Ia., Aug. S, 1861; son of Johannes Deindoerfer and Katharine (Weege) Deindoerfer; educated: Parochial Schs. of St. Paul's Ev. Luth. Church at Defiance, O., and Lutheran College at Mendota, Ill. Married, Elizabeth Black- more. April 27, 1882. Began publication of Der Defiance Herold. German Demo- cratic Weekly, May, 1881, and has been at it ever since: county auditor, 1891-93; mayor of Defiance, 1898-1900. Socs. and clubs: German Aid Soc. of Defiance; Na- tional Union. Defiance. O. Member St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church of Defiance. Home address: 623 Jefferson Ave., Defi- ance. Ohio.
DEMING, BARTON R., Architect-Builder; born, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 21, 1875: son of Hubert Deming and Susan ( Wigle) Deming; educated: Sarnia, On- tario. Collegiate Inst. Actively engaged in allotment development in Cleveland, O., 1903: formed The Deming Bros. Co .; The B. R. Deming Co., in 1912 (Pres. both companies). Socs. and clubs: Cleveland Chamber Commerce; Athletic Club; City Club. Home address: 2485 Fairmount Blvd., Cor. Cedar Rd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
DEMING, RAYMOND MARK, Educator; born, Arlington, Ia .; son of Chauncey Deming and Charlotte (Doane) Deming: educated: Iowa State College. Ames, Ia. College degrees: B. C. E., 1908. Married, Gertrude Bates. Jan. 4. 1909. Four sum- mer vacations with Great Northern Rail- way; Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Co .; and Asst. Bridge Engineer of Lorain Co .; Instr. in Civil Engineering at Harvard Univ., 1 yr .; Instr. in Mathematics and Engineering at Lawrence College, 3 yrs .; Instr. in Mathematics at Case School of Applied Science. 4 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Fellow of American Assn. for the Ad- vancement of Science; Member of Ameri- can Mathematical Assn. Member of Dis- ciple Church at Euclid and 100th St., Cleveland, O. Home address: 2313 E. 93rd St., Cleveland. O.
DEMOREST, LOUIS B., Educator; born, near Columbus. O .. June 5. 1855; son of Guillimus Demorest and Lucinda (Peter- son) Demorest: educated: Ohio Weslevan TJniv .. Delaware. O., Grad. in 1876. Col- lege degrees: B. A. Married, Sara F.
Marshall, Sept. 7. 1876. Prin. and Supt. of Schs. for past 37 yrs .; at present, Supt. of Schs .. Marysville, O .; has served on Ex. Com. Ohio State Teachers' Assn .; Pres. Central Ohio Teachers' Assn .; Pres of Central Ohio Schoolmasters' Club: 21 yrs. on Bd. of Sch. Examiners; Member of city council. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Royal Arch; Knights of Pythias, Past Chancellor Commander; Mem. of Phi Gam- ma Delta Frat. Methodist Church. Sun-
day School Supt., 20 yrs. Mem. Bd. of Stewards. 39 yrs. Trustee, 10 yrs. Home address: 509 W. 5th St .. Marysville, O.
DEMOREST, RALPH HUGO, Educator; born, Marysville, O., Dec. 25. 1580; son of Louis B. Demorest and Sarah Frances (Marshall) Demorest; educated: Marys- ville, O .. "Pub. Schs .; Grad. Marysville High Sch .. 1898; entered Ohio State Univ., 1900. Grad .. June. 1904; Univ. of Chicago. Married, Harriet Wiltsee, Aug. 17, 1904. Taught physics and chemistry, Greenville, O., High Sch., 1904-5; Parkersburg, W. Va., High Sch .. 1905-6; taught physics, Central High Sch., Toledo, 1906-13; Prin. Scott High Sch .. Toledo, Sept., 1913 -. Socs. and clubs: Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Methodist. Flome ad- dress: 359 Kenilworth Ave .. Toledo, O.
DENING, HUGH ELBERT, Educator; born, Manchester, O., Sept. 15, 1873; son of Al- bert Galatin Dening and Amanda Jane (Palmer) Dening; educated: Manchester public and high schools: Ohio Northern Univ. College degrees: B. S. (1900): M. S. (1903), Ohio Northern. Married, Nan- nie Kimble. June. 1900. Teacher district schools, 4 yrs .; Asst. Prin. Manchester high school. 3 yrs .; Prin. Manchester high school, 4 yrs .; Supt. West Union public schools, 2 yrs .; Supt. Manchester public schools, 10 yrs .; Prin. Adams Coun- ty Normal, 4 sessions; County school ex- aminer, 9 yrs .; Co. Supt. Schools, Adams Co .. O., 1914 -; Pres. Adams Co. Sun- day School Assn. Socs. and clubs: Royal Arch Masons; K. P .; State Teachers' Assn .: Nat. Educational Assn .; Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle. Presbyterian. Home address: Manchester, O.
DENMAN, IRA O., Physician and Surgeon; born, Leanna, Kan., 1873; son of Francis M. Denman and Lydia (Harding) Den- man; educated: Allen Co. Normal Sch., Iola, Kan .; M. D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1897: Post-Grad. work Chicago Post Grad. Med. Coll .; New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Harvard Med. Coll .; Univs. of Vienna and Freiberg; Morfields Hosp .. London, Eng. Married, Sabra Blair, Sept. 14, 1893. Practiced general medicine and surgery, and eye, ear, nose and throat. Charleston, Ill .. until 1907; moved to Toledo, O .. Jan., 190S; practice limited to eye, ear, nose and throat; chief of staff, Toledo Hosp .. 1913 -; oculist to Penn- sylvania Ry .; Toledo, St. Louis & Western Ry .: Detroit & Toledo Short Line; Edward Ford Plate Glass Works, etc .; Chairman Bd. Health, Charleston. 111 .. 1903-7. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Am. Medical; Ohio State Medical: Lucas Co. Academy of Med .; Am. Inst. of Homeopathy; Ill. State Med. Soc .; Ohio State Med Soc .; Northwestern Ohio Med. Soc .; (ex-Pres.) Toledo Med. Soc .; Secy. Am. Ophthal. Otol. and Laryngol. Assn .: Toledo Yacht; Toledo Commerce. Christian (Disciples) Ch. Republican. Home address: Ohio Bldg., Toledo. O.
DENMAN, ULYSSES GRANT, Lawyer; born, Willshire, O .. Nov. 24, 1866; son of John Denman and Eliza Jane (Dailey) Denman: educated: Willshire, O., High Sch .: Nat. Normal Univ., Lebanon, Ohio; Northern Indiana Normal School, Val- paraiso. Ind .; Univ. Mich., Ann Arbor. Married, Frances May Neptune, Dec. 26, 1889. Admitted to Ohio bar, June, 1894; engaged in practice of law, Toledo. O., 1894 -: Mem. House Rep., Ohio Gen. Assembly, 1902-3; city solicitor, Toledo, O .. 1904-5; attorney general, State Ohio, 1908. 1909, 1910; T. S. Dist. Attorney, Northern Dist. of Ohio. West. Div., 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914: actively engaged in the practice of law, under firm name, Denman
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& Wilson, Toledo, O., 1915 --; Republi- can in politics; at election when candidate for 2nd term as attorney general of Ohio, received 93.000 votes, in excess of num- ber cast for head party ticket; as attorney general drew present excise and general tax system of Ohio; resigned office U. S. Attorney, Feb., 1915; when member gen- eral assembly. 1902. drafted and secured passage special charter for Toledo; this
charter was declared by the Ohio Su- preme Court reversing its former hold- ings, to be unconstitutional because it was special, and the charter of each city in Ohio (each one at that time being special to the particular city), was un- constitutional, thereby leaving each city in Ohio without constitutional govern- ment. Special session of General Assem- bly called by Gov. Nash to frame a gen- eral law governing all municipalities in Ohio. Mr. Denman made a member of committee which drafted and secured the passage of the general law for all cities of state identical with charter drawn for Toledo. His diversion is his river farm "Terracevale." 140 acres. 10 miles south of Toledo, said to be one of the most at- tractive farms in the Maumee Valley. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Ohio State Bar Ascn .; Am. Bar Assn. Methodist. Home address: Toledo. O.
DENNEY, JAMES HARVARD, Clergyman; born, Vinton, Gallia Co., O .. 1881; son of Thomas Denney and Susuan (Stewart) Denney: educated: Ross Co. Pub. Schs .; Ohio Wes. Univ .; Boston Univ. School Theology. College degrees: B. A .; A. M .; S. T. B. Married, Sarah Irene Diseny, April 27. 1910. Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Urbana. O. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Frat. Home address: 117 West Church St., Urbana. O.
DENNIS, ANDREW J., Educator; born, Green Twp., Harrison Co., O .. Sept. 12, 1859; son of Samuel Dennis and Elizabeth (Coulter) Dennis; educated: Smithfield, O., graded and high school; McNeely Nor- mal College, Hopedale, Ohio; Scio College, Scio. Ohio; Mt. Union College. Alliance, O. College degrees: B. S .; A. M. Mar- ried, Mary P. Patterson. Dec. 26, 1883. Teacher, country schools, 4 yrs .; Smith- field grades, 3 yrs .; East Springfield, 2 yrs .; Supt. Hopedale schools, 15 yrs .; Supt. Jewett schools, 12 yrs .; Co. School Examiner, 6 yrs .; Pres. Co. Teachers' In- stitute. 4 yrs .; holder of both elementary and high school state life certificates; enthusiastic and earnest worker church and Sunday school of M. E. Church. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Masonic Lodge: Modern Woodmen of America; Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle (reader since its organ- ization); Ohio State Teachers' Assn .; Home County Teachers' Assn .; enjoys the entire confidence in school work of all who know him. Home address: Jew- ett. Ohio.
DENNIS, S. C., Educator; Supt. of Schs., Toronto, O. Home address: Toronto, O. DENTON, PAUL EVERT, Editor-Musician: born, Burton, O., Dec. 24, 1884; son of Franklin Evert Denton and Martha A. (Goldthorpe) Denton; educated: public schools, Cleveland, Ravenna, Chardon, and Chardon high school. Married, Gladys
Marie Griffin, July 9. 1915. Worked at printer's trade in office Geauga Repub- lican while attending school; after grad- uation employed as teller in Chardon Savings Bank, Chardon, O., 3 yrs., 1903-6; left bank to become news editor of Rec- ord, 1906; removed to Cleveland, O., be- came reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1907-9; returned to Chardon, O., became
managing editor The Record, 1909 ---; news correspondent Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus papers, 1915 -; pipe or- ganist First Methodist Ch., Chardon. O. Socs. and clubs: Chardon Lodge, No. 93, F. & A. M .; Chardon Lodge, No. 213, I. O. O. F. Home address: Chardon, O.
DE RAN, HAL C., Attorney; born. Fre- mont, O .. Dec. 17. 1872; son of Dennis De Ran and Ann M. (Flumerfelt) De Ran; educated: National Normal Univ., Leban- non. O .; Univ. Mich .. Ann Arbor. Col- lege degrees: B. S .; A. B .; LL. B. Mar- ried, Mabel Hubbard, Aug. 30, 1907. Ad- mitted to Ohio bar, Mar. 8, 1894; practic- ing attorney, Fremont. O .. 1896- ---; Mem. Ohio .Legislature, 1897-1901. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .: B. P. O. E. Home address: Fremont. O.
DERBY, SAMUEL CARROLL, University Professor; born. Dublin. N. H .. Mar. 3, 1842; son of Dexter Derby and Julia (Piper) Derby; educated: A. B., Harvard, 1866; A. M., 1877; Grad. student Harvard, 1876-7, 1892-3; at Johns Hopkins, 1880-1; student Am. Sch. at Rome. 1903-4. Mar- ried, Eunice H. Ransom, Aug. 29, 1872; 2nd, Frances G. Janney, Dec. 27, 1883; 3rd, Margaret E. Leonard, Aug. 29. 1903. Taught in public and private schools, 1866-70; Prof. Latin Lang. and Lit .: 1870- 1876; Pres. Antioch Coll .. 1877-81; Prof. Latin and Greek. 1881-3; Prof. Latin, 1883 -; dean Coll. of Arts, Philosophy and Science, 1896-8. Ohio State Univ .; studied Roman monuments and inscrip- tions in Europe, chiefly at Rome, 1913-14. Socs. and clubs: Phi Beta Kappa; Ohio State Arch. and Hist. Soc .; Am. Hist. Assn .; N. H. Hist. Soc .; Am. Philological Assn. Unitarian. Home address: 93 15th Ave .. Columbus. O.
DEUTSCH, GOTTHARD, College Professor; born. Kanitz. Austria. Jan. 31, 1859; son of Bernhard L. Deutsch and Elsie (Wie- ner) Deutsch; educated: European Schs., of Breslau and Vienna. College degrees: Ph. D., Vienna, 1881. Married, Hermine Bacher. May 10, 18SS. Teacher High Sch., Bruenn. Austria. 1881-7; rabbi at Breux, Austria, 1887-91; Prof. in (Cincinnati, O.), Hebrew Union Coll .. 1891 ---; Acting Pres. College. 1903: Mem. editorial Bd., Jewish Encyclopedia; contributor to num- ber periodicals in English. German. He- brew and Yiddish. Author: Two novels in German, works on church history; Mem. Bd. Education. Cincinnati. 1908-11: Exec. Com. of Organization American Jewish Congress. Socs. and clubs: German Lit. Club; Wednesday Club; American Jewish Hist. Soc .; Knights of Round Table. Jew- ish Religion. Home address: 3600 Wilson Ave .. Cincinnati. O.
DEUSCHLE, WILLIAM D., Alienist; born, Chillicothe, O., Oct. 12, 1864; son of E. G. Denschle and Caroline (Dilk) Deuschle; educated: Pub. Schs. of Chillicothe, Ohio; Philadelphia Coll. of Pharmacy; Dart- mouth Med. Coll. College degrees: Ph. G .: M. D. Married. Jessie G. Field, 1899. Specialist in diseases of Brain and Nerv- ous System; Neurologist to Mt. Carmel Hospital; former Prof. Mental and Nerv- ous diseases, Starling, O., Med. Coll .; former Prof. Nervous diseases, Medical Dept. Ohio State Univ .: former member of staff of Columbus State Hosp .; city health officer. 1899-1902; Pres. of Colum- bus Bd. of Education. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Elks; Columbus Acad. of Med .; Ohio State Med. Soc .: Am. Med. Assn .; Am. Medico-Psychological Assn .; Colum- bus Club; Columbus Country Club; Co- lumbus Athletic Club. Home address: 40 North Monroe Ave .. Columbus, O.
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DEVER, NOAH J., Attorney; born, Scioto Co., O .. Aug. 17. 1850; son of William Dever and Louisa (McDowell) Dever; educated: public and high schools, Jack- son, O .; Lebanon, O., Univ .; Iron City Coll .; Cincinnati Law Sch. College de- grees: LL. B., 1873. Married. Mattie Gil- liland, July 4, 1878. Engaged in practice law, Portsmouth. O., 1873 -; Dir. Cen- tral Natl. Bank, Portsmouth, O .; elected judge Court Common Pleas, 7th Ohio Dist .. 1887-1897; elected member 77th and 78th Ohio Gen. Assembly. representative from Scioto Co .. O., 1906-1910 inclusive. Methodist Episcopal. Republican. Home address: Portsmouth. O.
DeVILBISS, THOMAS A., Manufacturer; born, Fort Wayne, Ind .. July 29, 1878; son of Dr. Allen DeVilbiss and Lydia A. (Lipes) DeVilbiss; educated: Pub. Schs. of Fort Wayne, Ind. and Toledo, O. Mar- ried, Edna Parker, Dec. 12, 1906. Began business career with the Toledo Com- puting Scale Co .; later was with the Hall- wood Cash Register Co., Columbus; since 1905 one of the firm of the DeVilbiss Mfg. Co., and is Vice Pres. and Gen. Manager; Mem. of Bd. of Edn., 1916 -. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Toledo Commerce Club: Yacht Club; Rotary Club; Inverness Golf Club. Home address: 3015 Collingwood Ave., Toledo, O.
DE VORE, REBECCA JANE, College Pres .; born, Georgetown, Brown Co., O .; daugh- ter of David G. DeVore and Rebecca (Murray) DeVore; educated: studied un- der private tutelage, Cincinnati, Glendale, New York and Berlin, Germany. Unmar- ried. Taught country school near George- town. O., 1879-1882; in high school of Hig- ginsport and Aberdeen. O., in Glendale
Coll., 1882-1886; Oxford College (Dean),
1886-1891; Miss Dana's School, Morris- town, N. J., 1892-1894; six years Pres., Pennsylvania College for Pittsburgh; Pres. Glendale College. 1901 -; has held Im- portant offices in clubs; is a supporter of good music endeavor, prohibition and woman's suffrage; having studied law, is interested in public movements; and lec- tures upon philanthropic and educational subjects. Socs, and clubs: Glendale Coll. Club; Glendale Monday Class; Cincinnati Woman's Club; Cincinnati Rotary; Peace League. Presbyterian. Home address: Glendale College, Glendale, O.
DEXTER, JOHN H., Banker; Secy .- Treas. Society for Savings. Home address: 17850 Lake Ave., Cleveland, . O.
DIAL, GEORGE SABIN, Attorney; born. Springfield, O., Aug. 2. 1861; son of Judge E. G. Dial and Ann Emeline (Sabin) Dial; educated: B. A., Ohio Wesleyan Univ. 1882. Married, Eugenia Crane, March 8, 1913. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1885; practiced law in Springfield. O .. 1885- prosecuting attorney of city, 1894-1896; Pres. Springfield Commercial Club, 1910-11. Author of Law Book "Ohio Religious Corporations." 1902. Socs. and clubs: Mason; K. of P .; Phi Kappa Psi. Methodist-Episcopal. Home address: 307 E. High St., Springfield, O.
DICK, CHARLES, Ex-Senator-Attorney; born, Akron, O., Nov. 3, 1858; son of Gott- lieb Dick and Magdalena (Von Handle) Dick; educated: public schools. Married, Carrie Peterson, June 30, 1SS1. Admitted to bar, 1894; practicing attorney at Akron, Ohio; auditor Summit Co., O., 1886-1893; member 55th to 58th Congresses. 1893- 1904 (author present militia bill); elected U. S. Senator to succeed late Sen. M. A. Hanna, short and long terms. 1904-1911; chairman Rep. State Com., 1892-1907; Sec. at Chicago Headquarters, Rep. Nat. Com.,
1897-1900; delegate Rep. Nat. Conventions. 1892-1896; delegate at large, 1900; served in Ohio N. G .. 1876 -; Major General, 1899 -; active service. 8th Ohio Vols., Spanish-Am. War. Socs. and clubs: Ma- son; Odd Fellow; K. P. Home address: Akron. O.
DICK, JOSEPH, Manufacturer; Pres. & Gen. Mgr. The Joseph Dick Mfg. Co. Home address: 2203 Tuscarawas St., W., Can- ton. Ohlo.
DICK, WILLIAM L., Physician-Surgeon; born, Pickaway Co., O., March 27. 1860; son of Johnson Dick and Susan R. (Green) Dick; educated: Pickaway Co. Schs .; Starling Med. Coll. Married. Bertha Grierson, 1894. Former professor of Anat- omy and Orthopedic Surgery in Ohio Med. Univ .; now practicing his profes- sion. Columbus. O. Socs. and clubs: Ma- sons; K. of P .; Woodmen of the World; Columbus Acad. of Med .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Assn. Home address: 2310 North High St .. Columbus, O.
DICKASON, JOHN HOWARD, Educator; born. Savannah. O .. July 28, 1867; son of Benjamin Franklin Dickason and Theresa Catherine (Stem) Dickason; edu- cated: Univ. of Wooster. College degrees: A. B., 1895; A. M., 1898. Married. Blanche Garrett, Aug. 19, 1896. Teacher country school. 4 yrs .; Savannah Acad., 4 yrs .; Prin. Wooster Acad., 1895 -; founded Wooster Univ. Summer Sch., 1895, with 49 students, and now has over 1.400 stu- dents with 80 teachers; lecturer on edu- cational subjects. Socs. and clubs: North- eastern Ohio Teachers' Assn .; Ohio School Improvement Federation (Treas.); Ohio Coll. Assn. Presbyterian Church. Prohi- bitionist. Home address: Wooster, O.
DICKENS, CHARLES CORTLANDT, Insur- ance Underwriter; born, Bellaire, Ohio, Jan. 21. 1889; son of Charles William Dickens and Lillian M. (Fitton) Dickens; educated: Bellaire public schools. Mar- ried. Erma M. Daub, Feb. 3. 1913. . Clerk in Dollar Savings Bank; insurance; audi- tor Pittsburgh-Belmont Coal Co. of Bel- Iaire. O .; Secy. West Wheeling Ferry Co., Bellaire, O. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Treas. Americus Club. Episcopal Church. Home address: 3515 Guernsey St .. Bel- laire, Ohio.
DICKENS-LEWIS, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Clergyman; born, Shrewsbury, England; son of (Rev.) William Dickens-Lewis and Celia (Edwards) Dickens-Lewis; edu- cated: Shrewsbury Schs .; Edw. VI Foun- dation, 18SS, England; Lake Forest Coll., Ill., 1890; Princeton Univ .. 1893. College degrees: B. A .. 1890; M. A .. 1893; B. D., Princeton, 1893; D. D .. Hanover, 1908. Married. Blanche Weldin, June 27. 1898. McClure Gold Medalist, Commencement Oration. Lake Forest Univ .. 1890: Carter Hebrew Prizeman, Princeton. 1893; Or- dained, May, 1893, Presbytery of New Cas- tle, Synod of Baltimore, Minister West- minster Church. Wilmington. Del .. 1893- 1908; minister Fifth Church, Kansas City, Mo., 1909-1911; minister First Church. Findlay, O., 1911 -; moderator Presby- tery of New Castle, 1908; trustee Dela- ware Industrial School for Girls, 1900-S; trustee Free Library Bd., Wilmington, Del .. 1899-1908; founder and incorporator with Bishop Leighton Coleman of Dela - ware of The Trans Atlantic Soc. of Phil- adelphia, Pa .; member of Executive Com. on Missions. Synod of Ohio. Socs. and clubs: Mem. of Historical Soc. of Dela- ware and translator of the Welsh M. S. S. of that society into English; Mem. of the Masonic Frat .; Findlay Country Club. Author of several pamphlets and contribu-
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tor to various magazines and periodicals. Dr. Dickens-Lewis has traveled extensive- ly abroad, having crossed the Atlantic 37 times. He is in demand as a lecturer on patriotic and kindred subjects. Home address: The Manse, Findlay, O.
DICKERMAN, JOHN, Educator; born, Cleveland, O., May 29, 1868; son of Nor- ris H. Dickerman and Adelaide (Hyde) Dickerman; educated: Adelbert College and Western Reserve Univ. College de- grees: A. B. Married, Josephine Sherwood, Dec. 21, 1904. Instructor in Mathematics, Western Reserve Academy, 1891-1894; Adelbert College. 1897-1903; Asst. Prof. of Mathematics. 1903-1910. Adelbert College; dean of the latter, 1906-12; Treas. of the Western Reserve Univ., 1910 to the pres- ent. Socs. and clubs: City Club; Cleve- land Automobile Club. Attends Euclid Ave. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 1594 E. 115th St .. Cleveland. O.
DICKINSON, EDWARD, Lecturer; born, West Springfield, Mass., Oct. 10, 1853; son of Henry Dickinson and Angeline (Dunham) Dickinson; educated: A. B., Amherst, 1876; A. M .. 1881; Litt. D., Ober- lin, 1912; studied music in Boston. 1870-1, 1878-9; Berlin, 1885-6, 1888-9, 1892-3, in- cluding lectures at Univ. Berlin, 1885-6. Married, Jennie M. Kellogg, Oct. 4, 1882. Organist, Springfield, Mass .. 1872-8; or- ganist and teacher music. Elmira. N. Y., Coll., 1883-1892; Prof. history and criticism of music at Oberlin Coll. and Conserva- tory. 1893- Author: Music in the His- tory of the Western Church. 1902; The Study of the History of Music. 1905: The Education of a Music Lover. 1911; Music and the Higher Education. 1915. Home address: Oberlin. O.
DICKSON, EDITH, Writer-Librarian; born, Elyria, O., May 14, 1856; daughter of Joseph Homer Dickson and Mary L. (Manley) Dickson; educated: Oberlin Coll. College degrees: A. B .. 1885. Au- thor numerous magazine articles on liter- ary subjects; librarian Oberlin Conserva- tory Music. Socs. and clubs: Chairman Woman's Suffrage Party, Lorain Co. Con- gregationalist. Home address: 172 Elm St .. Oberlin. O.
DICKSON, HENRY DAVID, Gen. Secy. Y. M. C. A .; born. Windsor. N. Y., March 29. 1870: son of Charles T. Dickson and Alice (Judd) Dickson; educated: high school. Binghamton, N. Y., 1887; Inter- national Y. M. C. A. College, Springfield, Mass., 1890. College degrees: B. H. Mar- ried. Mary Gates. June 14, 1894. Gen. Secy. Y. M. C. Assn .. Buffalo, N. Y .. 1891- 1898; Twenty-third St. Branch. New York City. 1898-1909; senior Secy. publishing department, International Committee of Y. M. C. Assn .. 1909-1910; Gen. Secy. Y. M. C. A .. "The Oranges," N. J., 1910-12; Gen. Secy. Y. M. C. A., Dayton, Ohio, 1912 --; official Del. to Semi-Centennial World's Conference held in Paris, France, 1905. Presbyterian. Home address: 1324 Grand Ave., Dayton. O.
DICKSON, KATHARINE GRISWOLD, born, New York City, Feb. 10, 1882; daughter of Dallas Bache Pratt and Mary Gordon (Landon) Pratt; educated: Private Sch., New York City. Married. David Judkins Dickson. of Cincinnati, O., May 20. 1909. Socs. and clubs: Mayflower Soc .; Colonial Dames: D. A. R .: Daughters of the Cin- cinnati. Protestant Episcopal Church. Home address: New York City, N. Y.
DIEHL, CHARLES L., Merchant; born, Woodsfield, O., May 18, 1883; son of Fred- erick Diehl and Lena (Schumacher) Diehl; educated: Woodsfield, Ohio, and Duffs Business College, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Married, Estella Hoeffler, Sept. 18, 1906. Purchased half interest in the Diehl Shoe Co. and has been the manager and buyer since July 1, 1907; interested in Auto Sales Agency for Monroe Co .. and part of Belmont Co. Socs. and clubs: Country Club. Evangelical Church. Home ad- dress: Woodsfield. Ohio.
DIETRICH, EDWARD, Educator; born, Piketon, Pike Co., O., June 4, 1887; son of H. C. Dietrich and Mary J. (Craig) Dietrich; educated: Piketon high school; Ohio Wes .; Ohio Univ. College degrees: B. Sc. of E .; A. B. Married, Mabel Arga- bright, Nov. 1, 1913. Teacher in Piketon schools. 1905-8: Prin. New Holland high school, 1910; Prin. Lockland high school, 1913; teacher. Chillicothe high school, 1911-13; Supt. Pike Co. schools, 1913 Methodist Episcopal. Home address: Waverly. O.
DIETRICH, GEORGE CRAIG, Educator; born, Coopersville, O., July 16, 1874; son of Henry Clark Dietrich and Mary (Craig) Dietrich: educated: Piketon Pub. Schs .; Southern Ohio School of Pedagogy; Ohio Univ .; Ohio State Univ .: Univ. of Chi-
cago. Married, Louisa Talbott, June 1,
1899. Rural teacher, 1890-1892; township high school teacher, Wakefield, O .. 1892- 1894; Supt. of schools, Groveport, O., 1898- 1903; Prin. high school, Sandusky. Ohio, 1903-9; Supt. schools, Piqua, O., 1909- examiner of teachers, Pike Co .. 1893-96; examiner of teachers, Erie Co., 1906-9. Socs, and clubs: F. & A. M .; Delta Tau Delta; Literary Club, Sandusky; Piqua Club and Rotary Club, Piqua. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 520 W. Ash St., Piqua. O.
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