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FRITCH, ERVIN D., Com. Pleas Judge: born. Oct. 25. 1873; son of George W. Fritch and Louisa (Weaver) Fritch; educated: public schools. Suffield. O .; Ohio North- ern Univ. College degrees: A. B .: A. M .: L.L. B. Married. Ada B. McElhinney. July 25. 1907. Admitted to practice law, 1899: started practice. Akron. O .. 1901 -; teacher. Twp. High Sch., Suffield, O., 1899- 1900, 1900-1901; member Akron Civil Serv- ice Com. 1910-14: Apptd. Judge Court Common Pleas. Nov. 16. 1914 -: elected same. 1916. Socs. and clubs: Akron City Club: Mason. Adoniram Lodge, No. 517. Mem. Reformed Ch. Home adress: 815 Bloomfield Ave .. Akron. O.
FRITSCH. H. SAMUEL, Clergyman: born, Dec. 9. 1878: son of Samuel Fritsch and Mary (Frantz) Fritsch: educated: Cook Co. (III.). public schools: Highland Park High Sch. (III.); Valparaiso (Ind.) Univ .; Univ. Chicago; Chicago Theological Sem. College degrees: B. S .; B. D .; D. D. Married, Mabel Muhlke. Oct. 10, 1905. Pas- tor: Congregational Chs .. Sharon, Wis., 1903-4; Somonauk, Ill., 1905-7; Billings, Mont .. 1907-11; Medina. O., 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Order. Congregation- alist. Home address: Medina. O.
FRIZELLE, THOMAS BROOMFIELD, Clergyman: born. Ireland. April 21. 1883; son of William George Frizelle and Mary Jane (Broomfield) Frizelle: educated: Ire- land Pub. Schs .; Pillsbury Acad., Owa- tonna, Minn .; Denison Univ., Granville. O .; Univ. of Chicago; Baptist Theol. Sem., Rochester. N. Y. Married. Edith E. Da- vis. Dec. 28. 1910. Pastor First Baptist Church. Ontario. N. Y .. 1910-1913: Lin- wood Baptist Ch .. Cincinnati. O .. 1913-
1915; First Baptist Church, Toledo, O., 1915 -: Pres. Cincinnati Baptist Minls- ters' Conf .. 1 term: Pres. Toledo Baptist Ministers' Conf .. 1916 -; chairman Pro- gram Committee, Baptist State Conv, 1917: chairman Field of Labor Com .. To- ledo Baptist Union. 1916: Pres. Toledo- Denison Alumni Assn .. 1917. Socs. and clubs: Kappa Sigma Frat .: F. & A. M .: Sanford Collins Lodge, Mason. Baptist Church. Home address: 326 Melrose Ave .. Toledo, Ohio.
FRIZZELL, FRED MILTON, Manufacturer: born. Savannah. O., Jan. 23. 1873: son of Adam S. Frizzell and Amanda (Brown) Frizzell; educated: country school: Savan- nah Acad .: Ohio Business Coll. Married,
- Nana Wiley. June 30. 1897. Teacher schools: retailer of furniture. hardware; later engaged in manufacturing, Mansfield,
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Ohio. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Ma- son. Methodist. Home address: 67 Helen Ave .. Mansfield. O.
FROMME, GRANT VICTOR, Attorney; born, St. Paris, O., June 3, 1866; son of John Frederick Fromme and Franceska (Carlo) Fromme: educated: St. Paris Pub. Schs .: Ohio Normal Univ .: Cincin- nati. O .. Law Sch. College degrees: LL. B., Cincinnati Law School, 1889. Married, Nora McMorran, Sept. 21. 1898. Practiced law, Van Wert, O .. 1889-1892; Urbana, O., 1892-19 -; member Board of Education, Urbana. O .. 1909 -. Home address: Ur- bana. O.
FRONEY, BURT JAMES, born. Pember- ville. Ohio. Nov. 28, 1866; son of Albert Froney and Sarah Jane (Pember) Froney; educated: Pemberville schools; Toledo Business College. Married. Nina Eliza- beth Mckenzie. Feb. 25. 1891. Clerk in father's dry goods store at Pemberville; located in Bowling Green, O., in 1886; deputy county treasurer of Wood Co. un- der his father, who was county treas- urer, 1886-1888; in fall of 1888, entered the store of A. Froney & F. H. Boughton, who bought the dry goods stock of S. L. Boughton; two years later the firm became A. Froney & Co. (A. Froney, B. J. Froney and Fred C. Moore); in 1891 the firm moved to their own building. On the death of his father, Sept. 25. 1911. B. J. Froney became head of the firm, still A. Froney & Co., Bowling Green, O. Township treasurer. 10 yrs .; member city council, 2 terms. Socs. and clubs: Com- mercial Club; Elk. Republican. Home address: 323 West Wooster St., Bowling Green. O.
FROST, HARRY HENRY, Engineer; born. Bay City, Mich .. Nov. 27. 1886; son of Herman C. Frost and Dorothy (Small) Frost; educated: Grad. Bay City Hlgh Sch .: Grad. in Civil Engineering. Univ. of Michigan. College degrees: C. E. Married. Mareta Elizabeth Lyon. June 24. 1915. Asst. Engr. Detroit Water Bd., Aug., 1908 to May. 1910; chief engineer. Detroit Park Bd .. May. 1910 to Jan., 1911; Supt. Akron City Water Works. Jan .. 1911 -: Vice Pres. State Bank. Socs. and clubs: Assoc. Mem. of Ain. Soc. of Civil Engrs .; Mem. Am. Water Works Assn .; Sigma Xi. Home address: 584 E. Buchtel Ave .. Akron. O.
FULLER, HUBERT BRUCE, Attorney- Author: born. Derby. Conn .: son of Rob- ert Bruce Fuller and Harriet A. (Pren- tice) Fuller: educated: A. B .. Yale. 1901; A. M .. 1904; LL. B., LL. M .. 1903. Colum- bian (now George Washington Univ:); awarded Cobden Club Medal (England), 1901. Married. Florence B. Dennis. Chan- ute. Kan., May 25. 1910. Secy. to Senator Theodore Burton. 1909-1915: engaged in practice law. Cleveland. O., 1903 -. Au- thor: The Purchase of Florida. 1906: Tax Returns In Ohio. 1907: The Speakers of the House. 1909: The Law of Accident and Employers' Liability Insurance. 1913: con- tributor: magazines on legal history and political subjects. Socs. and clubs: Sons Am. Rev .: Phi Sigma Kappa: Cleveland Chamber Commerce: Council of Sociology; Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Republican. Office address: Williamson Bldg .. Cleve- land. O.
FULLER, MARCELLUS B., Clergyman; born. Miami Co .. O .. June 12. 1868: son of Robert Fuller and Eliza (Robinson) Ful- ler: educated: Troy High Sch .: Ohio Wes- leyan Univ., Delaware, O .: Boston Theol. Sem .. Boston. Mass .: Moore's College. Ind .: Ohio Wesleyan Univ. College de- grees: D. D .: A. B. Married. Gertrude McKnight. Sept. 9. 1891. Pastorates: M. E. Church. Manchester. O., 2 yrs .; George-
town, O .. 3 yrs .; First Ch .. Urbana. O .. 5 yrs .; Trinity Ch .. Cincinnati, O .. 5 yrs .; Grace Church. Dayton. O .. 5 yrs .: Trinity Ch .. Lima, O .. 6 yrs .: Pres. of Cincinnati Meth. Preachers' Meeting. 1907: Pres. Pastors Union of Dayton. O .; Pres. Pas- tors Union of Lima. O .: Mem. Bd. of Trustees. Ohio Northern Univ .. Ada. O .; Trustee Gamble Deaconess Home. Cincin- nati. O .: Delegate to General Conf .. M. E. Church, Saratoga Springs, 1916. Socs. and clubs: A. T. O .: Greek Letter in College. Has always been a member of Methodist Church. Home address: 122 S. West, Lima, O.
FULLER, RATHBUN, Attorney; born, Utica. N. Y., March 29. 1857; son of John W. Fuller and Anna B. (Rathbun) Ful- ler; educated: Toledo. O. and Ann Arbor, Mich .. high schools; Michigan Univ. Married, Katharine Grout, Sept. 2. 1882. Pres. Northwestern Elevator & Mill Co .; Pres. Toledo Plate & Window Glass Co .; Dir. The Willys-Overland Co .; Vice Pres. First Natl. Bank; Vice Pres. Toledo Rall- ways & Light Co .; Dir. Arms Palace Horse Car Co., Ford Plate Glass Co., Bostwick-Braun Co., Mather Spring Co., Security Savings Bank & Trust Co., Title Guarantee & Trust Co .. Hercules Motor Co .. etc. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Toledo Country Club; Inverness Club: Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York; Commerce Club. Toledo, O. Baptist Ch. Home address: 2420 Monroe St., Toledo, Ohio.
FULLERTON, CHARLES HAYWARD, Educator; born, Wheelersburg, O., Sept. 29, 1873: son of James B. Fullerton and Mary B. (Hayward) Fullerton; educated: Wheelersburg, O., High Sch .; Hillsdale, Mich .. College; Ohio State Univ .. Colum- bus, O. College degrees: B. Ph. (1898) ; M. A. (1911). Married, Rose Pope Lang- worthy, July 3, 1901. Teacher, Dist. Sch., Dogwood Ridge, O., 1890-3; Wheelersburg Grammar Sch., 1893-4: Central High Sch., Columbus, O .. 1899-1909; Prin. Indianola Junior High Sch., Columbus, O., 1909-14; Prin. East High Sch., Columbus, O., 1914- 1916; First Asst. Supt. of Schs., Colum- bus. O., 1916 -.. Socs. and clubs: Delta Tau Delta: Mason; Central Ohio School- masters' Club; Columbus Schoolmasters' Club; Central Ohio Teachers' Assn .; Ohio State Teachers' Assn .; National Educa- tional Assn .; Nat. Geographic Soc. Bap- tist. Home address: 88 Eighteenth Ave., Columbus, O.
FULLERTON, KEMPER, College Prof .: born, Cincinnati, O., Nov. 29, 1865; son of Thomas Fullerton and Lina Hall (Kem- per) Fullerton; educated: A. B., Prince- ton. 1888: M. A., 1894; Grad. Union Theol. Seminary, 1891; Univ. Berlin, 1891-1893. Married, Kate Spencer, Dec. 19, 1905. Instr. Hebrew Lane Theol. Seminary, Cincinnati, 1893-4; Finney Prof. Old Tes- tament Lang. and Lit. Oberlin Theol. Sem., Oberlin, O., 1904 -; contributor to Hastings Dictionary of the Bible (1 vol. edit.); to essays on Modern Theol. and Related Subjects; to American Journal of Theology and Harvard Theol. Review, Biblical World, etc .; Mem. Soc. Bible Lit. and Am. Oriental Soc. Congregationalist. Home address: Oberlin. O.
FULTON, CHARLES HERMAN, College Prof .: born, Ludwigshafen, Germany, July 16. 1874; son of Albert Charles Fulton and Bertha Anna (Arzberger) Fulton; edu- cated: Brooklyn, N. Y., public schools; Pratt Institute: Columbia Univ. College degrees: Eng. Mines (1897); Hon. D. Sc. Married, Marion Cunningham, Sept. 19, 1898. Asst. in assaying. Columbia Univ .. 1898-9; Instr. Metallurgy, Univ. Wyoming, 1899-1900: Prof. Metallurgy, South Dakota
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School Mines, Rapid City, S. Dak., 1900- 1905: Pres. South Dak. School Mines, 1905- 1911; Prof. Metallurgy, Case School Ap- plied Science, Cleveland, O., 1911 -.
Author: Manual Fire Assaying. 1907; Principles of Metallurgy, 1910; articles: Transactions American Institute Mining Engineers. Socs. and clubs: Am. Inst. Mining Eng .; Mining & Metallurgy Soc. of America; Sigma Xi Frat .; Tau Beta Pi Frat .; Univ. Club. Cleveland. O. Home address: 3046 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleve- land. O.
FULTON, ROBERT IRVING, University
Dean; born, Leesburg, Va., March 19, 1855; son of William Fulton and Martha Ann (Hawling) Fulton; educated: Lees- burg Academy; Bethel Mil. Acad. (Va.); Univ. Va .; private teachers of expression, James E. Murdoch, M. T. Brown, John Ryder (London, Eng.). College degrees: M. A. Married. Clara Julia Buxton, June 21, 1882. Prin. Berlin (Ill.) public schools; founder and director. Fulton & True- blood's School Oratory, Kansas City, Mo .; Instr. Elocution & Oratory, Park Coll., Mo .; William Jewell Coll., Liberty, Mo .; Mis- souri State Univ., Columbia, Mo .; Kansas State Univ .. Lawrence. Kan .; Wabash Coll., Crawfordsville, Ind .; Ohio Wes. Univ., Delaware, O .; Prof. Elocution & Oratory, Ohio Wes. Univ., Delaware. O., 1889 -- , founder and dean Ohio Wes. Sch. Oratory, Ohio Wes. Univ .: Prof. public speaking, Ohio State Univ .; public lecturer on edu- cational subjects, 1880 -; Prof. public speaking, Univ. Cal. (summer session, 1913) Oakland, Cal .; dramatic and Shakespearian Reader. 1878- -. Author: College Critic's 'Tablets; Speaker's Prompt-Box Parlia- mentary Usage; Joint-authorship (Prof. Thomas C. Trueblood): Chart Vocal Ex- pression; Fulton & Trueblood's Choice Readings; Practical Elocution; The Es- sentials Public Speaking; Standard Se- lections; Patriotic . Eloquence; British & American Eloquence. Socs. and clubs: One founders, 2d Pres. Nat. Speech Arts Assn., founder and Pres. Central Oratorial League; founder and Pres. Ohio State Assn .; Elocutionists and Teachers Public Speaking; founder Intercollegiate Debat- ing League; Shakespeare Club, Delaware, O .; London Reading Soc., London. Eng .; Univ. Club, London, Eng .; Histronic Club, Ohio Wes. Univ .; Delta Sigma Rho: In- tercollegiate Public Speaking Soc. (Hon.): Phi Beta Kappa Frat .; Hiram Lodge, F. & A. M. 18: Sidney Moore Council. 84, R. S. M .; Chapter, R. A. M., 54, Dela- ware, O .; Marion Com .. 36. K. T., Marion, O .: Y. M. C. A .; member and on Official Board; Supt. S. William St M. E. Ch .. Delaware, O. Home address: Delaware, O. (Died May 11. 1916. while work in preparation.)
FULTON, THOMAS B., Com. Pleas Judge, Licking Co. Term expires Feb., 1919. Home address: Newark, O.
FULTON, WILLIAM D., Secretary of State; born. Homer. Licking Co., O .. May. 1860; son of William Fulton and Rachel (Car- ver) Fulton; educated: Olivet Coll., Olivet, Mich .: Denison Univ., Granville. O. Col- lege degrees: B. S. Married, Josephine M. Wintermute. Sept. 6, 1884. Admitted to the bar in 1884 and practiced law at Newark. O .. under firm name of Fulton & Fulton; solicitor. Newark. O., 2 terms; Mem. of city council. 2 terms: Pres. of council, 1 term; Mem. of the 79th and 80th General Assembly; Secretary of State, 1917 -. Socs. and clubs: Elks; K. P .; Moose. Presbyterian. Home address: 940 E. Broad St .. Columbus. O.
FUNK, THEODORE K., Attorney; born, Champaign Co .. O .. Jan. 30. 1848: son of Jacob Funk and Sarah (Long) Funk; edu- cated: Collegiate Inst., Urbana, O .; Grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ .. Delaware, O., 1871. Married, Emma Kinney, 1874. Studieđ law linder Judge William Lawrence of Bellefontaine, O .. and admitted to bar in 1873, locating in Portsmouth same year; recognized as one of the best criminal lawyers in State; elected Pros. Atty. of Scioto Co. on Republican ticket in 1884, and re-elected in 1887; was elected Presi- dential Elector in 1892, and voted for Ben- jamin Harrison; was defeated for Repub- lican nomination for Congress in 1894 by small vote. Socs. and clubs: Elks. Home address: Mount Tabor, Portsmouth, O.
FUNK, WILLIAM ROSS, Clergyman and Publisher; born, West Newton, Pa., Aug. 1, 1861; son of Abraham Funk and Cath- arine (Zumbro) Funk; educated: Otter- bein Coll .; Bonebrake Theol. Seminary. Married, Lottie M. Hamlin. Aug. 3. 1882. Pastor, Scottdale and Greensburg, Pa., 11 Vrs ; assumed management of The United Brethren Pub. House, July 1, 1897; assets less than $400,000; they are now over $1,500,000: over 12,000,000' pieces of literature sent out every year: publisher for past 20 yrs .; chairman of Foreign Missionary Society of U. B. Church for past 10 yrs .; chairman of Executive Com. of Otterbein Home for Children and Old People, a three-quarter million institution. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Mason; Royal A and several civic organizations. United Brethren. Home address: 521 Homewood Ave., Dayton, O.
FUNKHOUSER, GEORGE ABSALOM, Prof. Emeritus; born, Mt. Jackson, Va., June 7. 1841; son of Andrew Funkhouser and Elizabeth (Rinker) Funkhouser; educated: public schools, Virginia; Otterbein Univ .; Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburg, Pa. College degrees: A. B .; D. D .; LL. D. Married, Susan M. Kumler, Oct. 26, 1871. Prof. Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Oct. 11, 1871-1913; Prof. Emeritus and Dir. Seminary Extension Work, 1913 -. Member of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Home address: 27 N. Summit St., Dayton, O.
FURRER, HELEN HEMPSTEAD, Physl- cian; born, Meadville, Pa .; daughter of Ernest Alexis Hempstead and Annie Mary (Warner) Hempstead; educated: Alle- gheny Coll .; Cornell Univ .; Johns Hopkins Univ. (Med. Sch.). College degrees: A. B .; M. D. Married, Mr. Furrer, 1915. En- gaged in practice medicine, Cleveland, O. Socs. and clubs: Consumers' League; Wom- an's Suffrage Soc .; City Club; Am. Med. Assn .; Cleveland Academy Med .; Social Study Club. Unitarian. Home address: 1890 East 97th St., Cleveland, O.
FURRY, WILLIAM DAVIS, College Pres .; born, Cumberland, Md., June 21, 1874; son of Frederick S. Furry and Elizabeth (Davis) Furry; educated: Hagerstown, Md .; Baltimore, Md .; Notre Dame, Ind .; TTniv. of Chicago; Johns Hopkins Univ. College degrees: B. A .; M. A .; Ph. D. Married, Nina K. Smith, 1895. Teacher, public schools, Maryland, 5 yrs .; Prof. philosophy and psychology, Ashland, Ohio, College, 1900-4: Grad. student, research scholar and associate professor Johns Hopkins Univ., 1904-11; Pres. Ashland, O., Coll., 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Phi Beta Kappa; A. A. A. S .; Am. Phil. Soc .; So ithern Soc. for Phil. and Psychology. Progressive Brethren. Home address: Ashland, O.
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GAGE, CHARLES S., Insurance and Real Estate; born, Layman. Washington Co., O., May 24. 1864; son of John H. Gage and Sarah E. (Coulter) Gage: educated: common schools; Bartlett Academy. Mar- ried, Ada C. Sinith. Sept. 25. 1904. Teach- er. common schools. 10 yrs .; employed as clerk. hardware store, Marietta. O .. 8 yrs .; traveling salesman, Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co .. Chicago. Ill .. 5 yrs .; en- tercd dry goods business under firm name, C. S. Gage & Co., Byesville. O .. Jan .. 1905; disposed of store. March. 1908: became representative of twelve large insurance companies. one bonding company. Byes- ville Bldg. & Loan Co. (Secy. since or- ganization in 1909 -- ). Socs. and clubs: United Commercial Travelers. No. 20, Zanesville, O .; Secy. Business Men's Club. Home address: Byesville. O.
GAHN, HARRY C., Attorney; born. Elmore, O .. April 26. 1880: son of (Dr.) Louis F. Gahn and Esther (Knight) Gahn: edu- cated: Elmore. O .. public and high school; Sandusky Business Coll .; Univ. Michigan. College degrees: LL. B. Unmarried. Taught school. Elmore. O .. 3 yrs .. before attending Univ. Mich .: admitted to Ohio bar. 1904; engaged in practice law. Cleve- land. O .. since 1904: associated in Senator T. E. Burton's law office. 1906-7-8: attor- ney for Cleveland Legal Aid Soc., 1909- 10-11; Mem. Cleveland City Council, 1910 --: Cleveland River and Harbor Commission, 1911 --; a recognized author- ity on harbor development and port ad- ministration; has written a number arti- cles on Great Lakes, ports, etc .; delegate to Nat. Waterways Congress at Washing- ton from Ohio, 1915; mentioned to run for Congress, 22nd Ohio Dist., 1916 campaign and for 1918; has succeeded in having home rule laws passed, in behalf of City of Cleveland, by the State Legislature; director of several corporations. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Lodge; K. P .; Cleve- land City Club: Republican Clubs (local) ; number of social service organizations. Methodist Episcopal. Republican. Home address: Cleveland. O.
GABEL, WILLIAM A., Banker; born, Fre- mont. O .. Sept. 1. 1870: son of Jacob Gabel and Magdalena (Darr) Gabel; educated: St. Joseph Sch., Fremont, Ohio; Ohio Nor- mal Univ., Ada, O. Married, Barbara Hodes. Oct. 15. 1895. Engaged in bank- ing business, 1892; cashier, First National Bank, Fremont, O., 1910 --; Financial Secy. Sandusky Co. Memorial Hospital Assn. Socs. and clubs: K. C .; Elks; Fre- mont Chamber Commerce. Member St. Joseph's R. C. Church. Home address: Fremont. O.
GABLEMAN, CHARLES PETER, born, Waverly. O .. Sept. 14. 1877; son of Philip Gableman and Margaret (Breinig) Gable- man: educated: Waverly High
Sch. (Grad. 1895). Read law in the office of the late Hon. John A. Eylar. Married, Mary Mabel Hutt. Oct. 15. 1911. Pres. Waverly Bd. of Education; clerk Co. Bd. of Elections: clerk Bd. of Public Affairs operating Municipal Light & Water plant: probate judge, Pike Co., 1909-13: appointed postmaster Waverly, O., Feb., 1914; chair- man Pike Co. Democratic Executive Com- mittee and member State Central Com- mittee, 1912-14: nominated as Democratic Presidential Elector for Tenth Congres- sional Dist., 1908, but resigned to accept nomination for probate judge. Socs, and clubs: Past Master Orient Lodge, F. & A. M .; Chapter, Council and Commandery,
Chillicothe. O .: Past Worthy Patron. Wa- verly Chapter, Eastern Star; Supt. of Sun- day Sch., Methodist Episcopal Ch .; Pres. Pike Co. Sunday Sch. Assn .; Pres. Chilli- cothe Dist. Epworth League. Home ad- dress: Waverly. O.
GALBREATH, CHARLES BURLEIGH, Li- brarian; born, on farm near Leetonia, O., Feb. 25. 1858; son of Edward Paxon Gal- breath and Jane Minerva (Shaw) Gal- breath; educated: Lisbon, O., high school, 1879; Ph. B .. Mt. Union Coll., 1882: B. C. S., 1. B. (with honors), 1883; M. A., 1894. Married. Ida Kelly, July 29. 1882. Supt. Schs., Wilmot, O., 1884-6; East Palestine, O., 1886-1893; county school examiner, 1886-1893; taught in Ohio Normal Univ., Ada, O., summers, 1891-2; Vice Pres. Mt. Hope Coll., Rogers, O .; Pres. 1896: state librarian of Ohio, May 25, 1896-July 1, 1911; then 1915 -; Secy. Constitutional Convention of Ohio. 1912: holds life cer- tificate from State Bd. Examiners of Ohio; organized system of traveling libraries in the state. now including about 1,200 of them, aggregating over 56,000 volumes- Ohio leading in number of traveling li- braries. Author: Daniel Decatur Emmett, author of "Dixie," 1904; Benjamin Russel Hanby, author of "Darling Nelly Gray," 1905; Will L. Thompson, author of "Gath- ering Shells from the Seashore." 1905; Alexander Coffman Ross, author of "Tip- pecanoe and Tyler Too." 1905; Initiative and Referendum, 1911; Our National Con- stitution and Constitutions of Ohio, 1911; Constitutional Conventions of Ohio, 1911; Battle on Lake Erie, in Ballad and His- tory. 1911; also sketches and published articles. Socs. and clubs: Am. Lib. Assn .; Nat. Assn. State Librarians; Ohio Lib. Assn .: Ohio State Teachers' Assn .: (Life Mem.) Ohio State Archaeol. and Hist. Soc .; organized Columbus branch of Cuban League of America, 1897 (2.000 members); Mem. Soc. of Friends. Home address: Columbus, O., 378 17th Ave., . Columbus, Ohio.
GALLAGHER, CHARLES T., Senator, Phy- sician and Surgeon; born, Williamsport, O .. Sept. 22. 1870: son of Francis D. Gal- lagher and Nancy E. (Walston) Galla- gher; educated: Mt. Sterling High Sch .; Cincinnati Coll. Medicine & Surgery.
College degrees: M. D. Married, Harriet Deye. Nov. 28, 1895. Engaged in practice of medicine, Mt. Sterling, O., 1892- mayor, Mt. Sterling. O., 1906-12; elected member Ohio Senate, 11th Dist .. Ohio, 1913-1917; member Madison Co. Exec. Com. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Med. Assn .: Am. Med. Assn .; B. & O. Assn. Rv. Surgeons. Home address: Mt. Ster- ling, Ohio.
GALLAHER, JOHN ALONZO, Attorney; born, Marshall Co., W. Va., Nov. 16, 1844; son of Silas Gallaher and Margaret C. (Alexander) Gallaher: educated: common schools, West Va .; Marictta Coll., Mari- etta, O. Married, Laura H. Woodbridge, April 4. 18;7. Teacher, public schools, Marietta. O .. 3 yrs .: practiced law. Bel- mont Co .. O., 1873-1900; removed to Wash- ington Co., resumed practice law, Marietta, 1900 --; first city solicitor, City Bellaire, O .; trustee, Marietta College. Socs. and clubs: Mason: Marietta Reading Circle. Protestant Episcopal. . Home address: Marietta. O.
GALLIZIER, NATHAN, Author; born, Milan, Italy, Feb. S, 1866; educated: Royal Seminary, Ludwigsburg, Germany. Un- married. Came to U. S .. 1882; primarily studied for the ministry, spent several years with the Benedictine Monks in the T'pper Valley of the Danube. Author: Castel Del Monte. 1905: The Sorceress of Rome, 1907; The Court of Lucifer, 1911;
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The Hill of Venus, 1913; The Crimson Gondola. 1915: T'nder the Witches' Moon, 1917; makes special study mediaeval European history. chiefly of Italy, pos- sesses an extensive collection historical works and documents in original text. Socs. and clubs: Authors' League of America; Authors' Club of London, Eng- land; MacDowell Society of Kentucky; Drama League of America: Poets' Soc. of Ohio; Cincinnati Press Club. Episco- pal Church. Home address: The Gillespie, Cincinnati, O.
GALLUP, FRANK LADD, Merchant; born, Wilmington, O., Jan. 27, 1872; son of Horace Gallup and Francis (Crary) Gal- lup: educated: Wilmington Pub. Sclis. and Wilmington Coll. Married, Maud Anderson, Feb. 21. 1900. Merchant since May 14. 1898. Wilmington, Ohio; serving on School Board. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Elks; K. of P. Presbyterian. Home ad- dress: Wilmington, O.
GALLUP, MOZART, Manufacturer-Banker; born, West Springfield, Mass., May 25, 1829; son of Palmer Gallup and Desire WV. (Ball) Gallup. Married. Mary Bagg, Aug. 9. 1855; died. July 13, 1857; 2nd, Hannah M. Gilbert. July 29. 1862; died. November 28. 1889: 3rd. Gladys F. Overmyer. June 12.
1900. Member of firm of Mussey & Co., 1853-1856: cashier for Baldwin. Laundon & Nelson, 1858-63; established a cheese house in Elyria, O., 1869; became associated with James Woolworth in 1874; elected Gen. Mgr. and Treas. of the Sandusky Tool Co., 1880, and in control to date, 1917; Pres. of the Commercial National Bank of Sandusky, O .; auditor of Lorain Co., O .. 1863-1869. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Ohio State Ar- chaeological Soc .; Historical Soc. The Founders and Patriots of America and S. A. Revolution; spent 2 yrs. abroad in 1873-1874. Home address: Sandusky, O.
GALVIN, LEROY SPAHR, Editor-Publish- er; born. Jamestown. O .. June 2. 1875: son of William Spahr Galvin and Hulda Ann (Fichthorne) Galvin; educated: Jamestown High Sch., and Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio. Married, Nella Richie, November 25. 1901. Publisher of Mont- pelier (Indiana) Herald, 1898-1899, and at present, publisher Lima Daily News. Socs. and clubs: Lima Lodge Elks; James- town Lodge Masons; Lima Club; Shawnee Country Club. Home address: 203 North Washington St., Lima, O.
GAMMETER, JOHN R., Manufacturer; born, Akron, O .. Mar. 27, 1876; son of Christian Gammeter and Anna (Maurhover) Gam- meter; educated: Akron, O. Married, Su- sie E. Garman. Dec. 18. 1908. Left school at the age of 14: learned steam fitting and plumbing. 4 yrs .; has been with the B. F. Goodrich Co .. 21 yrs .: Mgr. of ex- perimental department of B. F. Goodrich Co. Socs. and clubs: Elks; Portage Coun- trv Club; Akron City Club; Akron Club. Home address: North Portage Path, Akron. O.
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