The Ohio blue book; or, Who's who in the Buckeye state; a cyclopedia of biography of men and women of Ohio, Part 35

Author: Van Tassel, Charles Sumner, 1858-
Publication date: [1917]
Publisher: Toledo, Ohio
Number of Pages: 494

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GEIGER, WILLIAM HERMAN, Educator; born, Malvern. O., Dec. 27. 1879: son of John Jacob Geiger and Mary (Schory) Geiger; educated: country schools; Mal- vern High Sch ..; Oberlin Business Coll .; Mt. Union Coll .. Ph. B .. 1912; Univ. Chi- cago. A. M., 1912. Married. Esther S. Yaggi, Aug. 8. 1912. Supt. Sch., Waynes- burg. O .. 1903-7; teacher. Alliance Higli Sch., 1907-8; East Liverpool, O., High Sch .. 1910-11; Supt. Schs .. Caldwell. O., 1913 --. Socs. and clubs: Alpha Tau

Omega; Phi Delta . Kappa: Caldwell Commercial Club: Masonic Order; Dis- trict, State. National Educational Assns. Presbyterian. Home address: Caldwell, Ohio.

GEISER, KARL FREDERICK. Coll. Prof .; born, Fairbank, Iowa. June 18. 1869; son of John Geiser and Agatha (Haist) Gei- ser; educated: public schools, Iowa; Upper Iowa Univ .: Yale Univ .: Univ. Berlin (Germany). College degrees: A. B .; Ph. D. Married. Florence Mary Chaney, Sept. 10. 1912. Prin. public schools. Fay- ette, Ia .; Asst. Am. Hist .. Yale; Prof. Political Science. Iowa State Teachers' Coll., 1901-8; Prof. Political Science, Ober- lin Coll .. Oberlin, O .. 1908- Author: "Redemptioners in Pennsylvania"; joint- author with, A. Macy of "Government of Iowa"; contributor to "Cyclopedia of American Government" and various jour- nals and . magazines. Socs. and clubs: Am. Polit. Science Assn .; Miss. Valley Hist. Assn. Congregationalist. Home address: 83 Elmwood Place, Oberlin, O.

GEOHEGAN, WILLIAM ANTHONY, Physi- cian: born. Paris. Ill .. June 21. 1859: son of William Henry Geohegan and Lydia Ann (Koogle) Geohegan; educated: Pulte Med. Coll., Cincinnati, O. College de- grees: M. D .. 1882. Married. Mary McD. Price. June 1, 1892. Practiced in Cincin- nati, O., since 1882; Prof. Practice of Med- icine, Pulte Med. Coll., 1890-1909; Mem. staff Bethesda Hosp., Home for Friend- less and Foundlings. Socs. and clubs: Am. Inst. Homeopathy; Homeo. Med. Soc. of Ohio (Pres. 1898); Miami Valley Homeo. Med. Soc .; Cincinnati Homeo. Lyceum. Presbyterian Church. Republican. Home address: 820 Mt. Hope, Cincinnati, O.

GEST, JOSEPH HENRY, Museum Direct- or; born. Cincinnati. O., 1 1859; son of Joseph John Gest and Susannah (Bailey) Gest; educated: A. B., Harvard, 1880. Married, Lillie Schultze, 1887. Asst. to Dir. and Secy .. 1889-1902: Dir. and Secy .. 1902, Cincinnati Museum Assn., Cincin- nati, Ohio; Pres. of The Rookwood Pot- lery Co. Socs. and clubs: Trustee Mu- nicipal Art Soc .: Queen City; Harvard; Cincinnati Golf Club. Home address: 2144 Grandin Road. Cincinnati. O.

GIBBON, HARMON B., Physician; born, Wayne Co .. O., March 12. 1852; son of Tobias M. Gibbon and Ursula (Newkirk) Gibbon: educated: Schools of Shreve. O .; Perrysville. O .. Academy. Was Prin. of Perrysville high school until 1874. when he studied medicine under Dr. W. S. Battles at Shreve. O .: attended College of Medicine and Surgery at St. Louis,

in 1875, and the Erie Street College of Medicine, Cleveland, 1876-7; Grad. in Cin- cinnati Coll. Med. & Surgery. 1877. Mar- ried, Emma M. Linn, March 10, 1878. Began the practice of medicine at Kan- sas, Seneca Co., O., July 31, 1877, and removed to Tiffin. O .. Oct. 1. 1880. where he has since practiced; was Pres. of Seneca Co. Med. Soc. and of North- western Ohio Med. Soc .; Pres. of Ohio State Med. Assn. at present. Socs. and clubs: B. P. O. Elk; Mason. Baptist Ch, Home address: 103 East Perry St., Tiffin, Ohio.

GIBBS, ELMER W., Manufacturer; Pres. and Supt. The Gibbs Mfg. Co. Home ad- dress: 1125 Market Ave., N., Canton, O.

GIBSON, JAMES KING, Clergyman; born, Decatur. O .. Oct. 30. 1845: son of James Robinson Gibson and Martha (King) Gib- son; educated: Miami Univ .; Lane Theol. Sem .; Princeton Theol. Sem. College

degrees: A. B .. 1869: A. M .. 1887: D. D., 1897, all from his alma mater. Married, Mary Emily Messenger, at Jackson, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1880. Served in Co. C, 149th O. V. I. in Civil War. Ordained a Pres- byterian minister, Presbytery of Ports- mouth, June 13, 1872; pastor: Presbyte- rian Church, Jackson, O., 1872-9; Troy, O., 1880-5; Hardin, O .. 1886-90; Soutlı Charleston. O .. 1890-1915; Chaplain Natl. Military Home, Dayton, O., 1915 -; Moderator: Synod of Ohio. Ashtabula, 1908: Chaplain of G. A. R., 1915-16; Com- missioner General Assembly, Saratoga Springs. New York. 1879; Omaha, Nebr., 1887; Saratoga Springs, New York, 1896; Kansas City, Missouri, 1908; Stated Clk. and Treas., Presbytery of Dayton, 1893 ---; Trustee Lane Seminary, Cin- cinnati, Ohio. 1874 -. Socs. and clubs: Phi Delta Theta; Phi Beta Kappa; Grand Army Republic; United Spanish War Veterans. Presbyterian. Home address: National Military Home, Dayton, O.

GIEDEMAN, JOHN A., Banker; born, Ger- many, Dec. 24. 1850; son of John Giede- man and Thersia (Faist) Giedeman; edu- cated: Sandusky, O. Married, Catherine Homgardner, Aug. 12, 1875, who died Nov. 20, 1901; 2nd. Katherine Wagner Crotty, Sept. 27. 1904. Pres. of The American Banking & Trust Co. since July 1, 1909. Socs. and clubs: Knights of Columbus: Sunnyendeand Club; Catholic Order of Foresters. St. Mary's Catholic Church. Home address: 521 Clinton St., Sandusky, Ohio.

GIFFIN. GEORGE C., Clergyman; born, Bridgeport, Belmont Co., O., Oct. 18, 1867; son of George Giffin and Dorcas (McConnell) Giffin; educated: Pub. Schs., Bridgeport, O .; Frazier's Coll., and four yrs. E. O. C. Course. Married, Clara M. Peck, Jan. S, 1890. Admitted to the Dakota M. E. Conference, Oct. 18, 1897; transferred to the East Ohio Conf., Sept. 19, 1900; ordained by Bishop Isaac W. Joyce, Sept. 22, 1901; pastorates: Conde, S. Dakota. Northville, S. Dakota, Han- overton, O., Hambden O., Warrensville, O., Leetonia, O., Bristolville, O., and Chardon, O. Socs. and clubs: Chardon Lodge, No. 93, F. & A. M .; Chapter, No. 106, R. A. M .: Men's Literary Club. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home ad- dress: Chardon. O.

GIFFORD, WALTER JOHN, Educator; born, Pittsfield, O., July 15. 1884; son

of Frank Augustus Gifford and Harriet Evelyn (Avery) Gifford: educated: Well- ington High Sch .. Wellington. O .; Ober- lin College. Oberlin. O .: Columbia Univ., New York City. College degrees: A. B .; A. M. Married. Litta Phelon McMeeken, March 21, 1912. Rural school teacher,

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Pittsfield. O .. 1901-3: Asst. Prin. of Win- dom Inst .. Montevideo, Minn .. 1907-9; Prof. of Education. College of Wooster, Wooster, O., 1911-14; Asst. in Education, Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 1914- 1916; Assoc. Prof. of Psychology and Ed- ucation, Goucher College, Baltimore, Md., 1916 to date. Socs. and clubs: Education- al Fraternities, Educational Soc. of Baltimore, Maryland. M. E. Church. Home address: Wellington. O.

GILBERT, LEVI, Editor; born, Brooklyn, N. Y .. Aug. 23. 1852: son of Thomas Gil- bert and Mary (Keymer) Gilbert; edu- cated: A. B., Wes. Univ .. 1874; A. M., 1876; student Drew Theol. Sem .. 1875 (D. D., Hamline, 1SSS, Wesleyan, 1900; B. D., Drew Theol. Seminary. 1902: EL. D., Moores Hill Coll .. 1905; Litt. D., Ohio Wesleyan. 1907). Married, Annie Louise Murphy, Aug. 4, 1875, died, 1885; 2d. Jen- nie Cole. Feb. 9. 1887. Ordained M. E. ministry. 1878; pastor of Methodist Chs. in Minn., Lansing and Brownsdale, 1875- 1876; Kason, 1876-1879; Waseca, 1879-1880; Northfield, 1881-1882; Duluth, 1883-1885; Winona, 1885-1890; Seattle, Wash., 1890- 1892; Cleveland, O., 1892-1897; New Haven, Conn., 1897-1900; editor, Daily Christian Advocate, 1900: editor, Western Christian Advocate, 1900-1916; lecturer on social and patriotic subjects. Author: Sidelights on Immortality. 1903: Visions of the Christ, 1903; Incense (poems). 1904: The Hereafter and Heaven. 1907: Dynamic Christianity, 1911; also sermons, in Drew Sermons, 1st series. and in Sermons in Golden Text for Contributor

1910. to press of prose and verse. Delegate to Gen. Conf. 1904. 1908; delegate to Federal Council of Federated Chs. of Christ in America, Philadelphia, 1908; Methodist Ecumenical Conf., Toronto, 1911: delegate to Gen. Conf. 1912; Mem. Exec. Com. Fed- eration for Social Service; Freedmen's Aid Soc. of M. E. Church. Socs. and clubs: Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Mystical Seven: 32d degree Mason; Cleri- cal Club; City; Cosmic; Round Table: Schoolmasters' Club. Home address: 4408 Erie Ave .. Cincinnati, O.

GILCHRIST, ROSETTA LUCE (Mrs. W. L.), Physician and Writer; born, Kings- ville, O., April 11, 1851; daughter of Jere- miah Pike Luce and Tamar Ritch (Bar- ton) Luce; educated: public schools: Kingsville, O., Academy; Oberlin College; Homeo. Hospital College, Cleveland, Ohio. College degrees: M. D., 1990. Married, Dr. William L. Gilchrist Sept. 13, 1876. Engaged in practice medicine, Ashtabula, O., 1890 -. Author: Apples Sodom, 1SS3; Tibby, 1904; Margaret's Sacrifice (serial). 1883; Thistledew Papers, in four serials, 1884-1893-1910: Ten Days on the Dolphin, 1910. serial. First woman member elected to Ba. of Education, Ashtabula, O., 1896-9. Socs. and clubs: National Press Assn., Washington, D. C .; Ohio Press Assn., Cleveland; Maccabees; K. L. H .; Ohio Woman's Suffrage Assn .; National Council & Club Fed. Congre- gationalist. Home address: 109 Center St., Ashtabula, O.

GILKEY, ELLIOT HOWARD, Editor; born, Warren, O., Feb. S, 1857; son of Sheldon Elliot Gilkey and Emma L. (Roberts) Gil- key; educated: Common Schs .; Grad. High Sch. at Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, Xenia, O .; father killed in battle of Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Va., June, 1864. Married, Florence Vir- ginia Reed, Jan. 24, 1884. Started as page in Ohio Senate, on appointment from the Soldiers' Orphans' Home; was journal clerk at age of 19 yrs .; engaged in busi- ness at expiration of term; was state law librarian, 1903-1913, resigned at sugges-

tion of Democratic Supreme Court to give place to Democrat; in 1915, organ- ized and began publication of the Colum- bus Saturday Monitor, a Republican newspaper which became a daily in July, 1916, and of which he is editor. Socs. and clubs: Organized Sons of Veterans in Olio in 1882, ranks as past division and past grand division commander; Mem. S. A. R. Home address: 1993 Sum- mit St., Columbus, O.

GILL, DOROTHEA AMBOS (Mrs. Kermode F.), born. Columbus. O., July 17, 1571; daughter of Hermon F. Ambos and Amelia (Heckman) Ambos; educated: Miss Phelps English and Classical School for Girls. Married, Kermode F. Gill. August 21, 1894. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Friday Literary Club: Women's City Club. Chris- tian Scientist. Home address: 2178 Har- court Drive, Ambler Heights, Cleveland, Ohio.

GILLESPIE, WILLIAM, Educator; born, Clermont Co., O .; son of Jonathan Gilles- pie and Mary (Gaskill) Gillespie; educated: rural schools; private school conducted by Prof. W. O. Hopkins at Goshen, O. Mar- ried, Ella Hill, Aug. 13, 1882. Rural school teacher, 1SS0-1892; Prin. of school in Wickliffe, O., 1895-1905; acting Supt. of Willoughby Tp. schools, 1898-1905; visiting Supt. of Willoughby Tp., 1905 -: visiting Supt. of Mentor Tp., 1909 -; is now serving 3d term of village board of public affairs of which he is president. Socs. and clubs: Charter Mem. Willough- by Village and Township Library and Historical Assn., director since 1906, and during the past 5 yrs. has been treasurer of same; Pres. Lake Co. Teachers' Inst .; Mem. Ohio State Teachers' Assn .; the Nat. Educational Assn .: Willoughby Chamber of Commerce: Odd Fellows; Maccabees; Woodmen. Methodist Church. Republi- can. Home address: Willoughby, O.

GILLETTE, E. BENJAMIN, Physician- Surgeon; born, Bettsville, Q., Nov. 28, 1885; son of William J. Gillette and Char- lotte Ann (Stackhouse) Gillette; educated: Public Schs., Toledo, O .: Phillips Exeter Acad .; Harvard Univ .; Toledo Med. Col- lege; Marburg Univ., Marburg, Germany. College degrees: M. D. Unmarried. Be- gan practice of medicine in 1912, Toledo, O .; on the staff of the Robinwood Hospi- tal; Secy. Bd. of Trustees of Robinwood Hospital. Socs, and clubs: Acad. of Med- icine of Toledo and Lucas Co., North- western Ohio, Ohio State, and American Medical Assns .: Military Surgeons Assn. Member Presbyterian Church. Home ad- dress: 1613 Jefferson Ave .. Toledo. O.

GILLETTE, GEORGE WILLIAM, Commer- cial Secretary; born, Canandaigua, N. Y., Oct. 3. 1875; son of John Gillette and Har- riet Augusta (Jarvis) Gillette: educated: Canandaigua Academy; Williams College. College degrees: B. A., 1897. Married, Agnes Lee Tallmadge, Feb. 21, 1911. Studied law in Buffalo, N. Y., in John G. Milburn's office; admitted to bar in 1900: practiced law under firm name of Laughlin & Gillette and by self title until 1908, then located at Columbus; was a sales manager of Kilbourne & Jacobs Mfg. Co., 1908-1911; Mgr. Retail Merchants' Assn., 1911-1913; Secy. of Chamber of Commerce, 1913 -. Home address: 1637 Richmond Ave., Columbus, O.

GILLETTE, S. A., Educator; Supt. of Schs., Bridgeport, O. Home address: Bridge-

port, O.

GILLETTE, WILLIAM, J., Physician-Sur- geon: born, Tiffin, O., Oct. 9, 1857; son of Erastus G. Gillette and Jane F. (Nor- ris) Gillette; educated: Public Schs. of Fremont, O .: Western Reserve Med. Coll., Cleveland, O., 1879. Married, Char-

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lotte A. Stackhouse, Dec. 18, 1884. Be-

gan practice of medicine in 1879 at Mil- lersville, O .; removed to Bettsville, O., in 1883, and to Toledo, O., in 1887. to his present location. Socs. and clubs: Acad- emy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas Co .; Northwestern Ohio Med. Soc .; State and American Assns. of Gynecologists and Obstetrics. Member of Presbyterian Church. Home address: 1613 Jefferson St., Toledo, 0.

GILLIAM, DAVID TOD, Surgeon; born, Hebron, O .. April 3. 1844; son of William Gilliam and Mary Elizabeth (Bryan) Gil- liam; educated: public schools; Bartletts' Commercial Coll. (Cincinnati, O.); Medi- cal Coll. of Ohio. 1871. M. D. Married, Lucinda E. Mintun, Oct. 7, 1866. Enlisted in 2nd Virginia (Union) Cav., Aug., 1861; elected corporal Co. "I"; with Garfield in march against Humphrey Marshall on Big Sandy River, Ky .; sent to Wheeling, W. Va., as recruiting officer; later ascended Kanawha River and took part in many skirmishes; with Cook in battle of Lewis- burg, Va .; wounded and taken prisoner near Gauley, Va., by Gen. Loring; escaped 5 weeks later; sent to parole camp; dis- charged spring of 1863; in practice medi- cine, Columbus, O., 1868 -; Emeritus Prof. Gynecology Med. Dept. Ohio State Univ. and Starling Med. Coll. (trustee since 1905); Gynecologist to St. Anthony's and St. Francis' Hospitals; originated

number . important operations; devised many surgical instruments and Gilliam operating table. Author: Pocket Book of Medicine, 1882; Essentials of Pathology, 1883; Practical Gynecology, 1903; The Rose Croix. 1906; The Righting of Rich- ard Devereux; collaborator: Randall and Ryan's History of Ohio. 5 vols., 1912. Socs. and clubs: (Hon. Fellow) Am. Assn. Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Vice Pres., 1905-6); Mem. A. M. A .; Ohio State Med. Assn .; Columbus Academy Med .; (ex-Pres. ) Franklin County Med. Soc .; (Hon. Mem.) Northwestern Ohio Med. Assn .; Pan-American Med. Congress; World's Med. Congress. Congregation- alist. Republican. Home address: 1819 Franklin Park South, Columbus, O.

GILLIS, FRANK W., Musician; born, Kins- man, O., June, 1883; son of David S. Gillis and Sarah A. (Wood) Gillis; edu- cated: High Sch. of Kinsman, O .; Den- ver Univ .. Coll. of Music: New England Conservatory, Boston; American Con., Chicago, Ill. College degrees: B. Mus., Heidelberg Univ .. Tiffin. Ohio. Married, Sarah Louisa Stearns, 1910. Dir. of Okla- homa Univ .. Preparatory Sch .. Dept. of Music. 4 yrs .: Dir. of Heidelberg Conserv- atory of Music. Tiffin. O., 1912 --. Socs. and clubs: Pres. Ohio Assn. of Music Schs. German Reformed. Home address: Tiffin. O.

GILLMER, GIBSON PERRY, Attorney; born, July 31, 1872; son of James A. Gillmer and Laura A. (Beyers) Gillmer; educated: Newton Falls High Sch .; Mt. Union Coll., Alliance. O .: Duquesne Coll., Pittsburgh, Pa .; Northern Indiana Normal Univ., Val- paraiso, Ind .: Waynesburg Coll., Waynes- burg. Pa. College degrees: B. S. Mar- ried. Maud E. Kern. Aug. 22. 1900. Teacher, public school, 1895-1901; Prin. Math., high school, Niles, O .; Supt. schools, Waynesburg, Pa .; admitted to Ohio bar. 1903: engaged in practice law, as member firm. Gillmer. Gillmer & Gill- mer. Warren. O .. 1903 -; city solicitor, Niles, O., Jan. 1, 1906-Jan. 1, 1909; Pros. Atty., Trumbull Co., O., Jan. 1, 1909-Jan. 1. 1913. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Club; Shrine Club (Cleveland): K. T .; Shriner: 32d degree Mason. Methodist. Home ad- dress: Newton Falls, Ohio. Business ad- dress: Warren. O.

GILMORE, HUGH RAMSEY, State Sena- tor; born. Eaton, O .. Sept. 27, 1881; son of Judge James A. Gilmore and Ada M. (Hendricks) Gilmore; educated: Public Schs., Eaton, O. (Law student under tu- torage of father. J. A. Gilmore). Mar- ried, Bertha Filbert, May 19, 1913. Ad- mitted to Ohio bar. Dec .. 1907; became member firm, Gilmore, Saylor & Gilmore, Eaton, O., 1907 -; deputy clerk courtz, Preble Co., O., 1905-7; elected prosecuting attorney, Preble Co .. O., 1908 -; elected State Senator, Montgomery and Preble

counties, 1914- Socs.

and clubs: Waverly Lodge, Past Chancellor; Boliver Lodge, Masonic, Worshipful Master; Eaton Chapter Royal Arch Masons; Reese Coun- cil, Dayton, O. Home address: 118 S. Barron St .. Eaton. O.

GINDER, WILLIAM MARION, City Audi- tor; born, Columbus. O .. Aug. 25, 1882; son of Charles B. Ginder and Elizabeth (Smith) Ginder; educated: Primary, High Sch .; E. & J. College, and Ohio State Univ .. Columbus, O. Married, Jess D. Taylor. Dec. 18. 1905. Employed in Ac- counting Dept. of the Smith Agricultural Chemical Co .. 6 yrs .; resigned to accept position with the Central Union Telepnone Co .. Feb. 15. 1907; accepted an appoint- ment under city auditor; appointed first deputy city auditor, Jan. 1. 1911, and served in that capacity until Jan. 1, 1916, when he assumed the duties of city audi- tor by virtue of having been elected to that position on Nov. 2. 1915. Socs. and clubs: F. & A. M .: Alpha Tau Omega; Beta Omega Chapter; B. P. O. E; Kiwanis Club; Buckeye Republican Club; Repub- lican Glee Club; Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Glenwood M. E. Ch. Home address: 143 Midland Ave .. Columbus, O. GINN. FRANK HADLEY, Attorney: born, Fremont. O .. Feb. 25. 1868; son of Fran- cis Marion Ginn and Millicent O. (Pope) Ginn; educated: Kenyon Coll. College degrees: Ph. B .. 1890. Married. Cornelia Winifred Root. June 21. 1899. Admitted to Ohio bar. 1891: engaged in active practice law. Cleveland. O .. 1891 -- Socs. and clubs: Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; The Union Club: The Mayfield Country Club; The Chagrin Val- ley Hunt Club; The Rowfant Club (Cleve- land, O. Trinity Cathedral. Home ad- dress: 1909 East 71st St .. Cleveland. O. GIRARDOT, ADOLPH JOHN, Physician; born. Sandwich. Can .. Dec. 27. 1870; son of Theodore Girardot and Eugenie (Zele) Girardot: educated: Pub. Schs. of Sand- wich; St. Mary's College, Montreal; De- troit Med. Coll. College degrees: A. B .; M. D. Married. Marie Constance Hackl, May 22. 1902. Graduated from Detroit Med. Coll. with M. D. in 1895: removed to Toledo in 1897 and began practice: member of the Faculty of Toledo Med. Coll .: St. Vincent's Hosp. staff: Med. Dept. of Ohio Natl. Guard; appointed sur- geon for Sixth Ohio Natl. Guard with rank of Major in 1916: in Sept., 1916. was sent. to Mexican border with the Sixth Regiment. Socs. and clubs: Am. and State Med. Assns .; Lucas Co. Acad. of Med .: Catholic Knights of Ohio: Knights of Columbus. Roman Catholic Church. Home address: 2411 Franklin Ave .. To- ledo. O

GIRL, CHRISTIAN, Manufacturer; born, Elkhart. Ind .. Dec. 31. 1874; son of Joseph Girl and Catherine (Linderman) Girl; educated: country schools. Elkhart. Ind., High Sch. Married. Hitlie Agnes Schot- tler. Sept. 15. 1909. Organizer and Pres., Gen. Mgr .. The Perfection Spring Co., Cleveland. O .. 1906 -. Socs. and clubs: Detroit Athletic Club. Detroit, Mich .; Toledo Club. Toledo. O ..; Cleveland Ath-

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letic Club; Cleveland Automobile Club; Ohio Soc. of New York; University Club, London, Eng .; U'nion Club, Cleveland, O. Home address: 10000 Lamont Ave., Cleve- land. O.

GLADDEN, ALICE, Educator; born, Brook- lyn. N. Y .; daughter of Rev. Washington Gladden and Jennie (Cahoon) Gladden; educated: Smith Coll .. Grad. Latin in 1884. Teacher of and Mathematics,

Smead Sch .. Toledo. O .. 1884-1885; taught History and English in Columbus High Sch., 1886-1899; Columbus University Sch., 1899-1903; headmistress of Columbus Sch. for Girls, 1903 -. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Smith Coll. Alumni Assn. Congregational Church. Home address: 631 E. Town St., Columbus, O.

GLADWIN, MARY ELIZABETH, Tralned Nurse; born, Stoke upon Trent, England; daughter of Francis Gladwin and Sarah ("'ooper) Gladwin; educated: Akron, Ohio; Grad. Buchtel Coll. Unmarried. Taught high school. Norwalk. O .. and in private school in New York City; when the Spanish-Am. War broke out, she went south and had charge of the large tent hospital (The Sternberg), for a time; later she went to Manilla in charge of $50,000 Red Cross supplies; graduated Boston City Hosp., 1904; went to Japan and spent 6 mos. nursing in Russo-Japanese War; was decorated for this service by Empress of Japan; at one time Supt. of Beverly Hosp., Mass .: Supt. of Woman's Hosp., N. Y. City: Supt. of Nurses, City Hosp., Cleveland; Supt. V. N. Assn., Akron; went to Serbia when the world war broke out and did continuous service for 15 mos .; decorated for this service; returned home in Jan .. 1916. and again started for Serbia in Dec .. 1916. where she will have charge of supplies sent to the refugees and establish a 500 bed hospital. Socs. and clubs: belongs to all the large Na- tional Nursing Organizations; the State Assn .; Mem. Red Cross Soc. here and in Japan. St. Paul's Episcopal Ch. Miss Gladwin has been recommended for the Nightingale decoration. Home address: 268 E. Voris St .. Akron, O.

GLAZIER, HARRIET EUDORA, College Professor: born. Haverhill. N. H .. Mar. 3. 1870; daughter of Van Buren Glazier and Lavinia (Young) Glazier; educated: Lisbon, N. H., public schools, 1885; St. Johnsbury Academy, Vt., 1886-18SS; Mt. Holyoke Coll .. South Hadley, Mass., 1892- 1896: Cornell Univ .. 1903; Unlv. Chicago, 1907-1908. College degrees: B. A .; M. A. Teacher, public schools, Vermont, 1888- 1\92; Prin. Orleans high school, Vt., 1889- 1592; Inst. Math., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1896- 1897; head Dept. Math., Western College for Women, Oxford, O., 1897-1904; Prof. Math., Western Coll., 1904 -: teacher, Math., summer school, Winona Lake, Ind., 1898-99-1900-1. Socs. and clubs: Assn. Ohio Teachers Math. & Science; Math. Assn. of Am .: The Am. Math. Soc .: The College Woman's Club. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: The Western College for Women. Oxford. O.

GLENN, JAMES, Common Pleas Judge, Coshocton Co. Term expires Dec., 1920. Home address: Coshocton, O.

GLENN, THEODORE EDGAR, Publisher; born, Columbus, O., Dec. 11. 1864; son of Charles Scott Glenn and Sallie A. (Gor- rell) Glenn; educated: Columbus public schools. Married, Belle S. Capron, Feb. 16. 1887. Member firm Spalır & Glenn, printers and publishers, Columbus, O.,

1892- member Columbus School Board, 1898-1905; Pres. Columbus Y. M. C. A., 1915-1917. Socs. and clubs: Odd Fellows; Mason; Business Men's Gymnasium Club;

Bolster Club; Athletic Club. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: Columbus, O.

GLIDDEN, FREDERICK A., Pres. Glidden Varnish Co .; born, Mobile, Ala., Jan. 25, 1863; son of Francis H. Glidden and Wini- fred (Waters) Glidden; educated: public schools, Cleveland, O. Married, Julia Hayes, Jan. 23, 1889. After leaving school spent two yrs. in business training; trav- eled on road as salesman for Glidden Var- nish Co., 10 yrs .; removed to Cleveland, O., became sales manager and vice pres- ident of company; originated "Jap-a-Lac," the household specialty, 1903 -; later became Pres., 1915- Socs. and clubs: Ohio Soc. (New York); Union. Country, Clifton, Westwood Clubs (Cleveland). Home address: 17840 Lake Rd., Clifton Park, Lakewood. O .; office address: The Glidden Varnish Co .. Cleveland, O.

GODMAN, LEONARD HARPER, Business

Man; born. Sedalia. Mo .. July 25. 1867; son of John Marshall Godman and Sarah C. (Leonard) Godman; educated: public schools, Columbus, O .; Ohio State Univ. Married. Cora Lyman McLouth, June 20, 1895. Connected with The H. C. Godman Co., Columbus. O. Socs. and clubs: Greek Letter College Frat .; Masonic Or- der, Goodale Blue Lodge; Scioto Consis- tory. 32d degree; Mt. Vernon Command- ery, K. T .; Aladdin Temple of Mystic Shrine; Sons Am. Rev .; Country Club; Athletic Club. Presbyterian. Home ad- dress: 100 Wilson Ave., Columbus, O.

GOEBEL, HERMAN PHILIP, ex-Congress- man; born. Cincinnati. O .. April 5. 1853; son of Christian Goebel and Elizabeth (Braun) Goebel; educated: public schools, Cincinnati; (LL. B.) Cincinnati Law Sch. (age 18 yrs.). Admitted to Ohio bar on coming of age, and since in practice at Cincinnati. O .. 18 -. Married. M. Louise Brown. May. 1877: 2nd. . Florence C. Voight Nov. 26. 1903. Member Ohio House Rep .. 1875; probate judge. Hamil- ton Co .. 1884-1891; elected member 58th and 61st Congresses (1903-11), 2nd Ohio Dist. Republican. Socs. and clubs: Ma- sons: Knight Templar and Scottish Rite; Mystic Shrine; Cincinnati Bar Assn. Home address: 2303 Kemper Lane. Cin- cinnati. O.

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The Ohio blue book; or, Who's who in the Buckeye state; a cyclopedia of biography of men and women of Ohio, Part 35

Author: Van Tassel, Charles Sumner, 1858- Publication date: [1917] Publisher: Toledo, Ohio Number of Pages: 494

Author: Van Tassel, Charles Sumner, 1858-
Publication date: [1917]
Publisher: Toledo, Ohio
Number of Pages: 494