The Ohio blue book; or, Who's who in the Buckeye state; a cyclopedia of biography of men and women of Ohio, Part 49

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


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1914; Ebenezer Lodge, No. 33, F. & A. M .; Wooster Chapter, No. 27, R. A. M .; Woos- ter Council, No. 13, R. & S. M .; Wooster Commandery, No. 48, K. T .; Forum Club, Wooster, O. Lutheran. Home address: Care Wooster College, Wooster, O.


HUTCHINS, WILLIAM JAMES, College Professor; born, Brooklyn, N. Y .; son of Robert Grosvenor Hutchins and Harriet (James) Hutchins; educated: Oberlin Coll., 1888-1890; B. A., Yale, 1892; Oberlin Theol. Seminary, 1893-1895; Grad. Union Theol. Seminary, 1896. Married, Anna L. Murch, Aug. 5, 1896. Ordained in Presby. ministry, 1896; pastor Bedford Ch., Brook- lyn, N. Y., 1896-1907; Prof. homiletics Oberlin Theol. Seminary, Oberlin, Ohio, 1907 --. Home address: Oberlin, O.


HUTCHINSON, HERBERT EDMUND, Mu- sic Educator; born, Hocking Co., O., Dec. 9, 1876; son of Thomas Hutchinson and Jerusha (Kanode) Hutchinson; educated: high school, Baltimore, O .; Ohio Wesley- an Univ .; Ohio Northern Univ .; studied voice under Hugh Owens, Chicago; piano and theory, Rudolph Richter, Berlin; voice and teaching methods, Frank Herbert Tubbs, New York; Evan Williams, noted Welsh tenor. College degrees: M. Mus., Mt. Union College. Married, Effie Rus- sell Ryland, July 4, 1908. Supervisor of Music in public schools of DeGraff, Ohio, and later of Jackson, Tenn .; teacher of public school music in the Summer Sch. of So. Knoxville. Tenn., 1 summer; voice teacher Union Univ. (at that time called Southwestern Baptist Univ.), Jackson, Tenn .; private teacher of voice, Colum- bus, O., 4 yrs .; Dir. of Music in Scio Coll., 2 yrs .; Dir. of the Conservatory of Mount Union College, 4 yrs .; at present, manager of a series of concerts by greatest artists and voice teacher. Socs. and clubs: Ma- sons; Natl. Geographic Soc .; Ohio Music Teachers' Assn .; Natl. Music Teachers' Assn. Home address: 2101 Clark Ave., Alliance, O.


HUTCHINSON, N. E., Educator; Supt. of Schools, Kenton, Ohio. Home address: Kenton, Ohio.


HUTSINPILLAR, CHARLES A., Merchant; born, Gallipolis, O., June 18, 1849; book- keeper, merchant, manufacturer and farmer. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Kniglit of Pythias; United Com. Travelers. Pres- byterian, Ironton, Ohio. Home address: Ironton, Ohio.


HUTSON, AUSTIN S., Agriculturist; born, S. Solon, O., Aug. 14, 1839; son of John K. Hutson and Hannah (Mahaffy) Hutson; educated: district schools. Married, Fan- ny Curtis, Dec. 7, 1865; 2nd, Mrs. Cerelda Pancake, Jan. 5, 1897. Began life as a farmer and for over 30 yrs. was manager of the Buffenberger estate in Madison Co., and during this time was a breeder of fine horses; trustee of Paint Tp. sev- eral yrs .; Mem. Bd. of Education of Paint Tp. over 20 yrs .; Mem. of London City Council, 2 terms. Socs. and clubs: Lyon Post G. A. R .; I. O. O. F. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 10 Maple St., London, Ohio.


HUTTON, JAMES MORGAN, Banker; born, Cincinnati, O., Feb. 21, 1868; son of William Edward Hutton and Cornelia (Morgan) Hutton; educated: Woodward high school, 1884. Married, Sarah Peters Johnson, June 4, 1899. Clerk in office of City Comptroller, 1888; joined father in brokerage business and now engaged in same; Vice Pres. of Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Light & Traction Co., and of Union Light, Heat & Power Co .; Dir. Am. Rolling Mill Co .; Young Men's. Mutual Life Ins. Co .; Ohio State Telephone Co .; Printing Machinery Co .; Cincinnati To-


bacco Warehouse Co .; Union Gas & Elec- tric Co .; Columbia Gas Co. Home ad- dress: Keys Crescent, Walnut Hills, Cin- cinnati, O.


HYDE, EDWARD PECHIN, Physicist; born, Baltimore Co., Md .; son of Edward Ingle Hyde and Caroline Rebecca (Clemm) Hyde; educated: City Coll., Baltimore (Grad. 1897); Johns Hopkins (A. B., 1900; Ph. D., 1906). Married, Virginia Getzen- danner, May 4, 1904. Laboratory Asst. Bureau Standards, 1902-5; Asst. and as- sociate physicist, 1905-8; organized and


director Phys. Laboratory Nat. Electric Lamp Assn., Cleveland, O., 1908 -; Vice Pres. International Commn. on Illumina- tion, 1913- -. Socs. and clubs: Fellow, A. A. A. S .; Am. Phys. Soc .; Am. Electro- Chem. Soc .; Nat. Electric Light Assn .; Illuminating Eng. Soc. (Pres., 1910); Soc. for Promotion Eng. Education; (Corres. Mem.) London Illuminating Eng. Soc .; associate member Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs .; Am. Gas Inst .; Phi Beta Kappa; Johns Hopkins Club (Baltimore); Union, May- field Country (Cleveland). Republican.


Presbyterian. Home address: Cleveland, Ohio.


HYDE, SOLON, Merchant; born, Rushville, O .. Nov. 12, 1838; son of Simon Hyde. M. D., and Ann (Coulson) Hyde: educated: Lafayette Academy, West Rushville, O .; studied medicine; taught in public schools (during winters); served in U. S. Vol. Civil War, 1861-1865, as Hospital Steward, 17th Regt., O. V. I. Married, Czarina Huntington Hyde, Sept. 13, 1865. Author: A Captive of War. Has contributed to various newspapers on historical subjects and travel. Home address: 190 W. Wood- ruff Ave .. Columbus. O.


HYDE, WILBY GRIMES, Attorney; born, Deerfield Twp., Ross Co., O .. Nov. 28, 1865: son of Allen Linton Hyde and Eliz- abeth (Grimes) Hyde; educated: Ohio State Univ : Ohio Univ .: Cincinnati Law School. College degrees: A. B .: LL. B. Married. Helen Frizell. Jan. 2. 1896. At- torney-at-law and farmer; former clerk in the office of probate judge. Socs. and clubs: Beta Theta Pi; Sunset Club; Ma- sonic Orders. Walnut St. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home address: 51 E. Fifth St .. Chillicothe, O.


HYPES, BENJAMIN DREES, Clergyman; born, Xenia., O .. Nov. 3, 1856; son of (Rev.) William Lewis Hypes and Margaret (Brown) Hypes; educated: Woodward high school, Cincinnati; Wittenberg Coll., Springfield, O .; Yale Annex, Cincinnati; Ohio Wes Univ .. Delaware. O. Married,


Margaret Bassett. Nov. 2. 1882. Pastor M. E. Churches in Cincinnati. Piqua. Ar- canum, South Charleston, Yellow Springs, from 1879 to 1917; pastor Fairmount M. E. Ch .. Cincinnati. from 1911 to 1917. Mem. Cincinnati and West. Ohio Conf. M. E. Ch .. 1879 to 1917. Home address: "Earls- place." 3826 S. Floral Ave. (Norwood), Cincinnati, O.


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IDDINGS, ANDREW SHEETS, Attorney; born, Dayton, O., Oct. 18, 1880; son of Charles Dickens Iddings and Belle (Sheets) Iddings; educated: common school and Steel High, Dayton, O .; Deaver Collegiate Institute, Dayton, O. Unmarried. Ad- mitted to practice Ohio bar, and Dist. Court of U. S. 1903; engaged in practice law, Dayton, O .; one of the organizers, di- rector, officer and attorney, The Pyrene Co., Dayton, O .; deputy collector U. S. In- ternal Revenue, Dayton. O., 1898-1902; deputy clerk, Supreme Court, Columbus, O., 1902-06; chief deputy clerk, Courts


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Montgomery Co., Dayton, O., 1906-09; aside from professional and political activities, Mr. Iddings has made a name for himself as writer, geographer and outdoor photog- rapher. Socs. and clubs: Fellow, Royal Geographical Soc., London, Eng .; Ausser- ordentliche Mitglied der K. K. Geograph- ischen Gesellschaft in Wein, Vienna, Aus- tria: member German and Austrian Alpenverein; Explorers' Club, New York; Nat. Geographic Soc., Washington, D. C .; Dayton Country Club; Dayton City Club; Dayton Polo Club; F. & A. M. Presby- terian. Home address: 102 East First St., Dayton, O.


IDDINGS, DANIEL WILKINSON, Attorney; born, Dayton, O., April 14, 1879; son of Charles D. Iddings and Belle (Sheets) Iddings; educated: Prof. Deaver's Pre- paratory Dayton,


Sch., O. Married Frances Ripperger, Nov. 8, 1911. Admitted to Ohio bar, June 27, 1905. also, Supreme Court, U. S .; U. S. Circuit Court Appeals; U. S. Dist. Court; practicing attorney at law, Dayton, O .; law librarian, Montgomery Co., O., Jan. 1, 1899 ---; Secy. Dist. Tuber- culosis Hospital, 1907 -; Mem. Bd. Edu- cation, Oakwood Village, O. Socs. and clubs: Dayton City Club; Dayton Country Club; Explorers' Club (New York) ; Fellow, Royal Geographical Soc. (London, Eng.). Presbyterian. Home address: 233 Oakwood Ave., Oakwood Village, Dayton, Ohio.


IGLAUER, SAMUEL, Physician; born, Cin- cinnati, O., Dec. 28, 1871; son of Arnold Iglauer and Delia (Fechheimer) Iglauer; educated: Univ. Cincinnati, 1895, B. S .; Med. College Ohio, 1898, M. D. Married. Helen S. Ransohoff, April 19, 1906. Interne and house physician, Cincinnati, O., Hospital, 1898; student, Vienna, Austria, Hospital, 1900; Asst. in Throat Dept. Ohio Med. Coll. Disp., 1901-5; junior laryngolo- gist and aurist, Cincinnati Hosp., 1910- associate Prof. otology, rhinology and laryngology. 1904 -; laryngologist and


aurist, 1912 -; College Medicine, Univ. Cincinnati: member Charter Commn., 1913. Socs. and clubs: A. M. A .; Am. Laryngol., Rhin. and Otol. Soc .: Am. Academy Otol. Laryngology; Univ. Club; City Club; Fel- low Amer. Coll. Surgeons. Home address: 3404 Harvey Av., Cincinnati, O.


IKIRT, MARY EMMA HOLMES (Mrs. G. P. lkirt), Writer; born. Black Hawk, Pa., Nov. 7, 1852; daughter of Robert Cooper Holmes and Euphemia (Boyce) Holmes; educated: Beaver College; Mt. Union Coll. (class 1872). College degrees: M. A. Married, Dr. George P. Ikirt, Feb. 5, 1880. Teacher, music and teacher in public schools before marriage; writer under nom de plume, 1872-80; earnest worker In church and social lines for uplift and betterment of humanity; member board city examiners for teachers; was member of State Com- mittee of Board of Civics of Ohio State Federation of Clubs; for 20 yrs. member of Board of County visitors to Public Charitable and Correctional Institutions; many times delegate to meetings and con- ventions of various clubs; has five living children who are holding important edu- cational and other positions. Socs. and Clubs: 1st Pres. City Fed. Women's Clubs; Pres. Women's Home Miss. Soc .; Vice Pres. Florence Crittenden Circle; Vice Pres. Women's Foreign Miss. Soc .; Pres. Monday Lit. Club; member board directors, Play Ground Assn .; Mem. State Com. of Civics of Ohio; Pres. Steubenville Dist. Missionary Work. Methodist Episcopal. Home address, Mrs. George P. Ikirt (Mary Holmes Ikirt), cor. Sixth and Jackson, East Liverpool, Ohio.


INGELS, JASPER CLAYTON, Banker; born, Gallia Co., Ohio, March 21, 1855: son of Jesse Ingels and Mary A. (Waddell) Ingels; educated: Gallipolis schools. Mar- ried, Emma C. Gilbert, April 9. 1874.


Teacher for 19 years; probate judge six years; county recorder for six years, Gallia, Ohio; cashier 1st National Bank, 15 years. Socs. and clubs: Mason; K. of P .; Elks; Eagles. Metliodist. Ilome address: 205 Second Ave., Gallipolis, Ohio.


INGERSOLL, ALVAN FULLER, Attorney; born, Cleveland, O., Oct. 5, 1859; son of Jonathan Edwards Ingersoll and Mary A. (Fuller) Ingersoll: educated: Cleveland, O., public schools; Western Reserve Univ. Married, Della E. Bishop, Sept. 6. 1\\1. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1×5; engaged in practice of law, Cleveland, O., 1855 -; referee in bankruptcy, Cleveland, O., Jan. 1st, 1910-Dec. 31, 1915. Socs. and clubs: Cleveland Chamber Commerce; Cleveland Automobile Club; Dover Bay Country Club. Presbyterian. Home address: Cleveland. Ohio.


INGERSOLL, HENRY WALLACE, attorney; born, Grafton Tp., Lorain Co., O., Jan. 14, 1863; son of George Merwin Ingersoll and Mary (Preston) Ingersoll: educated: Pub. Schs., Elyria, O .: Univ. of Mich. College Degrees: B. I. Married, May B. Hamilton, Oct. 24, 1888. Practicing attorney of Elyria, O., since 1887: Pres. of the Ohio Milk Producers Association; Pres. of the Northern Ohio Milk Producers Association; Pres. of the Cadillac Veneer Company; Pres. of the Lorain County Agricultural Society: 1st Vice Pres. of the Elyria Sav- ings & Banking Co .; Vice. Pres. of the National Milk Producers Federation: Secy. of the Machine Parts Company; Secy. of the Home Land Company; Trustee and Treasurer of Elyria Library; Chairman of Board of Directors of the Elyria Enameled Products Company; Director of the Citizens Building Company; Director of the Fay Stocking Company; Director of the Lorain County Savings & Loan Company. Socs. and clubs: F. & A. M .; Marshall Chapter, Elyria Council, and Elyria Knights Templar; Modern Woodmen of


America. First Congregational Church. Home address: 927 Middle Ave., Elyria. O. INGLIS, WILLIAM DARLING, Physician; born, Chysville, Penn .. Oct. 21, 1874; son of Dr. George Inglis and Janet (Scott) Inglis: educated: Washington and Jef-


ferson College. Washington, Pa .; Ohio State Univ .; Rotunda Hospital Post-Grad. School, Dublin, Ireland. College degrees: A. B., W. J .; A. M., W. J .; M. D. (O. S. U. 1902). Married, Alice May Cockins, May 15. 1902. Prof. Obstetrics, Ohio State Univ. 1313-1916: Obstetrician Protestant Hospt., Columbus, O., practicing physician, office, Columbus, O., 19- Author: Students' Text-Book on Obstetrics. Socs. and clubs: 32nd degree Mason; Scottish Rite: Colum- hus Academy Med .: American Med. Assn .: Scioto Country Club: Columbus Athletic Club: Y. M. C. A. Business Men's Club; Ohio State Univ. Club of Columbus; Alpha Mu Pi Omega Frat. Member Broad St. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 846 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio.


IRISH, CHARLES MANNING, Banker: born, Pittsfield. O., Sept., 1862; son of Charles Irish and Jane (Ware) Irish; educated: public schools. Married, Florence Baker, Feb. 9, 1887. At age 25 years, entered grocery store as clerk; started grocery store, Lorain, O., 1900; elected County Treasurer, Lorain Co., O., 1905-9; cashier, Lorain Banking Co., Lorain, O., 1909 -. Socs. and clubs: Mason (32nd degree) : Knight Pythias; Maccabers: Lorain Bd. Commerce. Home address: 1701 East Erie Av., Lorain, Ohio.


IRVINE, ELSWORTH C., Attorney; born, Fredericktown, O., Dec. 11, 1861; son of William Irvine and Emeline (Braddock) Irvine; educated: Ohio Northern Univ. College degrees: A. M. Married, Ida M.


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Rowland, July 20, 1887. Admitted to bar, 1886; engaged in practice law, Columbus, O., 1886- -. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .: F. & A. M .; Mt. Vernon Commandery, K. T .: Columbus Country Club; Athletic Club Columbus). Methodist. Home address: North Drexel Av., Beverly Sta., Columbus, Ohio.


IRVIN, HORACE ARTHUR, Manufacturer; horn, Morrow, Warren Co., O., Feb. 17, '55: son of James Baxter Irvin and Ellen S. (Monfort) Irvin; educated: Dayton, O., Central High School; Miami Univ., Oxford, O. College degrees: M. A. Married, Carrie Knisely, Nov. 15, 1883. One of incorpora- tors, Lowe Bros. Co., Dayton, O., served as Secy. until 1897; resigned to organize The Irvin Paint & Glass Co., Dayton, O., served as president, 1897-1905; merged company into Irvin, Jewell & Vinson Co., Dayton, O., serving as 1st Pres., 1905 ---; Dir. Merchants Bank, Dayton, O .; charter Mem. & Dir. The First Savings & Banking Co .; appointed trustee, Miami Univ. by Gov. Bushnell 1896-1905; re-appointed by Gov. Willis, 1914 -. Socs. and clubs: Day- ton City Club; Grand Master of Masons of Ohio, 1906-7; Active member for Ohio of Supreme Council. 33d degree A. & A. Scottish Rite, for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the U. S. Presbyterian. Home address: 213 N. Boulevard, Dayton, 0


IRVING, ELIZABETH MANSFIELD (Mrs. John D.), Educator; born, Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N. Y .; daughter of Joseph Lafayette Mansfield and Maria Louise (Weaver) Mansfield; educated: Pub. Schs. and Fairfield Sem. of New York; Hillsdale Coll., Michigan; Nat. School of Elocution ond Oratory, Philadelphia, Pa. College Degrees: Master of Elocution. Married, John D. Irving, Dec. 24, 1877; died, June 1. 1896. Teacher in public schools of Hills- dale, Mich. and Toledo, O., until 1877; then public reader and teacher of Oratory of Dramatic Art and since 1896 manager of the Fire and Accident Ins. Agency of Elizabeth Mansfield Irving & Co., Toledo, O .; Treas. Nat. Assn. Elocutionists, 1890- 1891, Vice Pres. in 1903; Pres. Women's Relief Corps, 1892; Treas. Toledo Fire Un- derwriters Assn., 1896; Pres. Sorosis Liter- ary Club. 1902; Treas. First Congregational Church, 1904-1906: Treas. Toledo Women's Assn., 5 yrs .; Treas. Nat. Speech Arts Assn., 1913-1915: Mem. Bd. of . Directors, 1916; Pres. Toledo Fire Underwriters Assn., 1915: Vice Pres. Toledo Memorial Assn., 1914-1916. Socs. and clubs: Charter Mem. Nat. Assn. of Elocutionists; Women's Relief Corps: Toledo Women's Assil .; Sorosis; Mem. Ednl. Club; D. A. R .; Ladies' Literary League; Toledo Art. Museum; Toledo Woman's Suffrage League; Writers' Club; Toledo Memorial Assn .; Y. W. C. A. First Congregational Church. Reader on many National and State programs of the Grand Army-The Army of the Cumber- land. Army of West Virginia, and Army of Tennessee: also on National programs of National Assn. of Elocutionists and State Assn. of Fire Ins. Agents and Women's Congress at World's Fair in Chicago, and State Federation of Clubs. Home address: 1025 Grand Ave .. Toledo. O. IRWIN, WILLIAM W., Manufacturer; Pres. The Canton Sheet Steel Co. Home ad- dress: Lakeside Ave., N. W., Canton, O. IVINS, LESTER S., College Professor; born, Warren Co., O., Dec. 8, 1878; son of Alfred B. Ivins and Euphrasia (Graham) Ivins; educated: Lebanon Univ .; Columbia Univ .; Xenia Law School; Waynesville High Sch. College degrees: Ph. B., 1908; M. S. '09; A. M. 1916, Columbia Univ. Married, Eliza- beth White, Aug. 15, 1905. Teacher & Supt. Schs., Warren Co., O., '98-'11; Co. Sch. ex-


aminer, 1909-15; state supervisor Agr. edu- cation, State Dept. of Edn., Ohio, 1911-15; Prof., Lebanon Univ., 1908-11; inaugurated Agr. teaching in public schools of Ohio; originated club movement for girls study- ing Agr. in Ohio; established State Fair school exhibit at Ohio State Fair; assisted in Ohio State school survey and social sur- vey of Ohio; author several books for teachers and pupils, ten official state and government bulletins. Socs. and clubs: F'res. State Assn. of Tp. Supts .; Pres. Nat. Assn. State Supervisors and Inspectors of schools; Nat. Geographic Society; Phi Beta Kappa; School Administration Club; Teach - ers Coll. (Columbia Univ.). Methodist Episcopal. Home address: Lebanon, O.


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JACKSON, AMOS HENRY, Manufacturer: born, Delaware Co., N. Y., May 10, 1846; son of George W. Jackson and Roxana (Rip- ley) Jackson; educated: in Delaware Co. and Steuben Co., N. Y., and Corning Public Schools. Married, Nov. 28. 1872, to Miss Mary Sharp of Fremont, O. Pres. & Treas. of The A. H. Jackson Mfg. Co .; Pres. & Treas .. The Jackson Shear & Razor Co .; Dir., The Price Lumber Co .; owner of The Hotel Jackson, The Jackson Apt. House, The Jackson Garage. The Strand Theater, and a number of dwellings: Mayor of Fremont. 4 years; member of the 58th Congress of U. S., 2 years. Socs. and clubs: Mason. Presbyterian Church. Home address: Fremont, Ohio.


JACKSON, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Editor-publisher; born, Chester Co., Pa., June 17, 1861; son of Benjamin F. Jackson and Margaret (Hoopes) Jackson; educated: public schools. Married, Margaret Taylor, Nov. 20, 1884. who died 1902: 2nd. Nellie Baker, April 15, 1904. Admitted to bar, by Supreme Court, Ohio, 1896; engaged as publisher, Enterprise, Clyde, O., 1884 -; appointed postmaster. Clyde O., 1899-1909. Socs. and clubs: Mason, K. T. Home ad- dress: 415 Main St., Clyde, O.


JACKSON, CALEB FITCH, Merchant; born, Norwalk Township, O., June 25, 1854: son of Charles Jackson and Alberta E. (Fitch) Jockson; educated: Norwalk public school. Married, Mary L. Stevens, Nov. 11, 1874. After graduation in 1871, clerked in dry goods store until 1873; at age of 19, bought retail drug store at Flint, Mich .: 1881, opened dry goods store at Norwalk, and from 1886 to 1893 operated Jackson's Black Goods Store at Minneapolis, Minn .; 1893 built six story building known as the Glass Block in Norwalk, O., and occupied same with department store; in 1904-5 another Glass Block was erected at Findlay, O .: now president and general manager of The C. F. Jackson Co .. Norwalk and Find- lay, O .: Director, Citizens Banking Co .. Norwalk, O .; Pres. Norwalk Hospital Assn .. and connected with several Nor- walk industrial enterprises: Vice Pres. of the Norwalk Chautauqua Assn. Socs. and clubs: Thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason; K. of P .; K. O. T. M .: R. A .; N. TT .; Norwalk Shakespeare Club; Sons of American Revolution; a founder of the National Historical Soc .: Mem. The


National Retail Dry Goods Assn .; Ohio Retail Dry Goods Assn. First Presby- terian, and for many years past, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Home address: 61 W. Main St., Norwalk, O.


JACKSON, ESTHER COLE, Newspaper editor; born, Albion. Mich., Sept. 20, - daughter of Willard C. Cole and Mary U. (Weeks) Cole: educated: Pub. Schs. of Cleveland and Toledo. Married, Mr. Jack-


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son, Dec. 10, 1901. Office Secy. of Toledo Y. W. C. A., 2 yrs .; became member of editorial staff of Toledo Blade, Jan. 4, 1912, as society and women's clubs editor; editor of Woman's page; writer of fashion features; the "Martha Holden" of weekly Blade :. elected State Director of press for Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs, 1915: short story writer. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Woman's Assn .; Woman's Edu- cational Club; Daughters of Collingwood; Toledo Writers Club; and nearly every Woman's Club or Society in Toledo, Collingwood Presbyterian Church. Home address: 345 Irving St., Toledo, O.


JACKSON, GEORGE EDWARD, Clergyman; born, Liberty, O., March 10, 1870; son of Benjamin C. Jackson and Mary A. (Kim- mel) Jackson; educated: country school near Arcanum, O .; Preparatory Dept., Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Graduated Univ. of Wooster, class '93; Auburn (N. Y.) Theol. Sem., class '96. College degrees: D. D.


Wooster, 1915. Married, Evangeline Peppard, Feb. 18, 1893. Pastor Presby. Church, Chaumont, N.


Y., 1896-1898; Forest Ave., Presbyterian Church, Dayton, O., 1898-1903; First Presbyterian Church, Marietta, O., 1903-1907; First Presbyterian Church, Ironton, O., 1907-1909; First Pres- byterian Church, Canton, O., 1909 -. Socs. and clubs: Canton Lodge No. 60, F. & A. M .; Valley of Dayton; Scottish Rite, 32d degree. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 942 Fulton Road, Canton, Ohio.


JACKSON, JOHN ALEXANDER. Educator; born, Kensington, O., Oct. 5, 1879; son of Manfull A. Jackson and Sarah A. (Bill- man) Jackson; educated: Augusta, Normal Sch .; Mt. Union College; Post-Grad. work at Columbia Univ. College Degrees: Ph. B. Married, Wilma M. Hammond, Aug. 18, 1909; born and raised on farm; began teaching at age of 17 years; rural school, 2 years; village and centralized township schools, 8 . ycars; Prin. Bellaire H. S., 1908-11; Supt. Bellaire City Schools, 1911- 16: Supt. of Schs., Clarksburg, W. Va., 1916 -; was granted Ohio State Com. Sch. Life certificate, 1903; Ohio State High Sch. Life certificate, 1907. Socs. and clubs: member Masonic Order; all Teach- ers' Organizations, including State and National. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home address: 252 Carr Ave., Clarksburg, T. Va.


JACOBS, ALBERT E,, Attorney; born, Gallia County, O., Feb. 13, 1868; son of Joseph F. Jacobs and Elizabeth (Turner) Jacobs; educated: public schools, Rio Grande, O., and Lebanon, O., Normal School. College degrees: B. S. Married, Anna Morgan, Oct. 30, 1889. Prin. Schs., Wellston, O., 1890-1, 1893-4; engaged in practice law, Wellston, Jackson Co., O .. 1894 -; City Solicitor, Wellston. 1893-7; Sch. examiner, 9 years, city of Wellston; prosecuting attorney Jackson Co., 1898- 1904. Socs. and clubs: Black Diamond Lodge, 538 F. & A. M .; K. P .; Royal Arcanum. Methodist Episcopal. Home ad- dress: Wellston, O.


JACOBS, EDWIN ELMORE, Educator; born, Congress, O., Feb. 19, 1878; son of Henry Jacobs and Elizabeth (Lindsay) Jacobs; educated: Wooster Univ .: Mt. Union Col- lege: Chicago Univ .: Harvard Univ .; Fel- low, Clark Univ. Degrees: A. B., 1901; A. M., 1904. Married, Mary Brown Cassel, 1907. High Sch. Principal; teacher, Biology, 'Ashland Coll., 1904 to present; Acting Pres. of same. 1908-1911; Reg. Staff Institute Instructor W. Va., and elsewhere. Socs. and clubs: Ohio Acad. of Science; Am. Assn, for advancement of Science. Progressive Brethren. Home address: Ashland, O.


JACOBS, HAROLD H,, Surgeon; born, Akron, O., Feb. 10, 1866; son of William C. Jacobs and Huldah Mariah (Hill) Jacobs; educated: Amherst Coll .; Med. Coll. of Ohio, Cincinnati, O. College de- grees: B. S .; M. D. Married, Elizabeth T. Griffin, Sept. 2, 1891. Practicing physician until 1907; since 1907 has been engaged in the practice of surgery only. Socs. and clubs: Beta Theta Pi Frat .; Military order of Loyal Legion; Am. Med. Soc .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Med. Soc. of Sixth Dist. of Ohio; Summit Co. Med. Soc .; Portage Country Club; University Club; Beta Theta Pi Clubs of N. Y. Congregationalist. Home address: 107 Augusta Ave., Akron, O.


JACOBY, JOHN WILBUR, Attorney; born, Richland Township, Marion Co., O .; son of Michael Jacoby and Catherine (Emery) Jacoby; educated: Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Cincinnati Law School. Degrees: B. A., M. A., LL. B. Married, Edna L. Bird, Aug. 8, 1900. City Solicitor, Marion, O., 1900-1905; Mem. Bd. of Edn., Marion, O., 1908-1912; Pres., Bd. of Edn., 1910-1912; now Pres., The Marion Real Estate Co., and The Economy Lumber Co .; Vice Pres., and Atty., The Citizens Bldg. and Loan Co., Marion, O .; Vice Pres., The Marion Savings Bank Co. Societies: Elk; Mason; K. of P .; Odd Fellows. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 560 E. Church St., Marion, O.




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