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JAMES, DANIEL HENRY, Attorney; born, near Genoa, O., May 1, 1867; son of Yamen James and Margaret (Sessler) James: edu- cated: Cominon schools, Genoa High Sch., and Univ. of Mich. College degrees: LL. B. Married, Carrie M. Kemp, Dec. 25, 1896. Has practiced law since Nov. 1, 1890; member of Common Council of To- ledo; member of Charter Commission. Socs. and clubs: Yondota Lodge No. 572, F. A. M. Euclid Ave. Methodist Church. Home address: 554 Arden Place, Toledo, O. JAMES, LEE WARREN, Attorney; born, Montgomery County, O., Sept. 12, 1877; son of Wayland P. James and Catharine (Nixon) James; educated: Dayton, O., public school. Married, N. Edith Tyrrel, April 30, 1901. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1900; engaged in practice law, Dayton, O.,
1900 -. Served upon Charter Commis- sion, Dayton, (that founded Commission manager form of Charter for city); Chmn. Citizens' Com. (that adopted charter); head legal Dept. City Dayton, inaugurating new form of government, 1914. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Order; Dayton City Club; Dayton Country Club; Rotary Club; American and Ohio State Bar Associations. Home address: 630 Runnymede Road, Oak- wood, Dayton, O.
JAMESON, HENRY CAMPBELL, Clergy- man; born, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, Sept. 7, 1858; son of James Campbell Jameson and Jane (Bothwell) Jameson; came to Oliio in 1881 to attend school; educated: Ohio Northern Univ .; Oberlin College: Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Boston Univ. School of Theology. College de- grees: A. B .; D. D. Married, Blanche Dukes. Entered the Central Ohio Con- ference in 1886; Pastor at Rawson, O., Findlay, O., Fostoria, O., Delaware, O., and transferred in 1892 to Cincinnati Con- ference, Grace Church, Dayton, O .; Supt. of the Cincinnati District, 1906-1912; in 1913, he became pastor of First Church, Findlay, O., when the Cincinnati and Cen- tral Ohio Conferences united into the West Ohio Conference. Methodist
Episcopal. Home address: 521 West San- dusky St., Findlay, O.
JAMESON, RUSSELL PARSONS, College Prof .; born, Jan. 5, 1878; son of Charles Bentley Jameson and Sarah (Parsons)
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Jameson; educated: Mansfield, Oberlin, Paris, Harvard. College degrees: Ph. B., 1900. Married, Florence Heath, Feb. 16,
1901. Director Men's Club, Morenci, Ari- zona, 1900-4; Inst. Oberlin Academy, 1904- 5; Inst. Oberlin College, 1905-8; Grad. student, Paris, France, summer, 1905; A. M. Oberlin, '06; Grad. student Univ. Paris, 1908-10; Docteur de l'Universite de Paris,
Jan., 1911; associate Prof. Romance Languages, Oberlin College, 1910 --; Pres. Oberlin Musical Union, 1905-8; Pres. Second Church Choir; Dir. French Club, 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Modern Lang. Assn. of America; Modern Lang. Assn. of Ohio (Sec. 2 years); Societe d'Historie litteraire, Paris, France. Congregational- ist. Home address: 162 South Cedar Av., Oberlin, Ohio.
JAMIESON, CHARLES TITUS, Banker; born, Batavia, O., May 2. 1855; son of Milton Jamieson and Maria (Titus) Jamie- son; educated: Batavia schools; Hanover Coll., Hanover, Ind .; Wooster Univ., Wooster, O. College degrees: A. B., 1875; A. M., 1878. Married, Angie West, Oct. 15. 1885. Admitted to bar. 1877; editor and proprietor Urbana Citizen & Gazette: founded Urbana Daily Citizen; special foreign agent U. S. Treasury; Nat. Bank Examiner; cashier First Wellington Bank, Wellington, O .. 1915 -; member Board Education, Lorain Co .; member Board Education, Wellington. O. Socs. and clubs: Phi Delta Theta; Masonic Frat. Presbyterian. Home address: Wellington, Ohio.
JARVIS, THOMAS BENTON, Prosecuting Attorney; born, Hayesville, O., April 22, 1873; son of James S. Jarvis and Sarah A. (Marsteller) Jarvis; educated: Hayesville, O., high school (1893); Wooster. O., Univ., 1899. Married. Mary Edna Warner, June 21, 1900. Admitted to Ohio State bar, 1902; served 4 yrs. as justice peace, Mans- field. O .; elected prosecuting attorney, Richland Co .. O., 1914- (first Republi- can prosecuting attorney ever elected to Richland Co.). Socs. and clubs: Jr. O. U. A. M .; Sons Veterans: Modern Woodmen; Mason. Methodist. Home address: 382 Marion Ave .. Mansfield. O.
JAY, JOHN EDWIN, College President; born, near Pleasant Hill, Miami Co., Nov. 22, 1868; son of Jonathan M. Jay and Mary Ann (Rigle) Jay; educated: Cov- ington, O., high school; Earlham College; Yale Univ. College degrees: Ph. B .; A. M. Married, Alice Weybright. Sept. 1, 1898. Vice Pres. Friends Univ. at Wichita, Kans .: dean Guilford Coll .. Guilford, N. C., 1907-12: Pres. of Wilmington College since 1915. Socs. and clubs: Masons. Soc. of Friends. Home address: Wilmington, Ohio.
JAY, WILLIAM MASON, College Professor; born, Bedford Co., Pa .. Dec. 18, 1882; son of James Jay and Hester Anne (Smith) Jay; educated: Christian Biblical Institute, 1905-7; Defiance College (A. B.), 1907; University of Chicago, 1911-12; Ohio State Univ .. 1914. College degrees: Defl- ance College. A. B .; B. D .; A. M .. Ohio State University. Married. Lulu Florence Snyder, June 14. 1911. Professor History and Economics. Defiance College, Defi- ance. O., 1911-1917; Secy. Education North- western Ohio Christian Conference, 1914 -. Socs, and clubs: Masonic Or- der: Defiance Commerce Club. Christian Church. Home address: 28 College Place, Defiance. O.
JEFFREY, JOSEPH A., Manufacturer; born, Clarksville, O., Jan. 17, 1836; son of James Jeffrey and Angeline (Robinson) Jeffrey; educated: Pub. Schs. Married, Celia G. Harris, 1866. Organized Com- mercial Bank of Columbus, O .. now Com-
mercial National Bank; Pres. of Jeffrey Mfg. Co .: Pres. of Ohio Malleable Tron Co .; Vice Pres. and Dir. of Commercial National Bank for several years until 1917; Vice President and Director of the Citizens Trust and Savings Bank
of Columbus, Ohio. Socs. and clubs:
Columbus Automobile Club; Athletic Club of Columbus; Columbus Club; Colum- bus Country Club: Y. M. C. A .; Business Men's Club. Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Home address: 1440 E. Broad St., Columbus. O.
JEFFRIES, ZAY, Educator; born, Willow Lake, S. Dak., April 22. 1888; son of Johnston Jeffries and Florence (Sutton) Jeffries; educated: Pierre, S. Dak., public and high schools. and S. Dak. State Sch. of Mines, Rapid City. S. Dak. College degrees: B. S. 1910: Met. E .. 1914; S. D. Married, Frances Schrader, Dec. 27, 1911. Mgr. Ideal Mining Co., Custer. S. Dak., 1910-11; Instr. in Metallurgy, Case School of Applied Science, 1911: Asst. Prof. of Metallurgy, 1916; considerable consulting work on Metallurgical problems. Socs.
and clubs: Am. Inst. of Mining Engrs .; The Faraday Soc .: The Franklin Inst .; The Cleveland Engring. Soc .; Sigma Xi; Theta Tau. Publisher of: Gran-Annular Electric Furnace, Met. & Chem. Engring., 1914; Grain Size Measurements in Metals and Importance of such Information, Trans. of the Faraday Soc., 1916; Trans. American Inst. of Mining Engrs., 1916; Grain Growth Phenomena in Metals, Trans. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., 1916: Tungsten and Molybdenum Equilibrium Diagram and System of Crystallization; Treas. Am. Inst. Min. Eng., 1916. Home address: 328 Carlyon Rd., East Cleveland, Ohio.
JELLIFFE, ROBERT ARCHIBALD, Coll. Prof .; born. New York City, Oct. 26, 1883; son of Hiram Luzon Jelliffe and Helen Jane (Kirk) Jelliffe; educated: New York City Pub. Schs .; Adelphi Academy, Brook- lyn. N. Y .: Yale Univ .; Harvard Univ. College degrees: A. B .; M. A .; Ph. D. Married. Caroline Sara Ashford, Dec. 28, 1908. Teacher Eng. & Classics. Bruns- wick Sch., Greenwich, Conn., 1906-1907; Inst. Eng., Oberlin Coll., Oberlin, Ohio, 1907-1910; associate Prof. Eng., Oberlin Coll., 1910- Congregationalist. Home address: Oberlin. O.
JENKINS, DAVID GOTTLIEB, Attorney; born, Port Talbot, Wales. Oct. 18. 1879; son of Daniel R. Jenkins and Mary A. (Williams) Jenkins; educated: public schools of Germany. Austria-Hungary, England, and United States: Ohio North- ern Univ .. Ada, O. Married, Edna J. Williams. July 10. 1915. Newspaper work before admitted to bar; editor of Youngs- town Advocate: admitted to bar in 1906; Asst. city solicitor of Youngstown by ap- pointment. 1908-1909: elected city solici- tor for 2 terms. 1910-1914; elected mem- ber of Charter Commission, 1913. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .; Masons; K. of P. Protestant Episcopal Church. Home ad- dress: 2521 Edwards St., Youngstown, O. JENKINS, ELMER E., City Treasurer; born. Oak Hill. O .: son of David J. Jenkins and Eleanor J. (Davis) Jenkins; educated: public schools of Jackson. O .; Columbus grade and high school. Married, Nora A. Williams, Oct. 15, 1903. Employed in various departments of Pennsylvania R. R. as clerk and accountant. April. 1595. to July. 1905: engaged in tailoring busi- ness. July, 1905. to Jan., 1908; Asst. cash- ier Water Works Dept., Jan., 1908. to Jan., 1910: cashier City Treasury. Jan .. 1910. to Jan., 1916: appointed City Treas- urer by City Council, under provisions of Charter. Jan. 3. 1916. and is now serving
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in that capacity. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Junia Lodge, Odd Fellows; Sons of Vet- erans; Buckeye Republican Club. Mein- ber Welsh Presbyterian Church. Home address: 386 Oakland Park. Columbus, O.
JENKINS, LEROY, Educator; Supt. of Schools. Celina. O. Home address: Celina, Ohio.
JENKINS, MORGAN J., Physician; born, Wales, England. Nov. 15. 1853; son of Thomas Jenkins and Anna (Jones) Jen- kins; educated: district schools; Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Miami Med. Coll. Mar- ried, Mary Beem. Dec. 24. 1879. After finishing course at Miami Med. College, entered into the active practice of med- icine in Plain City, O .. where he Is now located; elected to General Assembly in 1910, and re-elected in 1912. Socs. and clubs: Past Grand Chancellor of K. of P .; I. O. O. F .; State Med. Soc. Presbyterian. Home address: Plain City. O.
JENKINS, THOMAS A., Attorney; horn, Oak Hill. O., Oct. 28. 1880; son of Samuel E. Jenkins and Ann (Harris) Jenkins; educated: Oak Hill common and high schools; Providence Univ .: Ohio State I'niv. Law College. College degrees: B. S. Married. Mabel Wynne. Jan. 19. 1909. Coal miner. railroader. farmer, teacher In country school and high school; attorney- at-law. and now prosecuting attorney of Lawrence Co .. O., commencing Jan. 1, 1917. Socs. and clubs: Masons; K. of P .; Odd Fellows: Knights of Golden Eagle; Jr. O. U. A. M .: Grangers. Member of Methodist Episcopal Church. Home ad- dress: 816 South Sixth St., Ironton. O. JENKS, CLARENCE E., Educator; born, Gates Mills, O., June 12, 1875; son of Edmond S. Jenks and Marian (Brainard) Jenks; educated: Oberlin Academy; Case Sch. Applied Science; Cornell Univ .; I'niv, Louisville (Ky.); Servance, Tenn. College degrees: A. B. Married. Lora A. Morse, 1906. Supt. schools, Thompson, O., 3 yrs .; Middlefield. O .. 4 yrs .; Edinburg. (). ? vrs .; Elkins. W. Va .. 3 yrs .: head English Dept., Manual Training High Sch., Louisville, Ky .. 6 yrs .; county Supt., Me- dina Co .. O .. 1914 ---. Socs. and clubs: Nat Ednl. Assn .: Ohio State Teachers' Assn .: also social societies and organiza- tions. Congregationalist. Home address: Medina, O.
JENNINGS, ESTHER JACOBS CUSHING ( Mrs. Allen Gary), Teacher-Lecturer; horn, Hingham, Mass., Jan. 8, 1855; daugh- ter of Isaac H. Cushing and Grace Ann (Jacobs) Cushing; educated: Hingham public schools: Derby Acad .. Hingham; Cazenovia Sem., N. Y. Married. (Rev.) Allen Gary Jennings. Aug. 4, 1874. Teacher of Emerson and Browning Classes in To- ledo, 25 yrs .: two written contributions upon Browning included in The Boston Browning Library Catalog for 1896: ex- Pres. of The Century Club, Toledo; Writ- ers Club; Toledo Sorosis. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Writers' Club; Unitarian Woman's Alliance. Member First Unitarian Church. Founder of First Emerson Class and first free kindergarten in Toledo. O. Lecturer upon Emerson, Browning, Carlyle, Ruskin, Maeterlinck, Tolstoi, Rosetti, Thoreau; Tennyson. Metchnikoff. Henri Bergson, etc. Home address: 2471 Fulton St., To- ledo, O.
JENNINGS, JOHN GOULD, Manufacturer: born. Cleveland. O .. Sept. 28. 1856: son of John Giles Jennings and Caroline R. (Conkling) Jennings; educated: Cleveland, O .. Central High Sch. (1874): Yale Univ. (1878). College degrees: B. A. Married, Lillian M. Lamson, Jan. 23. 1884. Treas. The Lamson & Sessions Co., Cleveland, O .. 1885 -; Dir. The Johnston & Jen-
nings Co., 1892 -; Dir. The Ferry Cap & Set Screw Co., 1906 -; Dir. The Clif- ton Park Land & Improvement Co., 1900 -; The Mars Wager Realty Co., 1906 ---; The Union Mortgage Co. Socs. and clubs: Union Club; Clifton Club; Auto-
Cleveland Yacht Club; Cleveland mobile Club; Westwood Country Club; Dover Bay Country; Tippecanoe; Western Reserve; Cleveland Chamber Commerce; Lakewood Chamber Commerce; Y. M. C. A .; Cleveland Chamber Industry; Cleve- land Humane Soc .: Cleveland Museum Art; L'Alliance Francaise de Cleveland. Congregationalist. Home address: 2346 West 14th St .. Cleveland. O.
JEROME, FRANK J., Attorney: born, Painesville. O. Nov. 2. 1$55: son of Joseph Jerome and Susan C. (Foster) Jerome; educated: Painesville, O., high school; Law Sch .. Univ. Mich. Married, Lucy E. Dingley. Sept. 10, 1884. Engaged in prac- tice law Palnesville. O .. 1877-1893: attor- ney and counsel law Dept. L. S. & M S. Ry. Co .; general counsel and member Bd. Directors N. Y. Central R. R. Co .. 1916 -. Socs. and clubs: Cleveland Chamber Com- merce: Union Club; Ohio Society of New York. Warden, St. James Episcopal Ch., Painesville, Ohio. Home address: Paines- ville. O.
JEWELL. HENRY W .. Common Pleas Judge. Delaware Co. Term expires Feb., 1919. Home address: Delaware, O.
JEWETT, FRANCES GULICK, Writer; born. Ponape of the Micronesian Islands, Oct .. 1854: daughter of Rev. Luther Hal- sey Gulick and Louisa (Lewis) Gulick; educated: Lake Erie Coll .. Painesville, O .: 2 yrs. study Berlin. Germany. and Italy. Married. Frank Fanning Jewett. 1880. Author: The Life of Luther Halsey Gulick; The Next Generation, a study in the physiology of inheritance; following books of Gulick Hygiene Series: Good Health; Town and City; The Body at Work; Con- trol of Body and Mind; The Body and Its Defenses; Physiology, Hygiene and Sanitation. Socs. and clubs: The Women's Press Club (Cleveland). Congregational- ist. Home address: Oberlin. O.
JEWETT, FRANK FANNING, College Prof. and Chemist; born. Newton Corner. Mass .. Jan. S. 1844: son of Charles Jewett and Lucy Adams (Tracy) Jewett; educated: Yale Univ .: Univs. Gottingen and Ber- lin, Germany. College degrees: A. B., 1870; A. M .. 1873. Married. Frances Gu- lick. Tokio, Japan, July 30. 1880. Teacher Norwich Free Acad .. and later private assistant Dr. Wolcott Gibbs of Harvard; Prof. chemistry, Imperial Univ., Japan, 1877-80: Prof. chemistry and mineralogy, Oberlin. 1880 ---: emeritus Prof., 1912- on the Carnegie Foundation. Author: Tables for Qualitative Chemical Analysis. 1883; Laboratory Manual of Inorganic Chemistry. 1885: Pres. Oberlin (Ohio) Wa- ter Works Bd .; Mem. Bd. Health. Ober- lin: trustee Oberlin Missionary Home Assn. Socs, and clubs: Am. Chemical Soc .; A. A. A S .: Deutsche Chemische Gessell- schaft; Alpha Delta Phi. Republican.
Congregationalist. Home address: Ober- lin, O.
JOHNSON, AMOS B., Educator; born. Dun- dee, O .. Sept. S. 1868; son of Esop John- son and Elizabeth (Spear) Johnson; edu- cated: Dundee public schools: Scio Col- lege; Ohio Northern Univ .. Ada. O. Col- lege degrees: B. S. Unmarried. Engaged in insurance business during summer va- cations; teacher, high schools; Supt. schools. Jackson Center. O. Mem. Chris- tian Ch. Home address: Canton, O. (per- manent address); Jackson Center. Ohio (present address).
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JOHNSON, ARTEMAS B., Attorney: born, Norwalk, O .. Sept. 9, 1843; educated: Oberlin Coll., 1864. Prosecuting attorney, Hardin Co .. O .; mayor of Kenton, Ohio; judge of Common Pleas Court, Hardin Co., O .; member State Board of Examiners for admission to the bar. 1903-1908; in active practice of law with his son, Kent P. Johnson. at Kenton. Ohio. under firm name of Johnson & Johnson. 1915 -. Home address: Kenton. O.
JOHNSON, ARTHUR CHARLES, Editor in Chief; born. Ira, O., Oct. 10, 1874; son of Charles and Helen Frances (Cranz) John- son: educated: Ohio University, Athens, O .: Buchtel College, Akron, O. College degrees: Bachelor of Science. Married, Grace Reah. Dec. 31. 1902. Engaged in newspaper work on Akron Beacon Journal; Washington Post; city editor and editor Columbus Evening Dispatch. 1901 -. Socs. and clubs: Phi Delta Theta: Co- lumbus Athletic Club; trustee Ohio Univ .: Masonic Bodies; Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 725 Franklin Ave., Columbus. O. JOHNSON, BEN WAYLAND, Attorney; born. Elyria, O., 1871; son of Norman Lewis Johnson and Sarah (Tillotson) Johnson: educated: Elyria public schools; A. B., Brown Univ., 1893. Married, Kate Snow Walker, June 18, 1901. Stenographer and law student Washington, D. C .. 1893- 1894: New York City. 1894-5; Elyria. O., 1895-6; attorney Elyria, O .. 1896-1901: To- ledo, O., 1901- -; Asst. prosecuting attor- ney Lucas Co., 1907-8; Dir. Toledo Univ., 1910 -. Socs. and clubs: Zeta Psi; To- ledo Bar Assn .; Toledo Shakespeare Assn .; Inverness Golf Club; Toledo Commerce Club; Toledo Automobile Club; Riverside Boat Club; Associate Mem. Forsythe Post, G. A. R .; Am. Judicature Soc. Home ad- dress: 665 Lincoln Ave., Toledo, O.
JOHNSON, CARL L., Editor; born. Jack- son, O .. April 23. 1883; son of John Wes- ley Johnson and Seralda (Mclaughlin) Johnson; educated: Grad. Waverly (Ohio) high school; Ohio State Unmarried. Operated Waverly Democrat, 1908-1909, in absence of father, who was State Printer under Gov. Pattison Harris; employed on Terre Haute (Ind.) Daily Gazette, 1906; professional ball player. 1907-1908: editor and half owner Jackson "Herald." Demo- crat. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Elk. Meth- odist Episcopal. Home address: Jackson, Ohio.
JOHNSON, CHARLES WESLEY, Educator; born. Samantha, O., Aug. 29. 1874; son of Albert E. Johnson and Lorena H. (Davis) Johnson; educated: Wilmington College; Univ. of Michigan; Ohio State Univ. Col- lege degrees: B. S. Married. Anna B. Scheiderer, Aug. 22. 1906. Taught 4 yrs. in country school; taught sciences in Friend's Central Sch., Philadelphia. 1902- 1903; has been Supt. of Schs .. Highland, O., since 1903. except in 1912 and 1913, which were spent in managing a hard- ware and a general store. Socs. and clubs: Masons. Friend. Home address: High- land, O.
JOHNSON, CLARENCE G., Educator; born, March 1. 1884; son of William Johnson and Fannie (Glenn) Johnson; educated: public schools Morgan Co., O .; Ohio North- ern Univ .; Columbia Univ. College de- grees: B. S .; B. Ped. Married. Emma M. Valk. Aug. 31. 1910. Teacher public schools Morgan Co., O., 2 yrs .; Hardin Co., 1 yr .; Supt. schools Harpster, O., 2 vrs .; Prin. high school Waynesburg. Pa., 3 yrs .; county school Supt. Morgan Co., O .. 1913- Socs, and clubs: Morgan Co. Scientific & Hist. Soc .; State Teachers' Assn .; National Educational Assn .; Mason.
Methodist. Home address: McConnelsville, Ohio.
JOHNSON, CURTIS TILLOTSON, Attor- ney; born. Pittsfield. Berkshire Co .. Mass .; son of Norman L. Johnson and Sarah S. (Tillotson) Johnson; educated: public schools of Elyria, O .; Williams Coll., class of 1882. College degrees: A. B. Practic- ing attorney-at-law, Toledo, Ohio, since 1887; Common Pleas Judge since 1909. Home address: 665 Lincoln Ave .. Toledo, Ohio.
JOHNSON, EDWARD WILSON, Attorney- Banker; born, West Jefferson, O., Oct. 27, 1876; son of Abner Johnson and Emma (Olney) Johnson; educated: district schools; Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, Ohio. College degrees: B. A. Married, Odessa High, May 11, 1904. Taught school 6 yrs. before entering Ohio Northern Univ .; began the practice of law in 1903, and has devoted his time to law and banking since that time; member of the Constitu- tional Conv. of 1911. Socs. and clubs:
Masons. Methodist Episcopal. Active in Democratic politics; convincing speaker and an active campaigner. Has very heavy land holdings in Arkansas and is interested in the cattle business in his home county as well as in Arkansas. Home address: West Jefferson, O.
JOHNSON, FRANK L., Attorney; born, DeGraff. O .. Sept. 23. 1885; son of Wes- ley C Johnson and Mary (O'Neal) John- son; educated: DeGraff common school; Bellefontaine high school; Lima Coll .; Ohio Northern Univ. College degrees: LL. B. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1909, prac- ticing attorney, Xenia, O., 1909 -; pros- ecuting attorney, Greene Co., O., Jan., 1911- (now serving 3rd term). Socs. and clubs: Business Men's Club. Bap-
tist. Republican. Home address: Xenia, Ohio.
JOHNSON, FRANK LEANDER, Gen. Secy. Y. M. C. A .; born, Maysville, Pa., Nov. 1S. 1878; son of Austin M. Johnson and Cornelia E. (Post) Johnson; educated: Hiram College; Ohio University. College degrees: Ph. B. (Ohio Univ.). 1908. Mar- ried. Esther M. Treudley, Sept. 3, 1910. Supt. township schools, Trumbull Co., O., 1902-6; student Secy. Y. M. C. A., Rose Polytechnic Inst., 1908-9; Asst. State Secy. Indiana Y. M. C A .. 1909-11; Gen. Secy. Y. M. C. A .. Newark. O .. 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Sigma Nu College Frat .; Ma- sonic Order. Disciples of Christ. Home address: 99 Jefferson St., Newark, O.
JOHNSON, GEORGE HENRY, Coll. Prof. and Clergyman; born, Worcester, Mass., Dec. 29. 1850; son of Henry F. Johnson and Eunice S. (Fay) Johnson; educated: Harvard Coll. (1873); Andover and Bangor Theological Seminaries. College degrees: A. B. Married. Clara M. Crocker, May 1, 1879. Pastor North Cong. Ch., Amherst, Mass., 1878-88; pastor Peabody Memorial Ch., Georgetown, Mass., 1888-92; pastor John St. Cong. Ch .. Lowell, Mass., 1892- 1902; pastor Union Cong. Ch .. Taunton, Mass .. 1903-9; pulpit associate Euclid Ave. Congregational Ch., Cleveland, O., 1913 -; Prof. History Case Sch. Applied Science, Cleveland, O., 1909 -; high school inspect- or, Case Sch. Applied Science, 1915- Author: One Branch Fay Family Tree, 1913; Historical Sketches, Town Amherst, Mass .; Shay's Rebellion in Mass. Socs. and clubs: New England Hist. Genealogical Soc .; Western Reserve Chapter, Sons Am. Rev .; New England Soc. of Cleveland, and Western Reserve. Congregationalist. Home address: 2138 East 107th St., Cleve- land, O.
JOHNSON, HALE CLAY, Attorney; born, Elyria, O., Oct. 20, 1873; son Elizur Good-
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rich Johnson and Lydia Delia (Gott) Johnson; educated: Elyria public schools. Married, Katherine Isadore Burger, July 2, 1902. Admitted to bar, 1902; U. S. Cir- cuit Court. 1904; U. S. Supreme Court, 1907: attorney and counsel N. Y. C. Rail- road; Big Four; B. & O. R. R .; Wheel- ing & Lake Erie; National Tube Com .; National Tube Co. Employees Beneficial Assn .; Lake Terminal Railroad; L. A. & S. Railroad, etc .; office, Elyria, O., 1917 -. Socs. and clubs: Elks; King Solomons Lodge. F. & A. M .; Marshall Chapter. R. A .; Elyria Commandery, K. T .: Al Koran Temple. Nobles and Mystic Shrine (Life Member), Cleveland, O. Home address: Elyria, O.
JOHNSON, HOMER EDWARD, Attorney; born, Jefferson Tp., Madison Co., Ohio, April 6. 1880; son of Leonard Johnson and Melissa (Braithwaite) Johnson; educated: Pub. Schs., Jefferson Tp .; Ohio North- ern Univ .. Ada. O. College degrees: B. Sc .: LL B. Married. Lucy Hill. March 21, 1905. Teacher public school, 1896-1904;
engaged in practice law. Marion, Ohio,
1906- Secy. Dem. Exec. Com., Marion, Co., 1908-10; prosecuting attorney, Marion Co .. 1913-17. Socs. and clubs: Wayside Lodge. 864, I. O. O. F .; Canby Lodge, 51, Marion, O .; Marlon Lodge, 32. B. P. O. E .; Scioto Lodge. 889. L. O. O. M .. Marion. Democrat. Methodist. Home address: 733 Girard Ave . Marion, O.
JOHNSON, HOMER HOSEA. Attorney- College Professor; born. Hartland. Huron Co., O .. June 26. 1862; son of Alfred S. Johnson and Philothea C. (Townsend) Johnson; educated: Amherst Coll., 1882-3; A. B., Oberlin, 1885; A. M. and LL. B., Harvard, 1888. Married, Janet Whitcomb, Aug. 11. 1888; died. 1890; 2nd. Gertrude Beggs. June 26. 1896: died. 1896; 3rd, Louise Pope. Oct. 2, 1901. Practiced in Cleveland. O .. 1888 -; Mem. firm M. B. & HI. H. Johnson: trustee Oberlin Coll .; Western Reserve Univ .; Cleveland School Art: Pres. Cleveland Chamber Commerce, 1912-13; Dir. Chamber Commerce of U. S .. 1913-14. Socs. and clubs: Union; Unl- versity; Country; Shaker Heights; May- field; Rowfant (Cleveland); Nat. Arts; Bankers (New York). Unitarian. Home address: Overlook Road. Euclid Heights, Cleveland. O.
JOHNSON, JAMES D., Attorney; born, Adams County, Ind., Nov. 26, 1858; son of George W. Johnson and Nancy M. (Neptune) Majors Johnson; educated: Willshire high school; Wes Univ .. Dela- ware, O .; Cincinnati Law Sch., Cincinnati, O. Married. Rebecca Darrow. June 23, 1886. who died April 5. 1912; 2nd. Savella Myers. Nov. 23. 1913. Taught school 6 vrs .: admitted to Ohio bar, June 3. 1884; engaged in practice law. Celina. Ohio, 1884 -; township clerk, Blackcreek Tp., Mercer Co .. O., 1881; justice peace. Celina and Jefferson Tps., 1885-1891; Democratic Representative 32nd Senatorlal Dist., 1894- 1898, 71st and 72nd Gen. Assembly; chosen minority leader while in senate; national delegate to Democratic Natl. Convention, 1900; presidential elector. 1912: prominent figure In county. district. state and na- tional politics. Socs. and clubs: Scottish Rite Mason. 32d degree. Knight Templar; Elk; Woodmen World; Eastern Star. Methodist. FFome address: 700 North Main St .. Celina. O.
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