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Music, Cincinnati, O., 1905 -; granted leave absence 1 year study in Europe, 1911-12; also one year in Monmouth, Ill .; organist and choir director, 1st Congrega- tional Church (Unitarian) of Cincinnati; accompanist on occasions
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for Emma Calve-Eddy Brown-Evan Williams, etc. Composer songs, antliems; author: Har- mony Textbook; accompanist; ensemble pianist. Socs. and clubs: Blue Lodge and Chapter of Masonic Order; Cincinnati Mac- Dowell Club; Cincinnati Musicians Club; Sinfornia Frat. of Am. Presbyterian. Home address: 2825 Bellevue Av., Cincin- nati, O.
LEINGANG, GEORGE F., Railroad Official; born, Cleveland, O., Nov. 15, 1870; son of Jacob Leingang and Josephine (Lutz) Leingang; educated: Pub. Schs. of Cleve- land, O. Married, Frances Gruss, 1895. Entered railway service Jan. 7, 1886 as messenger in general freight and passenger office Cleveland Terminal & Valley Rd., since which he has been consecutively, June to Sept. 1888, statistical clerk; claim voucher clerk; rate clerk; chief clerk; held various positions during the period of reorganization of the Cleveland Terminal & Valley Rd. and its purchase by the B. & O. Rd .; chief clerk to division freight agent at Sandusky, 1899-1911; division freight agent, same road, 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Knights of Columbus; K. of C. Assembly; Elks; Royal League; San- dusky Ad Club; Baltimore & Ohio Veteran Employes Assn. Roman Catholic. Home Address: 834 Decatur St., Sandusky, O.
LEISERSON, WILLIAM MORRIS, Univ. Prof .; born, Reval, Russia, April 15, 1883; educated: New York City public schools; Univ. Wisconsin; Columbia Univ. College degrees: B. A .; Ph. D. Married, Emily Nash Bodman, June 22, 1912. Asst. Dept. Political Ecomony, Univ. Wis., 1908-9; ex- pert, New York Commission Employer's Liability & Unemployment, 1909-11; State Supt. Employment Offices, Wisconsin, 1911-14; Asst. Dir. U. S. Commission on Industrial Relations. '14-15; Prof. Econom- ics, Political Science, Toledo, O., Univ., 1915 -- Socs. and clubs: American
Economic Assn .; National Municipal League; Secy. Am. Assn. Public Employ- ment Offices, 1913 -. Home address: 2421 Glenwood Av., Toledo, O.
LEISTER, MARK L., Attorney; born, Tiffin, O., April 22, 1876; son of Simon A. Leister and Mary L. (Beaver) Leister; educated: Tiffin, O., high school. (1894); Univ. Heidelberg. Tiffin. Married, Alice Noble, Oct. 25, 1911. Admitted to bar of Ohio, Dec. 1901; engaged in practice law, Tiffin, O., 1901 ---; elected mayor, Tiffin, O., April 1903-5: re-elected, 1905- Socs. and clubs: F. & A. M. No. 77, Tiffin. Pro. Episcopalian. Home address: 16 North Washington St., Tiffin, O.
LEMERT, CHARLES C., Com. Pleas Judge, Muskingum County, term expires Aug. 1912. Home address: Zanesville, O.
LENHART, CYRUS W., Loans-Abstracts- Insurance; born, North Lima, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1846; son of George S. Lenhart and Elizabeth (Le Gorn) Lenhart; educated: Common Schs .; High Sch. of Findlay; select school in Fostoria, O. Married, Harriet N. Diver, May 6. 1869, who died, June 20, 1910. Teacher; Merchant at West Millgrove, Wood Co., O., 1867-1880: operated flouring mill, 1880-1886; moved to Bowling Green, O., 1886; deputy sheriff, 4 years; entered the insurance business in 1870; abstract and loan business in 1890, and has ever since been manager of Wood County Insurance Agency, and Wood County Abstract and Loan Company; one of the incorporators of The Wood County Savings Bank Co., of which he has been a
director since its organization in 1900. Home address: Bowling Green, Ohio.
LENHART, PETER J., Physician; born, Crawford Township, Coshocton Co., O., Sept. 2, 1846; son of Peter Lenhart and Magdalena (Deitz) Lenhart; educated: county schools; Wooster Univ., from which received medical degree, 1875. Married, Ida I. Peifer, Nov. 26, 1879. Practiced medicine continuously since 1\75; In
Wauseon, successfully, since 1878; Pres. Northwestern Ohio Telephone Co., which he helped to organize; also Pres. Wauseon Loan & Savings Co. Two sons: one a physician located in Cleveland, O., the other a teacher in Economics in Toledo Scott High School. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Am. Medical Assn .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Northwestern Ohio and Fulton Co. Med. Soc .; Wauseon Library Board. Methodist- Episcopal. Home address: Wauseon, Ful- ton County, Ohio.
LENSKI, RICHARD CHARLES HENRY,
College Prof. and author; born, Greifen- berg, Pommerania, Prussia, Germany; son of William John Lenski and Ernstina (Pittelkow) Lenski; educated: Capital Univ., Columbus, O .; early education in schools of Jackson, Mich. College degrees: M. A .; D. D. Married, Marietta Young, Fcb. 1, 1888. Pastor: Baltimore, Md., 1887-8; Trenton, O., 1888-92; Springfield, O., 1892-99; Anna, O., 1899-1911; Prof. Theol. in Capital Univ., Columbus, O., 1911 -. Editor: Lutherische Kirchenzeitung,
1905 -. Author: Biblische Frauenbilder; His Footsteps; Eisenach, Gospel Selections (2 vols.); Eisenach Epistle Selections (2 vols.); St. Paul. Home address: Care Capital Univ., Columbus, O.
LEONARD, DELAVAN LEVANT, Clergy- man; born, Pendleton, Niagara Co., N. Y., July 20, 1834; son of Thomas Leonard and Betsy (Peck) Leonard; educated: Hamil- ton Coll .; Union Theol. Seminary. Colleg degrees: A. B .. 1859; D. D. (Carleton Coil. 1895). Married, Mary Louise Raymond, May 25, 1864. Ordained in Congl. ministry, 1863; pastor, New Preston, Conn., 1863-5; Darlington, Wis., 1865-70; Normal, Ill., 1870-4; Hannibal, Mo., 1874-5; Northfield, Minn., 1875-81; Supt. Home Missions, Utah, Idaho, Montana, etc., 1881-7; pastor, Belle- vue, O., 1888-92; associate editor Mission- ary Review of the World, 1893 -; Chmn. Ohio Ch. and Ministerial Supply Bureau, 1899-1906; acting Ohio Home Miss. Sec., 1895-6. Author: The Story of Oberlin, 1898; A Hundred Years of Missions, 1895, revised, 1903 and 1913; Missionary Annals of the 19th Century, 1899; History of Carleton College, 1904. Editorial Corres.
Independent, 1882-7; Corres. numerous newspapers, magazines and reviews. Socs. and clubs: Sec. Ohio Church History Soc., 1893-1902. Congregationalist. Home ad- dress: 153 S. Cedar Ave., Oberlin, Ohio. (Died Jan. 26, 1917 while work in prepara- tion.)
LEONARD, FRED EUGENE, Educator; born, Darlington, Wis., June 2, 1866; son of Delavan Levant and Mary Louise (Ray- mond) Leonard; educated: A. B. and A. M., Oberlin College; M. D., Coll. of Physi- cians and Surgeons, Medical Dept. of Columbia Univ., New York City. Married, Bertha M. Hopkins, June 27, 1908. Prof. of Hygiene and Physical Education; Dir., Men's Gymnasium, Oberlin Coll., 1892 -. Socs. and Clubs: Cleveland Acad. of Medicine; American Physical Education Assn .; Soc. of Directors of Physical Educa- tion in Colleges (Vice-Pres., 1910; Pres., 1912). Congregationalist. Home address: 174 E. College St., Oberlin, O.
LEONARD, GEORGE KASPER, Prof. Emeritus; born, Waynesboro, Va., Feb. 20, 1847; son of John Leonard and Mary
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(Hainer) Leonard; educated: Country Schs .; State Normal Univ. Illinois; Capital Univ. (Columbus, O.) College degrees: A. B .; A. M. Married, Mary M. Hanger, Dec. 1892. Taught country and village schools in Illinois, 1880-3; Prof. of science, Capital Univ., Columbus, O., 1883-1914; Prof. Emeritus, 1914-1917: Treas. Capital Univ ..
1895-1914. Lutheran. Home address: 2202 East Main St., Columbus, O. He died Jan. 16, 1917, while work in preparation and left unfinished his research work on some rare earths, which he had brought down to the oxide form but never reduced them to the metallic state.
LEONARD, JAMES ABRAHAM, Supt. Ohio
State Reformatory; born, Black Log, Huntington Co., Penn., Sept. 12, 1854; son of Simpson S. Leonard and Elizabeth (White) Leonard; educated: Mt. Union Coll .; Wooster Univ. College degrees: A. M .; LL. D. Married, Annette E. Treat, July 29, 1885. Lived on farm in early youth; became public school worker; served as special instructor of Indians at U. S. Reservation, 3 years; in public school work number years; Supt. Ohio State Re- formatory, Mansfield, Ohio, 1900 -. Chair- man Ohio Penitentary Commission; mem- ber, American Prison Congress. Socs. and clubs: Mason; K. T .; Odd Fellow. Metho- dist. Home address: Mansfield, Ohio. LEONARD, JAMES HENRY, Attorney; born, Bridgewater, Mass., March 8, 1852; son of James M. Leonard and Jane (Thompson) Leonard; educated: State Normal School, Bridgewater, Mass .; Ober- lin Coll. (A. B.), Oberlin, O. Married, Mary Cleveland Johnston, Jan. 11, 1882. Principal High School, Leicester, Mass .; actively engaged in practice law, Elyria, Ohio, 1881 --; Referee in Bankruptcy, 1911-1915. Socs. and clubs: Royal Ar- canum; Knights Maccabees; organizer 15 tents in Ohio, as Deputy Sunreme Com- mander. (Descended 13 times from signers of Mayflower compact.) Congregationalist. Home address: 630 East Ave., Elyria, O.
LEONARD, MARY CLEVELAND, born, Lagrange, O., Dec. 20, 1857; daughter of Charles Warner Johnston and Mary Eliza- beth (Fisher Johnston; educated. Denison, Univ., Granville, O. (class '78). College degrees: A. B. Married, James H. Leonard, Jan. 11, 1882. Socs. and clubs: Kozy Klub; Political Study Club. Congre- gationalist. Home address: 630 East Av., Elyria, Ohio.
LEONARD, WILLIAM, Physician-Surgeon; born, Fostoria, O., Oct. 4, 1862; son of Jonathan R. Leonard and Margaret (Ewing) Leonard: educated: Fostoria Acad .; Western Reserve (Med. Dept., Grad. 1888); Post Grad. course in New York, Chicago and Cincinnati. Married, Elizabeth C. Magruder, Nov. 14, 1889. Be- gan practice of medicine in Fostoria; Supt. of Fostoria Hospital for past 8 years; ex- aminer for John Hancock, Prudential, Union Central, Northwestern Mutual and several Fraternal orders. Socs. and clubs: Am., Ohio, and Seneca Co. Med. Assns .; F. & A. M .; K. O. T. M .; American Insurance Union; Modern Woodmen of America; Country Club; Chamber of Com- merce. Presbyterian Church. Hospital and office, 314-16 South Main St. Home address: 433 N. Main St., Fostoria, O.
LEONARD, WILLIAM ANDREW, Bishop; born, Southport, Conn., July 15, 1848; son of William Boardman Leonard and Louisa (Bulkley) Leonard; educated: Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass .; St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N. Y .; Grad. Berkeley Divinity Sch., Middletown, Conn., 1871; D. D. (St. Stephens, 1SS0); (Washington and Lee, 1885). Married, Sarah L. Sullivan, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17, 1873. Deacon, 1871; Priest, '73; Protestant Episcopal Ch .;
Asst. Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
1871-3; Rector, Ch. of the Redeemer,
Brooklyn, 1872-80; St. John's Parish, Washington, D. C., 1880-9; consecrated bishop of Ohio, Oct. 12, 1889; Chaplain 23rd Rgt. N. G. S., N. Y., 1876-80; author: Via Sacra, or Footprints of Christ, 1875; His- tory of the Christian Church, 1878; A Faithful Life, 1888; New York Church Club Lectures, 1893; Bedell Lectures- "Witness of American Church to Christian- ity," 1894; Biography of Stephen Bank Leonard, 1909; contributor of reviews, essays, sermons, etc. Socs. and clubs: Soc. Colonial Wars (Chaplain Ohio Soc.); I'nion, Country, University Clubs of Cleve- land. Protestant Episcopal. Home ad- dress: 3054 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O.
LERSCH, JOHN, Merchant; born, Duerk- heim in the Bavarian Palatinate, Germany, 1841; came to America in 1851. Married. Pamela Boynton, 1868. Established one of the largest and oldest department stores in Northern Ohio; Dir. of many banks; Dir. of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A .; made frequent trips to Europe for study. Home - address: 325 Washington Ave., Elyria, Ohio.
LERSCH, ROBERT, Merchant; born, Elyria, O., 1871; son of John Lersch and Pamela (Boynton) Lersch; educated: Grad. from Elyria High Sch .; Western Reserve Univ. Married, Helen Seward, 1897. Vice Pres. of Nat. Bank of Elyria, O .; elected four times to Elyria City Council; Mem. State Legislature, 1904-1908. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Elyria Country Club; Cleveland Athletic Club; Elks; Dir. Y. M. C. A. of Elyria. Active in Republican politics. Home address: 228 Harrison St., Elyria, Ohio.
LEUTNER, WINFRED GEORGE, College Dean; born, March 1, 1879; son of Fred- erick M. Leutner and Mary (Ernst) Leut- ner; Edu .: B. A. Adelbert Coll. (Western Reserve Univ.), '01; Ph. D. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1905; Am. Schs. Classical Study in Rome and Athens, 1907-8. Married, Emily Payne Smith, June 30, 1910. Acting Prof. Greek, Wittenberg Coll., Ohio, 1905-06; Instr. Greek, Adelbert Coll., 1903-4; Instr. Greek and Latin, 1906-09; Asst. Prof. 1909- 15; Professor, 1915- Western Reserve
Univ .; Dean Adelbert Coll., 1912-
Author: The Article in Theocritus, 1907. Socs. and clubs: Am. Philological Assn .; Am. Archaeol. Soc .: Classical Assn., Mid- dle West & South; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Civic League; City Club; Uni- versity Club. Lutheran. Home address: 2027 Cornell Road, Cleveland, O.
LEVINE, MANUEL, Com. Pleas Judge ot Cuyahoga County: term expires Dec. 1920. Home address: Cleveland, Ohio.
LEWIS, ADDISON CARR, Attorney; born, Smithfield, O., Oct. 1, 1858; son of Isaac Lewis and Eliza Ong; educated: Steuben- ville Pub. Schs .; Washington & Jefferson College; Univ. of Michigan. Married, Cecilia Griffin. July 12, 1913. Admitted to bar at Columbus, O., 1880; since then, has practiced law in Steubenville, O .; Vice Pres., Union Savings Bank & Trust Co .. Steubenville, O .; was Pros. Atty. of Jef- ferson Co., 1897-1903. Socs. and clubs: Country Club; Scottish Rite Masons: Elks; Knights of Pythias. Presbyterian Church. Home Address: Steubenville, Ohio.
LEWIS, JOHN WM., JR., Merchant; born, Hopkinsville, Ky., Aug. 21, 1879; son of Rev. John William Lewis, Sr., a Methodist Minister, and Lucy (Donaldson) Lewis: educated; Public Schools, Hopkinsville and Bowling Green, Ky. Married, Laura Bowe, Oct. 10, 1910. At an early age, entered the employ of a small merchant in the capacity of errand and delivery boy, Hopkinsville, Ky .; later moved to Bowling Green, Ky ..
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where he served both the Postal and West- ern Union Telegraph Co's as messenger; during the vacation season was employed alternately in the brick yard and a grocery store; then engaged in laundry business, having filled various positions from that of delivery man to assistant foreman. At the age of 16 moved to Louisville, Ky., and was employed as wrapper and shipping clerk in a clothing store for 6 months; thereafter he entered the employ of the Seashols Dry Goods Co., a department store of Louisville, Ky., working in various positions until the business was closed out. He then became associated with the Stewart Dry Goods Co. in the capacity of salesman in the dress goods department, afterwards becoming assistant buyer and buyer of several departments and ulti- mately transferred to Lion Dry Goods Co., of Toledo, Ohio, October, 1904, a concern operated under the same ownership, to become Vice President and General Man- ager, which position he retained for several years, becoming President February, 1911; Supervisor J. Bacon & Sons, Louisville, Ky .; Root Dry Goods Co., Terre Haute, Ind .; Fair Store Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; McAlpin Co., Cincinnati and Lion Dry Goods Co., Toledo, Ohio; President Fair Store Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Vice President, McAlpin Co., Cincinnati; President, Lion Dry Goods Co .. Toledo, Ohio. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Inverness Club; To- ledo Yacht Club; Toledo Commerce Club; Chamber of Com .; U. S. A. Trustee, Y. M. C. A., Toledo, Ohio; Charter member Toledo Rotary Club; First President Re- tail Merchants Bd. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home address: 41 Scottwood Apts., Toledo, Ohio.
LEWIS, NORMAN STANLEY, Secy. & Treas. Nat. Malleable Castings Co .; born, Wakeman, Huron Co., O., Nov. 12, 1864; son of (Rev.) Charles Ferris Lewis and Maria Edwards (Kiloh) Lewis; educated: public schools of Wakeman and North Amherst, O. Married, Grace Chatterton, Nov. 12, 1891. Bookkeeper, Kennedy, De- Forest, Parson & Co., Cleveland, 1878-90; bookkeeper, Toledo branch, The Nat. Malleable Castings Co., 1890-1900; Asst. Treas. Sharon, Pa., works, same company, 1900-9: Asst. Sec. and Asst. Treas. gen- eral office company, Cleveland, O., 1909-14; Sec. and Treas., 1914 -. Presbyterian. Home address: 90 Rosemont Road, East Cleveland, O.
LEWISOHN, LUDWIG, Author and Uni- versity Professor; born, Berlin, Germany, May 30, 1882: son of Jacques Lewisohn and Minna (Eloesser) Lewisohn; at age 8 years was brought to America; private education and Coll. of Charleston (S. C.) and Columbia Univ. College degrees: B. A. and M. A., 1901; M. A. (Columbia), 1903; Litt. D. (Hon. Coll. of Charleston), 1914. Married, Mary Arnold Crocker Childs, Dec. 12, 1906. On editorial staff, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904-5; contributor stories, poems and criticisms to leading magazines, 1905-10: Instr. in Germ. Univ. Wis., 1910-11; Assist. Prof. Germ. Lang. and Lit. Ohio State University, 1911-17, Professor since 1917. Author: The Broken Snare, 1908; A night in Alexandria (dra- matic poem), 1909: Germ. Style-An In- troduction to the Study of German Prose, 1910: The Modern Drama, 1915; The Spirit of Modern German Literature, 1916. Edi- tor (with W. P. Trent): Letters of an American Farmer. 1904; Halbe's Youth and Hirschfeld's The Mothers in Drama League Series of Plays, 1916; Translator: Feuchterslegen's Health and Suggestion. 1910; Sudermann's Indian Lily. 1911; Edi- tor and chief translator of Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, seven Vols .. 1912-17: contributing and revising
editor German Classics of XIX. and XX Centuries; also contributor to New York Times; Chicago Dial, etc. Home ad- dress: 14-12th Ave., Columbus, O.
LIEGHLEY, PER LEE ALVIN, Judge Court of Appeals; born, Navarre, O., March 9, 1872; son of Benjamin Franklin Lieghley and Barbara Ann (Lonas) Lieghley; edu- cated: Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Cincinnati Coll. of Law; Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, Ill. ยท College Degrees: LL. B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1896. Married, Clara M.
Alexander. Practicing Attorney, 1896 -; taught school from 1899 to 1902; City Solicitor of South Brooklyn, O., 1905; First Asst. Pros. Atty., Cuyahoga. Co., O., 1906- 1909; Common Pleas Judge, Cuyahoga Co., O., 1913-1917. Judge of Court of Appeals of Ohio, Sth Dist., by appointment of Governor Cox, 1917 -. Socs. and clubs: 32nd degree Mason; K. of P .; Moose; Elks; Beta Theta Pi Frat .; Shrine; Lakewood Chamber of Commerce (Pres., 1917). Re- formed. Home address: 1466 Marlowe Ave., Lakewood, Ohio.
LIFFRING, EUGENE ROBERT, Physician; born, Cherokee, Ia., June 27, 1877; son of Dominick Liffring and Hannah Phoebe (Shufflebotham) Liffring; educated: Public Schools, Cherokee County, Ia .; Still Col- lege of Osteopathy, Des. Moines, Ia .; Harvard Graduate Medical School. De-
grees, D. O. Married, Adda H. Smutz, Dec. 26, 1901. Teacher and Druggist; Graduate Still College, June, 1901; en- gaged in practice of osteopathy in Mans- field, Ohio, 1901 -. Societies: Member
of American Osteopathic Association; Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons; Mystic Shriners. Congregationalist. Home address: 74 West Park Ave., Mansfield, O.
LIGHT, ALVIN LUCIEN, Physician; born, Lebanon, Pa., April 10, 1873; son of Ezekiel Light and Kate (Bowman) Light; educated: Dayton Public Schs .; Otterbein Univ .; Miami Med. College. College de- grees: M. D. Married. Carlotta W. Thomas, Dec. 3, 1902. Served 7 months in Medical Corps, Spanish American War; Asst. Sur- geon Natl. Military Home, 2 1-2 years; Practiced Medicine and Surgery, Dayton, O., 11 years; Commissioner of Health, 3 years Dayton, O. Socs. and clubs: A. M. A .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Acad. of Medi- cine, Dayton, O .; Montgomery Co. Med. Soc .; Am. Public Health Assn .; Am. Assn. Med. Milk Commission. First Unitarian Church, Dayton, Ohio. Home address: 850 N. Broadway, Dayton, Ohio.
LIGHT, URIAH LOOSE, Educator; born, Green Springs, O., Sept. 3, 1876; son of Joseph B. Light and Anna (Loose) Light; educated: Seneca County, O., public schools: Ohio Northern Univ .. Ada. O .; Unlv. Mich., Ann Arbor; Univ. Chicago. College degrees: B. S .; Ph. B. Married, Alice S. Hesser, July 23. 1901. Sunt. Schs., Green Springs, O., 1900-9; Supt. Schs., North Baltimore, O .. 1909-13; Supt. Barher- ton, O., Public Schs., 1913 -: member Seneca County Bd. School Examiners, 6 yrs .; City Sch. Examiner. Socs. and
clubs: National Educational Assn .; National Geographic Soc .; Masonic Order. Methodist Eniscopal. Home address: Barberton, Ohio.
LIMBACH, CHARLES FRANKLIN, Educa- tor; born, York Twp., Tuscarawas Co., O .. Jan. 18. 1866; son of David Limbach and Elizabeth (Kuhn) Limbach; educated: public schools; Wooster Academy; Woos- ter Univ. College degrees: Ph. M. Mar- ried, Loulse C. Reif, June 9, 1889. Teacher, rural schools from age 14 years to age 25 years; bookkeeper, Cleveland, O., 1890-93; conducted grocery store 1893-5; teacher, rural school 1 year .; teacher, Uhrichsvillc. O., 1 yr .; ward Prin. Canal Dover, O., 1
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yr .; entered Wooster Univ., 1900, doing 2 yrs. preparatory work and 4 yrs. col- lege work in 4 yrs .; graduated, Wooster Univ., 1904; Prin. High Sch., Crestline, O., 1904-6; Supt. Schs., New Bremen, O., 1906-9; Supt. Schs. Crestline, O., 1909- 1912; Supt. Schs., New Philadelphia, O., 1912 -. Socs. and clubs: National Edu- cational Assn .; Ohio State Teachers' Assn .; K. P. Reformed Church. Home address: New Philadelphia, O.
LINARD, JAMES LEBAN, Insurance and Real Estate; born, near Bethesda, O., Aug. 15, 1873; son of Yost Linard and Elizabeth (Benson) Linard; educated: Bethesda Public schools. Marrled, Anna E. Ferren, June 4, 1895. Upon leaving school, secured employment in store at Bellaire, O., where he was employed for 8 years before engaging in the General Insurance Business. Socs. and clubs: Bellaire Commercial Club; Member Bellaire Lodge, F. & A. M .; Bellaire Chap- ter, R. A. M .; Bellaire Council, Hope Commandery Knights Templars; Lake Erie Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons; K. of P. First M. E. Church. Interested In The Strong Mfg. Co. of which he is a. Director as well as of other manufactur- ing concerns. Home address: Edge Hill, Bellaire, Ohio.
LINCOLN, JOHN CROMWELL, Electrical Engineer; born, Painesville, O., July 17, 1866; son of W. E. Lincoln and Louise (Marshall) Lincoln; educated: Painesville High School; Columbus Hlgh Sch .; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: Elec. Eng. Married, Myrtle V. Humphries, Jan. 1,
1891. Entered employ, Brush Elec. Co., June, 1888; employed by Short Elec. Ry. Co., 1889-92; connected with Elllott- Lincoln Electric Co., 1892-94; business con- ducted under name Lincoln Elec. Co., until July. 1892; incorporated and continued un- der nanie. The Lincoln Elec. Company, 1892 --- , Cleveland, O. Author: Practical Electricity, 1903, (copyright sold to Cleve- land Armature Works) circulation of over 40,000 copies; organized to promote num- her inventions by Mr. Lincoln The Lincoln Electric Mfg. Co., and The Lincoln Arc Lamp Co., 1908; the two companies merged into one, known as, Reliance Elec- tric & Engineering Co., 19 -. Socs. and
clubs: American Institute Electrical Engineers; Cleveland Chamber Commerce; Athletic Club; City Club. Congregation- allst. Home address: 60 Terrace Road, East Cleveland, O.
LINCOLN, JOHN H., Bank Cashier; born, Bowling Green, O., Jan. 3, 1874; son of J. C. Lincoln and Emma (Norris) Lincoln; educated: Grad., Bowling Green High Sch., 1893; Philadelphia Coll. of Pharmacy, 1897. Married, Effie M. DeHart, Oct. 28, 1901; Mgr. Drug firm, Lincoln & Dirlam until Jan. 1. 1912; cashier. Wood Co. Savings Bank, 1912- -, under whose management the bank has more than doubled in busi- ness and resources; Pres. Wood County Stone & Construction Co .; was one of the active leaders in securing for Bowling Green and Wood Co., the new State Nor- mal Coll .; Pres., The Bowling Green Com- mercial Club and has held that office since it was incorporated several years ago; Treas., Wood County Fair Co : Treas., Wood County Republican Executive Com- mittee; largely instrumental in securing to Bowling Green the Universal Machine Co., and The H. J. Heinz Factory; Mem. firm of Lincoln & Dirlam. Socs. and Clubs: R. P. O. E .: Mason; Royal Arcanum; Woodmen of the World. Presbyterian. Home address: 311 N. Main St., Bowling Green, O.
LINDSAY, ELI E., Attorney; born, near Arnheim, Brown Co., O., Sept. 9, 1866; son of Nimrod Lindsay and Roanna (Dunn)
Lindsay; educated: Lebanon, Kent Coll. (law), Chicago, III. College degrees: B. L. Married, Linda Kimball, Oct. 2, 1889. Taught school, 7 yrs .; justice peace, age 22 yrs .; clerk, Village Newcomerstown, O .; Mem. Bd. Education, Newcomerstown, O .; Prosecuting Attorney, Tuscarawas Co., O., 1915 -. Socs. and clubs: Odd Fellows; Elks: Loval Order Moose. Methodist. Home address: New Philadelphia, O.
LINHART, CHRISTOPHER P., Physician- Surgeon; born, Allegheny Co., Pa., Jan. 2, 1861; son of Philip Linhart and Eliza (Hot- tenhauer) Linhart; educated: Public Schs., and Wittenberg College. College degrees: M. D., West. Reserve Univ., 1882. Married, Lucy Crawford, Feb. 27, 1910. Socs. and clubs: Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Med. Soc .; Athletic Club; East End Ten- nis Club; Amer. Med. Assn .; Amer. Laryngy, Rhin. and Otological Soc .; Amer. Opthal. and Oto-Laryngology. Home ad- dress: 413 Stoddart Ave., Columbus, O.
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