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Seminary. Socs. and clubs: Beta Theta Pi; Mason, K. T .; Men's Lit. Club; Com- mercial Club. Republican. Home address: 1029 Fountain Ave., Springfield, Ohio.
MILLIKIN, MARK, Physician and Surgeon; born, near Hamilton, O., March 23, 1868; son of Dan Millikin and Amanda (Hunter) Millikin; educated: Hamilton Public Schs .; Johns Hopkins Univ. (1886-9); Miami Medical College
( 1889-92) ; Post-Grad. course Chicago, Ill., autumn, 1899. College degrees: M. D. Married, May Beckett, June 29, 1893. Began practice medicine and surgery, Hamilton, O., 1892 -; Prof. laboratory pathology, Lebanon State Nor- mal Sch. 1899-1901; Instr. nurses, Mercy Hosp. Bacteriology, Hamilton. O., '15 --; surgeon, C. H. & D. R'y; Pennsylvania R'y; Electric R'y; C. I. & W. R'y; Health Officer, Hamilton, O., 1903-11; Sec. Vice Pres. Hamilton Chamber Commerce,
1910 -. Socs. and clubs: Fellow, Am. Coll. Surgeons; Hamilton Club; Unity Club; Round Table Club; Federation of Clubs; B. P. O. E. No. 93; known as the prime mover in the agitation which gave Hamilton a sane Fourth of July. Home Address: 311 South Secord St., Hamilton, O. MILLS, BRADFORD, Director of Music; born, Pittsfield, O., April 5, 1873; son of Mr. Mills and Mary (Staples) Mills; edu- cated: Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. College Degrees: Mus. B. Mar- ried. Lucy L. Upp, Aug. 5, 1894. Founder of Toledo Conservatory of Music. Mana- ger of Civic Music League. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Commerce Club; Toledo Shakespeare Assn .; National Managers Assn. Member First Unitarian Church. Home address: 2624 Parkwood Ave., To- ledo, Ohio.
MILLS, EDSON MORTIMER, Educator; born, Findlay, O., Jan. 14, 1855; son of James Gray Mills and Sarah Catherine (Greer) Mills; educated: Country Schs .; Findlay High Sch .; Alumnus of both Find- lay College and Ohio Normal (Northern) Univ .; special course of 3 years in Higher Mathematics with James Seeds, mathe- matician. College Degrees: B. S .; A. M .; M. Ph. Married, Marilla D. Cusac. Nov. 22, 1876. Prin. of McComb Pub. Schs .; Prin. Findlay City High Sch .; Prin. Nor- mal Dept., Findlay College, 10 yrs .; Prof. of Mathematics of same; Prin. of Defiance City High Sch .: Prof. Mathematics of State Normal College, Ohio Univ., 1903 --; member of the Ohio State School Examin- ers for a period of five years; began lecturing before County Teachers' Insts. at the age of 26 yrs. and has worked with all the foremost Institute lecturers in the United States; he has lectured in more than 60 counties in Ohio, and his many return dates indicate in a very forcible way the high character and worth of his lecture work; Author of Mills' Arithmetical Analysis, Ninth Ed .; Mills' Teachers' Manual of Arithmetic, First Ed. Presby- terian Church. Home address: Athens, O.
MILLS, GEORGE STRAFFORD, Architect; born, London (England), Dec. 5. 1866: son of George Mills and Mary Huxley (Callow) Mills; educated: St. Louis, Mo. Instructor in Drawing and Superintendent Scott Manual Training School. Toledo, O., 1885- 1892. Married, Alice Baker, Nov. 14, 1894 (deceased). Married. Stella Peterson, Oct. 26, 1915. Member of firm Mills & Wachter, Architects, 1892-1898; established indi- vidually, 1898-1912; firm Mills. Rhines, Bellman & Nordhoff, Architects, 1912. Socs. and clubs: Fellow, American Institute of Architects; Toledo Chapter, American In- stitute Architects; Toledo Club;
of
Country Club; Inverness Club: Toledo Commerce Club;
32nd degree Mason. Home address: 2265 Scottwood Avenue,
Toledo, Ohio.
MILLS, WILLIAM C., Curator-Librarian; born, Pyrmont, Montgomery Co., O., Jan- uary 2, 1860; son of Joshua Mills and Mary (Mundhenk) Mills: educated: Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. Sc., 1898; M. Sc .. 1902. Married, Olive Buxton, Oct. 7, 1885. Curator and librarian, Ohio State Archeol. and Hist. Soc. and curator Ohio State Univ. Museum, 1898 -; Librarian Ohio Academy Science, 1899 -; Asst.
Editor, Ohio Naturalist, 1900- in
charge Ohio State Archeol. and Hist. Socs. Exhibit, Buffalo Exposition, 1901; (Hon.) Supt. archeology, St. Louis Exposition, 1904; Supt. archeology Jamestown, Ex-
position, 1907. Author: Certain Mounds and Village Sites in Ohio. Vol. I, 1907, Vol. II, 1911; Ohio Archeological Reports. Socs. and clubs: Fellow A. A. A. S .; Am. Anthrop. Assn .; Am. Ethnol. Soc .; Am. Assn. of Museums; Am. Ornithologists' Union; Sigma Xi. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Home address: 181 Fifteenth Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
MILLS, WILLIAM WEBSTER, Banker; born, Marietta, O., Jan. 27, 1852; son of John Mills and Dorothy (Webster) Mills; educated: Marietta Coll. College degrees: A. B., 1871. Married, Betsey Gates, Oct. 12, 1875. Was with Elston & Co., bankers, Crawfordsville, Ind., 1873-87; Pres. First Nat. Bank, Marietta, O., 1887 -; also Pres. Ohio River Bridge & Ferry Co .; Dir. Marietta Chair Co .; Safe Cabinet Co .; Kanawha Traction and Electrical Co .; Dir. Ohio Cities Gas Co .; Union Gas & Electric Co .; Secy. & Treas. Bd. Trustees, Marietta Coll .; corporate Mem. A. B. C. F. M .; Dir. & Vice Pres. Congl. Home Miss. Soc. Socs. and clubs: Phi Beta Kappa; Union League Univ. (Chicago); Athletic (Columbus) ; Graduates, Ohio Soc. of N. Y. (New York). Republican. Congregationalist. Home ad- dress: Marietta, Ohio.
MILNER, JOHN C., Attorney; born, July 12, 1856: son of John Milner and Esther (Hoge) Milner; educated: Lebanon, O., and Ann Arbor, Mich. College Degrees: B. A. Married, Mollie Warwick, Nov. 19, 1889. Pros. Atty., Scioto Co., Jan. 1, 1891 to Jan. 1,' 1897; Common Pleas Judge, Portsmouth, O., Feb. 9, 1897 to Feb. 9, 1907; practicing law. Socs. and clubs: Elks. Home ad- dress: 1147 Second St., Portsmouth, O. MILROY, CHARLES MARTIN, Mayor; born. Northwood. Logan Co .. Ohio. Dec. 5. 1867: son of William Milroy and Isa- bella (McCracken) Milroy; educated: Pub. Schs .; Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O., 1890; Univ. of Michigan, 1897. College degrees: B. S .; LL. B. Married, Mary Halleran, Oct. 4. 1904. Admitted to bar, June, 1897; began practice of law alone in Toledo; then with Brand Whitlock (now Ambas- sador), under firm name Whitlock & Mil- roy: later firm was Whitlock, Milroy & Mallow; finally with S. S. Burgsfield, firm name Burgsfield & Milroy; Pros. Atty, Lucas Co., O., 1912-13; chosen mayor of Toledo, Nov., 1915 -----. Republican. First Congregational Ch. Home address: 2236 Robinwood Ave., Toledo, O.
MILROY, WILLIAM MCCRACKEN, Edu- cator-Clergyman; born, Northwood, Logan Co., O., Aug. 25, 1855; son of (Rev.) Wil- liam Milroy and Isabella (McCracken) Mil- roy; educated: Public Sch., Northwood; Geneva Preparatory Sch .; Geneva College; Reformed Presbyterian Theol. Sem .; Yale Univ .; Yale Divinity Sch .; Johns Hopkins Univ. College degrees: A. B., 1877, Geneva; B. D., 1882, Yale; A. M., 1886, Westminster; Ph. D., 1891, Johns Hopkins. Married, Ella Alice Adams Florian, July 25. 1893. Asst. in Latin, 1876, in Geneva College, to his father, College President; after his father's death in 1876, was Prof. of Latin, 1877-1880; Prof. of Greek, West-
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minster College, New Wilmington. Pa., 1883-1884; Prof. of Latin Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., 1890-1912; official mem- ber of Governing Faculty of Geneva College and Registrar of the College, 1890- 1912. Socs. and clubs: member Am. Philological Assn., Natl. Geographical Soc .; admitted to
Reformed Presbyterian, (Scotch Covenanter), ministry by Lakes Presbytery, 1883; preached several sum- mers in Covenanter Church; Minister in charge Ridgley St., Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Md., 1886-1889; preached in Geneva College as member of the Faculty Staff, 1890-1912; transferred from Lakes Presbytery, Covenanter Church to Marion Presbytery of Presbyterian Church, 1916; Teacher's Life Certificate from State of Ohio, 1916. Home address: Bellefontaine, Ohio.
MINER, CHARLES WRIGHT, Brigadier- General, U. S. A .; born, Cincinnati, O., Nov. 21, 1840; son of John L. Miner and Mary (Wright) Miner; educated: Cin- cinnati Pub. Schs. Married, Isabella L. Cooley, June 15, 1870. Enlisted as Pvt. Co. D., 2nd Ohio Inf., April 17, 1861; dis- charged Aug. 9, 1861; Commd. Capt. 22d Ohio Inf., May 1, 1862; Hon. mustered out Aug. 28, 1865; Apptd. from Ohio, 2d Lt. 19th U. S. Inf., Mar. 31, 1866; transferre ] to 28th Inf., Sept. 21, 1866; 1st Lt., Jan. 1, 1867; Capt. 22d Inf., March 7, 1867; Major 6th Inf., Dec. 29, 1894; Lt .- Col., July 1, 1898; Col., Dec. 15, 1899: Brig .- Gen., U. S. A., July 29, 1903; retired at own request after 40 yrs. service, July 30, 1903; Bvtd. Maj., Feb. 27, 1890, for action against Indians at Spring Creek. Mont., Oct. 15, and 16th, 1876. Home address: 70 Lexing- ton Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
MINNICH, HARVEY C., College Dean;
born, Union, Montgomery Co., Ohio, March 10, 1861; son of Adam Minnich and Katherine (Ziegler) Minnich; educated: Ohio Northern Univ .; Ohio Wesleyan I'niv .; Harvard Univ. College degrees: M. A., Ohio Wesleyan; D. Pd., Ohio Northern; LL. D., University of Vermont. Married, Bertha Beatrice Minnich, Feb. 25, 1589. Teacher in country, 1879-83; Supt., Schs.
Village, 1883-7, City, 1889-1903; Dean Teachers College, Miami Univ., 1903 -- Author Educational Monographs: Evolution of Education in Ohio, magazine articles; institute lecturer. Member Gen. Confer- ence Methodist Episcopal Church, 1900, 1904, 1908. Socs. and clubs: National Edu- cation Association: Nat. Soc. for Scientif- ic Study of Education; Soc. of College Teachers of Education; Ohio State Teach- ers' Association: Phi Beta Kappa .; Phi Gamina Delta; Knight Templar. Metho- dist. Home address: Oxford, Ohio.
MINNICH, OHMER CONRAD, School
Teacher and Supervisor; born, Monroe Twp., Darke Co., O., March 6, 1885; son of Granville Webster Minnich and Linnie (Hershey) Minnich; education: rural schools, 6 yrs .: village school, 1 yr .; high sch. 4 yrs .: Miami Univ. 4 yrs., A. B .; post graduate student Ohio State Univ .; Columbia Univ. Married, Ethel Iona Eby, Trotwood, O., Dec. 25, 1909. Experience: taught rural graded school, Montgomery Co., O., 3 yrs .; prin. high sch., Franklin, O., 1 yr .; Supt. Sch., Amanda, Fairfield ('o., Ohio. 2 yrs .: Supr. Schs., Monroeville, Huron Co., O., 2 yrs .; county Supt. schools, Huron Co., O., 1914-17: 1917 --; holder of Ohio state life, Elementary and High School Certificates; Mem. Huron Co. Bd. Teacher Examiners. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Teachers' Assn .: National Edu- cational Assn .; Delta Upsilon; Knights of Pythias; Knight Templar. Methodist. Ifome address: 29 Norwood Ave., Norwalk, Ohio.
MINSHALL, ADDISON PEARSON, At- torney; born, Chillicothe, O., April 26, , 1874; son of Thaddeus Armstrong Minshall and Julia Ewing (Pearson) Minshall; edu- cated: Chillicothe Public Schs., Ohio State Univ. and Cincinnati Law Sch. Col- lege degrees: LL. B. Married, Edith Burleigh Doty, April 30, 1901. Secy. of the Ross Co. Fair Assn., and a law practitioner for 20 yrs .; United States Commissioner, 10 yrs., Pros. Atty., Ross Co., 1 term, to which office he has been elected for a second term; Dir. of the Ross Co. Natl. Bk. and Trustee of the Grandview Cemetery Assn. Socs. and clubs: Masons, Elks, and Chi Phi Frat .; Treasurer St. Paul's Episco- pal Ch. Home address: 256 Church St .; Chillicothe, O.
MISCHKA, OTTO KARL, Journalist; born, Amherst, O., Aug. 12, 1889; son of Richard Mischka and Anna (Abrahamn) Mischka; educated: Amherst Grammar and High Schs .; Elyria Business Coll .; Oberlin Coll. Married. Began newspaper writing when 13 years of age and at 17 wrote historical sketches of Amherst, later used almost in its entirety by the Amherst Home Com- ing Assn .; wrote for Cleveland Press, Plain Dealer, Leader and News, Vermilion News, Lorain Times-Herald and Elyria Evening Telegram, while still in school; gave up course at Oberlin to accept position as manager and editor of the Amherst Weekly News; now correspondent for Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland Leader, Cleveland News, Toledo Blade, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Ohio State Journal, and member of editorial staff and sporting editor of the Elyria Evening Telegram. Socs. and clubs: Elyria Chamber of Com- merce; D. of R .; I. O. O. F .; Elyria Y. M. C. A. Home address: 329 Second St., Elyria, Ohio.
MISKIMEN, GEORGE W., Sr., Merchant; born, Wheeling Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio, Aug. 16, 1846; son of Jackson Miskimen and Mary Jane (Gibson) Miskimen: edu- cated: Common Schs., Guernsey Co., O. Married, Mary Miskimen, Oct. 18, 1876. Enlisted in the Union Army, (Co. G., 180 O. V. I.) at the age of 18 yrs .; served one yr .: was on detail duty in Washington, D. C. and heard Lincoln make his second Inaug- ural address; after the war was a travel- ing salesman for 9 yrs .; built a three story grain elevator and store room; bought and shipped grain on the Ohio Canal to Canal Dover and Cleveland, O .; was Mgr. of Hardesty Bros. Flouring Mills for 5 yrs .; opened a Hardware store in New Comerstown, O., 1889, and is still in same business; has been Councilman several times, and Twp. Treas. Socs. and clubs: Knight Templar; member of all Masonic Bodies including the Eastern Star and Palm and Shell. Evangelical Lutheran. At present, President of The New Comerstown Improvement Co., and Vice Pres. of The Home Bldg. & Loan Co .; for the past 10 years has been spending his winters in Fla. Home address: New Comerstown, Ohio.
MITCHELL, AMMI FROST, Banker: born, Maumee. O., March 13, 1869: son of Reuben B. Mitchell and Ellen A. (Frost) Mitchell; educated: Maumee and Toledo, O., public schools: St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Married. Florence Au, Nov. 1896 (died, June 20, 1913). Started in banking business in Union Deposit Bank, Manmee, O., later became connected with Merchants & Clerks Savings Bank. Toledo, O .. then accepted position with Northern Nat. Bank; Vice Pres. Northern National Bank, Toledo, O. Socs. and clubs:
Scottish Rite Mason: Shriner; Commerce Club; Toledo Club; Inverness Club; Country Club; Treas. Maumee Valley Pioneer & Hist. Assn. Unitarian. Home address: 2057 Glenwood Ave., Toledo, O.
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MITCHELL, ANDREW S., Attorney; born, Mt. Sterling, Madison Co., O., Jan. 5, 1870; son of Daniel Mitchell and Maria (Self) Mitchell; educated: Mt. Sterling, Ohio, Public and High Schs .; Law Course at Columbian, now George Washington of Washington, D. C. College degrees: I.L. M. Married, Bertha A. Morris, Aug. 15, 1894. Taught school in Madison Co., 10 yrs .; in departmental work of Gov., Wash- ington D. C., 4 1-2 yrs .; came to Newark, O., Sept. 1906 and entered the practice of law, making a specialty of business law and settlement of estates; has been very active in the development of The Peoples Market Co., Newark, of which he is now Treasurer; is also Pres. of Reinvestment Co., Senior Mem. of Law Firm of Mit- chell & Moore with office in Trust Bldg., Newark, O. Socs. and clubs: Masons;
Modern Woodmen; Grange. Methodist Episcopal Church. Active in Sunday Sch. work, Y. M. C. A., and Temperance work; Secy. and Atty. for the Law and Order League at the time Law enforcement was the leading topic in Newark on account of Temperance Legislation; Member of Cham- ber of Commerce; Member of Board of Directors of Public Welfare Bureau; Mem- ber of Board of Humane Society; Member of Associated Charities. Home address: 53 Granville St., Newark, Ohio.
MITCHELL, FRANK J., Postmaster; born, Port Clinton, O., April 19, 1879; son of John Mitchell and Nancy A. (Napier) Mitchell; educated: Port Clinton High Sch .; Toledo, O., and Sandusky, O., Busi- ness Colleges. Unmarried. Teller of Ger- man American Bank; Asst. Cashier The First Nat. Bank, Port Clinton, O .; re- signed the latter position in 1915 to become Postmaster of Port Clinton; was page in the Ohio Senate; elected Clerk of Courts, Ottawa Co., 1908, serving 2 terms; Appt. Postmaster, Feb. 22, 1915. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Order; Elks; K. of P .; Colonial Club; Port Clinton Yacht Club. Home ad- dress: Port Clinton, Ohio.
MITCHELL, HARRY S., Real Estate; born, near London, O., Aug. 5, 1869; son of Oliver Mitchell and Cornelia (Clark) Mitchell; educated: Country Schs .; Lon- don High Sch ; Ohio State Univ. Married, Gertrude Smith, Jan. 31, 1899. After leav- ing college, spent 2 years on the farm and was then engaged as chemist for a short time with the Laughlin Iron Co., Ironton, O .; then traveling salesman for the Gayer Lime Co., Chattanooga, Tenn .; conducting an extensive real estate business at Lon- don, Ohio; served 2 terms as Mem. of the Board of Education of London. Socs. and clubs: Elk; Mason; Aladdin Shrine; Lon- don Club. Home address: 149 Oak St., London, Ohio.
MITCHELL, JAMES GORDON, Merchant; born, Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan. 31, 1867; son of John Mitchell and Jane Gordon (Wright) Mitchell; educated: public Schs., Greenwich; Cleveland, O. Married, Emma C. Hoberman, Oct. 27, 1891. Clerked in wholesale hardware store, Cleveland, O., 1883-7; traveling salesman, 1887-1904; en- gaged in hardware business, Ashtabula and Conneaut, O., 1904 -. Socs. and clubs: Masonic order. Presbyterian. Home address: 579 Lake St., Ashtabula, O.
MITCHELL, JASPER HAMILTON, Common Pleas Judge; born, Fairfield Twp., Tus- carawas County, O., Feb. 27, 1850; son of Hugh K. Mitchell and Miriam (Lappin) Mitchell; educated: New Philadelphia, O., city schools: Mt. Union College. Married, Mary E. Sharpnack. April 1, 1872. Ad- mitted to bar of Ohio, 1873; engaged in practice law, Tuscarawas and adjoining counties of Ohio; elected Pros. Atty., 1877- 1880; Probate Judge, Tuscarawas County, 1891-94; elected Judge Court Common
Pleas, 3rd Sub-Div. 8th Judicial Dist. of Ohio, 1913-15; Tuscarawas Co., 1915 --. Socs. and clubs: Mason; K. P. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: New Philadel- phia, Ohio.
MITCHELL, LESTER EDWIN, Educator; born, Beverly, O., Aug. 8, 1888; son of David Mitchell and Jane (Ogle) Mitchell; educated: public schools, Cambridge, O., Guernsey Co .; Doane Acad., Denison i'niv., Granville, O. College degrees: Ph. B .; M. A. Married, Blanche Dull, Aug. 18, 1915. Asst. to prof. English Dept., Denison Univ., 1912-13; Prin. High Sch., Gambier, O., 1913-14; Dist. Supt. Schs., Knox County, O., 1914-15; head English Dept. high school, Zanesville, O., 1915 -. Author several
poems and lyrics. Socs. and clubs: Alpha
Delta Tau Frat .; Stratford Club (Pres. 1916). Baptist. Home address: Zanes-
ville, O.
MOCH, JOE, Attorney-Banker; born, Gallipolis, O., June 21, '81; son of Abraham Moch and Amelia (Blatt) Moch; educated: Gallipolis High Sch. Married, Bessie Bell. Feb. 3, 1909. Admitted to practice Law, 1904; Pres. of First Natl. Bank, Gallipolis, 1913; active Mgr. of several Mercantile Establishments. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Elks; Woodnen. Home address: 16 State St., Gallipolis, Ohio.
MOELLER, HENRY, Archbishop; born, Cin- cinnati, O., Dec. 11, 1849; son of Bernard Moeller and Teresa ( Witte) Moel er; edu- cated; St. Xavier's Co.l., Cincinnati, 1×63- 9; studied theology and philosophy in Rome; D. D. Propaganda, Rome, 1876;
pastor: St. Patricks, Bellefontaine, O.,
1876-7; Prof. Mt. St. Marys Seminary,
1877-9; Sec. temporarily to Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis, to July, 1380; Sec. and chancellor of archdiocese of Cincin- nati to Aug. 25, 1900; consecrated bishop of Columbus, Aug. 25, 1900; promoted to Archepiscopal See of Areopolis and made coadjutor archbishop of Cincinnati with right of succession, April 27, 1903; became Archbishop of Cincinnati, Oct. 31. 1904; in- vested with pallium, Feb. 15, 1905. Home address: 5418 Moeller Ave., Norwood, Ohio. MOHLER, DAVID C., Pharmacist; born, Liberty Center, O., May 22, 1868; son of David Mohler and Mariah S. (Shriver) Mohler; educated: High School, Liberty Center, and Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O. College degrees: Ph. G. Married, Mamie A. Hall, Dec. 31, 1896. Retail druggist, 12 yrs .; Dean of College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern Univ., from 1905 -. Socs. and clubs: Masons. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 408 S. Johnson St., Ada, Ohio.
MOHR, JOHN A., Banker; born, Hoaglin Twp., Van Wert Co., O., June 7, 1865; son of Jacob Mohr and Martha E. (Hattery) Mohr; educated: County Schs., Van Wert Co., and The Northern Ohio Univ., Ada, O. College degrees: B. S. Married, Lottie S. Glover, June 8, 1892. Pres. of the Paulding National Bank; Pres. of the Oakwood Deposit Bank Co. Socs. and clubs: K. of P. Presbyterian Church. Home address: Paulding, Ohio.
MOLLENKOPF, ELLA REED, Newspaper Worker; born, Maumee, O .; daughter of Andrew Reed and Mary Ursula (Lehman) Reed; educated: Maumee Parochial and High Schs. Married, Joseph Mollenkopf, Aug. 18, 1884, who died in 1887. On the Editorial Staff of Toledo Daily Blade, 16 yrs .; as church editor, 6 yrs .; cor- respondent for Catholic Universe and on the staff of Toledo Catholic Record. Socs. and clubs: Secy. of the Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Assn .; Secy. of the Toledo Writers Club: Mem. of Woman's Educational Club; Woman's Assn. Roman Catholic. Home address: 219 Sixteenth St .. Toledo, Ohio.
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MONFORT, ELIAS RIGGS, Editor; born,
Greensburg, Ind .. March 2, 1842; son of Joseph Glass Monfort and Hannah Congar (Riggs) Monfort; educated: Hanover Coll .; Cincinnati Law School. College degrees: A. R .; A. M .; LL. B .; LL. D. Marricu, Emma A. Taylor, Sept. 4, 1867. Practiced law, Greensburg, 1867; removed to Cin- cinnati, O., 1875; member firm Monfort & Co., Publishers, Herald & Presbyter, Cin- cinnati, O., 1874 --; Editorial writer
number yrs .; Pres. Mamolith Carbon Paint Co .; Mem. Cin., Ohio, school board, 1890- 09, Pres. last three years; county clerk, Hamilton Co., O., 1896-97; postmaster, Cin., Ohio, 1899-1915; Pres. Board trustees, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Soldiers' & Sailors' Mem. Assn .. (built $250,000 Mem. Bldg.); Pres., Trustees' Presbytery, Cin., Ohio .; Vice Pres. & Trustee Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati. O., 1879 -; trustee Hanover College, 1878 -; served in Civil War, participated in 20 memorable battles,. discharged honorably on account of wounds received Battle Gettysburg, Jan. 2, 1864. Socs. and clubs: Ohio Hist. & Archaeol. Soc .; Peta Theta Pi; G. A. R. (Commander-in-chief, 1915); Commander, Ohio Comm. Loval Legion. Presbyterian. Home address: 918 Foraker Av., Cincin- nati, Ohio.
MONFORT. FRANCIS CASSATT, Editor- author; born, Greenburg, Ind .; son of Joseph Glass Monfort and Hannah Congar (Riggs) Monfort; educated: Wabash Col- lege, 1869; McCormick Seminary; Lane Theological Seminary; Universities of Edinburg and Berlin. College degrees: D. D. Wooster Univ .. 1883. Married. Anna Louisa Hubbard, May 17, 1871. Ordained Presbyterian minister, 1870; pastor Fourt Presby. Church, Cincinnati, O., 1869-73; First Presby. Church Cin, 1878-SS. Author: Sermons for Silent Sabbaths, 1887; Socialism and City Evangelicalism, 1887; The Law of Appeals, 1893; Ecclesiastical Discipline, 1900; Applied Theology, 1905; Preshyterian. Home address: 2950 Gilbert Av., Cincinnati, O.
MONNETT, FRANCIS SYLVESTER, Attor- ney; born, Kenton, Hardin Co., O., 1859; son of Thomas J. Monnett and Henrietta (Johnson) Monnett; educated: Ohio Wes. Univ., Nat. Law Sch., Washington. Col- lege degrees: A. B., 1880; A. M., 1889; LL. B., 1882. Married, Ella K. Gormly. Feb. 17, 1887. Engaged in practice law, Columbus, O., Atty. Gen. of Ohio, 1896-1900; was anti- trust Republican until 1901; independent Democrat, 1901 -; prosecuted suits un- der Ohio anti-trust laws against Standard Oil Co .; presided over Nat. Anti-Trust League; national committeeman of League from O .; Spl. Counsel for Interstate Com- merce Commn .. 1910: Counsel for U. M. W. of A. in W. Va. Coal Mining investigation, IT. S. Senate. Socs. and clubs: (Pres. 1894-5) State Assn. City Solicitors; Phi Kappa Psi Frat .; Columbus Club. Home address: 36 South Monroe Ave., Columbus, O.
MONNETT, MARY ZOUCK; born, Butler, Baltimore Co., Md., Dec. 26, 1876; daughter of Henry Jacob Zouck and Martha (Millen- der) Zouck; educated: Crede, W. Va .; Maryland College, Lutherville, Md .; Col- lege of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio. Married, Wallace L. Monnett, April 6, 1897. Pres. Bucyrus Suffrage Assn .; Pres. Crawford Co. Suffrage Assn .; Chairman of Mothers' Meetings. Socs. and clubs: Crocus Club; King's Daughters: Public Health League; Suffrage Assn .: Woman's Auxiliary of The Episcopal Church. Episcopal Church. Organized the Mothers' Meeting (for Mothers in all walks of life). Helped or- ganize the Suffrage Assn. Home address: 607 S. Sandusky Ave., Bucyrus, Ohio.
MONTAGUE, JOHN Y., Clergyman; born, Clifton, Tenn., Aug. 25, 1861; son of John W. Montague and Matilda Jane (Grimes) Montague; educated: Country Schs .; Clif- ton Acad .; National Normal Univ., Leb- anon, O., Univ. of Chicago; Divinity Schs. College degrees: B. A .; B. L. Mar- ried, Leonora . Parker, Dec. 22, 1887. Clerked in store at Clifton, Tenn .; taught school at Flat Gap. Tenn .; practiced law in Wichita, Kans .; held pastorates in Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota,
Chicago, Ill., and Toledo. O .; spent a year in Anti-Saloon work; now Executive Sec. of the Toledo Federation of Churches; member of Executive Committee of Nortli- ern Baptist Convs., 2 yrs. Socs. and clubs: "Open Forum." Baptist Church. Home address: 3149 Cambridge Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
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