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NEWCOMER, CHAUNCEY LEE, Attorney, born, Bryan, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1871; son of Nathaniel H. Newcomer and Barbara (Brown) Newcomer; educated: schools; graduate of Hillsdale College, country Hillsdale, Mich. College degrees: Bache- lor of Arts. Married, Claire Sands. of Hillsdale, Mich., Oct. 10, 1905. Admitted to bar, Dec., 1901; practiced law at Bryan since said date; attorney in many ditch and drainage cases; prosecuting at- torney for Williams Co., O .. 1908-1910; Secy. of The Bryan Business Men's Assn. from its organization, 1903. Socs. and clubs: Delta Tau Delta College Frat .; K. of P .; Masonic Orders. Home address: 233 N. Main St., Bryan, O.
NEWHALL, BARKER, College Professor; born, Lynn, Mass .. June 20, 1867: son of Joseph P. Newhall and Elizabeth H. (Barker) Newhall; educated: Haverford Coll .; Johns Hopkins Univ .; Univs. Berlin and Munich (Germany). College degrees: A. B .; A. M .; Ph. D. Married. Marie V. Valet. July 1. 1902. Taught in Brown Univ .; Bates Coll .; Monson, Mass., Acad .; Prof. Greek, Kenyon College, Gambier, O., 1897 -; editor: Plato's Charmides; Laches & Lysis (1898); History of Barker Fam- ily (1900). Orator Haverford Alumni, 1599. Socs. and clubs: Amer. Philologi- cal Assn .; Classical Assn. Middle West; Phi Beta Kappa. Protestant Episcopa- lian. Home address: Gambier, O.
NEWMAN, EDWARD E., Banker; born, Cleveland, O., Aug. 10. 1880; son of Her- man C. Newman and Julia (Weiher) Newman; educated: public schools and high school, Cleveland, O. Married, Theo. Elizabeth Stevenson. May 17, 1916. Be-
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gan business career as stenographer,
bookkeeper, now is Secy. The Cleveland Trust Co., Cleveland. O., 1916 --. Socs. and clubs: Athletic Club; Cleveland Ad- vertising Club; Bankers Club of Cleve- land. Home address: 1644 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, O.
NEWMAN, OSCAR WILLIAM, Judge Ohlo Supreme Court; born, Portsmouth, Ohio, June 14. 1867; son of George O. Newman and Clay B. (Moore) Newman; cducated: Portsmouth schools, graduate high school, 1884; Kenyon College. Member Psi Up- silon Fraternity. Married, Charl Thomp- son, June 19, 1894. Began practice of law in Portsmouth immediately after being admitted to bar in Oct .. 1891. and two years later formed a partnership with his father-in-law, the late Federal Judge, A. C. Thompson; was elected to Supreme bench of Ohio on non-partisan judicial ticket in 1912. Democrat. Episcopal Ch. Address: Columbus, O.
· NEWTON, ELIZABETH (Mrs. Clyde B. Newton), born, Iona, Mich., 1874; daugh- ter of Theodore M. Benedict and Emma ( Tibbits) Benedict; educated: Chicago, Ill .; piano and organ with Harrison Wild; organ in Paris, with Alexander Guilmant. Married, Clyde B. Newton, 1914. Was organist Highland Park, Ill., and Evans- ton, Ill .; teacher of piano and organ in Denison Univ. Conservatory of Music, 1903 -. Socs. and clubs: D. A. R. Bap- tist. Home address: R. D. 3, Bowling Green, Ohio.
NEWTON, JAMES OTTO, Clergyman; born, Dexter City. Noble Co., O., March 28, 1882; son of Joseph Devreaux Beech New- ton and Adaline (Peregoy) Newton; edu- cated: common and high schools at Caldwell, O .; Ohio Med. Univ .; Private Theological Tutorship. College degrees: D. D. S. Married, Bessie Amelia Lentz, June 28. 1905. Practiced dentistry, 1903-
1904. New Comerstown, O .; practiced dentistry at Columbus, O., 1904-1910; pas- tor Licking Baptist Church, 1910-1912, Hebron, O .; pastor First Baptist Church at Gallipolis, O., 1912 -; in winter of 1913-1914, was given leave of absence from local Church and engaged in gen- eral Evangelistic work in many of the larger Churches of Ohio with more than ordinary success. Ilas been member of Faculty of Gallia Acad. High Sch., 2 yrs., having charge of all athletics in the high school. Socs. and clubs: General Ohio State Alumnae Assn .; Gallia County and Ohio State Alumnae Assns .; M. W. of A. Baptist Church. Moderator of the Pom- eroy Baptist Assn. for three successive VI'S. Home address: 514 2nd Ave., Gal- lipolis. O.
NEWVAHNER, JOHN HENRY, Banker; born. Jackson Co .. Dec. 29, 1869; son of Henry Newvahner and Mary (Prior) New- vahner; educated: Jackson schools; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. A., 1891. Married. Ida Gilliland. June 19. 1895. Banker since 1895; cashier First National Bank since 1904; Mem. City School Board. Socs. and clubs: Knight Templar; Granger. Presbyterian Church. Home address: Jackson. O.
NICHOLS, SUSAN PERCIVAL, Coll. Prof .; born. Brownsville, Maine, May 12. 1873; daughter of Charles Louis Nichols and Anna (Flint) Nichols; educated: public
schools. Brunswick. Maine: Bradford Academy, Bradford, Mass College de- grees: B. S. (Cornell Univ.); Ph. D. (Univ. Wis.); Fellow in Botany, Cornell, 1898-9: at American Women's Table, Zoological Station, Naples, Italy, 1899- 1900; teacher Haughton Seminary, Clin- ton, N. Y., 1900-2; Fellow in Botany, Univ.
WVis., 1902-1903; teacher science, Hill, Ky., 1904-8; Instr. Botany, Oberlin College, Oberlin, O., 1908-11; Assoc. Prof. Botany, Oberlin Coll., 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Sigma Xi; Am. Assn. for Adve. Science; Am. Nats .; Bot. Soc. of America; Jos- selyn Bot. Soc. of Maine. Congregational Church. Home address: 257 Elm St .. Ober- lin, O.
NIEDERHAUSER, JOHN, Merchant; born, Switzerland, Dec. 3. 1854; son of John Neiderhauser and Anna (Schmied) Nie- derhauser; educated: Switzerland and Ohio common schools; Duff's Commercial Coll., Pittsburgh, Pa. Married, Mary A. Peter, 1879. Conducted a general store at Gnadenhutten, O., also served as post- master of village under President Har- rison; moved to Canton, O., engaged in dry goods and shoe business at 1218 Tus- carawas St., East, 1891 -; Mem. Board Education, Canton, O., 1905-10; appointed Mem. 1st Bd. Civil Service Commission (resigned after serving 2 yrs.); came to America with an uncle in 1868. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Order; K. P. Elder in First Presbyterian Church. Home ad- dress: 1902 Fourth St., E., Canton, O.
NIGSCH, FRANCIS (Rev.), Catholic Clergy- man; born. Blons. Vorarlberg, May 24, 1846; son of Francis A. Nigsch and Rc- gina (Erhart) Nigsch; educated: Switzer- land and Carthagena, O. Ordained, Jan. 25. 1872; stationed at St. Mary's Church, Cassella. O., 1872-3; St. Mary's O., to Feb., 1874; Weston, Mo., 1874-1875; Wapa- koneta, O., 1875-1881; Glandorf, O., 1881- 1897; organized the church of the Pre- cious Blood in Ft. Wayne, Ind., 1897-1903. St. Peter and St. Paul's Church. Ottawa, Ohio, Jan., 1903 -. Home, address: Ot- tawa. Ohio.
NICHOLS, HUGH LLEWYLLEN, Chief Jus- tice; born, New Richmond, O., March 25, 1865; son of Perry J. Nichols and Nettie (Gilmore) Nichols; educated: Batavia (O.) high school; Ohio Wes. Univ., Delaware. O .; Cincinnati Law Sch. Married, Louisa Dean Stirling, March 2, 1887. Engaged in practice law, Batavia, O .; elected State Senator. 2nd and 4th Ohio Dists., 1897- appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1911; elected same office, 1912; appointed chief justice Supreme Court of Ohio, Sept., 1913; elected chief justice Supreme Ct. of Olio, Nov., 1914, for term 6 yrs .; has been appointed to two state offices and elected to same positions in ensuing state elec- tion-a record hardly paralleled in Ohio; chairman Dem. State Com. and conducted campaign resulting in re-election of Gov. Judson Harmon, 1910. Socs. and clubs: Odd Fellow. Elder in Batavia Presby. Ch. Home address: Batavia, O.
NILES, CHARLES FREDERICK MATHER,
Attorney and Banker; born,
Hudson, Mich., April 4. 1859; son of Charles Erskine Niles
and Louisa Griswold
( Mather) Niles; educated: St. Peter's School; Maple Hill School. Ashtabula; High School, Findlay, O .; Wooster Univ., Wooster, O. College degrees: A. B. and M. A. Married, Fannie I. Sneath. June 28, 1882. Studied law and languages two yrs. in Europe; practiced law and man- aged bank in Garden City, Kans .: cashier and President of National Bank, Memphis, Tenn., 9 yrs .; founded Security Trust Co., Toledo. 1898. Secy. and Treas. of same: later Pres .; appointed by .Gov. Nash, as Director of Public Safety of Toledo; ap- pointed by Pres. Cleveland as United States Land Register for Garden City, Kansas. district; elected Treas. and afterwards Pres., Phi Kappa Psi, National Fraternity; held a number important re- ceiverships. railroads and others, under
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appointment of courts; also numerous executorships, trusteeships, etc .; has a number of financial interests and is an officer and director of several banks and other corporations. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Toledo Club: Country Club; Yacht Club; Toledo Commerce Club; Anthony Wayne Chapter S. A. R .: Zenobia Temple Shrine; Scottish Rite; Knight Templar, and all Masonic bodies. Presbyterian. Home address: 2062 Robinwood Ave., To- ledo. Ohio.
NIPPERT, ALFRED K., Com. Pleas Judge, Hamilton Co. Term expires Dec .. 1919. Home address: Cincinnati, O.
NISWONGER, WINFIELD C., Minister; born, near Brooksville, O., Dec. 20, 1861; son of Eli Niswonger and Elizabeth (Miller) Niswonger; educated: Literary education in different schools; Theologi- cal Bonebrake Sem., 1886. Married, Clara A. Monbeck, May 7, 1885; has always been pastor since graduation; served important pastorates at Lewisburg, O., Arcanum, O., Germantown. O., and at present, at Dayton. O. Member of United Brethren in Christ. Has always been successful in his work. Home address: Dayton, O.
NOAH, ANDREW HALE, Retired; born, Bath Tp., Summit Co., O., Feb. 18, 1858; son of Elmus Noah and Esther (Mott) Noah; educated: Oberlin. O. Married,
Kittie B. McGill, Dec. 29. 1880. Treas. The Diamond Rubber Co .; Secy. Akron Savings & Loan Assn .. 10 yrs., from or- ganization-now Vice Pres. and Director; Trustee of Buchtel College; Dir. The B. F. Goodrich Co .; First-Second Nat. Bank; Pres. Jahant Heating Co .; Pres. Jahant Furnace Co .; Pres. Akron Tire Clear. House Co .; Pres. Hotel Cleveland; Dir. Peoples Savings Bank; Mem. Com. on Students' Work. Oberlin College; Mem. Akron City Library. Socs. and clubs: Portage Coun- try Club; Akron City Club; University Club: Congress Lake Club; Ohio Society of New York; 32d degree Mason; I. O. O. F. St. Paul's Episcopal Ch. Home address: "Twin Oaks," North Portage Path, Akron. O.
NOBLE, HARRY S., Physician; born, St. Marys, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1872; son of Alva Noble and Mattie (Whetstone) Noble; educated: Nat. Normal Univ., Lebanon, O .; Medical College Ohio, Cincinnati, O. College degrees: M. D., Kentucky School Med., 1893. Married. Catharine Mooney, Oct. 3, 1902. Actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at St. Marys, Ohio. Socs. and clubs: American Med. Soc .; fellow American College Sur- geons. Home address: St. Marys, O.
NOBLE, WARREN F., Attorney; born, Tiffin, O .; son of Warren P. Noble and Mary E. (Seiger) Noble; educated: Tiffin, O .. high school: Ohio State Univ. (class 1879). College degrees: A. B. Unmar- ried. Admitted to bar of Ohio. 1881; en- gaged in practice law. Tiffin. O., 1881 -. Socs. and clubs: B. P. O. E. Home ad- dress: 142 North Washington St .. Tiffiil, Ohio.
NOLAN, HARRY F., Attorney; born. Day- ton, O., June 22. 1964; son of (Col.) Michael P. Nolan and Anna Schneck (Clark) Nolan: educated: public schools, Dayton, O. Admitted to bar May 4, 1886; engaged in general practice of law ever since; elected city solicitor. Dayton, O., April 8. 1890, and served two years; now a member of the civil service board: also first assistant Pros. Atty. of Montgomery Co .. O. Socs. and clubs: Mem. of the Masonic bodies: P. E. R. Order of Elks. Home address: 18 Frank St., Dayton, O. NOLAN, JAMES, Editor: born, Moscow, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 5, 1861; son
of Patrick Nolan and Sarah (Ryan) Nolan; educated: State Normal School, Geneseo, New York. Unmarried. Worked as re- porter on daily papers in Auburn, N. Y .; Syracuse, N. Y .; Buffalo, N. Y., and Rochester, N. Y .; was assistant city edi- tor of the Buffalo (N. Y.) Express, 112
yrs .; telegraph editor of the Buffalo Com- mercial. 3 yrs .; editor and manager of the Tidings of Los Angeles, Calif., 2 yrs .; manager and editor of The Toledo Rec- ord since Sept. 20, 1909. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Musical Art Soc .; Toledo Power Boat Gun Club. Roman Catholic Church. Mem. St. Patrick's Parish, Toledo, Ohio. Home address: 130 Fourteenth St., To- ledo. O.
NOLAND, FRANK EDGAR, Dentist; born, Fairfield Tp., Madison Co .. O .. Oct. 25, 1875; son of Beckwith Noland and Mary (Biggert) Noland; educated: country schools; Western Reserve Univ .; Business Coll. Married, Laura Smith, Sept. 20,
1900. Began the practice of dentistry in Mt. Sterling in 1898, and then moved to London in 1903, where he has since been located; has served as a member of the county election board. Socs. and clubs: Masonic; K. of P .: National Dental Assn. Methodist Episcopal. Dr. Noland is a prominent member of the Fish and Game Soc. and has done much to preserve the fish and game of Madison Co. Home ad- dress: 30 Walnut St., London, O.
NOLL, ROBERT M., Attorney; born, Mid- dleport, O .. Jan. 4, 1877; son of John A. Noll and Virginia A. (Thompson) Noll; educated: Hannibal high school; Marietta College; Law Dept .. Univ. of Cincinnati. College degrees: LL. B .. Univ. of Cincin- nati. Married, Callie G. O'Neill. Oct. 10,
1906. Practiced law in Marietta, Ohio, since 1902; city solicitor, City of Marietta, O., 1906-1910; prosecuting attorney, Wash- ington Co., 1917-1918. Socs. and clubs: Masons; K. T .; K. of P .; Elks; Modern Woodmen of America; Maccabees; Red Men; Marietta Town and Country Club. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 620 Front St., Marietta, O.
NOLTING, CHARLES A., Business Man; born, Cincinnati, O., Sept. 14. 1850; son of Charles Philip Frederick Nolting and Anna Barbara Nolting; educated: Cincin- nati public schools. Married, Amelia Twachtman, Feb. 19, 1874. Worked for Duhme & Co .. 18 yrs .; in 1882 became associated with Frank O. Lodwick; after Mr. Lodwick's death he carried on the business by himself for 5 yrs .; then as- sociated with Mr. Wm. S. P. Oskamp un- der the name of Oskamp, Nolting & Co .. jewelers; in 1907 the firm was incorpo- rated under name of The Oskamp, Nolt- ing Co .. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Order; Ohio Lodge. No. 1. I. O. O. F. Home ad- dress: 45 Parker Ave., Cincinnati, O.
NORPELL, CARL, Attorney; born, Newark, N. J .; son of Conrad Norpell and Mary Louise (Pfauff) Norpell; educated: Lick- ing Co., Ohio. Married, Miss Bradley, June 16, 1885. Has been practicing law in Licking Co. and State Courts since 1878; city councilman; chief of Bd. of Elections; trustee for State Sch. for Deaf. M. E. Church. Home address: 12 Lansing Block, Newark. O.
NORRIS, CALEB HOWARD, Attorney; born, Waldo, Marion Co., O., Sept. 29, 1850: son of Daniel Norris and Rosanah (French) Norris; educated: public schools of Morrow Co .; Grad. Cardington high school in 1869: Ann Arbor, Mich. Mar- ried, Jessie H. Harchberger, March 24, 1903. Admitted to bar of Ohio at Day- ton, June, 1869. Pros. Atty., Marion Co., O., 1870-1878; Judge Common Pleas Court,
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10th Dist., 1884-1897; Judge Circuit Court. 3rd Judicial Circuit, 12 yrs .; retired Feb. 9, 1909, having served in à judicial ca- pacity for nearly 25 yrs. continuously; Mem. of 4th Constitutional Conv. of Ohio and had a leading part in the deliberations of that body which held its sessions in the early part of 1912. Judge Norris has been deeply interested in the pioneer his- tory of Ohio and has contributed much valuable material and delivered many noted addresses on this subject. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Elks. Home address: Marion, O.
NORRIS, HENRY McCOY, Mechanical En- gineer; born, Trenton, N. J., Jan. 21, 1868; son of John Hurd Norris and Cora Mc- Coy (Bunnell) Norris; educated: State Normal and Model Schs., Trenton; Tren- ton Acad .; Lawrenceville (N. J.) School; Sibley College (Cornell Univ.). Married, Sarah Boyd Nixon, Nov. 24, 1892. Appren- ticed machinist. Bement, Miles & Co., Philadelphia, 1884-18SS; designer, Ferra- cute Mach. Co., Bridgeton, N. J .; Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Providence, R. I .; Pond Mach. Tool Co., Plainville, N. J., 1892; Insp. Garvin Machine Co., N. Y., 1893;
Supt. Appleton Mfg. Co., Phila., 1894; Riehle Bros. Testing Mach. Co., 1895; Gen. Mgr., Campbell & Zell Co., Baltimore, 1896; Supt. Engr. and Works Mgr., Bick- ford Drill & Tool Co., Cincinnati, O., 1897- 1909: an owner. officer and director, Cin- cinnati Bickford Tool Co .. Mfrs. of metal drilling machinery, 1909 -; pioneer Mem. Nat. Metal Trades Assn .; Cincinnati Metal Trades Assn .; Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs .; editor "The Digest of Physical
Tests," 1895. Author: Points of Vantage," 1901; Ancestry and Descendants "56 of Lieut. Jonathan and Tamesin (Barker) Norris, 1906; many papers on Tech. sub- jects, 1893-1917; joint-author: "The History of the Drilling Machine," 1917; lecturer on systematic and scientific machine tool de- signing; inventor of various mechanical devices, including the first speed box used on a machine tool and the transmission control used on automobiles; authority on shop system and cost accounting; Hrst to introduce the "Premium Plan" in the West; designer of the first high-speed lathe and high-speed, high-power, radial drill; deviser of the current formula given in Engineers' hand-books for ascertain- ing the power required to drive drills in metals at various speeds and feeds. Socs. and clubs: Alpha Delta Phi; Ohio Soc. S. R. (Vice Pres., 1917): Ohio Soc. Colonial Wars (Gov., 1915-1916); National Geographical Soc .; Loyal Legion; Cornell Assn. of Southern Ohio (Pres., 1915-1916) ; Engineers Club; Automobile Club; Ohio River Launch. Presbyterian. Republi- can. Home address: 2712 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati, O. Address: Cincinnati Bick- ford Tool Co .. Oakley. Cincinnati, O.
NORRIS, JOHN HOWARD, Physician-Sur- geon; born. Fostoria. O., May 13, 1855; son of John Norris and Rebecca (Cuth- bertson) Norris; educated: Fostoria, pub- lic schools; Academy at Republic, Ohio; Grad. of Med. Dept. of Wooster Univ .; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1877; New York City. 1880. Married. Anna Leath- ers, 1909. Practicing physician and sur- geon in Bowling Green, O., 1877-1899; in Fostoria since 1899; chief surgeon for the Travelers Insurance Co., 1901 -; was member of Bd. of Health for 7 yrs .; Dir. of Fostoria Public Health League; trustee of Fostoria Humane Soc. Socs. and clubs: Masonic bodies; B. P. O. E .; Fostoria Country Club; Chamber of Commerce; Y. M. C. A .: Northwestern Ohio Med. Soc. M. E. Church. Home address: 318 West Tiffin St .. Fostoria. O.
NORTON, ALFRED LOCKLIN, Merchant; born. Portsmouth. O .. Nov. 1. 1883; son of Frank Alfred Norton and Margaret (Mills) Norton; educated: Gallipolis and Rutherford. N. J., public schools; Gallia Academy. Secy .- Treas. A. L. Norton Co., booksellers and stationers, Newark, Ohio, 1915 -. Socs. and clubs: Mason: Sons Veterans; Board Trade; Merchants' Assn., Newark, O. Home address: Newark, O.
NORTON, D. Z., Banker; Pres. Citizens Savings & Trust Co. Home address: 7301 Euclid Ave .. Cleveland. O.
NORTON, MINER G., Attorney; born. An- dover. O .. May 11. 1857; son of Rowland M. Norton and Eliza (Gibbs) Norton; edu- cated: Jefferson high school; Mt. Union College; National Normal Univ .; Yale Col- lege. College degrees: Ph. B .; LL. B .; M. L. Married, Agnes Hine, Aug. 5, 1885, Adrnitted to Ohio bar. 1SS0; entered law firm, Marvin, Laird & Cadwell, 1881;
became member of firm
Laird & Norton, 1882; became the
firm, Norton & Pinney,
of Marvin,
1892; ap- pointed Dir. Law. Cleveland, O .. 1895-99; appointed U. S. Appraiser by Pres. Roose- velt, 1905-9; practicing attorney, Cleveland, O .. 1909- IIome address: 4424 Frank- lin Ave .. Cleveland. O.
NORTON, SIDNEY AUGUSTUS, Chemist; born, Bloomfield. Trumbull Co., O .. Jan. 11. 1835; son of Charles H. Norton and Caroline Brayton (Cornell) Norton; edu- cated: Union Coll., New York; Miami Med. Coll., Cincinnati; Univ. Bonn, Leip- zig and Heidelberg, Germany. College de- grees: A. B .. 1856; A. M .. 1859; M. D., 1869; (Hon.) M. D., Western Reserve, 1869; (Hon.) Ph. D., Kenyon. 1878; (Hon.) Wooster, LL. D., 1881, Union Univ., 1\99. Married. Sarah J. Chamberlain, June 20, 1864; . died. 1868; 2nd. Jessie Carter, June 20, 1876; died, April 2. 1912. Instructor natural science, Cleveland high school, 1858-1866; Prof. chemistry, Miami Med. College, 1867-1872; acting Prof. physics. Union Coll., 1873; Prof. chemistry, Starling Med. Coll., 1878-1879; Prof. chemistry, 1873-1895; Prof. emeritus, 1899, Ohio State Univ. Author: Elements of Natural Philosophy, 1870; Essays and Notes, 1874; Elements of Physics, 1875; Elements of in- organic chemistry, 1878; organic chemis- try. 1888. etc .; editor (revised edition), Weld's English Grammar. 1863. Socs. and clubs: Kappa Alpha: Phi Beta Kap- pa; Sigma Xi; Soc. Chemical Industry (London); Deutsche and Chemische Ges- selschaft. Home address: 363 E. Town St .. Columbus. O.
NORTON, WILLIAM ANSON, Banker; born. Marseilles, Wyandot Co .. O., Dec. 14, 1852; son of Anson Norton and Rachel (Hooker) Norton; educated: Kenton high Scli .; Commercial Sch., Cincinnati. Mar- ried, Lula McCormick, Dec. 5, 1905. First employed in dry goods business; became assistant cashier Kenton Savings Bank, 1878; cashier, 1886-1905; Pres. 1905 -; also Vice Pres. Kenton Telephone Co .; Dir. and Treas. Kenton Hardware Co .: trustee Kenton City Water Works, 10 yrs .; member Bd. Public Service. 3 yrs .; Library trustee. 20 yrs., and member board. 1916 -. Socs. and clubs: Scot- tish Rite Mason: Elk. Methodist Episco- pal. Home address: 202 North Detroit St .. Kenton. O.
NOSS, MARY THEODORA, College Prof .: born. California. Pa .. March 20. 1886: daughter of Theodore Bland Noss and Mary (Graham) Noss: educated: Grad. of State Normal School. California, Pa., 1904; Wellesley College. 1909: studied at the Sorbonne. Paris. 1906-7; Columbia Univ .. 1916-17 (expects to take her mas-
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ter's degree at Columbia Univ., 1917). College degrees: B. A., Wellesley, 1909. Teacher of French at State Normal Sch., California. Pa .. 1909-14: Prof. of Romance Langs., at Ohio Univ., Athens, O., 1914-16; now attending Columbia Univ. Socs. and clubs: Reading Club; Woman's Music Club; Woman's College Club, Athens, O. Member Methodist Episcopal Church. Winner of Billings Prize in music, Welles- ley. 1909. Home address: 48 University Terrace, Athens. O.
NOTESTEIN, JONAS O., University Prof .; born, Canaan, O., July 11, 1849; son of Isaac Newton Notestein - and Elizabeth (Frank) Notestein; educated: Canaan Acad. College degrees: A. B., 1873. Univ. of Wooster; A. M .. 1876; Litt. D .. Univ. Pittsburgh, 1897. Married, Margaret J. Wallace, Aug. 9, 1876. Instr. Latin, 1873- 4: Adj. Prof .. 1874-80; Prof. Latin Lang. and Litt .. Univ. Wooster. 1880 -; edi- tor Wooster Quarterly. 1889 -. Home address: Box 295. Wooster. O.
NOWLAN, A. J., Educator; County Supt. of Schools. Hancock Co. Home address: Findlay. O.
NOYES, WILLIAM R., Banker; born, Me- dina. Co .. O .. May 11. 1845; son of Daniel E. Noyes and Eleanor A. (Avery) Noyes; educated: Bowling Green. O. Married, Carrie E. Phillips. Dec. 6, 1871. Grain buyer; Treas. of Wood Co., 4 yrs .; deputy, 2 yrs .; now cashier of Custer State Bank, Custer. O. Socs. and clubs: Masons; I. O. O. F .: Grand Army. Home address: Milton Center. O.
NUTT, J. R., Banker; Vice Pres. Citizens Savings & Trust Co. Home address: Coventry Rd .. Cleveland. O.
NUTTING, JOHN DANFORTH, Clergyman; born. Randolph. Vt .. March 8, 1854; son of Rufus Nutting and Sarah H. Nutting; educated: Wheaton, Ill., Coll. (Grad. 1878) ; Oberlin Theol. Seminary, 1885. College degrees: A. B., 1878; A. M., 1881; B. D., 1884. Married, Nannie Keith Miller, June 23. 1885; died, 1886; 2nd. Lillis R. Morley, Jan. 1. 1890. Ordained in ministry Con- gregational Church, 1885; pastor Wauseon, O., 1885-8; . Newport, Ky., 1888-90; St. Louis, 1890-2; Salt Lake City, 1892-1898; Secy. Utah Gospel Mission for special work in behalf of the Mormon people and against the Mormon system, 1898 --: writer and lecturer on Mormonism and kindred subjects. Home address: 1854 E. 81st St .. Cleveland. O.
NYE, CLARK H., Attorney; born. Concord. Lake Co .. O .. Jan. 12. 1858; son of Henry C. Nye and Almena E. (Clark) Nye; educated: Oberlin College. College de- grees: A. B. Married. Eleanor Murray, June 6, 1894. Taught school; farmed; ad- mitted to bar of Illinois at Ottawa. Ill., 1887: admitted to bar of Ohio, 1895; prac- ticed law in Painesville until Feb., 1903; probate judge, 1903 -. serving 5th term. Socs. and clubs: Member I. O. O. F. Congregational Church. Is interested in hospital work; has been trustee of The Painesville Hospital Assn for 12 yrs .; at present. Pres of Bd. of Trustees. Home address: Painesville, O.
NYE, DAVID J., Attorney; born, Ellicott, N. Y .. Dec. 8. 1843: son of Curtis F. Nye and Susan Jerusha (Walkup) Nye; edu- cated: Randolph Academy, Randolph. N. Y .; Oberlin College. Oberlin. O. College degrees: A. B. (1871); A. M. (1883), Ober- lin College. Married, Luna Fisher, Sept. 15. 1880. Admitted to bar. 1872; actively engaged in practice of law in Elyria and adjoining counties, 1873 -; county school examiner Lorain Co .. 1873-6; prosecuting attorney Lorain Co., 1881-4; judge Court Common Pleas. 4th Jud. Dist. Ohio, 1892-
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