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1902; representative of Lorain Co., 4th Const. Convention Ohio, 1912. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Fraternity; 33d degree A. A. S. R. Mason; Pres. Elyria Chamber Commerce, 1905-6; member and Pres., 1905-6, Nye Family American Assn. Con- gregationalist. Home address: 283 Wash- ington Ave .. Elyria, O.
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O'BRIEN, JOHN DANIEL, Physician; born, Conshocken, Pa., Oct. 26. 1880; son John P. O'Brien and Anna Elizabeth of (Zink) O'Brien; educated: Bethlehem Preparatory Sch .; Lehigh Univ., Bethle- liem, Pa .; Jefferson Med. Coll., Philadel- phia, 1903. Married, Florence Mary Mc- Crea. June 17. 1913. Interne at Atlantic City Hospital, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pathologist and assistant physician, Mas- sillon State Hospital, Massillon, O., 8 yrs .; engaged in practice medicine, Canton, O., 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Canton Med. Soc .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Stark Co. Med. Assn .; fellow. Am. Med. Assn .; Am. Medico-Psychological Assn .; Am. Geriatic Soc. Roman Catholic. Home address: 600 Shorb Ave .. N. W .. Canton, O.
O'BRIEN, PATRICK, Priest; born, Ireland, Feb. 20, 1844; son of William O'Brien and Brigid (Deegan) O'Brien; educated: St. Louis College, Louisville, Ohio, and St. Mary's Sem .. Cleveland. O. Unmarried. Ordained priest, July 21. 1872; built St. Patrick's Parochial School, Cleveland, O., and Good Shepherd Church, Toledo, O. Socs. and clubs: Member Knights of Co- lumbus; Honorary Mem. Ford Post, G. A. R .. Toledo. O. Chaplain Notre Dame Convent, Todedo, O ; member of Mc- Kinley Monument Committee for the erection of the monument on Court House Square. Home address: 1136 W. Wood- ruff Ave .. Toledo, O.
.O'BRINE, DAVID, Physician; born, Ire- land, Nov. 17, 1859; son of Michael O'Brine and Mary (Dillon) O'Brine; educated: came to U. S. with parents in infancy; Grad. Ohio Central Normal Sch., Worth- ington, 1876; Supt. schools. Canal Win- chester. O., 1876-7; Ohio State Univ., 1881; Adrian Coll., 1883; Asst. Prof. chem- istry Ohio State Univ .. 10 yrs .: Starling Med. Coll., 1885. College degrees: B. S., 1881; E. M., 1882: M. S .. 1883: M. D., 1885: (Hon.) Sc. D .. Univ. Wooster. Married, Lucinda B. Weaver. July 6, 1889. Prof. chemistry and Geol .. State Agril. Coll., Colorado, 6 yrs .; spent one yr. in medical study in Europe, including course in sur- gery under Dr. Von Bergerman. Berlin. Author: Laboratory Guide of Chemical Analysis, 1888. Home address: 222 West Church St .. Urbana, Ohio.
O'CONNELL, LOUIS, Merchant; born, Tif- fin, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1869; son of Edward O'Connell and Bridget (Murray) O'Con- nell; educated: schools of Tiffin, Ohio. Married, Bertha C. Dutt. July 3, 1915. Employed as clerk by Dildine & Glick, hay dealers; later junior member the Clarence Hatcher Co .; became senior partner in the firm of O'Connell & Knep- per. May 25. 1903. and sole owner. Feb. 12. 1906. under the name of The Louis O'Connell Co. Socs. and clubs: Masons: K. of P .: Jr. O. U. A. M. Home address: 150 Miami St .. Tiffin. O.
O'CONNOR, JEREMIAH, Capitalist; born, Ireland, April 10. 1850; son of Thomas O'Connor and Mary (McGraw) O'Connor; educated: county schools of Seneca Co. Married. Ellen Gosling. Oct. 21. 1887, who died April 29. 1912. Became a traveling salesman in 1877; later became interested
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in zinc mines in Missouri with his cou- sin. the late Thomas O'Connor. Catholic Church. Home address: 53 Clay St., Tif- fin, Ohio.
O'DEA, JOHN F., Manufacturer; Pres. and Treas. The Eller Mfg. Co. Home address: 130 12th St .. N. E .. Canton. O.
ODENBACH, S. J. FREDERICK LOUIS, Meteorologist; born, Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 21. 1857; son of John Odenbach and Eliz- abeth (Minges) Odenbach: educated: Canisius Coll., Buffalo, N. Y .; studied in Univs. of Europe, College degrees: A. B., ISSI. Joined Soc. Jesus, 18SI; Prof. phys- ics and chemistry, 1893-1903; Prof. physical geography, zoology. biology and astron- omy, St. Ignatius Coll., Cleveland.
1903 -; founded and Dir. Meteorol. and Seismological Obs .. 1895; inventor of ceraunograph and an electric seismograph; the 6th observer of the Helvelian halo, Dec. 6, 1901. Socs. and clubs: Fellow A. A. A. Soc .; Am. Seismol. Soc .; Ohio State Academy Science. Home address: St. Ignatius Coll .. Cleveland. O.
O'DONNELL, O'BRIEN, Judge of Probate and Juvenile Courts; born, St. Clair Co., Mich .; son of Patrick O'Donnell and Hon- ora (O'Donnell) O'Donnell; educated: St. Clair Co. schools; law department Detroit Coll. U'nmarried. After graduating from Detroit College, was admitted to the Mich- igan bar: practiced law in Port Huron and Detroit, Mich .; removed to Toledo in 1896; elected judge of the Probate Court of Lucas Co., and judge of the Juvenile Court, 1908, 1912 and 1916. Socs. and clubs: Knights of Columbus; Y. M. C. A .; Commerce Club; Inverness Club. Roman Catholic Church. Home address: The Monticello, Toledo. O.
OFFENHAUER, ROY ERNEST, Educator; born, Montezuma, O., Aug. 10, 1881; son of Julius Offenhauer and Elizabeth (Yaney) Offenhauer; educated: rural schools Mer- cer Co., O .; Montezuma school;
high Marion Normal Coll .. B. S., 1903; Otter- bein Univ .. A. B .. 1905: Post-Grad. work, Harvard Univ .. 1909; Columbia Univ., 1914. 1915. 1916 and 1917. Married, Ella
May Smith. Aug. 4. 1907. Taught rural schools Mercer Co., Ohio, 1899-1902; Supt. Mendon Village and Union Tp. Schools, 1905-7; Prin. of Mt. Vernon high school, Ohio, 1907-9; Prin. Sandusky, O., high school, 1909-14; Co. Supt. of Schs. of Erie Co., O., 1914- Socs. and clubs: Men's Literary Club, Sandusky, O .; Ohio State Teachers' Assn .; Natl. Ednl. Assn .; Perseverance Lodge, No. 329. F. & A. M. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 708 W. Jefferson Sty Sandusky. O.
OGAN, JULIUS SINCLAIR, Attorney; born, Pleasant Tp., Putnam Co., O., June 9, 1850; son of Noah W. Ogan and Nancy (Custer) Ogan: educated: public schools of Columbus Grove, O .; Oberlin Coll., Grad. 1876; Univ. of Mich .. Grad. 1878. College degrees: A. B., 1876. Married, Estella Turner, Dec. 25. 1882. Practiced law in Columbus Grove until ISS2; practiced law in Ottawa until the latter part of 1905; he was then appointed judge of the Con- mon Pleas Court for about 11 mos .; since then, practicing alone in Ottawa; elected mayor of Ottawa, 1914, on the Republican ticket, and at the present is serving in that capacity; was member of the Putnam Co. Building Committee in 1909; Pres. of the Ottawa Home and Savings Assn. Socs. and clubs: F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council; Putnam Club of Otta- wa. O. Home address: Ottawa, Ohio.
OGLEBAY CRISPIN, Manufacturer; born. Wheeling. W. Va .. Oct. 10. 1876; son of James H. Oglebay and Annie D. (List) Oglebay; educated: Wheeling, W. Va.,
high school; St. Paul's and Yale Univs. College degrees: A. B. Unmarried. En- gaged in manufacturing business as Pres. The Ferro Machine & Foundry Co., man- ufacturers of gray iron castings, automo- bile motors and marine engines, Cleve- land. O. Socs. and clubs: Tavern; Country Club; Chagrin Valley- Hunt Club; May- field Country Club; Athletic (Cleveland) ; Yale, Engineers; Banquet Clubs (New York). Home address: Coit Road, Lake Shore Blvd. (Bratenahl), Cleveland O.
OGLEBAY, E. W., Banker; Vice Pres. Cen- tral Natl. Bank. Home address: 3730 Euclid Ave .. Cleveland. O.
OHLINGER, GUSTAVUS, Attorney; born, 1877; son of Franklin Ohlinger and Bertha S. (Schweinfurth) Ohlinger; educated: Univ. of Michigan. College degrees: B. A. and LL. B. Married. Helen Rinehart, 1914. Practiced law in Shanghai, China, 1904-5: in Toledo. O., since 1906; since 1914. member of law firm of Smith, Beck- with & Ohlinger. 1507-12 Second National Bank Bldg .; general attorney for Ann Arbor R. R. Co. Socs, and clubs: Com- modore, 1915-16, Toledo Yacht Club; Mem. Masons; K. of P .; 2nd Vice Pres. Toledo Commerce Club, 1916-17. Unitarian. Magazine contributor and writer. Author of "Their True Faith and Allegiance," in 1916. Home address: 1817 Waite Ave., Toledo, O.
OKEY, GEORGE B., Attorney; born, Mon- roe Co .. O .. Dec. 19. 1849; son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Okey; educated: Cin- cinnati Law Sch. College degrees: LL. B. Married, Sarah Louise Schoomaker, 1872. Admitted to bar in April, 1871; ap- pointed to Codifying Commn. in 1877; re- porter for Supreme Court of Ohio. 1885- 1888, Socs. and clubs: Franklin Co. Bar Assn .; Ohio State Bar Assn; annotated former Constitution of Ohio. Home ad- dress: 41 South Monroe Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
OLDS, EMMA S. MRS., Lecturer-Authoress; born, Florence. O .; daughter of Reuben Allen and Pearl (Smith) Allen; educated: Birmingham; Berea Coll. Taught school at age of 15 yrs. in the mountain schools of Kentucky; after marriage she was re- tained as member of the Bd. of Educa- tion; identified with forward movements for women; held State and National offices for the Lady Maccabees of the World; in 1898 elected Great Commander for Ohio, following was advanced to Mem. of Nat. Conf. Bd. of which she became a trus- tee: trustee of Ohio Fraternal College. Author: Order of the Rose. Socs. and clubs: Former Pres. of Political Club of Elyria, O .; Mem. of Elyria School Board. Home address: Birmingham, O.
O'LEARY, JOHN, Educator; Supt. of Schs., Eaton, O. Home address: Eaton, Ohio.
O'LEARY, JOHN HENRY, Attorney; born, Stony Ridge, O., Oct. 20, 1877; son of Denis O'Leary and Eliza (Luddington) O'Leary; educated: public schools; Univ. of Michigan. College degrees: A. B .; LL. B. Married, Anna Isabelle Metzger, Dec. 31, 190S. Attorney-at-law since gradu- ation, Socs. and clubs: Toledo Clubi; Commerce Club; B. P. O. E .; K, of C .; Toledo Yacht Club; Univ. of Michigan Club. Catholic Church. Home address: 2368 Lawrence Ave., Toledo, O.
OLIN, OSCAR EUGENE, University Vice Pres .; born, Earlville, Portage Co., Dec. 3, 1851; son of Nelson Olin and Harriet M. (Holly) Olin; educated: Dist. Schs. of Iowa, California, and Ohio; State Nor- mal Inst. of Kansas. College degrees: A. M. Married, Marie E. Seibel, March 21, 1878. Vice Pres. of Univ. of Akron
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since 1913; taught district school in Gales- burg, Mich., and "boarded round," 1870; schools of Kansas, 1871-1898; conductor of Normal Inst., 20 yrs .; Prin. of Schs., Baldwin City, Kans., and Augusta, Kans .; Supt. of Schs., Eldorado, Kans .; Prof. of English Lang. and Lit., State Agricul- tural Coll., Kansas. 1885-1898; Prin. of Normal Dept. and Preparatory Schs., Buchtel Coll., 1898-1904; Prof. of Economics and Philosophy, Buchtel Coll .; Vice Pres. Kans. State Teachers' Assn .; Pres. Kans. Acad. of Lang, and Lit .; Pres. and Vice Pres. of Akron Settlement House Assn .; Dean of Buchtel College (now Univ. of Akron); Vice Pres. of Municipal Univ. of Akron. Socs. and clubs: Akron Cham- ber of Commerce; Royal Arch Mason; Akron Settlement House Assn .; Akron Real Estate Assn .; Advisory Bd. of Akron Charity Orgns. Soc .; Life Mem. Ohio
State Horticultural Soc. Universalist.
Ordained minister, 1904.
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farm; taught every grade of public schools from primary to Supt. of Schs .; more than 30 yrs. of college work; school examiner, 20 yrs .; lecturer before Teach- ers' Orgns., Schools, Social and Civic Orgns .; organized night school for for- eigners in Akron. Editor of "Akron and its Environs." Home address: 433 Car- roll St., Akron, O.
OLIVE, JAMES FRANCIS, Clergyman; born, Linville, O., May 12, 1865; son of Robert Olive and Eliza (Johnson) Olive; educated: Normal Sch., Portland, Ind .; Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O .; Ohio Wes- leyan Univ .; Boston Univ. Married. Car- rie Irene Brock, Aug. 22, 1893. Member of West Ohio Annual Conf .; brought up on farm in Mercer Co., O .; taught school, 6 yrs .; after finishing course in Theology, served the following charges: Cygnet, O .; Fostoria, O .; Bellefontaine, O .; Marys- ville, O. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home ad- dress: Marysville, O.
OLIVER, JOHN CHADWICK, Surgeon; born, Cincinnati, May 7. 1862; son of Warner Symmes Oliver and Elizabeth (Chadwick) Oliver; educated: Cincinnati public schools; Miami Med. Coll. College degrees: M. D., 1885. Married, Carrie F. Wright, Oct. 24. 1888. Prof. surgery Ohio- Miami Med. Coll. (Med. Dept. Univ. Cin.), 1912- Socs. and clubs: Fellow Am. Surg. Assn .; Am. Med. Assn .; Southern Surg. and Gynecol. Soc .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Cincinnati Academy Med .; Business Men's Club. Home address: 2233 Park Ave., Cincinnati, O.
OLMSTED, GEORGE HENRY, Business Man; born, LaGrange, Lorain Co., O., Sept. 21, 1843; son of Jonathan Olmsted and Harriet A. (Sheldon) Olmsted; edu- cated: district school: Elyria, O., high school; Eastman's Business Coll., Pough- keepsie, N. Y. Married, Ella L. Kelley, Oct. 24, 1872. Taught country school, 3 winters; engaged in all branches of in- surance, Cleveland, O., 1867 -; Dir. num- ber banks; business organizations. Socs. and clubs: Sons Am. Rev .; New Eng. Soc .; Union Club. Baptist deacon 40 yrs. Home address: 1469 East Boulevard, Cleveland, O.
OLMSTED, HOWARD, Banker; born, Cleve- land, O., Oct. 19, 1880; son of George H. Olmsted and Ella L. (Kelley) Olmsted; educated: Cleveland, O., public schools; Doane Academy; Denison Univ. College degrees: A. B. Married, Zella G. Bishop, Nov. 21, 1907. Engaged in bank and in- surance business. Socs. and clubs: Ath- letic Club: Sons American Rev. Baptist. Home address: 1420 Ansel Road, Cleve- land, O.
OLMSTED, OSCAR N., Insurance: born, Amherst, Lorain Co., O .; son of Jonathan Olmsted and Harriet Abigail (Sheldon) Olmsted; educated: district school of La- Grange, O .; public school of Elyria, O. Married, Hattie Swaffield, June 20, 1872. Teacher of district schools during win- ter; farm work in summer; in early youth became connected with the National Life Insurance Co. of Montpelier, Vt., under the firm name of Olmsted Bros. & Co., state agents for Ohio & Indiana, 1879 -. Socs. and clubs: Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland, O .; Treas. Cleveland Assn. of Life Underwriters and Loan Assn., 1889 --. Mem. First Baptist Church of Cleveland. Home address: 1612 East 117th St., Cleveland, O.
OPENLANDER, DAVID FRANKLIN, At- torney; born, Sherwood, O., Dec. 7, 1864; son of John G. Openlander and Caroline (Swab) Openlander; educated: public schools of Sherwood, O .; law department Ohio State Univ. Married, J. Fay Fahy, Jan. 13, 1900. Admitted to bar in 1897. Taught school a number of yrs .; insur- ance business; mayor of Sherwood; elected prosecuting attorney, Defiance Co., 1906- 1912; moved to Defiance, O., 1906. Socs. and clubs: K. of P .; Elks. Reform Ch. Democrat. Home address: 303 Jefferson Ave., Defiance, O.
ORMOND, JOHN MCFARLAND, Attorney; born, Sharon, Pa., Jan. 18, 1864; son of Benjamin K. Ormond and Mary (McFar- land) Ormond: educated: public schools, Sharon, Pa .; Univ. of Wooster, O .; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. College degrees: Ph. M., LL. B. Married, Lucy Jameson, Oct. 1, 1890. Admitted to bar in 1890, and practiced in Toledo continu- ously since 1890. Socs. and clubs: Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Northern Light Lodge, F. & A. M .; Toledo Com- merce Club. Presbyterian Church. Pres. Bd. of Trustees of Lucas Co. (Carnegie) Library; learned carpenter trade before going to college. Office: 432-437 Spitzer Bldg., Toledo, O .; Home address: Mau- mee, Ohio.
ORTON, EDWARD, JR., University Dean; born, Chester, N. Y., Oct. S. 1863; son of (Dr.) Edward Orton and Mary (Jennings) Orton; educated: Oliio State Univ. Col- lege degrees: E. M. Married, Mary Prin- cess Anderson, Oct. 30, 18SS. Mining en- gineer, chemist and superintendent blast furnaces and steel works, 1884-1890; en- tered clay industries, 1890; managed sev- eral plants, 1890-1893; began agitation in 1893 which resulted in establishing in 1894 first school in U. S. for instruction in technology of clay, glass and cement industries, of which he was director, 1894-1916; dean, Coll. Engineering, Ohio State Univ .. 1902-6 and 1910-16; state
geologist of Ohio. 1899-1906: established, 1896, manufacture of standard pyrometric cones, for regulation of heat treatment in kilns and furnaces of ceramic and al- lied industries; Research Prof., Ceramic Engineering, Ohio State Univ .; major, Quartermaster's Corps, Officers Reserve Corps, U. S. Army, 1917. Wrote: Clays of Ohio and the Industries Established Upon Them, Rep. Ohio Geol. Survey, Vol. 5. 1884: The Clay Working Industries of Ohio, Vol. 7, same, 1893; also numerous technical articles and reports; editor Transactions, . American Ceramic Soc., 1899-1909. Socs. and clubs: Am. Ceramic Soc. (Secy.): Fellow, A. A. A. S .; Soc. Promotion of Engring. Education; Sigma Xi; Am. Soc. Testing Materials; Nat. Brick Mfrs. Assn. Home address: 788 E. Broad St., Columbus. O.
ORWIG, DON CARL, Editor; born, Na- poleon, O., Jan. 24, 1889; son of Luther
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L. Orwig and Mary E. (Harriett) Orwig; educated: Napoleon high school; Univ. Wooster; Case School Applied Science. College degrees: B. S. Unmarried. En- tered the newspaper and printing business, 1911, as publisher of Northwest News, Napoleon, O .; member library board, 1913 --; Vice Pres. of board, 1917; Dir. Chamber Commerce, 1913-15; Treas., 1914. Socs. and clubs: Sigma Nu Frat .; Tau Beta Pi, Hon. Frat .; B. P. O. E .; Na- poleon Lodge, No. 256, F. & A. M .; Haly Chapter, No. 136, R. A. M., Elected High Priest, 1916; K. T .; organizer and director Napoleon Musical Club. Presbyterian. Home address: Napoleon, O.
ORWIG, GALE BENTON, Publisher; born, Napoleon, O., Sept. 24, 1873; son of Luther Lemuel Orwig and Mary Elizabeth (Har- riott) Orwig; educated: public schools, Napolean, O .; Harvard Univ. Married, Elsie Marie Bradley, May 25, 189S. Proprietor, . editor and publisher, North- west News, Napoleon, O., 1895 -; Pres. The Ohio Gas Light & Coke Co., Na- poleon, O .; Dir. Napoleon State Bank. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Elk; K. P. Presbyterian. Home address: Napoleon, Ohio.
ORWIG, GEORGE BELL, Attorney; born, Pemberville, O., Nov. 10, 1861; son of (Dr.) Samuel Abner Orwig and Martha (Black) Orwig; educated: Bellevue (O.) public schools and Ohio Wesleyan Univ. of Delaware, O. Married, Mary Bell Eldridge, Feb. 11, 1891. Engaged in the general practice of law. Socs. and clubs: Charter Mem, of Toledo Art Museum and the Commerce Club; Pres. of Toledo Bar Assn .; Pres. of The Civic Music League. Active Mem. of First Congregational Ch. Home address: 2272 Ashland Ave., Tole- do, Ohio.
ORWIG, LUTHER L., Editor-Publisher; born, Ft. Wayne, Ind., Feb. 12, 1844; son of John Orwig and Hannah (Poorman) Orwig; educated: Tiffin, O., public schools. Married, Mary E. Harriet Davis, 1872. Teacher public schools; owner and pub- lisher Northwest News, 1872-, Napoleon, Ohio, not an issue missed in that time, although office destroyed by fire, Feb. 3, 1899; member city council; board elec- tions. Socs. and clubs: Napoleon Cham- ber Commerce. Elder and trustee Pres- byterian Ch. Home address: 539 W. Washington St., Napoleon, Ohio.
OSBORN, FRANK CHITTENDEN, Civil Engineer; born, Greenland, Mich., Dec. 18, 1857; son of Reuben Howard Osborn and Livonia (Chittenden) Osborn; edu- cated: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Col- lege degrees: Civil Eng .. 1880. Married, Annie Paull, Oct. 27, 1880. Asst. Eng. Louisville Bridge & Iron Co., 1880-5; Prin. Asst. Eng. Keystone Bridge Co., 1885-7; member firm, G. W. G. Ferris & Co., Pittsburgh, inspectors and designers of structural steel works, 1887-9; Asst. to M. J. Becker, chief engineer, Ohio Con- necting Ry. about 4 months in 1889; chief engincer, King Bridge Co., Cleveland, O., 1889-92; engaged in private practice as consulting and designing engineer for structural steel work; Pres. Osborn Engr. Co., 1900-10; Dir. Lake Shore Banking & Trust Co .; Pres. Osborn Realty Co .; Mem. Cuyahoga Co. Bldg. Commission, 1908, and Pres .. 1913, to completion of work in 1915. Author: Tables of Moments of Inertia and Squares of Radii of Gyration, 1894. Socs. and clubs: Am. Soc. Civil Engr. and past Dir .; Instn. Civil Engineers of Great Britain: Am. Soc. Testing Ma- terials; Cleveland Eng. Soc. and past Pres .; Cleveland Chamber Commerce; Am. Ry. Bridge and Building Assn .; 32d de- gree Mason and Knight Templar; Masonic
Club; University Club; Athletic (Cleve- land); Chippewa; Dunedin Yacht Club, Dunedin, Fla. Home address: 1640 East $2nd St., Cleveland, O.
OSBORNE, GROVER PEASE, Editor; born, Trumansburg. N. Y., 1848; son of Rev. David Osborne and Annis (Pease) Os- borne; educated: Kalamazoo, Mich., Col- lege, 1871; Chicago Baptist I'nion Theol. Seminary. College degrees: A. M. (1875); LL. D. (1908). Married, Abbie Card, Sept. 13, 1876. Ordained Baptist ministry,
1875; pastor Second Church, Toledo. O., 1875; Memorial Church, Toledo, O., 1875-
1SS7; editor Journal and Messenger,
1××7- Author: Principles of Econom- ics, 1894. Baptist. Home address: Wal- nut Hills, Cincinnati. O.
OSBORN, HERBERT, Biologist; born, La- fayette, Wis., March 19, 1856; son of Charles Paine Osborn and Harriet Newell (Marsh) Osborn; educated: Iowa State Coll. College degrees: B. S., 1879; M. S., 1880; D. Sc., 1916. Married, Alice Isidore Sayles. Jan. 19. 1883. Asst., 1880-1853,
Asst. Prof .. 1883-5, Prof. zoology and
entomology, 1885-98, Iowa State College, Ames, Ia .; State Entomologist of Iowa, 1898; Prof. zoology and entomology, Re- search Prof., Ohio State Univ., 1916 -: Dir. Lake Lab., 1898-1916; Dir. Ohio Bio- logical Survey, 1912 -; special agent, Div. Entomology, U. S. Dept. Agri., 1885- 1897. Author: Pediculi and Mallophaga of Man and Lower Animals, 1891; Insects Affecting Domestic Animals, 1896; The Hessian Fly in U. S .. 1898; The Genus Scaphoideus. 1900; Economic Zoology. 1908; Leafhoppers Affecting Cereal and Forage Crops, 1912; Leafhoppers of Maine, 1915; Agricultural
Entomology, 1916. Wrote articles Insects, Parasitic and In- sects. Poisonous. in Woods Reference Handbook of Med. Sciences (new edition). 1903 and 1915; also many papers in Jour- nals and Society Proceedings, etc. Socs. and clubs: Fellow, A. A. A. S. (Vice Pres., Sec. F., 1917); Assn. Econ. Entomologists (Pres., 1898); Am. Micros. Soc. (Pres., 1898-1907); Entomol. Soc. of Am. (Pres., 1911); Ohio Acad. of Sciences (Pres.,
1904); Soc. Promotion Agri. Science (Pres., 1917); Soc. Am. Naturalists; Nat. Geog. Soc. ; Internat. Entom. Congress; Sigma Xi. Home address: 485 King Ave., Columbus, O.
OSBORN, SAMUEL GALLOWAY, Attor- ney; born. Columbus. O., Feb. 27, 1871; son of Charles L. Osborn and Mary (Gal- loway) Osborn; educated: public schools of Columbus: Ohio State Univ. College degrees: LL. B. Married, Marietta C. Cole. June 18. 1898. Police judge. 8 yrs .; Municipal Court judge, 7 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Junia Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Humboldt Scottish Rite 32d degree Shriner; Elks; Athletic Club; Columbus Country Club. St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Home ad- dress: 1597 Franklin Path, South, Colum- bus, O.
OSTERHOLM, MARTIN, University Prof .; born, Warburg, Holland. Sweden, Aug. 13. 1863; son of Peter E. Osterholm and Anna B. (Schubert) Osterholm; educated: State Coll. of Jonkoping, 1878-1882; came to America, 1882; Augustana College. Illinois; Grad. student. Univ. Neb .. 1889- 1891; student Yale. 1892; Univ. Chicago, 1893; under Prof. Hjalmar Edgren, 1893- 1896; Cotner Univ .. Neb .. 1896. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .: Ph. D. Married, Emma Lindwall, Nov. 15, 1892. Prof. German and history. Bethany Coll., Kan., 1885-7; organized Nebraska Pub. Com- pany, Lincoln, Neb., 1887; organized and conducted first evening school for work- men and foreigners at Lincoln, Neb., 1887-
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1888; and at Omaha, 1891-2; took active part in Nebraska politics, especially 1891- 1892, as temperance speaker; founded (with C. A. Elmen) Svenska Journalen, 1891; organized Swedish American Book Co., Omaha. 1891; Prof. modern Langs., Cotner Univ .. 1893-6; Prof. German and English, 1896-1901; modern Langs., 1901- 1903, Carthage Coll., Ill .; Prof. modern
Langs., Heidelberg Univ., Tiffin, O., 1903 -; has traveled and studied in Eu- rope. Wrote part of Edgren-Burnet French Dictionary, 1898; Asst. in revising Edgren's Spanish Grammar, etc. Author: number contributions to newspapers.
Lutheran. Home address: 114 Circular St .. Tiffin. O.
OTTERBACHER, HARRY CHRISTIE, Merchant and Manufacturer; born, Wel- lington. O .. Sept. 6. 1879; son of John Martin Otterbacher and Rosa (Fahrion) Otterbacher; educated: Wellington high school; Oberlin College. Married, Phil- lipine Handiges, Sept. 2, 1914. Merchant and manufacturer. Socs. and clubs: Ma- sonic; I. O. O. F .; Athletic Club; Colonial Clubs of Cleveland; Elyria Country Club. Congregationalist. Home address: Wel- lington, O.
OVERMAN, JAMES ROBERT, Educator; born. Bedford, Ind., April 15, 1888; son of James Robert Overman and Carrie Evans (Scantlin) Overman; educated: elementary and high schools of Bloom- ington, Ind .; Indiana Univ., Blooming- ton, Ind .; Columbia Univ., New York. College degrees: A. B., Indiana Univ., 1909; A. M., Columbia Univ., 1914. Mas- ters diploma, Teachers' College, Colum- bia Univ. Unmarried. Prin. high school, Freelandville, Ind .: head of Mathematics Dept., high school, Kokomo, Ind .; Instr. in Mathematics, Shortridge high school, Indianapolis, Ind .; Horace Mann school, New York. N. Y., and Univ. of Pennsyl- vania, summer term; head of Mathemat- ics Dept., State Normal College, Bowl- ing Green, O., 1914 -. Socs. and clubs:
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