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PATTERSON, CHARLES WILLIAM, Mer- chant: born, Findlay, O., Oct. 10, 1854; son of Joseph S. Patterson and Minerva (Taylor) Patterson; educated: Univ. of Wooster. Married. Jessie E. Dunn, July 19, 1882. Dry Goods Merchant of Findlay, Ohio, since 1875. Trustee of Sinking Fund Commn. Socs. and clubs: "Up to date club." Presbyterian. Home address: 848 S. Main St., Findlay, Ohio.
PATTERSON, E. W., Educator: Supt. of Schools. Greenfield. Ohio. Home address: Greenfield, Ohio.
PATTERSON, FRANK N., Attorney; born, Hayesville, O., Dec. 28, 1863; son of F. C. Patterson and Caroline (Ayers) Patterson; educated : Greentown Academy; Wooster Univ. Married, Mary Shawaker. Admitted to Ohio bar Dec. 6, '88. City Solic. of Ash- land; Prosecuting Attorney Ashland Co .; Referee in Bankruptcy; State Senator 27th and 29th Dists .. 77th and 78th Gen. As- Semblies; Pres. of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce; Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee. Author: Wilson's Ohio Criminal Code. Presbyterian. Home address: 531 Center St., Ashland, Ohio.
PATTERSON, FRANK TAYLOR, Merchant; born, Findlay, O., Oct. 2, 1862; son of Joseph S. Patterson and Minerva (Taylor) Patterson; educated: Findlay schools. Married, Mame J. Vance, Nov. 2, 1887. Now and always has been in the dry goods trade. Socs. and clubs: Elk. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 1100 So. Main St., Findlay, O.
PATTERSON, GROVE HIRAM, Editor; born, Rochester. Minn., Nov. 5, 1881; son of Joseph S. Patterson and Nellie M. (Sayles) Patterson; educated: High Sch., Carlyle. Ill .; Oherlin Acad .: Oberlin Coll .; Syracuse Univ. College degrees: A. B. Unmarried. Assoc. Editor, Lorain Times- Herald, Lorain, O., 1905-1908; Night City Editor, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1908-1909; Managing Editor, Toledo Times, 1909-1910; Toledo Blade, 1910-1915; . News Editor, Managing Editor, Toledo Blade, 1915-1917; Editorial Manager Detroit Journal, New- ark, N. J., Star-Eagle and Toledo Blade, 1917 ---. Socs. and clubs: Phi Delta Soc., Oberlin College; Commerce Club; Rotary Club; Toledo, O. Epworth M. E. Church; Delegate General Quadrennial Conf. Methodist Episcopal Church, Saratoga Springs, 1916. Home address: 631 W. Dela- ware Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
PATTERSON, ISAAC FRANKLIN, Edu- cator; born, Barnesville, Belmont Co., O., Nov. 27, 1867; son of (Rev.) Joel Patterson and Mary A. (Wilcox) Patterson; educated: Hopedale College; Western Reserve Univ .: Harvard Univ .; Cleveland Law School; Mt. T'nion Coll. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .; LL. B .; Ped. D. Married, Bertie Vaughan, July 2, 1895. Admitted to the bar as an attorney-at-law, but never practiced; did newspaper and magazine writing and is the author of a book "The Constitutions of Ohio," a book widely known and considered an authority; made a special study of bonds and finance and was for a time em- ployed by a bank as a bond specialist; taught in country school, as a college in- structor, as a principal of an elementary graded school, as a high school teacher, and as a high school principal; at present principal of South High School, Cleveland, Ohio. Socs. and clubs: National Educa- tion Assn .; Ohio State Teachers Assn .; Northeastern Ohio Teachers Assn .; The Cleveland Schoolmasters Club: Knights of Pythias: Masonic Knights Templars. 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home ad- dress: 4106 East 91st St., Cleveland, Ohio. PATTERSON, JOHN HENRY, Manufactur- er; born, Dayton, O., December 13, 1844;
son of Jefferson Patterson and Julia (John- ston) Patterson; educated: Public schs , Dayton, Ohio; Miami, O., Univ. (2 yrs.); Dartmouth College, (Grad. 1867). College degrees: A. B. Married, Katherine Beck, Dec. 18, 1888. Collector Tolls on Miami & Erie Canal, 1867-70; retail coal business, Dayton. O .. interested in coal mining Jack- son County, O .; manager, Southern Ohio Coal & Iron Co., several yrs .; identified with National Mfg. Co., Dayton, O., 1882; Dir. 1883; entered Cash Register Business. 1884; organized, and president The National Cash Register Company, Dayton, O., 1885 -; Lecturer and writer on labor questions; legislative and municipal reform; advocate of co-operation between employer and employe; decorated with Legion of Honor from French Government, after ex- hibit of industrial enterprise and efforts for benefit of his employes, at Paris Ex- position, 1900. Socs. and clubs: Member Advisory Board, National League for Social Service; National Assn. for Promo- tion of Industrial Education; National Assn. for Foreign Commerce; National Assn. for Manufacturers; Dartmouth Club, New York City; National Assn. Corpora- tion Schools; Sons of Am. Rev .; Legion of Honor: Beta Theta Pi. Episcopalian. Home address: Far Hills, Dayton, Ohio.
PATTERSON, JOHN R. W., Educator; born, Richland Tp., Belmont Co., O., Jan. 15, 1886; son of John Patterson and Laura Bell (Coss) Patterson; educated: Bridge- port public schools; Univ. Wooster; Columbia Univ., (N. Y.) College degrees: Ph. B .; A. M. Married, Bertha Beryl Bunker, Aug. 14, 1909. Teacher, rural and village schools, Belmont Co., O., 1904-8; Prin. Schs., (South Bldg. ) Martin's Ferry, O., 1908-10; Prin. High Sch. (acting Sunt. 1-2 vr.) New Washington, O., 1910-12: teacher, science. math .. Univ. Wooster, Wooster, O., 1912-14; Supt. public schools, Amherst. O, 1914-16; Supt. Public Schools, Xenia, Ohio, 1916- Socs. and clubs: Mason: K. of P .: Nat. Education Assn .; Ohio State Ed. Assn .; Chamber Commerce. Congregationalist. Home address: 316 E. Church St., Xenia, Ohio.
PATTERSON, JOSEPH, Banker: born. Oct. 18, 1843: son of John Patterson and Christian Patterson; educated: Savannah Academy. Married. Emma J. Kellogg, Oct. 14, 1886. Bookkeeper, Teller, 1861-69: cashier, 1870-1914: Vice Pres. 1915-, First National Bank, Ashland, Ohio. Socs. and clubs: Nat. Geographic; Commercial and Colonial Clubs. Ashland. O. Trustee First Presbyterian Church. Home address: 427 Center St., Ashland, Ohio.
PATTERSON, RICHARD C., Newspaper Manager; born, Lafayette, Ind., July 12, 1882; son of Frank Patterson and Frances (Covault) Patterson: educated: Pub. Schs. of Lafayette; Purdue Univ., Ind. Married, Margaret Nickerson, Jan. 26, 1914. Re- porter on Lafayette Courier, 1903-1905; Sporting Editor, Indianapolis Star, 1905- 1907; Special Editorial work, Indianapolis Sun: Sporting Editor,
Toledo Times, 1908-1909; Advertising Manager, then busi- ness manager, Toledo Times, 1909 -. Socs. and clubs: Phi Kappa Psi, Purdue Univ .; Rotary Club; Toledo Tennis Club; Toledo Commerce Club. Presbyter an Church. Home address: 431 Kenilworth Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
PATTESON, SUSANNAH LOUISE GRIES- SER, born, Switzerland; daughter of Jacob Griesser and Susannah (Angst) Griesser; educated: Zurich, Switzerland. Married, G. Winston Patteson. May 19. 1880 Court reporter in Cleveland, 1898-1909; official re-
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porter Nat. Conf. of Charities and Cor- rection, 1908-1913; Nat. Conf. on Truant, Backward, Delinquent, and Dependent Children, since organization; Nat. Conf. on Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality and other educational conferences; came to America in 1868; learned telegraphy in 1870 and worked at it for 10 yrs .; after marriage, learned stenography; has given illustrated lectures on My Bird Neighbors, Pestalozzi, Public Education in Switzer- land, and The Business Woman. Author: Pussy Meow, the Autobiography of a Cat; Letters from Pussycatville; Kitty Kat Kimmie; How to have Bird Neighbors; Text Book on Shorthand-Patterson's Pit- manic Phonography; magazine articles in Chautauquan (Pestalozzi); Country life (birds); Youth's Companion; American Boy: Ohio Farmer; Birds. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Cleveland Woman Suffrage Party; Cleveland Animal Protective League; Cleveland Women's Press Club; Nat. Short- hand Reporters Assn .; Authors' League of America; life member Schweizerische Bund fur Naturschutz (Nature Conservation
League of Switzerland). Presbyterian Church. Independent in politics. Home address. Waldheim, East Cleveland, Ohio.
PATTON, CARL SAFFORD, Clergyman; born, Greenville, Mich., May 14, 1866; son of James Lawrence Patton and Sarah (Al- len) Patton; educated: Oberlin Coll .; Grad. Andover Theol. Seminary. College degrees: A. B., 1888; D. D. 190S; Ph. D. Univ. Mich., 1913. Married, Harriet Harrison, Dec. 29, 1892. Ordained in V. Congl. ministry, 1892; pastor, Auburn, Me., 1892-01; Ann Arbor, Mich. 1901-11: First Ch., Columbus, O., Sept. 1911 Author: Truth in Small Packages, 1909: "Sources of The Synoptic Gospels," 1913; also articles on "The New Theism," "Sources of the Gospel of Mark." etc. Home address: 101 E. 12th Ave .. Columbus, O.
PATTON, JAMES ELMER, Physician- Surgeon; born, Galigher, O., Nov. 6, 1873; son of Robert W. Patton and Martha Elizabeth (Mintier) Patton; educated: Common schools; Muskingum College; Ohio Northern Univ .; Starling Med. College; Post-Grad. work at Jefferson and Phila- delphia Polyclinic. College degrees: B. S., 1899: M. D., 1903. Married, Lucretia A. Harlin. Dec. 23, 1903. Began General Practice at Byesville, O., Jan. 1904; en- joys a large general practice; also special work on Diseases of the Nose and Throat. Socs. and clubs: Guernsey Co. Med. Soc .; Ohio State Med. Assn .; Am. Med. Assn. Methodist Protestant Church. Home ad- dress: Cor. Main and 2d Sts., Byesville, Ohio.
PAUL, CHARLES M., Surgeon; born, Aber- deen, Brown Co., O., Dec. 5, 1868; educated: High Sch. of Ironton, O .; Med. Coll. of Ohio. College degree: M. D. Married, Alice Sayler, June, 1903. For 18 months fol- lowing graduation, served as resident physician in Cincinnati Hosp,, and since then has engaged in active practice .; for several years he was demonstrator of surgery at Medical Coll. of Ohio. Socs. and clubs: Acad. of Med. of Cincinnati; Ohio State Med. Soc .; American Med. Assn .; Nu Sigma Nu Med. Coll. Frat .; Alumni Assn. of Med. Coll. of Ohio; Masonic Frat. Home address: Oliver Rd. and Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio.
PAUL, HARRY MAURICE, Editor; born, Tronton. O .. Jan. 3. 1873: son of Moses D. Paul and Mary Jane (Moore) Paul; edu- cated: Ironton Public and High Schs. Mar- ried, Oct. 9, 1900, Lillian N. Otten. City Ed. Daily Trontonian 1893-98; Ed. Daily Register, 1898-1903; city Ed. Portsmouth (O.) Blade, 1903-08; Managing Ed. Daily Irontonian, 1908 -: Mem. and Clerk Bd. of Education, 1901-1903; Clerk City Council,
1910 -. Socs. and clubs: Elks; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum. Congrega - tionalist Home address: 823 South Fifth St., Tronton, Ohio.
PAULLIN, SAMUEL J., Agriculturist; born, Fayette Co., O., Sept. 29. 1849; son of Uriah Paullin and Martha (Green) Paullin; educated: Dist. Schs. and High Sch. at Bloomingburg, O. Married, Flora Core, Jan. 1, 1879. Taught school for a few years and then engaged in farming, which occupation he has followed since 1870; Member of the Bd. of Education in Midway Special Dist., 20 yrs .; Pres. of the Farmers Mutual Ins. Co. Socs. and clubs: Mason; K. of P. Methodist Episcopal. Republican. Home address: Sedalia, Madison Co., Ohio.
PAULUS, JOSEPH MARY, Clergyman; born, Suffield. O., Feb. 18, 1871; son of Joseph Paulus and Eva (Knapn) Paulus; educated: St. Ignatius Coll., Cleveland, Ohio; St. Marys Sem., Cleveland, O. Unmarried. Pastoratcs: Payne, O., 1898-1907; St. Pauls Ch., Canton. O .. 1907-1910; St. Mary's Ch., West Park, O., 1910-1911; St. Michaels Ch., Cleveland, O., 1911-1912; Professor St. Marys Sem., Jan. 25, 1912 to Sept. 9, 1915; Pastor St. Bernards Ch., Akron, O., Sept. 9, 1915 -. Home address: 47 E. State St., Akron, Ohio.
PAULY, HAROLD ALBERT, Editor-Pub- lisher; born, Mason, Warren Co., March 3, 1879; son of George W. Pauly and Clara F. (Cox) Pauly; educated: Mason Public and High Schs .; Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Dela- ware. Ohio. College degrees: B. A. I'n- married. Publisher, Warren County Ap- peal. 1899-1900, Mason, O .; Editor, The Re- publican, Lebanon, O., 1901-1902; with U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., 1904; Publisher-The Western Star, Lebanon, O., 1905-1906; Publisher, The Buckeye, Troy, Ohio, 1908; one of the pub- lishers of The Miami Union and The Troy Daily News, Troy, O., since 1909. Socs. and clubs: F. & A. M .; Knights Templar; Phi Delta Theta and Phi Beta Kappa, Coll .. Frats .; Buckeye Press Assn .: Miami Valley Press Assn. Presbyterian Church. Home address: Troy, Miami County, Ohio.
PAVEY, CHARLES CALLOWAY, Attorney; horn, Greenfield, O., Aug. 26, 1857; son of Madison Pavey and Mary Lucretia (Dun- lan) Pavey; educated: Washington C. H., High Sch .; Wooster Univ .: Yale Law Sch. College degrees: B. A .; M. A. Married, Eva Matilda Grove, Oct. 6, 1887. Admitted to bar of Ohio, Dec. 1884: practiced law. Washington C. H., O., 1884-99: removed to Columbus, O., resumed practice, 1899 -- , became member firm, Hughes & Pavey, 906 & 908 Brunson Office Bldg. Socs. and clubs. F. & A. M. Grand Master. 1903- 1904; I. O. O. F .: K. P .; Delta Chi Frat .; Athletic Club (Columbus); Kit-Kat Club. Home address: 41 Wilson Av., Columbus, O.
PAXTON, HARRY W., Educator; born, Loveland, O .. Dec. 7, 1864; son of Robert Paxton and Harriet (Hutchinson) Paxton; educated: Pub. Schs., Clermont Co., O .: Loveland high school; Ohio Wes. Univ .; Cincinnati Law Sch. College degrees: B. 1 .; LL. B. Married, Mary A. Bateman, June 30, 1909. Teacher in public schools. Clermont Co., O .; Prin. Ripley High Sch .; Prin. Martins Ferry (O.) High Sch .; Supt. Mentor Schs. and South Charleston. O., public schools; member 70th and 71st Gen- eral Assemblies. Ohio, 1892-1896; nominee for Congress 6th Dist., Ohio, 1896. Socs. and clubs: Mason; K. P. 'Presbyterian. Home address: South Charleston, Ohio.
PAXTON, JOHN GRAHAM, Editor-Printer; born, Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 27, 1872; son of John G. Paxton and Ann (Miller) Paxton; educated: Common Schs. of Guernsey and Muskingum Counties, Ohio.
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Married, Amy E. Geissinger, Sept. 17, 1896. With the New Concord, O., Enterprisc, 1886-1891; edited, and printed the School News and College Campus at New Concord, Ohio, 1886-1889; Editor The Courier, Kent, Ohio, 1891-1915; associate publisher, editor The Tribune, Kent, O., 1915-, establish- ing the paper in partnership with S. W. Baker; for 27 yrs. correspondent for the metropolitan newspapers; Township and School Clerk, 1905-1916. Socs. and clubs: Kent Board of Trade; Kent City Club; Pres. Northeastern Ohio Paragrapliers' Assn., 1915-1916. Congregational. Home ad- dress: 122 North Mantua St., Kent, O.
PAYNE, S. C., Banker; cashier Natl. Com- merical Bank. Home address: 10510 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
PEALE, CHARLES CLIFFORD, Clergyman; born, Lynchburg, O., Aug. 4, 1870; son of Samuel Peale and Laura (Fulton) Peale; educated: Pub. Schs. of Lynchburg, Grad. from High Sch., in 1888; Hillsboro Military Coll .; Grad. from The Medical College of Ohio, (Med. Dept. of Univ. of Cincinnati) in 1892. College degrees: M. D., 1892, Med. Coll. of Ohio: D. D .. 1892. Ohio Northern
Univ. Married, Anna DeLaney, Oct. 20,
1895. In 1893. became Assistant to the Chair of Theory and Practice of Medicine and Lecturer on Physical Diagnosis at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mil- waukee, Wis .; in August, 1895, entered the Cincinnati Conf. of Methodist Episcopal Church at Hamilton, O .; held various charges, Asbury Ch., Cincinnati, O .; Grace Ch., Norwood, O .; Greenville, O .; and Bellefontaine, O .; became member of West Ohio Conf. in Sept. 1913; present pastor of Bellefontaine Methodist Episcopal Church. Socs. and clubs: Sons of Veterans, being Chaplain of Ohio Div .; York Rite, Srot- tish Rite Mason and Shriner; I. O. O. F .; Modern Woodmen; Trustee of Preachers Relief Soc. in Ohio; member Assn. of Methodist Chi dren's Home of Ohio. Inde- pendent voter. Home address: 308 N. Detroit St., Bellefontaine, Ohio.
PEARCE, CHARLES TABB, Physician- Surgeon; born, Maysville, Ky., 1871; son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burgess Pearce; educated: Peekskill Military Acad .; Wash- ington & Lee Univ .; Univ. of Pennsylvania; Univ. City of New York. College degree: M. D. Prof. of skin and venereal diseases at Cincinnati Coll. of Medicine and Surgery, 1893; spent summer of 1911-13 in hospitals of Europe; now in active practice. Socs. and clubs: Business Men's Club; Acad. of Med. of Cincinnati; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Assn .; Masonic Lodge; 32nd de gree. Scottish Rite; Syrian Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. Honie address: 248 Woolper Ave., Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio.
PEARCE, HENRY M., Physician-Surgeon; born. Urbana, O .. Dec. 20, 1868; son of Dr. Henry Clay Pearce and Sarah Jane (Mor- gan) Pearce; educated: Pub. Schs. of Ur- bana. O .; Grad. Starling Med. Coll., March 4, 1890, Columbus, O. Married, Anna M. Sleffel, Nov. 26, 1890. Practiced with his father for several years and upon his death, he practiced alone; Surgeon for Pennsyl- vania Railroad Co .; Present Health Officer of Urbana, O. Socs. and clubs: Knight Templar Mason; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Champaign Co. Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Assn. Member First M. E. Church of Urbana, O. Home address: 126 Scioto St., Urbana, O. PEARSON, A. J., Common Pleas Judge, Cuyahoga County. Term expires, Dec. 1918. Home address: Cleveland, Ohio.
PEASE, RALPH C., Surgeon; born, Chardon, O., Sept. 11, 1874: son of Henry P. Pease and Frances (Shaw) Pease; educated: Chardon and Chester Sem. College de- grees: M. D. Married, Pearl Walker, July 26, 1908. Physician and surgeon. Socs, and
clubs: Ustion Soc., F. & A. M. Congrega- tional Church. Home address: Chardon, Ohio.
PECK, EDITH WELD, Attorney; born, Cin- cinnati, O .; daughter of Hiram D. Peck and Harriet Emily (Weld) Peck; educated: Miss Nourse's Sch., Cincinnati, O .; Univ. of Cincinnati; Grad. Work. in Univ. of Cambridge; Univ. of Chicago; Boston Univ. College degrees: B. L .; LL. B .; M. J. Un- married. Lecturer for woman suffrage; interested in settlement work; Instr. of English in Univ. of Cincinnati, 2 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Ohio Woman Suffrage Assn .: American Forestry Assn .; Cin- cinnati Woman's Club; Civic League, Uni- tarian. Author of travel articles and of Revision of Peck's Township Officers' Guide. Home address: 4 Parkside Bldg., Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
PECK, JOHN WELD, Attorney; born. WVyo .. O., '74: son of Hiram David Peck and Harriet Emily (Weld) Peck; educated: Miami Univ., Oxford, O .; Harvard Univ .; · Cincinnati Law Sch. College degrees: A. B., Harvard. 1896; LL. B., Cincinnati, 1898; LL. D., Miami. 1915. Married, Nellie Wright, Jan. 7. 1898. Engaged in practice law, Cincinnati, O .· member firm of Peck, Shaffer & Peck, Attys .; Trustee of Cincin- nati Southern Rv .; Atty. for Western Ger- man Bank, 1898 --; Vice Pres. Coney Island Co .: Democratic candidate for mayor of Cincinnati, 1909; Chmn. Hamil- ton Co. Democratic Campaign Com .. 1910- 12; member city council, 1912-13 (Majority leader); Del. Dem. Nat. Conv., Baltimore, 1912: tendered appointment as judge Su- preme Court Ohio, 1912, but declined: Trustee Cincinnati Law Sch. Socs. and clubs: Cincinnati Bar Assn .; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Liter. Club: Business Men's Club: Univ. Club. Episcopalian. Democrat. Home address: Mearswold, Mt. Washington, Cincinnati, O.
PECK, WALTER EDWIN, Educator; born Ashtabula, O., Feb. 15, 1891; son of Charles Eugene Peck and Mary Eleanor (Fortune) Peck: educated: Fub. Schs. of Ashtabula, O .; College of Wooster, O .; Hamilton Col- lege, Clinton, N. Y .; Columbia Univ., New York City. College degrees: A. B .. A. M. Married, Marian Morrow, August 26, 1914. Instructor in Rhetoric and English Com- position, College of Wooster, 1913-1914; Acting Head of this Dept., 1914-1916: Asst. Prof., 1915 --. Socs. ani cubs: Modern Lang. Assn .; Natl. Council of Teachers of English: Natl. Assn. of Academic Teachers of Public Speaking; Alpha Delta Phi; Alpha Delta Phi Club of the City of New York; F. & A. M. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 241 East Bowman St., Wooster, Ohio.
PECKHAM, GEORGE ALFRED, Coll. Prof .; born, Middlebury, Ohio. July 17. 1851; son of Harry Peckham and Cornelia Phoebe (Barney) Peckham; educated: Akron Pub. Schs .; Hiram Preparatory Schools; Bethany College; Buchtel College, Akron, O .; Chicago Univ. College degrees: A. B. & A. M., Buchtel College; Ph. D. Univ. Chicago; Ph. D. (Hon.) Hiram Coll. Mar- ried, Cora Ann Sisler, Jan. 1, 1879. In- structor Buchtel College, 1875-77; Prof.
Greek & Latin, Buchtel, 1878-80; Prof. Hiram College, 1880 -; Pres. Sch. Board; Mem. Town Council; contributor to papers and magazines. Socs. and clubs: Ameri- can Oriental Soc .: Campbell Institute: Delta Tau Delta Frat. Disciples Christ. Home address: Hiram College, Hiram, O. PECKINPAUGH, ALFRED BIRD, Tax Com- missioner, State Ohio; born, Wooster, O., Jan. 21. 1864; son of Thomas Wade Peck- inpaugh and Emily Jane (Cotton) Peckin- paugh: educated: high school, Kent, O .: Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mar- ried Mary Ella West, May 17, 1892. Deputy
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auditor, Wayne County, O., 1884-97; au-
ditor, Wayne Co., 1897-1903; deputy in-
spector and supervisor, Public Offices, un- der auditor state, 1903-11; special ac- countant Tax Commission of Ohio, 1911- 1913; deputy auditor, State of Ohio, Jan. 1913-May 1913; member Tax Commission of Ohio, May 1913 -. Presbyterian. Home address: 1607 East Long St., Columbus, O. PEEKE, GEORGE HEWSON, Clergyman; born. Rotterdam, Schenectady Co., N. Y., March 18th, 1833; son of Christopher Yates Peeke and Hester (Mabie) Peeke; edu- cated: A. B. Rutgers. '57; Grad. Ref Dutch Theol. Seminary, 1860. Married, Margaret Bloodgood Peck, May 17, 1860, (died Nov. 2, 1908). Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1860; Pastor: Jersey City, N. J., 1865-70; Davenport, Iowa, 1870-3; Owasco, Ia., 1873- 6; Chicago, 1876-83; Sandusky, O., 1883-90; Cleveland, 1890-4; Preacher-at-large, 1898 -. Author: The Spiritual Body in Relation to the Divine Law of Life, 1912; number published addresses and sermons. Socs. and clubs: New York Hist. Soc .; Phi Beta Kappa. Prohibitionist. Presbyterian. Home address: Sandusky, Ohio. (Died while work in preparation.)
Attorney;
PEEKE, HEWSON born, South Bend, Indiana, April 20, 1861; son of George H. Peeke and Margaret B. (Peck) Pceke; educated: Chicago High Sch .; Wil- liams Coll. College degrees: A. B., 1882. Unmarried. Attorney-at-law at Sandusky, O., since 1883; Member from Ohio of National Prohibition Committee and Chair- man Prohibition State Committee of Ohio; active in Temperance work and a widely known speaker. Home address: 5 Cooke Block, Sandusky, Ohio.
PEFFER, GEORGE M. Banker; born, Coshocton, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1869; son of Adam Peffer and Philomene (Fink) Peffer; edu- cated: Casstown and Piqua Public Schs. Married, Mary E. Yager, Oct. 25, 1905. Re- tail store clerk; railroad freight clerk; bookkeeper for manufacturer; bank inessenger; teller; Asst. cashier; cashier; Pres. Board of Sinking Fund Trustees; Trustee Y. M. C. A. Warden St. Mary's Church. For two terms was member of City Council of Piqua. Socs. and clubs: Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree: Piqua Club; Humane Soc .; Chamber of Commerce. Roman Catholic. Home ad- dress: 321 N. Downing St., Piqua, Ohio.
PEIRCE, WILLIAM FOSTER, Educator: born, Chicopee Falls, Mass., Feb. 3, 1868; son of Levi Merriam Peirce and Mary Hobbs (Foster) Peirce; educated: Amherst Coll .: Cornell Univ. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .; (Hon.) L. H. D. Hohart, 1896; D. D. Western Reserve Univ., 1908; Univ. South, 1910. Married, Louise Stephens Fagan, June 18, 1891. In business, Springfield, Mass., 1888-9; taught preparatory school, 1889-91; acting Prof. History and Govern- ment, Ohio Univ., 1892; Prof. philosophy and history, Kenyon Coll., 1892-6; president, Kenyon Coll., Gambier, O., 1896- -. Socs. and cluhs: Univ. Club, Cleveland, O .; (Pres.) Ohio Soc. Sons Am. Rev., 1912-14. Episcopalian. Home address: Kenyon Col- lege, Gambier, Ohio.
PEMBERTON, CARL G., Educator; born, Roseville. O .. Mar. S. 1876; son of Thomas E. Pemherton and Minerva Z. (Oatley) Pemberton: educated: Roseville High School. Grad. 1892; Mt. Union College, Ph. B., 1910: Ohio Univ., M. A., 1914. Married. Ada Mae Rider, 1898. Teacher, rural schools. Muskingum Co., 1892-1899; Prin. Roseville High School. 1899-1906: Supt .. Roseville Pub. Sch., 1906-1909; Supt., New Holland Pub. Schs., 1909-1911; Supt., New Lexington Pub. Schs .. 1911 -. Mem. County Bd. of School Examiners of Perry County; refused to accept Co. Supt. of
Schs. of Perry Co., after having becn elected without making application; re- ceived Com. Sch. Life Certificate in Ohio, 1910 and High School Life Certificate, 1911; Pres .. Perry Co., Teachers' Institute. Socs. and clubs: K. of P .; Order of Eastern Star; Blue Lodge Free and Accepted Mason; Chapter; Council; Knights Tem- plar. Methodist Episcopal. Home ad- dress: New Lexington, Ohio.
PENGELLY, WILLIAM GEORGE, Hand- writing Expert; born, Plymouth, Eng., Jan. 6, 1865; son of James Thomas I. Pengelly and Emeline (Bond) Pengelly; educated: private and public schools, Plymouth, Eng., Portsmouth, Eng. Married, Elizabeth Lou Alice Lunn, Oct. 4, 1899. Began career as consulting and court expert, 1895; in charge number important cases of U. S. Department War, Post Office, Justice; examiner for officials in United States and foreign lands; collector and writer on sub- jects pertaining to ancient and historic documents, all matters pertaining to ques- tioned handwriting. Socs. and clubs: Fel- low, Soc. Antiq. Scotland; Royal Inst. Cornwall; Member American Soc. for Ad- vancement Science; Mason. Episcopalian. Home address: Lunncroft, Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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