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PENN, JOHN ROBY, Business Man; born, Reno, Pa., Aug. 11, 1875; son of John R. Penn and Clara (Darnell) Penn: educated: Amherst Coll .: Oil City, Pa., High School. Field Supt. for The Ohio Oil Co., 1906-1915; Pres. Illinois Pipe Line Company, 1915 ---. Findlay, O. Socs. and clubs: Chi Psi Frat .; Masonic Order; Elks; Findlay Country Cluh; Columbia Club (Indianapolis, Ind.). Methodist. Home address: Findlay, O.
PEOPLES, CHARLES EDWARD, Common Pleas Judge. Editor. Publisher; born, Meigs Co., O., May 15, 1857; son of Addi- son Peoples and Huldah (Merritt) Peo- ples; educated: common schools; National Normal Univ., Lebanon, O. Married, Ann Cowen, Nov, 27, 1879. Admitted to bar, March, 1888; engaged in practice law, Pomeroy, O., April 11, 1888 -; purchased
the Democrat and became editor and puh- lisher, Pomeroy, O., 1889 -; served as prosecuting attorney, Meigs Co., 1890-3; served as postmaster, Pomeroy, O., 1893- 1897; elected judge Court Common Pleas, 2nd Sub. Div., 7th Jud. Dist. Ohio, 1910 -: teacher of public schools, Meigs and Athens counties, 10 yrs .; went to Manilla, P. I., remained 1 yr .; engaged in practice law; delegate to Dem. Nat. Conv., St. Louis, 1904, representing 11th Cong. Dist. of Ohio; made two unsuccessful cam- paigns for Congress against Gen. C. H. Grosvenor, 1892 and 1898. Member Church Christ. Home address: Pomeroy, O.
PEOPLES, EMMET W., Attorney; born, Bedford Twp .. Meigs Co., Ohio, May 16, 1880; son of Charles Edward Peoples and Ann (Cowen) Peoples; educated: Pomeroy and Syracuse common and high schools, and Ohio State Univ. Married, Florence V. Mantor, April 1, 1901. City solicitor of Pomeroy for years. Middleport Church of Christ. Home address: Pomeroy, O.
PERIN, WILLIAM M., Stationer-Printer; born, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11, 1869; son of Oliver L. Perin and Elizabeth K. Perin; educated: Cincinnati public schools. Married, Alice M. Eakle. Oct. 9, 1893. Post trader at Fort Supply, Indian Ter- ritory; in 1893, he associated with John H. Gibson under the name of The Gibson & Perin Co., in the stationery and print- ing husiness. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Shriner: Business Men's Club: Transpor- tation Club: Avondale Golf Club: Cincin- nati Automobile Club; Dayton Automo- bile Club: member of the Cincinnati In- dustrial Bureau, 2 yrs. Home address:
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2143 East Hill Pl., Walnut Hills, Cincin- nati, Ohio.
PERKINS, CLARENCE, University Prof .; born, Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1878; son of Jacob Neal Perkins and Ellen M. (Har- rington) Perkins; educated: Syracuse, N. Y. high school; Syracuse Univ .; Harvard Univ. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .; Ph. D. Married, Adelaide R. Evans, Aug. 9. 1913. Instructor in History, Bloomfield (N. J.) high school, 1901-3; graduate stu- dent of History at Harvard Univ., 1903-6; traveling fellow of Harvard and student in England and France, 1906-7; Instr. in History, State Univ. of Missouri, 1907-1909; Asst. Prof. of European History, Ohio State Univ., 1909-14; Prof. of European History, Ohio State Univ., 1914 -. Au- thor of "The Trial of Knights Templars in England," in Eng. Hist. Rev., Vol. XXIV; "The Wealth of the Knights Tem- plars in England," in Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. XV: "The Knights Templars in the British Isles," in Eng. Hist. Rev., Vol. XXXV; "Reference Work in High School History Courses," in Hist. Teachers' Mag., Vol. XI; "The French Old Age Pensions Act of 1910," in Am. Political Science Re- view, Vol. IV; "Spanish Labor Legisla- tion since 1899," in Am. Political Science Rev., Vol. V; "The Social and Economic Problems of Modern Spain," in Political Science Quarterly," Vol. XXVII; An Out- line for the History of Europe since 1815; and an Outline Analysis of the History of England. Socs. and clubs: Delta Upsi- lon; Univ. Lodge, F. & A. M. Home ad -* dress: 1653 Summit St., Columbus, O.
PERKINS, EDNA BRUSH (Mrs. Roger G.), born, Cleveland, Ohio, 1880; daughter of Charles F. Brush and Mary Ellen (Mor- ris) Brush; educated: Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland; Miss Hersey's School, Boston, and College for Women, West- ern Reserve University. Married, Roger Griswold Perkins, Nov. 14, 1905. Member Boards of Anti-Tuberculosis League, Con- sumers' League and Cleveland Welfare Federation: Pres. of Woman Suffrage Party of Greater Cleveland; public speak- er. Socs. and clubs: Women's City Club of Cleveland: Cleveland Women's Club; Playhouse Group; Saturday Evening Club. Unitarian. Home address: 1481 East Boulevard, Cleveland, O.
PERKINS, EMMA MAUDE, Educator-Lec- turer; born, Winchester, N. H., March 8, 1859: daughter of (Rev.) Orren Perkins and Sarah M. (Clinton) Perkins; edu- cated: Grad. Vassar Coll., 1879. College degrees: A. B. Unmarried. Teacher in Central high school, Cleveland, O., 1879- 1892; since then in the College for Wom- en of Western Reserve Univ., as Asso. Prof. of Latin, and Prof. of Latin since 1893; well known as lecturer and public speaker. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Phi Beta Kappa; Am. Philol. Assn .; Nat. Ednl. Assn .; New Hampshire Hist. Assn .; Western Reserve Chapter of the Nat. Soc. Daughters of the American Revolution; Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Ohio Chapter of National Soc .; Bd. of Education, City of Cleveland, 1912 -: Cleveland College Club; Woman's City Club of Cleveland; Pres. Ohio Branch of Assn. of Collegiate Alumnaes; Cleve- land Branch of Vassar Alumnae Assn., 1916- -. Home address: 2125 Adelbert Rd., Cleveland, O.
PERKINS, ROGER GRISWOLD, Prof. of Preventive Medicine; born. Schenectady. N. Y .. 1874; son of Maurice Perkins and Annie Dunbar (Potts) Perkins: educated: T'nion Coll .; Harvard Coll .; Johns Hop- kins Univ. College degrees: A. B., 1893; A. B., 1894; M. D .. 189S. Married. Edna Brush. Nov. 14. 1905. Resident patholo-
gist, Lakeside Hosp., Cleveland, 1898-1901; fellow in Rockefeller Inst., 1902-3; lec- turer on bacteriology, 1901-4; Asst. Prof. pathology and bacteriology, 1904-8; Asso. Prof. pathology and hygiene, 1908-11; Prof. hygiene and preventive medicine, 1911 -. Western Reserve Med. School; city bacteriologist, Cleveland, 1906-7 and 1913 --; member Filtration Commission, Cleveland, 1913 -; made special study European public health. 1910. Socs. and clubs: Fellow A. A. A. S .; Am. Med. Assn .; Am. Public Health Assn .; Assn. Am. Path .; Soc. Am. Bacteriologists: Great Lakes International Pure Water Assn .; Cleveland Academy Med .; Kappa Alpha; Hermit; University; Mayfield Country. Presbyterian. Home address: 1481 E. Boulevard, Cleveland, O.
PERRIN, DAVID AMOS, Physician; born, Gilmer Co .. W. Va .. Jan. 12. 1874; son of Amos Perrin and Dorcas (Deen) Per- rin; educated: Starling Med. Coll., Co- lumbus, O. Married, Cora Bailey, May
29. 1902. Began the practice of medicine in Athens Co .. O., and afterwards prac- ticed at Bourneville, O .; removed to Chil- licothe. O., in 1908; was Pres. of the Ross Co. Anti-Tuberculosis Soc., the
forerunner of the Ross County Welfare Assn. Socs. and clubs: Sunset Club; Ross Co. Acad. of Med .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; American Med. Soc. Trinity Meth- odist Episcopal Ch. Prominently identi- fied with state and city social service work. Home address: 159 Caldwell St., Chillicothe. O.
PERRY, CLAUDE D., Educator; born, Wal- dron, Mich .. Jan. 1. 1872: son of Ralph Perry and Charlotte (Lewis) Perry; edu- cated: Fayette Normal; Ohio Wes. Univ .; Univ. Chicago. College degrees: B. S .; A. B. Married. Irma L. Higgins, 1896. Teacher in Fayette Normal, 1895-1902; Supt. Fayette Pub. Schools, 1905-1913; Supt. Hicksville Pub. Schools, 1913-1915; County Supt. Schools, Fulton Co., Ohio,
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PERRY, GEORGE WASHINGTON (Com- modore), Publisher; born, Jackson, Ohio, Nov. 19. 1859; son of Robert Perry and Sarah (Stewart) Perry; educated: Jack- son Co. and Jackson High School. Mar- ried, Rachel Brooks, Jan. 29, 1880. Teach- er public schools Jackson and Ross coun- ties, 1874-1892; became business manager Chillicothe Scioto Gazette, 1892-1896; man- aging Gazette. 1896-1908; joint- owner Gazette (with Hon. D. M. Massie), 1908 --. Chillicothe, Ohio; Pres. Ohio Loan & Ins. Co .: deputy sheriff Ross Co., O .. 1896-1897; general storekeeper 11th Ohio Internal Rev., 1899-1901; member Bd. Managers Ohio State Reformatory, 1902- 1904; postmaster Chillicothe, O., 1904-1913; Pres. Warner Hotel Co., Chillicothe, O., 1916- Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .; Im. O. Red Men: K. P .; K. T; 32d degree Mason: B. P. O. E .; Ross Co. Country Club: (Pres., 1913-) Associated Ohio Dailies. Republican. Baptist. Home ad- dress: 202 Caldwell St .. Chillicothe. O.
PERRY, RICHARD DEWITT, Manufactur- er: born. South Manchester. Conn .. Jan. 12, 1857; son of Dewitt Clinton Perry and Celia (Spencer) Perry; educated: Hart- ford, Conn., public schools. Married, Jen- nie C. Swan, Oct. 16, 1883. Mgr. and Supt. Western Automatic Machine Screw Co .. 1883-1906; Pres., Gen. Mgr., organizer, The Perry-Fay Mfg. Co .. Elyria, O., 1906 -; member Finance Committee Lorain Co. Savings & Trust Co., 1896; Vice Pres. Lo- rain Co. Savings & Trust Co .. 1916 -; member Board Education Elyria, O., num-
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ber yrs .; member Elyria Chamber Com- merce; life member Elyria Memorial Hospital. Trustee and member Congre- gational Church. Home address: 350 Third St .. Elyria. O.
PETER, PHILIP ADAM, Clergyman; born,
Homburg-vor-der-Hohe, Hesse-Nassau, Germany. Jan. 2, 1832: son of Frederick Jacob Peter and Louise C. C. (Brenner) Peter; educated: common schools and Corydon Acad. of Ind .; studied divinity under Rev. E. S. Henkel, Lutheran min- ister. Corydon. Ind. Married. Mahala
Rhodes, Dec. 3. 1857. Ordained Evang. Luth. ministry, Oct. 23. 1855; now con- nected with Evang. Luth. Joint Synod of Ohio and other States; was Secy. of Southern Dist .. 9 yrs .. and of Western Dist .. 8 yrs .. of that Synod; now retired. Author: The Reformation of the Six- teenth Century, 1889; German History of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and other States, 1900; St. Paul, the Great Apostle to the Gentiles, 1901. Home address: Verona. Ohio.
PETERS, ALBERT JAMES, Publisher; born. Sandusky, O., March 25, 1872; son of Jacob J. Peters and Salome (Wentz) Peters; educated: Sandusky (O.) schools. Married, Laura H. Gilcher, March 28, 1894. Publisher of Star-Journal Daily since 1901. Socs. and clubs: Sunyendeand Club. Grace Episcopal Church. Home ad- dress: 604 W. Washington St., Sandusky, Ohio.
PETERS, GEORGE S., Attorney; born, Pickaway Co., Ohio, Oct. 11, 1846; son of William L. Peters and Susan (Hoff- hines) Peters; educated: public schools, Pickaway Co., O. Married. Flora Rarey, Nov. 27, 1877. Mayor Columbus. O .. 1881- 1882; member board managers Ohio Peni- tentiary, 1884-1885; U. S. attorney Utah Territory. 1887-1889; ex-officio attorney general, 1887-1889. Socs. and clubs: Ma- son; Columbus Country Club: Columbus Club. President board trustees Cen. Pres- byterian Church. Home address: 891 East Broad St., Columbus, O.
PETERS, NORMAN WALLACE, Attorney; born, Lancaster. Pa., April 30, 1882; son of John A. Peters and Mary H. (Harnish) Peters; educated: Heidelberg Univ., 1904, Literary Dept .; Univ. of Michigan, 1907, Law Dept. College degrees: A. B .. 1904; LL. B., 1907. Married, Lucy M. Crobaugh, Oct. 23. 1913. Admitted to har of Ohio, June. 1907. and has since then practiced in Tiffin. O .. as member of law firm of Niles & Peters. Socs. and clubs: B. P. O. E .. No. 94. Tiffin. O. Reformed Ch. Home address: 279 S. Monroe St., Tiffin, Ohio.
PETERSON, HIRAM DEWEY, Physician and Surgeon; born. Huron, O., Jan. 4, 1×76: son of John Decatur Peterson and Eulalia (Benchoter) Peterson; educated: Huron high school; Ohio Normal Univ .; I'niv. of Michigan: Jefferson Medical Coll. College degrees: M. D. Married. Mattie E. Cleveland, Dec. 12, 1900. Practiced medicine, 8 yrs. at Kelleys Island, O .; Sandusky, O., in general practice and sur- gery. 7 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Science Lodge. No. 50. F. & A. M .. Sandusky. O .: City Chapter and Council; Erie Command- ery: Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; Zenobia Temple A. A. B. N. of Mystic Shrine; Sandusky Federated Commercial Club; Sunyendeand Club; Men's Literary Club; Sandusky Golf Club: Erie Co. Med- ical Society: Ohio State Medical Assn .; Am. Medical Assn .; Cleveland Academy of Medicine: life member of Surgeons Club of Rochester. Minn. Presbyterian. Home address: 421 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, O.
PETTIT, ELMER O., Common Pleas Judge, Hocking County. Term expires Dec., 1920. Home address: Logan. Ohio.
PETTIT, HARRY S., Merchant; born, Cold Springs. Ky .. Aug. 29. 1863: son of (Rev.) N. C. Pettit and Elizabeth (Morin) Pet- tit: educated: Moore's Hill, Ind., Coll. Married, Mary L. Wilkie, April 22, 1892. Engaged in drug business, Crittenden, Ky., 5 yrs. ; located at Hamilton, O., and en- gaged in clothing and furnishing busi-
ness. 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Pres. West Side Commercial Assn .; Vice Pres. of Board of Trustees First Baptist Ch. Home address: 246 N. "C" St., Hamilton, Ohio.
PETTIT, JOHN CAMPSEY, Attorney; born, Deerfield Twp., Morgan Co., O., Aug. 23, 1869: son of Nathan R. Pettit and Har- riet M. (Campsey) Pettit; educated: Na- tional Normal Univ., Lebanon. O. Mar- ried, Louise Wetzler. Dec. 24. 1893. Ad- mitted to bar. 1891; engaged in practice of law. Logan. O .. 1891 -: member 77th and 78th General Assemblies, State of Ohio, 1906-1909. Socs. and clubs: B. P. O. E : I. O. O. F .: Masonic Lodge. Pres- byterian. Home address: 278 W. Hunter St .. Logan. O.
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PFEIFFER, EDWARD, Professor Theology; born. Columbus. O .. Nov. 23, 1857: son of John George Pfeiffer and Christina (Jen- ner) Pfeiffer; educated: Ohio State I'niv .; Capital Univ .; Lutheran Theological Sem- inary. College degrees: A. B., Capital Univ., 1878; A. M., 18$1; D. D., 1915. Mar- ried. Mary Weiser. Sept. 20. 1888. Or- dained to Lutheran ministry, 1881; pastor: Allegheny, Pa., 1881-18$5; Delaware, Ohio, 1885-1890; Fremont, O., 1890-1899; Prof. theology, Capital Univ., 1899 -. Trans- lator: Anti-Calvinism, 1881. Author: Mis- sion Studies, 1908; second edition, 1912; editor: "Little Missionary." 1886-1891; editor: Missionary Dent. Lutheran Stand- ard. 1891 -; Pres. Foreign Mission Bd. Evangelical Lutheran. Home address; 1091 Franklin Ave .. Columbus, O.
PFLUEGER, ERNEST A., Manufacturer: born. Erie. Pa .. Dec. 6. 1866: son of Ernest F. Pflueger and Julia (Dunnebeck) Pflue- ger: educated: public schools. Married, Ruth Seiberling. Oct. 5. 1895. Manufac- turer; Pres. of The Enterprise Mfg. Co. Socs. and clubs: Portage Country Club; Akron City Club; 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason. Trinity Lutheran Church. Home address: Oakdale and West Market St .. Akron. O.
PHARR, CLYDE, Educator; born, Saltillo, Texas. Feb. 17. 1883: son of Samuel Mil- ton Pharr and Josephine (Fleming) Pharr; educated: Yale Univ .: studied and trav- eled abroad as Fellow of the Am. Inst. of Archaeology, 1910-1912. College de- grees: B. A .; Ph. D. Prof. of Greek and Jatin, Urbana Univ .. 1906-1907 and 1912- 1913: Instr. in Greek and Latin. Ohio Wes- leyan Univ., 1913-1914; Asst. Prof., Ohio Wesleyan, 1914 -. Author: Hellanicus and the Ionian Logography (in press). First Greek Book, ready for press in 1917; Pres. Delaware Lawn Tennis Assn. Socs. and clubs: Am. Philological Assn .; Classical Assn. of the Middle West and South; Del- aware Lawn Tennis Assn. Home ad- dress: 68 West Central Ave., Delaware, Ohio.
PHILIPSON, DAVID, Rabbi: born, Wabash, Ind., Aug. 9. 1862; son of Joseph Philipson and Louisa (Freudenthal) Philipson; edu- cated: ['niv. Cincinnati; Hebrew Union Coll .; Johns Hopkins Univ. College de- grees: A. B., Univ. of Cincinnati, 1883; D. D., Hebrew Union Coll., 1886: LL. D., Univ. Cincinnati, 1914. Married, Ella Hollander,
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Sept. 9. 1886. Rabbi Har Sinai Congrega- tion, Baltimore, 1884-1888; B'ne Israel Cong., Cincinnati, O., 1888 -; Prof. homiletics, Hebrew Union Coll., 1891-1905; lecturer on Reform Judaism, 1905- Pres. Hebrew Sabbath School Union of America. 1894-1903; Pres. Cen. Conf. Am. Rabbis, 1907-1909; trustee Associated Char- ities-Fresh Air Soc .; United Jewish Char- ities; Honest Elections Com .; Peace and Arbitration Soc .; member Bd. Governors, Hebrew Union Coll .; Vice Pres. Am. Jew- ish Hist. Soc .; Exec. Com., Cen. Conf. American Rabbis; Exec. Com., Federation Religious Liberals; member Publication Com., Jewish Pub. Soc. of America; Mem. Am. Jewish Com. Mem. Bd. Editors of new Bible translation; member Jewish Classics Com .: consulting editor. Jewish Ency .; Chmn. Bd. Editors, Union Am. Heb. Congregations; Pres. Jewish Theol. Soc .; Pres. Phi Beta Kappa Soc .. 1911-1912. Jewish Church. Author: The Jew in Eng- lish Fiction, 1889, 1902, 1911; Old European Jewries, 1894; The Oldest Jewish Congre- gation in West. 1894; A Holiday Sheaf (Sermons). 1898: Reminiscences by Isaac M. Wise. 1901; The Reform Movement in Judaism, 1907; Max Lilienthal, American Rabbi, 1915; contributor to periodicals. Home address: 3947 Beechwood Ave., Rose Hill Park, Cincinnati, O.
PHILLIPPI, JOSEPH MARTIN, Editor; born, London Mills, Fulton Co., Ill., March 2. 1869: son of Martin Phillippi and Caro- line (Swartz) Phillippi; educated: Fulton Co. (Ill.) public schools; A. B., A. M., D. D., Westfield Coll., Westfield, Ill .; B. D., Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio; Ph. D., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington, Ill. Married, Marie De- Witte. Sept. 22, 1898. Farmer until 21 vrs. of age; pastor, 1896-1897; Latin and Greek teacher, Westfield Coll., Sept., 1897- 1902; on editorial staff, Religious Tele- scope, June 15. 1902- -; assistant editor; associate editor; acting editor; editor in chief. 1909 --. At present Secy. of Bd. of Trustees and Executive Com. of Otter- bein Home. Author: "The Sword Un- sheathed. or, The Bible for the Masses"; "Shakerism. or. The Romance of a Re- ligion." Univ. Thesis of 753 manuscript pages, "Hellenic Preparation for Christ," bound. prepared and presented to Illinois Wesleyan Univ. Home address: 1603 W. Third St .. Dayton, O.
PHILLIPS, EDWARD EMERSON, College Professor; born. Eaton, Lorain Co., O., Dec. 30, 1850; son of William Henry Phil- lips and Maria (Slater) Phillips; educated: Baldwin Univ .: Harvard Univ .; Bonn Univ. (Ger.); Univ. Berlin (Ger.); Athens, Greece. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .; Ph. D. (Harvard). Married, Mary Schuy- ler. July 29. 1875. Supt. schools, Belle- vue. O .. 1875-1877; tutor Latin and Greek, Harvard, 1880-1882; Parker Fellow, Har- vard, 1882-1884; Prof. Greek, Marietta Col- lege, Marietta, O., 1884-1895; Prof. Philos- ophy, Marietta. 1895-1916; retired since 1916. Episcopalian. Home address: 220 Third St .. Marietta. O.
PHILLIPS. GEORGE L., Common Pleas Judge; born, Lee Co., Iowa, March 2, 1844: son of George W. Phillips and Mar- tha (Mitchell) Phillips; educated: Mus- kingum College. College degrees: LL. D. (Hon.), 1887. Married, Miss Mortman, March 25, 1864. Lawyer; admitted to bar in 1866; judge of Common Pleas Court, 25 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Mason. Epis- copalian. Is author of Phillips on Code Pleading. Home address: Cleveland, O.
PHILLIPS. GEORGE WALLACE, Clergy- man: born, Westmorland, Jamaica, B. W. I .. Feb. 18. 1879; son of George Phillips
and Emma Caroline (McIntosh) Phillips; educated: Manning's high school, Sav- La-Mar, Jamaica; Doane Academy, Gran- ville, O .; Denison Univ., Granville, O .; Univ. Chicago. College degrees: A. B. Married, Cora Jane Handy, Aug. 31, 1909. Mgr. A. I. Root Co's Apiaries, Medina, O., 1903-4; entered Doane Acad., 1904; Denison Univ., 1906; Univ. Chicago, 1908, graduated, 1909; student pastor. Tuscola, Ill., 1909-10; pastor, Wyoming, O., 1910-12; ordained to Baptist ministry, May, 1910; pastor, First Baptist Church, Hamilton, O., 1912-16; East Baptist Ch., Lebanon, O., 1916 ---. Socs. and clubs: Assn. Cos- mopolitan Clubs (Univ. Chicago, 1908). Home address: 100 Mound St., Lebanon, Ohio.
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PHILLIPS, JENARD JOSHUA, Educator; born, Fredericktown, O., May 31, 1880; son of James Washington Phillips and Lena (Reed) Phillips; educated: country schools, Knox Co .; Fredericktown high school: Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O .; Ohio Wes. Univ .; Post-Grad., Columbia Univ. College degrees: B. S. Married, Grace M. McDevitt, July 31. 1907; Prin. high school. Plain City. O., 1906-7; Supt. of schools, Sunbury, O., 1907-10; Cadiz, O., 1910-16; Galion, O., 1916 -; member of committee on education of State Assn. Socs. and clubs: Business Men's League; Masonic Order; (Pres.) Harrison County Automobile Assn .; Knights of Golden Eagle; E. O. T. A .; State Teachers' Assn.
· Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 380 W. Atwood St .. Galion. O.
PHILLIPS, JOHN PORTER, Attorney; born. Frankfort, O., March 12, 1864: son of John A. Phillips and Mary E. (Hoback) Phillips; educated: Lebanon, O .; Cincin- nati Law Sch. (B. L., 1888). Married, Cora Ewing. April 25. 1893. Pres. Ohio Utili- ties Co .; Dist. Atty. for B. & O. S. W. R. R. and C H. & D. R. R .; Vice Pres. and Dir. Chillicothe Electric Ry .; Vice Pres. and Dir. Citizens' Nat. Bank, Chil. licothe; Dir. Merchant & Farmers Bank, Frankfort, O .; Pres. Chillicothe Hospital. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Mason; (Dir.) Masonic Temple Co .; Supt. Trinity Metli- odist Episcopal S. S., 1891 -. Home ad- dress: 78 East Fourth St., Chillicothe, O.
PHILLIPS, ROSALIE, Social Worker; born, Cincinnati. O .; daughter of Uriall Phil- lips and Rosalie (Saunders) Phillips; edu- cated: Miss Nourse's School; Univ. of Cincinnati. College degrees: B. L., 1899. Former Pres. of the Girls' Friendly Soc. in Southern Ohio; Mem. of the Central Council of the Girls' Friendly Soc. of America: Mem. Social Workers Club, Col- lege Club, Woman's City Club and Alli- ance Francaise of Cincinnati; Assoc. Dir. of the Schmidlapp Bureau for Women and Girls; Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Enis- copal Church. Home address: 12 The Navarre. Cincinnati. O.
PHILLIPS, RUFUS COLFAX. Manufac- turer; born. Georgetown. O., May 1, 1865; son of Flavius J. Phillips and Lucretia F. (King) Phillips; educated: public schools of Georgetown. O., and Moscow, O. Married. Fannie L. Standish, Oct. 17, 1889. Clerk in office Columbus Buggy Co., Columbus, O., 1884-1889; became Secy. The American Steel Roofing Co .. Cincin- nati. O .. 1900: Secy .. sales Mgr .. Dir., The American Rolling Mill Co .. Middletown, O., 1901-1917. Socs. and clubs: Mason: K. T .: Cincinnati Business Men's Club. Presbyterian. Home address: 524 S. Main St .. Middletown. O.
PHILLIPS, WILBUR H., Editor; born, Shenandoah. Ia., May 24, 1876; son . of Alfred R. Phillips and Julia A. ( Hare)
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Phillips; educated: Zanesville. O., public schools. Married. Jessie C. Fisher. Oct. 10, 1910. News writer and reporter, Zanesville, O .; Columbus, O .; Uhrichsville, O .. 1895-1908; manager The News Printing Co., Oberlin, Ohio, 1911 -; admitted to Ohio bar. 1908; engaged in practice law, Uhrichsville, O .. 1908-1911. Socs. and clubs: Oberlin Lodge. F. & A. M. Home address: 290 West Lorain St., Oberlin, Ohio.
PHIPPS, WILLIAM HALL, Attorney; born, Caldwell, O., Aug. 16. 1864; son of Samuel Hall Phipps and Mary (Miller) Phipps; educated: Northwestern Ohio Coll. Mar- ried. Nora Kyle Cooper, Aug. 14. 1890. City solicitor, Paulding, O .; State Insp. of Oils, 1908-1910; Auditor General Philippine Islands, Mar. 1, 1911, to Oct. 1. 1913; Fi- nancial Advisor Philippine Government. 1913-14; resigned in 1914; while Financial Advisor to the Philippine Government, he wrote and forced the passages of the law prohibiting slavery in the Philippine Is- lands; as Auditor General of the Islands, he made an accounting system by which is balanced the accounts of the entire government at the end of each month and they examine the accounts of every officer having in his charge money or property of the government or any branch thereof once each month; this system is still in force; Pres. of Paulding Co. Bar for 15 yrs., and still Pres. of same .: Mem. Republican State Committees, 1895- Socs. and clubs: Buckeye Republican Club, Columbus, O .; Tippecanoe Republi- can Club. Cleveland. O .; Nat. League of Republican Clubs; Commercial Club of Paulding, O .; 32d degree Mason; Knight Templar; Shriner; Elk: Sons of Veterans. Presbyterian. Home address: Paulding. Ohio.
PIATT, SARAH MORGAN BRYAN (Mrs. John James Piatt), Author; born. Lex- ington, Ky., Aug. 11, 1836; daughter of Talbot N. Bryan and Mary (Spiers) Bryan; educated: Henry Female Seminary. Mar- ried, John James Piatt. June 18. 1861. Began writing by sending poems to Louis- ville Journal. Author: Child World Bal- lads; A Woman's Poems; A Voyage to the Fortunate Isles; That New World: Poems in Company with Children; Dra- matic Persons and Moods; An Irish Gar- land; Selected Poems; In Primrose Time; The Witch in the Glass and other Poems; An Irish Wild Flower; An Enchanted Cas- tle. In collaboration with her husband: The Nests at Washington. and other poems. by two in one House. Complete edition of her poems was published in two volumes in 1894. Socs. and clubs: (Hon. Mem.) Woman's Club of Cincinnati. Christian (Reformed) Church. Home ad- dress: North Bend. O.
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