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POTTS, NORRIS N., Real Estate and In- surance; born, Ash Ridge, O., April 5, 1867; son of Andrew Potts and Hester Ann (Richey) Potts; educated: common schools; Ohio Normal Univ., Ada, Ohio. Married, Edna O. Brown, June, 1907. En- gaged in the real estate and insurance business in Ironton, O., for many years. Socs. and clubs: B. P. O. E .; K. T .; Ma- son; K. of P. Episcopal Church. Home address: 205 Vernon St., Ironton, O.
POUNDS, HARRY AUGUSTUS, Attorney; born, Elyria, O., July 25, 1874; son of Thomas M. Pounds and Mary Frances (Zehring) Pounds; educated: Elyria high school; Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Michigan Law Sch. Married, Nellie Hastings. City solicitor of Elyria, O., 1908-1912; now prac- ticing law in Elyria. Home address: 237 George St., Elyria, Ohio.
POWELL, ARTHUR, Educator; Supt. of Schools, Madisonville, Ohio. Home ad-
dress: Madisonville, O.
POWELL, ARTHUR B., Co. Treasurer; born, Benton Ridge, O., Aug. 5, 1870; son of Christian Powell and Martha (Haas) Powell; educated: Hoytville and Fostoria, O. Married, Anna Lee, Jan. 21, 1892; 2nd, Zita Bour, June 7, 1913. Deputy Co. Treas. of Seneca Co., O., 1901-1914; county Treas., Seneca Co., O., 1914 -. Socs. and clubs: K. of P .; Jr. O. U. A. M. Methodist Epis- copal. Home address: 541 Circular St., Tiffin, Ohio.
POWELL, EDWARD T., Attorney: born, Delaware. O., April 2, 1874; son of Thomas E. Powell and Eliza (Thomson) Powell; educated: Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A. B., 1894; Ohio State Univ., LL. B., 1896. Be-
gan the practice of law in Columbus, O., in 1896. Socs. and clubs: Mem. The Co- lumbus Club: Athletic Club of Columbus; Scioto Country Club. Home address: 518 E. Broad St., Columbus, O.
POWELL, ELMER ELLSWORTH, Uniw Prof .; born, Clayton, Ill., Aug. 16, 1861; son of Curtis Powell and Margaret (Welsh) Powell; educated: Michigan Univ., A. B .; Boston Univ. Sch. of Theology, S. T. B .; Univ. of Bonn, Germany, Ph. D. Married, Blanche Lottie Swasey, Nov. S, 1893. Prof. of Ilistorical Theology, M. E. Theol. Sch., Florence and Rome, 1890-1896; Prof.
of Modern Languages, Franklin and Mar- shall Coll., 1900-1905; Prof. of Philosophy, Miami Univ., Oxford, O., 1905- Socs. and clubs: American Philosophical Assn .; Western Phil. Assn .; Archaeological Inst. of America; American Soc. for Advance- ment of Science. Methodist. Author of "Spinoza's Gottesbegriff" in German and of "Spinoza and Religion" in English. Home address: Oxford, O.
POWELL, HENRY SCHUYLER, Clergy- man; born, Tiffin, O., June 2, 1869; son of (Rev.) Andrew Powell and Frances (Creeger) Powell; educated: public schools of Seneca Co .; Heidelberg Coll., Tiffin, O .; Boston Univ. of Theology. College de- grees: A. B .; D. D .; S. T. B. Married, Marietta Smith, Nov. 23, 1895. Pastor M. E. Church at Grafton, Penfield, Brighton, Hayesville, Millersburg, Leroy, and Nor- walk, O., and pastor of M. E. Church of Ashtabula, O., since 1912. District Supt. of Sandusky Dist., 1909-1912. Home ad- dress: Ashtabula, O.
POWELL, HOMER GRANT, Judge Common Pleas Court; born, Benton Ridge, O., Jan. 29, 1869; son of Philip Powell and Rebecca (Barton) Powell; educated: public schools; Northern Ohio Univ .; Univ. Michigan. College degrees: LL. B. Married, Clara B. Bish, June 1, 1899. Teacher public schools; traveling salesman; practicing attorney, Cleveland, O .; Judge Court Com- mon Pleas, 11th Judicial Dist., Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1915- Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Mason; Shriner; K. P .; Past Mas- ter Scio Lodge, F. & A. M., 229; Past High Priest Webb Chapter, 14, R. A. M. Presbyterian. Home address: 2370 Den- nington Drive, Cleveland Heights, Cleve- land, O.
POWELL, LOUIS K., Judge Court of Ap- peals, Fifth Ohio District. Term expires Feb., 1919. Home address: Mt. Gilead, O.
POWELL, THOMAS CARR, Railroad Exec- utive; born, Cincinnati, O., Sept. 5, 1865; son of William Powell and Mary (Ber- rall) Powell; educated: private schools, Brooklyn, N. Y .; public schools, Dunellen, N. J., and Cincinnati, O. Married, Kath- erine Leigh Whittemore, June 16, 1910. Asst. Gen. Freight Agent. Queen & Cres- cent Route; Gen. Freight Agt., Southern Ry .; Freight Traffic Mgr., Southern Ry .; Vice Pres., Southern Ry. System at pres- ent time. Socs. and clubs: Queen City Club, Cincinnati, O .; Metropolitan Club, Washington, D. C. Church of the Ad- vent. Home address: 2355 East Hill Ave., Cincinnati, O.
POWELL, THOMAS EDWARD, Attorney: born, Delaware, O., Feb. 20, 1842; son of Thomas W. Powell and Elizabeth (Gordon) Powell; educated; Ohio Wesleyan T'niv. College degrees: A. B., 1863; A. M., 1866. Married, Eliza Thomson, Jan. 16, 1872. Began practice of law, Delaware, O., 1867; trustee Ohio Wes. Univ .; Ohio Wes. Female Coll., 10 yrs .; served in S4th and 145th Ohio Inf .. 1861-1865; candidate for Congress, Sth Ohio Dist., 1878; Dem.
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nominee for Atty. Gen .. 1873; for governor, 1887; headed Democratic electoral ticket, 1880 and 1900: Del. Dem. Nat. Convs., 1872, 1880, 1884. Home address: 518 E. Broad St., Columbus, O.
POWELL, WILLIAM SHEFFIELD, Physi- cian; born, Napoleon, O., May 17, 1850; son of John Powell and Esther (Magill) Powell; educated: public schools of Na- poleon, O .; Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila- delphia, Pa., Grad. in 1874. College de- grees: M. D., 1874. Married, Elizabeth J. Jarvis, Dec. 24, 1878. Practicing physician of Defiance. O., since 1876; local surgeon, Wabash and Baltimore & Ohio Rys. Socs. and clubs: Am. Med. Assn .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Northwestern Ohio Dist. Med. Assn .; Tri-State Med. Soc .; Defiance Co. Med. Soc .; Defiance Commandery, Knights Templar. Republican. Home address: 224 Jefferson Ave., Defiance, O.
POWERS, FRED HARWOOD, Physician; born, Bloomington, Ill., Feb. 8, 1869; son of John William Powers and Elizabeth (Larrimore) Powers; educated: Chicago Univ. College degrees: M. D., 1900. Mar- ried, Cora Sprecher, June 24, 1914. Physi- cian to Burnham Hosp., Champaign, Ill .; Chicago, Ill .; Baraboo Hosp., Baraboo, Wis .; surgeon to Crawford Co. Hospital, Bucyrus, O. Socs. and clubs: Fellow Am. Med. Assn .; Wisconsin Med. Soc .; Dane Co. Med. Soc. of Wis .; Clinical Congress Surgeons North America; Wisconsin Surgical Assn. Episcopal Church. Home address: 216 Main St., Bucyrus, O.
POWERS, MARY STEWART (Mrs.), Lec- turer; born, Norwalk, O .; daughter of Gideon T. Stewart and Abby (Newell Simmons) Stewart; educated: Norwalk, O., public schools; Delaware, O., Wes. Univ .; Ohio State Univ. (completing edu- cation by traveling in Europe). Married, Mr. Francis A. Powers, Aug. 30, 1910. Resident, Pasadena, California, 10 yrs .; prominent in Pasadena Shakespeare Club and Humane Soc. work; Secy. Young Peo- ple's Work of the W. C. T. U .; Co. Vice Pres. W. C. T. U., Los Angeles Co., Cal .; on return to Ohio. in charge Young Peo- ple's Work of Ohio; first woman in State of Ohio to be made a notary public. Socs. and clubs: Tuesday Reading Club; D. A. R .; Shakespeare Club; State Suf. Assn .; W. C. T. U .; Baptist Missionary Socs., etc. Author: magazine stories and newspaper articles. Baptist. Home address: Mrs. F. A. Powers (Mary Stewart), 173 W. Main St., Norwalk, O.
PRATT, JOHN SHERRING, Attorney; boril, Toledo. O., June 5. 1875; son of Charles Pratt and Catherine (Sherring) Pratt; educated: Toledo public school; Univ. Michigan. Married. Geneive Doyle, June 9. 1906. who died. Jan. 6. 1912. Admitted to bar of Ohio. 1897: U. S. Commissioner, 1900-1904; judge city courts, Toledo, Ohio, 1904-1908; Asst. U. S. attorney, 1908-, Toledo, O. Socs. and clubs: Mason; To- ledo Commerce Club; Toledo Club; To- ledo Country Club. Congregationalist. Home address: 2515 Glenwood Ave., To- ledo. O.
PRENTISS, ALBERT SAMUEL, Publisher; born, Monroeville, Ohio, April 2, 1861; son of Samuel Prentiss and Lois (Brown) Prentiss; educated: Monroeville, O., pub- lic schools. Married, Florence N. Ruggles, Dec. 10, 1891. After finishing school, learned the printing trade in office of The Norwalk Chronicle, working in every de- partment of job printing and newspaper work; now Secy., Treas. and Gen. Mgr. of The American Publishers Co., Norwalk, Ohio; Vice Pres. of The Guide Publishing
Co .; city councilman two terms; water works trustee two terms; member of Bd. of Public Service two terms. Socs. and clubs: Knights Templar; Royal Arcanum; National Union; U. C. T .; Life member Whittlesey Academy of Arts and Sciences: Trustee and Secy. Young Men's Library and Reading Rooms Assn .; Member Fire- lands Historical Soc. Vestryman and Treas. of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Home address: 59 West Main St., Norwalk, Ohio.
PRICE, HOMER CHARLES, Agri. Expert; born, near Newark, O., Feb. 13, 1875; son of Thomas Davis Price and Sarah Jane (Jones) Price; educated: Ohio State Univ .; Cornell Univ .; Univ. Halle, Germany, 1911. College degrees: B. Sc. in Agr., 1897; M. Sc. in Agr .. 1899. Married, Gertrude Harlan, June 18, 1903. Fellow in Agr., Cornell Univ., 1898-1899; Asst. in horticul- ture and forestry, Ohio State Univ., 1899- 1901; Prof. horticulture and forestry, Iowa State Coll., 1901-1903; dean Coll. of Agr. and Prof. rural economics, Ohio State Univ., 1903-1915; member Ohio Agricul- tural Commission, 1913-1915. Has written extensively for agricultural press on
economic subjects. Interested in Commer- cial Apple Orchards near Newark, Ohio, 1915 -. Socs. and clubs: Sigma Xi; Al- pha Zeta. Republican. Baptist. Home ad- dress: R. D. 3. Newark, O.
PRICE, T. D., Common Pleas Judge, Perry Co. Term expires July, 1920. Home ad- dress: New Lexington. O.
PRINCE, BENJAMIN F., College Professor; born. Westville. O., Dec. 12. 1840; son of William Prince and Sarah (Vaumenn) Prince; educated: common schools; Acad. of Wittenberg Coll. and Wittenberg Coll., Grad. in 1865. Married. Ellen Sanderson, Aug. 3. 1869. Teacher Wittenberg Acad., April, 1866-1868; Prof. Wittenberg Coll., 1868 -; member Bd. of Examiners of Springfield, 37 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Mem. of Men's Literary Club of Springfield; of State Archaeological and Historical Soc .; of the American Philological Soc .; of the Amer. Historical Soc. Has been a director in Archaeological and Historical Society of Ohio for 21 yrs. Contributor of His- torical articles to various publications. Lutheran. Home address: 644 N. Witten- berg Ave., Springfield, O.
PRINCE, WILL J., Physician-Surgeon; born, New Bremen, O., Oct. 25, 1861; son of (Dr.) William Prince and Mary F. (Redenbaugh) Prince; educated: Piqua, O., public schools; Wittenberg Coll. Mar- ried, Jennetta Snyder, 1887. Pres. Piqua Daily Pub. Co .; physician and surgeon, Piqua, O .; postmaster, Piqua, O .; member Bd. Education, Piqua, O., 23 yrs., and Pres., 8 yrs .; Pres. Ohio State School Assn .; Pres. Bd. Pension Examiners, 1892- 1896; Pres. Bd. Safety, 1904-1908; health officer, 1901-1903; chairman Exec. Board Ohio State Postmasters' Assn. Socs. and clubs: Mason; B. P. O. E. (deputy, 1914) ; Red Men; Eagle; Cosmopolitan Club; Live Wires of U. S. A. Episcopalian. Home address: Piqua. O.
PRINE, JOHN WARREN, City Manager, Ashtabula, O .; born, Beaver, Pa., May 19. 1865; son of John Prine and Mary C. (Moon) Prine; educated: public schools of Andover, O., and Kingsville, O .; high school of Kingsville. Married, Marion C.
Ross, Dec. 23, 1887. General contractor, 1887-1902; postmaster of Ashtabula, 1903- 1914; coal and builders' supply business, 1914 -; city manager of Ashtabula, 1915- -: chairman Executive Com. Asso- ciated Charities of Ashtabula, O., 1905 -.
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Socs. and clubs: Ashtabula Chamber of Commerce; Franklin Literary Club; Ash- tabula Y. M. C. A. Was the first man to be elected city manager of Ashtabula, O., under the city-manager-commission form of government adopted in 1914. Home address: Ashtabula, O.
PROUT, ANDREW WALKER, Physician; born, Prout, O., May 24, 1885; son of S. C. Prout and Kathryn (Meredith) Prout; educated: Milan high school; Sandusky high school; Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; Star- ling Ohio Medical Coll. College degrees: M. D. Married, Marion Huston, April 7, 1915. Practice limited in 1909 to discases . of eye, ear, nose and throat; took 3 mos. Post-Grad. work in Chicago, 1909; 3 mos. Post-Grad. work in New York, 1910; 6 mos. Post-Grad. work in Vienna and London, 1912; Instr. in Oto-Laryngology, Ohio State Univ., 1909-1916; consulting
physician to Protestant and St. Frances Hospitals; associated with Dr. John Ed- win Brown since 1909. Socs. and clubs: Columbus Athletic Club; Rotary Club; Phi Delta Theta Frat .; Alpha Mu Pi Omega Med. Frat. Methodist Episcopal Church. IIome address: 1685 Franklin Ave., Columbus, O.
PROUT, FRANK JAY, Educator; born, Jan. 4, 1883; son of Simeon Prout and Katheryn (Meredith) Prout; educated: Milan high school; Sandusky high school; Ohio Wes. Univ. College degrees: B. L. April 30, 1910. Instr. history, Ohio Wes. Univ., 1906-7: Zanesville high school. 1907-10;
Sandusky high school, 1910-12; Prin. Chillicothe high school, 1912-14; Supt. Chillicothe public schools, 1914 -. Meth- odist. Home address: 172 East Water St., Chillicothe. O.
PRUNER, WILLIAM REIST, Attorney; born, Hartsville, Ind., July 2, 1875; son of William Jasper Pruner and Elizabeth Herr (Reist) Pruner; educated: Lewis- burg, O., high school; Otterbein Univ .; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: LL. B., 1902. Married, Isabel Maxine
Rosser,
June 12. 1906. Engaged in practice law, Norwalk, O, 1902 ---: city solicitor, Norwalk, O., 1906-10. Socs. and clubs: Mason, K. T .; B. P. O. E .: Sigma Nu; Phi Delta Phi; United Com. Travelers; R. A .; K. O. T. M. Episcopalian. Home address: 7 Minard Place, Norwalk, O.
PUCKETT, CHILTON ALSTON, Educator; born, near Belfast, O., Aug. 19, 1863; soll of Alexander Puckett and Miriam (Wal- dron) Puckett; educated: country schools, Hillsboro schools; Miami Univ. Married, Clara Ellen Valentine, Nov. 27, 1884. Taught in rural schools, S yrs .; at New Petersburg, O., 3 yrs .; at Lynchburg, O., 16 yrs .: later became high school prin- cipal and Supt. of schools, Lynchburg, O., and then taught at Bainbridge, Ohio; Co. Supt. of schools for Ross Co. for the past 3 yrs .: has served as township clerk and was mayor of Lynchburg, O., 4 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Knights Templar; Modern Woodmen of America; Royal Neighbors; Eastern Star. Bainbridge, O., Methodist Episcopal Ch. Mr. Puckett is one of the best known school men of this part of the State. Home address: 317 Church St., Chillicothe, O. (Died, March 17, 1917, while work in preparation. )
PUGH, JOHN JONES, City Librarian; born, Columbus, Ohio, February 29, 1864; son of Richard Pugh and Elizabeth (Jones) Pugh; educated: Columbus public and normal schools; Central high school. Married. Helen M. Vogel, January 18, 1915. Prior to 1897. Asst. Librarian : succeeded Rev. J. L. Grover as city li-
brarian, Columbus, O., 1897 -. Socs. and clubs: Rotarian and Athletic Clubs; 32d. degree Scottish Rite Mason: I. O. O. F .; Loyal Order of Moose. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home address: 2653 Glen Echo Drive, Columbus, O.
PUMPHREY, REZIN J., Physician-Surgeon; born, Harrison Co., Ohio, March 10, 1862; son of Beal William Pumphrey and Bar- bara (Ross) Pumphrey; educated: com- mon school; Scio College. Married, Mary Gray, Feb. 19, 1884. Practiced 61/2 yrs. at Freeport, O .; 312 yrs. at Flushing Private Hospital, Flushing, Ohio, and 21 yrs. at Massillon. O .; Pres. County Med. Soc. for 1 term; has served on Bd. of Health, 2 yrs .: on Bd. of Education of Massillon City schools, 7 yrs. Socs. and clubs: A. M. A .; Dist. and County Socs .; Ohio Male Assns. Trustee First Methodist Churchi. Home address: 403 Plum St., Massillon, Ohio.
PURVIS, JOHN V., Druggist-Pharmacist; born, Bremen, O., Oct. 24, 1886; son of Charles G. Purvis and Cora E. (Page) Purvis; educated: Payne, O .; Ohio Normal Univ., Ada, O. College degrees: Ph. G. Married, Caroline E. Nester, Nov. 30, 1909. Druggist in Wapakoneta, O., 7 yrs .; worked as druggist, 16 yrs .; 5 yrs. as part owner, and 2 yrs. as owner of Cen- tral Drug Store, Wapakoneta, O .; also drug store in Minster, Auglaize Co., Ohio. Soes. and clubs: Elks; K. of P .; Wapa- koneta Outing Club. Home address: Wapakoneta, Ohio.
PUTNAM, BENJAMIN BARNES, Broker; born. Hope. O., Nov. 5. 1871; son of Sam- uel H. Putnam and
Abigail Fobes
(Mixer) Putnam; educated: Marietta College. Married, Lucy Hay, Sept. 18, 1894. Pres. of The Marietta Sand Co .; U. S. Laundry Co. of Portsmouth, Ohio; City Transfer & Storage Co. of Marietta, O : Dir. of Crystal Ice Co. of Marietta, O .; Treas. and Dir. of St. Clair Company of Marietta, O .; member of firm of Fore- man & Putnam, contractors. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Elks; City Club; Country Club. Congregational Church. Office ad- dress: St. Clair Bldg., Marietta, O .; Home address: 638 Third St., Marietta, O.
PUTNAM, DAVID E., Real Estate Man- Banker; born, Jersey, Licking Co., Ohio, Feb. 23, 1842; son of (Rev.) Charles MI. Putnam and Abby S. (Edgerton) Putnam: educated: common country school and Marietta Coll. College degrees: A. B. Married, Addie E. Wheeler, Nov. 14,-1865; 2nd, Sue E. Ramsey, July 27, 1879. Book- keeper, 11 yrs .; carpet business. 3 yrs .; cashier State Treasury, 1876-1878; man- ager of estates; Vice Pres. of Commercial National Bank, Columbus, O. Socs. and clubs: Loyal Legion and Grand Army. Was 1st Lieut. in Co. D, 92nd O. V. I., and wounded at Battle of Chicamauga, Ga. Member Central Presbyterian Ch. Home address: 61 S. Sixth St., Columbus. Ohio.
PYLE, JOHN SHERMAN, Surgeon; born. Dennison, O., Feb. 25, 1865; son of John Pyle and Catherine (Walker) Pyle; edu- cated: Bellevue Hosp .; Med. College of New York Univ .; New York Univ. Col- lege degrees: M. D., 1886; LL. B., 1897. Married, Lenore Sherwood, July 16, 1897; 2nd, Mary Austin, Oct. 8, 1913; Prof. anat- omy and clinical surgery, Toledo Med. Coll., 1900-7; Mem. Bd. of Dirs., Toledo T'niv .-; Prof. physiology, Toledo Univ .. 1909 -: inventor of numerous surgical instruments; has performed many orig- inal surgical operations of note along advanced lines; advocated appropriation
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of capital criminals for advancement of science in 1893, and had bill introduced in Ohio legislature for that purpose. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Acad. of Medicine. Home address: Madison Hotel, Toledo, O.
QUARTEL, PETER, Missionary; born, Hol- land, Mich., Jan. 20, 1876; son of John Quartel and Mary (Reynders) Quartel; educated: Grand Rapids, Mich., public schools. Married, Anna Gezon, April 15,
1896. Traveling salesman, and member firm of Grand Rapids Stationery Co .; Supt. Rescue Mission, Dayton, Ohio, July 22. 1912 -. Baptist. Home address: 414 Grafton Ave., Dayton, O.
QUINBY, H. ANNA, Attorney; born, Eden- ton, Clermont Co., Ohio, July 8, 1871; daughter of Thomas Moore Quinby and Eliza (Cramer) Quinby; educated: public schools of Ohio; Lebanon Univ., Lebanon, O .; Univ. of Michigan; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. S .; LL. B. Unmar- ried. Admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Ohio, 1909; admitted to practice law before the District Court of the United States, 1914; admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States (being the first woman in Ohio with that honor), 1912; teacher public schools of Ohio; Prof. Elo- cution, Oratory and Civics, Le Mars Nor- mal College, Le Mars, Ja .; Prof. Elocu- tion, Oratory and English, Dennison Nor- mal College, Dennison, Ia .; lecturer Na- tional W. C. T. T., 2 yrs., Woman's Suf- frage, 10 yrs .; traveled 100,000 miles and spoke in every county in Ohio for Woman Suffrage; secured 36,000 signatures to a
Woman Suffrage petition; lobbied for Woman Suffrage, Ohio Constitutional Convention, 1911; The founded Ohio Woman, second weekly Woman Suffrage newspaper in United States, now official organ Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs; editor and business manager The Ohio Woman, 1912 to 1915. Author of number short poems; founder and Pres. Ohio Woman's Taxpayers' League. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Bar Assn .; Franklin County Bar Assn .; organizer and first Treas. Columbus Equal Suffrage Assn .; (Pres. and organizer) Columbus Woman's Assn. of Commerce; life member Ohio W. C. T. U .; Patriotic Instr. Lucy Webb Hayes Tent, Daughters of Veterans. United Presbyterian. Home address: 232 Wilbur Ave .; Office address: 207 New First Natl. Bank Bldg., Columbus, O.
QUINTRELL, MARY CORINNE, Educator; born, St. Austell, Cornwall, Eng .; daugh- ter of Thomas Quintrell and Emma (Brew- er) Quintrell; educated: Cleveland high school (Classical course). Unmarried. Teacher in public schools, Cleveland, Ohio, 25 yrs .; edited first paper ever published on West Side, Cleveland; written many poems and articles on various subjects published in leading magazines and periodicals; introduced the Phonic Method of teaching reading in the schools of Cleveland; also wrote a large portion of the "Charts" used in teaching reading in public schools of Cleveland; has supplied the city hospitals of Cleveland with read- ing matter over 40 yrs .; working to re- store the reading of the Bible in the public schools of, Cleveland at present time; first woman Republican candidate for Cleveland school council, 1895; she has traveled much in Europe and America, and her letters and descriptions have been published in some of the leading periodi-
cals of the day. Artist-paints in oils, chiefly marine pictures. Socs. and clubs: Organizer and charter member Cleve- land Sorosis; Pres. and critic 15 yrs. Novel- ists Club; Pres. Health Protective Assn. Was in the first class that graduated in the West High School and was the first girl in the program who read her paper on graduation day. Presbyterian. Home address: 14182 Euclid Ave., East Cleveland, Ohio.
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RAMSEY, RUSSELL KENNEY, Attorney; born, Columbus. O., May 27, 1878; son of Gustavus F. Ramsey and Margaret ( Young) Ramsey; educated: Columbus schools; Ohio State Univ., Collegiate, 1898, class in law. 1900. Married, Florence Louise Samuel, Sept. 25, 1901, who died, April 22, 1913; 2nd, Flelen Wilcox, June 26, 1915. Began practice of law at San- dusky, O., in 1900. with King & Guerin. later in 1904 the firm became King & Ramsey, as at present constituted; at- torneys for three of the largest trunk lines of railroads; a large list of public serv- ice and manufacturing corporations and other large interests in this territory. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Mason: Knights Templar and now Eminent Com- mander of Erie Commandery, Sandusky, Ohio; Sunvendeand Club, the city club of Sandusky, of which he was formerly Pres .; Phi Delta Theta Coll. Frat .; Ohio State Univ. Club. Vestryman Episcopal Church. Republican. Home address: 1311 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, O.
RAMSEY, WILLIS HINKSMAN, Manufac- turer; born, Alliance, O., Jan. 28, 1861; son of John Nesbit Ramsey and Mary Adella ( Rockhill) Ramsey; educated: Al- liance Pub. . Schs., Grad. class of 1879. Married, Maggie Morgan, May 1, 1884. Clerk and assistant cashier, First Natl. Bank, Alliance, O., 1879-1882; cashier of its successor. The Alliance Bank Co., 1882-1893; resigned to accept as Treas .. Morgan Engineering Co., 1893-1911, and now Vice Pres. and Secy. of said com- pany; Pres. Alliance Hdw. Co .; Pres. City Savings Bank & Trust Co .; Dir. Ohio State Life Ins. Co .: Canton Steel Foun- dry; 1st-2nd Natl. Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa .; Mem. School Board, 9 yrs .; city Treas., 2 terms; trustee and Treas. Mt. Union Coll .; member Bd. of Public Service. two terms. Socs. and clubs: Alliance Coun- try Club; Congress Lake Club: Lakeside Country Club (Canton); Tron City Fish- ing Club (Pittsburgh). Methodist. Home address: 1400 S. Union Ave., Alliance, O.
RANDALL, EMILUS OVIATT, Court Re- porter; born Richfield, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1850; son of David A. Randall and Harriet O. Randall; three great-grandfathers par- ticipated in the American Revolution: educated: Columbus (O.) high school; Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass .; Cor- nell Univ .; Ohio State Univ. College de- grees: Ph. B., 1874; LL. B., 1892; LL. M., 1892. Married, Mary A. Coy, Oct. 2S. 1874; admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Ohio, 1890; Prof. of law, Ohio State TTniv., 1893-1909; official reporter Supreme Court of Ohio, 1895 -; Secy. Ohio State Archaeological and . Hist. Society, 1894 -; lecturer; delegate Republican Natl. Conv., 1904. Socs. and clubs: Am. Bar Assn .: Am. Hist. Assn .; Society of American Authors; A. L. A .; S. A. R .; Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi, college frater- nities. Republican. Author of several books on history and archaeology. Joint- author: History of Ohio, 5 vols. (Century
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THE OHIO BLUE BOOK
History Co., New York), 1912. Edited 23 vols. Hist. publications, Ohio State A. & H. Soc .; editor 44 vols. Ohio State Re- ports of Supreme Court Decisions; asso- ciate editor, Bench and Bar of Ohio, 2 vols. {Century Publishing Co., Chicago), 1897. Home address: 257 Woodland Ave., Columbus, O.
RANGELER, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Clergy- man; born, in Wood Co., near Fostoria, O., Aug. 8, 1869; son of Abraham Range- ler and Clarinda Ann (Moore) Rangeler; educated: country schools, Hancock Co .; village high school, Vanlue, O .; Findlay College; Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O .; Wittenberg Theological Seminary. Col- lege degrees: M. A .; B. D. Married, In- dia Herma Fellers, July 28, 1892. Taught in public schools; Secy. Y. M. C. A., Find- lay, O., 1893-5; pastor: Lutheran Church, Wapakoneta, O., 1898-1901; Leipsic, O., 1901-3; Tippecanoe City, O., 1903-8; New Philadelphia, O., 1908 -; member Board Directors, Wittenberg Coll. and Theol. Seminary, Springfield, O., 1911-19; Mem. Advisory Bd. and Examining Bd., East Ohio Synod; Rep. Dist. Synods in Gen. Synod of U. S .; (Secy., 2 terms), Miami Synod; (Pres., 2 terms), East Ohio Synod. Socs, and clubs: 32d degree Mason. Home address: 117 South Third St., New Phila- delphia, O.
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