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SCHUMACHER, PHILIP, Business Man; born, Shoenan Canton Dahn, Germany, Europe, Oct. 17, 1845: son of Philip Schu- macher and Elizabeth (Schneider) Schu- macher; educated: common schools; Duff's Com. College. Pittsburgh, Pa. Married,
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Anna M. Lang. June 25, 1868. In grocery business since 1867. in Woodsfield, Olio. Socs. and clubs: No. 377. I. O. O. F. Evangelical. Home address: E. Avenue, Woodsfield, Ohio.
SCHWAB, LOUIS, Physician; born, Nov. 26. 1850: son of Mathias Schwab and Sol- omena (Yeck) Schwab; educated: public schools of Cincinnati; St. Xavier College; Cincinnati Coll .: Ohio Med. Coll. College degrees: M. D. Married, Fannie Sheppard, Oct. 22. 1885. In 1874 opened a drug store in Cumminsville: in 1884 he began the practice of medicine; chosen chairman of City Republican Conv., 1897; elected coroner of Hamilton Co., O., 1898; re- elected in 1900: he was then appointed by Mayor Fleischman, with Dr. C. R. Holmes and Dr. A. B. Isham, a member of the board of medical directors of Cin- cinnati Hosp .; mayor of Cincinnati; in 1904 he was elected member of the board of education at large for 2 yrs., and was re-elected for a term of 4 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Cincinnati Acad. of Medicine; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Soc. Home address: 1641 Blue Rock. Cumminsville, Ohio.
SCHWARZ, JOHN, Educator; born. Cam- den. O., Nov. 17. 1877: son of John Schwarz and Laura (Loop) Schwarz; edu- cated: country schools; Camden high school; Ohio Northern Univ .; Miami Univ .; Columbia Univ .: Univ. Chicago. College degrees: A. B. Married. Edith Sheafer, July. 1899. Teacher country schools, vil- lage schools; Instr. city high school; Prin. high school; Prin. Training Sch., Ohio State Normal Coll. of Miami Univ .; Asst. Prof. history. Miami Univ .. 1914; county Supt. schools, Butler Co., 1914 --. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Teachers' Assi .; Nat. Educational Assn .: Am. Hist. Assn. Holder common and high school life cer- tificates. Methodist. Home address: 445 Ross Ave .. Hamilton. O.
SCHWENCK, WILLIAM J., Attorney; born, Holmes Twp .. Crawford Co., O., Oct. 18, 1874: son of Hieronymus Schwenck and Mary Ann (Zimmer) Schwenck; educated: Ohio Northern Univ .: Ohio State Univ., Law Dept. College degrees: B. S. Mar- ried, Ruth France, June 9, 1909. Admitted to Ohio Bar. 1900: engaged in practice of law. Bucyrus. O .; solicitor. City Bucyrus, 1902-6; prosecuting attorney, Crawford Co., O., 1911-1915; resumed practice of law, Bucyrus. O .. 1915: Del. to Natl. Dem. Conv .. June. 1916. Socs. and clubs: Or- der Eagles. Lutheran. Home address: Bucyrus. 0.
SCHWER, GEORGE A., Manufacturer- Mechanical Engineer; born, Sandusky, O., May 12. 1874; son of Albert Schwer and Mary (Metzgar) Schwer; educated: pub- lic school of Sandusky: Sandusky Busi- ness Coll .: Internat. Correspondence Sch. Married, Emelia M. Ferbach, Sept. 25, 1900. Secy. of the Ohio Motor Co .. 1898- 1907: Vice Pres. of same. 1907-1914: Secy. and Asst. Mgr. of The Dauch Mfg. Co., Sandusky. O .. 1914 -. Socs. and clubs: B. P. O. E .; Perseverance Lodge, F. & A. M .: Sandusky City Chapter. F. & A. M .: Sandusky City Council, F. & A. M .; Erie Commandery. K. T .: Scottish Rite Valley of Toledo. 32d degree: Sandusky Council. U. C. T. Home address: 402 E. Washington St .. Sandusky. O.
SCHWERTNER, AUGUST J., Chancellor diocese; born. Canton. O .. Dec. 23. 1870; son of Anton Schwertner and Christina ( Richard) Schwertner: educated : St. Peter's Sch .. Canton. O .: Canisius Coll., Buffalo, N. Y .; St. Mary's Sem., Cleveland,
O. Ordained by Rt. Rev. Ign. R. Horst- mann, D. D., at St. John's Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio. June 12. 1897: appointed Curate at St. Columba's Church, Youngs- town. O .. June 21. 1897; pastor. St. An- thony's Church. Milan. O .. Sept. 16, 1897; pastor St. Mary's Church, Rockport. O., Oct. 11. 1903; pastor. St. John's Church, Lima, O., June 22, 1907; appointed Chan- cellor of Diocese of Toledo. O .. Oct. 15. 1913; named Domestic Prelate by Pope Benedict XV, March 22. 1916. Socs. and clubs: Knights of Columbus; Catholic Mu- tual Benefit Assn .; member of the Dioc- esan Consultors; member of the Diocesan Building Commission. Roman Catholic Prelate. Home address: 525 Islington St., Toledo. O.
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SCOFIELD. GEORGE B., Attorney: born, Marion, O .. July 13. 1862: son of William E. Scofield and Carrie (Norris) Scofield; educated: Marion, O. Married, Oda M. Wright. Oct. 26. 1897. Attorney-at-law of Marion, Ohio; member of 69th General As- sembly of Ohio. Socs. and clubs: Cham- ber of Conimerce; Commercial Club. Hoine address: Marion, O.
SCOTT, BENJAMIN H., Banker; born, New Philadelphia. O .. April 26. 1875: son of Benjamin P. Scott and Emma (Harman) Scott; educated: public and high schools of New Philadelphia. Married, Alice Lah- mer. June 11, 1902. Entered Citizens Nat. Bank in 1893: cashier in 1902. and elected Pres. in 1915; member Board of Sinking Fund Trustees. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Lodge. Chapter and Council. Methodist Church. Home address: New Philadel- phia. Ohio.
SCOTT, CHARLES EDWIN, Com. Pleas Judge; born. Bryan. O .: son of William Carleton Scott and Elizabeth (Milhouse) Scott: educated: Bryan. O., Schs .: Ann
Arbor (Mich. Univ.). Married. Sadle Plank. Dec. 25, 1888. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1880; practicing attorney, 30 yrs., Bryan. O .: appointed by Gov. Harmon as Judge Common Pleas Court, Williams Co., O .. for vacancy. July 1. 1910: elected Judge Common Pleas Court, Williams Co., O .. Nov. 8. 1910 to Jan. 1, 1917. will then resume law practice. Socs. and clubs: Ma- sonic Lodge: Shriner; Elk. Presbyterian. Home address: Russell Bldg., Bryan, O. SCOTT, FRANK AUGUSTUS, Manufactur- er; born. Cleveland. O .. March 22. 1873; son of Robert Crozier Scott and Sarah Ann (Warr) Scott; educated: grammar schools, Cleveland, and under tutelage of John H. Dynes. of Western Reserve Univ. Married. Bertha B. Dynes. of Cleveland, 1896. who died. 1909; 2nd. Faith A. Fraser, of Cleveland. 1911. Asst. Secy. and Secy. The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 1895-1905; Secy. and Treas. The Superior Savings & Trust Co .. Cleveland, 1905-8; receiver Municipal Traction Co., Cleveland, 1908-9: Vice Pres. The Warner & Swasey Co., Mfrs. machine tools and instruments of precision; Dir. Cleveland Trust Co .; Treas. Lakeside Hosp .; member Advisory Bd. Cleveland Tech. High Schs. Socs. and clubs: Cleveland Chamber of Com- merce; Cleveland Engineering Soc .; Amer. Society of Mechanical Engineers; Union Club (Cleveland) ; Engineers (New York). Republican. Episcopalian. Home ad- dress: Gray Beeches. Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
SCOTT, GEORGE, College Professor; born, New York City. N. Y .. May 10. 1849: son of John Scott and Sarah (Brown) Scott; educated: Woodstock Literary Institute; Alfred Univ .; Yale Univ. College degrees: Ph. B .: A. B .: A. M .: Ph. D. (Hon. Litt.
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D., LL. D.). Married. Mary Isabel Sevier, July 18. 1898. Prof. of Greek and Latin. 1878-1880; Latin. 1880-1SSS. Alfred Unlv .; Prof. of Latin. 1888-1901. Pres. 1901-1904, dean 1905-1909, Otterbein Univ .; studied in Univ. of Athens, 1890; Univ. of Rome, 1910; traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, Africa, 1890, 1904. 1910. Author of the "Preposition in Horace." Numerous arti- cles in classical and other Journals; mem- ber of Natl. Inst. of Efficiency. Socs. and clubs: Several Classical Clubs and Na- tional Socs. United Brethren. Home ad- dress: Westerville. O.
SCOTT, NATHAN STONE, Surgeon; born, Shadeville. O .. June 16. 1863; son of (Dr.) William Johnston Scott and Mary Folsom (Stone) Scott; educated: Oberlin Coll., 1885-7; Western Reserve Univ., 1889. Col- lege degrees: M. D., 1889; (Hon.) A. M., Oberlin. 1895; ex-Prof. principles of sur- gery, and dean, Cleveland Coll. Physicians and Surgeons. Socs. and clubs: Am. Med. Assn .; charter member Am. Coll. Sur- geons: Ohio State Med. Soc .: Cleveland Med. Soc .; Am. Assn. Gynecologists and Obstetricians. Office address: 603-5 Citi- zens Bldg .; Home address: Scotmoor, Stop 129 Shore Line (Euclid), Cleveland, O.
SCOTT, SAMUEL PARSONS, Attorney- Author; born, Hillsboro. O .. July S. 1846; son of William Scott and Elizabeth Jane (Parsons) Scott; educated: Miaml Univ. (valedictorian, youngest in his class), 1866. College degrees: A. B., 1866: A. M .. 1857. Married. Elizabeth Woodbridge Smart, Oct. 10, 1895. Admitted to bar, 1868; engaged in practice law, 1868-1875; member Comparative Law Bureau of Am. Bar Assn., and for 7 yrs. editor Spanislı Dept. of its Bulletin, and now member editorial staff of Am. Bar Assn. Journal Dept. of Com. Law; member Ohio Coun- cil Nat. Econ. League. Author: Through Spain, 1886; History of The Moorish Em- pire in Europe. 1904. Translator and edi- tor of many works of ancient and mod- ern Spanish jurisprudence, including the Forum Judicum, 1910; Las Siete Partidas, 1912; El Fuero Viejo de Castilla; El Fuero Real; Las Leyes del Estilo; El Ordena- miento de Alcala: Los Leyes Nuevas: El Ordenamiento de las Tafurerias; Las Leyes de Toro; Leyes para los Adelantados Mayores, 1913; Code Penal de Esoana. 1914. Socs. and clubs: (life fellow) Royal Soc. Arts: (life fellow) Royal Meteorol. Soc. (London); Alpha Delta Phi; Phl Beta Kappa; Nat. Geog. Soc. Home address: 321 W. Main St .. Hillsboro, O.
SCOTT, THOS. ARNOLD, Gen. Mgr., Chit- holm Scott Co .; son of John W. Scott and Jane (Pittis) Scott; educated: Pub. Schs., Cadiz, Ohio. Married, Susie Pittis, June 14, 1886. Spent early life in the jewelry business; last 16 yrs. with Chitholm Scott Co. Socs. and clubs: Knight Templar; Pres. Business Men's League, Cadiz, O. Methodist Church. Home address: Cadiz, Ohio.
SCOTT, WILLIAM HENRY, Univ. Prof .; born, Chauncey, Athens Co., O., Sept. 14 1840: son of Alexander Bothwell Scott and Susan (Rutledge) Scott; educated: Ohio Univ. College degrees: A. B., 1862; A. M .. 1865: LL. D., Ohio Univ. and Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1884. Married, Saralı Felton, Aug. 9, 1863. Supt. of public schools of Athens. 1862-4; Prin. prepara- tory department, Ohio Univ., 1864-5; admitted to M. E. ministry. 1864; pastor, Chillicothe, 1865-7; Columbus, 1867-9; Prof. Greek, Ohio Univ., 1869-72; Pres. and Prof. Philosophy, 1872-83, Ohio Univ .; Pres. and Prof. Philosophy. Ohio State Univ .. 1883- 1895: Prof. of Philosophy. 1895-1910; Prof.
Emeritus, 1910 -. Ohio State Univ. Home address: 3451 N. High St., Colum- bus, Ohio.
SCRIBNER, GEORGE WEED, Merchant: born. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 28, 1857; son of James Henry Scribner and Mary C. (Conkling) Scribner; educated: Brooklyn, N. Y. Married, Margaret Keim. June 28, 1884. Pres. of The Scribner & Loehr Co .; Pres. Midland Film Mfg. Co. Socs. and clubs: Dir. of Cleveland Athletic Club; Willowlek Country Club; Rotary Club. Home address: 10802 Drexel Ave., Cieve- land, Ohio.
SCUDDER, GEORGE DRAKE, Attorney; born. Trenton. N. J .. Jan. 17. 1856; son of Edward Wallace Scudder and Mary Louisa (Drake) Scudder; cducated: State Model Sch., Trenton, N. J .; Princeton Univ .. Princeton. N. J. College degrees: A. B .. 1876; A. M .. 1879. Married, Har- riet Helen Damarin. Nov. 20. 1879. Ad- mitted to bar in Trenton, N. J., 1879; practiced law in Trenton until 1893; ad- mitted to bar In Portsmouth. O., 1895; Dir. Scioto Co. Bar Assn .; Trustee Ports- mouth Law Library; Trustee Scioto Co. Children's Home; Mem. Portsmouth Bd. of Education, 1908 -; Mem. New Jersey House of Assembly, 1886-1887. Socs. and clubs: Column Lodge, 120. F. & A. M., Trenton. N. J .; affiliated with Aurora Lodge, 48, Portsmouth, O. Presbyterian. Home address: Portsmouth. O.
SCURLOCK, W. G., Physician; born, Frank- lin Tp., Ohio, Aug. 11. 1875; son of Armp- stead Scurlock and Clarrisa (Hull) Scur- lock; educated: Lebanon, O. College de- grees: M. D .. Starling Univ. Married, Blanche Rohbins, Oct. 30, 1904. Practiced medicine in Vigo. O .: now in Jackson. O. Socs. and clubs: State Med. Soc .; Co. Med. Soc. Home address: Jackson, O.
SEARLES. WILLIAM HENRY, Civil En- gineer: born, Cincinnati, O., June 4, 1837; son of Asbury M. Searles and Rachel (Mitchell) Searles; educated: Wesleyan Univ .; Yale; Rensselaer Polytechnic, 1860. College degrecs: C. E .. 1860. Married, Mary Doolittle of Elyria. June S. 1870. Locating engineer, Marietta & Cincinnati R. R .. 1860: engineer staff of Gen. C. M. Mitchel, on Defences of Cincinnati, 1861- 1862; Prof. Geodesy & Road Engineering, Renss. Poly. Inst., 1862-4; chief engineer Middle Range R. R., Houghton, Mich., 1864; Asst. engineer Allegheny Bridge, Roundhouse and Shops, Pittsburgh, 1865- 1866: Prin. Asst. engineer Allegheny Val- ley R. R., location and construction, 1866- 1867; Prop. Lubricating Oil Wks., Cleve- land, 1867-1870; chief engineer Indiana, N. & S. Ry., 1870-1; chief engineer corps, No. 7. New York West Shore R. R., in Orange, Erie and Seneca counties, 1872- 1873; division engineer N. Y. State Canals, Western division. 1876-8; consulting en- gineer bridges, foundations and hydraulic work, New York, 1879-1880; division en- gineer West Shore R. R., on construction, Haverstraw, Poughkeepsie and Middle- town branch. 1880-2: chief engineer Wil- liamsport & Clearfield R. R., Penna., 1SS3; Beech Creek R. R., 1884; Eng. and Gen. Mgr. Essex Iron Mining Co., Port Henry, N. Y., 1892-3: chief engineer, Tidewater (electric) R. R., Birmingham, Ala., 1906- 1907; otherwise in general practice as consulting engineer. Author: "Field En- gineering," 1880, and "Railroad Spiral." 1882. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Am. Soc. C. E., 1873; Cleveland Engineering Soc., 1885, (Hon. member) 1907. Congregation- alist. Home address: Elyria, O.
SEARS, RUFUS VICTOR, Attorney; born, Bucyrus, Ohio, May S, 1860; son of Ben-
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Jamin Sears and Melissa (Minich) Sears; educated: Bucyrus, O. Married, Sallie Jane Harris, Sept. 18, 1888. Attorney-at- law; forester for Crawford Co .; Dir. First National Bank, Bucyrus, Ohio. First Methodist Church. Home address: Rose- dale, Bucyrus, O.
SEARS. SALLIE JANE HARRIS (Mrs. Rufus Victor), born, Bucyrus. O .. June 5, 1861: daughter of Stephen Ross Harris and Mary Jane (Monnett) Harris; edu- cated: Grad. of Bucyrus high school; Ohio Wesleyan Univ. College degrees: A. B. Married, Rufus Victor Sears, Sept. 18, 1888. Was Prin. of Bucyrus high school; taught in Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, Ohio; member of Board of Trustees of Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Socs. and clubs: Pres. of Bucyrus Federation of Women's Clubs; Phi Beta Kappa; Hannah Craw- ford D. A. R. First M. E. Church. Pres. Home Missionary Soc. of M. E. Church. Home address: Rosedale, Bucyrus, O.
SEARS, SCHUYLER EARL, Clergyman; born, Sharon Center, O., April 7, 1868; son of Earl B. Sears and Mary E. (Friz- zeli) Sears; educated: Wadsworth, Ohio, high school; Baldwin Univ .; Drew Theol. Sem. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .; Ph. D. Married. Inez B. Gortner, Sept. 26, 1894. Entered North Ohio Conf., Methodist Episcopal Church, Sept., 1896; has served the following charges: Perrysville, Cres- ton, Columbia Station, Grace Church,
Lorain, and Mt. Gilead. Minister, Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Has written a number of poems which have appeared in the secular and religious press. Home address: Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
SEASONGOOD, MURRAY, Attorney; born, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1878; son of Alfred Seasongood and Emily (Fech- heimer) Seasongood: educated: Woodward high school; Edgeborough at Guilford, Eng .; Harvard. College degrees: A. B., 1900; A. M., 1901; LL. B., 1903. Engaged in the practice of law with firm of Pax- ton and Warrington, 1903-9; partner of Paxton, Warrington & Seasongood, 1909- ; Mem. of Ohio Commn. for the Blind : Secy. for Ohio of Harvard Law School Assn .; Pres. of Harvard Club of Cincinnati; Mem. Bd. of Directors of The Working and Newsboys Home; Trustee of Hebrew Union College. Socs. and
clubs : University Club; Council and Exec. Com., Boy Scouts; Bd. of Trustees, Rene Israel Temple. Home address: 3711 Washington Ave., Avondale. Cincinnati. Ohio.
SEAVER, MARY PATTERSON (Mrs. John W.), born, Allegheny, Pa., April S, 1867; daughter of John E. Patterson and Jane T. (Davis) Patterson; educated: Bishop Bowman Inst .; Pittsburgh School of De- sign. Married, John Wright Seaver, Feb. 19, 1591. Trustee for the Rainbow Cot- tage for Convalescent Children. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Fortnightly Musical Club: Woman's City Club. Episcopal Ch. Home address: 11409 Glenwood Ave., Cleve- land, Ohio.
SECOR, J. K., Banker and Broker; born. Toledo, Ohio, April 28, 1872; son of James Secor and Charlotte A. (Steele) Secor; educated: Toledo schools; Andover, Mass. Married, Mary Young Barnes, April 28, 1898. Connected with the Northern Nat. Bank, 7 yrs .; at present engaged in the brokerage business under the firm name of Secor & Bell; Pres. Hotel Secor Co .; Pres. Citizens' Ice Co .; Vice Pres. North- ern National Bank; Dir. The Ohio State Telephone Co .: Dir. Union Savings Bank. Socs. and clubs. Toledo Club; Country
Club; National Golf Club of America; Essex Country Club; Lake Erie Shooting Club; Castalia Fishing Club. Address: Gardner Bldg., Toledo. O.
SECREST, FORREST CLARK, Merchant; born, Frankfort, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1875; son of Samuel Frederick Secrest and Mary (Miller) Secrest; educated: Chillicothe public schools, and Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Married. Cora J. Roche, April 7, 1895. En- tered the hardware business under his father, one of the first hardware dealers of the state; he has held high offices with both the state and national hardware dealers' associations; has been a mem- her of the Chillicothe Board of Educa- tion, and Dir. of Public Safety since the establishment of the office. Socs. and clubs: Elks; Eagles; Improved Order of Redmen; Modern Woodmen of America. Walnut St. M. E. Church. Mr. Secrest is a leading figure in the city's official and business life. He was one of the originators and the first head of the Farmer's Fall Festival, Chillicothe's big industrial and agricultural exhibition held annually. He is connected with the Chil- licothe Hardware Co., and a member of that company. Home address: 40 East Fourth St., Chillicothe, O.
SEIBERLING, CHARLES W., Manufactur- er; born, Summit Co., Ohio, Jan. 26, 1861; son of John F. Seiberling and Catherine L. (Miller) Seiberling; educated: public schools of Akron, O .; Oberlin Coll. Mar- ried, Blanche Carnahan, Nov. 19, 1895. Man- ufacturer; Vice Pres. of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, since 1909. Socs. and clubs: Akron City Club; Portage Country Club; Congress Lake Club: Mayfield Country Club; Ohio Soc. of New York; Pres. of University Club: Elks Club. Home address: Medina Road and Maplewood St., Akron, O.
SEIBERLING, GERTRUDE F. PENFIELD (Mrs. Frank A.), born, Willoughby, Ohio, Jan. 23, 1866; daughter of James W. Pen- field and Elsie (Ferguson) Penfield; edu- cated: Laselle Sem., Auburndale, Mass., 1886. Married, Frank A. Seiberling. Oct. 12, 1887. Contralto soloist; educated in America; has sung in concerts, princi- pally oratorio and song recital, in a semi- professional way, and for many years has done solo work in church; deeply inter- ested in Art and Architecture and in Interior Decoration: collector of Antique Furniture; interested in Akron Settle- ment Assn .; Louise Sumner Home for the Aged; Children's Home in Summit Co .; charter member. Hon. Pres. of Tuesday Musical Club. Home address: North Por- tage Path, Akron, O.
SEIDEL, JOHN FRANK, Attorney; born, Bowers, Pa .. Nov. 26. 1886: son of Wil- liam F. Seidel and Barbara (Kline) Seidel; educated: Keystone State Normal School and public schools of Pennsylvania; The Ohio State Univ. of Columbus. O. Col- lege degrees: B. A .; LL. B. Married, Mar- guerite Manley, Dec. 19, 1910. Practiced law in Columbus, O .. since graduation; appointed presiding judge of the Munici- nal Court, Columbus, O., Jan. 1. 1917, by Gov. Willis, which position he now holds. Socs. and clubs: Mason; member The Acacia Frat., O. S. Univ .; Buckeye Re- publican Club; Elks; Woodmen of the World. St. John's Evangelical Protestant Church (German). Home address: 350 W. Seventh Ave., Columbus, O.
SEIKEL, EDWARD CONRAD, Attorney; born. Dover. Ohio, June 2. 1872; son of Andrew Seikel and Mary (Krantz) Seikel; educated: public and normal schools; Ohio
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State Univ. Married, Hannah C. Weaver, Nov. 23, 1897. Public school teacher, 1830- 1893. Admitted to practice law by tlie Supreme Court of Ohio, June 11. 1896; admitted to practice in Federal Courts of Ohio, March 9. 1904, and by Dept. of the Interior and the Bureaus thereof, May 2, 1905: is now, as in the last 20 yrs., en- gaged in the general practice of law at New Philadelphia and Dover; stockholder in the State Savings Bank Co. and The Reeves Mfg. Co. of Dover; owner of much valuable real estate in Dover, by the ini- provement of which. he has added ma- terially to the welfare of said city. Socs. and clubs: Dover Lodge, B. P. O. E .; Den- nison Council. K. of C .; Dover Camp, Sons of Veterans: The Ohio State Bar Assn .: The Commercial Law League of America. Catholic. Politically a Demo- crat, 'and an active worker at all times for the success of the party and its call- didates. Home address: 422 Walnut St., Dover, Oliie.
SEINSHEIMER, HENRY A., Manufacturer; born, Cincinnati. O .. Feb. 11. 1859; son of Solomon Seinsheimer
and Rosalie Seinsheimer; educated: public schools of Cincinnati; Hughes high school. Was driver of a delivery wagon for M. Lath in whose office he afterward remained 3 yrs .; office man for Glaser & Wolfson, 15 years; organized a company for the manufacturing of boys' clothing, of which he is now sole proprietor. Socs. and clubs: Phoenix Club; Business Men's Club; Royal Arch Mason. Home address: 3640 Reading Road, Cincinnati, O.
SELBY, AUGUSTINE DAWSON, Chief Dept. Botany, Ohio Exp. Station; born, Sept. 2. 1859; son of Warren Selby and Emily (Garretson) Selby; educated: pub- lic schools; Bartlett Academy; Ohio State Univ. (1879-1883. also 1893). College de- grees: B. S. (1893). Married, Libbie
Glover, Dec. 15. 1883. Teacher country schools of Morgan, Athens and Franklin counties, 1877-1883; Supt. schools Hunting- ton. W. Va., 1884-1885; Prin. Ironton, O., high school and Garfield school Colum- bus, O., 1886-1889; teacher botany and chemistry Columbus, O., high school, 1890- 1894; botanist and chemist Ohio Agri. Exp. Station, Wooster, O., 1894-1902; (re- lieved of work of chemist on request). botanist, and chief department botany Ohio Exp. Station, Wooster, O., 1902 -; engaged in botanical and plant pathologi- cal investigations concerning weeds and seeds, largely in diseases of cultivated or crop plants, together with means for their control (see 2nd Ohio Weed Manual, Bui- letin 175 Ohio Exp. Station, 1906; A Brief Handbook of the Diseases of Culti- vated Plants in Ohio, Bulletin 214, 1910); collaborator of Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1904; Dir. Ohio State Life Insurance Co. (Colum-
bus. O.); Dir. Republic Casualty Co. (Cleveland. O.): owner and manager Selby Heights Fruit Farm (Sharpsburg, O., on old homestead). Socs. and clubs: Mason; Am. Assn. for Advancement Science; Botanical Soc. of Am .; American Phyto- path. Soc .; (charter member) Ohio Acad. Science; St. Louis Acad. Science: Torrey Botanical Club; Ohio and Columbus Hort. Socs. Home address: Wooster, O.
SELBY, CLARENCE DAVEY, Physician; born, Des Moines, Ia., age 38 yrs .; son of Sanford Perry Selby and Lizzie Foster (Davey) Selby; educated: (Grad.) higli school, Portsmouth, O .; Med. Dept., West- ern Reserve Univ. College degrees: M. D. Married. Olivia Roberts, Oct. 18. 1905. Demonstrator of histology, Med. Dept., Western Reserve Univ., 1901; Asst. to
city bacteriologist, Cleveland, 1902; interne, Lakeside Hosp., Cleveland, 1902-3; resi- dent pathologist, St. Alexis Hosp., 1903-4; Asst. to Dr. George Crile, 1904-5; moved to Toledo, 1905; visiting surgeon, St. Vin- cent's Hosp .. 1906-15; Flower Hospital, 1911 -; Toledo Hosp., 1916 -; Commnr. of Health, Toledo, O., 1916 -; managing editor. Ohio State Medical Journal. Socs. and clubs: Am. Med. Assn .; Ohio State Med. Assn. (Secy. and Treas.); Academy Medicine, Toledo and Lucas Co. (Treas.); Academy Med. (Cleveland); Nu Sigma Nu; Mason; Toledo Commerce Club (Trustee) ; Toledo Yacht Club. Republican. Metho- dist. Home address: 332 Collingwood Pl., Toledo, Ohio.
SELBY, GEORGE DYAR, Manufacturer; born. Berne Twp., Athens Co., O., April 1, 1846; son of Hines Cone Selby and Sarah Ann (Rardin) Selby; educated: country school; 3 terms at Millers Sem. Married, Lydia Webster, Sept. 26, 1867. Singer Sewing Machine business, 1867-18$5; shoe manufacturer, 1885 -; Pres. The Selby . Shoe Co .: also Pres. of The Security Bank since 1904; interested in several other banks and incorporated companies. Socs. and clubs: York and Scottish Rite Mason; Masonic Club; member of Grand Army of Republic. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: 1127 Gallia St., Portsmouth, O.
SELBY, MINA BELL, College Professor; born, Spring Mountain, Coshocton Co., O .: daughter of Joseph Benson Selby and Isabella (Sturgeon) Selby; educated: Cen- terville. Ia., high school; State Univ. Iowa; Univ. Chicago; Univ. Berlin; Univ. Wis- consin. College degrees: A. B .; A. M. Teacher Iowa City Acad., 1885-7: McCor- mick Univ .. De Funiak Springs, Fla., 1887-90; Hastings, Neb., 1890-3; Hiawatha, Kan .. 1893-S; Western College for Women, Oxford, O .. 1899 -. Socs. and clubs: Erodelphian; Pi Beta Phi; Saturday Club; Round Table; College Women's Club.
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