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SHEPPEY, MARSHALL, Wholesale Grocer; born, Ogdensburg, N. Y., Nov. 16. 1869; son of Alonzo N. Sheppey and Clara Jane (Benedict) Sheppey; educated: Grad. high school, Wilmington, Del. Married, Cousle C. Berdan, Oct. 25, 1893. Clerk Commer- cial Nat. Bank, Cleveland, O., 6 yrs .; with Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., Ishpeming, Mich., 1 yr .; executive head of Berdan & Co., Toledo, O. (founded 1836), Jan. 1, 1897 -; Dir. Northern Nat. Bank; Vet- eran member 1st Cleveland Troop N. G .; ex-Vice Pres. Toledo Sinking Fund Com- missioners; member Toledo City Bd. Ar- bitration: chairman Lucas Co., Ohio, Progressive Campaign Com., 1912; 4th Vice Pres. Nat. Inst. Social Sciences. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Country Club: Middle Bass Club; Commerce Club. Presbyterian. Home address: 641 West Woodruff Ave., Toledo, O.
SHERCK, JOHN E., Educator; born, Seneca Co .. Ohio. Dec. 16. 1869; son of Martin Sherck and Elizabeth (Good) Sherck; educated: Ohio Northern Univ .; Heidel- berg Univ .; Ohio State Univ. College de- grees: M. S. Married, Lillie M. Matz,
Dec. 23, 1901. Prin. high school, Attica, 1900-1901; Supt. Bloomville, O., 1902-1914: Co. Sunt. of schools, Seneca Co., Ohio. 1914 --; Co. Board of School Examiners, 1911 --. Socs. and clubs: Masons; East- ern Star. Reformed Church. Home ad- dress: 456 Monroe St., Tiffin, O.
SHERMAN, JOHN M., Banker; born, Wake- man Twp., Huron Co., Ohio; son of John G. Sherman and Elizabeth D. (Miller) Sherman; educated: country
schools; Oberlin College. Married, Jennie Mid- dleswarth, 1886. Entered First Natl. Bank of New London, O., Jan. 1, 1881, where he was advanced by successive promotions to the position of cashier in 1884; after continuing 7 yrs. in that capacity he re- signed his position and became general bookkeeper of the First Natl. Bank of Fremont, O., in 1891, which bank he has since been identified with; in 1903 he was made cashier, and in 1910 Vice Pres. and Mgr., which position he still holds; Treas. Price Lumber Co .; Dir. Simple Account Book Sales Co .; owns oil properties and Fremont real estate. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Mason; Member of Brainard Lodge, No. 336, Fremont Chapter, No. 64, Fremont Council, No. 56, Knight Templars of Fremont, Toledo Consistory, and the Mystic Shrine. Home address: Fremont, Ohio.
SHERMAN, PHILIP DARRELL, College Professor; born, Pawtucket, R. I., July 23. 1881; son of Frederick Sherman and Jen- nie (Weeden) Sherman; educated: high school, Pawtucket, R. I .; A. B. and A. M., Brown Univ .; special studies; Johns Hop- kins Univ .; Brown Univ. Married, Pearl
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Thirkield, Nov. 28, 1906. Instr. German, Brown Univ., 1902-3; Grad. student, Brown and Johns Hopkins Univs., 1903-5; Instr. English, Ohio Wes. Univ., 1905-6; head master English, Univ. School, Louisville, Ky., 1906-7; Instr. English, Oberlin Coll., 1907-8; associate Prof. English, Oberlin Coll., 1908- Lecturer: Shakespeare's London; The Elizabethan Theatres; The Modern Drama; Dickens; Scott. Contrib- utor to magazines, newspapers, special ar- ticles on literature and bibliography. Author: Outlines for the Study of Shakes- peare's Comedies. Socs. and clubs: Delta Upsilon; Gutenberg Gessellschaft (Berlin) ; Gessellschaft fur Typenkunde des XVthen Jahrhunderts (Mainz); Bibliophile Soc .; American Bookplate Soc .; Dickens' Fel- lowship (London); Brothers of the Book (Chicago); State Rep. of Ohio from Drama League; Dir. Drama League, America; chairman Educational Com .; Mem. Bronte, Soc., Haworth, England; Blake Soc., Olney, England. Vestryman, Christ Ch. (Epis- copalian), Oberlin, Ohio. Home address: 25 College Place, Oberlin, O.
SHERMAN, SYLVESTER MORRILL, Phy- siclan; born, Columbus, O., Dec. 23, 1842; son of Levi Hukil Sherman and Lydia Gay (Morrill) Sherman; educated: Colum- bus schools; Eclectic Medical College, Cin- cinnati, O. College degrees: M. D., 1875. Married, Lemira Ann Shoemaker, April 9, 1865; 2nd, Amanda Jane Hance, June 29, 1915. Practiced in Garrett, Ind., 1875- 1883; in Columbus, O., since 1883; Secy. Ohio State Eclectic Med. Assn., 1891-1892; Pres., 1893-1894; member Natl. Eclectic Med. Assn., since 1893; member Ohio Cen- tral Eclectic Med. Soc., Pres. and Secy., 15 yrs .; member Ohio State Med. Bd., since 1902, Pres., 2 yrs., Treas., 12 yrs., to present time. Socs. and clubs: Mem. J. M. Wells Post, No. 451, G. A. R .; 32d de- gree Mason; member and Past Master East Gate Lodge, No. 603, F. & A. M .; served as orderly Sergt. Co. G, 133d O. V. I., In Civil War. Eastwood Congrega- tional Church. Home address: 244 N. 20th St., Columbus, O.
SHERMAN, WALTER JUSTIN, Civil En- gineer; born, Florence, Erie Co., O., Oct. 16, 1854; son of Nathan G. Sherman and Elizabeth (Otis) Sherman; educated: Nor- walk, O., public schools; Cornell Univ. College degrees: B. C. E .; C. E. Married, Catherine Bowmer, July 14, 1892. En- gaged in civil engineering, 1877 -; specialist in railroad engineering up to 1900; municipal engineering, 1900 Socs. and clubs: Toledo Commerce Club; Am. Soc. Civil Engineers; Ohio Soc. En- gineers; Michigan Eng. Soc .; Toledo Soc. Engineers; Am. Public Health Assn .; Am. Water Works Assn .; British Assn. Sewage Managers; Ohio State Archaeo- logical Soc .; Sons of American Revolution. Presbyterian. Home address: 2243 Scott- wood Ave., Toledo, O.
SHERWIN, GEORGE N., Banker; Secy. First Trust & Savings Co. Home ad- dress: Carleton Rd., Euclid Heights, Cleve- land, O.
SHERWIN, JOHN, Banker; born, Cleveland, O., May 24. 1868; son of N. B. Sherwin and Lizzie (Kidder) Sherwin; educated: Cleveland schools. Began banking career as clerk in the National City Bank, Cleveland, O., 1890; Pres. First National Bank, Cleveland, O .; First Trust & Sav- ings Co., Cleveland; Wigmore Realty Co .; Euclid Square Realty Co., 1915 -; Dir. in following corporations: Cleveland Tele- phone Co .; Cen. Union Tel. Co .; G. C. Kuhlman Car Co .: Lennox Co .; Am. Sure- ty Co .; Agri. Credit Co .; Forest City Live
Stock & Fair Co .; McMyler Interstate Co. Socs. and clubs: Union; Cleveland; Athletic; Tavern; Country; Roadside; Mayfield; Chagrin Valley Hunt; Willowlck Country. Home address: Cleveland, O.
SHERWOOD, ISAAC R., Congressman- Journalist; born, Stanford, Duchess Co., N. Y., Aug. 13, 1835; son of Aaron Sher- wood and Maria (Yeomans) Sherwood; educated: Hudson River Institute, Claver- ack, N. Y .; Antioch College, Ohio; Pough- keepsie Law College. Married, Kate M. Brownlee, Sept. 1, 1857. Mayor, Bryan, O., 1861; probate judge, Williams Co., 1860 -; Secy. State, Ohio, 1868; re-elected, 1870; elected to Congress, 1872; probate judge, Lucas Co., 1868; re-elected, 1871; re-elected to Congress, 1906-S, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916; enlisted as private in Volunteer Army, 1861; mustered out as brigadier gen- eral, Oct., 1865, served in 42 battles; com- manded his regiment in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign; made brevet brig- adier general by Pres. Lincoln, Feb. 16, for long and faithful service and gallantry at battles of Resca, Franklin and Nashville; by profession a journalist. Socs. and clubs: Loyal Legion; G. A. R. Presbyterian. Home address: Toledo, O.
SHERZER, JANE B., College President; born, Franklin, O .; daughter of Jacob Weindland Sherzer and Mary Ellen (For- man) Sherzer; educated: Franklin, Ohio, public schools; Univ. Michigan; Unlv. Berlin, Germany. College degrees: Ph. B .; A. M .; Ph. D. Prin. of high school, Franklin, O., 1882-5; Instr. in English, Ox- ford Coll., Oxford, O., 1889-1891; dean, 1892-1894; Prin. Academy for Young Wom- en, Jacksonville, Ill., 1895-1899; Prof. Eng- lish Philology and Dean of Women, Illinois Coll., Jacksonville, Ill., 1903-1904; Pres. Oxford College, 1905 -. Writer number addresses, newspaper articles and letters. Edited: The Isle of Ladies. Socs. and clubs: Gamma Phi Beta Sor .; Women's Club of Cincinnati; Modern Lang. Assn .; Mem. Bd. Nat. Fed. of College Women; D. A. R .: Vice Pres. of the S. W. Dist. of Ohio Fed. of Women's Clubs. Presby- terian. Home address: Oxford, Ohlo, care Oxford College.
SHIELDS, CURTIS EDWIN, Clergyman; born, Loveland, O., July 30, 1873; son of Daniel H. Shields and Martha B. (Mc- Kinnie) Shields; educated: public schools, Loveland; Miami Univ., Oxford, O .; Woos- ter Coll., Wooster, Ohio; Theol. Training Western Theol. Sem., Pittsburgh, Pa .; Lane Sem., Cincinnati, O. College degrees: A. B .; A. M., Wooster. Married. Prin. of high school at Spencerville, O., 1 yr .; Prof. of Mathematics in College of Mon- tana, Deer Lodge, Montana; pastor Pres- byterian Church at Amanda, O., 3 yrs .; pastor Union English Speaking Church, Hilo, Hawaii, 6 yrs .; removed to Defiance in 1909 and assumed pastorate of First Presbyterian Church, which he still holds. Home address: 515 Washington St., De- fiance, Ohio.
SHIELDS, DAVID W., Editor; son of Wil- liam Shields and Sarah Shields; educated: public and normal schools; head of the Keyser, W. Va., schools; New Martins- ville and Wellsburg schools, 25 yrs .; edi- tor, The Democrat, Bellaire, O., 16 yrs .: city clerk, 2 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Com- mercial Club, Bellaire; Secy .. W. Va. State Teachers' Assn., 6 yrs. Home address: Globe Hotel, Bellaire. Ohio.
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SHIELDS, ROBERT S., Judge Court of Ap. peals, Fifth Ohio District. Term expires Feb., 1920. Home address: Canton, O. SHINKLE, AMOS CLIFFORD, Banker; born, Covington, Ky., Oct. 25. 1877; son
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of Bradford Shinkle and Ann Johnson (Hemingray) Shinkle; educated: private schools; Univ. of Cincinnati. Married, Frances Hinkle, August 20, 1902. Identl- ficd with financial interest of Cincinnati; Pres. of Central Trust & Safe Deposit Co. Socs. and clubs: Various Clubs. Home address: 1811 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.
SHINN, THOMAS R., Merchant; born, Mt. Washington, Hamilton Co., O., Oct. 31, 1846; son of Job R. Shinn and Mariah L. (Miller) Shinn; educated: Delaware Univ. Married, Sarah E. Stoctown, Feb. 21, 1879. Teacher in public schools; Past De- partment Com. Ohio, G. A. R .; Pres. Civil Service Commission; Secy. Rep. State Central Committee, 1890; Pres. The Home Co., Ashland, O .; Pres. The Rowe Stone Co., Bucyrus, O. Socs. and clubs: Board Trade; Colonial Club; Commercial Club. Trustee Methodist Episcopal Ch. Home address: Ashland, O.
SHIPLEY, EDWARD ELLIS, General In- surance; born, Batavia, Clermont Co., O., Sept. 20, 1861; son of William Shipley and Charlotte Lowe (Stagg) Shipley; educated: public schools; Chlckering Inst., Cincin- natl. Married, Daisy Stoddard, Oct. 1,
1885. Engaged in insurance business in Cincinnati, 1883 -; member book Com. M. F. Church; trustee Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home; Christ Hosp. Socs. and Clubs: Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason (32d degree); Business Men's Club (Pres., 1906-7). Home address: 984 Lenox Place, Cincinnati, O.
SHIRK, CHESTER ELMER, General Secre- tary Y. M. C. A .; born, Liberty Tp., Union Co., Ohio, June 21, 1880; son of Hiram Shirk and Jane (Fletcher) Shirk; educated: high school of West Mansfield, O .; Ohio Northern Univ .; Ohio Univ .; Silver Bay Y. M. C. A .; training school, Lake George, N. Y. Married, Helen Claire Robison, June 14, 1904. District, grade and high school teacher, Union Co., O., 1900-1907; ward principal, Ashtabula, O., schools, 1907-13; Gen. Secy., Ashtabula Y. M. C. A., 1913- Socs. and clubs: K. of P .; Ashtabula Chamber of Commerce; Frank- lin Literary Club. Presbyterian Church. Holds state
life teacher's certificate. Home address: Ashtabula, O.
SHOEMAKER, ELLA OGLE (Mrs. Z. T.), born, Bellaire, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1857; daugh- ter of Benjamin F. Ogle and Julia (Mc- Ilvaine) Ogle; educated: public schools of Bellaire, O. Married, Z. T. Shoemaker, Dec. 27, 1876. First Vice Pres. Ohio State Assn. of School Officials; member Massil- lon Board of Education, 14 yrs .; Pres., 3 yrs .: Pres. for 17 yrs. of Study Club of Massillon; Pres. Ladies' Aid of Christlan Church. 6 yrs .; chairman Com. on Educa- tion of State Suffrage Assn .: first Vice Chmn. Stark Co. Suffrage Assn .; member of Com. on Education of the Ohlo State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Member Chris- tian Church. Home address: 601 S. Lin- coln Ave., Massillon, O.
SHOEMAKER, FREDERICK BENTON, Clergyman; born, Rainsburg, Pa .; son of Herbert Shoemaker and Matilda (Brinker) Shoemaker: educated: Westminster Col- lege and Western Theological Sem. Col- loge degrees: A. B. Married, Mary S. Clemons, June 20, 1904. Pastorates: Dres- dan, O .. 1904-1307; Slippery Rock, Pa., 1908-16; Dennison, O., 1916- German Reformed and Presbyterian Chs. Hoine address: 307 Grant St., Dennison, O.
SHOEMAKER, MICHAEL MYERS, Author; horn, Covington, Ky., June 26, 1853; son of Robert Myers Shoemaker and Mary
Colegate (Steiner) Shoemaker; educated: student, 2 yrs. Cornell Univ., class 1874. Married, Helen Parmelee, Feb. 19, 1910. Has traveled the world over in the study of the people of the earth since 1874. Au- thor: Eastward to the land of the Morn- ing, 1893; Kingdom of the White Woman, 1894; Sealed Provinces of the Czar, 1895; Island of the Southern Seas, 1897; Quaint Corners of Ancient Empires, 1899; Palaces and Prisons of Mary Queen of Scots, 1901; The Great Siberian Railway, 1903; Heart of the Orient, 1904: Winged Wheels In France, 1906; Wanderings in Ireland, 1908; Islam Lands, 1910; Indian Pages and Pic- tures, 1912; "Grey Gables," Bennington. Vermont. Founder Ohio Soc. of Colonial Wars; member Sons Rev. Soc., War 1812. Home address: 667 West 4th St., Cincin- nati, Ohio.
SHOTWELL, WALTER GASTON, Attor- ney; born, Cadiz, O., Dec. 27, 1856; son of Stuart B. Shotwell and Nancy (Gaston) Shotwell; educated: Franklin Coll. (Ohio) ; Yale Univ. College degrees: A. B .; A. M. Married, Belle McIlvaine, Dec. 24, 1884. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1880; practicing at- torney, 1880-1899; prosecuting attorney, Harrison Co., O., 1888-1893; Common Pleas Judge, 1899-1913; again in active practice, Cadiz, Ohio, 1913 -. Author: "Life of Charles Sumner," 1910. Home address: 411 Lincoln Ave., Cadiz, O.
SHOWERS, JOHN BALMER, Clergyman; born, Paris, Ont., Canada, Sept. 29, 1879; son of (Rev.) Joseph Smith Showers and Margaret (Morrow) Showers; educated: Galt Collegiate Inst .; Lebanon Valley Col- lege; Bonebrake Theol. Sem .; Univ. of Chicago; Univ. of Berlin. College de- grees: A. B .; B. D. Married, Justina
Lorenz, April 11, 1911. Pastor at Brad- ford, Pa .; Westfield, Ill .; Kansas City, Mo .; Dayton, O. Teacher in Bonebrake Theol. Sem .; Pres. Miami Valley Chautauqua: Pres. Sugar Grove Bible Sch., Sugar Grove, Pa .. United Brethren in Christ. Home address: 1527 West First St., Day- ton, Ohio.
SHRODER, JACOB, Attorney; born, April, 1847; son of Bernard Shroder and Pauline (Mases) Shroder; educated: Woodward high school; Harvard Univ. College de- grees: LL. B. Married, Bertha Fecheimer, Nov. 11, 1874. Practicing attorney, U. S. Government in Court of Claims, 1869-71; Judge of Common Pleas Court, Hamilton Co., O., 1886-1892; attorney for Senate of
Ohio in Drake investigating Committee cases, 1906; Pres. of Union Bd. of High Schs. of Cincinnati, 1905, 1909 and 1910; Mem. of Board since 1893. Socs. and
clubs: Business Men's Club; Wednesday Club. Rockdale Ave. Temple. Home ad- dress: Hotel Alms, Walnut Hills, Cincin- nati, O.
SHUEY, EDWIN LONGSTREET, Manufac- turer; born, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1857; son of (Rev.) William John Shuey and Sarah (Berger) Shuey; educated: public schools, Dayton, O .; Otterbein College, Westerville, O. College degrees: A. B., 1877; A. M., 1880. Married, Effie Mitchell, Aug. 15, 1882. Instr. Green Hill Seminary, Ind., and Fostoria, O., Academy, 1877-S1; Prin. Academy, Otterbein College, 1881-5; manager Book Dept., United Brethren Pub. House, 1885-1897; head Welfare Dept., Na- tional Cash Register Co., Dayton, O., 1897- 1900; Dir. and advertising manager, Lowe Brothers Co., Dayton, O., 1900 -; actively engaged and interested in numerous busi- ness enterprises. Author: Factory People and Their Employers, 1901; editor, Inter- national Bible Aids, 1896; writer on in- dustrial education (particularly evening schools), welfare work, etc. Served as
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trustee 1887 to date and now Pres. Day- ton Y. M. C. A .; member International Com. Y. M. C. A., 1893, and Ohio State Com. of Y. M. C. A., 1895 to date; mem- ber Commission Federated Movements of Fed. Council of Churches; trustee Otter- bein Coll .; member International S. S. Lessons Com., 1902-8; trustee Dayton pub- lic library, 1897-1912; member Bd. For- eign Missions of U. B. Church, 1913-1917. Socs, and clubs: City Club, New York; En- gineers Club, Dayton; Am. Academy Social and Political Science; Nat. Institute Social Sciences; Nat. Municipal League; Nat. Chamber Commerce; (Pres.) National
Assn. of Advertisers, 1916. Member United Brethren in Christ Church. Home address: 204 Central Ave., Dayton, O.
SHUEY, WILLIAM JOHN, Clergyman and Publisher; born, Miamisburg, O., Feb. 9, 1827; son of Adam Shuey and Hannah (Aley) Shuey; educated: public schools, Montgomery and Clark counties, O .; Ohio Conference high school, Springfield, Ohio. College degrees: D. D., Otterbein Univ. Married, Sarah Berger, March 7, 1848. Pastor and presiding elder, 1849-1864; mis- sionary to Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1855; publishing agent, United Brethren Pub. House, Dayton, O., 1864-1897; busi- ness manager, Union Biblical Seminary (now Bonebrake Theol. Seminary), Day- ton, O., 1897-1901; delegate to Gen. Confs., 9 times; member various general boards of the United Brethren in Christ; mem- ber Dayton Bd. Education; Dir. Fourth Nat. Bank, 1888-1916; Dir. Miami Valley Hospital; Dir. Associated Charities, Day- ton, O. United Brethren in Christ. Home address: 35 South Perry St., Dayton, O.
SHUFF, JOHN L., Insurance; born, Bour- bon Co., Ky .. May 21, 1863; son of Isaac Shuff and Elizabeth (Cleveland) Shuff, his mother being the second cousin of Grover Cleveland; educated: country schools. Married, Ida Thompson, of Ma- son Co., Ky. After leaving the farm, was engaged in business in Atlanta, Ga., and in Jacksonville, Fla .; in Jacksonville, he was. Mgr. and Secy. of the Jacksonville Transfer Co .; later, in Atlanta, he was en- gaged in the carriage business for about 3 yrs .; about this time he became en- listed in the life insurance business and was located in Baltimore about 3 yrs .; in 1897, he came to Cincinnati as a special representative of the Union Central Life Insurance Co .; made postmaster of Cin- cinnati, O., Jan., 1915, but resigned Jan., 1916, to take his present position as Mgr. of the Home Office General Agency of the Union Central Life Insurance Co., with headquarters in the Home Office, Union Central Bldg., Cincinnati, O .; was dele- gate-at-large from Ohio to the National Democratic Conv., which nominated Pres. Wilson. Socs. and clubs: Chamber of Commerce; The Business Men's Club; The Queen City Club; The Cincinnati Country Club; The Ft. Mitchell Country Club, and all of the leading organizations of the city. Active in politics. Home address: 2518 Salem Ave., Cincinnati, O.
SHUMAN, ALBERT C., Clergyman; born, Liberty Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1867; son of Thomas G. Shuman and Mary J. (Zeiz) Shuman; educated: country schools of Seneca Co .; Heidelberg College; Heidelberg Theol. Sem. College degrees: A. B .: B. D .; D. D. Married, Minta M. Miller. June 20, 1893. Pastor of Reformed Church, Bascom, 1896-1900; Reformed Church, Sycamore, 1900-1907; First Re- formed Church, Tiffin, 1907 -; Pres. of Ohio Synod of Reformed Churches, 1907- 1908: member of Executive Committee and Board of Regents of Heidelberg Univ.
Socs. and clubs: M. W. A .; K. of P .; Re- formed Church, Pastor. Contributor to Reformed Quarterly Review, Christian World. Author of "Chatechetical Bible Lessons," 1905. Delivered Semi-Centen- nial Ode, 50th Anniversary, Heidelberg Univ., Tiffin, O., June, 1900. Home ad- dress: 80 N. Sandusky St., Tiffin, O.
SHUPE, HENRY FOX, Clergyman and Editor; born, Scottdale, Pa., March 18, 1860; son of Daniel W. and Mary A. (Fox) Shupe; educated: public schools; Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Academy; Otterbein Univ. (partial course); Bonebrake Theol. Sem., Dayton, O., 1885; C. L. S. C. Course, 1892. Married, Susan Stoner, 1885, died, 1894; 2nd, Ellwyn Billheimer, 1896, died, 1897; 3rd, Margaret Faist, 1899. Teacher in public school, 1 term; pastor, United Brethren Churches, Tyrone, Williamsport and Braddock, Pa., 1885-1893; editor, The Watchword, Dayton, O., 1893 -; member General Conference, United Brethren Ch., 1893; trustee, United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1894- Author: "Effective
Endeavor," etc. Honorary degree of D. D., York Coll., Nebraska. Socs. and clubs: Philophronean Literary Soc .; Otterbein Univ. United Brethren. Home address: 91 Fountain Ave., Dayton, O.
SIBLEY, HIRAM LUTHER, Attorney; born, Trumbull Co., O., May 4, 1836; son of (Rev.) Ezekiel Sibley and Phebe (Simons) Sibley; educated: public schools, and 1 yr. special schools. College degrees: (Hon.) A. M., Marietta Coll., 1878; LL. D., Claflin Univ., 1905. Married, Esther Ann Ellis, April 20. 1858, who died Jan. 17, 1916. Elected county clerk, Meigs Co., O., 1860; Lleut. Co. "B," 116th Ohio Inf., 1862-1865; admitted to bar, 1865; began practice, Marietta, O., 1866; judge Court Common Pleas, 1883-1897; judge Circuit Court, 1897- 1903; appointed member commission to revise and consolidate laws of Ohio, 1906; revision completed and adopted by State; delegate to Ecumenical Conf. of M. E. Church, Washington, 1891, Gen. Conf., 1884, 1904, 1912; attended and proposed important change in church polity. Au- thor: Organic Law, M. E. Church, 1894; Right to and Cause for Action, 1896. Edi- tor: Nash's Pleading and Practice, 1906-7. Socs. and clubs: Mason; K. T .; Mem. Marietta (O.) Reading Club. Home ad- dress: Marietta, O.
SIBLEY, WILLIAM GIDDINGS, Editor; born, Racine, Meigs Co., O., Feb. 29, 1860; son of Hiram Luther Sibley and Esther Ann (Ellis) Sibley; educated: B. A., Mar- ietta Coll., 1881 (Hon. A. M., 1906). Mar- ried, Frank Roberts, Aug. 26, 18$6. Clerk in general store, 1881-7; founder and edi- tor, Meigs County Tribune, 1887-1890: edi- tor, Gallipolis Daily Tribune, 1890 -; state librarian of Ohio, 1889-1890; captain and quartermaster, 7th Regt., O. N. G., 1902-1903. Author: The French Five Hun- dred and Other Papers, 1901; The Story of Freemasonry, 1904. Lectures: World Preparation for Masonry; The Way to Templar Masonry. Socs. and clubs: Loyal Legion; 32d degree Mason, K. T. Repub- lican. Methodist Episcopal. Home ad- dress: Gallipolis, O.
SICHERMAN, ARMIN, Physician-Surgeon: born, Hungary, Dec. 21, 1863; son of Joseph Sicherman and Fanny (Ferbstein) Sicherman; educated: Hungary and Iin- perior Royal Univ. of Vienna. College degrees: B. A .; M. A. Married, Rose Loewy, March 6, 1900. Has practiced medicine and surgery in Akron, O., since 1893; member Bd. of Health of Akron. O. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Summit Co. Med. Soc .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Union
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Med. Soc .; fellow Am. Med. Assn .; all German Socs. Temple Israel. Home ad- dress: 291 W. Market St., Akron, O.
SIEBER, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Attor- ney; born. Snyder Co., Pa .. Feb. 22. 1858; son of Joseph Sieber and Sarah (Moyer) Sieber; educated: public and high schools of Akron; Buchtel Coll .; Cincinnati Law Sch. College degrees: LL. B. Married, Elsie C. Motz, Sept. 11, 1883. Attorney, officer and director of a number of Akron corporations; prosecuting attorney of Summit Co., 1887-1893; State Senator fromn 1899 to 1901. Socs. and clubs; B. P. O. E .; Masons; K. T .; Al Koran Temple; A. A. O. N. M. S .: S. P. R. S. 32d degree; Por- tage Country Club; Akron City Club; University Club; Congress Lake Club; Ohio Soc. of New York. Trinity Luth-
eran Church. Home address: 484 East Market St., Akron, O.
SIEBERT, ANNIE SABINE (Mrs. Wilbur H.), born, Cambridge, Mass .; daughter of Hylas Sabine and Anna (Ware) Sabine; educated: Grad. Ohio State Univ. (Phl Beta Kappa), 1884; Mass. Inst. of Tech- nology. College degrees: A. B., 1884; A. M., 1886; B. Sc., 1888. Married, Wilbur Henry Siebert, 1893. Miniature portrait painter; work accepted in the exhibitions of the Am. Soc. of Miniature Painters, New York City, and of the Pa. Acad. of Art. Philadelphia. Socs. and clubs: Mem. University Women's Club; College Equal Suffrage Assn., Columbus, Ohio. Congregational Church. Home address: 182 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, O.
SIEBERT, WILBUR HENRY, University Professor; born, Columbus, O., Aug. 30, 1866; son of Louis Siebert and Sarah (Van De Water) Siebert; educated: public schools, Columbus, O .; Ohio State Univ .; Harvard Univ .; Freiburg and Berlin Univs. (Germany). College degrees: A. B., 18SS; A. B., 1889; A. M., 1890. Married, Annie W. Sabine, Aug. 16, 1893. Instr. and Asst. Prof. in history, Ohio State Univ., 1891-1898; Asso. Prof., 1898-1902; Prof. European history, 1902- Secy. Univ. Faculty, 1902-1906; lecturer in his- tory, Ohio Wes. Univ., 1907-1908; traveled in Europe, 1909-1910. Author: The Under- ground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (MacMillan, 1898); The Government of Ohio, 1904; articles on American Loyalists and other subjects. Socs. and clubs: Am. Hist. Soc .; Am. Academy Political and Social Sciences: Bibliographical Soc. of Am .; Miss. Valley Hist. Soc .; Ohio Val- ley Hist. Soc .; (Corres. Mem.) Royal Soc. of Canada: Nat. Inst. of Social Sciences; (Pres. ) Ohio Hist. Teachers' Assn .; (fel- low) Am. Geographical Soc .: (Pres.) First Neighborhood Guild (social settlement); (organizer and ist Pres.) Graduate Club, Harvard: (Pres.) Harvard Club of Central Ohio, 1904-1911; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi. Congregationalist. Home ad- dress: 182 West Tenth St., Columbus, O. SIKES. GEORGE O., Physician; born, Ports- mouth, O., Dec. 20, 1871; son of James Sikes and Lucina (Parks) Sikes: educated: Nat. Normal Univ., Lebanon, Ohio; Med. College Ohio. College degrees: B. S .; M. D. Married, Margaret Reid, Oct. 14, 1897. Recently appointed Senior Obstetriclan to the Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincin- nati, O .; practicing physician, Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati, O. Socs. and clubs: Nu Sigma Nu; Cincinnati Academy Med .; Ohio State Med. Soc .: American Med. Soc .; Cincinnati Automobile Club. Methodist. Home address: 6326 Ridge Ave., Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati, O.
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