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(Payne) Bicknell; educated: Pub. Schs., of Massillon. O .; Adelbert Coll .: Western Reserve Univ .. 1890. College degrees: B. S. Married. Anne Guthrie. Feb. 19. 1900. Auditor, Southern Ohio Traction Co., 1899- 1902: Gen. Mgr .. Aurora. Elgin & Chicago Rv. Co .. 1902-03: Pres .. The Lake Shore Electric Ry. Co., 1903-06; Pres. The Cleve- land Construction Co., 1906 -; Fres., The Warren Bicknell Co .: Pres .. Havana Electric Rv. Co. 1907-13: Receiver. Cleve- land Ry. Co., 1908-10; Pres., The Spring- field & Xenia Ry. Co., 1907 -; Pres., The Youngstown & Ohio River Rd. Co., 1916; Pres., The Bicknell Construction Co., 1916. Socs. and clubs: The Union Club; The Country Club; The Mayfield Country Club; The Shaker Heights Country Club. St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Cleve- land. Home address: 2323 Coventry Rd., Cleveland, O.
BIDDLE, THOMAS, Real Estate Dealer; born, Nottingham, England, Nov. 10, 1852; son of Samuel Biddle and Catherine (At- kin) Biddle: educated: public schools. St. Catherine, Canada. Came to Toledo in 1871. Married. Annie M. Bramwell. May 24. 1876. Sixteen years Secy. and Treas. The Toledo Gas Light and Coke Co .; Treas. Lucas County. one term: Dir. and Treas. the "Old Adams St. City Mission"; now in real estate business in Toledo. Socs. and clubs: Mason: Royal Arcanum. Steward St. Paul M. E. Church. Home address: 19 East Woodruff Ave .. Toledo. Ohio.
BIDDLE. THOMAS R .. Retired Physician; born. St. Marys. W. Va .. Nov. 27. 1863; son of John F. Biddle and Mary C. (Kis- ter) Biddle: educated: Ohio Univ. of Athens. O .: Med. Coll. of Ohio. at Cin- cinnati. O. College degrees: Ph. B .: M. D. Married. Grace M. Poston. Oct. S, 1895. General practice of medicine, 10 yrs .; since that time manager of coal properties: Trustee Ohio Univ., 1900- Socs. and clubs: Athens Reading Club; Masonic Bodies. of Athens. Member and Trustee of The First M. E. Church of Athens. Home address: 29 Park Place, Athens. O.
BIEFELD. PAUL A .. College Professor; born. March 22. 1867: son of Henry Biefeld and Wilhelmina W. (Glaeser) Biefeld; educated: Univ. of Wis .; Eidgenoess Poly- technikum and Univ. Zuerich, Switzerland. College degrees: B. S .; Ph. D. Married. Emma Bausch, Apr. 11, 1900. Asst. phys- ics to H. F. Weber, Polytechnikum. Zue- rich, 1899-1900: Prof. physics and electrical engineering, Technikum, Hildburghausen, Germany, 1900-1906; Prof. physics and mathematics. Buchtel Coll .. Akron. O., 1906-1911: Prof. astronomy. Dir. Swasey Observatory, Denison Univ., Granville, O., 1911- Socs. and clubs: Mem. of the Astronomical Soc. of the Pacific; Hon. Mem. Nat. Assn. Stationary Engrs. Bap- tist. Home address: Granville. O.
BIERY, CALVIN JOHN, Educator: born, North Georgetown. O., March 10, 1866; son of (Rev.) John Biery and Mary M. (Schwartz) Biery: educated: Calvin Col- lege: Ohio Northern Univ .: Univ. of Chi- cago. College degrees: B. S .; M. S. Mar- ried. Jennie Lyon. Dec. 24. 1890. Supt. of Schs. at Zaleski. O .. 2 yrs .; Oak Harbor, O .. 9 yrs .: Wauseon. O .. 14 yrs .; County Supt. of Fulton Co .. O .. 1 yr .: Mem. of State Bd. of Sch. Exams .; Mem. of Com. to edit State Elementary Course of Study; head of Dept. of Rural Education. State Normal College, Bowling Green, O. Socs. and clubs: Grange: Masonic Order; Blue Lodge, Chapter. Council. Knight. Templar; Knights of Pythias; O. S. T. A .; O. S. I.
F. Presbyterian Church. Home address: Bowling Green. O.
BIGBEE, ROYAL C., Mayor; born, Rich- land Co., O., Feb. 4, 1849; son of George Bigbee and Susan (Shaffer) Bigbee; edu- cated: Common Schs .. Richland Co .. O. Married. Aug. 4, 1887. to Susan Ackerman. Was a soldier in Civil War, then became a carpenter. later a manufacturer in a small way: served as city Treas .. 1906-7; elected Mayor of Newark, 1913. re- elected. 1915 (term expires 1917). Socs. and clubs: G A. R .; I. O. O. F .; K. of P. Protestant. Home address: 176 Hudson Ave .. Newark. O.
BIGELOW, CHARLES HENRY, Banker: born. Findlay, Ohio, June 5, 1854; son of Phillip Doddridge Bigelow and Harriet Hine (Frisbie) Bigelow: educated: Find- lay. O .. High Sch. Married. Flora May Vance, Oct. 15, 1879. Engaged in farming in early part of life; became interested in banking business as Secy .- Treas., The
Commercial Bank Savs. & Tr. Co, Find-
a lay. O .. 1908- -. Socs. and clubs: Sons Am. Rev .: 32d degree Mason. Presbyte- lian. Home address: Bigelow Hill, Find- lay. Ohio.
BIGELOW, HERBERT SEELY, Clergyman; born. Elkhart. Ind., Jan. 4, 1870; educated: A. B .. Western Reserve Univ .. 1894: stu- died Lane Theological Seminary. Mar- ried. Margaret M. Doane. Sept. 10. 1894. Ordained in Congregational ministry, 1896; pastor, Vine St. Ch., Cincinnati (now People's Ch.), 1896 -. Prominent in so- cial reform movements: contributor to liberal press; lecturer. Democratic can- didate for Sec. of State. Ohio. 1902: Sec. Ohio Dist. Legislation League; Pres. Ohio Const. Conv .. 1912: Mem. Ohio House of Rep .. 1912-14. Honie address: Mt. Wash- ington. Ohio.
BIGGER. THOMAS M., Common Pleas Judge; born, Washington Co .. Pa .. Nov. 12. 1855: son of Thomas Bigger and Esther (Donaldson) Bigger; educated: Franklin Springs (Pa.) Acad .; Hopedale (O.) Coll .; Univ. of Wooster. College degrees: A. B .; A. M. Married. Nellie Miskimen. 1892. Admitted to bar in 1SS5. Former head watchman of National Order of Modern Woodmen of America. Police Judge. Co- lumbus, O .. 1894-1896; elected to Frank- lin Co. Common Pleas Ct .. in 1896. and has since continued in that capacity. Socs. and clubs: Assoc. Mem. of G. A. R. Presbyterian. Republican. Home address: 124 West Ninth Ave .. Columbus. O.
BIGGS, CHARLES LEWELLYN, Attorney; born. West Newton. Pa .. Aug. 16. 1870; son of Andrew Wesley Biggs and Mary F. (Gressley) Biggs; educated: Ft. Scott, Kansas; Cleveland Law Sch. (190S). Col- lege degrees: LL. B. Married. May Blanche Fletcher. May 9. 1899. In early youth engaged in manufacture of bicy- cles. Chicago. Ill .: appointed state man- ager, Michigan. North American Insur- ance Co .. of Chicago. Ill .. 1899; engaged while traveling in study of law, completed in Cleveland Law Sch .. 1899-190S; became member firm, Biggs & Staiger, 1909; later became firm, Bentley, McCrystal, Biggs & Staiger. Cleveland. O .. 1910 -: Manager Northern Dist. of Ohio for Maccabees. Socs. and clubs: F. & A. M .. Woodward Lodge; Mt. Olive Chapter: Holyrood Com- mandery; Lake Erie Consistory; Al Koran Temple: Al Sirat Grotto. North American Union. (Chicago); Am. Insurance Union, (Columbus): Nat. Lodge of K. P .: Cleve- land Chamber of Commerce: Civic League, Cleveland; Cuyahoga County Bar Assn .; Ohio State Bar Assn. Home address: Cor.
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East Overlook and Coventry Rd .. Cleve- land Heights. Office: 902-904 Engineers Bldg .. Cleveland. O.
BILES, GEORGE PHINEAS, Railway Offi- cial; born. Dorset Co., Eng., July 18. 1857; son of Phineas Biles and Anne Cooper (Orchard) Biles; cducated: Common Schs., Dorset Co .. Eng. Married, Louise A. Pflume. Sept. 20. 1893. Began as ticket clerk. London. Brighton & South Coast Rv., Victoria Sta., London. 1872; came to U. S .. 1883; rate clerk and chief rate clerk, general freight office, Queen & Cres- cent System, Cincinnati. O., 1884-1888; Asst. Gen. Frt. Agt .. 1888-95. same sys- tem; general freight agent, Cincinnati, New Orleans & Tex-Pacific Rv .. Cincin- nati. 1895-7: Frt. Traffic Mgr. C. N. O. & T. P. Ry .. and Alabama Great South- ern Ry .. Cincinnati. 1907-9; Frt. Traffic Mgr. C. N. O. & T. P. Ry .. Cincinnati, O., 1909: Frt. Traffic Mgr., Southern Railway System. Jan., 1917 -. Socs. and clubs: Queen City Club: Business Men's Club; Walnut Hills Business Men's Club; Cin- cinnati Golf Club. Republican. New Thought Church. Home address: 46 The Alexandra; office: Ingalls Bldg .. Cincin- nati. Ohio.
BILL, CLARENCE POWERS. Coll. Prof .; born. Cuyahoga Falls. O .. July 10. 1875; son of Herbert W. Bill and Mary (Mc- Ilwain) Bill: educated: Adelbert College (Western Reserve Univ.); Harvard Univ. College degrees: A. B .. 1894: A. M .. 1895: A. M .. 1896: Ph. D .. 189S. Married, Saralı Amanda Babbitt. Jan. 26, 1907. Instruct- or, Latin and Greek, 1898-1904: Asso. Prof. Grcek. 1904-5: Prof. Greek. Adelbert Coll .. Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, O .. 1905 -: Prof. and Acting Dir. Amer- ican Sch. Classical Studies. Athens. O .. 1912-13. Socs. and clubs: Secy. of Am. Philol. Assn .: Archaeol. Inst. of America; Delta Upsilon: Phi Beta Kappa. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Home address: 2076 Cornell Road. Cleveland. O.
BILLINGS, W. ADELBERT, Clergyman; born. Scharia. N. Y .. May 13. 1863: son of Thaddeus Billings and Sally (Williams) Billings; educated: Colgate Univ., Hamil- ton. N. Y. Married. Margaret D. Patter- son. Aug. 6. 1890. Ordained at Addison, N. Y .. Feb. 2. 1894: pastor Baptist Chs .. Addison. N. Y .: Marengo. Ill .; Dixon. Ill .; Waukesha. Wis .. and LaCrosse, Wis .; Springfield. O. Baptist Church. Sept. 1. 1915 -. Socs. and clubs: Phi Kappa Psl Frat .: Modern Woodmen of America. Baptist. Home address: 29 West Liberty St .. Springfield. O.
BILLINGSLEY, NATHAN BAYLESS, At- torney: born. Columbiana Co .. O .. Oct. 9. 1850; son of John W. Billingsley and Lydia (Bayless) Billingsley: educated: country and village schools .: Mt. Union Coll. Married. Mary Wallace. May 18. 1876. Admitted to bar of Ohio. 1873: engaged
in practice law. Lisbon. O .. 1873 ----- Presidential elector, 1880: Appt. Judge, Court of Common Pleas by Gov. McKin- ley. 1893; elected to same judgeship. 1894; resigned, 1895: became president and gen- eral counsel Pittsburgh. Lisbon & West- ern Ry. Co. 1892 and 1902 ---. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Socs .; Duquesne Club (Pittsburgh). Vestryman. Trinity Epis- copal Church. Lisbon. 1890- Home address: Lisbon. O.
BINDLEY, JOSIAH, Business Man: born, Level. O .. June 2. 1871; son of John A. Bindley and Katherine (Barclay) Bind- ley: educated: Level and Lebanon. Ohio. Married. Lucile Bennett, July 10, 1899. Pres. of Bindley Grocery Co .. wholesale
grocers of Marion. O. Pres. of Marion
Chamber of Commerce. Socs. and clubs: The Marion Club; Masonic Bodics; Cham- ber of Commerce. Home address: Marion, Ohio.
BINNS, ELIEL TAYLOR, Merchant: born, Lerov. Medina Co .. O .. Sept. 16. 1850: son of Samuel Binns and Ellinor (Taylor) Binns: educated: Fayette Normal School. Married. Rhoada E. Lane. April 20, 1882. Secured early mercantile training as clerk for dry goods firm of Welker & Killits, Bryan. O., 1871-8; operated a store in Bryan. O .. 1878-1908: retired after a num- ber of years of successful business life. Owner. Mortgage & Insurance business. Bryan. O .. 1915- Pres. Bryan Board of Health; Pres. Bryan Business Men's Assn .: Pres. Williams Co. Crop Improve- ment Assn .; member, Deputy State Super- · visors Election; Pres. Williams Co .. Bel- gian Relief Assn .; trustee, Universalist Ohio State Convention; Manager. Anti- Saloon Campaign for Dry County and State, 1912 -. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Lodge: Chapter. No. 45: Defiance K. T. Commandery No. 30: Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .. Toledo. O. Trustee and member, First Universalist Church. ITome address: 223 West Maple St., Bryan, O.
BIRCH, T. BRUCE, College Professor: born. Bloomsburg. Pa .. Sept. 11. 1866: son of Richard Birch and Ruth (Edwards) Birch; educated: Bloomsburg State Normal Sch .: Susquehanna Univ .; Pa. Coll .: Gettysburg Theol. Seminary; Univ. Penna. College degrees: A. B .: A. M .: Ph. D. Married. Sarah C. Himmelreich, Sept. 15, 1894. Pastor. 2 yrs .. Boiling Springs, Pa .; taught in preparatory of Penna. Coll .. Gettysburg, Pa .; Irving College, Mechanicsburg. Pa .; Susquehanna Univ., Selinsgrove, Pa .;
Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, 1915 -; Harrison Foundation Scholar. 1 yr .; Harrison Foundation Fellow, Univ. Penna .. 2 yrs .: Treas. Ohio Coll. Assn .: Sec. Ohio Soc. Education; Sec. Department Education, Ohio Coll. Assn .; Dir. Witten- berg Coll. Summer School. Socs. and clubs: Young Men's Lit. Club; Lowell Club: Central Ohio School Masters' Club; 32d degree Mason. Lutheran. Home ad- dress: Springfield, Ohio.
BIRK, CHRISTIAN FREDRICK, Druggist; born. Bucyrus. O .. April 29. 1852: son of John G. Kirk and Johana (Kuhn) Kirk; educated: Bucyrus Union Schs. Married, Bertha A. Volk. June 10. 1873. Engaged in harness business, 18 yrs .; drug business last 24 yrs .: Chief Police, Bucyrus. O .. 6 yrs .: Sheriff. Crawford Co .. 4 yrs. : Mayor of City of Bucyrus. O .. 4 yrs. Socs. and clubs: K of P .: Elks. German Lutheran. Home address: 464 S. Spring St .. Bucy- rus. Ohio.
BIRNEY. GEORGE HUGH, Clergyman; horn. New Athens, Harrison Co .. O., Mar. 29. 1876: son of Robert Nelson Birney and Mary (Brown) Birney: educated: Scio Coll .. Scio. O .: Drew Theol. Sem .: New York Univ. College degrees: B. A .: B.
D .; D. D. Married. Bernice Dickinson. June 30. 1897. Joined Methodist Episco- pal ministry, Upper Iowa Conf., 1902, and lias held pastorates at Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1904-1909: First M. E. Ch .. Grand Rapids, Mich .. 1909-1912: Euclid Ave. M. E. Ch., Cleveland. O .. 1912 -. Prominent Chautauqua work and a notable lecturer. in Home address: 2095 E. 93rd St., Cleveland, Ohio.
BIRNEY, NELSON LAW, Retired; born. Plum Run. O .. Dec. 31. 1844: son of Rob- ert Birney and Elizabeth (Law) Birney; educated: Pub. Schs. Married, Harriet A. Haverfield. Nov .. 1865. 2nd. Della Reed,
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Aug. 18. 190S. Engaged as farmer and stock raiser and buyer. Retired. Infirm- ary Director. School Director. Township Trustee and Assessor. Socs. and clubs: G. A. R. Member of Uhrichsville M. E. Church and member of official board of same. Enlisted in 98th O. V. I. when 18 yrs. old and was wounded in left hip in battle of Perrysville. Mem. Bd. of Direct- ors of Dennison Natl. Bank; Bd. of Direct- ors of Dennison Sewer Pipe Co .: Bd. of Directors of Citizens Loan Co .. Uhrichs- ville. O. Home address: 910 N. Water St., Uhrichsville, Ohio.
BISCOE, THOMAS DWIGHT, College Pro- fessor; born, Grafton, Mass., May 12, 1840: son of Thomas C. Biscoe and Ellen (Lord) Biscoe: educated: Amherst College; Hart- ford Theol. Sem .; Univ. of Halle. Mariet- ta, O. College degrees: A. B., 1863; A. M., 1866; LL. D. Married. Laura A. Capron, Jan. 12. 1875; died. Oct., 1878; 2nd. Ella Shipman. July 13. 1880. Tutor. Amherst Coll .. 1865; Walker Inst. Mathematics, 1867-9; teacher. Cincinnati. 1871-2; Prof. natural sciences, Marietta Coll., 1874-1907; emeritus since 1907. Congregationalist. Home address: Marietta. O.
BISHOP, ELIZABETH LORAINE, Educa- tor: born. Hannibal, Mo .. Nov. 1. 1875; daughter of William M. Bishop and Har- riette A. (Warner) Bishop: educated: Vassar Coll .: Univ. of Chicago. College degrees: A. B., 1897; A. M .. 1898. Unmar- ried. Prof. of Latin, Western College for Women. Oxford. O. Socs. and clubs: Phi Beta Kappa; Assn. of Collegiate Alumni; Archaeological Inst. of America; Classical Assn. of Middle West and South. Con- gregational Church. Home address: The Western College. Oxford. Ohio.
BISHOP, JOSIAH G., Clergyman-Author; born. St. Clair Bottom. Va .. Sept. 14. 1833; son of David Bishop and Catherine (Good- man) Bishop; educated: Pub. Schs .. In- diana and Iowa; Christian Biblical Insti- tute, Stanfordville, N. Y. College degrees: D. D. (Hon. Palmer Coll .. Iowa). Mar- ried. Nannie L. Kilby. Oct. 30. 1851. who died, 1873; 2d. Emily . Knapp, Dec. 25, 1875. Local city clerk. treasurer and as- sessor, Winterset, Iowa, 1864; bookkeeper, mercantile company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1562; partner and bookkeeper. hardware business, Winterset, Ia .; pastor, Chris- tian churches. 37 yrs .; editor. organizer and publisher "Christian Missionary" (a missionary magazine), 12 yrs. Author: "Money and the Kingdom"; "Christian Baptism"; "A Biblical View the
of Church"; "The Christians and the Great Commission. or the History of the Home and Foreign Missionary Work of the Christians." Acted as Pres., 24 yrs .; Treas .. 22 yrs .; Secy., 16 yrs .. of Mission- ary Board of Christian Church; made one official trip to Japan. Christian Church. Home address: 1231 Fifth St., W., Dayton, Ohio.
BISHOP, NELLE SMITH (Mrs. Alword Lawrence). born, Des Moines, Ia., May 21. 1877: daughter of Lewis C. Smith and Ida (Clapp) Smith: educated: Pub. and High Schs. of West Des Moines: Rachel Clarks School for Girls, Des Moines. Mar- ried. Alword Lawrence Bishop. 1902. In- terested in women's departmental clubs and federation of clubs. Socs. and clubs: Mem. Cleveland Olla Podrida Club: Cleve- land Women's Club: Chairman of Fi- nance Com .. Cleveland Fed. Women's Clubs. Episcopal Church. Home address: 52 Idlewood Ave. Cleveland. O.
BISSELL, FREDERICK, Manufacturer; born, Toledo, O., Oct. 23. 1865; son of
Edward Bissell and Sarah (Secor) Bissell: educated: Toledo Schools. Married, Kath- erine Latham Scott. Oct. 25. 1892. Jobber and manufacturer electrical supplies and machinery; Pres. The F. Bissell Co., To- ledo. Ohio. Socs. and clubs: Toledo
Club; Toledo Commerce Club: Toledo Country Club. Unitarian. Home address: 1906 Parkwood Ave., Toledo. O.
BITTIKOFER, FREDERICK GEORGE. Edu- cator; born, Crawford Co., O., May 24, 1876; son of Jacob J. Bittikofer and Chris- tina R. (Ackerman) Bittikofer; educated: country schools: Sulphur Springs higli school; Ohio Northern Univ .; Grad. Hei- delberg Univ .; Grad. student Columbia Univ. Married. Katherine Geneva Nor- ton. June 13. 1906. Supt. County Schools, Crawford Co., O., 1915 -. Holding Com- mon Schools and High School life certifi- cates. English Reformed Ch. Home ad- dress: Bucyrus. O.
BIXBY, WILLIAM SUMNER, Social Work- er; born. Grinnell. Iowa. Sept. 6. 1869; son of Tilson H. Bixby and Mary (Armstrong) Bixby: educated: Grinnell College. Iowa; Chicago Theol. Sem .. Chicago, Ill .; School of Philanthropy, New York City. College degrees: A. B .; B. D. Married. Halcie Wilson. 1896; died. 1904; 2d, Laura A. Rew, 1906. Pastor of Congregational Churches, Netawaka, Kans., 1894-95; Severy, Kans., 1896-1904; Leavenworth, Wash., 1905; with New York City Federation of Churches, 1906-11. Director Dept. of Public Chari- ties and Corrections; Sec. Charity Organ- ization Soc .. Akron. O .. 1912 -. Congre- gational Church. Home address: 818 Avon St .. Akron. O.
BIXLER, FRANCIS LLEWELLYN, Editor; born. New Philadelphia. O .. Jan. 21, 1875; son of Samuel Bixler and Mary (Weaver) Bixler; educated: Dover High Sch. Mar- ried Theresa Glauser. Oct. 14. 1911. En- gaged in newspaper business East Liver- pool O., Canton, O .; entered office Daily Reporter, became business manager and editor. (Canal) Dover. O .. 1905 -. Socs. and clubs: Dover Lodge No. 975. B. P. O. E .: Dover Lodge No. 168, K. P. Moravian Church. Home address: (Canal) Dover, Ohio.
BLACK, ARTHUR P., Private Secy. to Sen. Pomerene: born. May 10. 1875; son of Henry Adam Black and Augusta (Ful- mer) Black: educated: common schools. Married, Clara Belle Kiplinger. Dec. 24, 1899. Teacher in public schools. 6 yrs .: Editor Ashland Press since March 5. 1902; served as corporation clerk, Ashland. O., Jan .. 1906 to Jan .. 1909; member 78th and 79th Ohio General Assemblies. Jan .. 1909 to Jan .. 1913; Secy. to United States Sen- ator Atlee Pomerene, 1911 -. Socs. and clubs: Ashland Blue Lodge No. 151, F. & A. M .; Ashland Chapter No. 67. Royai Arch Masons. Associate member Ingram Memorial Church (Institutional) Wash- ington. D. C. Home address: 132S Nortli Carolina Ave., N. E., Washington, D. C. Legal Residence: Ashland. Ohio.
BLACK, JAMES L., Manufacturer; born. of Tontogany. O., May 20, 1876; son Luther Black and Georgia (Cooper) Black; educated: Bowling Green (O.) High Sch .; Oberlin Coll. Married. Florence P. Zitter- bart. 1904. Organized The Superior Un- derwear Co .. Piqua. O .. 1900. and is now Secy. and Treas. of same; organized The Superior Athletic Underwear Co, 1911, and is president. Socs. and clubs: F. & A. M .; K. T .; Scottish Rite; Shriner: Piqua Club: Piqua Golf Club; Dayton Club; Day- ton Country Club. Presbyterian. Home address: Green and Downing Sts., Piqua, Ohio.
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BLACK. JOHN GRAEME, College Profes- sor; horn, near Cambridge. O., May 6, 1847; son of David Black and Elizabeth (Oliver) Black; educated: Miller Academy; Kenyon Coll .; Princeton Theological Sem- Inary; Free Kirk Seminary, Edinburgh, Scotland. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .: D. D. Married. Helen Finney Cox. Aug. 6. 1878. Supt. Pub. Schs .. St. Clairsville. O .. 3 yrs .: pastor. Rockhill Presbyterian
Ch .. 6 yrs .: Pres. Franklin Coll .. 1 yr .; Adjunct Prof. Math., Wooster I'niv., 1887- 1897; Prof. Geology. Wooster Univ., Woos- ter. O .. 1897 -. Socs. and clubs: Na- tional Geographical Soc .: Ohio Acad. of Science: Nature Cluh of America; Cen- tury Club. Wooster. O. Presbyterian. Home address: Wooster. O., R. D. No. 10.
BLACK, MORRIS ALFRED, Manufacturer; born. Toledo. O .; son of Herman Black and Eve (Judd) Black: educated: Toledo and Cleveland, O .. puhlic and high Schs .: Harvard Coll. College degrees: A. B., 1890. Married, Lenore Ella Schwab, Mar. 21. 1899. Pres. The H. Black Co .. manu- facturers Wooltex Coats and Suits, Cleveland. O .. 1903 -. Socs. and cluhs :. Chairman Executive Board Civle League; ( Pres., 1915) Cleveland Chamber Com- merce: Oakwood Club: Excelsior Club. Home address: 1864 East $9th St., Cleve- land. O.
BLACKER, JOHN HENRY. Banker: born, Pickaway Co .. O .. Aug. 7. 1859; son of Henry Clement Blacker and Mariam (Bowsher) Blacker; educated: Pickaway Co. Schs .. and Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O. Married. Mary M. Rankin, July 5, 1885. Worked on a farm until 21 yrs. of age; taught country school at Circleville, O .: worked in a store at Clarksburg. O., and later bought it; came to Chillicothe and went into the real estate business;
later entered the banking business. and Is now Cashier of the Valley Savings Bank and Trust Co .; Sheriff of Ross Co., 1891- 1594; chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee. 1898. Socs. and clubs: Odd Fellows; Elks: Country Club. First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Blacker Is very widely known throughout the state as a banker. Home address: 152 West Second St .. Chillicothe. O.
BLACKFORD, FRANK P,, Attorney; born, Findlay. O. Aug. 1. 1863; son of Aaron Blackford and Margaret (Ricketts) Black- ford; educated: Findlay high school; De Pauw Univ. and A. B., Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Married. Clara Zay. April 29. 1891. Admitted to bar. Dec. 5, 1889; began prac- tice of law at Findlay, O .. Dec. 5, 1889, firm name, Blackford & Blackford. Luth- eran. Home address: 936 South Main St., Findlay. O.
BLACKMAN, CLARK ANDREW, Clerk of Courts; born. Clarksfield. O .. Jan. 2. 1SS1; son of Sherman F. Blackman and Effie L. (Clark) Blackman; educated: Puh. Schs. of Clarksfield, O. and Norwalk, O; Nor- walk Business Coll. Married, Dessie Mae Ford, July 16, 1904. Taught in Business Coll. Bookkeeper and traveling salesman. Apptd. deputy clerk of courts for Huron Co .. Aug., 1909, and served in that capacity for four years. Elected clerk of courts in 1912 and re-elected in 1914 for second term. Socs. and clubs: Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 64, F. & A. M .; Norwalk Commandery K. T .; I. O. O. F .; Elks; Norwalk Cham- ber of Commerce and served as Secy. of same. Universalist. Pioneer family, four generations of which are now living in Huron Co .: Andrew J. Blackman. great grandfather; Sherman F. Blackman, grandfather; Clark A. Blackman, and
Randolph A., son of the subject of this sketch. Home address: 12 Maple St., Nor- walk, Ohio.
BLACKWOOD, ROBERT MORRISON, Clergyman; born, Freeport, Harrison Co., O., Oct. 19. 1865: son of Wm. James Calder- wood Blackwood and Nancy Clarissa (Mor- rison) Blackwood; educated: Pub. Schs., Harrison and Guernsey Cos., O .; Ohio Nor- mal Univ .; Geneva Coll .; Reformed Presby. Theol. Sem., Allegheny, Pa .; Indiana Univ. College degrees: A. B .; diploma from Theol. Sem. Married, Mamie Anna Willi- són, Aug. 2, 1894. Teacher, Pub. Schs. of Harrison and Guernsey Cos., O., 1885- 1890; stated supply 1st Ref. Ch., St. Louis, Mo., 1896-97; pastor, Ref. Preshy. Church, Bloomington, Ind., 1897-1901; First United Presby. Ch., Coroapolis, Pa., 1902-1906; stated supply United Presby. Ch., Nobles- town, Pa., 1907-1908; pastor, First United Presby. Ch., South Sharon, Pa., 1908-1913; pastor, First United Presby. Ch., Dayton, O., 1913-17: pastor, United Presby. Church, Paterson, N. J., 1917 -. Clerk Southern Illinois Presby., Reformed Presby. Ch .; Moderator Mercer Presby., Pa. (T. P. Ch.). Sors. and clubs: Philomathian Lit. Soc .; Alethiorian Lit. Soc .; Geneva Coll .; Ministerial Assn. Reformed Presby. and United Presbyterian. Home address: Pat- erson, N. J.
BLAIR, ALBION ZELOPHEHAD, Attorney; born, Jackson Twp., Highland Co., O., Dec. 13, 1861; son of George Washington Blair and Nancy (Miller) Blair; educated: country schools, Jackson Twp., Highland Co., O. Married, Alherta M. Armacost, Feb. 21, 1889. Engaged in practice law, Portsmouth, O. Elected Judge, Court Common Pleas. 7tl Jud. Dist .. Ohio, Apr. 1904-Feb., 1913. Presbyterian. Home ad- di'ess: 1635 Rose Ridge, Portsmouth, O.
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