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SPENCE, FANNIE SPENCE (Mrs. C. J. Spence), born, Loveland, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1864; daughter of John Spence and Isa- bella (Swank) Spence; educated: Grad. Lebanon, Ohio, 1884. College degrees: B. S .. 1884. Married. Dr. C. J. Spence. Sept. 1. 1886. Was teacher before marriage; trustee and Treas. First Presbyterian Church of Milford; interested in home missions and betterment of public schools. Socs. and clubs: Mothers' Club; Library Board; Progress Club of Milford, Ohio; Literary Club of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. Home address: Cleveland Ave., Mil- ford. Clermont Co .. Ohio.
SPENCER, CHARLES H., Publisher; born, Brownville, O., July 26, 1870; son of (Dr.) Benjamin F. Spencer and Susan (Porter) Spencer: educated: Newark, Ohio, high school and Denison Univ. College de- grees: B. S., 1892. Married, Katharine W. Winegarner. Dec. 6, 1894. At pres- ent, Pres. and Gen. Mgr. The Newark, Ohio, Daily Advocate: Pres. The Arcade Realty Co .: Secy. and Treas. Select List of Ohio Daily Newspapers; Secy. The Newark Real Estate and Improvement
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Co .; Secy. Newark Telephone Co .; Treas. Newark Hosp. Assn .; trustee Newark Y. W. C. A .; Dir. Franklin National Bank; Dir. Blair Motor Truck Co .; Pres. Newark Board of Trade, 1909-1911. Socs. and clubs: Beta Theta Pi Frat .; Knight Tem- plar; Shriner; Newark Rotary Club. Member Baptist Church. Home address: 69 Granville St., Newark, O.
SPENCER, EMA, Pictorial Photographer; born. Brownsville, Ohio. March 1. 1860; daughter of (Dr.) Benjamin Franklin Spencer and Susan (Porter) Spencer; edu- cated; Newark, O., high school. Received bronze medal from Wiesbaden, 1903; sil- ver medal and diploma from Turin, 1902; bronze medal from Hamburg, 1911; repre- sented in International Exhibitions in United States and Europe. Contributor to several magazines, conducting a depart- ment in Advocate newspaper, Newark, Ohio, 1916 --. Home address: 157 North Fourth St., Newark. O.
SPENCER, JABEZ CLINTON, Loan Asso- ciation Secretary; born, Kalida, Ohio, May 1, 1870; son of Ralph G. Spencer and Fredericka (Furman) Spencer; educated: Kalida high school; Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Married, Zella Kinder, Sept. 4, 1897. Deputy Co. Auditor, Putnam Co., 1892-1896; deputy Co. Treas., Putnam Co., 1896-1900; asso- ciated in railroad contracting business, 1900-1904; assistant cashier, Putnam Co. Banking Co., 1905; assistant cashier,
Buckeye Natl. Bank, Findlay, 1906-1910; now in real estate and insurance busi- ness and Secy. Hancock Savings & Loan Co., which was organized in 1912. Socs. and clubs: Masons; Findlay Commandery; Elks; Findlay Country Club. Presbyte- rian Church. Home address: Findlay, O.
SPENCER, JOSEPH M., Banker; born. Maumee, Ohio, Feb. 25, 1850; son of George Spencer and Emeline (Spencer) Spencer; educated: Toledo public schools. Married, Belle Scribner, May 20, 1875. First employed in grain commission firm of Colton & Bullard. Toledo, O .; began as errand boy in First Nat. Bank, To- ledo, 1868; later became clerk, bookkeeper, teller, cashier, and vice Pres. First Nat. Bank, 1909 --. Socs. and clubs: 33d de- gree Mason; Toledo Club; Toledo Cham- ber Commerce. Congregationalist. Home address: 350 W. Woodruff Ave., Toledo, O.
SPENCER, WILLIAM STEWART, Judge Probate and Juvenile Courts; born, Mon- roeville, Allen Co., Indiana, April 28, 1870 ;- son of James J. Spencer and Maria A. (Johnson) Spencer; educated: Belmore common and high schools, Belmore, Put- nam Co., Ohio. Married, Sadie Fern Monthaven, June 15, 1890. Office Mgr. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co., Belmore and Zanesville, Ohio, 1890 to 1900; Mgr. Western Union Telegraph Co., Marion, O., 1900 to 1908; elected judge of the Probate and Juvenile Courts in 1908; again in 1912, and again in 1916. Socs. and clubs: Past Exalted Ruler, Marion Lodge, No. 32, B. P. O. Elks; Past Chancellor Commander, Marion Lodge. No. 402. K. of P .: Mem. Marion Lodge. No. 70. F. & A. M .; Past Noble Grand, Belmore Lodge, No. 635, I. O. O. F .; Mem. Board Directors, Y. M. C. A .; Chamber Commerce, and other fra- ternal and business organizations. Home address: 607 South Pearl St., Marion, O.
SPETNAGEL, EDWARD LEWIS, Banker; born. Chillicothe. O .. Feb. 20, 1868; son of Theodore Spetnagel and Albertina (Vetter) Spetnagel; educated: Chillicothe public schools. Married, Edna Smith, June 20. 1901. In the banking business
all his life; at present. cashier and di- rector of the Central Natl. Bank; Vice Chmn. of Group 4. Ohio Bankers' Assn .; Treas. and Dir. of the Fidelity Bldg. and Loan Co., of Chillicothe, and Vice Pres. and Dir. of the Spetnagel Hardware Co. Socs. and clubs: Elks and Country Club. First Presbyterian Ch. Mr. Spetnagel is an able business man and is recognized as one of the city's leading bankers. Home address: 233 W. Second St., Chilli- cothe, Ohio.
SPIEGEL, FREDERICK SIEGFRIED, born, Hovestadt, Prussia, Germany, November 20, 1858; son of Simon Spiegel and Rosalie (Herzberg) Spiegel; educated: Gymnasium. Paderborn, Germany; Grad. Southern Inst., Gadsden. Ala .. 1876; LL. B., Cin- cinnati Law School (Univ. Cincinnati), 1889. Married, Minna Steinberg, Dec. 19, 1883. Chief, Ohio Bureau Statistics, 1889- 1882; member Cincinnati Board Education, 1880-1883; solicitor, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1890-1896; judge Court Common Pleas, 1st Dist., Ohio, 1896-1906; judge Superior Court, Cincinnati, 1908-1914; mayor, Cin- cinnati, 1914-1916; lawyer, 923-924 Union Trust Bldg., 1916, counsel for Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners. Socs. and
clubs: Ohio State and Cincinnati Bar Assns .; 32d degree Mason; Elk; Queen City Club, and German Literary Club. Home address: 855 Hutchins Ave., Avon- dale, Cincinnati. O.
SPITLER, CALVIN D., Attorney; born, Bloom Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio, Dec. 7, 1875; son of John K. Spitler and Martha A. (Patterson) Spitler; educated: Ohio Northern Univ .; Heidelberg Univ. Mar- ried. Jennie E. Downs, Dec. 18. 1901. Be- gan to practice law in Tiffin, Ohio. Sept. 13. 1901; formed partnership with Hon. John C. Royer, May 18, 1906, which firm still continues; was member of the Board of Deputy State Supervisors of Elections, 4 yrs .: was elected prosecuting attorney, Nov. 7. 1916. Socs. and clubs: Pickwick Lodge. K. of P .. No. 80, Tiffin. O. Pres- byterian Church. Home address: 69 Main St .. Tiffin. O.
SPITZER, ADELBERT LORENZO, Banker; born, Medina, O., Aug. 15, 1852; son of Gar- rett Spitzer and Mary (Branch) Spitzer; educated: Oberlin, Ohio. Married, Sarah Strong, Oct. 20, 1875. Banking since 1871; started private bank under name of Bank of Amherst, Amherst, Ohio, in 1873, which was successful; sold out, 1892; came to Toledo, formed partnership with his cou- sin, Gen. C. M. Spitzer, under name of Spitzer & Co .; 1911, firm name was changed to Spitzer-Rorick & Co. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Toledo Country Club; Cham. of Commerce; Ohio Society of New York; life member Toledo Yacht Club. Congre- gationalist. Home address: 1904 Madison Ave., Toledo. O.
SPITZER, CARL B., Investment Banker; born, Amherst. Ohio, Feb. 7, 1877; son of A. L. Spitzer and Sarah (Strong) Spitzer; educated: Toledo high school; Phillips Academy, Andover. Mass .; B. A., Yale College. Married. Edna Brown, Sept. 14, 1904. Became connected with firm of Spitzer & Co. (later Spitzer-Rorick & Co.), 1899; now a member of firm of Spitzer- Rorick & Co., and Vice Pres. Spitzer- Rorick Trust and Savings Bank Co. Socs. and clubs: member National Insti- tute of Social Sciences; Pres. Commerce Club; Vice Pres. Federation of Charities: trustee Art Museum; Toledo Club. St. Mark's Church. Home address: 1835 Col- lingwood Ave., Toledo, O.
SPITZER, SIDNEY, Banker; born, Medina, Co., Ohio, Feb. 15. 1875; son of Aaron B.
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Spitzer and Anna (Collins) Spitzer; edu- cated: Medina high school. Married, Alice L. Horton, April 22, 1903. Secured posi- tion in Citizens Savings Bank, Pember- ville, Ohio, at 20 yrs., and later elected assistant cashier; resigned at 22 yrs., to become associated with Spitzer & Co., bankers of Toledo, and later made men- ber of firm; withdrew from Spitzer & Co., 1911, to organize firm of Sidney Spitzer & Co., dealers in Municipal, County and School Bonds, with offices in New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles and To- ledo. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Coni- merce Club; Toledo Country Club. Home address: 2522 Monroe St., Toledo, Ohio; Summer home: Perrysburg, O.
SPRAGUE, GEORGE BANCROFT, Whole- saler: born, Newark, O., Aug. 11, 1852; son of Henry Day Sprague and Elizabeth (Taylor) Sprague; educated: Newark, O. Married, Marianne S. Smith, Oct. 24, 1886. Pres. of The Sprague Grocery Co .; Dir. Park National Bank, Licking Co. Bank, Newark Telephone Co .; trustee Newark City Hospital. Home address: 4 E. Lo- cust, Newark, O.
SPRAGUE, HERBERT FOSTER, Organist; born, Saranac, Mich .; son of Jonathan A. Sprague and Adelaide (Crawford) Sprague; educated: Kalamazoo Baptist Coll .; Chi- cago; London, England; St. Paul's Choir Sch .; pupil of Ch. Widor and Alex. Guil- mant and Jacques Bonhy, of Paris, France; France Conservatoire; Wm. Shakespeare of London. Unmarried. Concert organ- ist; has given recitals all over the State of Michigan. also in Buffalo, N. Y .. and Columbia Univ., of New York City; Pur- due Univ., Ind .; St. Paul and Duluth, Minn .; Chicago. Ill .; Milwaukee, Wis .: Cleveland, Ohio, and many other cities in Ohio, besides having given 43 recitals in Trinity Church of Toledo; it was through his influence that the first great organ was built in Toledo; founder and director of the Toledo Oratorio Soc. Mr. Sprague has turned out many splendid pupils, both singers and organists. At present, is organist of Trinity Church. Home ad- dress: Trinity Parish House, Toledo, O.
SPRAGUE, VAN RENSSELAER, Editor- Publisher; born, McArthur, Ohio, Aug. 10. 1845; son of Leander Sprague and Isabel (McConnell) Sprague; educated: common schools. Married, Harriet H. Gill, Sept. 6, 1866. Clerked in dry goods store; pos- tal clerk, 1880-1887; postmaster of Mc- Arthur, 18SS-1892, and 1897-1906. Socs. and clubs: G. A. R. Served in Civil War, Co. B, 148th O. V. I. Methodist Church. Home address: McArthur, O.
SPRAGUE, WILLIAM RALPH, Ohio Repre- sentative; born, Licking Co., Ohio: son of Austin E. Sprague and Mary E. (Bailey) Sprague; educated: Reynoldsburg high school; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. Ph. Married, Louisa Dever, Sept. 12, 1905. Admitted to bar, 1901; en- gaged in practice law, Portsmouth, Ohio, 1901 -; elected representative, Scioto Co., Ohio, S1st Gen. Assembly, 1914 -; re-elected to S2nd Gen. Assembly, 1916. Socs. and clubs: Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Knight Templar; Elk; L. O. O. M .; I. O. R. M .; Jr. O. U. A. M. Home address: Portsmouth, O.
SPRIGG, CARROLL, Common Pleas Judge, Montgomery Co. Term expires June, 1917. Home address: Dayton, O.
SPRIGGS, FRANK P., Attorney; born, Sarahsville, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1863; son of B. F. Spriggs and Adelina (Young) Spriggs; educated: public schools. Mar-
ried, Margaret A. Pettay, June 16, 1891. Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Ohio, June 9, 1887, at Columbus, O .; has practiced law at Paulding, O., since 1889. Socs. and clubs: Member of Masonic Lodges. Member of M. E. Church. Home address: Paulding, O.
SPRINGER, ALFRED, Chemist; born, Cin- cinnati, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1854; son of Lemuel Springer and Antonie (Fries) Springer; educated: public and high schools, Cin- cinnati; (A. M., Ph. D.) Heidelberg Univ., Germany, 1872. Married, Eda Elsas, Dec. 30, 1879. Sole owner firm Alex. Fries & Bro. (Mfg. Chemists), Cincinnati, Ohio; writer number papers on chemical and physical subjects; co-inventor and pat- entee: Torsion Balance; Aluminum Sound- boards for Musical Instruments. Contri- butions to science: Pentachloramyl for- mate (1877) ; Glycocholic Ether (1879); Reduction of Nitrates by Ferments and discovery of Denitrifying Ferments among the micro-organisms of the soil; the prob- ability of certain ferments causing atmos- pheric nitrogen to be assimilated by plants (1883); connected beams with op- posite arcs of oscillation, independent of level support (1887); A latent Characteris- tic of Aluminum, 1891; Increase of Seg- mental Vibrations (1897); Antiputrescent effects of copper salts (1910). Socs. and clubs: Fellow and Gen. Secy., 1884, Vice Pres., 1892, A. A. A. Soc .; member Amer- ican Chem. Soc .; Corr. Mem. British Assn. Adv. Science. Home address: Alm's Ho- tel, Walnut Ifills, Cincinnati, O.
SPURNEY, ALBERT F., Surgeon; born, Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1866; son of Anton Spurney and Mary Spurney; edu- cated: Cleveland, O. College degrees: M. D. Married, Pauline J. Lykora, Oct. 15, 1890. Surgeon for St. Luke's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, 1908- Socs. and clubs: Cleveland Med. Soc .; Ohio State Med. Assn .; Am. Med. Assn .; Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; Cleveland Ath- letic Club. Home address: 2233 E. 89th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
SQUIRE, ANDREW, Attorney; born, Man- tua, Portage Co., Ohio, Oct. 21, 1850; son of Andrew Jackson Squire and Martha (Wilmot) Squire; educated: public schools, Mantua. Ohio; Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, Hiram, Ohio; studied law in office of Caldwell & Marvin, Cleveland, Ohio. Admitted to Ohio bar, Dec. 3, 1873; began practice of law, Cleveland, O., as member of firm, Marvin & Cald- well; resigned former associations and
joined Judge William B. Sanders and
James H. Dempsey, forming the firm,
Squire, Dempsey & Sanders, corporation
attorneys, 1890 -.
Republican.
Dele-
gate to St. Louis Convention, which nominated Wm. Mckinley to presidency, 1896; interested in Bank of Commerce Nat. Assn .: Dir. Citizens Savings & Trust Co .: Cleveland Stone Co .; C. & P. R. R .; trus- tee Western Reserve Univ .; Adelbert and Hiram Colleges. Socs. and clubs: Union: Country; University; Rowfant; Univ. Club. N. Y. City. Home address: 3443 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O.
SQUIRE, SAMUEL HERBERT, Banker; born, Elyria, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1873; son of Samuel H. Squire and Mary A. (Quinlan) Squire: educated: public and high schools. Married, Frances M. Smith, 189S. Began as clerk, L. S. & M. S. Ry., 1891; later became clerk, bookkeeper, teller, assistant cashier and cashier, National Bank, Ely- . ria, Ohio, 1892 --; Pres. Sinking Fund Commission; member city council, Ely- ria; Bd. Education; 1st Charter Commis- sion, 1914 --; Dir. public safety, Elyria,
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1914-16. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Ma- son; Shriner; Elk. Congregationalist. Home address: 229 Third St., Elyria, O.
SQUIRE, VIRGIL, Banker; born. Paines- ville, Ohio, July 18, 1869; son of George T. Squire and Ina C. (Carey) Squire; edu- cated: public schools of Defiance, Ohio. Married, Mary Haag. June 21, 1893. Started as messenger in First Natl. Bank; elected cashier, Jan. 1, 1902, which posi- tion he still holds. Socs. and clubs: De- fiance Commandery, Knights Templar; Zenobia Shrine; Toledo K. of P .; B. P. O. E .; Maccabees. Methodist Episcopal Church. Republican. Home address: 522 Washington Ave., Defiance, O.
STAGE, A. LIVINGSTON, Physician; born, near Athens, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1870; son of George Stage and Melissa (Stafford) Stage; educated: Athens, Ohio, public schools; Ohio Univ .; Ohio State Univ. Med. Coll. College degrees: M. D. Married, Mary Elizabeth Miller, Oct. 23, 1901. Twenty yrs. practice of medicine in Co- lumbus, Ohio. Socs. and clubs: Royal Arch Mason, Ohio Chapter, No. 12. Home address: 310 E. Rich St., Columbus, O.
STAGE, WILLIAM ADDISON, Educator; born, Athens, Ohio, June 11, 1SS0; son of George Washington Stage and Melissa (Stafford) Stage; educated: Ohio Univ. College degrees: Bachelor of Science in Education. Married, Nellie Faye Howard, March 11, 1907. Teacher, Supt., Institute Instructor; Supt. Ada public schools, 1913- Socs. and clubs: Sigma Pi; Knights of Pythias; Mason. Methodist. Home address: Ada, Ohio.
STAHL, CHARLES THOMAS, Attorney; born, Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 14, 1883; son of Simon Stahl and Catherine (Lower) Stahl; educated: grade school, Glasgow; Bryan high school; Ohio Northern Univ. Law Dept. College degrees: B. L. Mar- ried, Amelia Krauss, June 25, 1916. Ad- mitted to Ohio bar, 1907; engaged in practice of law, Bryan, O., 1907-12; Wau- seon, O., 1912 --: member of firm of Ham & Stahl, 1915-1917; elected prosecuting at- torney, Fulton Co., O., 1914, and re-elected, 1916, now serving second term. Socs. and clubs: Mason; K. of P .; Associate G. A. R .; Modern Woodmen of Am. Home ad- dress: Wauseon, Ohio.
STAHL, MARGARET, Interpreter of Liter- ature and Plays; born. Fremont, Ohio; daughter of Christian Stahl and Julia Brown (Tyler) Stahl: educated: Boston and New York. Interpreter of Literature and Plays, 1905- Presbyterian. Home address: 1018 Croghan St., Fremont, O.
STAHL, SCOTT, Attorney; born. LaRue, Marion Co., Ohio, Dec. 3, 1866; son of B. F. Stahl and Elizabeth (Finefrock) Stahl; educated: high school of Marion, O. Married, Grace Dana, Sept. S, 1892. Admitted to bar, Dec. 3, 1891; solicitor, Port Clinton, 10 yrs .; prosecuting attor- ney, Ottawa Co., 1907-1911; appointed Common Pleas Judge of Port Clinton, by Gov. Harmon, Sept. 15, 1911; elected for 6 yrs., 1912; resigned, Feb. 15, 1914; now member of firm of Graves, Stahl & Duff, Port Clinton, and Graves & Stahl, attor- neys, of Toledo, O .; member Commn. ap- pointed by Gov. Cox to suggest changes in the Judicial Procedure of Ohio; prom- inently identified in Ohio Democratic political committees. Socs. and club's: Elks: Odd Fellows; K. of P. Home ad- dress: Port Clinton, O.
STAHL, SILAS STERLING, Physician-Sur- geon; horn, near Fostoria, Ohio, March 10. 1869; son of Levi Stahl and Mary Ann
(Longernecker) Stahl; educated: Fostoria Acad .; Kidder Inst., Kidder, Mo .; Drudy College; Chicago Univ .; Northwestern Univ .; St. Louis Univ. College degrees: A. B .; M. D .; A. M. Married, Anna Mary Sellers, Aug. 11, 1898. Head of Dept. of German and Science, Kidder Inst., 1895- 1896; Ibid Southern Collegiate Inst., 1896- 1900: Asst. in Surgery to Dr. C. M. Nichol- son, St. Louis, Mo., and Surgical Dis- pensary, St. Louis Univ., 1905-1906; prac- tice of medicine, Albion, Ill., 1906-1907; at Franklin, O., 1907 -. Socs. and clubs: A. F. & A. M .; K. of P .; A. M. A .; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Warren Co. Med. Soc .; Franklin Club. Methodist Church. Home address: Franklin, O.
STALEY, CADY, Educator; born, Florida, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Dec. 12, 1840; son of Harmanus Staley and Eveline (Dar- row) Staley; educated: Union College; Berlin Univ. College degrees: C. E .; Ph. D .: LL. D. Married, Kate Holcomb. Dec. 23, 1869. Civil engineer on Central Pacific Railroad; Prof. of Civil Engring. in Union College, 1869-1886; Pres. of Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland Ohio, 1886- 1902; has been traveling most of the time since 1902; has class in Economics at Case School when in the United States. Ad- dress: Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio.
STALEY, ELLSWORTH G., Attorney; born, Clinton Twp., Seneca Co., O., Aug. 3, 1SS3; son of Clayton J. Staley and Alice E. (Loose) Staley; educated; county schools; Tiffin high school; Ohio Northern T'niv. Married, Rosa O'Brien, July 22, 1907. Following graduation from Ohio Northern Univ., Law Dept., in 1907, be- gan the practice of law in Tiffin. O .. with Platt & Black; continued alone since 1909; city solicitor of Tiffin, O., 1909-1911. Socs. and clubs: Elks; Eagles; K. of P .; Red Men; Jr. O. U. A. M. Methodist Church. Home address: 144 Clay St .. Tiffin, O.
STAMM, MARTIN, Physician and Surgeon; born, Thayngen, Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland; son of Martin Stamm . and Verena (Bernath) Stamm; educated in Switzerland. Married, Anna Margaret Scheurer. In practice of medicine and surgery, Fremont, O .; Prof. of Operative and Clinical Surgery, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, Cleveland, O., 1904-1914; chief of Surgical Division at Inselspital Bern, Switzerland, summer of 1914: mem- ber of The Ohio Constitutional Conven- tion, 1912; Pres. Northwestern Ohio Med. Assn .; Pres. Sandusky County Med. Soc. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State; American Med. Assn .; American Obstetricians and Gynecological Assn .; Fellow of The Amer- ican College of Surgeons. Home address: 611 Napoleon St., Fremont. O.
STANDART, WILLIAM H., Wholesale Mer- chant; born, Attice, Ind., Oct. 23. 1850; son of William E. Standart and Alice L. (Jackson) Standart; educated: public schools of Cleveland; 1 yr. in Univ. of Michigan. Married, Sarah Wheeler, Sept. 26, 1SSS. Came to Toledo in 1866 and en- tered employ of Hamilton & Co .. whole- sale hardware merchants; in 1878 went to the Bostwick and Braun Co .; in 1SS7 became a partner; in 1906 organized the Standart-Simmons Hardware Co. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Country Club; Masons: Trustee of the Toledo Newsboys Assn. Home address: 1605 Monroe St., Toledo, O.
STANLEY, JOHN JOSEPH, Business Man; born. Cleveland, Ohio, March 5, 1863; son of Joseph Stanley and Eliza (Bragg) Stanley: educated: Cleveland public school.
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Married, Rose Francis, Sept. 2, 1885. Identified with street railways of Cleve- land for over 30 yrs .; Pres. of Cleveland Railway Co. since March, 1910. Socs. and clubs: Member of Union Club and Coun- try Club. Trustee of Calvary Presbyte- rian Church. Home address: 8411 Euclid Ave .. Cleveland, O.
STANLEY, WELLES KIRK, Attorney; horn, Portsmouth, O., Nov. 12, 1873; son of Timothy Welles Stanley and Amanda Jane (Kirk) Stanley; educated: Ohio Wes. Univ. (B. A., 1895); Yale Univ. (LL. B., 1900). Married, Grace Hiles, June 8, 1904. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1900; employed in office of W. H. Boyd. 1900-1903; entered into partnership with Judge Lieghley, 1910-1913; partnership with Samuel Hor- witz, July, 1913- Cleveland, O .; mem-
ber East Cleveland Charter Commission; Rep. County Executive Committee; chair- man Fast Cleveland Rep. Committee; Pres. East Cleveland Chamber Commerce. Socs. and clubs: Hermit Club; Cleveland Chamber Commerce; Sons Am. Rev .; Ma- sonic Order; Beta Theta Pi. Presbyte- rian. Home address: Cor. Prospect St. and Terrace Road, East Cleveland, O.
STANTON, B. F., Educator; Supt. of Schs., Alliance, O. Home address: Alliance, O. STAPS, KARL OTTO, Organist-Professor Music; born, Thomaston, Conn., 1879; son of Ernest Staps and Emelia (Staps) Staps; educated: public schools, Water- bury, Conn .; student National Conserva- tory Music. New York, 1894-1896; Royal Academy Music, London, Eng., 1900, and also became organist St. Paul's Church, Clerkenwell, 1900 (won two medals at R. A. M., bronze and silver, and made asso- ciate member R. A. M.); upon return to America became organist of St. Anne's Church, Annapolis, Md., 1903-1904; be- came organist St. Luke's Church, James- town, N. Y., 1904-1907; organist St. Paul's Cathedral, Cincinnati, O., 1907 ---; Prof. organ music, Cincinnati Conserv- atory Music, 1907- -. Home address: 223 West 7th St., Cincinnati, O.
STARK, ARTHUR L., Vice Pres. and Supt. The Harshaw-Fuller and Goodwin Co .; born, Cleveland, O .. Dec. 15, 1868; son of Everet D. Stark and Sarah Jane (Dare) Stark; educated: Cleveland public schools; Case School Applied Science. College de- grees: B. S. Married. Anna L. McGet- trick, July 3, 1900. Asst. engineer N. Y. P. O. Ry .; chemist Sherwin-Williams Co .: chemist and superintendent The Cleveland Varnish Co .: Vice Pres. and Supt. The Harshaw-Fuller & Goodwin Co., Elyria, O., 1915 --. Socs. and clubs: Union Club, Cleveland (Ohio) ; Mfrs. Club, Philadel- phia, Pa .; Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs .; Am. Chem. Soc .; Elyria Country Club. Mem- ber congregation, Congregational Church, Elyria, O .; Unitarian Church, Cleveland, O. Home address: 232 East Ave., Elyria, Ohio.
STARKEY, WILLIAM P., Educator: born, Barnesville, O .. 1887; son of W. D. Starkey and Ann E. (Stewart) Starkey; educated: grade schools, Toronto; high school, Con- neaut. O .; Mt. Union Coll., Alliance, 1910. Married, Nannie E. Beal, 1910. Teacher, Mathematics, Bowling Green high school. 1910-1911: Prin. Bowling Green high school, 1911-1915; Supt. of public instruc- tion, 1915- Socs. and clubs: Wood Co. Schoolmasters' Club; Northwestern Ohio Schoolmasters' Club; Northwestern Ohio Teachers' Assn .: Ohio State Teach- ers' Club; K. of P .; I. O. O. F: Metho- dist Episcopal. Home address: 309 Ridge St., Bowling Green, O.
STARN, GEORGE A., Attorney; born, near Orrville, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1874; son of Wil- liam W. Starn and Angeline (Plymesser) Starn; educated: public schools; partial course at Wooster College, and Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, Ohio. Married, Alice Steiner, Nov. 15. 1899. School teacher, 5 yrs .; attorney-at-law, 18 yrs .; began prac- tice of law at Orrville, 1899, and con- tinued in practice there until 1913; re- moved to Wooster and continued in prac- tice while filling office of prosecuting at- torney; mayor of Orrville, O., 1 term; city solicitor of Orrville, 8 yrs .; prosecuting at- torney of Wayne Co., 1913-1917. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F. of Orrville, O. Home address: Wooster, O.
STAUFFER, VERNON, College Dean; born, New London, Ohio; son of Michael W. Stauffer and Rosilla E. Stauffer; educated: Hiram College; Union Theological Sem .; Columbia Univ. College degrees: B. A .; M. A. Married. Laura Emma Hoffman, Dec. 25, 1905. Pastor Fourth Christian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio; Angola, ind., Christian Church; Richmond St. Christian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio; Angola, Ind., Christian Church; Instr., the Bible Chair Foundation, Angola, Ind., 1908-1911; Prof. Hiram College and Dean, 1913 -. Dis- ciples of Christ. Home address: Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio.
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