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Examiners, Bowling Green, O., 1891-1897. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Commerce Club; Toledo Yacht Club; Sons of American Revolution. St. Paul's M. E. Ch. Honie address: 2040 Glenwood Ave., Toledo, O.
TAEUSCH, JOHN F., Merchant; born, Pusheta Twp., Auglaize Co., O .. Dec. 10, 1857; son of Henry Wm. Taeusch and Julia Taeusch; educated: Union school, Wapa- koneta, O. Married, Carrie Wintzer, Sept. 22, 1880. In grocery business in Wapa- koneta since 1866; now Gen. Mgr. The H. W. Taeusch Co., wholesale and retail grocers; councilman, 1 term; member Bd. Public Affairs, 2 terms; Secy. Bd. Public Affairs, 1 term. Socs. and clubs: P. M. of Hamer. 167. F. & A. M .; B. P. O. E .: Commercial Club. St. Paul's Congre- gation, Evangelical Church. Home ad- dress: 306 W. Auglaize, Wapakoneta, O.
TAFT, CHARLES PHELPS, Editor; born, Cincinnati, O., Dec. 21, 1843; son of Al- phonso Taft and Fannie (Phelps) Taft; educated: Yale Univ .; Heidelberg Univ .; also studied at Berlin and Paris. College degrees: A. B .. 1864; A. M., 1867; J. U. D., 1887. Married, Annie Sinton, Dec. 4, 1873. Admitted to bar, 1866; practiced at Cincinnati, 1869-1879; purchased controll- ing interest in Cincinnati Times, 1879, which he consolidated with the Star, 1880, as the Times-Star: editor, 1880 -; mem- ber Ohio House Rep., 1871-1872; member 54th Congress (1895-1897), 1st Ohio Dist .; Pres. Bd. Sinking Fund Trustees, Cin- cinnati, 1898-1908; presidential elector-at- large from Ohio, 1904; Pres. Ohio Elec- toral Coll., Jan .. 1905; delegate-at-large from Ohio to Rep. Nat. Conv., 1903. Home address: 316. Pike St., Cincinnati, O.
TAGGART, ISAAC M., Banker; born, near Wooster. O .. May 3. 1850; son of William Taggart and Lydia A. (Reiter) Taggart; . educated: public schools; Smithville Acad .; Mt. Union College. College degrees: B. S .: M. S. Married, Luna E. Fulton, June 6, 1871; 2nd, Mary E. Lyon, May 30, 1914. Teacher public and high schools, 20 yrs .; Supt. Canal Fulton public schools, 15 yrs .; elected to position of Asst. cashier, The Merchants National Bank, Massillon, O., 1890 -; cashier, 1912 -; Dir. and Treas. Massillon Rolling Mill Co .; also director in ten other manufacturing plants; mem- ber Bd. County School Examiners, 12 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Orders; Lake- side Country Club; Massillon Social Club; Rotary Club. Home address: 309 Pros- pect St., Massillon, O.
TAGGART, JAY PAUL, Attorney; born, Monroe Co., Ohio, July 3, 1886; educated: public schools of Jerusalem, Monroe Co .; Ohio Northern Univ .. Ada O. College degrees: LL. B. Married, Winifred May Rutter, Oct. 12, 1909. Teacher in public schools, Belmont Co., and Monroe Co., 1902-1905, 1906-1907; admitted to bar of Ohio, June 23, 190S; practiced law in Ash- land, O., as member of law firm of Chap- man & Taggart, Nov., 1908 to Aug., 1914; dean of College of Law of Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O., Sept., 1914, to present time. Socs. and clubs: Mem. American Bar Assn. Presbyterian Church. Repub- lican. Made highest grade in bar exam- ination of June, 190S. Home address: 509 S. Gilbert St., Ada. O.
TALBERT, HORACE, Educator-Clergy- man; born. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 21, 1853; son of William Talbert and Jane Ellen (Dory) Talbert; educated: Wilberforce and Boston Univs. College degrees: A. B .; D. D .: A. M. Married. S. Frankie Black, Sept. 6, 1879. Edited and managed the African Watchman for
many years;
teacher number years and has served as pastor of churches number years; served Wilberforce Univ. as Secy. nearly 20 yrs .; member public school board, Green Co., Ohio; first Recording Secy. of Sabbath School Union of A. M. E. Church, and member of Gen. Conf. of same Church; Financial Secy. Shorter Coll., North Lit- the Rock, Ark. Socs. and clubs: Mason; Odd Fellow; K. P. Under Pres. Benjamin Harrison's administration, Mr. Talbert was highly indorsed for minister resident to the Hawaiian Islands; received a large vote for membership to the late constitutional convention of Ohio. Methodist Episcopal. Republican. Home address: Wilberforce, Ohio.
TALBOT, JOHN EDGAR, Educator; born, Aurora, Neb., Oct. 11. 1886; son of James William Talbot and Anna Martlia ( Hil- liard) Talbot; educated: rural and village schools, Giltner, Neb .; high school, Au- rora, Neb .; Nebraska Wesleyan Univ., University Place, Neb .; Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb .; Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. College degrees: A. B., Nebraska Wes- levan Univ. Unmarried. Rural and grade school teacher, Giltner, Neb., 1904-1906; Prin. of schools, Valparaiso, Neb., 1910- 1911: Supt. of schools, Fairfield, Neb., 1911-1913; Asst. Supt. of U. S. Schs., Canal Zone, Panama, 1913-1914; Dir. Training Sch., Bowling Green State Normal Coll., 1915 to date. Socs. and clubs: active member N. E. A .: Assoc. Mem. Nat. Soc. for Study of Education; Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons; active member Phi Delta Kappa, Chicago Chapter. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home address: 304 S. Main St., Bowling Green, O.
TALBOTT, GEORGE ADRIAN, Journalist; born, Barnesville, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1854; son of William Augustus Talbott and Rebecca Catherine (Davenport) Talbott; educated: public schools of Barnesville, O. Married. Julia C. Ross, April 12. 1877. In the news- paper business, 25 yrs .; county Treas., 4 yrs .: in the rubber business. 15 yrs .; being connected with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron, O .; chairman of Republican Co. Committee, 10 yrs .; mem- ber of State Republican Committee from Sth Dist .; mayor of Urbana, O., at the present time. Socs. and clubs: Odd Fel- lows Lodge and United Commercial Trav- eler. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home address: Urbana, O.
TALBOTT, JOHN SHERMAN, Educator; born. Carroll, Ohio, May 17, 1881; son of William W. Talbott and M. (Cooper) Tal- bott; educated: county schools of Fair- field Co .; high school, Canal Winchester, O .: Ohio Univ .; State Normal Sch .; Mus- kingum College: Ohio State Univ .; Co- lumbia Univ. College degrees: B. S .; M. A. Married, Ethel L. Bicher, May 23, 1905. Prin. centralized schools, Violet Twp .. Fairfield Co .. O., 1898-1908: Supt. Beverly schools, 1908-1913: Supt. Byesville schools, 1913 --. Socs. and clubs: State and Na- tional Educational Assns .; Mason; Shriner; Maccabees. Methodist Episcopal Church. Home address: 202 Meek Ave., Byesville, Ohio.
TAME. A. G .. Banker: Vice Pres. Cleveland Trust Co. Home address: 2037 Adelbert Rd., Cleveland, Ohio.
TANNER, JOHN ROBERT, Attorney: born. Mt. Sterling, Ohio. Oct. 2. 1874: son of Courtney Tanner and Esther (McDowell) Tanner: educated: Dist. Schs .; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. L. Mar- ried, Alice Ingrim, Feb. 21, 1895. Admitted to bar in 1900 and began the practice of law at Mt. Sterling. Ohjo. and continued
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there until 1906, when he removed to Lon- don. O .. where he is now located; elected probate judge in 1906, and served 2 terms -one of three years and the other of four years. Soes, and clubs: Mason; K. of P .; Odd Fellows; London Club. Presbyterian. Home address: 141 E. High St., London, Ohio.
TARBELL, JAMES W., Com. Pleas Judge, Brown Co. Term expires Feb., 1919. Home address: Georgetown, O.
TARR, WALTER H., JR., Real Estate; born. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1880; son of Walter H. Tarr and Amelia ( Wolfe) Tarr; educated: Hartwell public school; Ohio Military Inst .; Bartlett's Business Coll. Married, Eva LeCount. Member of firm of Walter H. Tarr & Son, real es- tate dealers, who control large real estate interests with sub-agencies in Chicago and Indianapolis. Socs, and clubs: Ma- sonic Order; Wyoming Blue Lodge. No. 186, F. & A. M .; 32d degree Scottish Rite Jason: Mem. of Syrian Temple; Knights of Pythias; Cuvier Press Club; Cincinnati Real Estate Bd .; Underwriters' Club; Auto Club. First Presbyterian,' Walnut Hills. Home address: 2517 May Ave., Walnut Hills. Cincinnati, O.
TATUM, STEWART L., Attorney; born, Cleveland, Ohio, July 9, 1871; son of Law- rence W. Tatum and Agnes M. (Marshall) Tatum; educated: Cleveland public schools; Earlham College; Univ. Michigan. Col- lege degrees: LL. B. (1898). Married,
Grace M. Cowan, Dec. 21, 1899. Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress, 1900; city solicitor, Springfield. O., 1903-1908; Pres. Springfield charter commission, 1913; special counsel City Springfield, 1914-15; Pres. State Com. to Investigate Financial Condition Cities, 1914: Pres. Ohio Munici- pal League, 1916; practicing attorney-at- law, Springfield. O., 1899 --. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Frat .; K. P. Home ad- dress: 362 East High St .. Springfield, O.
TAWNEY, GUY ALLAN, University Prof .; born, Tippecanoe City, Ohio. March 11, 1870: son of Daniel Abraham Tawney and Adele (Paige) Tawney; educated: Mac- alaster College, Minn., 1887-S; Wabash (Ind.) Coll .. 1888-9; A. B., Princeton, 1893; M. A., 1894; Ph. D,, Univ. Leipzig, 1896. Married, Marietta Busey. April 6, 1909. Demonstrator Psychology, Princeton, 1896; Squier-Prof. Mental Science & Philosophy, Beloit College, Wis., 1897; lecturer Phil- osophy. Columbia Univ .. 1906-7: Asst.
Prof. Philosophy, Univ. Illinois, 1907-S; Prof. Philosophy, University Cincinnati, 1908 -. Contributor on psychological and philosophical subjects. Soes. and clubs: Am. Philos. Assn .; Western Philos. Assn .; Fellow A. A. A. Soc .; Literary Club; Cos- mic Club; City Club. Presbyterian. Home address: University Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
TAWNEY, MARIETTA BUSEY (Mrs. Guy Allan), born. Urbana. Ill .. Nov. 23, 1878; daughter of Samuel T. Busey and Mary E. (Bowen) Busey; educated: Vassar College: University of Illinois; Univer- sity of Cincinnati. College degrees: A. B .. 1899: A. M., 1912. Married, Guy Al- lan Tawney, April 6, 1909. Interested and active in religions and social activities. Socs. and clubs: Cincinnati Alumni Club of Phi Beta Phi: Mem. College Club of Cincinnati: Cincinnati Woman's Club; Vassar Alumni Assn .; Assn. of Collegiate Alumni; Woman's City Club of Cincin- nati. Presbyterian Church. Home ad- dress: 447 Warren Ave. (Clifton), Cincin- nati, Ohio.
TAYLOR, ARTHUR B., Banker; born, New London, Ohio, April, 1874; son of John
B. Taylor and Clara (Crawford) Taylor; educated: Grad. New London high school; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O. Married, Clara Smith, 1906. Pres. The Lorain Co. Savings & Trust Co., 1914 -; cashier prior to that time; Treas. The Elyria Country Club Co., The Old Ladies' Home AAssn., Marshall Chapter of Masonic Lodge, The Masonic Temple Co .; Secy. and Treas. The American Lace Mfg. Co .; Pres. The Elyria Home Garden Assn .; Dir. The Perry-Fay Co., The Troxel Mfg. Co. Socs. and clubs: The Elyria Chamber of Commerce: 32d degree Mason; Al Koran Shrine; B. P. O. E .: F. O. E. Home ad- dress: 265 Washington Ave., Elyria, O.
TAYLOR, EDWARD LIVINGSTON, JR., ex-Congressman; born, Columbus, O., age 47 yrs .; son of Edward Livingston Taylor and Katherine Noble (Myers) Taylor: edu- cated: (Grad.) Columbus high school, 1887. Married. Marie Agnes Firestone, Jan. +, 1894. Admitted to bar, Dec. 2, 1891; en- gaged in practice law, Columbus, Ohio, 1891 --; elected Pros. Atty., Franklin Co .. O .. 1900-1905; clected member 59th and 62d Congresses (1905-1913), Ohio
12th Dist .; defeated for re-election, 1912. Socs. and clubs: Mason (33d degree); Shriner: Elks; Columbus Club: Athletic Club.
Republican. Presbyterian. Home ad- dress: 483 East Town St., Columbus, O.
TAYLOR, EMERSON L., Attorney: born, Columbus, Ohio, March 26, 1891: son of Sterling Barner Taylor and Lila Josephine ( Piper) Taylor: educated: Central high school: Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. A .; LL. B. Unmarried. General prac- tice of law at Columbus. O. Treas. and counsel, Fidelity Brokerage Co .; Treas. and counsel of Franklin Mortgage Securi- ties Co .; attorney of Dept. State Fire Marshal. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Univ. Club; Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Phi Delta Phi. Central Presbyterian Church. Home address: 135 E. 19th Ave., Colum- bus, Ohio.
TAYLOR, HENRY CLAY, Attorney: born, Franklin Co., Ohio, May 15, 1844: son of David Taylor and Margaret (Livingston) Taylor; educated: Columbus public schools and Miami Univ. College degrees: A. B .; A. M. Married, Rebecca McKee, June 9, 1897. Attorney-at-law; city council, Co- lumbus, Ohio. 2 terms. 1883-1SS7: Pres., one term; General Assembly of Ohio, 1886- 18SS; chairman Judiciary Committee, 1886- 18SS. Socs. and clubs: Columbus Club; Columbus Country Club. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 1400 E. Broad St., Columbus, O.
TAYLOR, J. GORDON, Manufacturer; born. Cincinnati. Ohio, Nov. 25. 1838: son of Eli Taylor and Hannah (Marsh) Taylor; edu- cated: Mt. Healthy (O.) public school: Grad. at Farmers' Coll., College Hill. Married, Helen Hughes, Dec., 1866. In 1861 enlisted in the army; was Capt. of Co. E of the 71st O. V. I .; served until his father's death, Aug. 12, 1864; was con- nected with the Army of Ohio, Army of Kentucky, Army of the Cumberland, and the Army of the Gulf: from Oct., 1862, until he left the army, Capt. Taylor served as aid on the staff of Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger; he entered the internal revenue service at New Orleans; in 1870 he became bookkeeper for the hardware house of Dickson, Clark & Co .; then entered the service of Frederick Eckstein, manufac- turer of white lead; later, stockholder in the concern and its Secy .; in 1891. in con- nection with J. B. Swift and Thos. S. Brown, Jr., and others, he bought the Eagle White Lead Co., of which he was Secy. Home address: 2623 Park Ave.,
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Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Died, March 17, 1914, while work in prepara- tion.)
TAYLOR, JOHN ESTELL, Teacher-Mer-
chant; born, Lyonsdale, Ohio, Perry Co., Dec. 17, 1869; son of John Taylor and Emily (Breese) Taylor; educated: public school: New Lexington high school; Na- tional Normal Univ., Lebanon, O. Mar- ried, Chestoria Moore, 1897. Teacher, 1887-1597; merchant, 1897-1899; manufac- turer, 1903-1913; postmaster, Crooksville, O., 1913 -; mayor of Crooksville, Ohio, 1898-1900: county school examiner, 1904- 1910; village councilman; member of Bd. of Education, Crooksville, O .; President of Board of Education. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Bodies; Woodman; I. O. R. M .; B. P. O. E .: Crooksville Business Men's Assn. United Presbyterian. Home ad- dress: Crooksville, O.
TAYLOR, JOSEPH RUSSELL, University Professor; born, Circleville, O., July 10, 1868; son of (Rev.) Thomas Russell Tay- lor and Mary Elizabeth (Shoemaker) Tay- lor; educated: Ohio State Univ .; Colum- bia Univ. College degrees: A. B., 1887; A. M .. 1897. Married, Esther Stafford,
June 23. 1897. University fellow in liter- ature, Columbia, 1896-7; Prof. English, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O., 1908 --. Author: The Overture (poems), 1903; Com- position in Narration, 1909. Home ad- dress: 155 Thirteenth Ave., Columbus. O.
TAYLOR, PERCY RADCLIFFE, Attorney; born, Birmingham, England, Jan. 8, 1872; son of Francis Daniel Taylor and Cath- erine Augusta (Campbell) Taylor; edu- cated: Bishop's College Sch., Lennoxville, Quebec. Married, Dorothy Cary, Feb. 27, 1897. Engaged in newspaper work; stu- died law and commenced practice at Sid- ney, Ohio, Sept., 1905-1915; formed part- nership with Charles C. Marshall, under firni name, Marshall & Taylor, Sept., 1915 -; has represented most important litigation suits in vicinity for last 8 yrs .; appointed member state board pardons, by Gov. Willis, May 27, 1915; appointed by Supreme Court member state bar ex- amination committee in spring, 1915. Socs. and clubs: Sidney Commercial Club; Sid- ney Country Club (Dir.); Cuvier Club; Dayton Federal Bar Assn. (member Exec. Com. ). Episcopalian. Home address: Sidney, O.
TEDREW, CHARLES S., Land Agent, New York Coal Co .; born, Athens. O., April 20. 1861; son of Isiah Tedrew and Eliza A. (Smith) Tedrew; educated; public schools. Nelsonville, O. Married, Eliza - beth M. McMonigal, Oct. 7, 1891. Filled various clerkships with Hocking Valley R. R. several yrs .; engaged as land agent New York Coal Co .. Nelsonville, Ohio, 1901 ---- Home address: Nelsonville, O. TEETER, ROY RUSSELL, Clergyman-Edi- tor; born, Pleasant Hill, Ohio, March S, 1870; son of Elias Teeter and Susanna (Moore) Teeter; educated: Ohio Northern Univ .; Ashland Coll .: North Manchester Coll. College degrees: B. L .: M. A .; D. D. Married, Della Hale, Oct. 23. 1894. School teacher; pastor 21 yrs .: Chautauqua and Lyceum lecturer, 10 yrs .; editor Breth- ren Evangelist, 1915 -: prohibition can- didate governor. Nebraska. 190S. Socs. and clubs: International Lyceum AssIl. Brethren Church. Home address: Ash - land, O.
TELLEEN, JOHN MARTIN, Educator;
born, Des Moines. Iowa. Feb. 11, 1879; son of John Telleen and Marie {Anderson) Telleen; educated: San Francisco publlc schools; Augustana College, 1893-1898;
Yale Univ., 1900-1903; Univ. of Paris, 1903- 1904. College degrees: B. A., 1898; M. A., 1902; Ph. D .. 1904. Unmarried. Prof. of English at Simmons College, Texas, 1904-1905; North Dakota Agricultural Col- lege, 1905-1906; Asst. Prof. of English at Case School of Applied Science, Cleve- land, Ohio, 1906 --. Socs. and clubs: University and City Clubs; Soc. for the Promotion of Engineering Education; Modern Lang. Assn .; Am. Folk-Lore Soc. Author of "Milton Dans La Litterature Francaise," and of several magazine arti- cles on technical English. Home address: 1745 E. 116th Place. Cleveland, O.
TENBUSH, G. A., Real Estate; Pres. Tell- bush Realty Co. Home address: 1854 E. 79th St., Cleveland, O.
TENNEY, HENRY MARTIN, Clergyman; born, Hanover, N. H., May 16, 1841; soll of Adna Tenney and Susan Comings ( Weld) Tenney; educated: Amherst Coll .; Union Theol. Seminary. College degrees: Elizabetli Parsons. Jan. 12, 1870. Pastor
A. B., 1864; D. D., 1869. Married, Ann village Church, Dorchester, Boston, Mass., 1867-1870; ordained, Oct., 1868; pastor Congregational Church, Winona, Minn., 1870-1875; Congregational Church, Steu- benville, Ohio, 1875-1880; First Congrega- tional Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1880-1SS9; Second Church, Oberlin, Ohio, 1889-1910; pastor emeritus, 1910 -; trustee Oberlin Coll., 1885 -; Pres. Oberlin Home Miss. Assn., 1900 -; member Exec. Com. Con- gregational Conference of Ohio; Pres. Congregational Assn. of Chautauqua, N. Y. Socs. and clubs: Psi Upsilon (Am- herst Coll. Frat.); Congregational Club of Cleveland and vinicity; Mem. Am. Board Foreign Missions. Home address: Ober- lin, Ohio.
TENZER, HERMAN BERNARD, Banker; born, Sachsen, Stadt Rode, Germany, Feb. 23, 1851; son of Frederick J. Tenzer and Theresa (Pfeil) Tenzer; educated: public schools of Toledo. Married, Mary S. Schultz, Nov. 17, 1880. Secy. and Treas. H. B. Tenzer Lumber Co .; Pres. First Natl. Bank; Pres. Defiance Home Savings & Loan Assn .; Pres. Northwestern Tele- phone Co .; trustee Defiance Coll .; Mem. Defiance city council, 2 yrs. Socs. and clubs: 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason; K. of P .; Defiance Club. St. Paul's Luth- eran Church. Republican. Home address: Washington Ave. and Second St., Defiance, Ohio.
THALBERG, MARCIAN, Artist; born, Rus- sia, Nov. 14. 1877; is of Swiss nationality; educated: in Switzerland and Germany; lived in France and England. Professor of the Piano Master Class at the Con- servatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio, since arrival to the United States in 1913. Home address: 2667 Bellevue Ave., CIn- cinnati, O.
THATCHER, CATHARINE HALL (Mrs. Ralph H.), Violinist; born, Fairfax Co., Va ... 1887; daughter of John Hall and Catharine (Watts) Hall; educated: Chi- cago Musical Coll. (winner of diamond medal in violin contest), 1897. Married.
Ralph H. Thatcher, June 28, 1898. Has played in many professional engagements in Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia. Home address: 450
East Cassilly St., Springfield, O.
THATCHER, EDITH OLIVE WHITING (Mrs. W. F. Thatcher), Writer; born, Peking, China, April 27, 1877; daughter of Joseph Lyman Whiting and Lucy Eliza (Jackson) Whiting: educated: private study in Peking: Oberlin public schools; Oberlin Acad .; Oberlin Coll. College de-
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grees: A. B., 1898. Married, (Dr.) Win-
throp F. Thatcher, Aug. 7, 1901. 1Tas written several short stories and maga- zine articles. Socs. and clubs: Pres. Ober- lin Sorosis, 1911-1913; Regent, Oberlin Chapter, D. A. R .. 1915; Secy. Oberlin Fed. for Village Improvement and Social Betterment, 1913-1916; Order Eastern Star; Aeolian Assn. (Lit.); Assn. of Collegiate Alumni. Congregationalist. Home ad- dress: 263 Elm St., Oberlin, O.
THATCHER, OLIVER JOSEPH, Historian; born, Wilmington, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1857; son of Joseph Thatcher and Deborah ( ITadley) Thatcher; educated: country schools; Wilmington College; Univ. of Berlin and of Marburg; American School of Classical Studies at Athens. College degrees: A. B .; Ph. D. Professor in Alle- gleny Theol. Sem., 4 yrs., and in the Univ. of Chicago. 14 yrs .; member of the soth and 81st Ohio General Assemblies, 1913- 1916; chairman of the Ohio State School Survey Commission, 1913-1914. Author of "Studies Concerning Adrian IV"; "A Sketch of the History of the Apostolic Church"; "Europe in the Middle Age," ( with F. Schevill); "A Source Book for Mediaeval History." (with E. H. Mc- Neal); editor-in-chief of "A Library of Original Sources," 10 Vols., and others. Home address: Wilmington, Ohio.
THAYER, BERTHA COOK (Mrs. H. S.), born, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 12, 1877; daughter of George W. Cook and Jane E. (Holden) Cook; educated: private schools and tutors; Vassar Coll. College degrees: A. B., 1897. Married. Howard Stephen Thayer, Oct. 8, 1898. Associate of St. Faith's House (rescue home for girls), Tarrytown, N. Y. Socs. and clubs: Exec. Bd., Woman Suffrage Party of Greater Cleveland; Exec. Bd., Consumers' League of Ohio. Protestant Episcopal. Home address: 2880 Woodbury Road, Shaker
Heights, Cleveland, O.
THAYER, GEORGE AUGUSTINE, Clergy- man; born, Randolph, Mass., Dec. 6, 1839; son of Elihu Thayer and Elizabeth ( Tirrell) Thayer; educated: Harvard Di- vinity School. College degrees: S. T. D., Antioch Coll., 1886. Married, Katherine T. Abbot, Dec. 20, 1880. Ordained min- ister, 1869; pastor Hawes Church, Bos- ton, 1869-1882; pastor First Cong. Uni- tarian Church, Cincinnati, 1882-1916; pas- tor emeritus, Jan. 16, 1916; served in Union Army, Lieutenant-Captain, 2nd Mass. Vol. Inf., 1862-1865, in campaigns of Chancei- lorsville, Gettysburg, Atlanta, Johnson's Surrender; Sherman's March to Sea; Grand Review Washington (1865); member Boston School Board, 1873-1882. Socs. and clubs: Military Loyal Legion; Har- vard Club; City Club. Unitarian. Home address: 304 Oak St., Cincinnati, O.
THEDIECK, I. H., Merchant-Financier; born, Alfhousen, Germany, Jan. 30, 1855; son of C. F. G. Thedieck and Bernadine (Sudendorf) Thedieck; educated: primary schools; Germany and St. Mary's Inst., Dayton, O. Married, Ida C. Wagner, Oct. 18, 1878. Opened dry goods store in Sid- ney, Ohio, Sept., 1875: in 1882, moved to present location and occupied 3 story brick building, which was entirely destroyed by fire, 1914; erected and in Sept., 1915, oc- cupied new 4 story fire-proof building; Pres. Monarch Machine Co., Sidney Tool Co., Sidney Mfg. Co .; Dir. R. Given & Sons Tannery, First Natl. Exchange Bank, Sidney Telephone Co. Socs. and clubs: Sidney Commercial Club; C. K. of A .; K. of C .; Holy Angels. Catholic Church. Home address: Sidney, O.
THEISS, FRANK B., Attorney; born, North- ampton Twp., Summit Co., Ohio, March 17, 1866; son of Christian Theiss and Charlotte (Noe) Theiss; educated: dis- trict schools; Buchtel Coll. Married, Ad- die A. Smith, April 10, 1889. Treas. and Dir. The Miller Rubber Co .; Vice Pres. and Dir. American Sewer Pipe Co .; Dir. of The American Hominy Co .; Star Drill- ing & Machine Co .; The Enterprise Mfg. Co. Socs. and clubs: The Congress Lake ('lub; Akron City Club. First Church of Christ. Ilome address: 909 W. Market St., Akron, Ohio.
THEOBALD, HENRY, Manufacturer; born, Dayton, Ohio, 1865; son of Henry Theo- bald and Sarah M. (Dunham) Theobald; educated: Dayton, O., high school and Business College. With National Cash Register Co .. as stenographer, secretary, general manager, chairman of Executive Committec; Pres. Toledo Scale Co.,
1901 --. Married. Mary J. Mccullough, June, 1890. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Toledo Country Club; Toledo Yacht Club; Trinity Episcopal Church. Home ad- dress: West Woodruff Ave., Toledo, O.
THIERSTEIN, JOHN R., College Professor; born, Bowil, Berne, Switzerland; son of Samuel Thierstein and Katharina (Mosi- mann) Thierstein; educated: elementary and secondary schools, Bowil, Berne, Switzerland; Mennonite Sem., Halstead, Kansas: A. B .. Univ. of Kansas; Ph. D., Univ. of Berne, Switzerland. Married, Margareta M. Dirks, Oct. 2, 1896. Teacher Whitewater, Kans., 1892-1893: (student Univ. of Kansas, 1893-1896); Prin. schools Eudoro, Kansas, 1896-1897; Supt. of city schools Fredonia, Kans., 1897-1901; Supt. of city schools Osawatomie, Kans., 1901- 1903; Prof. Math., Bethel Coll., Newton, Kans., 1903-1904; Pres. Freeman Coll., Freeman, S. Dak., 1904-1908; Grad. stu- dent Univ. of Berne, 1908-1910; Prin. Atchison Co. high school, Effingham, Kans., 1910-1915: head modern language department and Prof. of German language and literature, Bluffton Coll., Bluffton,
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