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O. Mennonite. Home address: Bluffton, Ohio.
THOMAS, CHARLES FRANK, Educator; born. Union City. Erie Co., Pa., June 24, 1875: son of Edwin N. Thomas and Sarah J. (Dunham) Thomas; educated: public schools, Union City; Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. College degrees: A. B., 1905. Married, Cora L. Kendall, Sept. 4, 1907. Instructor in Mathematics, Amherst Coll., 1905-1906: Case School of Applied Science, 1906 -- Socs. and clubs: Soc. for Promotion of Engineering Education, American Mathematical Soc .; Fairmount Boulevard Assn. Member of Epworth Memorial M. E. Church. Home address: 13240 Scarborough Rd., Cleveland Heights, Cleveland, O.
THOMAS, FRANK W., State Senator and Editor; born, McComb, O., Sept. 2, 1873; son of Lewis V. Thomas and Martha J. (Nye) Thomas; educated: Portage Twp., Hancock Co., O., schools; Bowling Green schools. Married, Anna Potter, Oct. 15, 1892. Editor and joint owner, Wood Co. Democrat, Bowling Green, O., 1915 -; member city council, Bowling Green, O., 2 yrs .; county representative, Wood Co., 4 yrs., 79th and soth General Assemblies; member ex-Board Ohio Federation Labor, 2 yrs. (resigned when elected to office) ; State Senator, 13th Dist., 1917 -; chair- man Co. Democratic Exec. Committee; member State Central Com., 13th Dist. Socs. and clubs: Wood Co. Lodge, No. 112,
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F. & A. M .; Typographical Union, No. 156. Baptist-Methodist. Home address: 314 E. Wooster St., Bowling Green, O.
THOMAS, ISABELLA ROSS (Mrs. Horace G.), born. Ironton, Ohio, April 2, 1856; daughter of Thomas R. Ross and Eliza (Brotheridge) Ross; educated: Grad. Iron- ton high school. Married, Horace G. Thomas, Aug. 26, 1890. Taught 15 yrs. holding position as principal a great part of that time; interested in all religious and philanthropic work; teacher adult Bible class in Sunday school; training teacher in Sunday school work; has written many (published) papers on edu- cational work. Socs. and clubs: Pres.
Woman's Literary Club; Secy. Home League Club of Portsmouth, O .; member Civic Com. of Ohio State Fed. Presby- terian Church. Home address: 433 Wal- ler St., Portsmouth, O.
THOMAS, GEORGE FRANKLIN, Physi- cian; born, Akron, Ohio, April 12, 1882; son of Richard G. Thomas and Catherine (Phillips) Thomas; educated: Adelbert College of W. R. U .. and Western Re- serve Med. Coll. College degrees: Ph. B .; M. D. Married, Marcia Bruckshaw, Oct. 3, 1908. Upon graduation in 1906, became interne St. Vincent's Charity Hospital, Cleveland, O., 1906-1908; Roentgenologist, St. Vincent's Charity Hospital, 1907 -; Cleveland City Hospital, 1908-1915; Instr. in Roentgenology, Western Reserve Univ. (Med. Dept.), 1916 --. Socs. and clubs: Am. Med. Assn .; Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; American Roentgen Ray Soc .; Cleveland Acad. Med .; University Club; Shaker Heights Country Club. Home ad- dress: Cleveland Heights; Office: 513 Os- born Bldg., Cleveland, O.
THOMAS. JAMES S., Com. Pleas Judge; born. Peebles, Ohio, May 31. 1870; son of George Andrew Thomas and Sarah Jane (Wittenmyer) Thomas; educated: Nat. Normal Univ., Lebanon, O .; Cincinnati Law School. College degrees: B. S .; B. L. Married. Bertha LaFevre, Aug. 17. 1900. Farmer; teacher common and graded schools, Adams and Scioto coun- ties, 1893; engaged in practice law, Ports- mouth, Ohio, 1895 -; elected city solici- tor, Portsmouth, Ohio, 112 terms; elected Judge Common Pleas Court, Nov. 3, 1912, districts Adams, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike and Scioto counties. Socs. and clubs: Elk; Eagle: Odd Fellow; Modern Woodmen of America. Home address: Portsmouth, O.
THOMAS, JOHN J., Physician; born, Cleve- land, Ohio, Nov. 18, 1868; son of Isaac Thomas and Mary J. (Richards) Thomas; educated: Cleveland, Ohio, schools; West- ern Reserve University (1893). College de- grees: A. B .: A. M .: M. D. Married, Irene Montanari, June 7, 1900. House physician, City Hospital, 1893-1894; student in Ger- many and Austria. 1894-1895; practicing physician, Cleveland. O., 1895 -; Pres. Cleveland Academy Medicine (1914); Secy. and Treas. Cleveland Milk Commission; member staff, St. Ann's Maternity Hosp .; City Hospital; Maternity Hospital; physi- cian for University Sch .; member Cleve- land Board Health, 1911-1914. Socs. and clubs: University Club; Chamber Com- merce; Council Sociology; Delta Tau Delta Frat .; Am. Med. Assn .: Ohio Med. Assn. Home address: 1878 E. S7th St., Cleveland, Ohio.
THOMAS, JOHN M., Physician; born, Mor- row Co., July 12. 1875: son of William L. Thomas and Carilda A. (Snyder) Thomas; educated: Iberia high - school, Morrow Co., Ohio; Starling Med. College. Columbus, O. College degrees: M. D.
Married, Florence Anderson, June 22, 1904, who died. Sept. 24. 1911. Physician for 10 yrs .; examiner for Manhattan Life Ins. Co .; Asst. Phys., Ohio Penitentiary, 1900- 1909; Chief Phys., 1904-1908. Socs. and clubs: Am. Med., State Med., Columbus Acad .; Athletic Club; Aladdin Shrine; 32d degree Mason; Knight Templar. Presby- terian Church. Home address: 1126 Neil
Ave., Columbus, O.
THOMAS, JOHN WEBSTER, Chemist; born, Tallmadge, Ohio, Nov. 18, 1880; son of David E. Thomas and Fannie E. (Thomas) Thomas; educated: Buchtel Acad .: Buchtel Coll. College degrees: Ph. B., 1904. Married, Bertha A. Hine, Oct. 25, 1906. After leaving college, worked 3 yrs. as chemist for the B. F. Goodrich Co .; worked for Firestone T. & R. Co. in 190S, experiencing all the factory positions, and in 1911 was made Gen. Supt. of the plant, which position he holds at present. Socs. and clubs: Lone Star Frat .; Spicer Hill Club; Firestone Club; Akron City Club; Knights of Pythias; Portage Coun- try Club. First Congregational Church, Tallmadge, O. Home address: 82 Atlas St., Akron, O.
THOMAS, MAHLON AMOS, Real Estate- Insurance; born, Ripley Twp., Huron Co., Ohio, Dec. 17, 1855; son of Delos Leonard Thomas and Abbie Johnston (Holbert) Thomas; educated: country and graded schools, Plymouth, Ohio. Married, Ida Jane Hammond, Oct. 21, 1880. Farmed from 1880 to 1892; removed to Fostoria where engaged in business under firm name of Cottrell & Thomas, conducting a Noah's Ark store, 5 yrs .; was active member of Atlas Mfg. Co., which bought the Schwab Safe Co. plant, 1913, and was Pres. and Treas: until company reorgan- ized in 1916; Vice Pres. of Union Natl. Bank, Fostoria, Ohio; Dir. of Sun Sav- ings Bank, Rising Sun, O .; Pres. of Me- chanics' Bank, Bradner, O .; Dir. of Fos- toria Screw Co., Allen Motor Co., and interested in Fostoria Glass Novelty Co. Socs. and clubs: Chamber of Commerce; Country Club; Y. M. C. A. Trustee of Presbyterian Church. Has a beautiful summer cottage at Catawba Island. Offices: Rosendale Bldg., Cor. of Main and Center Sts., Fostoria, O .; Home address: 128 W. Crooker St., Fostoria, O.
THOMAS, OMER SAMUEL, Clergyman; born, near Troy, Ohio. May 28, 1875; son of A. F. Thomas and Susan (Patty) Thomas; educated: Antioch College, Yel- low Spring, O. Married. Ada R. Furnas, Dec. 25. 1897. Taught school, 1897-1899; since 1899 has been active in the work of the ministry until Jan. 1. 1915; then became the Home Mission Secretary of the Mission Board of the Christian Cli., with headquarters in the C. P. A. Bldg., Dayton, Ohio; Secy. for Missions of the Miami, Ohio, Christian Conf., 15 yrs .; member of the Rural Life Council of tlie State of Ohio: Pres. of the Miami Co. (O.) Christian Endeavor Union, 1 yr .; at pres- ent, Home Mission Secy. of The Mission Board of the Christian Church. Socs. and clubs: Knights of Pythias, West Mil- ton. O .; Y. M. C. A .. Dayton. O. Member of the Christian Church, West Milton. O. Home address: West Milton, O .; Office: C. P. A. Bldg., Dayton, Ohio.
THOMAS, ORANGE HOLMES, Physician- Surgeon; born, Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1859; son of James B. Thomas and Laura H. (Abrams) Thomas; educated: public schools of Findlay; Ohio Northern Univ .; Delaware Univ .; Grad. of Ohio Med. Coll. of Cincinnati, March 1, 1882, at head of his class. Married, Jennie A. Rawson,
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June 6, 1886. Began practice of his pro- fession in Fremont, 1882, and has re- sided there ever since .; member Sandusky Co. Agricultural Soc., 16 yrs .; greatly interested in scientific farming; was Pres. of Sandusky Co. Agricultural Extension School Service; now Vice Pres. of San- dusky Co. Improvement Assn. Socs. and clubs: Sandusky Co. Med. Assn .; Nortli- western Ohio Med. Assn .: Ohio Med. AAssn .; Am. Med. Assn. Home address: 1022 Birchard Ave., Fremont, O.
THOMAS, PRESTON ELMER, Warden Ohio Penitentiary; born, West Cairo, Ohio, Nov. 30, 1871; son of David Dallas Thomas and Sarah Jane (Ward) Thomas; educated: country and West Cairo public schools; Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O. College degrees: M. S. Married, Mary Elizabeth Blume, Jan. 1, 1894. Teacher in Ohio State Reformatory, 4 yrs .; parole officer, 5 yrs .; warden Ohio Penitentiary since May 1. 1913. Socs. and clubs: Masons, Scioto Consistory, Aladdin Temple, Shrine and K. of P. Broad St. M. E. Church. Home address: Ohio Penitentiary, Colum- bus. O.
THOMAS, WILLIAM AUBREY, Iron Manu- facturing; born, in Wales, June 7, 1866: son of John R. Thomas and Margaret (Morgan) Thomas; educated: Mt. Union Coll .: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Chemist; blast furnace Sunt. and Mgr .; engaged in manufacturing iron, Niles, O .: member 58th Congress, 1904-1911. Socs. and clubs: F. & A. M .; Scottish Rite Ma- son: Mystic Shrine; numerous clubs. Home address: Niles, O.
THOMPSON, CARMI A., Attorney; born, Wayne Co., W. Va., Sept. 4. 1870; son of Granville Thompson and Elizabeth (Polley) Thompson; educated: public schools, Ironton, O .; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: B. Ph .; LL. B. Married, Leila Ellars, May 3, 1899. Practicing at- torney at law, fronton, O., 1895; city solici- tor, 1896-1903; member legislature, 1903- 1907: speaker House, . 1906-1907: Secy. State of Ohio, 1907-1911; Asst. Secy. In- terior. 1911-1912; Secy .- Pres. U. S., July 1, 1912-Nov. 20, 1912; Treas. U. S., Nov. 20, 1912-March 31, 1913; in charge Great Northern Iron Ore Properties, J. J. Hill properties, Columbus, O., 1912 -. Socs. and clubs: Columbus Club; Univ. Club. Washington, D. C .; Minnesota Club, St. Paul, Minn .; Mason; K. P. Home ad- dress: South 5th St., Ironton, O.
THOMPSON, ERNEST, Attorney-Probate Judge; born, Maplewood, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1876; son of John F. Thompson and Han- nah A. (Castle) Thompson; educated: country schools of Logan Co., O .; Ohio Northern Univ., Grad. in 1899; Ohio State I'niv. College degrees: B. S. Married, Carrie Young, June 17, 1902. Taught in Logan Co. rural schools to earn nioney to complete interrupted college course; ad- mitted to Ohio bar in 1901. In 1902 went to West Liberty, O., to practice law, and out of 7 yrs. in West Liberty, 4 yrs. were spent as Secy. and Atty. for People's Savings Loan Co. and The Farmers' Bank- ing Co .; in November of 1908, was elected Pros. Attv. of Logan Co .. serving 4 yrs .; e'ected probate judge of Lorain Co., 4 yrs., November of 1916; chairman of Republi- can Executive Com. in 1912, and re-elected; admitted to U. S. Bar, Jan., 1912. Socs. and clubs: Sons of Veterans, being repre- sentative in State Lodge for 3 yrs .; also State Counsellor of organization: Jr. O. U. A. M .; Mason, belonging to Blue Lodge of West Liberty and Chapter, Council and Commandery, Bellefontaine; Protective Home Circle; Knights of Pythias. Metho-
dist Church. Pres. of Methodist Brother- hood. Served his country in Co. F. 2nd O. V. I., Spanish-American War, 1598. Active in religious and political circles. Republican. Home address: 521 S. Main St., Bellefontaine, O.
THOMPSON, ESTELLE CLARK (Mrs.
William Oxley), born, Massillon, Ohio:
daughter of Charles Henry Clark and Frances Isabelle ( Pettibone) Clark; edu- cated: public schools. high schools, and Brooks Private Sch. of Cleveland, Ohio; Wells College, Aurora on Cayuga, N. Y .: Boston Sch. of Oratory. College degrees: A. B., 1884; B. O., 1888. Married, William Oxley Thompson, June 28, 1894. Appointed by Gov. Andrew Harris delegate from Ohio to Nat. Congress of Mothers, Wash- ington, D. C., 1908; Vice Pres. Bd. of Columbus Art Sch .. 1912-1913; Pres. Nat. Fed. of College Women, 1912-1913; filled social duties as wife of the Pres. of Miami I'niv., Oxford, 1894-1899; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O., 1899 -. Socs. and clubs: Women's Club of Ohio State Univ .; Re- gent Columbus Chapter, D. A. R., 1902. and now member. Presbyterian Church. Home address: 1873 N. High St., Colum- bus, O.
THOMPSON, HENRY ADAMS, Clergyman; born, Half Moon, Center Co., Pa., March 23. 1837; son of John Thompson and Lydia (Blake) Thompson; educated: public schools; Pine Grove Mills Academy; Jeffer- son College; Western Theol. Seminary, Allegheny City, Pa. College degrees: A. B .; A. M. (Hon. D. D .; LL. D.). Married. Hari.et Elizabeth Copeland, 1862. Prof. Math., Western Coll, Iowa, 1861; Prof. Math., Otterbein Univ., 1862-7; Supt. Schs., Troy. O., 1867-72; Prof. Math., Westfield, Ill., 1871-2; Pres. Otterbein Univ., 1872- 1886; Prof. logic and rhetoric, Otterbein Univ., 1886-7; Assoc. editor, literature. I'nited Brethren Church, 1893; elected editor-in-chief of literature, U. B. Church, 1897: elected editor, U. B. Review, 1905: candidate for Vice Pres. (on Prohibition ticket) of U. S., 1881; delegate to Metho- dist Ecumenical Conf. held in London; also made trip to Holy Land, 1881; ap- pointed commissioner of "Science and Education" in connection with Ohio C'en- tennial Exposition, 1881. Author: Power of the Invisible; Schools of the Prophets: Our Bishops; Biography of Bishop Weaver: Bible Study and Devotions; Women of the Bible: History of Class of 1858. Socs. and clubs: Ohio Archae. and Hist. Soc. (founder and 25 yrs. a trustee). United Brethren in Christ. Home address: 1618 W. First St., Dayton, O.
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THOMPSON, JULIA PRAT, Educator; born, Zanesville, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1862; daugh- ter of Francis A. Thompson and Emily H. (Prat) Thompson: educated: public and high schools of Zanesville, O. Socs. and clubs: Member Advance Club, com- posed entirely of teachers. Home ad- dress: 27 N. Third St., Zanesville, O.
THOMPSON, KARL OWEN, Educator; born, Springfield, Mass., Aug. 5. 18$1; son of Benjamin Franklin Thompson and Caroline (Everett) Thompson: educated: Springfield high school, 1900; Amherst College, 1904; Yale Divinity School, 1907. College degrees: B. A .: B. D .: M. A. Married, Maud A. Burnham. June 27, 1907. Congregational minister, 1907-1914. Pas- torates in Cedar Springs. Mich .; Grand Rapids. Mich., and Cleveland. O .; Instr. in English, Case Sch. of Applied Science, Cleveland, O., 1914 -. Socs. and clubs: Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Beta Kanpa. Con- gregational Church. Home address: 11215 Itaska Ave., Cleveland, O.
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THOMPSON, RALPH S., Heating Engineer; born, Albion, Edwards Co., Illinois, Dec. 19. 1847: son of Samuel Thompson and Katherine (Ronalds) Thompson; educated: home study. Married, Margaret I. Weed, Oct. 15, 1872. Engaged in business career as druggist and chemist, 1865; founded and started first newspaper in Albion, Ill., 1869; removed to Cincinnati, O., 1873; Springfield, O., 1876; editor successively The Farmer's Advance and The New Era; invented the first successful gas furnace, 1900; admitted to Am. Soc. of Heating and Ventilating Engrs., 1904; engaged as consulting, heating and ventilating en- gineer, 165 W. Main St., Columbus, O., 1916 -; chairman Prohibition State Com- mittee of Ohio, 1885; member Nat. Exec- utive Committee, Prohibition Party, 1888- 1896. Elder Broad St. Presby. Church, Columbus, O. Home address: 111 Chit- tenden Ave., Columbus, O.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM BERNEDOTTE, Common Pleas Judge; born, Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., Ohio, Sept. 6, 1863; son of Samuel Banner Thompson and Emular Lucy (Osborne) Thompson ;. edu- cated: public schools, Berea, O .; Baldwin Univ., Berea, O .; late Judge G. M. Bar- ber, Cleveland, and Judge A. R. Webber, Elyria, law preceptors. College degrees: Ph. B. Married, Lulu Sanford, Dec. 17, 1890. Admitted to practice, Supreme Ct. Ohio, Dec. 1888; engaged in practice law, Lorain, Ohio, Lorain Co., 1888-1915; re- sided in Lorain, 1889- -; actively inter- ested in business enterprises and indus- tries of Lorain; Pres. Lorain Central Bank (formerly Penfield Ave.), 20 yrs .; organ- ized Lake Erie & Pittsburgh Ry. Co. (run- ning from Lorain to Pittsburgh), and Vice Pres. of company until sale of road in 1911; elected mayor, City Lorain, 1890- 1894; appointed Common Pleas Judge by Gov. Willis, to fill office created by special act of legislature for additional judge for Lorain Co., May 21, 1915; elected for full term of 6 yrs., 1916 -. Socs. and clubs: Odd Fellow: Masonic Order; Elyria Coun- try Club. Methodist. Home address: E. Erie Ave., Lorain, O .; Business address: Elyria, O.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM OXLEY, University President; born, Cambridge, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1855; son of David Glenn Thompson and Agnes Miranda (Oxley) Thompson; educated: Muskingum College, New Con- cord, O .: Western Theol. Seminary, Alle- gheny, Pa. College degrees: A. B., 1878; A. M., 1881; LL. D., 1897. Married, Estelle Godfrey Clarke, June 24, 1894. Pastor, Odebolt, Iowa, 1882-5; pastor, Longmont, Col., 1885-91; Pres. Miami Univ., Oxford, O., 1891-9; Pres. Ohio State Univ., 1891- Honorary degrees of LL. D. conferred by Univs. of Pittsburgh, Ver- mont. Michigan and Oberlin Coll. Home address: Care Ohio State Univ., Colum- bus, Ohio.
THOMSON, EDWIN PECK, Clergyman; born, Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 15, 1857; son of Alexander Thomson and Christian (Crawford) Thomson; educated: Wabash College: Auburn Theol. Seminary: Berlin Univ., Berlin, Germany. College degrees: A. M .; D. D. Married, Kate Hutchinson, Dec. 17; 1884. Pastor Presbyterian Ch .. Plymouth, Ind., 1883-1887; Idaho Springs, Col., 1887-1888; Westminster Church, Den- ver. Col., 1888-1892; Second Church, Springfield, O., 1892- Socs. and clubs:
Phi Kappa
Psi Frat. Presbyterian. Springfield, O.
THOMSON, HENRY C., Editor and Pul)- lisher; born, Delaware, O., March 11, 1842: son of Abram Thomson and Delia (Storm)
Thomson; educated: Delaware public schools: Ohio Wes. Univ. Married, Eliza D. McKinnie, Oct. 18, 1866. Connected with. Delaware Gazette, 1865-1871; mer- chandizing business, 26 yrs. (Dayton, O.); purchased half interest in Gazette, 1897; sole proprietor Gazette, Delaware, Ohio, 1898 -; member Board Education (Day- ton, O.), 4 yrs. Socs. and clubs: Delaware Commercial Club; Newspaper Socs. Pres- byterian. Home address: 20 West Foun- tain Ave., Delaware, O.
THORNE, CHARLES EMBREE, Dir. Ohio Agri. Exp. Station; born, Greene Co., O., Oct. 4, 1846; son of Elijah Thorne and Mary (Charles) Thorne; educated: coun- try and district schools; Mich. Agri, Coll .; Antioch Coll. College degrees: M. A. S. (Hon.), Ohio State Univ. Married, Viola J. Hine, May 10, 1871. Engaged in farm- ing, 1871; farm manager, Ohio State Univ .. 1877-1881; associate editor, Farm and Fireside, Springfield, O., Oct., 1881-Feb., 1888; appointed Dir. Ohio Agri. Exp. Sta- tion. June, 1887 --. Author: Farm Ma- nures, Orange-Judd Co .; The Maintenance of Soil Fertility, J. B. Lippincott Co .; specialty: The Maintenance of Soil Fer- tility; Pres. Wayne Bldg. and Loan Co., Wooster, O., 1905 -; Pres. Assn. of Amn. Agri. Colleges and Experiment Stations, 1916. Socs. and clubs: Am. Soc. of Agronomy (Pres., 1915); Soc. for Promo- tion of Agri. Science (Pres., 1916); Am. Soc. of Animal Production; fellow A. A. A. S. Home address: Wooster, O.
THORNE, HARRY, Physician; born, Day- ton, O., June 9, 1873; son of Isaac Thorne and Elizabeth (Close) Thorne; educated: Dayton schools, and Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati, O., 1895. College de- grees: M. D. Married, Hester Whittaker, 1897. Practiced medicine in Dayton for last 21 yrs .; ex-member of Board of Edu- cation. Socs. and clubs: Fraternal Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Forester. Broadway M. E. Church. Home address: 10 N. Broadway, Dayton, O.
THRASHER, ALLEN BENTON, Physician; born, Fayette Co., Ind., July 6, 1851; son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodson W. Thrasher: educated: Indiana district schools; Fair- View Academy; Butler Univ., Ind .; Heidel- berg, Germany; Cincinnati Med. Coll .; Cincinnati Univ. College degrees: M. D .; A. M. Married, Edith Williams, 1888. Attended Clinics in Europe in 1899; stu- dent under Dr. Morrell Mackenzie; lectured at Ohio Med. Coll., 1880-1884; appointed by Major Mckinley as trustee of the Cin- cinnati Hospital in 18SS; elected Prof. of Laryngology in the Cincinnati Polyclinic. Socs. and clubs: Cincinnati Acad. of Med .: Ohio State Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Assn .; Am. Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Soc. of the Am. Laryngological Assn. Home address: 230 Senator Place, Cincinnati, O.
THROCKMORTON, ARCHIBALD HALL.
Attorney-Author; born, Loudoun Co., Va., March 28, 1876; son of Mason Throck- morton and Annie (Humphrey) Throck- morton; educated: Roanoke Coll .; Prince- ton Univ .; Washington & Lee Univ. Col- lege degrees: A. B., 1896; A. M., 1897; LL. B., 1900. Married, Julia Elizabeth Painter, June 29, 1899. Practiced law in Leesburg. Va., 1900-1902; dean Central Univ., Ken- tucky College of Law, 1902-1911; Prof. Law, Indiana, Univ., 1911-1914; Prof. Law, Western Reserve Univ., 1914 -. Author: "Cases on Contracts"; "Cases on Equity"; "Cases on Evidence"; also various arti- cles in Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure and Corpus Juris; editor 3rd edition of "Clark on Contracts." Socs. and clubs:
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Am. Bar Assn .: Univ. Club; City Club (Cleveland). Presbyterian. Home address: 2600 Wellington Road, Cleveland, O.
THURSTON, JOHNSON, Attorney; born,
Peru Tp., Morrow Co., Ohio, July 20, 1858; son of Elihu Thurston and Martha (Cowgill) Thurston; educated: public schools; Baldwin Univ. at Berea; Univ. of Michigan. College degrees: B. A., 1883. Married, Kate Rice Thrift, Dec. 15, 1887. Entered Univ. of Michigan after gradu-
ating from Baldwin Univ., and remained one year and was admitted to the Mich- igan bar in 1884; removed to Toledo in June, 1884, but returned again to Mich- igan Univ. and received a degree; admitted to Ohio bar in 1885, and in 1886 formed a partnership with W. H. Harris; since 1896 has been practicing alone; in 1909 was appointed a member of the Board of Sinking Fund Trustecs of Toledo; in 1915 was appointed a member of the com- mission to form a plan for coming to an agreement with the Toledo Rail & Light Co. for settling the street car matter in Toledo. Socs. and clubs: Lucas County and Ohio State Bar Assns .; Trustee of the Adams Street City Mission. In 1904 helped to organize the independent vot- ers' movement in Toledo. Home address: 844 Spitzer Bldg., Toledo, O.
THWING, CHARLES FRANKLIN, Univ. President; born, New Sharon, Me., Nov. 9, 1853; son of Joseph P. Thwing and Hannah M. (Hopkins) Thwing; educated: A. B., Harvard Coll .; Grad. of Andover Theol. Sem. (S. T. D., Chicago Theol. Sem .; LL. D., Marietta Coll., Illinois Coll., Waynesburg Coll., Washington & Jeffer- son Coll., Kenyon Coll.). College degrees: A. B .; D. D .; (S. T. D., LL. D., Hon.). Married, Carrie F. Butler, who died, April 24, 1899; 2nd. Mary Gardiner Dunning, Dec. 22. 1906. Ordained Congregational minister, 1879; pastor North Ave. Congre- gational Church, Cambridge, Mass., 1879- 1886; Plymouth Church, Minneapolis, 1886- 1890; Pres. Western Reserve Univ. and Adelbert Coll., 1890 -. Secy. Carnegie Foundation for Advancement Teaching; Pres. Intercollegiate Peace Assn .; Senator of Phi Beta Kappa. Author: The Read- ing of Books, 1883; The Working Church, 1894; Within College Walls, 1894; The Col- lege Woman, 1894; The American College in American Life, The Best Life, Col- lege Administration, 1900; The Choice of a College, 1901; God in His World, The Youth's Dream of Life, If I Were a Col- lege Student, 1902; A Liberal Education and a Liberal Faith, 1903; College Train- ing and the Business Man, High Education in America; A History, 1906; Education in the Far East, 1909; History of Edu- cation in the U. S. since the Civil War, 1910; Universities of the World, 1911; Let- ters from a Father to His Son entering College, 1912; Letters from a Father to His Daughter entering College, The Co- Ordinate System in the Higher Educa- tion, 1913; The Family; An Historical and Social Study, 1886, in collaboration with Carrie Butler Thwing, revised in 1913: The American College; What it is and What it May Become, 1914; Education According to Some Modern Masters, 1916; The Ministry. 1916: The Training of Men for the World's Future, 1916. Contributor to magazines: speaker on educational topics. Socs. and clubs; Mem. University Club; Union Club; City Club. Congrega- tionalist. Home address: 11109 Belleflower Road, N. E .. Cleveland, O.
THWING, MARY DUNNING, born. Auburn, N. Y .. 1875; daughter of David Montgom- ery Dunning and Alice (Hutchinson)
Dunning: educated: Auburn, N. Y., pub- lic schools; Vassar Coil. College degrees: A. B., 1897. Married, Charles Franklin Thwing, 1906. Pres. Visiting Nurse Assn., Cleveland; trustee Consumers' League of Ohio; Woman Suffrage Party; Pres. Wom- en's City Club; College Club, Cleveland; College Settlement Assn .; Y. W. C. A .; Central Com. on Public Health, Nursing; Mem. Advisory Bd. Cleveland City Hosp., Sch. Nursing (chairman). Congregational- ist. Home address: 11109 Belleflower Rd .. Cleveland, Ohio.
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