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of Harrisburg. He is a member of the University Club of New York, and of the University Club of Philadelphia. In 1889 he married Miss Elizabeth H. Reily; and they have a family of one son and two daughters, and reside at 1517 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

Bailey, Florence Augusta Merriam, an Author, of Washington, D.C., was born on Aug. 8, 1863, in Locust Grove, N.Y. She was educated at the Mrs. Piatts Seminary, and at the Smith College, receiving the degree of B.A. She is the author of Birds Through an Opera Glass, Birds of Village and Field, Handbook of Birds of Western United States, and other books; and has written many magazines. She is a member of the American Ornithologist Union, the Cooper Ornithological Club, the Wilson Ornithological Club, the Biological Society, the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Smith Club, the American Association of University Women, and the Twentieth Century Club. In 1899 she married Mr. Vernon Bailey; and they reside at 1834 Kalorama Road, Washington, D.C.

Bailey, Frank, Banker, of 162 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., was born on July 5, 1865, in Chatham, N.Y. In 1885 he graduated from the Union College. He was formerly president of Title Guaran ice and Trust Company of New York. He is chairman of the board of Prudence Company. He was formerly a director of the Brooklyn Edison Company, the Nassau National Bank, the Famous Players Corporation, and the Lasky Hudson Fire Insurance Company. He has been treasurer of Union College, and chairman of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He is a member of the Brooklyn Hamilton Club, the Riding and Driving Club, and various other clubs and societies. He married Miss Marie L. Lambert; and they have a family of one son and one daughter, and reside in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Bailey, Frank M., Business Executive, of Clinton, Iowa, was born on Oct. 11, 1869, in Boscobel, Wis. He was educated in Lancaster, Wis. For thirty-two years he has been salesman of the Whiting Paper Company. He is an officer in Zens

Guild of Bagmen; and a member of the Illinois Editorial Association. He has also been a cow puncher, printer, member of the Iowa Electron Commission, and in the radio business for sixteen years, being one of the pioneers, and was elected Poet Liwieate of Minnesota Editorial Association in 1893. In 1891 he married Miss Ella G. Blodgett; and they have a family of two sons and one daughter, and reside in Clinton, Iowa.

Bailey, Frank T., Business Executive, of 441 Lexington Avenue, New York City, was born on Dec. 17, 1887, in Montclair, N.J. He was educated at Yale University. He is vice-president and director of the Tuttle and Bailey Manufacturing Company. He is also a director of the Ferrosteel Manufacturuing Company and a director of the Canadian Ferrosteel Company. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York, the Montclair Athletic Club,the Upper Montclair Country Club, and the Westhampton Country Club. In 1916 he married Miss Amy Carter Ely; and they have a family of one son and one daughter, and reside in Montclair, N.J.

Bailey, James Worthington, Banker, of the Union National Bank, Macomb, Ill., was born on Aug. 13, 1867, in Macomb, Ill. He was educated in the public' schools of Macomb. He is president of the Union National Bank, president of the National Bank of Colchester, Ill. and president of the State Bank of Industry, Ill. He is also president of the Littleton State Bank of Littleton, Ill. He has been alderman and city treasurer of Macomb. He is a member of the Macomb Country Club, of the Macomb Commercial Asso- ' ciation, and is a Thirty-two degree Mason. and a member of various other clubs and societies. In 1891 he married Miss Eleanor Eads; and they have a family of one son and one daughter, and reside in Macomb, Ill.

Baily, Charles Winter, Business Exceutive, of Rosslevyn, Strafford Chester County, Pa. In 1892 he married Miss Lydia H. Wood, they have a family of one son and one daughter, and reside in Strafford, Pa. He died in 1923.

Baird, Charles, Banker, of the Western Exchange Bank, Kansas City, Mo., was born on Jan. 17, 1870, in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. He was educated at the University of Michigan. He is president of the Western Exchange Bank, and of the Morris Plan Bank of Kansas City, Mo. He is a member of the University Club, the Mid-Day Club, of the Kansas City Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. In 1902 he married Miss Georgia O. Robertson; and they have a family of one son and two daughters, and reside at 814 West Fifty-second Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Baird, Edward I.Baird, Business President, of 218 West Ontario Street, Chicago, Ill., was born on Jan. 26, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. He is president of the Baird Lock Company. He is prominent in business and public affairs; is a member of various clubs, societies and organizations; and has held many positions of trust and honor. In 1895 he married Miss Cora L. Cox; and they have a family of two daughters, and reside at 1221 Judson Avenue, Evanston, Ill.

Baker, Albert Allison, Lawyer, Statesman, of 49 Westminster Street, Providence, R.I., was born on Sept. 26, 1862, in Providence, R.I. He has been presiIdent of the Rhode Island Bar Association. He was a member of the State Legislature, and was for many years City Solicitor of Providence. He is a member of various clubs and societies; and resides in Providence, R.I.

Baker, Archibald Meachern, Surgeon and Gynecologist, of Charleston, S.C., was born in 1882 in Red Banks, N.C. He was educated at the Davidson College, and the Medical College of the State of South Carolina. He is president and surgeon in charge of the Baker Sanitarium of Charleston, S.C. He is clinical professor of gynecology and abdominal surgery at Medical College, State of South ...XX

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Society, the State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Surgeons. In 1894 he married Miss Adele Jennings; and they have a family of four sons, and reside at 10 Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C

Baker, Bert Titus, Lawyer, of the Library Building, Ithaca, N.Y. He was educated at the Ithaca High School, and at Cornell University. He is election commissioner for the County of Tomkins, N.Y. He was formerly clerk of the board of supervisors and also attorney for the County of Tomkins. He was also city attorney and acting recorder of the City of Ithaca He is a member of various clubs, societies and organizations.

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Baker, Emilie Kip, Author, of Park Hill, Yonkers, N.Y., was born in 1873 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was educated at the Parker Institute of Brooklyn, and at the Columbia University. She is the author of various books and magazine stories, and is the composer of stories and selections for secondary schools. In 1896 she T. Baker; married Professor Franklin

and they have a family of one son and two daughters, and reside in Park Hill, Yonkers, N.Y.

Baker, Etta Anthony, Author, of 97 St. Mark's Place, Staten Island, N.Y., was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was educated at the Hughes Normal Schools. she is now engaged in club work. She is president and chairman of the New York City Federation of Womens Clubs. She is a member of the Women's Club of Staten Island, the Fortnightly Club, the Fidelis Club, and the Women Builders. In 1890 she married Mr. Will Hamilton Baker; and they have one son, and reside at 97 St. Marks Place, Staten Island, N.Y.

Baker, Franklin Thomas, Educator and Author, of Columbia University, New York City, was born on Sept. 12, 1862. in Hagerstown, Md. He was educated at the Dickins College and at Columbia University. He is professor of English at the Teachers College of the Columbia University. He is the author of various articles and books on teaching English, and is the editor of several every

day classics and series of English Texts. He is a member of the Century Club, the Modern Language Association, and various educational associations. In 1896 he married Miss Emilie Addams Kip; and they have a family of one son and two daughters, and reside in Park Hill, Yonkers, N.Y.

Baker, Holmes Davenport, Banker, of Frederick, Md., was born in 1880 in Frederick, Md. He was educated at the Frederick Academy, and at the Western Maryland College. He is president of the Citizens National Bank; president of the Berlin and Lovettsville Bridge Company; president of the Loudoun County and Frederick Bridge Company; director of the Standard Lime and Stone Company; director of the Washington. Building Lime Company; president of the Maryland Bankers Association; and vice-president of the Maryland Horticultural Society. He is a member of the Maryland Club, the Baltimore Country Club, the Catoctin Country Club, and of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Centennial Commission. He married Miss Geraldine Frost; they have one daughter, and reside on Waverly Farm, Frederick, Md.

Baker, J. Norment, Physician, of 602 South Perry Street, Montgomery Ala., was born on April 11, 1876, in Abingdon, Va. He received the degree of M. D. from the University of Virginia. He is engaged in the practice of surgery and female urology. He is surgeon to the Atlantic Coach Line, the Central Georgia Railroads, the Southern Bell Telephone Company, and is visiting surgeon of the Memorial and High Park Hospitals. He was major and chief of surgical service at the Base Hospital of Camp McClellan. He is a member of the Alabama State Medical Association, and the Southern Surgical Association. In 1908 he married Miss Marguerite Rice; and they have a family of two sons, and reside in Montgomery, Ala.

Baker, John S., Manufacturer, of Evansville, Wis., was born on July 17,1869, in Evansville, Wis. He was educated at the Evansville High School, and at the

University of Wisconsin. He is president of the Baker Manufacturing Company, gasoline engines; and president of several smaller corporations. He is a member of the National Economic Society. In 1900 he married Miss Eliza Cleland; and they have a family of three sons and one daughter.

Baker, Naaman Rimmon, Educator, of Birmingham, Ala., was born on Feb. 2, 1868, in Lima, Ohio. He was educated at Mount Morris College. Since 1915 he has been superintendent of Jefferson County, Ala. Schools. He has also been State Supervisor of Rural Schools of Alabama. He is a member of various national and state educational associations, and is a prominent Mason. He married Miss Jessie M. Stinson; and they have a family of one son and one daughter, and reside at 2601 Eusley Avenue, Birmingham, Ala.

Baker, Thomas Rakestraw, a Retired Educator and Author, of Winter Park, Fla., was born in 1837 near Parkesburg, Pa. He was educated at the State College, the Pennsylvania State Normal School of Millersville, Pa., and at Goettingen, Germany. He is a director of the Thomas R. Baker Museum at Rollins College of Florida. He was formerly mayor of Winter Park, Fla. He is member of various clubs and societies. In 1876 he married Miss Sophia May; and they have one son, and reside in Winter Park, Fla.

Baker, William L., Banker, 201 South Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, S.D., was born on April 9, 1860, in Nelson, N.Y. He was educated at the State Normal School, and at the University of Rochester. He is president of the Minnehaha National Bank of Sioux Falls. He is also president of two country banks, and a director of two other banks. He is officer of the Masonic Lodge including the Shrine. He is a member of the Sons of American Revolution, the American Red Cross, and numerous other clubs and societies. In 1890 he married Miss Sarah E. Wiswall of Chicago, and they have a family of one son and three daughters, and reside at 503 East Boulevard, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Baldwin, Arthur Douglas, Lawyer, of 1029 National City Building, Cleveland, Ohio. He is president of the Babies and Children's Hospital. He is a member of the Tavern Club, the Chagrin Valley Club, the Kirtland Country Club, the Cleveland Country Club, and the Union Club. In 1902 he was married to Miss Reba Louise Williams; and they have a family of four sons and two daughters, and reside at 9534 Lake Shore Boulevard, Bratenahl Village, Ohio.

Baldwin, Charles Winterfield, Methodist Clergyman, of 226 West Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore, Md., was born March 23, 1840, in Seven Cross Roads, Md. He was educated at the Anna Arundel County Academy, Yale College, and Yale and Union Theological Seminaries. He is now president of trustees of Morgan College; chairman commission Conference Claimants, Baltimore, Md.; trustee and secretary of the American University; also president and trustee of the Anne Arundel Academy. He is a member of the Sons of Revolution. In 1869 he married Miss Annie C. Hopkins, who died in 1872. In 1876 he married Miss Annie M. Thomas; and they have one daughter, and reside in Baltimore, Md.

Baldwin, George J., Business Executive, of the Oglethorpe Building, Savannah, Ga. He is prominently identified with business and public affairs; and bas held many positions of trust and honor. He is a member of the Oglethorpe Club of Savannah, the Savannah Yacht Club, the Savannah Golf Club, and other organizations. He married Miss Lucy II. Hail; and they reside at 225 Hall Street, East, Savannah, Ga.

Baldwin, Helen, Physician, New York City, was born on Nov. 14, 1865, in Canterbury, Conn. She was educated at the Wellesley College, the Michigan University Medical School, the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, and the Johns Hopkins Medical School; and received the degrees of A.B. and M.D. She is a director of the medical department of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. She resides at 129 East Thirty-first Street.

Baldwin, John Tomlinson, Artist, of 2A Corso Regina Elena. Florence, Italy. He is a pupil of Joseph Noel and Fernand Sabatte of Paris, France. In 1922 he married Miss Janet Tillotson Montgomery; and they have one daughter, and reside at 95 A Via San Niccolo Florence, Italy.

Baldwin, Ralph Lyman, Musician and Author, of 1 Fremont Street, Hartford, Conn., was born on March 27, 1872, in Easthampton, Mass. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and at the Williston Seminary of Music in Boston. He is now director of music in the public schools of Hartford, Conn., conductor of the Mendelssohn Glee Club of New York City, and conductor of the Choral Club of Hartford. He is chairman of the advisory council of Associated Glee Clubs of America. He is dean of the Institute of Music Pedagogy of Northampton, Mass. He was formerly organist and choirmaster of the First Congregationalist Church of Easthampton Mass of Northampton, Mass.; and in various other places. He is a member of the Music Teachers National Association of Music Supervisors' National Conference, the Eastern Music Supervisors of the Music Conference, and is a past president of the City Club of Hartford. In 1896 he married Miss Mary Pierce Hosford; and they have a family of two sons and four daughters, and reside at 81 Tremont Street, Hartford, Conn.

Baldwin, Roger S., Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City, was born on Nov. 26, 1873, in New York City. He was educated at Yale University. He is a director of the American Book Company, and member of the law firm of Baldwin,Hutchins and Todd. He is also a member of various clubs and organizations. In 1904 he married Miss Mary C. Vail; and they have one daughter and reside in Greenwich Conn.

Baldwin, William Delavan, Chairman, of 260 Eleventh Avenue, New York City, was born on Sept. 5, 1856, in Auburn, N.J. He was educated in Auburn, N.J. He is chairman and director of the Otis Elevator Company, of which he was for

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merly president for twenty-one years, and is a director of the Metropolitan Trust Company, and the National Surety Company. He is a member of the Metropolitan Club, the Engineers Club, the Union League Club, the India House Club, and the Chicago Club. In 1881 he married Miss Helen Runyon Sullivan; and they have a family of three sons and one daughter, and reside at 777 Madison Avenue, New York City.

Baldwin, William W., Insurance Exececutive and Realtor, of the Keyser Building, Baltimore, Md., was born Aug. 11, 1872, in Baltimore, Md. He was educated at the Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the firm of Baldwin and Frick, real estate and insurance. He is a member of the Maryland Club, the Elkridge Kennels Club, the Gibson Island Club, the Baltimore Country Club, and the Me rchants Club. In 1901 he married Miss Julia Bartlett; and they have a family of one son and one daughter, and reside at 204 Goodwood Gardens, Roland Park, Baltimore, Md.

Baldy, Edward Vincent, a Clergyman and Educator, of Marion, Ala., was born Feb. 4, 1861, in Storkville, Ga. He received the degree of A.B. in 1885, the degree of A.M. in 1886 from the Mercer University, the degree of Ph.M. in 1889 from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the degree of D.D. from the University of Richmond in 1906, and graduated from the University of Chicago. He was ordained to the Baptist Ministry in 1885. He was formerly assistant pastor of the First Church of Macon, Ga. Since 1923 he has been president of Judson College. He is a Mason, and a member of various clubs and societies. In 1897 he married Miss Mary Frances Henderson; and they reside in Marion, Ala.

Balfour, Donald Church, Physician and Surgeon, of Rochester, Minn., was horn on Aug. 22, 1882, in Toronto, Canada. He was educated at the Hamilton Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto; and received the degrees of M.B. and M.D. He is a member of the surgical staff of the Mayo Clinic, and chief of

the division of surgery of the Mayo Foundation. He is professor of surgery at Mayo Foundation, and at the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, the Western Surgical Association, the Southern Surgical Association, the Interurban Surgical Socicty, the American Medical Association, the Minnesota State Medical Association the Society of Clinical Surgery, the Amcrican Association for the Advancement of Science, the University Club of Chicago, and the University Club of St. Paul. In 1910 he married Miss Carrie L. Mayo; and they have a family of two sons and one daughter, and reside in Rochester, Minn.

Ball, David C., Cotton Dealer, Manufacturer and Chemist, of 22 Thames Street, New York City, was born on Aug. 22, 1857, in St. Louis, Mo. He was educated in the public schools and High Schools of St. Louis, Mo. He is president and a director of the Ball-Warren Cotton Company of St. Louis, and the Mohican Springs Company of New York. He is also president and a director of the Oakley Chemical Company of New York. He was a director of the St. Louis Young Men's Christian Association, the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts, and of the St. Louis Mercantile Library. He has written several pamphlets on cotton baling and handling systems, also on modern factory methods. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, the Lake Placid Club the Metropolitan Muséum of Art of New York. Park District Protective League, the Washington University Association of St. Louis, the St. Louis Acodemy of Science, and the American Association for Protection of Adirondacks. In 1892 he married Miss Nellie Boeck; and they have one son, and reside at Two Hundred and Thirtieth Street and Hudson River, Spuyten Duyvil, New York City.

Ball, Frank Clayton, a Manufacturer and Railroad President, of Muncie, Ind. Since 1886 he has been president of the Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company of Muncie, Ind. He is president of the

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