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178 CHURCHILL, Julia Patterson (Mrs. Jerome Churchill), Yreka, Cal.

Born Lockport, N.Y., Dec. 5, 1841; dau. Warren and Parnelia (Pierce) Patterson (both of Vt.); ed. in Ill. in primary school; Waukegan Acad, and Roekford Female Sem. (now college); m. Waukegan, Ill., Nov. 14, 1861, Jerome Churchill, native of N.Y., but then of Cal.; children: Jerome P., Jesse W., also one other son and two daughters (deceased). Since 1862 resident of Yreka, Cal. During Civil War was pres. Woman's Union Aid Soc, for making lint and bandages for wounded soldiers and raising funds for their care and comfort; after war was over the society raised money by fairs, concerts and theatricals to rebuild the then only Protestant church in Yreka, and later by like efforts to erect St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Former officer of Sons of Temperance; former pres. Siskiyou Co. W.C.T.U. Charter mem. Pacific Coast Woman's Press Ass'n. Active advocate of woman suffrage since early sixties; former pres. of largest suffrage organization in her county; has been representative delegate to two National and three State suffrage conventions; was active in Woman's Congress in San Francisco, of which she was vice-pres. for First Congressional Dist. Episcopalian. Republican. Recreations: Writing verse, painting landscapes. Mem. and hon. pres. Yreka Civic Club; mem. Yreka Woman's Club, for which she has been representative delegate to two State Federation conventions and to the National biennial in San Francisco, 1912.

CHURCHILL, Lida A., 77 W. 12th St., N.Y. City.

Author, editor, lecturer; b. Harrison, Me.; dau. Josiah and Catherine (Hilton) Churchill; ed. common schools, and one term in private high school; otherwise self-educated, studying alone. Learned telegraphy as stepping-stone to literary career; while in small telegraph office at Northbridge, Mass., wrote first book (My Girls) and many stories. Interested in all broad religious movements; non-sectarian; much interested in so-called New Thought doctrines. Favors woman suffrage. Books: My Girls; Interweaving; The Magic Seven; The Magnet; The Master Demand; A Grain of Madness. Magazine and editorial writer.

CHURCHILL, Liska Stillman (Mrs. Edmund J. Churchill), 1515 Grant St., Denver, Colo.

Dramatic reader and teacher; b. Garnavilla, Ia.: dau. Samuel Allyn and Jane (Burt) Stillman; ed. Louisiana (Mo.) High School, and Neb. State Univ.; studied dramatic art with the late Alfred Ayres of N.Y. City, the late Rose Eytinge, and Walter Clark Bellows; m. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18, 1888, Edmund J. Churchill; children: Mrs. Flavia Churchill Crowley, Huldah Jane. Director of senior class play at Univ. of Denver annually, 1910 to 1913. Director Young Ladies' Dramatic Circle, South Denver, 1912-13. Interested in development of the schoolhouse as a social center and the open air theatre. Favors woman suffrage. Writer of short stories and miscellaneous poems, including: The Heart of a Woman; Two 'Phones and a Woman; As You Might Like It; The New Book, etc. Recreations: Walking, mountain climbing. Mem. Mothers' Congress, Denver Woman's Club, Denver Woman's Press Club, the Players' Club (pres.).

CHURCHILL, Louise Nye (Mrs. Frank Churchill), 144 E. 89th St., N.Y. City.

Born in Vermont; dau. Russell Woodruff and Mary L. (Meader) Nye; ed. in Vt.; m. Vt., 1882, Dr. Frank Churchill. Interested in Little Mothers; mem. Nat. Soc. New England Women. Presbyterian. Clubs: Rainy Day, Women's West End Republican; New York Theatre, Century Theatre, Rubinstein Club, City Federation of Woman's Clubs, New Yorkers, Theatre Club, The Forum.

CHURCHILL, Mabel Harlakenden (Mrs. Winston Churchill); home, Cornish, N.H.; address: Windsor, Vt.

Born New Haven, Conn.; dau. George B. and Lucretia (Allen) Hall; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Comegy's School, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; m. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 22, 1895, Winston Churchill; children: Mabel Harlakenden, John Dwight, James Creighton. Believes in equal suffrage; mem. N.H. Nat. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n. Episcopalian. Mem. Chilton Club, Boston, Mass.

CHURCHYARD, Ida Thompson (Mrs. J. J. Churchyard), 1555 Niagara St., Buffalo, N.Y.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., May 12, 1856; dau. Thomas and Mary Jane (Bell) Thompson; ed. private and normal schools of Buffalo; m. Buffalo, 1888, Joseph J. Churchyard; children: Constance, Mary Bell, Charlotte, Elizabeth. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian.

CLAFLIN, Edith Frances, Monticello Seminary, Godfrey, Ill. (home address: 17 Felton Hall, Cambridge, Mass.).

Teacher, author; b. Quincy, Mass., Oct. 6, 1875; dau. Frederick Allan and Narcissa Adelaide (Avery) Claflin; ed. Quincy schools, Thayer Acad., Braintree, Mass.; Radcliffe Coll., A.B. '97, with honors in classics; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.M. and Ph.D. '04; held Garrett European Fellowship of Bryn Mawr, 1899-1900, attending Am. School at Athens, 1899-1900. Instructor in Greek and Latin, Prospect Hill School, Greenfield, Mass. 1901-07; head classical dep't Monticello Sem., Godfrey, Ill., 1907-. Interested in liberal religion, the peace movement, woman suffrage and other social reforms. Author: (doctor's dissertation) The Syntax of the Boeotian Dialect Inscriptions (published as a Bryn Mawr Coll. monograph), 1905. Unitarian. Mem. Radcliffe Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Bryn Mawr Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Classical Ass'n of the Middle West and South; former mem. Bryn Mawr Club, Boston. Recreations: Outdoor sports (such as walking, bicycling, swimming, skating and snow-shoeing), bird study, playing the piano, poetry. Occasional lecturer. Favors woman suffrage.

CLAFLIN, Narcissa Adelaide Avery (Mrs. Frederick Allan Claflin), 1640 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Mass.

Retired minister; b. Boston, July 28, 1846; dau. Alden and Lucinda Miller (Brown) Avery; grad. Boston Girls' High School, '62; private study with Harvard professors, 1864-65; grad. Meadville (Pa.) Theological School, 1896; m. Boston, Nov. 23, 1870, Frederick Allan Claflin (died Mar. 14, 1908). Ordained Unitarian minister at Meadville, Pa., 1897; preached in Connecticut, Canada and the West. Interested in liberal religion, natural science study, literary study and languages; in public school service on School Board of Quincy, Mass., 1884-87; interested in woman suffrage and education of women. Formerly mem. of executive board of Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; connected with Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Has lectured often on suffrage with Lucy Stone, Mary Livermore and Julia Ward Howe; campaigned in R.I., 1886. Author of occasional editorials and articles in Boston dailies, and formerly contributor to Woman's Journal. Recreations: Bird and plant observation, piano, singing, theatre, concerts. Director New England Woman's Club; pres. Boston Castilian Club.

CLAGETT, Mary DuHamel (Mrs. Howard C. Clagett), Manila Post Office, Philippine Islands.

Born Washington, D.C.; dau. Dr. William J. and Elizabeth Hill (Kennedy) DuHamel; ed. Mt. de Sales Acad., near Baltimore, Md.; m. Washington, D.C., Howard C. Clagett; one daughter: Adele (Mrs. Newlands Baldwin). Interested in educational work. Catholic.

CLAGHORN, Kate Holladay, 81 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Lecturer, teacher; b. Aurora, Ill. (came to N.Y. City in infancy); dau. Charles and Martha Holladay; ed. Bryn Mawr, A.B. '92; Yale, Ph.D. '96. Engaged in research work for U.S. Industrial Comm'n, 1890-1901; in U.S. Census Office, 1902; ass't registrar of records, 1902-06; registrar Tenement House Dep't, City of N.Y., 1906-12; lecturer on permanent staff N.Y. School of Philanthropy, 1912—. Author: College Training for Women, 1897; also contributor to magazines. Mem. Women's Political Union, N.Y. Mem. Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Statistical Ass'n, Soc. for Italian Immigrants, Little Italy Ass'n, Women's Univ. Club. Recreation: Music.