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Rh BARBOUR, Louise, Tudor Hall, 129 W. Twelfth St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Teacher; b. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 23, 1882; dau. Thomas Osmyn and Elizabeth (Hughes) Barbour; ed. Miss Jennie Ellett's School, Richmond, Va,; Girls' Classical School, Indianapolis, 1901, with diploma and college certificate; Cornell Univ., A.B. '04 (Alpha Phi). Taught in Indianapolis public schools, 1904-06; head of mathematics and science in Tudor Hall, Indianapolis, 1906. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Players' Club and Contemporary Club of Indianapolis, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

BARCLAY, Portia Lomax (Mrs. John Anderson Barclay), Wharton, Tex.

Born Haskell, Tex., Aug. 10, 1890; dau. Richard Cooper and Martha (Crites) Lomax; ed. Whitis Preparatory School, Austin, Tex. (diploma); Newcomb Art School, New Orleans, La.; Univ. of Texas; mem. Chi Omega, Sigma Phi; m. Austin, Texas, June 7, 1911, John Anderson Barclay. Methodist. Sunday-school teacher; belongs to two clubs, social, one literary, music and art; Mutual Improvement Club of Wharton, Tex., and of the Civic Improvement League. Methodist. Mem. Home Mission Soc. Mem. Young Ladies' Bridge Club, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

BARCUS, Betty Belle (Mrs. J. S. Barcus), 205 W. Eighty-fifth St., N.Y. City.

Born Indiana; dau. Jerod and Mary E. (Thomas) Tichenor; ed. Univ. of Mich., N.Y. School of Fine and Applied Arts; m. Terre Haute, Ind., 1884, J. S. Barcus. Writer of Prologue in Cosmo Collection and other short poems. Mem. League for Political Education; mem. and third vice-pres. of Woman's Auxiliary to the Rescue Work of the Salvation Army; chairman of one of the permanent committees of the auxiliary; chairman Big Sister Com. in Daughters of Indiana. Mem. Univ. of Mich. Woman's Club, Home Progressive Club, the Alumnae Progressive Club (woman's), Daughters of Indiana in New York, City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Christian Scientist. National Progressive. Mem. Woman Suffrage Party, League for Equal Suffrage.

BAREIS, Grace M., 201 W. 11th Av., Columbus, Ohio.

Educator; b. Canal Winchester, Ohio; dau. George F. and Amanda J. (Schoch) Bareis; grad. Heidelberg Univ., Tiffin, Ohio, A.B. '97 (first honor); graduate student Bryn Mawr Coll., 1897-99; fellow in mathematics Ohio State Univ., 1906-08., Ph.D., 1909. Teacher of mathematics and science, Miss Roney's School. Philadelphia, 1902-06; asst. prof, mathematics Ohio State Univ., 1908—. Mem. Reformed Church. Mem. Mathematical Soc. Columbus Coll. Club; Woman's Club of Ohio State Univ. Favors woman suffrage.

BARKER, Eliza Harris Lawton (Mrs. Richard Jackson Barker), The Outlook, Tiverton, R.I.

Born Tiverton, R.I.; dau. Moses Turner and Elizabeth (Tillinghast) Lawton; ed. Bridgeport School, Tiverton and Vassar Coll.; m. Oct. 9, 1873, Richard Jackson Barker; one son: Richard J. Barker Jr., b. May 22, 1875. Prominent in social life and in educational, patriotic, benevolent and literary work; mem. Board Directors R.I. Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n; mem. Old Colony Historical Soc., Va. Soc. for Preservation of Va. Antiquities. Former vice-pres. Gen. Nat. Soc. D.A.R. (now honorary State Regent R.I. D.A.R.); mem. Colonial Dames; vice-pres. R.I. Inst. of Instruction; chairman Tiverton School Committee; R.I. State Regent Pocahontas Memorial Ass'n; R.I. State pres. Women's Rivers and Harbors Congress of the U.S.; mem. R.I. Sec. for Collegiate Education of Women; mem. Union Hospital Board and of Board of Women's College in Brown Univ. Author: Daughters of Liberty, and magazine and newspaper articles. Owner of very valuable collection of book plates. Mem. Civic Club of Fall River, Woman's Club and The Fortnightly Club; mem. Board Directors Women's Union, Women's Industrial Exchange of Fall River, Mass. Episcopalian.

BARKER, Ellen Blackmar (Mrs. Albert S. Barker), 1716 N St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Author; b. West Springfield, Pa.; dau. John and Rebecca M. (Blackmar) Simmons; ed. Edinboro, Pa.; m. (1st) 1879, Rev. Allen Maxwell (died 1890); (2d) 1894, Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker of the U.S. Navy. Author: The Bishop's Conversion; Three Old Maids in Hawaii; The Way of Fire. Writes under pen-name—"Ellen Blackmar Maxwell."

BARKER, Ellen Frye, 15 W. 109th St., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. Fall River, Mass., Feb. 4, 1873; dau. Abram T. and Ellen Maria (Frye) Barker; ed. Cook's Collegiate Inst., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Granger Place School, Canandaigua, N.Y., Wells Coll., Class of '90. Willard School, Berlin, Germany. Has lived two years in Europe. a year in California, has traveled all over U.S. and Canada, visited Bermuda. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and made a tour of the West Indies. Author: White Heather; also books of travel, biographies in Library of Inspiration and Achievement; short stories and children's stories. Compiler and publisher of Wells Coll. Calendar, writer of booklets and genealogies. Director Ybrad Mf'g Co. Episcopalian. Mem. Wells Coll. Alumnae; branch sec. Girls' Friendly Soc. of Church of the Ascension. N.Y. City; served as pres. Ladles' Board in Institution for Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes. Recreations: Golf, horseback riding, boating.

BARKER, Emma DeLand Dinsmoor, 201 Maine St., Lawrence, Kan.

Teacher.civil worker; b. Forestville, N.Y., Nov. 9, 1851; dau. Benjamin F. and Harriet (Bowen) DeLand; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ.. Delaware, Ohio; m. 1st. Lawrence, Kan., 1878, Frank F. Dinsmoor; 2d. Lawrence, Kan., 1897. George J. Barker; children: Paul Addison Dinsmoor, Kate E. Dinsmoor, Edna F. Dinsmoor Marshall, Frances F. Dinsmoor Storm. Mem. Athenaeum (local society of Ohio Wesleyan Univ.); has been member of School Board of Lawrence; organized Junior Civic League In Lawrence schools; sec. Lawrence Playground Ass'n; pres. Kan. 2d Dist. Federation of Women's Clubs; a director of Kan. State Fed. Women's Clubs; mem. Lawrence City Fed. Women's Clubs; mem. of a committee of Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs; vice-pres. Woman's Kansas Day Club; mem. Douglas Co. Suffrage Ass'n. Presbyterian. Republican (municipal). Pres. of Y.M.C.A. Auxiliary, Social Circle of First Presbyterlan Church; mem. Social Service League, Civic League, Zodiac (literary) and Miercoles (bridge whist) Clubs.

BARKER, E. Nellie, Verona, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Trenton, N.Y.. Nov. 16, 1879; dau. Byron and Anna L. (Perkins) Barker; grad Oneida High School 1897, Cornell Univ. 1902. Taught in Ithaca High School 1906-09; returned for year 1911-1912; appointed to North High School, Syracuse. N.Y., in 1912. Especially interested in biological work. Baptist. Recreations: Tennis, basket ball. Mem. Sennightly Club of Cornell. Favors woman suffrage.

BARKER, Frances Crosby Buffington (Mrs. George Charles Barker), Manila, P.I.

Educator; b. Mass.; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '01; m. Manila. P. I.. George Charles Barker. Soon after graduation in 1901 went to the Philippine Islands, engaged as teacher, 1901-04; supervisor of primary schools for districts of Ermita and Melate, 1904-05; principal of Normal Institute for Native Teachers. Manila. 1904-05; tutor in Boston, 1907; Instructor in Spanish, Smith Coll., January-June, 1908; returned to Philippines and since December, 1908, has been teacher of settlement training school. Manila.

BARKER, Nellie Florence (Mrs. George J. Barker), 42 Prospect St., Waltham, Mass.

Born Waltham, Mass., Nov. 26, 1862; dau. Benjamin Franklin and Mary Ellen (Wallace) Clough; grad. with highest honors, Waltham High School, classical course (valedictorian) '81; not absent or late during seven years in grammar and high schools; m. Waltham, Oct. 28,