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��pointed by Board of Supervisors after having given four years to same work of placing chil- dren. Congregatlonalist. GRANNISS, Anna Jane, Whiting St., Plainville,

Conn.

Author; b. Berlin, Conn., Apr. 24, 1866; dau. Isaiah M. and Louisa (Hammick) Grannlss; ed. public schools. Conn., 1861-71. Organized a soc. tor children under name of the Band of Loving Service; interested in Sunday-school work; Author and designer of the Star Chart and Card System for Sunday-schools; interested in in- dividual work among the foreigners. Author: Skipped Stitches, 1893; Sandwort, 1897; Speedwell, 1900; A Christmas Snowflake, 1903; The Boy with the Hoe, 1904; single poems and post cards. Editor: "The Children's Council Chamber" in the Conn. Baptist, 1910-11. Baptist; mem. Bap- tist Young People's Soc. GRANT, Blanche Chloe, The Van Dyck Studios,

939 Eighth Av., N.T. City.

Artist; b. Leavenworth, Kan., 1874; dau. Wll- lard Webster and Mercy Ann (Parsons) Grant; ed. Indianapolis High School; Vassar Coll., A.B. Leader of working girls' clubs. Lived at Col- lege Settlement in Philadelphia for two winters and assisted In the work; leader of a Brooklyn club. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Illus- trator for magazines, landscape painter. GRANT, Elizabeth Rhinehart (Mrs. George

W^inslow Grant), 10 Reeser Place, Louisville,

Ky.

Born Cass Co., Mich.; dau. Samuel and Eliza- beth Walters (Hunt) Rhinehart; ed. Garretts- ville High School, GarrettsvlUe, O., 1879; at- tended Hillsdale (Mich.) Coll.; m. Minneapolis, Minn., 1885, George Winslow Grant; children: Robert Winslow, Elizabeth Hunt. Interested in industrial work of the Y.W.C.A., civic work and com. work on health for Woman's Fed. of Ky. Mem. Humane Soc, Out-door Art League, Soro- sis Club, Parkland Civic League, The Current (literary) Club. Recreation: Bridge. Presby- terian. Favors woman suffrage; vlce-pres. of Suffrage Ass'n. GRANT, Ethel Watts M. (Mrs. Peter Geddes

Grant), care Paul Reynolds, 70 Fifth Av., N.Y.

City.

Author, artist; b. N.Y. City, June 23, 1876; dau. Dickson Glran and Mary Atwater (Hughes) Watts; ed. Paris and N.Y. City; m. (1st) 1894, George D. Mumford; (2d) 1906, Peter Geddes Grant; one son: George H. Author: Dupes; Whitewash; A Hundred Love Songs of Kamal; Cynics' Calendar; The Auto Guest Book; The Limerick Book; Japanese Book of the Ancient Sword (Am. Oriental Soc); contributor to all the leading magazines. Mem. Am. Oriental Soc, Internat. Oriental Soc. Mem. Pen and Brush Club, Colony Club. GRANT, Fanny Etherldge (Mrs. John McGregor

Grant), Scarsdale, N.Y.

Born Evanston, 111.; dau. Dr. James H. and H. E. (Powers) Etherldge; ed. Smith Coll., B.L. ; m. Chicago, 111., 1900, John McGregor Grant; children: James H. Etheridge, b. 1902; Clinton Furbish, b. 1904. Presbyterian. Against suffrage for women. GRANT, Jeannie L. Dailey (Mrs. Eugene J.

Grant), 379 Washington Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Musician, singer, teacher of vocal music; b. Great Barrington, Mass.; dau. Judge Abram H. and Emily Sheldon (Tracy) Dailey; ed. Brooklyn public school, Brooklyn Heights Sem., Convent of Sacred Heart, Manhattanvllle, N.Y. City; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1877, Eugene J. Grant, Formerly oratorio, concert and church singer. Second vice-pres. N.Y. State Federation of Women's Clubs, also pres. Brooklyn Soc. of New England Women (colony of nat. soc); 3 years pres. Chiropean Club. Mem. Women's Auxiliary of Church Charity Foundation, Long Island Soc , D.R., Consumers' League, Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Independent in politics. GRASSIE, Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. William Gras- sle), 868 Liberty St., Meadville, Pa. Born Palmyra, N.Y., 1829; dau. Pelatiah Weet and Huldah (Green) West; ed. Palmyra Acad.

��and Palmyra Classical Union School; m- Pal- myra, May, 1863, Rev. William Grassle, D.D. ; children: Jessie D., Edna M., Annie B., William S. Missionary under Am. Board of Commis- sioners of Foreign Missions at (Constantinople, Turkey, 1855-62. Presbyterian. Pres. Woman's Missionary Soc, Cambridge Springs, Pa., 1876- 1900; Meadville, Pa., 1903-07; vice-pres. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc of Erie Presbytery, 1877- 1913. Favors woman suffrage. GRATON, Josephine Bowman (Mrs. Louis Caryl

Graton), Cambridge, Mass.

Born Hornell, N.Y., Nov. 3, 1877; dau. Henry Harrison and Nancy (Temple) Bowman; ed. Hornell High School, Cornell Univ., A.B. 1900; m. Rochester, N.Y., June 30, 1906 Louis Caryl Graton, prof, mining geology at Harvard Univ., and see. of Copper Producers' Ass'n; children: Louis Bowman, b. Sept. 1, 1908; Josephine Gould, b. Nov. 30, 1910. Unitarian. Recreations: Golf, tennis. GRAVES, Alice Amelia, Plalnfleld, 111.

Teacher; b. Plalnfleld, 111., Sept. 22, 1876; dau. Robert B. and Marietta (King) Graves; ed. Joliet (111.) High School, Lake Forest Coll., A.B. '04; graduate work at Cornell Univ., 1906-07 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta). Ass't in biology. Lake Forest Coll., 1903-04; teacher of zoology and algebra in Joliet High School since 1904. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist. GRAVES, Angeline Loesch (Mrs. R. B. Graves),

4249 Hazel Av., Chicago, 111.

Journalist; b. Chicago, 111., Jan. 31, 1875; dau. Frank J. and Lydia T. (Richards) Loesch; ed. Chicago public schools, Univ. of Chicago, A.B. '98; graduate scholar in philosophy, Univ. of Chicago, 1898-99 (Phi Beta Kappa); m. Spring Lake, Mich., June 30, 1909, Robert Elliott Graves, M.D. Assistant In editorial work on The Public, Chicago, 1906-12. Mem. Proportional Representation League of America; Women's Trade Union League; Chicago Political Equality League; Initiative and Referendum League of 111.; Chicago Coll. Club; Woman's City Club. Favors woman suffrage.

GRAVES, Carolyn ElUott (Mrs. William H.

Graves), 69 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass.

Singer; b. Milwaukee, Wis.; dau. Theodore Bates and Lillian (Worcester) Elliott; ed. Bishop- thrope, Bethlehem, Pa., Bcole Breval, Paris, France; m. London, England, 1895, Williaim Hageman Graves; children: Marion, Theodore, William Jr. Sang in concerts in Cambridge and In the West, and In first Debussy concert given in this country, assisted by George Ck>peland (pianist). Has given a series of lectures on classic song writers of Germany, lectures on Debussy, and has written a collection of songs and stories for children. Episcopalian, GRAVES, Harriet S. (Mrs. Charles B. Graves),

1244 Highland Place, Emporia, Kan.

Born Paoli, Ind., Mar. 7, 1850; dau. James and America Garrad (Stevens) Hawkins; ed. Kan. State Normal School; m. Quincy, Kan., 1872, Charles B Graves; chUdren: Orlin H., Stella, Hugh C, Scott S., Ina, Roscoe W. Teacher from Jan. 7, 1863, until marriage. Mem. Con- gregational Church Soc, Civic Welfare League. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Junto Club. GRAVES, Lilyan Pratt (Mrs. A. Melville

Graves), Chicopee, Mass.

Born Cambridge, Mass. ; dau. William A. and Lettia (Graves) Pratt; ed. Waltham (Mass.) High School and Training School; m. Waltham, Dec. 29, 1886, A. Melville Graves, artist. Active in club work. Pres. Chicopee Falls Woman's Club. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. and worker in Travelers' Club. GRAVES, Marian Welch (Mrs. Henry Solon

Graves), 2118 Le Roy Place, Washington, D.C.

Born New Haven. Conn., Aug. 27, 1873; dau. Pierce Noble and Emma Cornelia (Galpln) Welch; grad. Vassar, B.A. '95; m. New Haven Conn., Dec. 19, 1903, Henry Solon Graves (The Forester, Forest Service, Dep't of Agriculture). Chairman of Membership CJom, and mem. of Housing Com. of Woman's Dep't of the National Civic Federa- tion (Washington Section). Favors woman eul-

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