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# Woman of the Century/Nellie George Stearns

​STEARNS, Mrs. Nellie George, artist, born in Warner, N. H., 10th July, 1855. She is the daughter of Gilman C. and Nancy B. George, and wife of George Frederick Stearns. She inherited from her mother a decided inclination toward art, even in her childhood. From her father she inherits poetic talents. Sketching was her constant amusement. Her parents early engaged art tutors for her in her own home. She was graduated with high honors in one of the best institutions of learning. NELLIE GEORGE STEARNS. After leaving school she taught for several years. She took a thorough course in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and later studied portrait painting with Monsieur Emilie Lonigo. She has wide knowledge of technique. Her painting of "The Great Rid Pipe Stone Quarry," a scene immortalized in Longfellow's "Hiawatha," was exhibited in the New Orleans World's Exposition in 1884. She most delights in painting the human face and form. Her home and studio are In Boston, and her time is spent in teaching art in its various branches Her summers are devoted to classes throughout the New England States. During the season of 1891 she had charge of the art department in the East Epping, Chautauqua Assembly. N. H.
# Woman of the Century/Nellie Hibler

​HIBLER, Mrs. Nellie, musical educator, born in Utica, N. Y., 10th September, 1858. Her NELLIE HIBLER. parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Owen, are Welsh, and members of families of culture. Nellie from her early childhood was noted for her love of music. When quite young, she was graduated from the Utica advanced school and entered the academy. When in her sixteenth year, she accompanied her parents to Wales, and for three years they lived in the town of Aberystwyth. There Nellie received a scholarship for piano and harmony. By extraordinary diligence she was graduated in two-and-a-half years instead of three. She received the title Associate in Music of the University College of Wales. While abroad, her studies were under the direction of Dr. Parry, the famous Welsh composer. Not long after her graduation she returned with her parents to Utica, where she was for a time the organist of the South Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Afterward the family moved to Parker's Landing. Pa., where the daughter sang in the Presbyterian Church. She gathered a large class in music, which she taught with much success until she became the wife of Mr. Hibler, of Parker's Landing, who was then teller of the Exchange Bank. In less than three years after her marriage her husband and infant son died, within a few days of each other. Again she took up her profession and concluded to make a specialty of voice culture. She has been instructed by some of the best teachers in America. In Bradford, Pa., where she now resides, she was a leading soprano for two years in the Presbyterian Church, and for two more years the leader of the choir. Owing to the increased number of her private students, she resigned her position as a leader. She often sings in concerts and some of her compositions have been lately published.
# Woman of the Century/Nellie Marie Burns

​BURNS, Mrs. Nellie Marie, poet, born in Waltham, Mass.. about 1850. She is a daughter of Dr. Newell Sherman, of Waltham, a descendant of Rev. John Sherman and Marv Launce. a grand-daughter of Thomas Darcy, the Karl of Rivers. The family came to America from Dedliam, England, in NELLIE MARIE BURNS. 1642. Her mother's maiden name was Kimball, and she came from the English Brights and Bonds, of Bury St. Edmunds. She was twice married. By her first marriage she was the mother of George ​C. Cooper, formerly editor of the Rochester, N.Y., "Union." By her second marriage she became the mother of Mrs. Burns. Nellie became the wife of Thomas H. Burns, the actor, in 1878. She had been a member of the dramatic profession, and she left the stage after marriage, in compliance with the suggestion of her husband. They make their summer home in Kittery Point, Maine. Mrs. Burns has written much since 1886 and has prepared her manuscript for publication in book form. She has been a contributor to the Boston "Globe." the Portsmouth "Times," the Waltham "Tribune" and other journals.
# Woman of the Century/Nellie V. Mark

​MARK, Miss Nellie V., physician, born in Cashtown, Pa., near Gettysburg, 21st July, 1857. Whether or not her advent into the world at a time when the aphorism, "All men are born free and equal," was on everybody's tongue, developed in her a belief that woman shares in the term "man," and a residence at the most susceptible age on the scene and at the time of the greatest battle ever fought in defense of that idea, inspired the desire to aid the suffering, suffice it to say that Dr. Mark can not remember the time when she was not a suffragist and a doctor. NELLIE V. MARK. She was always making salve, and ointments for lame horses and dogs. Only one cat and no chickens died under her care. The account of those early days is brief: "Smart child, but very bad!" In July. 1875, Dr. Mark was graduated from the Lutherville Seminary, Maryland, and in 1883 she returned to make an address before the alumni on "Woman Suffrage and its Workers." Three years later she delivered another on "Woman in the Medical Profession," which the faculty had printed in pamphlet form for distribution, and she was elected president of the Alumni Association. After her graduation she studied under the professors in Gettysburg for several years, during which time she was under allopathic treatment in that place and in Baltimore for inherited rheumatism, which affected her eyes. Experiencing no improvement, she tried homeopathy ​in Philadelphia, and. being benefited, read medicine with her physician. Dr. Anna M. Marshall, for about a year. In 1881 Dr. Mark began a course of study in the Boston University School of Medicine, and was graduated in 1884. She settled in Baltimore and has built up a large and remunerative practice. Dr. Mark is a bright, breezy writer and debater on all subjects, and has been kept busy, in addition to her practice, with addresses and discussions in medical and suffragist conventions. She has given health lectures to working-girls" clubs. She is superintendent of the scientific- instruction department of the Baltimore Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She holds the position of director for Mary land, and auditor, in the Association for the Advancement of Women. In the meeting of that society in Detroit, in 1887, she read a paper on " Women as Guardians of the Public Health." She also read a paper on "'La Grippe" in the last meeting, 16th October, in Grand Rapids, Mich., and was on the programme in November, 1892, in Memphis, Tenn., for one on "The Effect of Immigration on the Health of the Nation." Dr. Mark is a practical refutation of the idea that a professional woman must vacate her own sphere, and be of necessity an inefficient housekeeper. With youth and talents at her com- mand, much may be expected from her in her chosen life-work am I in anv cause which she may espouse.
# Woman of the Century/Nettie Leila Michel

​NETTIE LEILA MICHEL. MICHEL, Mrs. Nettie Leila, editor, born in Oswego, N. Y., 26th September, 1863. Her father was Mortimer A. Champion, a descendant of the Tifft family, of Connecticut, early settlers of this country. Her mother was Cecelia Penny Champion a descendant of the Clark family, of central New York. She received her early education in the public schools of Syracuse, N. Y., and later in the public schools of Oswego. She was married 29th March, 1882. but her wedded life was of brief duration, extending over a period of less than one year. Being obliged to support herself she went out as an advertising agent for a large wholesale house of Chicago, Ill., and was the first woman in this country to fill such a position. She then became a drummer, visiting the drug trade in the interests of an Eastern supply house. She was one of the first, if not the first, women sent out as an agent for staple articles and Occasioned no little comment, traveling from place to place with her sample trunk. Her territory em- braced the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. As a drummer she was very successful, but left the road at the end of two years. She then took a course in stenography in Prof. Warner's school in Elmira, N. Y., in 1888, and was graduated in three months, one of the best qualified students sent out by that school during a term of twenty-five years. In the fall of 1888 she entered the office of the "Magazine of Poetry," in Buffalo, N. V., and took charge of the correspondence as an expert stenographer. The following year she became the business manager of the magazine, a position she resigned in 1891 to become its editor. Mrs. Michel is interested in all movements for the advancement of women, and she has represented business interests in various conventions throughout the country. She is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Buffalo, of the King's Daughters, and of the Woman's National Press Association.
# Woman of the Century/Nettie Ransford

​RANSFORD, Mrs. Nettie, general grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, born in Little Falls. N. Y., 6th November, 1838. Her parents were from Scotland. She was reared and educated in Little Falls. After graduating, in 1857, she went to the West and settled in Nebraska. She taught school in Omaha and Fort Calhoun. NETTIE RANSFORD. In the latter place, on 25th April, 1858, she became the wife of William P. Ransford. In 1862 they moved to Laporte, Ind., and in 1870 they made their home in Indianapolis, where they now reside. Mrs. Ransford joined the Episcopal Church in Laporte. She was one of the first women to join the Order of the Eastern Star, soon after that society was organized in 1872. She joined Queen Esther Chapter, No. 3, and entered enthusiastically into the work. In 1874 she was elected worthy matron, and was reelected in 1875 and 1876, and again in 1884, in which capacity she is still serving. She was an interested visitor at the organization of the grand chapter of Indiana, in 1874, and of the general grand chapter in 1876. She became a member of the grand chapter in 1875, was chairman of the committee on correspondence reported in 1878, and was elected grand matron in 1879 and 1880, and again in 1883. While filling that high office, she was an active officer, making numerous official visits. She was a member of the general grand chapter in Chicago, in 1878 and 1880, and in San Francisco in 1883. She was always in requisition for service in the order. She was elected most worthy general grand matron in the session of the general grand chapter, held in Indianapolis in September, 1889, and was the first general grand matron to serve under the changed constitution, making that officer the executive during the vacation of the general grand chapter. Her duties are such as an officer of so large and influential a body would naturally be called upon to perform, and cause her to travel throughout the entire general grand jurisdiction. She is now a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, serving as delegate to its various grand conventions, national and State, and in the department convention of 1890, in Boston, took a prominent part. As chairman of the reception committee in Detroit, she rendered excellent service to the corps. ​Of the two children born to her, one died in infancy and the other in young womanhood. Mrs. Hansford, as the highest officer in the branch of the Freemasonic fraternity devoted to the wives of the members, has distinguished herself in many ways that only members of the society can understand.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WELHAM, Herbert

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​ WELHAM, Herbert (PENANG), M.J.I.; Editor "Pinang Gazette"; b. Dec. 3, 1880; in. Elsie, 3rd d. of James Chandler, of Berkshire. Educ.: Cranleigh Sch.; Moravian Sch.; ​Universities of Bonn, Munich and Paris. Foreign Editor,"Galignani's Messenger,"Paris, 1901-02; London Correspondent, "L'Eclair,"Paris, 1902-03; Foreign Editor," The Car," London, 1903-04. Clubs Penang; London Press. Address: 14, Scotland Road, Penang, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WEN TS'UNG YAO

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​ WEN TS'UNG YAO (CANTON), Taotai. Educ.: Hongkong. Interpreter for Chinese Treaty Commissioners during Tariff negotiations with Sir James Mackay at Shanghai in 1903; director, Canton Bureau of Foreign Affairs, 1905-6.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WERNER, Edward Theodore Chalmers

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​ WERNER, Edward Theodore Chalmers (KEWKIANG), H.B.M. Consul. Appointed Student Interpreter in China, April 7, 1884; discharged duties of Accountant to Legation at Peking, 1888 and 1889; ag. Vice-Consul at Macao, 1894 to 1896; promoted 1st Asst., Sept. 27, 1S97; Vice-Consul at Pagoda Island, May 13, 1899: ag. Consul at Hangchow, 1898 to 1899; promoted Consul at Kiungchow, Feb. 24, 1900; in charge of Consulate, Pakhoi, 1901 to 1902; promoted Consul for Kiungehow and Pakhoi, May, 1904; Consul at Kewkiang, 1906. Address: H.B.M. Consulate, Kewkiang, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WESTWATER, Dr. A. Macdonald

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​ WESTWATER, Dr. A. Macdonald ( LIAOYAAG ), L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edin.; Medical Miss., Uu. Free Ch. of Scotland; b. April 30, 1854. Educ.: at Edinburgh. Appointed Med. Miss, of United Presb. Ch. of Scotland (now United Free Ch. of Scotland) 1881; Superintended relief work in Liaoyang district during floods of 1888, and distributed relief in 50 villages to 20,000 people; surgeon to Russian Red Cross Soc. during Boxer campaign, 1900-01; ​present at engagements at Newchwang, Sha-ho and Liaoyang; at request of Russian Commander entered Liaoyang with message regarding terms of occupation; entered Mukden with Russian army, Oct. 2, 1900; resident in city during battle of Liaoyang in Russo-Japanese war and received over 300 wounded Chinese (non-combatants) into Mission Hosp.; superintended relief work of International Red Cross Soc. during Russo-Japanese war, relief distributed to 32,691 individuals. Decorations: Russian medal for China Campaign, 1900-01; gold snuff-box presented by H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia. Address: Liaoyang, Manchuria.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WHITE, Prof. Frank Johnstone

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​ WHITE, Prof. Frank Johnstone (SHAOHSlNG), A.M.; Missionary, A.B.M.U.; b. Sept. 24, 1870, at Decatur, 111., U.S.A.; HI. Aug. 7, 1901. Educ.: Ottawa Univ., Ottawa. Kans.; Rochester Theological Sem., N.Y. Was Captain in Kansas State Militia; is Prof, in Shaohsing Theological Coll. conducted under auspices of American Baptist Missionary Union. Publications; Editor "The New East " Magazine, published at Canton. Address: Shaohsing, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WEST, Charles Dickinson

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​ WEST, Charles Dickinson (TOKYO), Professor of Mech. Eng. in Eng. Coll. of Imp. University, Tokyo; b. Dublin, 1847. Educ; Trin. Coll. Dub., graduated 1869. Served for some time in Eng. Dept. of Birkenhead Iron Works; came to Japan, in 1882, as Prof, of Mech. Eng. in Imperial Coll. of Engineering (KobuDai Gaku), Tokyo; continued to hold same post after that institution was incorporated with Imp University. Decorations: 3rd Order of the Sacred Treasure; 4th order of the Rising Sun. Club: Tokyo. Address; Coll. of Eng., Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WHERRY, Prof. John

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​ WHERRY, Prof. John (PEKING), M.A., D.D.; Professor of Theology, and Missionary; b. May 23, 1837, near Shippensburg, Penn., U.S.A., s. of Hon. Samuel Wherry, State Senator of Penn. and Assoc. Judge of Cumberland County; in. 1863, Sara E. Brandon. Educ.: Franklin Acad., Pa.; Princeton University; Princeton Theol. Seminary. Instructor of Latin in Princeton University, 1860-61; with Pennsylvania militia in civil war, 1862; arrived at Shanghai as Missionary of the Presbyterian Church, 1864; superintendent of the Presbyterian Mission Press, 1869-70; removed to Chefoo, 1870, and to Peking, 1872; pastor of 1st Presbyterian Church, Principal of Peking High School; Principal of Shantung College, 1878-80; Secretary of Publication Committee of North China Tract Society; Chairman of Ncr.th China Tract Society; Joint Editor of Chinese Sunday Lesson Papers; Moderator of the Synod of China; three times Commissioner to the Presbyterian General Assembly in U.S.A.; appointed by Shanghai Conference with Drs. Chalmers, Edkins, Sheffield and Schaub on Committee to translate the Bible into High Wen-li; in the siege of the Legations, 1900; appointed by the North China Educational Union Professor of New Testament Exegesis in the North China Union Theological College. Member of Peking Missionary Association and of Peking Oriental Society. Publications: Biographical Sketch of William Gamble, originator of the modern typefoundry and press for Chinese, Japanese and Corean printing; History of the Translation of the Bible into Chinese; various articles in English and Chinese periodicals; conjointly with others, about 30 vols. of Sunday Lessons in Chinese; and the New Testament in High Wen-li. Address: Presbyterian Mission, Peking, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WHITEHEAD, Charles Basil

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​ WHITEHEAD, Charles Basil ( PENANG), Asst. Supt. of Police; b. April 4, 1873. Assist. Supt. of Police, Singapore, 1900; assist..Supt. of Police, Penang, since 1904. Address: Penang, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WHITING, Dr. Joseph L.

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​ WHITING, Dr. Joseph L. (PEKING), A.M., D.D.; Missionary of Amer. Presb. Miss. North; 6. Jan. 30, 1835; m.July 28, 1869, Lucy E. Jackson. Educ; Auburn Theol. Seminary. Graduated from Coll., 1866; from Theol. Seminary, 1869; arrived in China as Missionary, 1869; has resided chiefly in Peking, but assisted in opening work of Presb. Miss, at Paotingfn, 1893-94 and at Shuntifu, 1904-05; was through siege at Peking, 1900. Publications: "Commentary on Roman Moral Philosophy"; "Evidences of Christianity"; Natural Theology, etc., etc. Address: Peking, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/WEST, Dr. Benjamin Franklin

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​ WEST, Dr. Benjamin Franklin (SINGAPORE), M.D.; Doctor of Medicine, Presiding Elder, Missionary to the Chinese; Editor " Malaysia Message "; b. April 22, 1858, at Montgomery Co., Indiana, U.S.A.; m. May 15, 1 1886, Letty Graham. Educ; Stabash College, Miami Med. Coll. Graduated in medicine at age of 21; after practising for six years called to ministry of Meth. Episc. Ch.; sent to Singapore as Missionary, 1887; presiding elder in charge of Penang District, 1890-1901; presiding elder in charge of Singapore District, since 1901. Publications: Translations into Hokkien Chinese;" History of Malaysia Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church" (in preparation). Address: Singapore, Straits Settlements.
# Woman of the Century/Clara Harrison Stranahan

​STRANAHAN, Mrs. Clara Harrison, author, was born in Westfield, Mass. Her maiden name was Harrison In her early childhood her father took his family to northern Ohio for a period of five years, from 1836 to 1841, and there his children had the benefit of the excellent schools of that country. Clara afterwards received the advantages of the personal influence of both Mary Lyon and Emma Willard in her education, spending one year in Mount Holyoke Seminary, going thence to the Troy Female Seminary, where she completed the higher course of study instituted by Mrs. Willard. She had shown some power with her pen, and as early as her graduation from the Troy Seminary some of her productions were selected for publication. CLARA HARRISON STRANAHAN. She has since published some fugitive articles, a poem or a monograph, as "The Influence of the Medici," in the "National Quarterly Review," December, 1863. Her crowning work is "A History of French Fainting from its Earliest to its Latest Practice " (New York, 1888). She became the wife of Hon. J. S. T. Stranahan, of Brooklyn, N. Y., in July, 1870. Mrs. Stranahan inherits the qualities, as she does the physiognomy, of the old New England stock from which she is descended. Energy in the pursuit of her aims, and elevation of aim, with a strong sense of justice and an earnest patriotism, are as marked in her as in the "builders" of New England. This is shown in her interest in and knowledge of the affairs of the Commonwealth. Whatever she may have done for the French in her history, or for the great army of the poor by her intelligent and practical benevolence of many years, or for education in her constant promotion of its interests, it is not among the least of her satisfactions that her husband is a sturdy supporter of all the patriotic movements of his city and country, as well as an efficient helper of all projects of progress. Passing from the State legislature to the United States Congress, he has served as member of both the conventions that nominated Lincoln for President, and as elector-at-large in the college that placed Benjamin Harrison in that office. In his municipal relations he has been honored by his compatriots under the title of "First Citizen of Brooklyn" with a bronze statue of heroic size, erected while he yet lived, 6th June, 1891.
# Woman of the Century/Clara Holmes Hapgood Nash

​NASH, Mrs. Clara Holmes Hapgood, lawyer, born in Fitchburg, Mass., 15th January, 1839. She is the daughter of John and Mary Ann Hosmer Hapgood, the former dying in 1867, the latter in 1890. Her mother was of the same race of Hosmers as Harriet Hosmer, the noted sculptor, and Abner Hosmer. who fell with Capt. Isaac Davis in defense of the old North Bridge in Concord, Mass. On her father's side she is related to Prof. Henry Durant, the founder of Oakland College, California, of which he was first president, elected in 1870. Clara was the fifth child in a family of eight children. CLARA HOLMES HAPGOOD. NASH. She early showed an aptitude for study and was always fond of school and books, but, on account of ill health in early life, was unable to attend school continuously. During her protracted illness she frequently wrote in verse as a pastime. After recovery, by most persevering effort, she succeeded in obtaining a liberal education, acquainting herself with several languages and the higher mathematics. She was a student in Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass., and in the Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H., and graduated from the advanced class in the State Normal School, Framingham, Mass., after which she was a teacher in the nigh schools of the State in Marlborough and Danvers. On 1st January, 1869, she became the wife of Frederick dishing Nash, a rising young lawyer of Maine. Soon after her marriage she commenced the study of law, and in October, 1872, she was admitted to the bar of the supreme judicial court of Maine, being the first woman admitted to the bar in New England, A partnership was formed with her husband, and they practiced in Washington county and afterwards in Portland, Me. They have one son, Frederick Hapgood Nash, who was graduated in the Concord high school, Concord, Mass., in 1891, and is now in Harvard College. Mrs. Nash's home is now in West Acton, Mass.