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now resides at Rayland, Ohio. Doctor Caldwell was a Democrat, a member of the Presbyterian Church and Masonic Lodge. To Dr. John L. and Anna (Reddy) Caldwell two children were born: Alice, married Doctor Hitchcock, lives in Ohio; and Dr. John R., the sub- ject of this sketch. Dr. John R. Caldwell received his early schooling in the public schools of Rayland, Ohio, and Martins Ferry, Ohio. He then attended Ohio Northern College, from which he was graduated in 1907. He then studied medicine and surgery at Ohio Medical College, now Ohio State University, and received his degree. He was located in practice at Rayland, Ohio, until 1917, when he volunteered for service in the World war and was sent to France as a captain in the Medical Corps, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Machine Gun Battalion. He was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, June 29, 1919, and imme- diately engaged in practice at Steubenville, where he is now well established. He has been in complete charge of Follansbee Brothers Hospital at Follansbee since 1923. In November, 1913, Doctor Caldwell was united in marriage with Miss Emily Schulenberg, born in Kentucky in 1895. They have three daughters: Harriet, born June 15, 1917; and Ellen and Eleanor, twins, born February 5, 1920. Doctor Caldwell is a Democrat, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and belongs to the Masonic and Elks lodges. He is an ex- cellent citizen and progressive in his profession.

Very Rev. L. M. Hermanns, V. F., pastor of St. John's of Wellsburg, West Virginia, was born near the world famous city of Cologne, Germany, in 1878. Early in life he studied for the priesthood. His studies were pursued at the renowned University of Lowvain, , and the University of Vienna, Austria. At the completion of his theological course he was ordained to the holy priesthood at Lowvain by the late of , Rt. Rev. Theophile Meerschaert, D. D. Soon thereafter he left his native land to take up mission work in West Virginia, and in 1912 Father Hermanns assumed the pastorate of St. John's Church in Wellsburg. Here his indefatigable zeal soon made itself felt. One of his first