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BANDY, Mary Albertson
(Mrs. George A. Bandy), Hawarden, Iowa.
Club president; b. Cook's Valley, Minn., Mar. 22,
1874; dau. William and Eliza (Hancock) Albertson; ed. Volga, S. Dak.;
m. Volga, S. Dak., Mar. 28, 1900, George A. Bandy; children: Dorothy
Edna, William Arthur and Mary Elizabeth. Was nine years
a school teacher prior to marriage. Presbyterian in name, New Thought in
faith; mem. Woman's Missionary Soc. Mem. Twentieth Century Club;
pres. Mother's Club.
BEACH, Mabel Creglow (Mrs. A. W. Beach),
722 Tenth St., Sheldon, Iowa.
Club woman; b. Fayette, Ia., 1874; dau. Andrew and Catherine (Staley)
Creglow; m. Rock Rapids, Ia., Oct. 12, 1897, A. W. Beach, B.S., D.D.S.; children: Lyman C., Mildred, Catherine, Margaret. For many years
mem. of the Equal Suffrage Club in Sheldon, Ia., and for two years was pres. For seven years mem. Travel Club, Sheldon, Ia., and three years
pres. Mem. ten years of Pythian Sisters Temple, Sheldon, Ia. (past chief).
BERRY, Jennie Iowa Peet (Mrs. John Alexander Perry),
612 Third Av., Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Born Fairview, Ia., 1866; dau. Wilbur Riley and Ellen S. (Gillilan) Peet; ed. Epworth (Ia.) Sem.; m. Troy Mills, Ia., 1887, John Alexander
Berry. Past Nat. pres. Woman's Relief Corps; past sec. Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs; past pres. Cedar Rapids Woman's Club; mem. local
Library Art Ass'n, local Y.W.C.A.; chairman Child Labor Com. Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs; mem. Standing Com. on Rules, Nat. Woman's Relief Corps.
Mem. D.A.R. Recreation: Travel. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. Republican. Contributor to club and patriotic publications.
BERRYHILL, Virginia Joynes (Mrs. James Q.
Berryhill), 305 Equitable Bld'g, Des Moines, Ia.
Born Fairfield, Ia.; dau. Christian Wolff and Nancy M. (Seward) Slagle; ed. public school; State Univ. of Iowa, A.B. '77, M.A. '79;
lecture courses Victoria Lyceum, Berlin, '78 (Phi Beta Kappa, State Univ. of Iowa); m. Fairfield, Jan. 19, 1881, James Quest
Berryhill; children: James Quest, Katharine. Taught one year in Pa. Female
Sem. Ex-pres. Unity Circle of Unitarian Church, Des Moines; ex-vice-pres. Associated Charities, Des Moines; social clubs; mem. West End and Five
Hundred clubs, also Golf and Country Club. Chairman of Legislative Com. of Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs, which declared for suffrage at last
biennial. Author of Biological Sketch of Prof. A. N. Currier in the Annals of Iowa. Republican. Mem. State Historical Soc. of Iowa;
cor. sec. Colonial Dames in State of Iowa. First pres. Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs; ex-pres. Des Moines Woman's Club; ex-pres. City Fed. of Women's
Clubs; ex-pres. Press and Author's Club, Des Moines.
BIGELOW, Mary Helena (Mrs. George O. Bigelow),
Alden, Hardin Co., Iowa.
Born Iowa Falls, Ia., April 1, 1862; dau. Joseph Albert and Emily Margaret (Taylor) Button; ed. high and normal schools; m. Alden,
Ia., Oct. 8, 1884, George Orra Bigelow; one son: George Fay. School teacher before marriage. Pres. and charter mem. of Stulithis Circle;
worthy matron of O.E.S. [Order of the Eastern Star]; appointed by the mayor a mem. of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library and elected
its sec.; mem. D.W.C. Soc. of Congregational Church, and prominent in social life, literary work and philanthropic activities. Against woman
suffrage. Clubs: Shakespeare, Domestic Science, Civic Improvement.
BLISS, Mary H., Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Club woman; b. Iowa Falls, Ia., 1867; dau. Lewis Oscar and Ruth (Seymour) Bliss; father is of Revolutionary stock; descendant of
Beriah Bliss and Captain Stephen Seymour, both of whom served in the war of 1776; ed. Iowa Falls High School and Grinnell Coll. Trustee Iowa
Falls Public Library; vice-pres. and mem. Board of Directors of Ladies' Social Gathering; delegate from Third District of Iowa to Gen.
Federation of Women's Clubs, San Francisco, June, 1912; chairman Third District Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. Congregationalist. Mem.
P.E.O. Soc., D.A.R. and Eastern Star. Mem. Parchment Club.
BURBERRY, Martha Dashiell (Mrs. F. S. Burberry,
Indianola, Iowa.
Born Hartford, Ia., Jan. 15, 1865; dau. Mark A. and Louisiana (Noble)
Dashiell; ed. Simpson Coll., Indianola, Ia. (mem. Pi Beti Phi); m. Indianola,
Ia., June 28, 1893, F. S. Burberry. Active in church, Sunday school and choir work. Chairman of social com. of Woman's club. Sec.
local board of Iowa Children's Home. Active in social duties and philanthropies as carried on through the home and State federated clubs.
Presbyterian. Mem. P.E.O. Soc. Recreations: Walking, motoring, physical culture exercises, informal society affairs. Clubs:
Shakespeare, Woman's, Thimble, Musical Guild.
BUSH, Bertha E., Osage,
Ia.
Writer; b. Galva, Ill., May 30, 1866; dau. Henry Hudson and Minerva (Wright) Bush; ed. Grinnell (Ia.) Coll., Ph.B. '91, A.M. '94. Teacher,
1891-1904. Since then a writer, especially children's stories in journals and Sunday-school papers. Author: A Prairie Rose; Special
Days with Little Folks; Old English Heroes; Stories of Courage; Story of Napoleon; Indian Myths; Famous Early Americans; Later English
Heroes; Great European Cities; Indian Children Tales; Children
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