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He was married July 10, 1905, in New Haven, Conn., to Miss Elizabeth 
Conboy of New Haven, Conn., daughter of John Conboy. They have 
one daughter, Lisa Braniff, born July 20, 1906. 
Braniff is manager of the department for Western Missouri, 
Oklahoma and Kansas, for the Fidelity & Deposit Company of 
Maryland, dealers in casualty insurance and surety bonds. He 
was previously engaged as manager of the bond department 
of Merrell & Braniff, a surety bond and liability insurance 
company. 
He is a member of the Roman Catholic church and in politics 
is a Progressive. 
George L. Clothier 
Business address, State College of Washington, Pullman, Wash. 
Home address, Paxico, Kans. 
George Lemon Clothier was born June 30, 1863, in Walkersville, W. 
Va., the son of Henderson Hall Clothier and Jane (Clark) Clothier. 
His grandfather, Samuel Clothier, was English and his grandmother, 
whose maiden name was Crawford, was Scotch. The Clothier family 
were strong advocates of the Union during the Civil War, and several 
served in the Union army. On his mother’s side he is of German and 
English descent, his grandfather being George Bogarth Clark and his 
grandmother Matilda (Stone) Clark. The Clarks were also strong sup- 
porters of the Union during the Civil War. He has one sister, Mary 
Elizabeth (Clothier) Martin, M.D.; and three brothers: Samuel H. 
Clothier, M.D., Robert W. Clothier, M.S., and Nathan S. Clothier, D.D.S. 
He received the degree of B.S. from the Kansas State Agricultural 
College in 1892. For seven winters before this he had taught in the 
country schools and had helped on his father’s farm. He was a post- 
graduate student and assistant in botany at the Kansas State Agricultural 
College from 1895 to 1899, when he received the degree of M.S. He 
was a member of the Alpha Beta Literary Society and of the Alma 
Kansas Students’ Codperative Association. 
He was married August 14, 1906, in Westmoreland County, Va., to 
Miss Nellie Antoinette Ames of Westmoreland County, Va., daughter 
‘of N. T. Ames and Mary F. (Peck) Ames. His wife’s mother was 
daughter of Professor Peck of Oberlin College, who was appointed 
minister to the Republic of Haiti by President Lincoln. They have one 
son, George L. Clothier, Jr., born November 16, 1912. 
Clothier was employed in the United States Forest Service 
from July, 1900, to August, 1905. He spent the years 1905 
