Background
Galbreath, Charles Burleigh was born on February 25, 1858 in on farm near Leetonia, Ohio, United States. Son of Edward Paxon and Jane Minerva (Shaw) Galbreath.
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Charles Burleigh Galbreath
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Graduate Lisbon (O.) High School, 1879. Bachelor of Philosophy, Mount Union College, O., 1882, Bachelor of Commercial Science, Bachelor of Arts (with honors), 1883, Master of Arts, 1894.
Career
1 son, Albert West. Superintendent schools, Wilmot, O., 1884-1886, East. Palestine, 1886-1893. Company school examiner, 1886-1893. Taught in Ohio Normal University, Ada, summers, 1891, 1892.
Vice president 1893-1895, president, 1896, Mount Hope College, Rogers, Ohio.
State librarian of Ohio, May 25, 1896-July 1, 1911. Again elected and served, 1915, 1918 and temporary 1927.
Special research assistant of joint legislative commission on administrative reorganization of Ohio, July 9, 1919-1920. Holds life certificate from State Board of Examiners of Ohio.
Organized a system of traveling libraries in the state, including, in 1911, about 1,200 of them, aggregating over 56,000 volumes—Ohio then leading in number of traveling libraries.
Secretary 4th Constitutional Convention of Ohio, 1912-1913.
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Membership
Member Society of Friends.
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Married Ida Kelly, July 29, 1882.
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Nationality
American