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Akeley, Mary Jobe
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Mary Lenore Jobe was born on January 29, 1878 in Tappan, Ohio to Richard Watson Jobe and Sarah Jane Pittis. Mary had one sister. In 1897, Mary graduated from Scio College in Alliance, Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. She went on to teach at several colleges. She later finished a Master's degree in English and American history from Columbia University in 1909. An athletic girl, Mary Jobe also yearned to be and explorer. She went on many climbs and backcountry trips in the Canadian Rockies and Jasper area, including some with Curly Philips as guide. Mary later married Carl Akeley on October 18, 1924. She went to Africa with him on his fifth expedition. On July 19, 1966 Mary died at a nursing home in Mystic, Connecticut. For more information see the book "Off the Beaten Track" by Cyndi Smith.