C
CAIN, JOHN: 1805-1867.
" Capt. John Cain was a native of the Old Dominion, born in Culpepper County in the year 1805. He there learned the book-binding business, but ere he had attained his majority came west, and for a short time worked at his trade in Hamilton, Ohio.
"In the year 1826 he came to Indianapolis, when its whole population did not exceed eight hundred souls. He immediately opened the first book-bindery in the place. In 1832 he published a book of miscellaneous poems, the first book of any kind, with the exception of the laws of the State, published in the place; he also opened the first bookstore about that time. Shortly after his arrival here he wooed and won the hand of Miss Eliza Jenison, the only daughter of the late Rufus Jenison, one of the prominent farmers of the county…
"After the election of Gen. Jackson, and in the spring of 1829, he was appointed postmaster, which position he held through his eight years administration, and four years of Mr. Van Buren's …
"After he quit the post office the second time, he engaged in merchandising. About the year 1847 he sold out his entire property and removed to one of the lower Ohio river counties in Kentucky, bought a farm and mill, and commenced merchandising again. His farm was stocked with negroes, and although he was raised in a slave State he did not understand the managing of them; he thought, in order to keep them under subjection, it was necessary to flog them occasionally … In consequence of this rigorous course the negroes set fire to his mill and store, and almost burned him out of house and home. He then, with his family, returned to Indianapolis, and for a while kept the Capital House, which was noted for its fine table …
"In 1853 he was appointed by President Pierce Indian agent for Washington Territory, and with his eldest son, Andrew J. Cain, went there and remained some years, and somewhat recuperated his damaged fortune … He died suddenly and unexpectedly in 1867 …"
Condensed from Nowland: Sketches of Prominent Citizens of 1876.
- Miscellaneous Poems.
Indianapolis, 1832.
- The Officer's Guide and Farmer's
Manual. Indianapolis, 1837.
CALDWELL, FRANK: 1867-?
Frank Caldwell was born in Boone County, Ind., in 1867. No information as to his education is available; it is known only that he contributed juvenile stories to periodicals. He is believed to have died in 1938.
Information from Federal Writers Project–Indiana Authors, 1937.
- Wolf the Storm Leader. New York,
1910.
CALDWELL, OTIS WILLIAM: 1869-
Otis William Caldwell , son of Theodore Robert and Belle Caldwell, was born in Lebanon, Ind., on Dec. 18, 1869, and graduated from Franklin College in 1894. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1898 and was awarded the LL.D. by Franklin in 1917. He married Cora Burke on Aug. 25, 1897.
page: 51[View Page 51]From 1899 to 1907 he was professor of biology at Eastern Illinois State Normal School, from 1907 to 1917 he taught botany at the University of Chicago, and from 1917 to 1935 he was on the faculty of Columbia University, serving as professor of education in Teachers College until 1927 and as director of the Institute of School Experimentation after 1927.
In addition to his books, Dr. Caldwell was a contributor to scientific and educational journals and author of a number of textbooks and manuals.
Information from Franklin College and Who's Who in America.
- Suggestions to Teachers … Designed to Accompany
"Plant Structures"; A Second Book of Botany by J. M.
Coulter. New York, 1900.
- Gary Public Schools: Science Teaching. New
York, 1919.
- Biology in the Public Press. 1923.
- Then and Now in Education 1845-1923; A Message of
Encouragement From the Past to the Present (withS. A. Courtis). Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y., 1924.
- Open Doors to Science (withW. H. D. Meier). Boston, 1925.
- Biological Foundations of Education (withC. E. Skinner and J. W. Tietz). Boston, 1931.
- Experimental Study of Superstitions as Related to Certain
Units of General Science (withG. E. Lundeen). New York, 1932.
- Do You Believe It (withG. E. Lundeen). New York, 1934.
- Description of the Science Laboratories, Lincoln School of
Teachers College (withE. R. Glenn and C. W. Finley).
CALKINS, HARVEY REEVES: 1866-
Harvey Reeves Calkins was born in Valparaiso, Ind., in 1866. He received the A.B. degree from Northwestern University in 1888, the A.M. degree from the same institution three years later, and the B.D. from Garrett Bible Institute in 1890. He spent the following year in travel and study in Europe, returning in 1896 for further study.
In 1892 he was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church and held pastorates in Castle Rock and Denver, Colo., and in Chicago from 1894 to 1898. He acted as a missionary field evangelist from 1898 to 1900 and spent the following ten years as a missionary in India, returning to this country after 1910.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Victory of Mary Christopher. New
York, 1903.
- Mind of Methodism. New York,
1905.
- Man and His Money. New York,
1914.
- Stewardship Starting Points; An Introduction.
Chicago, 1916.
- Ganga Dass, a Tale of Hindustan. New
York, 1917.
- The Centenary At Old First. New
York, 1919.
- Ten Weeks; The Journal of a Missionary. New
York, 1920.
CALLAHAN, JAMES MORTON: 1864-
James Morton Callahan , son of Martin I. and Sophia Tannehill Callahan, was born in Bedford, Ind., on Nov. 4, 1864. He graduated from Indiana University with the A.B. degree in 1894, received his A.M. from the same institution in 1895, and received the Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins in 1897.
After teaching history and political science in various colleges and universities for a number of years, in 1900 he became associated with the University of West Virginia as director of the bureau of historical research. From 1902 to 1929 he was professor and head of the department of history and political science, and from 1916 to 1929 he acted as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, becoming research professor in 1929. A lecturer and an authority on the foreign policy of the U. S., Mr. Callahan was the author of many books on the subject and contributed articles to magazines and encyclopedias; he also wrote a number of textbooks.
Information from Who's Who in America and Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. V.
- A Guide to Actual Work in Practical Physiology With
Methods. Chicago, 1893.
- The Northern Lake Frontier During the Civil War.
Washington, D. C., 1897.
- The Neutrality of the American Lakes, and Anglo-American
Relations. Baltimore, 1898.
- Cuba and International Relations: A Historical Study in
Diplomacy. Baltimore, 1899.
- American Relations in the Pacific and the Far East,
1784-1900. Baltimore, 1901.
- Great Heroes and Leaders. New
York, 1901.
- Diplomatic History of the Southern Confederacy.
Baltimore, 1901.
- Central America and the American Foreign Policy.
Washington, D. C., 1902.
- The American Expansion Policy.
Baltimore, 1904.
- Introduction to American Foreign Policy, Vol.
I–The Monroe Doctrine and Inter-American Relations. 1904.
- Alaska Purchase and Americo-Canadian Relations.
Morgantown, W. Va., 1908.
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- An Introduction to American Expansion Policy.
Morgantown, W. Va., 1908.
- Russo-American Relations During American Civil War.
Morgantown, W. Va., 1908.
- Evolution of Seward's Mexican Policy.
Morgantown, W. Va., 1909.
- Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela
Valley, West Virginia … With an Account of the Resources and
Industries of the Upper Monongahela Valley. New
York, 1912. 3 vols.
- Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia; With Special
Articles on Development and Resources. Charleston, W.
Va., 1913.
- History of West Virginia.
Chicago, 1923. 3
vols.
- Americo-Canadian Relations Concerning Annexation,
1846-1871. Bloomington, Ind., 1925.
- History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia; A Type
Study in Trans-Appalachian Local History. Morgantown, W.
Va., 1926.
- American Foreign Policy in Mexican Relations.
New York, 1932.
- American Foreign Policy in Canadian Relations.
New York, 1937.
- The United States and Canada: A Study in International
History.
- American Northern Frontier Development.
- Early American Continental Policy.
CAREY, MRS. ANGELINE PARMENTER: 1854-1934.
On Nov. 20, 1934, the INDIANAPOLIS STAR carried the following:
" Mrs. Angeline Parmenter Carey , 80 years old, retired English teacher of Shortridge [Indianapolis] High School, died yesterday in her home, 34 W. Joseph St., after an illness of three years.
"Mrs. Carey was born in Troy, N.Y. After graduating from the Emma Willard Seminary for Girls in Troy she took a summer course at Oxford University, England , and returned to this country and taught in Greenfield (Mass.) schools. She came to the Indianapolis school to join the faculty when May Wright Sewell resigned [in the early Eighties]. At that time Shortridge was known as the Indianapolis High School …"
Condensed from the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, Nov. 20, 1934.
- Guide to the Study of Literary Criticism.
Indianapolis, 1895.
- The Reader's Basis.
Indianapolis, 1908.
CARNAHAN, JAMES RICHARDS: 1840-1905.
James Richards Carnahan , son of the Rev. James Aikman and Martha A. Carnahan, was born at Tippecanoe, Ind., on Nov. 18, 1840.
He enrolled in Wabash College but left in 1861 to enlist as a private in the I Ith Indiana Infantry. After serving throughout the war, he was mustered out as a captain in 1865, returned to Wabash, and graduated in 1866. In 1867 he graduated from Indiana Law School. He married Susan Elizabeth Patterson on Nov. 7, 1867.
Mr. Carnahan was a resident of Indianapolis at the time of his death in 1905.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Tactics and Manual for the Uniform Rank Knights of
Pythias. Cincinnati, 1883.
- Pythian Knighthood: Its History and Literature.
Cincinnati, 1888.
- Camp Morton; Reply to Dr. John A. Wyeth.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1892].
- The Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. A
Narrative of its Services in the Civil War of 1861-1865 (withJames A. Barnes and T. H. B. McCain). Crawfordsville, Ind., 1895.
CARR, JOHN WESLEY: 1859-?
John Wesley Carr , son of James Newton and Laura E. Stallings Carr, was born in Lawrence County, Ind., on Dec. 13, 1859, and graduated from Indiana University in 1885, receiving the A.M. degree in 1890. He also studied at Columbia and at New York University, receiving the Ph.D. degree from the latter institution in 1913. On Oct. 7, 1878, he married Rachel Ashcraft, who died in 1927, and on Apr. 21, 1928, he married Mary Willia Moss.
He was connected with the public schools of Indiana from 1877 to 1905, serving as teacher in Greene County, principal of the high schools in Bloomington and Muncie, and superintendent in Anderson. He was superintendent of the public schools of Dayton, O., from 1905 to 1908 and of Bayonne, N. J., from 1909 to 1916. He was then principal of Friends' Central School at Philadelphia for two years. During the first World War he was in War Camp Community Service. After spending two years as director of the Division of Hygiene for the Educational Department of Kentucky , in 1923 he organized and became first president of page: 53[View Page 53] Murray State Teachers College in Kentucky , serving as its dean and president until 1940.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Taxation and Teachers' Salaries in Indiana.
1904.
- A System of School Support–New Jersey.
1913.
- Course in Physical Education for the Common Schools of
Kentucky. 1920.
- Factors Affecting Distribution of Trained Teachers Among
Rural White Elementary Schools of North Carolina. New
York, 1927.
CARR, MICHAEL W.: 1851–1922.
Born in County Leitrim, Ireland, in 1851, Michael Carr came to the U. S. in 1861 and settled in Toledo, O., where his father had established a home. He was educated in the Toledo schools and at the University of Notre Dame.
From 1873 to 1879 he acted as editor of the TOLEDO REVIEW. In 1881 he came to Indianapolis, where he was biographical correspondent for the INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL and later editor of the PEN, an early monthly magazine. He died in Indianapolis on Apr. 30, 1922.
Information from Cyril S. Carr, of Indianapolis.
- History of Catholicity and Catholic Institutions in
Indianapolis with Sketches of Bishop Chatard and His Four
Predecessors. Indianapolis, 1887.
- History of Catholicity and Catholic Institutions in
Evansville. Indianapolis, 1888.
- Catholicity in Terre Haute and Vigo County,
Indiana–A Short History.
Indianapolis, 1888.
- History of Catholicity in Richmond and Wayne County,
Indiana. Indianapolis, 1889.
- History of Catholicity in New Albany and Jeffersonville and
Floyd and Clark Counties, Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1890.
- Catholicity in Tipton, City and County, Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1890.
- Criticism of Fanatical Temperance.
Indianapolis, 1895.
- History of Catholicity in Indiana. Volume I (with
others). Logansport, Ind., 1898.
- History of Catholicity in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of
Cleveland. Cleveland, 1903. 2 vols.
CARROLL, PATRICK JOSEPH: 1876-
Patrick Joseph Carroll was born in 1876 in Ballingrame, Ireland. Coming to the U. S. as a youth, he attended the University of Notre Dame, receiving the A.B. degree; he later received the Litt.D. from the Catholic University of America.
He began to contribute poetry to periodicals in the late Nineties, and later added biography, fiction, and drama to his literary production. He has been professor of poetry at the University of Notre Dame.
Information from the Barry Ms.
- Round About Home, Irish Scenes and Memories.
Notre Dame, Ind., 1914.
- Songs of Creelabeg. New York,
1916.
- The Ship in the Wake. South Bend,
Ind., 1916.
- The Saving of Pug Halley; A Boy's Play in Three
Acts. South Bend, Ind., 1918.
- Memory Sketches. South Bend,
Ind., 1920.
- Ted, A Play for Boys. South Bend,
Ind., 1920.
- The Man-God; A Life of Jesus.
Chicago, 1927.
- Heart Hermitage, and Other Poems.
Chicago, 1928.
- Patch; Sketches of Irish Life. Notre Dame,
Ind., 1930.
- The Bog; A Novel of the Irish Rebellion of Nineteen Sixteen
and After. Notre Dame, Ind., 1934.
- Mastery of Tess. Notre Dame,
Ind., 1935.
- Vagrant Essays. Notre Dame,
Ind., 1936.
- Many Shall Come. Notre Dame,
Ind., 1937.
- Smoking Flax. Notre Dame, Ind.,
1939.
- Michaeleen. Notre Dame, Ind.,
1940.
- Patch of Askeaton Days. Notre Dame,
Ind., 1943.
CASE, CLARENCE MARSH: 1874-
Clarence Marsh Case , son of Elon Ervin and Pamelia Marsh Case, was born in Indianapolis on Jan. 18, 1874. He received the A.B. degree from Earlham College in 1905, the A.M. from Brown University in 1908, and the Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1915. In 1908-09 he took graduate work at Harvard.
He was teacher and ward principal of the Noblesville, Ind., public schools; pastor of the South 8th Street Meeting of Friends, Richmond, Ind.; and resident minister of the Moses Brown School in Providence, R. I. From 1910 to 1917 he was professor and head of the department of history and social sciences at Penn College, Oskaloosa, Ia., and from 1917 to 1923 he was associate professor of sociology at the University of Iowa. In 1923 he became professor of sociology at the University of Southern California.
Information from Who's Who in America.
page: 54[View Page 54]- Banner of the White Horse; A Tale of the Saxon
Conquest. New York, 1916.
- Non-Violent Coercion; A Study in Methods of Social
Pressure. New York, 1923.
- Social Process and Human Progress. New
York, 1931.
- Essays in Social Values. Los
Angeles, 1944.
CATHERWOOD, MARY HARTWELL (MRS. JAMES STEELE): 1847-1902.
Any history of Middle Western literature must include mention of the prolific writer, Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood . Although she was born in Ohio (Dec. 16, 1847), was a resident of Indiana only from 1877 to 1882, and lived thereafter mainly in Hoopeston and Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Catherwood became during her Hoosier years an intimate and influential part of the literary circle centering in Indianapolis and she kept a close relationship with it all the rest of her life. In her writing, although she derived contemporary fame chiefly from a series of popular but rather unsubstantial historical romances produced between 1888 and 1902, she turned out two groups of regional short stories that have won her a permanent place in American local color literature. The first group, written largely during her Indiana years, memorializes the corn belt from central Ohio west to the Illinois prairies. The second, written in the Nineties, dealt with the French-border country from Mackinac to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Mrs. Catherwood was born in Luray, Licking County, O. When she was about ten, the family migrated to Milford, Iroquois County, Ill., where the father, Dr. Marcus Hartwell, died in 1857 and the mother, Phoebe Thompson Hartwell, in 1858. The three orphaned children, of whom Mary was the oldest, returned to Ohio where they were reared by the maternal grandparents in Hebron. Autobiographical reflections of the early trip on the National Road through Ohio and Indiana to Illinois are to be found in Old Caravan Days and On Indiana Roads, juveniles published in 1880. Details of an unhappy girlhood in an Ohio village at the intersection of the National Road and the Ohio Canal fill the background of her novel Craque-O'-Doom, written in Indianapolis and published in 1881.
At fourteen she was teaching country schools, and two years later she was publishing her first poetry and stories in the Newark, O., NORTH AMERICAN. In 1865 she entered the Granville, O., Female College and completed a four-year course in three, graduating in 1868. She was "the first important woman writer of any prominence in American literary ranks to acquire a college education," Prof. Fred Lewis Pattee points out, "graduating not in the East, as one might suppose, but from a new college in the new West." Pattee also notes that she was the first woman novelist of the period born west of the Alleghenies. It can be added that in her self-supported struggle toward a literary career and national recognition she was the pioneer woman writer of the Middle West.
From 1868 until 1874, she taught schools in Granville, O., and in Danville, Ill. At the latter place in 1871, she won a $100 prize for a short story in WOOD'S HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE and shortly afterward became a regular contributor to WOOD'S and various other popular periodicals.
These successes led her in 1874 to give up teaching entirely for free-lance writing, first in Newburgh, N. Y. (1874-1875), then in Cincinnati (1875-1877). A voluminous output of pot-boilers during this period included her first novel, A Woman in Armor (1875) first serialized in HEARTH AND HOME. This writing was anything but distinctive, but she managed to support herself by it most of the time from 1874 to 1877, not a common accomplishment for young, unknown free-lance women writers in the Seventies.
In December, 1877, she married James Steele Catherwood of Hoopeston and went to live over the railway station (still standing) in Oakford ( Fairfield ), Howard County, Ind. Released from the pressure of self-support, she began taking stock of Middle Western life and translating it into sketches, poems, and stories for various Indiana papers. Notably literary conscious in these decades, Indiana's newspapers were soon aware of her and her writing. There were two important results: a long and stimulating acquaintance with James Whitcomb Riley and the perfection of Mrs. Catherwood's style in her first significant, nationally-recognized local color writing.
Mrs. Catherwood and Riley met in Kokomo in February, 1879. Riley, whose work had not yet won him hope of literary success, was going through a period of deep discouragement. Mrs. Catherwood had given up thoughts of a literary career for married life in an isolated country village and was not completely happy with the results. Friendship warmed quickly and there was a mutually inspired burst of creative work. Among other writing they were collaborating in 1879 on The Whittleford Letters, a romance based upon the lives of two young writers whose careers and meeting very closely resembled their own. The project was never completed, chiefly, Mrs. Catherwood has said, because page: 55[View Page 55] the substance of the fictional romance suddenly became too real for both.
In December, 1879, the Catherwoods moved to Indianapolis. The month before, Riley had taken a permanent post on the JOURNAL. Mrs. Catherwood became at once an intimate part of the city's literary group and from October, 1880, until her removal to Hoopeston in 1882 was drama critic for and regular contributor to George C. Harding's SATURDAY REVIEW.
Her production during these Indianapolis months was enormous. In addition to her reviews, she turned out three book-length serials (including her second novel, Craque-O'-Doom, named for a poem by Riley), two book-length and numerous shorter juveniles, at least seven short stories including some of her finest local color narratives, and a large miscellany.
Now as always she was writing too much, but she was perfecting her best skills. Such stories as The Career of a Prairie Farmer (LIPPINCOTT'S, June, 1880) describing life on Illinois farms, Mallston's Youngest (LIPPINCOTT'S, Aug., 1880), utilizing her recent background in Oakford , Serena (ATLANTIC, June, 1882) and Queen of the Swamp (HARPER'S, Dec., 1882), both of the latter giving scenes from her girlhood region in Ohio , mark a culmination of her attempts to record realistic details of rural life in the Middle West. Riley, too, it is interesting to note, was just on the verge of recognition.
From 1882 until 1899, Mrs. Catherwood lived in Hoopeston. Her greatest fame began in 1888 with the publication of The Romance of Dollard, an historical novel based upon old French-American themes popularized by the writings of Francis Parkman. Both the manuscript and the writer were introduced to Richard Watson Gilder, CENTURY'S editor, by letters from Riley who by now had full access to Eastern editorial attention. The Story of Tonty, The Lady of Fort St. John, and a long line of other historical romances followed, most of which were serialized first in either the CENTURY, HARPER'S, or the ATLANTIC.
Mrs. Catherwood's forte was in recording a multitude of realistic human-interest details of manners, customs, speech, and every-day incidents. On the other hand, she was never a skillful contriver of plots, a weakness that, together with her tendency toward extremes of romantic escape, made her novels too thin for any continuing attention today.
Within the compressed scope of the short story, however, she was able to integrate form and color with highly artistic results. Her successes with corn-belt material in the Eighties were matched in the Nineties by other craftsmanlike work with French-border themes, in such fine tales as The Windigo (ATLANTIC, Apr., 1894) and The Mothers of Honoré (HARPER'S, June, 1899). Various of these French-border short stories have been the most widely reprinted of her works.
A few of her better earlier cornlands tales Mrs. Catherwood revived in The Queen of the Swamp and Other Plain Americans in 1899. But some of the finest of her early Middle Western local color lies uncollected in the magazines of the Eighteen-eighties. The best of her French-border tales Mrs. Catherwood collected in The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories (1894) and Mackinac and Lake Stories (1899).
Mrs. Catherwood's personal relationships with Middle Western authors were many and vital. At Indianapolis in 1886, for example, she helped organize, with Riley, Maurice Thompson, and others, the Western Association of Writers and was active in the work of this influential organization the rest of her life.
After 1890, Mrs. Catherwood traveled much–to Mackinac Island for her summers, to French Canada, and in 1891 and 1894 to Europe, the latter trip to gather material for her fictional life of Jeanne d'Arc published in 1897.
From 1899 until her death (Dec. 26, 1902), she resided in Chicago . Her writing here, more voluminous than ever, included her most popular success Lazarre, a historical romance based upon the career of Eleazar Williams, the supposed "Lost Dauphin." Its popularity was enhanced by a stage version with Otis Skinner in the leading role. Its chief interest today, however, lies in an episodic contribution that it has made to the nationally-accepted folk myth of Johnny Appleseed.
Almost completely forgotten for a time, the permanent values in Mrs. Catherwood's short tales were first pointed out by Prof. Pattee in 1915. Now, no representative collection of American local color stories is considered complete without some of her work.
By Robert Price, Professor of English at Otterbein College, O.
- A Woman in Armor. New York,
1875.
- The Dogberry Bunch. Boston,
1879.
-
Old Caravan Days including Over Indiana
Roads
. Boston. 1880.
- Craque-O'-Doom.
Philadelphia, 1881.
-
Rocky Fork
. Boston, 1882.
-
The Secrets at Roseladies
. Boston, 1886.
- The Romance of Dollard. New
York, 1889.
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- The Story of Tonty. Chicago,
1890.
- The Lady of Fort St. John.
Boston, 1891.
- Old Kaskaskia. Boston, 1893.
-
The White Islander
. New York, 1893.
- The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in
the New World. Boston, 1894.
- The Days of Jeanne D'Arc. New
York, 1897.
- The Spirit of an Illinois Town, and The Little Renault: Two
Stories of Illinois at Different Periods.
Boston, 1897.
- Bony and Ban, the Story of a Printing Venture.
Boston, 1898.
- Heroes of the Middle West.
Boston, 1898.
- Mackinac and Lake Stories. New
York, 1899.
- The Queen of the Swamp and Other Plain Americans.
Boston, 1899.
-
Spanish Peggy
. Chicago, 1899.
-
Lazarre
. Indianapolis, 1901.
CAUTHORN, HENRY SULLIVAN: 1828–1905.
Henry Sullivan Cauthorn was born in Vincennes, Ind., on Feb. 23, 1828. His father, Gabriel T. Cauthorn, was a Virginian, educated at the University of Virginia. He came west in 1823 and located in Lawrenceville, Ill., where he practiced medicine until his death. Henry S. Cauthorn's mother was a daughter of Elihu Stout, founder of Indiana's first newspaper, the Vincennes WESTERN SUN.
After the death of his father, in 1834, young Cauthorn, with his mother, lived in the home of his grandfather and entered the printing office of the WESTERN SUN. In 1840 'he enrolled in St. Gabriel School, Vincennes, and remained until 1845, when he matriculated at Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University, from which he graduated in 1848.
In 1851 he began the study of law with Benjamin F. Thomas, then United States District Attorney for Indiana. He was admitted to the bar in 1853 and the next year was elected district attorney for Knox, Daviess, Pike, and Martin counties. In 1855, upon the organization of city government, he, as city attorney, framed the series of local ordinances. After filling the office of city clerk for two terms, in 1870 he was elected state representative, being reelected in 1872, 1878, and 1880.
In 1868 he married Margaret C. Bayard. He was active in the Catholic Church throughout his life. He died on Nov. 15, 1905.
Information from Goodrich–History of Knox and Daviess Counties.
- Brief Sketch of the Past, Present and Prospects of
Vincennes. Vincennes, Ind., 1884.
- St. Francis Xavier Cathedral at Vincennes, Indiana.
n.p., 1892.
- History of the City of Vincennes, Indiana, from 1702 to
1901. Vincennes, Ind., 1902.
CAVANAUGH, JOHN WILLIAM: 1870-1935.
John William Cavanaugh , son of Patrick and Elizabeth O'Connor Cavanaugh, was born in Leetonia, O., on May 21, 1870, and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1890. He studied theology at Notre Dame, received the D.D. degree from Ottawa University, and in 1921 was awarded the LL.D. by Notre Dame.
Ordained a priest in 1894, from 1894 to 1905 he was an associate editor of AVE MARIA MAGAZINE, from 1898 to 1905 rector of Holy Cross Seminary, and from 1902 to 1906 professor of English literature at Notre Dame. He served as president of Notre Dame from 1905 to 1919. After spending one year teaching at Holy Cross College, he returned to Notre Dame in 1920 as professor of English, a position he held until 1931.
He died on Mar. 22, 1935.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- St. Paul, the Apostle of the World. New
York, 1895.
- Priests of the Holy Cross. Notre Dame,
Ind., 1905.
- The Modesty of Culture. Notre Dame,
Ind., n.d.
- Conquest of Life. Notre Dame,
Ind., n.d.
CHAMBERS, DAVID LAURANCE: 1879-
David Laurance Chambers , son of David Abbot and Elizabeth Keyser Fracker Chambers, was born in Washington, D. C., on Jan. 12, 1879. Following his graduation from the Columbian Preparatory School in 1895, he entered Princeton University, receiving the A.B. degree in 1900 and the A.M. in 1901. In 1937 he was granted a Litt.D. degree by Wabash College. He married Nora Taggart on Apr. 29, 1910.
After serving as secretary to Dr. Henry van Dyke (1900-03) and as a member of the editorial staff of the Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia (1903), in 1903 he joined the Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company of Indianapolis, becoming a member of the firm in 1907 and later its president.
Information from Who's Who in America.
page: 57[View Page 57]- The Metre of Macbeth, Its Relation to Shakespeare's
Earlier and Later Work. Princeton, N. J., 1903.
- Indiana, a Hoosier History.
Indianapolis, 1933.
CHAPIN, ELDEN STEDMAN: 1809-?
Elden S. Chapin was born in Baltimore, Vt., in 1809. In 1836 he came to what was shortly to be Whitley County, Ind., of which he became one of the organizers. He removed to Kosciusko County, where he was an early settler, and in 1874 settled in Plymouth, Ind., where he remained until his death.
He was a student of theology, mathematics and linguistics, was ordained a Baptist minister in 1842, and was for many years editor of a periodical published by that denomination.
Information from the Plymouth Public Library.
- Return of the Jews to Palestine.
- Sketches of the Early Settlement of the Northwest
Territory.
- Israel and Jerusalem.
- Reminiscences and Episodes.
- Past-Present-Future.
CHAPMAN, JOHN WILBUR: 1859-1918.
John Wilbur Chapman , son of Alexander H. and Lorinda McWhinney Chapman, was born in Richmond, Ind., on June 17, 1859. He was graduated from Lake Forest College in 1879 and from Lane Theological Seminary in 1882, being ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in the latter year.
From 1884 to 1893 he was pastor of churches in Albany and Philadelphia and from 1893 to 1896 engaged in evangelistic work, traveling to Asia, Australia , and Great Britain and achieving an international reputation in his field. After 1903 he acted as executive secretary of the General Assembly's Committee on Evangelistic Work for the Presbyterian Church.
In addition to his professional duties, he wrote a great many books, nearly all of which concerned his life interest, evangelism. Overwork caused him to suffer several breakdowns in health. He died on Dec. 25, 1918.
His first wife, Irene Stedden Chapman, died in 1886; his second, Agnes Strain Chapman, died in 1907; and on Aug. 30, 1910, he married Mable Cornelia Moulton.
Besides his books, the Rev. Mr. Chapman compiled several hymnals.
Information from Who Was Who in America and the Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. IV.
- The Ivory Palaces of the King. New
York, 1893.
- The Way and the Walk (with Rev.F. B. Meyer). New York, 1893.
- Received Ye the Holy Ghost? New
York, 1894. (Reissued in 1912 as
Power.)
- … "And Peter."
New York, 1895.
- Kadesh-Barnea; or, the Power of a Surrendered Life.
New York, 1897.
- The Lost Crown. Chicago, 1898.
- Answered! Remarkable Instances of Answered Prayers (with
others). Chicago, 1898.
- Conversion. New York, n.d.
- Life of Blessing. Dayton, 1899.
- Revivals and Missions. New York,
1899.
- The Secret of a Happy Day: Quiet Hour Meditations.
Chicago, 1899.
- The Spiritual Life of the Sunday School.
Chicago, 1899.
- The Surrendered Life: Quiet Hour Meditations.
Chicago, 1899.
- The Life and Work of Dwight L. Moody.
Philadelphia, 1900.
- Present-Day Parables. Cleveland,
1900.
- And Peter and Other Sermons.
Chicago, 1900.
- Bible Readers Aids. n.p., 1900.
- From Life to Life; Illustrations and Anecdotes for the Use of
Religious Workers and for Private Meditation.
Chicago, 1900.
- Day by Day; or, Meditations for the Morning Watch.
Chicago, 1901.
- The Man Who Said He Would.
Chicago, 1902.
- Present-Day Evangelism. New
York, 1903.
- Fishing for Men. Chicago, 1904.
- S. H. Hadley of Water Street. New
York, 1906.
- Another Mile, and Other Addresses. New
York, 1908.
- And Judas Iscariot, with Other Evangelistic Sermons.
Chicago, 1906.
- Chapman's Pocket Sermons. New
York, 1910.
- Revival Sermons. New York, 1911.
- Problem of the Work. New York,
1911.
- The Personal Touch: Inspiration for Christian
Workers. New York, 1912.
- Present Day Evangelization. New
York, 1912.
- Alaska's Great Highway. Hartford,
Conn., n.d.
- The Personal Worker's Guide. New
York, 1915.
- MacLean, J. K. Chapman and Alexander. New
York, 1915.
- When Home Is Heaven. New York,
1917.
- Old Fashioned Home.
Philadelphia, 1917.
- The Minister's Handicap. New
York, 1918.
- Day After Day; a Manual of Devotions for Individual and
Family Use. Philadelphia, 1919.
- page: 58[View Page 58]
- Awakening Sermons; Compiled and Edited by Edgar Whitaker
Work. New York, 1928.
- Authentic Life of D. L. Moody.
Chicago.
- Worker's Testament (withR. C. Norton). New York.
CHARLES, EMILY THORNTON (MRS.?): 1845-?
Emily Thornton , who wrote under the pseudonym of Emily Hawthorne, was born in Lafayette, Ind., on Mar. 21, 1845, and attended the Indianapolis public schools. At the age of sixteen she became a teacher. After the death of her husband (a Mr. Charles, whose given name is unknown) in 1874, she began to write for the Indianapolis papers. She later moved to Washington, D. C., where she was managing editor of the WASHINGTON WORLD and where she later died.
Information from Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana.
- Hawthorn Blossoms. Philadelphia,
1876.
- Lyrical Poems, Songs, Pastorals, Roundelays, War Poems,
Madrigals. Philadelphia, 1886.
CHARLES, JAMES: ?-
James Charles was born in the vicinity of Ridgeville, Ind., and apparently spent his early years in that community, serving in the Eighties as cashier of a Ridgeville bank. Toward the end of the Eighties he removed to Richmond, Ind., where his one recorded book was written, under the pen name of Charles J. Wayne.
Information from Melvin B. Stratton, of Indianapolis.
- Caddo, or Cupid in the Gas Belt. Richmond,
Ind., 1889.
CHATARD, FRANCIS SILAS MAREAN: 1834-1918.
" Francis Silas Chatard (Dec. 13, 1834-Sept. 7, 1918), Roman Catholic bishop of Indianapolis, was a grandson of Pierre Chatard. The latter., had settled in Baltimore , married the daughter of a fellow emigrant, and won local prestige by writing and practising medicine, in which he had been trained in Paris. His son, Ferdinand, had studied medicine in Paris, London, and Edinburgh, practised in Baltimore, and married Eliza Anne, daughter of Silas Marean of Brookline, Mass., who had served in the War of 1812 and as consul in Martinique, where he had married an Irish widow of an English gentleman. Francis Chatard, son of Ferdinand and Eliza Anne … expecting to follow the paternal profession, on his graduation from Mount St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, in 1853, studied medicine under Dr. Donaldson of Baltimore and in the University of Maryland where he obtained his medical degree. After serving two years as an interne in the Baltimore infirmary and as physician of the city almshouse, he heard the religious call and enrolled under Archbishop Kenrick …
"For six years Chatard pursued courses in philosophy and theology in the Urban College of the Propaganda at Rome before he was ordained (1862) and awarded the D.D. (1863). He was then named vice-rector of the American College at Rome under Dr. W. G. McCloskey, later bishop of Louisville. Succeeding to the rectorship in 1868, he headed the College for ten interesting years during which the Vatican Council of 1870 was held …
"Named by Pope Plus to the See of Vincennes, he was consecrated (1878) by Cardinal Franchi … Vincennes welcomed in him a man of polished appearance, a good linguist, an attractive conversationalist, an inspiring preacher, and a deep student of foreign politics… In 1898, on removal of his See to Indianapolis, he built a new cathedral, St. Vincent's Hospital, schools, and a convent. On his twenty-fifth anniversary, he was honored by the whole state in ceremonies in which Cardinal Gibbons, forty archbishops and bishops, and three hundred priests took part. Although seven years later Joseph Chartrand was appointed coadjutor, the aged bishop continued active … he passed away in 1918 …"
Besides the books listed Chatard was translator of several religious works.
Condensed from R. J. P., Dictionary of dmerican Biography, Vol. IV.
- Sermon. Rome, 1872.
- Christian Truths, Lectures. New
York, 1881.
- St. Thomas and Our Day. Notre Dame,
Ind., 1882.
- Discourse on the Occasion of the Entombment of Mgr. Celestin
de La Hailandiere. Indianapolis, 1882.
- Ordo Divini Officll Recitandi Sacrique Peragendi, in Usum
Cleri Diocesis Vincennopolitanal …
Indianapolis, 1884.
- Tenure of Land and Eminent Domain.
Indianapolis, 1887.
- Occasional Essays. New York,
1894.
- page: 59[View Page 59]
- Symbolism of Early Christianity from the Catacombs of
Rome. New York, 1899.
CHEEVER, REV. WILLIAM MAXEN: 1818-1878.
"The Rev. William Maxen Cheever … was born at North Vernon, Ind., Sept. 23, 1818. He graduated from Hanover College in 1838, and from Lane Theological Seminary in 1843 …
"During Mr. Cheever's residence in Monticello, on July 8, 1844, he was married to Margaret L. Jackson, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Lyman Beecher and step-sister of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe… She died at Rockville soon after their removal. He remained pastor of the 2nd Presbyterian church there until 1850, when he removed to Terre Haute …
"In 1866 he became Secretary of the Northwest for the American Board of Foreign Missions, with headquarters at Boston …
"In December, 1871, he was installed pastor of the 2nd Presbyterian Church at Kansas City, Mo., where his ministry was ended by his death in 1878 …"
Condensed from the MONTICELLO HERALD, Aug. 25, 1921.
- Practical Evangelism; or, Bible Christianity
Enforced. Boston, 1856.
CHENOWETH, CAROLINE VAN DUSEN (MRS. BERNARD PEEL): 1846-?
Caroline Van Dusen , daughter of Charles Van Dusen, was born on the Indiana side of the Ohio River, not far from Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 29, 1846.
When quite young she married Col. Bernard Peel Chenoweth, who died while serving as U. S. consul at Canton, China. After his death Mrs. Chenoweth settled the affairs of the consulate and returned to the U. S. She lectured on English literature at Smith College in 1883-84 and became associate editor of the MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL, published in New York .
Information from A Catalog of Authors. Houghton Mifflin, 1899.
- Stories of the Saints. Boston,
1880.
- History of the Second Church in Leicester,
Massachusetts. Leicester, Mass., 1908.
- Child Life in China.
- An Undistinguished Citizen.
CHITWOOD, MARY LOUISA: 1832-1855.
Born near Mt. Carmel in Franklin County, Ind., on Oct. 29, 1832, Mary Louisa Chitwood was educated in the common schools. Her first poem was published in a Connersville paper, and she became familiar to literary America through the columns of the LOUISVILLE JOURNAL, the LADIES' REPOSITORY, the TEMPERANCE WREATH, and other papers. She was an editor of the TEMPERANCE WREATH. Miss Chitwood died in Mt. Carmel on Dec. 19, 1855.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans.
- Poems. Selected byGeorge D. Prentiss.
Cincinnati, 1857.
CLARK, JAMES L.: 1855-1933.
James L. Clark was born in Cartersburg, Hendricks County, Ind., in 1855 and was educated at Central Normal (now Canterbury) College and at Valparaiso University. He practiced law in Danville, Ind., and was serving as a professor of law at Central Normal College, Danville , in 1895. He also served as judge of the Hendricks County Circuit Court and as a member of the state utilities commission. He died on Feb. 15, 1933.
Information from Taylor–Biographical Sketches and Review of the Bench and Bar of Indiana, 1895, and the Indiana State Library.
- A Mixed Question of Law and Fact.
- Finding of Facts and Outlines of Conclusions of Law.
Danville, Ind., n.d.
CLARK, LINDLEY DANIEL: 1862-
Lindley Daniel Clark , son of Daniel and Mary Robinson Clark, was born in Carthage, Ind., on June 26, 1862, and graduated from Earlham College in 1886. He also studied at De Pauw University, Maryville College (from which he received the A.M. degree in 1890), the University of Michigan, and Columbian (now George Washington) University (from which he received the LL.B. degree in 1897 and the LL.M. in 1898). On Dec. 29, 1886, he married Maria E. Young, and on Dec. 1, 1898, he married Dora J. Bradshaw.
From 1893 to 1927 Mr. Clark was with the U. S. Department of Labor, from 1924 to 1927 he served as economist in charge of industrial and economic law, page: 60[View Page 60] and from 1927 to 1932 he was with the U. S. Employees Compensation Commission.
In addition to his book he was the author of numerous articles and bulletins and contributed to encyclopedias and periodicals. He was also a minister of the Society of Friends.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- The Law of the Employment of Labor. New
York, 1911.
CLARK, THOMAS CURTIS: 1877-
Thomas Curtis Clark , son of Thomas J. and Emma Rose Jennings Clark, was born in Vincennes, Ind., on Jan. 8, 1877. After graduating from Indiana University in 1899 with the A.B. degree, he studied at the University of Chicago in 1901-02.
From 1907 to 1911 he was on the editorial staff of the Christian Board of Publications and from 1912 to 1940 was on the staff of the CHRISTIAN CENTURY in Chicago . In 1920 he became an associate editor of the CHRISTIAN CENTURY PULPIT and in 1919 editor of the TWENTIETH CENTURY QUARTERLY. A member of the publishing firm of Willett, Clark & Co., a lecturer and a composer as well as an author, he also contributed to and compiled many anthologies and was a syndicate writer. Mr. Clark married Hazel P. Davis in June, 1910.
Information from Who's Who in America.
-
Poems and Songs
. St. Louis, 1909.
- Friendly Town. 1915.
-
Love Off to the War, and Other Poems
. New York, 1918.
- Lincoln and Others. New York,
1923.
- It Shall Not Be Again. New York,
1931.
- Abraham Lincoln: Thirty Poems.
Chicago, 1934.
- Home Roads and Far Horizons; Songs and Sonnets.
Chicago, 1935.
- Fifty Lincoln Poems. Herrin,
Ill., 1943.
CLARKE, GRACE GIDDINGS JULIAN (MRS. CHARLES B.)- 1865-1938.
Born in Centerville, Ind., on Sept. 11, 1865, Grace Julian came of a family of abolitionists. Her father was George W. Julian, and her grandfather was Joshua R. Giddings of Ohio . In 1872 her parents moved to Irvington, Ind., where she attended the Mt. Zion district school and subsequently enrolled in Butler University, graduating in 1884 with the Ph.B. degree and receiving the Ph.M. degree in 1885. She was married to Charles B. Clarke, an Indianapolis attorney, in 1887.
For eighteen years Mrs. Clarke conducted a weekly column for the INDIANAPOLIS STAR and also, for eight years, edited a woman's page for the same paper. She was an active club woman–from 1909 to 1911 she was president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs and she was a director of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She was an ardent advocate of women's suffrage. Mrs. Clarke died on June 18, 1938.
Besides the two biographical works listed, Mrs. Clarke also edited George W. Julian's speeches and papers.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. III, and the Indiana State Library.
- George W. Julian, Some Impressions.
Indianapolis, n.d.
- George W. Julian. Indianapolis,
1923.
CLIFTON, THOMAS A.: 1859-1935.
Thomas A. Clifton , son of Housen and Permelia Seeley Clifton, was born in Iroquois County, Ill., on Dec. 15, 1859. The family had lived in Indiana before the birth of Thomas and returned to the state before he was of school age.
Thomas was educated in the Fountain County, Ind., schools and attended De Pauw University, receiving the A.B. degree in 1885. He became a teacher and was sent to India, while still a young man, to establish a boys' high school. Returning to the U. S. , he continued to teach for several years.
Shortly after the beginning of the century he became editor of the weekly COVINGTON ( Ind. ) REPUBLICAN, continuing in newspaper work until his death in June, 1935.
Information from Roll–History of Indiana.
- Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties …
Indianapolis, 1913.
CLODFELTER, NOAH J.: 1853-1901.
What could be a more appropriate recognition than a biographical sketch, perhaps composed or at least partially dictated, by the man himself, from a contemporary county history? Mr. Clodfelter's reads:
page: 61[View Page 61]"Noah J. Clodfelter, a Poet:
- 'Blessings be with them, and eternal praise,1
- Who gave us nobler loves and nobler cares,2
- The poets, who on earth have made us heirs,3
- Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays.'4
"It is with the utmost satisfaction that the biographer places before the reader of this record a brief notice of the talented gentleman whose name appears at the opening of this article. In these practical days the poetic fire with the gentle, dreamy temperament belonging to it, comes too seldom to the notice of the world. When among us is born one of the gifted, the life of this individual holds superior interest, as the existence of a different kind of being.
"The subject of the present sketch was born in Alamo, Ind., Dec. 14, 1853, and he has been affectionately and proudly named 'The Wabash Poet.' He is scarcely conscious of the time when his thoughts did not run in rhythm, some of his published poems having been the emanations from the pen of a lad of only seventeen years. Perhaps the best known and most ambitious book of poems is the one entitled Early Vanities. This is to be found in the most of the larger libraries, and although it has received slashes from the critics, Mr. Clodfelter can point even now to the critics of Shakespeare.
"Our subject has not confined his pen to poetry, his novel, "Snatched from the Poor House," having been kindly received, and having had a sale of over four hundred thousand copies. His first publication took place in 1886, since which time he has contributed to the papers and periodicals over the country. His residence is at 'Knoll Cottage,' a beautiful home erected at a cost of over $20,000.
"Probably more will be heard from this western poet in the future. Inspiring themes are not lacking, and the valley of the Wabash has many spots beautiful enough to encourage the poetic flame."
(The reader may, if he wishes, consider the "four hundred thousand copies" of the novel Snatched from the Poor House, to be a misprint or a mis-quotation of Mr. Clodfelter.)
From Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, 1893.
- The Fates, or, the Dance on the Lethe. By Formose Puer
[pseud.]. New York, 1882.
-
Early Vanities
. New York, 1886.
- Snatched from the Poor House.
Philadelphia, 1888.
- In Stony Places: A Story of the Mines in the Great
Coal-Mining Region of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, 1892.
- The Gotham of Yasmar: A Satire. Buffalo, N.
Y., 1897.
COBURN, JOHN: 1825-1908.
John Coburn , son of Henry P. and Sarah Mallott Coburn, was born in Indianapolis on Oct. 27, 1825. He was educated in the public schools, at the old Marion County Seminary, and at Wabash College, from which he was graduated in 1846. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1849 and began to practice in Indianapolis . For one term, 1850-51, he was a member of the Indiana State Legislature, and from 1859 to 1861 he was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
On Mar. 9, 1852, he married Miss Caroline Test of Centerville, Ind.
When the Civil War broke out, he was commissioned colonel of the 33rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. During his service he was for two months a prisoner in Libby Prison, and in September of 1864 he was in command of the reconnaissance force to which the city of Atlanta was surrendered. He was brevetted brigadier-general in 1865 at the close of the war.
Elected to Congress in 1866, he served four terms. He was chairman of the Military Committee and a member of other important committees. Following his period in Congress he resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis. General Coburn was a public-spirited man, long active in the promotion of improved public schools, parks and similar works in Indianapolis .
He died on Jan. 28, 1908.
Information from Sulgrove History of Indianapolis and Marion County; Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. II; and Commemorative Biographical Record of Prominent Men of Indianapolis and Ficinity.
- Life and Services of John B. Dillon (withHorace P. Biddle). Indianapolis, 1886.
COCKRUM, WILLIAM MONROE: 1837-1924.
William Cockrum was born on Dec. 8, 1837, on the family farm, now the site of Oakland City, Ind.
He was almost entirely self-educated. While still a very young man he and his brother, James M. Cockrum, operated a general store and produce business which dealt mainly in pork and tobacco, shipped to the New Orleans market. After the Civil War Cockrum became a farmer and fruit grower.
He married Lucretia Harper on Oct. 5, 1856; they became the parents of nine children.
page: 62[View Page 62]Cockrum became active in Underground Railroad activities in southwestern Indiana when the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 gave an impetus to slave-hunting in free territory. When the Civil War was declared he enlisted in Company F, 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and rose, during the course of the war, from lieutenant to lieutenant-colonel. He was wounded at Chickamauga, was captured and taken to Libby Prison, where he was held for eight months. This experience impaired his health permanently.
Cockrum's life on a pioneer farm, and his later adventures in the Underground Railroad service, gave him resources of information which he put to good use in the writing which occupied his later years.
Information from the Princeton Public Library.
- Pioneer History of Indiana, Including Stories, Incidents and
Customs of the Early Settlers. Oakland City,
Ind., 1907.
- History of the Underground Railroad, as It Was Conducted by
the Anti-Slavery League. Oakland City, Ind.,
1915.
COFFIN, CHARLES EMMET: 1849–1934.
Charles Emmet Coffin , born in Salem, Ind., on July 13, 1849, spent his early life on a farm and moved with his family to Bloomington , in 1862. When he was twenty years old he came to Indianapolis , where he was in the real estate business for many years.
In 1911 he became secretary-treasurer of the Indianapolis Star Publishing Company. His public service began in 1899 as a member of the Park Board and later he was president of the Board of Public Works. He became president of the Indiana Savings and Investment Company in 1899 and held the office until he died in Indianapolis on Oct. 15, 1934.
Information from the Indianapolis Public Library.
- The Gist of Whist. New York,
1894.
- Multum in Parvo. New York.
- The Gist of Auction Bridge.
Chicago, 1917.
COFFIN, CHARLES FISHER: 1823-1916.
" Charles Fisher Coffin … Quaker minister, was descended from Tristram Coffyn, Massachusetts colonist (1642) and one of the original settlers of Nantucket … Elijah Coffin (1798-1862) was a man of distinction and influence. He was a school teacher in his youth in North Carolina, where he married Naomi Hiatt, a highly gifted woman of an important Quaker family. With her and his one-year-old son, Charles Fisher Coffin, he migrated to Indiana in 1824 … Charles Fisher Coffin was educated at first by his father and later in the early Quaker schools of the pioneer period. He began his career in the Richmond Bank, a branch of the State Bank of Indiana , when he was twelve years old, continuing his education during the evenings … In 1847, he was married to Rhoda M. Johnson of Waynesville, O … Charles succeeded his father in the Richmond Bank in 1859, in which position he had a distinguished business career until 1885, when he retired and removed to Chicago … He was recorded a minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends in 1866, and continued to preach, with effect and charm and power, until his death at the age of ninety-three … He and his wife were leaders in the creation of the Indiana Reform School and he was first president of the board of control of the Indiana House of Refuge for Juvenile Offenders, a position which he held from 1867 to 1880. He spent the last thirty years of his life in Chicago with the exception of two years in London, England."
Condensed from R. M. J., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. IV.
- Elijah Coffin. Life. With a Reminiscence by C. F. Coffin.
Edited by Mary Coffin Johnson. Cincinnati,
1863.
- Capital Punishment; A Discourse Delivered … May
26, 1878. Richmond, Ind., 1878.
- Our Prisons: an Address … Before the Indiana
Social Science Association at Indianapolis, June 9, 1880.
- British and American Prisons: an Address Delivered Before the
National Prison Congress. n.p., 1891.
COFFIN, CHARLES FRANKLIN: 1856-1935.
Born in Marion County, Ind., on June 2, 1856, Charles Franklin Coffin , son of Benjamin Franklin and Emily Jane Harlan Coffin, graduated from De Pauw University in 1881, receiving the A.M. degree in 1884. He married Sarah I. Dowling on Oct. 26, 1887.
He was a teacher and administrator in the public schools of Indiana from 1881 until 1885, when he began the practice of law. From 1887 to 1893 he practiced in Wichita, Kan., in 1893-94 he acted as dean of the law school of De Pauw University, and in 1894 he became a member of an Indianapolis law firm. From 1898 to 1900 he was a lecturer at the Indianapolis page: 63[View Page 63] Law School. Mr. Coffin was active in the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce for many years.
He died on Dec. 16, 1935.
Information from Who Was Who in America and De Pauw University's Alumnal Record, 1920.
- Ten Years Tax Harvest from Policy-Holders'
Funds. New York, 1916.
COFFIN, LEVI: 1789-1877.
Although his published works were limited to his Reminiscences, which came out the year before his death, and to the probable authorship of some ephemeral and necessarily anonymous anti-slavery pamphlets, Levi Coffin was a figure of sufficient importance in the pre-Civil War scene in the middle west to warrant an exhaustive sketch here.
The Dictionary of American Biography says of him, in part:
"Levi was born on a farm at New Garden, N.C., the youngest of the seven children of Levi and Prudence (Williams) Coffin. His mother's family was of Welsh descent. Both of his parents were Quakers. The boy, who was the only son, could not be spared from necessary work on the farm except for short intervals at the district school. He was mainly taught by his father at home. When he was twenty-one, he left for a session at a distant school … then taught for a winter, attended school the following year, and taught at intervals for several years thereafter. In 1821, together with his cousin Vestal Coffin, he organized at New Garden a Sunday-school for negroes. This succeeded for a time but eventually the masters, becoming alarmed at Coffin's methods, kept their slaves at home, and the school was closed. On Oct. 28, 1824, Coffin was married to Catharine White, a Quaker. Two years later, he moved to Newport (now Fountain City), Wayne County, Ind.–a village of about twenty families-where he was to live for more than twenty years. Here Coffin opened a store. Very soon after he came to Newport , he found that he was on a line of the Underground Railroad through which slaves often passed. Coffin let it be known that his house would be a depot and immediately fugitives began to arrive … The Railroad was attended with heavy expenses. These Coffin could not have borne had he not been prosperous. Journeys had to be made at night, often through deep mud and bad roads and along seldom-traveled by-ways. A week seldom passed without his receiving passengers … Coffin was also at this time a member of a Committee on Concerns of People of Color to look after their educational interests, treasurer of a fund raised to sustain schools and aid the poor and destitute, and an active participant in the temperance movement. Almost twenty years after he had gone to Newport to live, he became interested in the free labor question. In 1847, he agreed to go experimentally to Cincinnati for five years and open a wholesale free-labor goods store. A Quaker Convention at Salem, Ind., had voted in 1846 to raise $3,000 to begin such a project. A year after the outbreak of the Civil War, Coffin began his work for the freedmen and devoted his entire time to this for the rest of his life. In May, 1864, he went to England for this purpose, and an English Freedmen's Aid Society was formed … In 1867, Coffin was appointed delegate to the International Anti-Slavery Conference in Paris … The last ten years of his life were passed in retirement …"
Condensed from M. A. K., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. IV.
- Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the
Underground Railroad; Being a Brief History of the Labors of a Lifetime in
Behalf of the Slave, with the Stories of Numerous Fugitives.
Cincinnati, n.d. [1876].
COFFMAN, JOHN S.: 1848-1899.
John S. Coffman , son of Bishop Samuel Coffman, was born in Rockingham County, Va., on Oct. 16, 1848, and was educated in the public schools and at the Normal School in Bridgewater, Va. He married Elizabeth J. Heatwole on Nov. 11, 1869.
After teaching school for six years, in 1879 he moved with his family to Elkhart, Ind., where he was assistant editor of the HERALD OF TRUTH, a Mennonite publication, until his death on July 22, 1899. He also engaged in evangelistic work, having been ordained to the ministry in 1875, and from 1890 to 1899 edited SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON HELPS. He was influential in the establishment of Elkhart Institute in 1893–known as Goshen College since 1896.
Information from the Goshen College Library.
- Infant Lesson Book; a Series of Bible Lessons, with Questions
and Answers for Very Young Learners. For the Use of Sunday Schools.
Elkhart, Ind., 1880.
- Confession of Faith and Ministers' Manual,
Containing the Confession of Faith Adopted at Dortrecht in
1632–the Shorter Catechism–Forms for Baptism, the
Lord's
page: 64[View Page 64] Supper, Marriage,
Ordination of Bishops and Ministers–Funeral Lessons, Texts,
etc. (withJohn F. Funk). Elkhart, Ind., 1890.
- Fundamental Bible References. Elkhart,
Ind., 1891.
COFFMAN, LOTUS DELTA: 1875-1938.
Lotus Delta Coffman , son of Mansford E. and Laura E. Davis Coffman, was born in Salem, Ind., on Jan. 7, 1875, and graduated from Indiana State Normal School in 1896. He received the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Indiana University (in 1906 and 1910, respectively) and the Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in 1911. Honorary degrees were conferred upon him by other colleges and universities. On Dec. 28, 1899, he married Mary Emma Farrell.
From 1896 to 1907 he served as principal and superintendent of various schools in Indiana , from 1907 to 1909 and again from 1911 to 1912 he was supervisor of the Training School at Charleston, Ill., and from 1909 to 1911 he studied and lectured at Columbia University. After spending three years as a professor of education at the University of Illinois, in 1915 he became dean of the College of Education at the University of Minnesota and in 1920 was made president of the university. Coffman was the author of many textbooks besides the works listed below.
He died on Sept. 22, 1938.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Reading in Public Schools (withT. H. Briggs). Chicago, 1908.
- Social Composition of the Teaching Population.
New York, 1911.
- Teacher Training Departments in Minnesota High
Schools. New York, 1920.
- The State University: Its Work and Problems; a Selection from
Addresses Delivered Between 1921 and 1933.
Minneapolis, 1934.
- Land Utilization in Minnesota–a State Program for
the Cut-Over Lands (with others). Minneapolis,
1934.
- Freedom Through Education.
Minneapolis, 1939.
COHN, MORRIS M.: 1852-1922.
Morris M. Cohn , son of Mathias A. and Therese Koebner Cohn, was born in New Albany, Ind., on Mar. 14, 1852, and was educated privately and in the Cincinnati schools. On Aug. 19, 1883, he married Addle M. Ottenheimer.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1873. He spent two years as city attorney of Little Rock, Ark., three years as a school director, and several years as professor in the law school of the University of Arkansas.
Mr. Cohn died on Apr. 3, 1922.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Essay on Religion, from a Historical and Philosophical
Standpoint. Cincinnati, 1876.
- Essay on the Growth of Law.
Chicago, 1882.
- Admiralty Jurisdiction, Law, and Practice, with Appendix
Containing Rules, Statutes, and Forms. Boston,
1883.
- An Introduction to the Study of the Constitution: a Study
Showing the Play of Physical and Social Factors in the Creation of
Institutional Law. Baltimore, 1892.
COLEMAN, CHRISTOPHER BUSH: 1875-1944.
Christopher Bush Coleman was born at Springfield, Ill., on Apr. 24, 1875. He received the A.B. degree from Yale University in 1896; B.D., University of Chicago, 1899, and University of Berlin, 1903-04, and Ph.D. from Columbia in 1914.
He came to Indianapolis in 1900 and for eighteen years was professor of history at Butler University. In 1920-24 he was head of the department of history and political science at Allegheny College. In 1924 he was named director of the Indiana State Historical Bureau; he was secretary of the Indiana Historical Society; and from 1936 to 1942 he was acting director of the Indiana State Library.
Dr. Coleman died in Indianapolis on June 25, 1944.
Information from Who's Who in America and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Church History in the Modern Sunday School.
St. Louis, 1911.
- Constantine the Great and Christianity; Three Phases: the
Historical, the Legendary, and the Spurious. New
York, 1914.
- Memoirs of Louis Harrison Coleman.
Springfield, Ill., 1920.
- Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine;
Edited and Translated by Christopher Coleman. New Haven,
Conn., 1922.
- The Undying Past and Other Addresses.
Indianapolis, 1946.
COLEMAN, LIZZIE DARROW: ?-?
Lizzie D. Coleman , daughter of Jonce and Mary Darrow Coleman, was born in Mitchell, Ind.
Her only known book–now quite rare–describes Indiana's largest Indian massacre of whites, that of the Pigeon Roost Community. Miss Coleman was residing in Bedford, Ind., at the time her book was published. She later married a Terre Haute physician and is believed to have died in childbirth while still a young woman.
Information from Elizabeth Hayward, Ridgewood, N. J. and the Bedford Public Library.
- History of the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
Mitchell, Ind., 1904.
COLERICK, EDWARD FENWICK: 1822-1905.
Edward Fenwick Colerick was born at Mount Vernon, O., in 1822. His father was Charles Colerick. Brought to Fort Wayne, Ind., as a child in 1828, he was educated privately, read law, and became a practicing attorney. In 1851 he married Margaret Forsyth. Three children were born to this union.
Mr. Colerick moved to Indianapolis in 1875 and remained a resident of that city until his death in 1905. Besides his one book he was also the author of a great number of newspaper and magazine articles. He spent most of his life in reading, study, and writing.
Information from The Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Ind.
- Adventures of Pioneer Children.
Cincinnati, 1888.
COLFAX, SCHUYLER: 1823-1885.
" Schuyler Colfax (Mar. 23, 1823-Jan. 13, 1885), vice-president of the United States , was born in New York City … His father, Schuyler Colfax, who married (Apr. 15, 1820) Hannah Stryker of New York , died Oct. 30, 1822, and in 1834 his mother married George W. Matthews of Baltimore . In 1836 the family removed to New Carlisle, Ind., where Matthews, who became auditor of St. Joseph County in 1841, appointed his stepson deputy auditor at South Bend, an office which he held for eight years. Colfax found time to serve as assistant enrolling clerk of the state Senate (1842-44) and as correspondent of the INDIANA STATE JOURNAL ( Indianapolis ), and also studied law, but was never admitted to the bar. Having bought an interest in the South Bend FREE PRESS in 1845, he changed the name of the paper to ST. JOSEPH VALLEY REGISTER, made it the Whig organ of northern Indiana, and retained his interest in it until shortly after he became speaker of the House of Representatives. His political activities began early… When the Republican party was formed he joined it, and took an active part in organizing the new party in Indiana . In December 1855, he entered the House of Representatives of the Thirty-fourth Congress (1855-57) as a Republican, and served continuously until the end of the Fortieth Congress (Mar. 3, 1869). From the Thirty-eighth to the Fortieth Congress, inclusive (1863-69), he was speaker of the House … On Apr. 8, 1864, he left the speaker's chair to move the expulsion of Alexander Long of Ohio , who had spoken in favor of recognizing the Confederacy. The resolution was later changed to one of censure.
"His position as speaker, together with his 'advanced ideas on Negro suffrage' …, commended Colfax as a candidate for vice-president in 1868, and at the Chicago convention, after the fifth ballot, when he received 541 votes, his nomination was made unanimous …, and he was later elected … He was implicated in the Credit Mobilier scandal, the investigation showing that he had agreed to accept twenty shares of stock in the company and had received a considerable sum in dividends. His denial of the charge was not convincing, and in his examination before the committee 'it is impossible to believe that he told the truth' (Rhodes, VII, 13-15). He escaped formal censure on the ground that his misconduct, if any, had been committed before he became vice-president, but although he claimed to have been 'fully exonerated' …, his political standing was ruined … He died suddenly at Mankato, Minn., and was buried at South Bend. His first wife, Evelyn Clark of New York , whom he married Oct. 10, 1844, died at Newport, R. I., July 10, 1863. On Nov. 18, 1868, he married Ellen W. Wade, a niece of Benjamin F. Wade of Ohio …"
Condensed from W. M., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. IV.
- Life and Services of Gen. U. S. Grant (withHenry Coffin).
- Life and Principles of Abraham Lincoln … Delivered
in the Court House Square, South Bend, April 24, 1865.
Philadelphia, 1865.
- Education of the Heart …
New York, 1868.
- The Mormon Question. Being a Speech of Vice-President
page: 66[View Page 66] Schuyler Colfax, at Salt Lake City, a
Reply Thereto by Elder John Taylor; and a Letter of Vice-President Colfax
Published in the "New York Independent," with Elder
Taylor's Reply. Salt Lake City, 1870.
- Example and Effort, an Address, Delivered Before the
Congressional Temperance Society, at Washington, D. C.
New York, 1872.
- Landmarks of Life; to Be Found on a New Year's Day
Journey. New York, 1883.
COLLIER, JOHN SAMUEL: 1876-
John Samuel Collier was born in Tipton, Ind., in 1876. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from De Pauw University and was apparently a pioneer in county agricultural agent work.
Information from Federal Writers Project–Indiana Authors, 1937.
- What County Agent Collier Has Done for Cows in
Kankakee.
- Plows and Plowing Machines (withC. O. Reed). Kankakee, Ill., n.d.
COLLINS, ANGELINA MARIA LORRAINE (MRS. JAMES): 1820-?
Angelina Maria Lorraine was born near Cumberland Gap, Va., in 1820. She married James Collins of New Albany, Ind., where the couple resided for a while before moving to Pekin, Ind., and later to Salem . Her second book was a temperance novel.
Information from Briscoe–unpublished ms., Indiana Fiction Before 1870.
- Table Receipts Adapted to Western Housewifery.
New Albany, Ind., 1851.
- Mrs. Ben Darby, or the Weal and Woe of Social Life.
Cincinnati, 1853.
COLLINS, ARCHIE FREDERICK: 1869-.
Apparently the honor of being one of Indiana's most prolific writers (if honor it be) with more than one hundred titles recorded, is Archie Frederick Collins , physicist and author of many scientific books, who was born in South Bend, Ind., on Jan. 8, 1869, and was educated in the public schools and at the University of Chicago. His achievements in his field include: invention of the wireless telephone, 1909; discovery of the effect of electric waves on brain cells, 1902; and formulation of the neutron theory of the ether, 1937. He was a lecturer for the New York Board of Education, a technician for the Collins Wireless Telephone Company, editor of the COLLINS WIRELESS BULLETIN, and scientific correspondent for the NEW YORK HERALD.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Wireless Telegraphy, Its History, Theory and
Practice. New York, 1905.
- Manual of Wireless Telegraphy. New
York, 1906.
- The Electric Telegraph (withCharles Thom). Chicago, 1908.
- The Design and Construction of Induction Coils.
New York, 1909.
- Plans and Specifications fo,r Wireless Telegraph Sets,
Complete and Detailed Instructions for Making an Experimental Set, Also a
One to Five Mile Set. New York, 1912.
- The Design and Construction of Wireless Sets.
New York, 1914.
- The Book of Stars; Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars
and Their Uses to Boy Life, Written to Conform to the Tests of the Boy
Scouts. New York, 1915.
- The Book of Wireless; Being a Clear Description of Wireless
Telegraph Sets and How to Make and Operate Them, Together with a Simple
Explanation of How Wireless Works. New York,
1915.
- The Book of Magic, Being a Simple Description of Some Good
Tricks and How to Do Them, with Patter. New
York, 1915.
- The Book of Electricity, Written to Conform to the Tests of
the Boy Scouts. New York, 1916.
- Inventing for Boys. New York,
1916.
- Short Cuts in Figures; to Which Is Added Many Useful Tables
and Formulas Written So That He Who Runs May Read. New
York, 1916.
- How to Keep Your Motor Car in Repair. New
York, 1917.
- Easy Lesson in Wireless; a Practical Course of Instruction on
the Principles, Construction and the Workings of Wireless Apparatus, for the
Use of Students, Experimenters, and Operators. New
York, 1917.
- Home Handy Book; a Compendium of Useful Things to Do Around
the Average House and How to Keep It in Repair. New
York, 1917.
- How to Fly. New York, 1917.
- Keeping Up with Your Motor Car; Written So That He Who Reads
May Ride, Also for the Car Owner to Whom Money Is an Object.
New York, 1917.
- Magic of Science; a Book of Scientific Amusements Which Can
Be Performed with Simple Apparatus. New York,
1917.
- Money Making for Boys; It Tells the Boy Who Wants to Make
Money How to Do It and What to Do with His Money After He Has Made
It. New York, 1917.
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- Shooting for Boys. New York,
1917.
- The Boys' Book of Submarines; With Numerous
Illustrations and Diagrams (withVirgil Dewey Collins). New York, 1917.
- The Boys' Book of Engine Building; How to Make
Steam, Hot Air and Gas Engines and How They Work, Told in Simple Language
and by Clear Pictures; With Drawings by the Author.
Boston, 1918.
- Handicraft for Boys; With 185 Illustrations and
Diagrams. New York, 1918.
- The Amateur Mechanic. New York,
1918.
- The Boys' Book of the War. New
York, 1918.
- Boys' Book of Chemistry. New
York, 1918.
- Gas, Gasoline and Oil Engines. New
York, 1919.
- The Amateur Chemist; an Extremely Simple and Thoroughly
Practical Chemistry for the Home, Office, Shop and Farm.
New York, 1919.
- The Girls' Handy Book (withMlle. Marthé Ducretet). New York, 1919.
- Jack Heaton, Wireless Operator. New
York, 1919.
- The Boys' Airplane Book; With Numerous
Illustrations, Working Drawings and Diagrams. New
York, 1919.
- Motor Car Starting and Lighting. New
York, 1920.
- Farm and Garden Tractors; How to Buy, Run, Repair, and Take
Care of Them; With Numerous Illustrations and Diagrams.
New York, 1920.
- How to Take Care of an Automobile at Small Expense, with
Complete Instructions for Operating Repairs and How to Make Them.
New York, 1920.
- Jack Heaton, Oil Prospector. New
York, 1920.
- Putnam's Handbook of Buying and Selling; Telling in
a Simple and Practical Way How to Succeed in Business (withVirgil Dewey Collins). New York, 1920.
- Through the Telescope. New Haven,
Conn., 1920.
- Under the Microscope. New Haven,
Conn., 1920.
- Spinning Tops and Gyroscopes. New Haven,
Conn., 1920.
- Wonders of Natural History; a Comprehensive Account of Man in
the Making and of Prehistoric and Present Day Animals; With a Frontispiece
in Color and Eighty-Eight Illustrations in Black and White (withVirgil Dewey Collins). New York, 1920.
- Jack Heaton, Gold Seeker. New
York, 1921.
- The Boys' Book of Physics. (Under the name ofJames Ramsey Clark.) New York, 1921.
- Electrical Toys and Tricks.
Chicago, 1921.
- Mysto Card Magic. Chicago, 1921.
- Magnetic Fun and Facts. Chicago,
1921.
- Wonders of Chemistry. New York,
1922.
- Radio Amateur's Handbook; a Complete, Authentic and
Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony. New
York, 1922.
- Book of Wireless Telegraph and Telephone.
New York, 1922.
- The Boy Magician. (Under name ofRaymond Dixie.) Boston, 1922.
- The Book of the Microscope. New
York, 1923.
- The Boy Astronomer. Boston,
1923.
- Everybody's Wireless Book.
London, 1923.
- Experimental Wireless. London,
1923.
- The Boy Chemist. Boston, 1924.
- The Amateur Electrician's Handbook; a Book for the
Boy or Man Who Wants to Make and Do Things Electrical. New
York, 1924.
- The Amateur Photographer's Handbook.
New York, 1925.
- The Boy Scientist. Boston, 1925.
- A Bird's Eye View of Invention.
New York, 1926.
- The Amateur Entertainer. New
York, 1926.
- The Boys' Book of Experiments. New
York, 1927.
- The Book of Puzzles. New York,
1927.
- Boys' Book of Amusements. New
York, 1927.
- Boys' and Girls' Book of Indoor
Games. New York, 1928.
- Fun with Figures. New York,
1928.
- Boys' and Girls' Book of Outdoor
Games. New York, 1929.
- Aviation and All About It; an Extremely Simple and Thoroughly
Practical Exposition of All the Various Branches of Aviation.
New York, 1929.
- Experimental Science; Being a Series of Simple and Surprising
Experiments in Mechanics, Sound, Heat, Light, Magnetism and
Electricity. New York, 1929.
- Going Somewhere; How to Travel by Land and Sea.
New York, 1929.
- Boys' and Girls' Book of Travel.
New York, 1929.
- Experimental Chemistry; Being a Series of Simple and
Spectacular Experiments in Chemistry Together with Some Home-Made Chemical
Apparatus. New York, 1930.
- Mirth and Mystery; a Potpourri of Joyous
Entertainment. New York, 1931.
- Experimental Mechanics; Being a Series of Simple and Useful
Experiments with Mechanical Movements and How to Make Them of
Pasteboard. New York, 1931.
- How to Understand Chemistry; Being a Simple, Clear and
Concise Explanation of the Principles and Laws of Chemistry.
New York, 1932.
- Experimental Television; a Series of Simple Experiments with
Television Apparatus; Also How to Make a Complete Home TeleVision
Transmitter and Television Receiver. Boston,
1932.
- Motor Boating and All About It. New
York, 1932.
- The Metals; Their Alloys, Amalgams and Compounds.
New York, 1932.
- Experimental Optics; Being a Series of Simple and Brilliant
Experiments with Light, and How to Make All Kinds of Optical
Instruments. New York, 1933.
- The Amateur Machinist; Being a Simple and Complete Guide for
Using Machinists' Hand and Bench Tools, the Common Lathe and
Back-Geared Screw Cutting Engine Lathe, with Chapters on Mechanical
Drawings,
page: 68[View Page 68] Fits and Fittings, and Finishing
Metal Work. New York, 1934.
- The New World of Science.
Philadelphia, 1934.
- Making Things for Fun; a How-to-Make Book for Boys and Girls
of All Ages. New York, 1934.
- How to Understand Electricity.
Philadelphia, 1935.
- How to Ride Your Hobby. New
York, 1935.
- The March of Chemistry.
Philadelphia, 1936.
- Motor Car Trailers; How to Build, Equip, and Furnish Them;
Complete Specifications and Detailed Drawings for Making an Inexpensive
Trailer and a Luxurious Trailer. Philadelphia,
1936.
- Collecting Stamps for Fun and Profit. New
York, 1936.
- Fun with Electricity; a How-to-Make-It Book of Simple and
Startling Experiments with Direct, Alternating, and High Frequency Electric
Currents. New York, 1936.
- Building Things for Fun. New
York, 1936.
- Amateur Power Working Tools.
Philadelphia, 1937.
- Working with Tools for Fun and Profit. New
York, 1937.
- Money-Making Hobbies. New York,
1938.
- Photography for Fun and Money. New
York, 1939.
- Simplified Household Mechanics; Being a Simple Explanation of
How the Mechanical and Electrical Equipment of Your Home Is Made, How It
Works, and How It Is Serviced. New York, 1939.
- Gardening For Fun, Health and Money. New
York, 1940.
- Science on Parade. New York,
1940.
- Keeping Your House in Repair. New
York, 1941.
- Science for the Air Age. New
York, 1941.
- The Greatest Eye in the World; Astronomical Telescopes and
Their Stories. New York, 1942.
- There's Millions in It. New
York, 1942.
- The Royal Road to Knowledge; a Simplified Explanation of the
Basic Sciences from the Beginning of the Universe Down to the Present
Time. New York, 1942.
- Time and Money Saving Gadgets. New
York, 1943.
- Inventing for Fun and Profit. New
York, 1943.
- Harlem Flats Are Failing Down. New
York, 1944.
- Science for Young Men. A Handbook for Young Men Interested in
Entering Any Branch of Aviation. New York,
1946.
COLLINS, CHARLES WILLIAM: 1880-
Charles William Collins , son of Smith and Mary Luella Wood Collins, was born in Madison, Ind., on Nov. 19, 1880. Following his graduation from the University of Chicago in 1903, he was a reporter on the CHICAGO RECORD-HERALD for four years, then was dramatic critic, successively, for the CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN, CHICAGO EVENING POST, THE CHICAGOAN, and CHICAGO TRIBUNE. From 1909 to 1912 he acted as press representative for the Chicago Theatre Society. In 1938 he became editor of the column, "A Line o' Type or Two," in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. In addition to his newspaper writing and his books, Mr. Collins has contributed articles and fiction to magazines.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Great Love Stories of the Theatre: a Record of Theatrical
Romance. New York, 1911.
- Natural Law; Based on the Drama of Howard Hall and C.
Summer. New York, 1916.
- The Sins of St. Anthony–Tales of the
Theatre. Chicago, 1925.
- The Dark Island (withGene Markey). Garden City, N. Y., 1928.
COMPARETTE, THOMAS LOUIS: 1868-1922.
Thomas Louis Comparette , son of Alexander Charles and Mary Jane Forder Comparette, was born in Dekalb County, Ind., on Apr. 9, 1868. He attended the University of Wooster, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1893, and received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1901. He also studied in Rome and in Germany .
From 1893 to 1897 he was professor of Greek and Latin at Texas Christian University, in 1905 was an assistant in Latin at the University of Missouri , and after 1905 served as curator of the Numismatic Collection of the U. S. Mint at Philadelphia .
He died on July 3, 1922.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Debasement of the Silver Coinage Under the Emperor
Nero. 1914.
- Aes Signatum. New York, 1919.
- Descriptive Catalog Selected Greek Coins. 1921.
COMSTOCK, DANIEL WEBSTER: 1840-?
Daniel Webster Comstock ,, son of Dr. James and Mary Wade Comstock, was born in Germantown, O., on Dec. 16, 1840. He attended local schools, graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1860 and began the study of law.
In September, 1860, he located in New Castle, Ind., was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law–a practice soon to be interrupted by his enlistment page: 69[View Page 69] in the 9th Indiana Cavalry for Civil War service. He was assistant adjutant general of the 1St Brigade at the close of the war.
In 1866 he settled in Richmond, Ind., and the next year married Miss Josephine A. Rohrer, of Germantown, O. In Richmond he practiced law, was elected to the state Senate in 1878 and was elected judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit in 1884, serving two terms without opposition.
Information from Taylor–Biographical Sketches and Review of the Bench and Bar of Indiana.
- 9th Cavalry, 121St Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
Richmond, Ind., 1890.
CONARD, JESSE: ?-?
" Jesse Conard , of Terre Haute , has written and published two novels … neither of which has ever been seen by Mr. [Daniel] Hough [Indianapolis collector of books by Indiana authors in 1876]. He desires to become a purchaser."
Mr. Conard began the practice of law in Terre Haute in 1838 and was elected probate judge of Vigo County in 1839. In 1841 he purchased the WABASH COURIER and published it as a Whig paper for many years.
From D. S. A. in the CINCINNATI GAZETTE, Dec. 7, 1876 and Bradsby–History of Vigo County.
- Stephen Moreland.
- Mr. Echo or the Mother's Mystery.
CONDIT, BLACKFORD: 1829-1903.
Blackford Condit was born Aug. 6, 1829, in Sullivan County, Ind. The family moved to Terre Haute in 1831. He was educated at Wabash College–in both the preparatory and collegiate departments–receiving his degree in 1854. He then studied at Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, graduated and was ordained in 1859.
Besides his church work and his research in history and religion he found time to keep up an active and most useful connection with his college throughout his entire life, most of which, after graduation, he spent in Terre Haute .
He acquired a large collection of early printings of the Bible and his most important scholarly work resulted from his studies in this field.
He died on Mar. 27, 1903.
Information from Emmeline Fairbanks Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Ind.
- Historic Discourse Delivered at the Quarter Century
Anniversary of the Second Presbyterian Church, Terre Haute, Indiana,
December 27, 1873. Cincinnati, 1874.
- History of the English Bible, Extending from the Earliest
Saxon Translation to the Present Anglo-American Revision.
New York, 1882.
- Short Studies of Familiar Bible Texts, Mistranslated,
Misinterpreted and Misquoted. New York, 1898.
- History of Early Terre Haute. New
York, 1900.
CONDO, SAMUEL SALEM: ?-?
Samuel Salem Condo spent most of his life in Lafayette, Ind., (where he was residing before 1874) and in Marion, Ind. He was married to Sarah Ann Pottorf.
Information from his son's biography in Who's Who in America.
- Our Flag and the Red Flag; Their History, Meaning, Use and
Abuse. Marion, Ind., 1915.
CONES, FRANCIS MARION: 1836-1917.
Francis Marion Cones was born in New Palestine, Ind., in 1836. He received the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University and served as associate principal of the Thorntown ( Ind. ) Academy and as chaplain of the Indiana Soldiers' Home at Lafayette, Ind. He died in 1917.
Information from Federal Writers Project–Indiana Authors, 1937.
- History of Thorntown Academy, Thorntown,
Indiana.
CONKLIN, JULIA STOUT: 1854-?
Born in Hamilton County, Ind., on Apr. 27, 1854, Julia Stout Conklin was educated at Friends' Academy, Westfield, Ind., and was a resident of Westfield . She was a trustee of the Indiana Soldiers' Orphans, Home.
page: 70[View Page 70]Information from Who's Who in America.
- The Young People's History of Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1899.
- Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors'
Monument. Indianapolis, 1900.
CONRAD, ARCTURUS Z.: 1855-1937.
Born in Shiloh, Ind., on Nov. 26, 1855, Arcturus Z. Conrad , son of Jacob E. and Margaret E. Slagle Conrad, was a graduate of Carleton College (A.B., 1882; A.M., 1885) and of Union Theological Seminary. In 1885 he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry and became pastor of the Ainslie Street Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. From 1890 to 1902 he was pastor of the First Congregational Church, Worcester, Mass. From 1905 until his death, on Jan. 22, 1937, he was pastor of the Park Street Congregational Church in Boston. Mr. Conrad spent some summers preaching in London and Glasgow .
Information from Who Was Who in America
- Religion of Jesus as Exemplified in the Life and Sermons of
Bishop Phillips Brooks. Worcester, Mass., 1893.
- Jesus Christ at the Cross Roads. New
York, 1924.
- Comrades of the Carpenter. New
York, 1926.
- The Seven Finalities of Faith.
Philadelphia, 1926.
- The Gospel for an Age of Thought. New
York, 1928.
- Secret of the Life Sublime. New
York, 1929.
- Radiant Religion. New York,
1930.
- You Must Go Right On. New York,
1931.
- Flashes from My Forge.
- The Park Street Centennial.
COOKE, MARJORIE BENTON: 1876-1920.
Marjorie Benton Cooke , dramatic reader and monologist, was born in Richmond, Ind., in 1876, the daughter of Joseph Henry and Jessie Benton Cooke. After her graduation from the University of Chicago in 1899, she began writing for magazines, then, in 1902, she became a monologist, touring the U. S. and reciting original sketches and monologues. She spent her leisure time writing stories, plays, and poetry. Miss Cooke died on Apr. 26, 1920.
Information from Who Was Who in America and Dunn–Indiana and Indianans.
- Modern Monologues. Chicago,
1903.
- Dramatic Episodes. Chicago,
1904.
- Plays for Children. 1905.
- First Thanksgiving Dinner; a Play for 6th to 12th Grade
Schools. Chicago, 1906.
- Roll Call of Heroes: Decoration Day Entertainment.
Chicago, 1906.
- When the Knights Were Bold: Play in One Act.
Chicago, 1906.
- More Modern Monologues. Chicago,
1907.
- The Girl Who Lived in the Woods.
Chicago, 1910.
- Dr. David. Chicago, 1911.
- To Mother. Chicago, 1911.
- Twelfth Christmas: the Christ Child's
Revelation. Chicago, 1911.
-
The Redemption of Anthony
. Indianapolis, 1911.
- In the Good Green Wood: Play.
Chicago.
- At Mine. Newberry's: Monologue.
Chicago.
- Case of Sophronia: Play.
Chicago.
- Christmas Benefit: Play.
Chicago.
- Cupid Plays Coach: Monologue.
Chicago.
- Dark-Brown Diplomat: Monologue.
Chicago.
- Fairy Ring: Play for Children.
Chicago.
- Finer Shades of Honor: Play.
Chicago.
- Her Day at Home: Monologue.
Chicago.
- In the Merry Month of May: Monologue.
Chicago.
- On Woman's Rights: Monologue.
Chicago.
- Optimist: Monologue. Chicago.
- Page from the Past: Play.
Chicago.
- Suburbanites: Monologue.
Chicago.
- Tit for Tat: Play for Children.
Chicago.
- What the Janitor Heard: Monologue.
Chicago.
- Who's Afraid? Monologue.
Chicago.
- Springtime Fantasy: Easter Play.
Chicago.
- Bambi. Garden City, N. Y., 1914.
- Dual Alliance. Garden City, N.
Y., 1915.
- The Incubus. 1915.
- Cinderella Jane. Garden City, N.
Y., 1917.
- Clutch of Circumstance. New
York, 1918.
- Threshold. Garden City, N. Y.,
1919.
- Cricket. Garden City, N. Y.,
1919.
- Married? New York, 1923.
- Home, a Play in Three Acts. New
York, 1933.
COOLIDGE, MARY ELIZABETH BURROUGHS ROBERTS (MRS. DANE): 1860-?
Mary Elizabeth Burroughs Roberts , daughter of Isaac Phillips and Margaret Jane Mart Roberts, was born in Kingsbury, Ind., on Oct. 28, 1860. She was educated at Cornell, receiving the Ph.D. in 1880 and the M.S. in 1882.
page: 71[View Page 71]After teaching history for four years in Washington, D. C., and Cincinnati, O., she became associated in 1886 with Wellesley College as instructor in history and economics. From 1896 to 1903 she taught sociology at Stanford University, from 1904 to 1908 she was research assistant to the Carnegie Institute in Washington, and from 1918 to 1927 she was professor of sociology at Mills College. She was a member of the California State Board of Education from 1928 to 1932. Her first husband was Albert Smith, whom she married in 1890. On July 30, 1906, she married Dane Coolidge, novelist, who died in 1940.
Information from Who's Who in America and Dunn–Indiana and Indianans.
- Almshouse Women. Palo Alto,
Calif., 1896.
- Chinese Immigration. New York,
1909.
- Why Women Are So. New York,
1912.
- The Rain Makers; Indians of Arizona and New Mexico.
Boston, 1929.
- Navajo Indians (withDane Coolidge). Boston, 1930.
- The Last of the Serfs (withDane Coolidge). New York, 1939.
COONEY, JOHN MICHAEL: 1874-1946.
Born in Louisville, Ky., in 1874, John Michael Cooney graduated from St. Mary's College in Baltimore in 1895, receiving the A.M. degree in 1896 and the Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1917.
He returned from Baltimore to Kentucky and became owner and editor of the NELSON RECORD and special correspondent for the LOUISVILLE HERALD. In 1905 he was an instructor at St. Mary's College, from 1906 to 1911 president of Columbia College in Kentucky , and in 1911 joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame, where he remained until his death in 1946. At the time of his death he was head of the department of journalism.
Information from The University Library, University of Notre Dame.
- A Lecture on Parallel Lives. New
York, 1915.
- A Lecture on the Composers. New
York, 1916.
- Hills of Rest. St. Meinrad,
Ind., 1926.
COOPER, HOMER H.: 1868-
Born in Ligonier, Ind., on Dec. 22, 1868, Homer H. Cooper , son of Hiram P. and Margaret Simpson Cooper, was educated at Indiana University (A.B., 1891; A.M., 1893). In 1891-92 he was principal in the schools of Cortland, Ind., from 1892 to 1901 he was a teacher and principal in the high school and superintendent of schools in Knightstown, Ind., and from 1901 to 1916 he taught in and was superintendent of Spiceland Academy. For two years he was a bookseller in New Castle, Ind. and in 1920 he entered the real estate and insurance business. Mr. Cooper married Mary Baily, of Spiceland, on May 31, 1900.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Right Living; Messages to Youth from Men Who Have
Achieved. Chicago, 1914.
- Among Friends. 1916.
COOPER, HORATIO C.: ?-1864
Horatio C. Cooper , son of John Cooper, a farmer and teacher, was probably of English birth. He was a member of one of the families which purchased farms in the so-called English Prairie, Edwards County, Ill., during the development of those lands for sale to English middle-class farmers and tradesmen by Richard Flower and Morris Birkbeck in the early 1820's.
The Cooper family was one of those which were attracted from the English Prairie to New Harmony by the Utopian community which Robert Owen proposed to set up there in 1825. The Coopers, with other English families, withdrew from Owen's community shortly before its dissolution and leased and later purchased lands about a mile east of the town, where they set up a cooperative farming project which was soon divided into private holdings.
Horatio C. Cooper married Laura Moore and had, at one time, substantial business interests in New Harmony and served in the Indiana Legislature. About 1860 he moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he died in 1864.
Beginnings of Printing in Indiana; and History of Posey County, Indiana.
- The Adventures of a Foreigner; a Poem. In Addition Are a
Number of Incomplete Patriotic Songs. New Harmony,
Ind., 1843.
CORBY, WILLIAM: 1833-1897.
Born in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 2, 1833, William Corby entered the University of Notre Dame at the page: 72[View Page 72] age of nineteen. One year later he joined the Congregation of the Holy Cross, in 1859 was appointed Prefect of Discipline of the institution, and in 1860 was ordained to the priesthood.
During the Civil War he served as chaplain to the 88th New York Regiment of the Irish Brigade. After the war he returned to Notre Dame, where he taught and served a term as president. He was elected to the office of Provincial-General of the Congregation of the Holy Cross in the U. S. and was subsequently chosen First Assistant General for the Order in all parts of the world. He died in 1897.
Information from the University of Notre Dame Library.
- Memoirs of Chaplain Life. Notre
Dame, 1894.
CORY, HARRY THOMAS: 1870-
Harry Thomas Cory , son of Thomas and Carrie Stoney Cory, was born in Lafayette, Ind., on May 27,1870, and graduated from Purdue University in 1887 with the B.M.E. degree. In 1889 he received the B.C.E. degree and in 1929 the Dr. Engring. From Cornell University he received the M.C.E. and M.M.E. degrees. On Oct. 4, 1911, he married Ida Judd Hiller.
In his career as an engineer Mr. Cory served as assistant city engineer for Lafayette, Ind., and deputy county engineer for Tippecanoe County, taught at the University of Missouri and the University of Cincinnati , was employed by numerous railway companies, and was a consulting engineer for the U. S. Reclamation Service. After 1928 he was a consulting engineer in Los Angeles .
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Manual of United States System of Land Surveying (withThomas Cory). 1888.
- Atlas of Boone County, Indiana.
1888.
- Atlas of Clay County, Indiana.
1890.
- Atlas of Tippecanoe County,
Indiana. 1892.
- Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink. San
Francisco, 1915.
- Opportunities in the South. New
Orleans, 1918.
- Democratization of Family Planning; Practical
Solution. Washington, D. C., 1940.
COTTMAN, GEORGE STREIBE: 1857-1941.
George Streibe Cottman , son of John and Julia Wilkins Cottman, was born in Indianapolis, Ind., on May 10, 1857. In his youth he lived on a farm near Beech Grove and attended the district school. Later (1873-1876) he served as an apprentice in the printing trade on the INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL.
In 1888 he moved to Irvington, a suburb of Indianapolis , where he set up a printing office. In 1900 he married Vida C. Tibbott. He wrote in his spare time and founded the INDIANA QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF HISTORY (in 1905), which he edited and printed at his own home until 1907, when the Indiana Historical Society came to his assistance. Indiana University took over its publication in 1913. He contributed to this magazine, and to other periodicals, numerous articles on Indiana history and biographical sketches of prominent citizens. In addition to his historical writing, he also was the author of several books and articles on nature study.
Mr. Cottman died at the home of his son in Madison, Ind., on May 18, 1941.
Information from the Indianapolis Public Library and the INDIANA HISTORY BULLETIN, Mar. 1942.
- Hours with Nature. Irvington,
Ind., 1890.
- Four Hoosier Holiday Stories. Irvington,
Ind., 1891.
- Vacation Gleanings. Irvington,
Ind., 1893.
- Love, the Sovereign. Irvington,
Ind., 1900.
- First Thoroughfares of Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1906.
- Canals of Indiana. Indianapolis,
1907.
- My Lake and a Sermon from the Lily.
Irvington, Ind., 1907.
- Early Railroads of Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1907.
- A Centennial History and Handbook of Indiana; the Story of
the State from Its Beginning to the Close of the Civil War, and a General
Survey of Progress to the Present Time (withMax Robinson Hyman). Indianapolis, 1915.
- Under Three Flags. Indianapolis,
1916.
- Irvington's Pageant for 1916.
Indianapolis, 1916.
- Pageant of Old Vincennes. Vincennes,
Ind., 1916.
- Jefferson County in the World War. Madison,
Ind., 1920.
- Hamilton County Pageant.
Indianapolis, 1923.
- Indiana, Its History, Constitution, and Present
Government. Indianapolis, 1925.
- Clifty Falls State Park; Its Attractions and Adjacent Points
of Interest, Scenic and Historical.
Indianapolis, 1925.
- James F. D. Lanier Home; an Indiana Memorial,
Madison. Indianapolis, 1927.
- Pokagon State Park and Steuben County; a Description of
Indiana's Most Picturesque Lake Region.
Indianapolis, 1927.
- Indiana Dunes State Park; a History and Description.
Indianapolis, 1930.
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- Corydon State-House; a Hoosier Shrine.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1930].
- River Navigation in Indiana.
Indianapolis, n.d.
- Internal Improvement in Indiana.
[Indianapolis], n.d.
- List of the Indiana Newspapers on File in the Indiana State
Library. [Indianapolis], n.d.
- Wabash and Erie Canal.
[Indianapolis], n.d.
- Wild Animals of Indiana.
[Indianapolis], n.d.
COTTOM, CHARLES W.: ?-?
No information regarding Charles W. Cottom has been located except for the facts that he was a newspaper man and that he was a resident of Indianapolis in the middle Fifties and of New Albany, Ind., in the early Seventies.
On Mar. 2, 1855, he purchased THE INDIANA SENTINEL in partnership with John C. Walker. They sold it on Dec. 4, following. On Jan. 24, 1856, Cottom repurchased the paper, this time in partnership with William C. Larrabee. Cottom sold his interest several months later.
He appears to have removed to New Albany, where his only known separate publication–a promotional booklet regarding the town–appeared in 1873.
Information from Holloway–Indianapolis. A Historical and Statistical Sketch … 1870.
- New Albany, Indiana: Its Material Interests and Manufacturing
and Commercial Advantages. New Albany, 1873.
COTTON, ALFRED JOHNSON: 1800-1858.
Little biographical information is available on Alfred Johnson Cotton , Indiana pioneer, other than the few facts that can be found in county histories and in the autobiographical sketch appended to his book, Cotton's Keepsake (which is now a rare book of considerable value). In the latter sketch Reverend Judge (he used the titles in conjunction) Cotton gives a clear picture of himself as an individual but omits many details of his life necessary to a complete biography.
Born in Cumberland County, Me., on Apr. 20, 1800, he was the fourth of nine children. He had two or three months schooling each during several winters in the schools of the county. In 1818 he came to Dearborn County, Ind., where he erected a cabin in the wilderness, taught school, and in 1825 was ordained a preacher. He entered politics in 1828 and was an unsuccessful candidate for several offices. For a brief time he edited the NEWCASTLE BANNER, but he returned to Dearborn County, where he served as associate judge for six years and probate judge for four years.
Information from Cotton's Keepsake; Shaw–History of Dearborn County Indiana and Walker–Beginnings of Printing in the State of Indiana.
- Cotton's Keepsake: Poems on Various Subjects, by
Rev. Judge A. J. Cotton, Philom. To Which Is Appended a Short
Autobiographical Sketch of the Life of the Author, and a Condensed History
of the Early Settlements, Incidents, and Improvements of the Country, from
the Early Settlers Themselves, and from Observation and Experience in It,
for the Space of Forty Years Last Past.
Cincinnati, 1858.
- Cotton's Sketch-Book; Autobiographical Sketches of
the Life, Labors, and Extensive Home Travels of … in Short,
Convenient Chapters. Portland, Me., 1874.
COTTON, FASSETT ALLEN: 1862-1942.
Fassett Alien Cotton , son of Marion Irwin and Rachel Amanda Wright Cotton, was born in Nineveh, Ind., on May 1, 1862. From 1882 to 1889 he taught school and in 1888-89 was enrolled as a student at Terre Haute State Normal. He was county superintendent of schools (1889-95) and deputy state superintendent of public instruction (1895-1901). He received the A.B. degree from Butler University and the Ph.D. from Chicago in 1902.
From 1903 to 1909 he was Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction, from 1909 to 1924 president of State Normal, LaCrosse, Wis., and in 1924 became president of Northern Arizona Teachers College. He was twice married: first to Florence N. Wright in 1885, then to Lena L. Dobson in 1903.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Education in Indiana; an Outline of the Growth of the Common
School System Together with Statements Relating to the Condition of
Secondary and Higher Education in the State and a Brief History of the
Educational Exhibit. Prepared for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Held at
St. Louis May I to November 30, 1904.
Indianapolis, 1904.
- Township High-School System of Indiana.
Chicago, 1904.
- Agriculture for Common Schools (withMartin L. Fisher). New York, 1909.
- Consolidation of School Districts (withMichael V. O'Shea and Walter E. Larson). Madison, Wisconsin, 1912.
- Education in Indiana, 1793-1934. Bluffton,
Ind., 1934.
COULTER, JOHN MERLE: 1851-1928.
" John Merle Coulter … botanist, was born at Ningpo, China, the son of missionary parents, Moses Stanley and Caroline E. (Crowe) Coulter. He graduated with the A.B. degree from Hanover College in 1870. In 1872 he was assistant geologist on the Hayden Survey. While the expedition was waiting in the mountains for Hayden, the rest of the party whiled away the time playing cards; but since young Coulter did not know how to play, he collected plants. When Hayden arrived, he was so impressed by Coulter's collections that he appointed him botanist of the expedition. The object of the expedition was to look for the rumored hot springs and geysers of what is now Yellowstone Park. When they found the geysers, each member was assigned one of the holes for study. Since Coulter was the youngest member of the party, they assigned him one of the smaller holes. It turned out to be Old Faithful.
"The study of his botanical collections took him to Washington, where he met Asa Gray. The meeting was the beginning of a life-long friendship. Coulter became Gray's most distinguished pupil and with Sereno Watson he edited (1890) the sixth edition of Gray's famous Manual. In 1873 he received the A.M. degree from Hanover College and was professor of natural sciences there, 1874-79, and professor of biology in Wabash College, 1879-91. During this period (in 1884) he received the degree of Ph.D. from Indiana State University. He was a life-long friend of David Starr Jordan, and when Jordan resigned from the presidency of Indiana State University (1891), he persuaded Coulter to succeed him. The politics of a state university and the worry about securing funds from politicians were so distasteful that Coulter resigned in 1893 and became president of Lake Forest University, which he thought was so well endowed that there would be no financial problems. Even at Lake Forest, however, administrative duties interfered seriously with his chosen work and he went to the University of Chicago (1896), where he was able to devote nearly thirty years to building up a strong department and to training young men and women for teaching and research. After retiring from active teaching in 1925 he became adviser to the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Yonkers, N. Y., for the foundation of which he was largely responsible …
"In 1875, while at Hanover College, he founded the BOTANICAL GAZETTE, which he not only edited, but also managed and often financed. It has become the leading botanical journal of America. Reviews of the critical type, as distinguished from the colorless type of abstracting journals, have always been a feature of the GAZETTE, and Coulter's reviews are models of this kind of writing … What would have been his greatest contribution, a history of botany, will probably never be completed. For years he had been gathering material, and, occasionally, in lectures he had given glimpses of what the work might be. He had just completed a collection of biographical sketches when he died.
"Coulter's greatest influence was not through his books and papers, however, numerous and good as they were, but through the men and women he trained. No other American botanist has so many students holding high positions. He belonged to botanical organizations at home and abroad and received all the major honors his fellow botanists could bestow upon him. Before his death, his students had already established the John M. Coulter Research Fellowship in Botany, to support exceptional students engaged in research …"
He was the author of a great number of government publications, textbooks and contributions to learned journals and serials not eligible for listing here.
Condensed from the Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. IV.
- Catalogue of the Plants of Indiana (withC. R. Barnes). Crawfordsville, Ind., 1881.
- Manual of the Botany of the Rocky Mountain Region.
New York, 1885.
- Handbook of Plant Dissection (withJoseph C. Arthur and C. R. Barnes). New York, 1886.
- Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States (withAsa Gray and Sereno Watson). New York, 1889.
- Practical Education.
Indianapolis, 1891.
- Manual of Texan Botany. 1893.
- The Botanical Outlook. Lincoln,
1895.
- Plants in Their Environment.
Chicago, 1896.
- Evolution. Chicago, 1897.
- Mission of Science in Education. An Address Delivered
at… University of Michigan. Ann Arbor,
Mich., 1900.
- An Analytical Key to Some of the Common Wild and Cultivated
Species of Flowering Plants. New York, 1900.
- Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part I, Gymnosperms (withCharles J. Chamberlain). New York, 1901.
- The Polity of the Y. M. C. A.
Chicago, 1901.
- The Student Y. M. C. A. as It Relates to the Entire
Association Movement. Chicago, 1901.
- Organic Evolution as Illustrated by Plants.
Chicago, 1902.
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- Phylogeny of Angiosperms.
Chicago, 1903.
- Morphology of Angiosperms (withCharles J. Chamberlain). New York, 1903.
- New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains. (Revised byAven Nelson.) New York, 1909.
- Practical Nature Study and Elementary Agriculture (withJohn Gaylord Coulter and Alice Jean Patterson). New York, 1909.
- Morphology of Gymnosperms.
Chicago, 1910.
- Elementary Studies in Botany. New
York, 1913.
- Evolution of Sex in Plants.
Chicago, 1914.
- Fundamentals of Plant Breeding. New
York, 1914.
- Evolution, Heredity and Eugenics.
Bloomington, Ill., 1916.
- Record of the Doctors in Botany of the University of Chicago,
1897-1916 (withCharles J. Chamberlain). Chicago, 1916.
- Plant Genetics (withMerle Crowe Coulter). Chicago, 1918.
- Where Evolution and Religion Meet (withMerle Crowe Coulter). New York, 1924.
- Botanical Research as a Career. Washington,
D. C., 1925.
COULTER, STANLEY: 1853-1943.
Stanley Coulter , brother of John Merle Coulter, was born in Ningpo, China, on June 2, 1853. He was the son of Moses Stanley and Caroline E. Crowe Coulter, missionaries for the Presbyterian Church. After the death of his father, the family settled at Hanover, Ind., where young Stanley entered Hanover College, founded by his grandfather, and graduated in 1871, receiving the A.M. degree in 1874 and the Ph.D. in 1889. He was married in Logansport, Ind., on June 21, 1877, to Lucy E. Post, who died in 1942.
Following his graduation from college he taught for one year at Franklin, Ind., spent the years 1873-1885 as principal of the Logansport High School, and from 1882 to 1885 practiced law. In 1887 he joined the faculty of Purdue University, where until his retirement in 1926 he served as professor of biology and director of the biological laboratory. He became the first dean of the School of Science in 1907, dean of men in 1919, and acting chairman of the faculty in 1921.
Dr. Coulter was a member of the Indiana State Board of Forestry, the Conservation Commission of Indiana , and various scientific societies. Recognized nationally as a scientist, he was well known also for his work in behalf of the conservation of public resources, prevention of tuberculosis, religion, and world peace. He was often spoken of as "The Dean" or "the grand old man of Purdue" and was the friend and counselor of thousands of Purdue students during his years on the campus.
He died on June 29, 1943.
Information from the Purdue University Libraries, Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, and Who's Who in America.
- A Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and of the Ferns and
Their Allies Indigenous to Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1900.
- What Experience Has Taught Me Concerning Nature
Study. Lafayette, Ind., n.d. [1901].
- A Key to the Genera of the Native Forest Trees and Shrubs of
Indiana, Based Chiefly Upon Leaf Characters (withHerman B. Dorner). Lafayette, Ind., 1907.
COVERT, WILLIAM CHALMERS: 1864-1942.
William Chalmers Covert , son of Albert Newton and Susan Elizabeth Magill Covert, was born in Franklin, Ind., on Oct. 4, 1864. After graduating from Hanover College (A.B., 1885; A.M., 1888) and from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago (1888), he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in St. Paul in 1888. He was pastor of churches in St. Paul, Saginaw, and Chicago , and, from 1924 to 1934, was general secretary of the Board of Christian Education of Presbyterian Churches. In 1890 he married Alice Brown Hudson. He died on Feb. 4, 1942.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Story of the Redemption From Paradise Lost to Paradise
Restored. Mountain View, Calif., 1898.
- Glory of the Pines; a Tale of the Ontonagon.
Philadelphia, 1914.
- Wild Woods and Waterways.
Philadelphia, 1914.
- New Furrows in Old Fields; a Present Day Outlook on the
Opportunities for Faith and Work. New York,
1920.
- Religion in the Heart, and Other Addresses.
New York, 1926.
- Comrades of the Christian Church; a Pageant of the Spirit of
the Centuries. Philadelphia, 1922.
- For the Land's Sake.
Philadelphia, n.d.
- Our Stainless Flag.
Philadelphia, n.d.
- Christ and Culture. New York,
1930.
- Facing Our Day. New York, 1934.
- With Cross and Crown in Every Land. 1937.
COX, JOHN E.: 1850-1932.
John E. Cox was born near New Harmony, Ind., on Oct. 14, 1850. His parents were Joshua and Caroline Cox.
Young Cox enlisted in the regular army in 1872 and served five years–being a member of Maj. Walker's expedition to the Black Hills in 1873; he was present at the surrender of the Sioux at Standing Rock Agency in the fall of 1876.
His enlistment over, he began to prepare himself for the Baptist ministry. In 1878 he was ordained and the same year married Mary E. Weare of Mt. Vernon, Ind.
He held pastorates in North and South Carolina, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana during his active life and he contributed short stories and articles to newspapers and to the GENERAL BAPTIST MESSENGER. He died at Evansville, Ind., on Dec. 5, 1932.
Information from Miss Grace Cox, Evansville, his daughter.
- Sketches, Sermons and Sayings by Sister Skraggs.
Owensville, Ind., 1891.
- Five Years in the United States Army.
Owensville, Ind., 1892.
- Memorial Services. Burial Services of the National Corps,
Regular Army and Navy Union. Leavenworth, Kan.,
1893.
- A Time to Laugh or Fun Among the Preachers.
Owensville, Ind., 1893.
- Job and Deb in Yourope. Owensville,
Ind., 1901.
- Sang Sammy, a Story of the Mountain People.
Owensville, Ind., 1903.
- Foot Washing. Is It an Ordinance. Different Views.
Owensville, Ind., 1906.
- General Baptists and Foreign Missions. Island of
Guam. Owensville, Ind., 1913.
- Reminiscences. Experiences and Incidents in the Life of Rev.
John E. Cox.
Owensville, Ind., 1915.
- The Second Coming of Christ and Related Subjects.
Owensville, Ind., 1919.
- Thomas Price and His Descendants. A History and
Genealogy. Owensville, Ind., 1926.
- John E. Cox. His Observations and Experiences. An
Autobiography. Owensville, Ind., 1928.
- A History of the Cox Pioneers of Posey County
Indiana. Owensville, Ind., 1931.
COX, MILLARD F.: 1856-1914.
Born near Noblesville, Ind., on Feb. 25, 1856, Millard F. Cox , son of Aaron and Mary A. Cox, was educated in the public schools of Noblesville and Tipton, Ind. As a boy he learned the printer's trade on the TIPTON TIMES, and he later taught one term in a country school. After studying law at Indianapolis, he was admitted to the bar in 1880. From 1890 to 1894 he served as judge of the Criminal Court of Indianapolis, and he later served as judge of the Superior Court. On June 15, 1892 he married Hattie Pressly Weed. He wrote under the pseudonym of Henry Scott Clark.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans and Who's Who in America.
-
The Legionaries, a Story of the Great Raid
. Indianapolis, 1899.
COX, SANDFORD C.: ?-?
Sandford C. Cox arrived in Crawfordsville, Ind., with his parents and their other children, in the fall of 1824, at the very peak of the land speculation excitement and of the only turbulent period that city ever enjoyed. Sandford saw everything: land speculators with phenomenal watch-chains and plug hats, mud, overflowing taverns, recently retired Indian fighters and more mud.
Also the Cox family had stopped at the Falls of Fall Creek in their wagon emigration from Wayne County, Ind., in the Whitewater Valley, long enough for young Sandford to see four men awaiting what was soon to be a multiple hanging for three of them: probably the sole occasion in Indiana on which white men were hanged for the casual misdemeanor of killing Indians.
Cox must have received a reasonable amount of schooling before he came to Eastern Indiana, for within two years he began teaching school and continued the business in Montgomery, Fountain, Warren and Tippecanoe counties during most of his life.
Unlike some of his contemporaries in that profession–whose traditional first interest was tuition money and second and last the jug–Cox always cherished literary ambitions. He wrote long–and most interesting–descriptive letters to his old friends, and by 1833 he had begun to contribute verse to local newspapers. Such contribution indicates a faithful and disinterested wooing of the muse: newspaper editors did not pay for poems then, any more than they do today, and there was more likely to be discredit than glory for the poet in the eyes of his neighbors and patrons.
In October and November, 1859, most of the first page: 77[View Page 77] of the pioneers having gone on to fairer fields, it occurred to Cox that his own reminiscences of people and events in West-central Indiana might make interesting reading. He had associated with most of the leading men in the four counties in which he had taught and his keen interest in human frailties had prompted him to become acquainted with those citizens at the other extreme of the social scale. Besides, he had seen the "Indian Murderers," as they were called, with his own eyes, and his grandfather, Richard Rue, had told him the otherwise unrecorded story of the captivity of himself, Irvin Hinton and George Holman by a party of Indians under Simon Girty.
The historical contributions he made to the LAFAYETTE DAILY COURIER that fall were published over the signature "In cog." and they aroused sufficient interest to encourage the author to have a small edition of them printed in book form the next year. The book was good; far better, probably, than either Cox or his contemporary readers suspected.
This publication terminated his career as a writer except that, seven years later, he gathered together the best of his poems and published them. The two books are the total output, as far as is recorded, of as observing and as entertaining a writer as could be found in the U. S. of his day.
Cox's Recollections of the Early Settlement of the Wabash Valley, on account of its wealth of detail, pleasing style and the breadth of subjects covered–the "Indian Murderers," middle western settlement, an excellent account of an early Indian captivity, the Black Hawk War, etc.–has long been collected. It is becoming increasingly scarce and is increasing greatly in value.
His book of poems, far more scarce than the Recollections, has attracted interest only as an association item.
Information from Cox–Recollections and deHart–Past and Present of Tippecanoe County.
- Recollections of the Early Settlement of the Wabash
Valley. Lafayette, Ind., 1860.
- The Evangelist and Other Poems.
Cincinnati, 1867.
COY, SIMEON: 1851-?
Born in Greensburg, Ind., on Oct. 13, 1851, Simeon Coy came to Indianapolis in 1863 and lived there for the rest of his life.
He entered the employ of the Shaw Carriage Works in 1866 as an apprentice in the painter's trade. At the age of twenty-four he went into the liquor business. Still later Mr. Coy entered politics, serving on the city council. At one time he served a prison sentence for election fraud, but at the expiration of that sentence he was re-elected to the city council.
Information from the Indianapolis Public Library.
- The Great Conspiracy.
Indianapolis. 1899.
CRECRAFT, EARL WILLIS: 1886-
Earl Willis Crecraft , son of Albert Newton and Mary Tyner Crecraft, was born at Brookville, Ind., on Jan. 27, 1886, and graduated from Franklin College in 1907. From Columbia University he received the A.M. degree in 1911 and the Ph.D. in 1915, and Franklin College awarded him an LL.D. in 1934. He married Lucy Ann Guthrie on Aug. 19, 1914.
From 1908 to 1910 he was principal of the high school at Shelbyville, Ind., from 1912 to 1913 an instructor in politics at Columbia , from 1913 to 1919 an instructor and lecturer in government at New York University, and from 1919 to 1938 professor of political science at the University of Akron. In 1938 he became dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of political science at Kent State University.
Information from Who's Who in America and Franklin College.
- Government of Hudson County, New Jersey.
Jersey City, N. J., 1915.
- Government and Business: a Study in the Economic Aspects of
Government and the Public Aspects of Business. Yonkers
on-Hudson, N. Y., 1928.
- Freedom of the Seas. New York,
1935.
CROOKE, CHARLES WALTER: 1863-
Charles Waiter Crooke , born at Odon, Ind., in 1863, received the A.B. degree from De Pauw University. He became the pastor of an Indianapolis Methodist Church and an active worker for prohibition of liquor traffic.
Information from the Federal Writers Project–Indiana Authors, 1937.
- Texas Prohibition Laws.
- Bottles and Rags.
- Texas Prohibition Prohibits.
CROOKS, JAMES: 1825-1908.
James Crooks , son of Dr. William B. and Martha Johnson Crooks, was born in Butler County, O., on Oct. 6, 1825. His parents' home was built on the state line between Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, O., and young James was born on the Ohio side.
In 1826 the family moved to Parke County, where they lived for five years, and in 1831 they located in Montgomery County, nine miles west of Crawfordsville, in a community called Middletown–later Waynetown. For a few months in 1834 they lived at Michigan City, then for four years were residents of Lake County, but in 1838 they returned to Parke County.
Young James began his education in Montgomery County and attended school in Michigan City and in Parke County. In 1845 he began to read medicine. He married Sarah Jane Ward on Jan. 13, 1850, and they lived with his family while he was starting the practice of medicine. In 1856 he purchased a home in Bridgeton, Ind. From 1855 to 1859 he was a student at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati , from which he graduated in May of 1859.
In addition to practicing medicine, Dr. Crooks engaged in the mercantile business and in the manufacture of patent medicines. He also traveled extensively and wrote articles which were printed in the ROCKVILLE REPUBLICAN and other local papers. For a brief time he was a newspaper editor.
On Dec. 13, 1891, his first wife died, and on Mar. 15, 1893, he married Lila F. Martin. Dr. Crooks died at Bridgeton, Ind., on Feb. 1, 1908.
Information from The Autobiography of James Crooks and Mrs. Claude Crooks of Rockville, Ind.
- The Autobiography of James Crooks, A.M., M.D.
Terre Haute, Ind., 1900.
CROWE, NELSON KENDALL: 1830-?
Born at Princeton, Ind., on Dec. 15, 1830, Nelson Kendall Crowe graduated from Indiana University in 1851 and received the A.M. degree in 1854. He had studied at Princeton Academy before attending Indiana University. He was a minister at Morissa, Ill., Walton, N. Y., Savannah, O., Radnor, O. and Delaware, O.
Information from The University Libraries, Indiana University.
- A History of the Freedmen's Mission of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church.
CRULL, ADAM ULLERY: ?-1915.
Adam Ullery Crull , son of Norris and Christina Ullery Crull, was born near Mishawaka, Ind. He was principal of Huntington High School for a number of years and later taught in Duluth, Minn.
Information from the South Bend Public Library.
- Ballads from the St. Jo.
South Bend, 1894.
CUBBERLEY, ELWOOD PATTERSON: 1868-1941.
Elwood Patterson Cubberley , son of Edwin Blanchard and Kate Coryell Cubberley, was born in Andrews, Ind., on June 6, 1868. He graduated from Indiana University in 1891, received the A.M. (1902) and the Ph.D. (1905) degrees from Columbia University and was awarded an LL.D. degree by Indiana University and the University of Iowa. He married Helen Van Uxem on June 15, 1892.
From 1891 to 1896 he was professor and president at Vincennes University, from 1896 to 1898 superintendent of schools at San Diego, and from 1898 to 1933 taught at Stanford University. He served as dean of the school of education at Stanford from 1917 to 1933. For two years he was a department editor of Monroe's Cyclopedia of Education.
He died on Sept. 15, 1941.
Information from Indiana University, 1820-1904. and Who Was Who in America.
- A Key for Determinative Mineralogy.
Fincennes, Ind., 1895.
- Report of the Public Schools of San Diego, Cal., with Courses
of Study. San Diego, 1897.
- Courses of Study for the Public Schools of San
Francisco. San Francisco, 1900.
- A Syllabus of School Management.
Boston, 1901.
- A Syllabus of Lectures on the History of Education, with
Selected Bibliographies. New York, 1902. 2 vols.
- School Funds and Their Apportionment. New
York, 1905.
- Changing Conceptions of Education.
Boston, 1909.
- The Improvement of Rural Schools.
Boston, 1912.
- Rural Life and Education: a Study of the Rural-School Problem
as a Phase of the Rural-Life Problem. Boston,
1914.
- page: 79[View Page 79]
- State and County School Administration Source Book (withE. C. Elliott). New York, 1915.
- Public School Administration; a Statement of the Fundamental
Principles Underlying the Organization and Administration of Public
Education. Boston, 1916.
- School Organization and Administration; a Concrete Study
Based on the Salt Lake City School Survey (with others).
Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y., 1916.
- Public Education in the United States; a Study and
Interpretation of American Educational History.
Boston, 1919.
- Readings in the History of Education; a Collection of Sources
and Readings to Illustrate the Development of Educational Practice, Theory,
and Organization. Boston, 1920.
- A History of Education; Educational Practice and Progress
Considered as a Phase of the Development and Spread of Western
Civilization. Boston, 1920.
- A Brief History of Education.
Boston, 1922.
- The Principal and His School; the Organization,
Administration, and Supervision of Instruction in an Elementary
School. Boston, 1923.
- The Cost of Education in California … (withJ. B. Sears). New York, 1924.
- The School Textbook Problem.
Boston, 1927.
- State School Administration.
Boston, 1927.
CULTER, MARY NANTZ MCCRAE (MRS. BRADFORD M.). 1858-
Born in New Albany, Ind., on Apr. 12, 1858, Mary Nantz McCrae was the daughter of the Rev. John and Catherine H. Shields McCrae, representatives of a pioneer New Albany family. After her graduation from Western College for Women in 1877, she taught school in Indiana and later in Kansas . On Oct. 19, 1882 she was married to Bradford M. Culter of Illinois . She began writing in 1894 and contributed poems and songs, short stories, and serials to numerous publications.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans and Who's Who in America.
- What the Railroad Brought to Timken. 1897.
- Four Roads to Happiness: a Story of Hoosier Life.
Philadelphia, 1900.
- Unspeakable Gift. Philadelphia,
1900.
- Girl Who Kept Up. Boston, 1903.
- Prodigal Daughter. Cincinnati,
1908.
- Jolly Half Dozen. Cincinnati,
1910.
- A Real Aristocrat. 1917.
- Ships That Pass in the Day.
- Gates of Brass.
CUMBACK, WILL: 1829-1905.
Born in Franklin County, Ind., on Mar. 24, 1829, Will Cumback , son of John and Elsie Cumback, was reared on a farm and educated in the country schools. He attended Miami University and the Cincinnati Law School and began the practice of law in Greensburg, Ind., in 1853. When he was barely twenty-five years old, he was elected to Congress and was the youngest member of the 34th Congress. During the Civil War he served as paymaster of the army. His other public offices included state senator, lieutenant governor, and collector of internal revenue. He died in 1905.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. I; Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, and the Barry Ms.
- Address Delivered by Hon. Will Cumback, at the Annual Reunion
of the Miami and Whitewater Valley Pioneer Association, at Hunt's
Grove, O., Saturday August 4, 1888; Also, the Presentation Speech by William
Carson. Harrison, Ohio, 1888.
- Lectures and Addresses.
Cincinnati, 1892.
- Men of Progress (withJ. B. Maynard). Indianapolis, 1899.
CUPPY, HAZLITT ALVA: 1863-1934.
Hazlitt Alva Cuppy , son of the Rev. W. T. and Martha Ann Cuppy, was born in Shelburn, Ind., on Oct. 3, 1863. After graduating from Franklin College in 1888, he spent a year at both Oxford and Berlin universities, received an M.A. degree from Heidelberg, and was awarded Ph.D. degrees by Heidelberg and by the University of Paris . He returned to the U. S. in 1893 to become founder and editor of THE ALTRUISTIC REVIEW. From 1895 to 1897 he was editor of the BAPTIST UNION, from 1896 to 1898 director of the University of Chicago Press, and from 1898 to 1906 publisher and editor of PUBLIC OPINION. He was also, from 1893 to 1895, an associate editor of the WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION and at one time was correspondent for the LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWS SKETCH.
Mr. Cuppy eventually left the editorial field to manufacture chocolate in Lititz, Pa., where he remained for several years. During the first World War he was a director and American representative of a large German corporation. He later started a factory of his own in San Francisco, where he died in 1934. Mr. Cuppy married Elizabeth Overstreet in 1895.
page: 80[View Page 80]Information from Who Was Who in America; the Barry Ms.; and the INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, Jan. 27, 1934.
- Knick-Knacks. Indianapolis,
1892.
- Rise of the Anglo-Indian Empire.
- Our Own Times–History of the Twentieth Century.
(Author and editor.)
10 vols.
CUPPY, WILLIAM JACOB: 1884-
William Jacob Cuppy was born in Auburn, Ind., on Aug. 23, 1884, the son of Thomas Jefferson Cuppy and Mary Frances Stahl Cuppy.
"In spite of our funny name," says Mr. Cuppy, "the Cuppys were of some consequence as pioneers of Whitley County, Ind. My paternal grandfather, Abram Cuppy, died as long ago as 1847, while serving as state senator at Indianapolis . I was named after my uncle, Captain William Henry Cuppy, of the 44th Indiana Infantry, who died in 1862, having been wounded at Fort Donelson. We all came originally from South Carolina–French Huguenot stock.
"My happiest childhood days were spent at the Cuppy farm near South Whitley, Ind., where my widowed grandmother was the rallying point of G.A.R. activities, and where the small Will acquired his first knowledge of the birds, the flowers, and other annoying aspects of animate nature. It was there, too, that I went thru a threshing machine by mistake.
"My mother was straight Pennsylvania Dutch, and a school teacher to boot. I am very proud of my Pennsylvania Dutch strain. I think that is the best way to feel about it. Anyway, mother had most of the family sense. She was a singer of great talent, and I used to pump the organ while she sang in the choir in the Presbyterian Church in Auburn–a circumstance that finally led to my membership in the Guild of Former Pipe Organ Pumpers. By the way, my sister played the organ. When necessary, I substituted for either of them, my little brother pumping at such times.
"I attended the Auburn High School, graduating in 1902. I was out of school a good deal, having what passed for recurrent attacks of appendicitis; I now think that this was merely my way of attracting attention and getting out of work. Nevertheless, to my lasting regret, I was considered bright enough to skip the eighth grade, so that I missed all tuition in grammar, punctuation, and that sort of thing. As a result, I have always been wobbly in such matters.
"I entered the University of Chicago in 1902 and was graduated therefrom in 1907, with the degree of Ph.B …
"The rest of my academic career is quite incredible. Deciding, after graduation, that I knew nothing whatever about anything, I hung about the campus for the next seven years, taking courses in practically everything, with or without credit, as the spirit moved me. For three mortal years I studied the Elizabethan prose writers in the graduate English library, and at one time had almost completed a doctor's thesis on the subject. One day I decided that all that would never do, so I cut the thesis in half, took the degree of Master of Arts in English and hopped a train for New York .
"So you see, I am really rather an erudite person. I try not to let it show in my writing. It isn't everybody that spends twelve years in college–and then writes the sort of thing I do!
"My first experience in authorship was equally fantastic. A publisher asked me to write a book of University of Chicago college stories, and I did. After purchasing and reading all the books of college stories available, I almost immediately produced a sizeable volume entitled Maroon Tales, as much like the others as possible but worse … Mercifully, most of the first edition was drowned in a flood which visited the cellar of the university press shortly thereafter.
"That was in 1909. My next book, How to Be a Hermit, appeared in 1929, just twenty years later. I used the twenty years between my first and my second book in trying to achieve the first faint glimmerings of how to write English …
"I do a little magazine writing. Most of How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes was first published in the NEW YORKER.
"For some years I have conducted a weekly column called Mystery and Adventure in 'Books', the literary supplement of the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE. That is by no means because I prefer detective stories and Westerns to other books–it just happened so. Occasionally, I also review real, or honest-to-goodness books."
Will Cuppy is unmarried, maintains an apartment in New York , but spends most of his time, the year around, in a "shack" on one of the sandy reefs off the south shore of Long Island, where he develops the recipes that led the Library of Congress to classify his book of humor, How to Be a Hermit, under "culinary arts" …
Condensed from Authors Today and Yesterday.
- Maroon Tales. Chicago, 1910.
- page: 81[View Page 81]
- How to Be a Hermit. New York,
1929.
- How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes. New
York, 1931.
- How to Become Extinct. New York,
1941.
CURTIS, EMMA GHENT (MRS. JAMES): 1860-1918.
Emma Ghent , born in Frankfort, Ind., on May 18, 1860, was the daughter of Ira Keith and Mary Elizabeth Palmer Ghent. She graduated from the Frankfort High School in 1877.
A writer of both poetry and prose, she contributed to CENTURY MAGAZINE, ATLANTIC, YOUTH'S COMPANION and other periodicals, was an associate editor of Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary and edited the ROYAL GORGE REVIEW of Canon City, Col. Mrs. Curtis was active in the organization of the Populist Party and worked for reform movements, including women's suffrage.
She died in Canon City, Col., in February of 1918.
Information from the Frankfort Public Library.
- The Fate of a Fool. New York,
1888.
- The Administratrix. New York,
1889.
CURTISS, GEORGE LEWIS: 1835-1898.
George Lewis Curtiss , son of Lewis and Mary Curtiss, was born in Columbia , Lorain County, O., on Nov. 21, 1835. Following his graduation from what is now Baldwin University in Berea, O., in 1854, he came to Indiana to teach mathematics at Moore's Hill College. He studied law for a time, then turned to the ministry and was pastor of churches in many Indiana communities–Charlestown, Madison, Greensburg, Connersville, Indianapolis, and Shelbyville. While in Madison he served one year as editor of the EVENING COURIER. In June of 1876 he was awarded the D.D. degree by Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University, and in the same year he graduated from the Indiana Medical College, where he lectured in 1877 and 1878. Dr. Curtiss married Matilda J. Smith in 1858. He died in 1898.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. I.
- History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Shelbyville,
1823-1878. Shelbyville, Ind., 1878.
- Tragic Trio. Indianapolis, 1882.
- Sketches from the Romance of American History. n.p.,
n.d. [1886].
- Evolution of Christian Doctrines, or, Outline Lectures on the
History of Christian Doctrines. Terre Haute,
Ind., 1891.
- Interrogatory Studies in Bible History.
Greencastle, Ind., 1892.
- Manual of Methodist Episcopal Church History, Showing the
Evolution of Methodism in the United States of America; for the Use of
Students and General Readers. New York, 1893.
- Arminianism in History; or the Revolt from
Predestinationism. Cincinnati, 1894.
- A Study of the Constitution of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. New York.
