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RABB, FRANCES MORRISON (MRS. ALBERT L.): ?-
Born in Indianapolis into a family which played an important part in the history of Indiana , Frances Morrison was just out of college at the time of World War I. Judge Morrison, her grandfather, was the first attorney general of the state of Indiana , and her father was an important physician of Indianapolis .
She was married to Albert L. Rabb, son of Albert and Kate Milner Rabb. She contributed to many poetry magazines and published a collection of poetry. After her husband's death in 1940 she managed her five hundred and fifty-five acre farm.
Information from the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Poems: Frannie's First Book.
Indianapolis, 1914.
RABB, KATE MILNER (MRS. ALBERT)" 1866-1937.
Born on Aug. 9, 1866, in Rockport, Ind., Kate Milner was the daughter of the town's leading physician (Dr. I. Livingston Milner) and a descendant of pioneers who had moved to Indiana from Kentucky prior to the Civil War. After graduation from the Rockport High School she entered Indiana University, where she became engaged to Albert Rabb. She received the A.M. degree at Indiana , then taught school in Jeffersonville and Rockport before her marriage to Albert Rabb in 1891. They made their home in Indianapolis , where Mr. Rabb was a prominent attorney. He died in 1918.
Although she had shown an early interest in writing and had had poems and stories published in the local papers, it was only after her marriage that she began to take her writing seriously. In addition to her books, she wrote stories for various magazines–the DELINEATOR, ST. NICHOLAS, and the YOUTH'S COMPANION–and she conducted a weekly column in the INDIANAPOLIS STAR known as the "Hoosier Listening Post." Mrs. Rabb died in Indianapolis on July 3, 1937.
Mrs. Rabb translated a juvenile from the German, compiled a collection of essays and edited a ten-volume collection of humor, besides the works listed here.
Information from the Indianapolis Public Library and the INDIANA HISTORY BULLETIN, Feb., 1938.
- The Pageant of Spencer County, Presented July 4, 1916 at
Rockport, Indiana. n.p., 1916.
- A Tour Through Indiana in 1840; the Diary of John Parsons of
Petersburg, Virginia. (Editor [actually author].)
New York, 1920.
- No Mean City. Indianapolis,
1922.
RANDALL, JAMES GARFIELD: 1881-
James Garfield Randall , son of Horace and Ellen Amanda Kregelo Randall, was born in Indianapolis on June 24, 1881. After graduating from Shortridge High School and Butler University and taking advanced degrees at the University of Chicago, he was a teacher of history and political science at various universities and colleges–Illinois, Michigan, Syracuse, Chicago, Roanoke, and Richmond. He was acting professor at Butler University and became professor of American history at the University of Illinois in 1920. He was married first to Edith Laura Abbott, who died in 1913, then to Ruth Elaine Painter.
Besides his books he wrote many articles on Lincoln and his period and contributed to various historical and political science reviews.
Information from Who's Who in America and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Confiscation of Property during the Civil War.
Indianapolis, 1913.
- Constitutional Problems under Lincoln. New
York, 1926.
- The Civil War and Reconstruction. New
York, 1937.
- Lincoln, the President; Springfield to Gettysburg.
New York, 1945.
- Lincoln and the South. Baton Rouge,
La., 1946.
RATH, EMIL: 1873-1943.
Born in Barmen, Germany, in 1873, Emil Rath came to the U. S. as a young man and graduated from a Pittsburgh, Pa., high school. In 1909 he moved to Indianapolis as a member of the North American Gymnastic Union faculty, remaining with that institution until 1934 and serving as president for twenty-five years. After 1934 he was director of physical education and health in the Indianapolis public schools. He was a nationally known authority in the field of physical education. He died in Indianapolis on Oct. 21, 1943. He wrote several textbooks on gymnastics not listed here.
Information from Indianapolis Public Library.
- Aesthetic Dancing. New York,
1914.
- Theory and Practice of Physical Education.
Indianapolis, 1915-16. 3 vols.
- Folk and School Dances.
Indianapolis, 1919.
- Frolic of the Brownies.
Indianapolis, 1920.
- Outlines of Some Physical Education Activities.
Indianapolis, 1926.
- Folk Dance in Education.
Minneapolis, 1939.
RATLIFF, WALTER STEVENS: 1860–1941.
Walter Stevens Ratliff , son of James Cornelius and Mary Crawford Ratliff, was born in Richmond, Ind., on Apr. 24, 1860. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of eastern Indiana . After attending the district schools he entered Purdue University in 1879 and graduated with honors, although he had largely supported himself while in school. He also received a degree from Earlham College and did post graduate work in forestry, entomology and botany at the University page: 263[View Page 263] of California, as well as studying for one year in Paris .
For many years Mr. Ratliff was an outstanding authority as a horticulturist, entomologist, and biologist, contributing to magazines and agricultural periodicals. He was a member of the Indiana Legislature and of the State Board of Agriculture. He died in Richmond, Ind., on May 10, 1941.
Information from Roll–Indiana, Vol. IV, and the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, May 11, 1941.
- Wayne County Centennial History.
- Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of
Richmond.
RAVE, HERMAN CHARLES FREDERICK: circa 1849-1929.
Born in Kiel, Germany, Herman Rave came to New York at the age of sixteen and later made his home in Jeffersonville, Ind. He was a reporter for both the NEW ALBANY TRIBUNE and the NEW ALBANY LEDGER, and his column, "Country Jottings," was well known throughout southeastern Indiana . He died in New Albany on Dec. 13, 1929.
Information from Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana and the New Albany Public Library.
- Songs and Ballads. Indianapolis,
1893.
RAWLES, WILLIAM A.: 1863-1936.
William A. Rawles was born in Remington, Ind., in 1863, son of Lycurgus and Catherine Baker Oilar Rawles.
He received the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Indiana University in 1884 and 1899 and the Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1903. He married Harriet McClure Post on June 26, 1895.
After serving as teacher and high school principal in Indiana and Missouri , he joined the Indiana University faculty in 1894 as instructor and professor, variously, of history, economics and political economy. He became dean of the university's school of commerce and finance in 1920.
Dr. Rawles died May 17, 1936.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- The Government of the People of the State of Indiana (withFrancis N. Thorpe). Philadelphia, 1897.
- Tax Facts about Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1924.
RAY, CHARLES WAYNE: 1872-1928.
Charles Wayne Ray , son of William Riley and Hester Ann Lee Ray, was born in Riley, Ind., on Apr. 2, 1872, and graduated from De Pauw University in 1900. He was ordained to the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1894. In 1902 he received the A.M. degree from Taylor University and in 1905 the D.D. degree from Nebraska Wesleyan. He was pastor of various churches in Nebraska for many years. In 1907 he toured Europe and Asia Minor, and he revisited Europe in 1910 and 1913. For his two poems, "No Man's Land" and "The Dead In Flanders," he was decorated by King Albert of Belgium .
The Rev. Mr. Ray married Arethusa S. Ervin in 1907 and died in April, 1928.
He wrote a number of essays and poems published in leaflet form besides the titles listed here.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Bible Questions Answered.
Cincinnati, 1903.
- The Radiant Life. Cincinnati,
1907.
- Heart Echoes. 1913.
- The Bright Side of Living. Lyons,
Neb., 1916.
- Ray-Poems, the Tides of Fortune. Norfolk,
Neb., 1923.
REAM, LAURA: 1828-1913.
Born in Lebanon, O., in 1828, Laura Ream came to Indianapolis with her parents when she was quite young and attended the Episcopal Female School of Indianapolis and the Catholic Female Seminary near Bardstown, Ky. Her parents died soon after she returned from the seminary, and she lived with a widowed sister and younger brother until the sister's death in 1855. Afterwards she lived with a friend and, having only a small income left by her father, she determined to use her ability as a writer and became a newspaper correspondent, writing for the CINCINNATI DAILY COMMERCIAL. She died in Indianapolis in 1913.
Information from the Indianapolis Public Library .
- History of a Trip to the Great Saginaw Valley, June
1871. Indianapolis, 1871.
RECORD, SAMUEL JAMES: 1881-1945.
Samuel James Record was born in Crawfordsville, Ind., on Mar. 10, 1881, the son of James K. P. and Mary M. Hutton Record. He graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1899. Entering Wabash College, he received the A.B. degree in 1903, the A.M. in 1906 and the M.F. from Yale University in 1905. Wabash College awarded the Sc.D. in 1930. Samuel James Record and Mary E. Strauss were married on Apr. 1, 1906.
In 1904 he had become identified with the U. S. Forestry Service, where he continued until he joined the Yale University faculty in 1910. At Yale he was successively instructor, professor and, after 1939, dean of the school of forestry. His special interests were forest products and their uses and tropical forestry. He was editor and manager of the quarterly TROPICAL WOODS after 1925.
He contributed largely to learned journals and serials in his field.
Dean Record died Feb. 3, 1945.
Information from Who's Who in America and the Wabash College Archives.
- Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States,
Including a Discussion of the Structural and Physical Properties of
Wood. New York, 1912.
- Mechanical Properties of Wood, Including a Discussion of the
Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber
Testing. New York, 1914.
- Timbers of Tropical America (withC. D. Mell). New Haven, Conn., 1924.
- Identification of the Timbers of Temperate North America,
Including Anatomy and Certain Physical Properties of Wood.
New York, 1934.
- North American Trees; a Guide to the Charles F. Millspaugh
Hall of Field Museum. Chicago, 1934.
- Forests of British Honduras. 1936.
- Timbers of the New World. New Haven,
Conn., 1943.
REDDING, JACOB: ?-?
Dr. Jacob Redding was the son of Iredell Redding of Henry County, Ind. He was born sometime in the Thirties and, after studying medicine, practiced in New Castle and Knightstown, Henry County, at least through the Nineties, when he is recorded as practicing in the former city. He is said to have invented a bicycle coaster brake.
Information from the Indiana State Library.
-
The Molecular Theory of Physics. [No copy located but listed as
Redding's work on the title page of his physiology.]
- Physiology: Its Science and Philosophy, a Treatise Comprising
the Substance of a Course of Lectures …. New
Castle, Ind., 1891.
REED, CHARLES ALFRED LEE: 1856-1928.
Charles Alfred Lee Reed , son of Dr. Richard Cumming Stockton and Nancy Clark Reed, was born at Wolf Lake, Ind., on July 9, 1856, and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1874. In 1894 he received an honorary A.M. degree from Miami University. He married Irene E. Dougherty on May 27, 1880.
From 1882 to 1896 he taught at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, from 1902 to 1909 at the Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Cincinnati), and from 1909 to 1917 at the University of Cincinnati. After 1898 he held the post of gynecologist at Cincinnati Hospital. During the first World War Dr. Reed was a major in the U. S. Army Medical Corps. He served as president of the American Medical Association in 1900-01.
In addition to his books Dr. Reed wrote articles for newspapers and magazines on medico-sociological subjects.
He died in Cincinnati on Aug. 28, 1928.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Christian Science: a Sociological Study.
Cincinnati, 1898.
- Diseases of Women; Medical and Surgical Gynecology.
New York, 1913.
- Marriage and Genetics: Laws of Human Breeding and Applied
Genetics. Cincinnati, 1913.
- Stomach and Intestines. 1913.
- Chronic Convulsive Toxemia. 1919.
- The First Estate. Boston, 1927. (Novel.)
REED, HUGH T.: 1850-1934.
Son of Irvin and Mary Mifflin Reed, Hugh T. Reed was born on Aug. 17, 1850, on a farm in Wayne County, near Richmond, Ind.
He was educated at the University of Michigan and at West Point. He entered the regular army upon 'his graduation in 1873, married Sallie E. Ferguson in 1882 and held the rank of colonel when he reached retirement age. He died in 1934.
page: 265[View Page 265]Information from the Richmond Public Library.
- Signal Tactics. Baltimore, 1880. (Later issued as Standard Signal
Tactics.)
- Cadet Regulations, Prepared for Cadets of the Military
Department at the Southern Illinois Normal University.
Richmond, Ind., 1881.
- Elements of Military Science and Tactics.
Baltimore, 1882.
- Broom Tactics; or, Calisthenics in a New Form for Young
Ladies. Baltimore, 1883.
- Standard Infantry Tactics.
Baltimore, 1883.
- Cadet Life at West Point.
Chicago, 1896.
REED, ISAAC: 1787-?
Isaac Reed , pioneer Presbyterian minister in Indiana , was born in Granville, N. Y., on Aug. 27, 1787. Following his graduation from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1812, he tried teaching for a while, studied law, but eventually turned to the ministry as his field.
Because he thought that a different climate might benefit his health, he decided upon missionary work in the West, and in 1816 he was sent to Kentucky by the Presbyterian Societies of New England. For a short time he preached on a circuit in Kentucky , and in July, 1818, made a visit to Indiana , where in October of the same year he became pastor of a church in New Albany . While serving in this capacity he made frequent preaching excursions through the southern part of the state and founded the first Sunday School in Indiana .
He resigned his pastorate at the end of the year and began traveling through Kentucky and Indiana for the Missionary Society of Connecticut. On Sept. 26, 1819, he organized the Presbyterian Church in Bloomington. While attending a synod at Danville, Ky., he met Elinor Young, a sister of Mrs. Baynard Rush Hall (wife of the first president of what is now Indiana University), and they were married. In 1822 he became pastor of the Bethany Church in Owen County, where he built a home.
He led in the organization of the Salem Presbytery in 1823 and helped organize churches at Crawfordsville, Greencastle, Bethlehem, and Terre Haute. In the fall of 1823 he took charge of churches at Indianapolis and Bloomington–traveling the distance of more than fifty miles on horseback.
Reed returned East and settled, temporarily, at least, in Moriah, N. Y., some time in 1827.
His book, The Christian Traveler, published immediately after his return to the East, describes his travels and adventures in Indiana and Kentucky . It is a narrative of considerable charm and historical importance, and is now quite rare.
Information from the INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Vols. 21 and 22.
- The Christian's Duty, Stated, Proved, and
Applied. Indianapolis, 1824.
- The Christian Traveler. New
York, 1828.
- The Youth's Book, in Four Parts.
Indianapolis, 1840.
REED, JOSEPH SAMUEL: 1852 circa 1920.
Born in Sullivan County, Ind., in 1852, Joseph Samuel Reed attended the public schools of Sullivan until 1862, when he moved with his father to a farm in Fairbanks Township. He then attended the district schools and in 1870 entered Franklin College, where he remained one year. In 1875 he married Emma Davis.
Following his year at college, he returned to Sullivan and became a drug clerk and in 1875 engaged in the drug business for himself. He was a member of the Western Association of Writers, serving as treasurer of that organization for three years.
Mr. Reed died about 1920.
Information from Art Souvenir of Leading Citizens and Farmers' Directory of Sullivan County, Indiana, 1896 and THE INDIANAN, Vol. III, No. 2.
- Winnowed Grasses. Indianapolis,
1892.
- From Nature's Nooks.
Indianapolis, 1905.
REED, PETER FISHE: 1819–?
Born in Boston, Mass., on May 5, 1819, Peter Fishe Reed was a resident of Vernon, Ind., around 1850 and of Indianapolis for many years. He later removed to Lockland, O., and he died at the home of a son in Iowa .
While a resident of Indiana he was at various times a farmer, shoemaker, house and sign painter, editor, doctor, photographer, music teacher, artist, and writer.
Information from Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana and D. S. A. in the CINCINNATI DAILY GAZETTE, Dec. 7, 1876.
- Incidents of the War; or, the Romance and Realities of
Soldier Life. Indianapolis, 1862.
- Voices of the Wind and Other Poems.
Chicago, 1868.
- Beyond the Snow: History of Trim's Adventures in
Nordlichtschein. Chicago, 1873.
REEVES, ARTHUR MIDDLETON: 1856-1891.
Arthur Middleton Reeves was the son of Mark Evan and Caroline Middleton Reeves. Born in Cincinnati, O., on Oct. 7, 1856, he learned the printer's trade as a boy.
Mr. Reeves was graduated from Cornell in 1878, having taken a prominent part in undergraduate activities, especially in student publications.
He established a successful printing business in Richmond, Ind., which later became the job department of THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. Having acquired an interest in languages, history, mythology and folkways, he devoted much time to travel and study and wrote extensively on Norse history and mythology. Several of his translations are still standard.
Mr. Reeves was killed in a railroad accident near Hagerstown, Ind., on Feb. 25, 1891.
He translated several important works from the Norse and Icelandic which are not listed here.
Information from the Richmond Public Library and the Dictionary of American Biography.
- The Finding of Wineland the Good; the History of the
Icelandic Discovery of America. (Editor.)
London, 1890.
- Jan, a Short Story. Chicago,
1892.
REEVES, JESSE SIDDALL: 1872-
Jesse Siddall Reeves was born in Richmond, Ind., on July 27, 1872. He attended Kenyon College but transferred to Amherst and received the B.S. degree there in 1891. He received the Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1894 and was awarded the L.H.D. degree by Amherst in 1926.
He was instructor in American history at the Woman's College of Baltimore in 1893-1894, a lecturer on diplomatic history at Johns Hopkins University from 1904 to 1906. In 1897 he returned to Richmond, Ind., was admitted to the Wayne County bar and practiced law there from 1897 to 1907. In the latter year he gave up the practice of law and became assistant professor of political science at Dartmouth College, remaining there until 1910, when he became professor of political science at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Reeves served as associate editor of THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW and lectured in America and abroad.
Information from Who's Who in America and the Richmond Public Library.
- The International Beginnings of the Congo Free State.
Baltimore, 1894.
- The Napoleonic Exiles in America, 1815-1819.
Baltimore, 1905.
- Jeremy Bentham and American Jurisprudence, n.p.,
1906.
- American Diplomacy under Tyler and Polk.
Baltimore, 1907.
- La Communauté Internatlonale.
Paris, 1925.
REID, JOHN S.: ?-?
John S. Reid is one of those characters who appear and disappear, making considerable impression by their presence but failing to elicit enough interest during their lives to make it worthwhile for any contemporary to record biographical facts.
He is thought to have been born in Ireland and he was living in Connersville, Ind., in 1845 when his narrative poem Gulzar, Or The Rose Bower, was published in Indianapolis .
The breadth of Reid's education must have been singular in its day. He is said to have translated from the Persian, and the inspiration for the poem mentioned above was believed at the time to have come from Persian literature. It is more reasonable, however, to credit the inspiration to Tom Moore's "Lalla Rookh." No matter what the source of its inspiration, the book must have sold rather widely in its time because D. S. A., writing in theCINCINNATI GAZETTE for Dec. 7, 1876, reported that Judge Reid disowned authorship of the poem after lawyers had quoted from it, to his annoyance; and he was believed to have bought up and burned all available copies of the edition. If he hoped to eliminate all traces of the poem, he was unsuccessful, for copies occasionally come to light to this day.
Judge Reid died at Indianapolis .
Information from Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana, and D. S. A. in the CINCINNATI GAZETTE, Dec. 7, 1876.
- Gulzar, or the Rose Bower. A Tale of Persia.
Indianapolis, 1845.
REISNER, GEORGE ANDREW: 1867-1942.
George Andrew Reisner , archaeologist and Egyptologist, was born in Indianapolis on Nov. 5, 1867, the son of George Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Mason page: 267[View Page 267] Reisner. He was educated at Harvard University, where he received the A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees. Following a year spent in Berlin as assistant in the Egyptian department of the Royal Museum and a year of teaching at Harvard, he was in Cairo, Egypt, for two years. From 1899 to 1905 he was at the University of California, and after 1905 he was connected with Harvard. He directed many Egyptian expeditions and excavations. He died in Cairo on June 7, 1942.
Information from Who's Who in America and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Sumerisch-B abylonische Hymenn,
—nach Thontafeln Griechischer Zeit.
Berlin, 1896.
- Tempelurkunden aus Telloh.
Berlin, 1901.
- Hearst Medical Papyrus.
Berkeley, 1906.
- The Early Dynastic Cemeteries of Naga-ed-der.
Berkeley, 1908. Part
1.
- First Annual Report, Nubian Archaeological Survey.
1910.
- Egyptian Conception of Immortality: the Ingersoll Lecture,
1911. Boston, [1912].
- Models of Ships and Boats. 1913.
- Excavations at Kerma. Cambridge,
Mass., 1923. 2 vols.
- Harvard Excavations at Samaria, 1908-1910 (withC. S. Fisher and D. Lyon). Cambridge, 1924.
2 vols.
- Mycerinus; the Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza.
Cambridge, Mass., 1931.
- A Provincial Cemetery of the Pyramid Age:
Naga-ed-der. Berkeley, 1932. Part 3.
- Development of the Egyptian Tomb down to the Accession of
Cheops. Cambridge, Mass., 1936.
RERICK, JOHN H.: 1830-?
John H. Rerick , son of Henry and Elizabeth Lamb Rerick, was born on Feb. 4, 1830, near Dayton , Tippecanoe County, Ind. His father was a farmer. After being educated in the common schools and at the academy at South Bend , he taught school for a time, and in 1851 he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1853. On Dec. 2, 1853, he married Elizabeth Green, who died in 1855, and on May 1, 1856, he married Marianette Devor.
Dr. Rerick practiced at Sumption Prairie (St. Joseph County), Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Elkhart before settling in Lagrange, Ind., in 1859. During the Civil War he served as assistant surgeon, and later as surgeon, of the 44th Indiana Infantry for a period of four years. At the close of the war he returned to Lagrange and resumed his practice, but in 1867 he purchased the LAGRANGE STANDARD, discontinued medicine, and became its editor. He also served for a time as clerk of the Circuit Court.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. II.
- The Forty-Fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Lagrange, Ind., 1880.
RICE, ALONZO LEORA: 1867-
Alonzo Leora Rice , son of James C. and Elizabeth Rice, was born at Little Blue River, Ind., on June 12, 1867, and graduated from Central Normal (now Canterbury) College in Danville, Ind., in 1896.
A teacher by profession, he was a contributor to many newspapers and magazines and acted as literary editor of the SUNNY SOUTH, published at Atlanta, Ga. Among other newspapers to which he contributed were the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION and the BOSTON TRANSCRIPT.
Information from Who's Who in America and Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana.
- Prize Poems from Judge, Boston Transcript.
Indianapolis, 1892.
- Sunways of Song. (Introduction byCharles Major.) Boston, 1910.
RICE, ELIHU S.: 1827-?
Elihu S. Rice was born in Genesee County, N. Y., on Feb. 28, 1827. He came to Logansport, Ind., in 1838 and became a leading merchant in the town. He married Jeanette Malon in 1854.
Active in the Baptist Church, he wrote several songs, one of which, "Shall We Meet Beyond the River," still appears in many collections. His first book is a collection of rhymes which had appeared in the LOGANSPORT PHAROS in 1865.
Information supplied by the Logansport Public Library.
- Hardware. Logansport, Ind.,
1907.
- Book of Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the
Logansport Baptist Church, n.p. [Logansport],
1922.
RICE, LOUISE GUEST: 1884-
Louise Guest , daughter of James Harvey and Harriet Noel Davis Guest, was born in New Albany, Ind., on Apr. 24, 1884. After graduating from high school, she entered St. Mary's Academy at St. Louis, Mo., from which she graduated in 1898.
In 1901 she began as a reporter with the ST. LOUIS STAR and from 1901 to 1904 worked for various newspapers of the southern states and New York City . After 1905 she was a practicing graphologist. In 1925 she founded the Louise Rice Graphological Institute in New York and served as its president. She was a consulting psychologist and contributor to magazines.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Character Shown in Handwriting. 1908.
- Dainty Dishes from Foreign Lands.
Chicago, 1909.
- Girl Who Walked Without Fear; a Comment on Christian
America. New York, 1915.
- New Blood; a Story of the Folks That Make America.
New York, 1922.
- Character Reading from Handwriting; with Numerous Line
Drawings. New York, 1927.
- By Whose Hand?
New York, 1930.
- Who Is Your Mate? What the Handwriting Reveals.
New York, 1930.
RICHARDS, LOUISE PARKS (MRS. SAMUEL): 1852-1931.
Born in Bedford, Ind., in 1852, Louise Parks , daughter of R. M. Parks, a Baptist minister, attended Baptist Female Seminary in Indianapolis . After her marriage to Samuel Richards, she lived in Anderson, Ind., for fifty-five years, with intervals abroad. She died in Muncie, Ind., in 1931.
Information from the Barry Ms.
- Oberammergau; Its Passion Play and Players.
Munich, 1910.
RICHMAN, GEORGE J.: 1876-
George J. Richman was born in Greenfield, Ind., on Mar. 1, 1876. He graduated from Indiana State Normal School in 1899 and from the Indiana Law School, Indianapolis , in 1908.
After teaching at New Palestine, Ind., for three years he became superintendent of schools for Hancock County and served for twelve years. He then practiced law for three years, served as postmaster of Greenfield (1919-1923) and entered the banking business at Kempton, Ind., in 1924. Moving to Tipton, Ind., he became cashier of the Farmers Loan and Trust Co. in 1935 and executive vice-president in 1944.
Information from George J. Richman.
- History of Hancock County, Indiana; Its People, Industries
and Institutions; with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families.
Indianapolis, 1916.
- History of Hancock County during the World War (joint
author). [1919'].
RIDPATH, GILLUM: 1842-1881.
Gillum Ridpath was born in Putnam County, Ind., on Aug. 7, 1842, and graduated from De Pauw University in 1867, receiving the A.M. degree in 1870. He married Elizabeth Lupher on Nov. 11, 1877.
He was associated with public school administration in various Indiana communities–Greencastle, Anderson, Martinsville, Zionsville, and Scottsburg. For one year, 1877-78, he was professor of mathematics at Tullahoma Collegiate Institute in Tennessee , and prior to his death, which occurred on Nov. 4, 1881, in Aurora, Ill., he was professor of science at Jennings Seminary in Aurora .
Information from De Pauw University's Alumnal Record, 1920.
- A History of Putnam County, Indiana. 1879.
RIDPATH, JOHN CLARK: 1841-1900.
Despite the fact that his amazingly voluminous output occasionally included hack work of the most obvious sort, the contribution which John Clark Ridpath made to the diffusion of knowledge in the U. S. in the Nineteenth century was of great importance.
Born on a farm in Putnam County, Ind., on Apr. 26, 1841 (some sources give 1840), he attended local schools and graduated from Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University in 1863. He received the A.M. from the same institution in 1866 and, in 1880, an honorary LL.D. from Syracuse University.
On Dec. 22, 1862, he married Hannah R. Smythe and, after receiving his degree the following spring, took up teaching. He taught in the Boone County page: 269[View Page 269] ( Ind. ) Academy, was superintendent of the Lawrenceburg schools for three years and, in 1869, returned to Greencastle as a member of the Asbury Institute faculty, which he continued to serve variously as professor of English literature, belles lettres, history and political science, and as vice-president, until 1885.
It was Ridpath who secured for Asbury the De Pauw endowment which put the institution on a firm financial basis and which resulted in the changing of its name.
Besides his work as an educator, administrator and writer, Ridpath spent a year (1897-98) as editor of THE ARENA, a Boston periodical, contributed largely to the press and was for some time literary director of the Jones Brothers Publishing Company. He died on July 31, 1900.
Textbooks are omitted from the list of his works.
Information from the Greencastle Public Library; Who's Who in America; De Pauw University's Alumnal Record, 1920; American Authors, 1600-1900; and Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana.
- History of the U. S. Prepared Especially for
Children. Philadelphia, 1874.
- A Popular History of the United States of America.
Cincinnati, 1876.
- United States: a History of the United States of America from
the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day.
Cincinnati, 1878.
- The Life and Work of James A. Garfield.
Cincinnati, 1881.
- Alexander Hamilton: a Study of the Revolution and the
Union. Cincinnati, [1881].
- Epoch of Integration. 1883.
- History and Historical Study. 1885.
- Beyond the Sierras. 1888.
- The True Evolution. 1889.
- The Suppression of the Intellectual Life. 1892.
- Columbus and Columbia: a Pictorial History of the Man and the
Nation (withJ. G. Blaine, J. W. Buel, and B. Butterworth). 1892.
- The Citizen Soldier; His Part in War and Peace.
Cincinnati, 1892.
- The Man in History: an Oration for the Columbian Year,
Delivered under the Auspices of the Indiana Historical Society, at
Indianapolis, Indiana, October 20, 1892.
Indianapolis, 1893.
- The Life and Work of James G. Blaine (withS. Connor and others). 1893.
- Epic of Life. New York, 1893.
- Ridpath's Universal History.
Cincinnati, 1894-99.
- Life and Memoirs of Bishop William Taylor. 1894-95.
- Napoleon Bonaparte. 1895.
- People's History of the United States.
Philadelphia, [1895].
(Reissued as Chronology of Events … Washington, D. C., 1904.)
- Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century.
New York, 1896.
- The Bond and the Dollar ….
Boston, [1896].
- A Brief Chronological History of All Nations.
- The Cry of the Poor ….
Boston, 1897.
- Democracy: Its Origins and Aspects ….
Boston, 1897.
- Prosperity; the Sham and the Reality.
Boston, 1897.
- Spurious Bimetallism. An Argument in Refutation of Double
Coinage …. Boston, 1897.
- The True Inwardness of Wall Street.
Boston, 1897.
- History of the World; being an Account of the Principal
Events in the Career of the Human Race from the Beginnings of Civilization
to the Present Time; Comprising the Development of Social Institutions and
the Story of All Nations from Recent and Authentic Resources.
Indianapolis, 1898. 4
vols.
(Reissued in 9 vols. in 1909 and as With the World's People in
1911.)
- James Otis: the Pre-Revolutionlst; a Brief Interpretation of
the Life and Work of a Patriot. Chicago, 1898.
- Life and Times of William E. Gladstone.
Cincinnati, 1898.
- A Working University in the Home Reference Library.
New York, 1898.
- Gov. Will Cumback. [Greensburg,
Ind.]
- The Standard Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History,
Geography, Statistics, and General Knowledge. 1900. 10 vols.
- History of the United States. Washington,
D. C., 1900.
- History of the United States. Academic Edition.
New York, 1902.
- New Complete History of the United States of America.
New York, 1904. 15
vols.
- Battles and Commanders of the Civil War (withRossiter Johnson and others). Washington, D. C., [1907].
- The Story of South Africa (withE. S. Ellis). New York, [1909].
- History of the United States from Aboriginal Times to
Taft's Administration. New York, 1911. 4 vols.
- With the World's People.
Cincinnati, 1911. 8
vols.
(New edition of History of the World.)
- History of Texas.
RIGDON, JONATHAN: 1858–1933.
Jonathan Rigdon , son of Pryor and Mary A. Fleener Rigdon, was born at Rigdon, Ind., on Dec. 22, 1858, and graduated frorri Central Normal (now Canterbury) College, in Danville, Ind., in 1886. He received the A.B. degree in 1891 and the Ph.D. in 1905 from Boston University. From 1904 to 1906 he studied at Clark University. He married Alberta Smith in 1907.
From 1887 to 1900 he served as a professor of philosophy page: 270[View Page 270] at Central Normal (now Canterbury) College, holding the position of president of the college from 1897 to 1900, and in 1908 he founded Winona College, at Winona Lake, Ind., of which he was president until 1916. From 1918 to 1929 he was again president of Central Normal College.
He died on Dec. 30, 1933.
Dr. Rigdon was the author of about a dozen textbooks, 1887-1932, which are not listed here.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Methods in Arithmetic. Danville,
Ind., 1893.
- Infinitives and Participles. Danville,
Ind., 1895.
- College Ideals. Danville, Ind.,
1915.
- The English Sentence. New York,
1925.
- Science and Religion as They Look to a Layman.
Danville, Ind., 1928.
RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB: 1849-1916.
To some hundreds of thousands who still read and enjoy his verse, James Whitcomb Riley is Indiana . No American poet–those patriarchs of New England included–has thus far caught the popular fancy, has thus far enjoyed the voluntary following, that was and is his.
The beginnings of James Whitcomb Riley were auspicious enough, although he showed very little of what biographers of his day liked to call "early promise." He was born in Greenfield, Ind., on Oct. 7, 1849, (probably, although biographers differ as to the year), the son of Reubin A. and Elizabeth Riley. His father was a reasonably prosperous small town lawyer. He was named for an Indiana governor and he attended the local schools, where he fortunately had a teacher who was interested in both the reading and writing of poetry. The teacher was Lee O. Harris, who, although his own efforts at verse brought him no fame, was credited by Riley with having been a strong influence. Riley apparently had his first poem published in the GREENFIELD COMMERCIAL in the fall of 1870. Once out of the school, however, he began a rather aimless existence.
For a short time he read law in his father's office, without hope, interest or success–and his father, probably noting his very apparent incapacity, seems to have given at least tacit consent to his defection. Thereupon, James Whitcomb took up sign-painting, which ranked as a profession only slightly above that of minstrel man or medicine show spieler in that day. Perfecting himself in that trade he engaged as advance agent and display advertising specialist (in the barn-side and back fence media) for a wagon-show.
Shortly, however, he found an outlet for his talent for versifying, partially discovered in his school days. The wagon-show had a musical department, topical songs were in vogue, and Riley began to write their lyrics. In 1872 he sent several poems to the Indianapolis SATURDAY MIRROR, a literary weekly. These were published through March, April and May over the signature "Jay Whit." In 1873, only twenty-four years old but a widely traveled man of the world, he returned to Greenfield .
His literary experience and his travels gave him a good background for journalism, and he became an employee of one of the local papers.
He continued his contributions to Indianapolis papers and presently, beginning to make use of his experience in publicity, he wrote some advertising jingles for the GREENFIELD NEWS. He still accepted a sign-painting order occasionally, and one of the jingles advertised this service.
Next move was to the ANDERSON DEMOCRAT in April, 1877. While working on that paper he wrote a poem, "Leonainie," in the style of, and signed with the initials of, Edgar Allan Poe. He sent it to the KOKOMO DISPATCH with a note to the effect that it had been discovered on the flyleaf of an old dictionary. Many critics accepted it as an unknown Poe production, and quite a few of them maintained their pronouncements correct even after Riley had admitted his authorship. The ANDERSON DEMOCRAT, horrified (according to tradition) at its employee's lapse of literary integrity, cast him out; but the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, which knew a good newspaperman when it saw one, hired him, and there he stayed from 1877 to 1885.
There were routine assignments on the JOURNAL, but there was also a space to be filled with poetry and Riley soon began to take far more than his share of these columns. He had contributed rather widely during the preceding two or three years, but in 1878, encouraged by a welcome in Indianapolis , his greatest period of production began. His first appearance in a periodical of national circulation is thought to have been with the poem "A Destiny" in the April, 1875, issue of HEARTH AND HOME. Possibly because all of his energies were now devoted to filling the JOURNAL and other papers in Indianapolis and elsewhere with poems, letters and sketches over a variety of pseudonyms, there was little further contribution to periodicals until the middle Eighties.
His first book of collected poems, The Ole Swimmin' page: 271[View Page 271] Hole, and "Leven More Poems, by Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone [James Whitcomb Riley], did not inspire any publisher with enthusiasm, but George C. Hitt, business manager of the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL and Riley together financed its publication. The book was an immediate success, and by his venturesome spirit Mr. Hitt earned the eternal gratitude of all Hoosiers and a good slice of other North Americans as well.
As a craftsman Riley was indefatigable, polishing and repolishing until his verse was near technical perfection. In his great talent for the accurate hearing and the true recording of dialect he was unsurpassed in his time. His Hoosier was perfection itself–most of us who were reared in Indiana , unless we are constantly alert, find ourselves lapsing into recognizable, if modified, Rileyesque–but much of his dialect is also recognizable as careless Americana of almost any state. Perhaps it was this infallible ear for everyday speech which is most accountable for Riley's enormous popularity: the Raggedy Man was obviously everyone's odd-job man; the little boy who reported upon the arrival of his grandmother lived down the street from almost any reader.
There were many sides to James Whitcomb Riley. To the children to whom he read he was a benevolent old gentleman (he was always old to them, even though he died at sixty-seven, because children naturally believed that anyone who spoke so nearly their own language must of necessity be very old or very young and no one very young could possibly support that vast expanse of white waistcoat, that magnificent watch chain). To those eiders who attended his evening programs he was Art, but an Art singularly understandable. To his contemporaries in letters he was a gay and wonderful companion. Many an Eastern audience, attending his recitals to see what sort of rustic character wrote that backwoods verse, was astonished to find that Riley was urbanity itself, with a polished good taste which met even the rigid standards of Boston. Riley was also given an honorary A.M. degree by Yale University.
James Whitcomb Riley progressed rapidly, and apparently easily, from an object of regard to an object of something very like worship. No Indiana school-child of 1900-1910 (the period in which he read his works most widely in Indiana schools) is likely ever to forget the hushed awe with which his teacher introduced Riley when he stopped in to deliver "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie" to the deeply impressed, if not always fully understanding, young audience.
Long before his sixtieth birthday Riley's Lockerbie Street residence in Indianapolis had become a mecca where small, starched Indianapolis boys and girls were taken to be photographed on the poet's knee as he recited to them. Before his birthdate was four score years past, both the Lockerbie Street house and his birthplace were memorials, visited by more admirers than are the shrines of most ex-presidents.
Riley never married. He enjoyed the company of women, but his verse, his correspondence, his reading and conversation with his friends filled his life completely. His (perhaps abstract) liking for children, rather than having been concentrated on a few of his own, was showered upon a nation of them.
Riley died, one of America's most widely known literary figures, on July 22, 1916, at the age of sixty-six.
Information from Burke and Howe–American Authors and Books, 1640-1940; Russo–A Bibliography of James Whitcomb Riley; and Dickey–Youth of James Whitcomb Riley.
- "The Old Swimmin'-Hole," and
'Leven More Poems, by Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone.
Indianapolis, 1883.
-
Character Sketches the Boss Girl a Christmas
Story and other Sketches
. Indianapolis, 1886.
- Afterwhiles. Indianapolis, 1888.
-
Old-Fashioned Roses
. London, 1888.
-
Nye and Riley's Railway Guide
(withEdgar W. Nye). Chicago, 1888.
-
Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury
. Indianapolis, 1889.
- Rhymes of Childhood.
Indianapolis, 1891.
- "The Old Swimin'-Hole" and
'Leven More Poems Neighborly Poems on Friendship Grief and
Farm-Life by Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone.
Indianapolis, 1891.
- The Flying Islands of the Night.
Indianapolis, 1892.
-
Green Fields and Running Brooks
. Indianapolis, 1893.
- Poems Here At Home. New York,
1893.
- Armazindy. Indianapolis, 1894.
-
The Days Gone by and Other Poems
. Chicago, n.d. [1895].
-
A Tinkle of Bells and Other Poems
. Chicago, n.d. [1895].
- A Child-World. Indianapolis,
1897.
- Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers. New
York, 1897.
- The Golden Year from the Verse and Prose of James Whitcomb
Riley. London, 1898.
- Riley Love-Lyrics. Indianapolis,
n.d. [1899].
- Home-Folks. Indianapolis, n.d. [1900].
- The Book of Joyous Children. New
York, 1902.
-
An Old Sweetheart of Mine
. Indianapolis, n.d. [1902].
- His Pa's Romance.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1903].
- Out to Old Aunt Mary's.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1904].
- A Defective Santa Claus.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1904].
- Riley Songs O' Cheer.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1905].
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- While the Heart Beats Young.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1906].
- Morning. Indianapolis, n.d.
[1907].
- The Raggedy Man. Indianapolis,
n.d. [1907].
- The Boys of the Old Glee Club.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1907].
- The Orphant Annie Book.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1908].
- Riley Songs of Summer.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1908].
-
The Lockerbie Book
. Indianapolis, n.d. [1911].
- The Riley Baby Book.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1913].
- Riley Songs of Friendship.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1915].
- The Old Soldier's Story.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1915].
- The Hoosier Book. Indianapolis,
n.d. [1916].
- The Homestead Edition. The Poems and Prose Sketches of James
Whitcomb Riley. New York, 1897-1914. 16 vols.
- The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley.
Indianapolis, n.d. [1913].
6 vols.
- Memorial Edition James Whitcomb Riley's Complete
Works. Indianapolis, 1916. 10 vols.
-
[The three editions of collected works above contain material
not previously published. Other editions of collected works include little
or no significant matter which had not previously appeared.]
RILEY, WILLIAM BELL: 1861-
William Bell Riley was born in Greene County, Ind., on Mar. 22, 1861. His parents were Branson Radish and Ruth Anna Jackson Riley.
Riley attended Valparaiso Normal and Hanover College, receiving the A.B. degree in 1885 and the A.M. in 1888. In the latter year he also graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He later received the LL.D. from John Brown University (1938) and the D.D. from Union University (1911).
He married Lillian Howard on Dec. 31, 1890. She died in 1931, and on Sept. 1, 1933, he married Marie R. Acomb.
The Rev. Mr. Riley had been ordained to the Baptist ministry in Kentucky in 1883, and he occupied pulpits in Warsaw and Carrollton, Ky., New Albany and Lafayette, Ind., and Bloomington and Chicago, Ill., between 1884 and 1897. In the latter year he became pastor of the First Church, Minneapolis , where he occupied the pulpit until 1942, when he retired. In 1902 he founded the Northwestern Bible Training School at Minneapolis and continued as its president. He founded and became president of the Northwestern Evangelical Seminary in 1935. One of the most voluminous of modern writers on religion, he was also executive secretary of The World's Christian Fundamentals Association and editor of THE NORTHWESTERN PILOT.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Baptist Fundamentals. (Co-author.)
- The Greater Doctrines of Scripture. 1893.
- The Seven Churches of Asia. New
York, 1895.
- Fads and Fanaticisms. 1895.
- The Gospel in Jonah. New York,
1895.
- Vagaries and Verities.
Minneapolis, 1903.
- The Finality of the Higher Criticism; or the Theory of
Evolution and False Theology. Minneapolis,
1909.
- The Evolution of the Kingdom. New
York, 1913.
- Messages for the Metropolis.
Minneapolis, 1913.
- The Perennial Revival; a Plea for Evangelism.
Minneapolis, 1913.
- The Coming and Kingdom of Christ. 1914.
- Crisis of the Church. New York,
1914.
- The Menace of Modernism. New
York, 1917.
- Daniel vs. Darwinism.
Minneapolis, 1918.
- Light on Prophecy. 1918.
- Ephesians; the Three-Fold Epistle; Seven Studies.
Chicago, 1919.
- God Hath Spoken. Minneapolis,
1919.
- Inspiration or Evolution?
Minneapolis, 1923.
- The Bible of the Expositor and the Evangelist.
Cleveland, O., 1924-38. 40 vols.
- Christ the Incomparable.
Chicago, 1924.
- Sermons for the Times. 1924.
- The Blight of Unitarianism. 1926.
- Revival Sermons; Essentials in Effective Evangelism.
Chicago, 1929.
- The Minneapolis Pulpit. 1929.
- Ten Burning Questions. Chicago,
1932.
- The Goal of Religion. 1935.
- The Philosophies of Father Coughlin; Four Sermons.
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1935.
- Pastoral Problems. Chicago,
1936.
- Youth's Victory Lies This Way.
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1936.
- The Only Hope of Church or World; What Is It?
Glasgow, 1936.
- The Victorious Life. Grand Rapids,
Mich., 1937.
- Is Jesus Coming Again?
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1937.
- My Bible; an Apologetic. Grand Rapids,
Mich., 1937.
- Saved or Lost?
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1938.
- Wives of the Bible; a Cross-Section of Femininity.
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1938.
- Seven New Testament Soul-Winners. Grand
Rapids, Mich., 1939.
- Wanted–a World Leader. 1939.
- The Conflict of Christianity with Its Counterfeits.
Minneapolis, 1940.
- Re-Thinking the Church. Chicago,
1940.
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- Seven New Testament Converts. Grand Rapids,
Mich., 1940.
- Problems of Youth. Grand Rapids,
Mich., 1941.
- At Sunset; or, After 80. Butler,
Ind., 1944.
- Fundamentalism vs. Liberalism.
- Christian Science; Its Opposition to the Word of God.
New York.
- Will Christ Come Again?
Minneapolis.
- Divine Healing; or, Does God Answer Prayer for the Sick?
New York.
- Spiritualism; a Subject That Should Be Studied in the Light
of God's Word. New York.
- Theosophy. New York.
- Arguments Against; McCabe-Riley Debates.
Minneapolis.
- Bible; Is It an Evolution or an Inspiration.
Minneapolis.
- The Challenge of Orthodoxy.
Minneapolis.
- Christian Confederacy. Chicago.
- The Eclipse of Faith.
Minneapolis.
- Evolution; Does It Tend to Atheism?
Minneapolis.
-
Great Question, Who Was Christ?
- Interchurch; or, the Kingdom by Violence.
Minneapolis.
- Jerusalem and the Jew.
Minneapolis.
- Liberty of Faith vs. License of Infidelity.
Minneapolis.
- Mistakes of Millennial Dawn. Los
Angeles.
- Modern Amusements. Minneapolis.
- Old Testament Types. Los
Angeles.
- The Redemption of the Downtown.
Minneapolis.
- Riley vs. Fosdick. Minneapolis.
- Seven Churches of Asia. New
York.
- The Challenge of Youth.
- The Christian Fundamentalist.
- God Hath Chosen.
- Unveiling the Future.
RISTINE, FRANK HUMPHREY: 1884-
Born in Crawfordsville, Ind., on Apr. 11, 1884, Frank Humphrey Ristine graduated from Wabash College in 1905 and received the A.M. (1907) and Ph.D. (1910) degrees from Columbia University. In 1933 he was awarded the L.H.D. degree by Wabash College.
He served as acting professor of English at Wabash in 1909-10 and as an instructor at Columbia in 1911-12. After 1912 he was associated with Hamilton College as professor of English literature and, after 1932, as dean.
Information from Directory of American Scholars.
- English Tragicomedy; Its Origin and History.
New York, 1910.
RITTER, ELI F.: 1838-1913.
Eli F. Ritter was born in Hendricks County, Ind., June 18, 1838. Of Quaker stock, he was the son of James and Rachel Jessup Ritter, who had emigrated from the South to Hendricks County because of their anti-slavery sentiments. Eli was educated in the public schools, graduated from De Pauw University in 1863, and received the A.M. degree in 1866, being admitted to the bar in that year. His college studies had been interrupted by the Civil War, during which he served in the 79th Indiana Infantry. He married Narcie L. Lockwood on July 13, 1865. Col. Ritter died Dec. 11, 1913, in Indianapolis .
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. II; De Pauw University's Alumnal Record, 1920; and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Is License Constitutional? A Brief Before the Supreme Court
of Indiana; in the Case of Mary E. Haggart and Sarah C. Rathwell vs. J. H.
Stehlin and G. Heidt. New York, 1891.
- Moral Law and Civil Law, Parts of the Same Thing.
New York, 1896.
ROBBINS, WILLIAM EDWIN: 1845-1919.
Born near Paoli, Ind., on Mar. 8, 1845, William Edwin Robbins graduated from De Pauw University in 1868, receiving the A.M. degree in 1871.
After teaching in Iowa and California for two years and serving as a Methodist Episcopal pastor in Indiana for two more years, in 1872 he went as a missionary to India, where he spent most of the remainder of his life. He married Alice Ellen Miles in Bombay, India, on Mar. 1, 1876. He served for a time as acting editor of THE BANNER OF ASIA.
The Rev. Mr. Robbins died in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 1919.
Information from De Pauw University's Alumnal Record, 1920.
- Hand-Book of India and British Burmah.
Cincinnati, 1883.
- Outlines of Christian Evidences.
- To Sunrise and Back.
ROBERTS, ELMER: 1863-1937.
Elmer Roberts , son of the Rev. Lewis and Mary McKim Roberts, was born in Lagro, Ind., on Apr. 7, page: 274[View Page 274] 1863, and attended De Pauw University, leaving college in his senior year. On May 12, 1896, he married Claire Livingston, who died in 1929.
From 1885 to 1896 he worked on various newspapers–the TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, PERU REPUBLICAN, FORT WAYNE GAZETTE, CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, CHICAGO TIMES, NEW YORK HERALD, and JACKSONVILLE CITIZEN (he assisted in founding the last-named paper)–and in 1897 he became connected with the Associated Press, continuing this connection until 1929. He served as a correspondent in London (1899-1901), Berlin (1902-10), and Paris (1911-29).
Mr. Roberts died on Nov. 17, 1937.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Monarchical Socialism in Germany. New
York, 1913.
ROBINSON, CHARLES ASBURY: ?-
Aside from the fact that he was a resident of Greenfield, Ind., at least during the period 1902 to 1909, and that one of his titles indicates he was an active member of the Order of Red Men, a fraternal association, no information regarding Charles Asbury Robinson has been located.
Information from the Greenfield Public Library.
- Roving Red Rangers; or, Laura Lamar of the Susquehanna: A
Thrilling Romance of the Old Colonial Days. Greenfield,
Ind., 1902.
- Uncle Robie's Baby Book.
Greenfield, Ind., 1902.
- The Trail of the White Wolf; or the Doom of the
Delawares. Greenfield, Ind., 1903.
- This Book Contains One Hundred Reasons Why I Am a Red Man and
Some Nuggets of Gold. Greenfield, Ind., 1909.
ROBINSON, EDWIN MEADE: 1878-1946.
Edwin Meade Robinson was born in Lima (now Howe), Ind. , on Nov. 1, 1878. His parents were William Edwin and Alice Maude Drake Robinson. After graduating from Howe School, in his home town, he enrolled in Wabash College.
There, as "Ted" Robinson, a name he always preferred to those by which he was christened, he became a popular student, developed a facility for graceful writing and best of all, in the opinion of Wabash men, he wrote the words to the college song. Its writing came at a time when Wabash College was about to enjoy a period of rapid development; it was first publicly sung at the inauguration of President William Patterson Kane in 1899, and it made an immediate hit. According to Osborne and Gronert–Wabash College: The First Hundred Years:
"Music, perhaps, had as much to do with the great uprising of college spirit under the Kane administration as athletics: in the beginning at least it had more to do with it. It was a great thing to have so completely successful a college song. Ragan [composer of the music] and Robinson might well have said, after old Fletcher of Saltoun, that they cared not who taught the classes or even who made the touchdowns for the college since it had been given to them to write its song."
Of this performance Ted Robinson remarked, a few years before his death, "There was a period, after I had been out of college for a time and had begun to take my writing seriously, that I was not too proud of those lyrics. But I find, as I grow older, and seem to be regarded as a sort of vestal virgin who tended the eternal fire of Wabash spirit in the past century, I am becoming quite proud of myself."
Robinson received his A.B. from Wabash and spent a year as teacher of English in the Attica, Ind., High School and joined the staff of THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, remaining with this paper and THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL until 1904, when he went to THE CLEVELAND (O.) LEADER. In 1909 he married Martha Coon.
He joined THE PLAIN DEALER in 1910 as a column conductor and associate editor. His column, "Philosopher of Folly," achieved almost immediate popularity. Under his direction as literary editor after 1922, the book section of THE PLAIN DEALER became one of the country's best, with a strong influence on northern Ohio book buyers.
Robinson lectured at Cleveland College on philology between 1926 and 1942. He received the Litt.D. from Wabash College in 1927. He died at his summer home in Provincetown, Mass., on Sept. 20, 1946.
Information from Who's Who in America; Osborne and Gronert–Wabash College: The First Hundred Years; and from conversation with Mr. Robinson.
- The First Born. 1899.
- Mere Melodies. Philadelphia,
1918.
- Piping and Panning. New York,
1920.
- Enter Jerry. New York, 1921.
- Life, Love and the Weather. 1945.
ROBINSON, SOLON: 1803-1880.
" Solon Robinson (Oct. 21, 1803-Nov. 3, 1880), pioneer, agriculturist, author, was born at Tolland, Conn., the fourth child of Jacob and Salinda (Ladd) Robinson and a descendant of the Rev. John Robinson, pastor of the Pilgrims at Leyden . An orphan at the age of ten, a carpenter's apprentice at fourteen, and a Yankee peddler at eighteen, he made his way alone in the world. In 1828 he had become a cashier for a theatre in Cincinnati , and in October of that year married Mariah Evans of Bucks County, Pa.
"Two years later, at Madison, Ind., the young man was writing for the local press and interested in the promotion of an urban land site near North Vernon. In the fall of 1834, because of a dearth of buyers, he disposed of most of his land and traveled to northern Indiana . Here, in the wilderness, he opened a general store and soon built up a large trade with the Potawatomi Indians and incoming settlers. The Indians gave him the name of 'Wyonett Tshmokeman' sometimes translated 'Chief Big Knife.' To preserve his own holdings and those of others, in the area then known as Robinson's Prairie, he formed a Squatter's Union in 1836 for protection against speculators and made it possible for some five hundred members to secure their land at government prices. Henceforth, by popular acclaim, he was known as the 'King of the Squatters.' After Lake County was organized in 1837, he served at various times as county clerk, justice of the peace, register of claims, and postmaster. At the county seat, Crown Point, on the first printing press in the region he published intermittently a small news sheet. Active in politics, he took a prominent part in the Log Cabin Convention at Lafayette in 1840 …
"As early as 1837 Robinson began to contribute articles on various aspects of the frontier to the Albany CULTIVATOR and other agricultural periodicals. The simple, homely, and often humorous style of these essays, signed 'Solon Robinson of Indiana ,' reflected the personality of the author, and they soon won a large following. His enthusiasm and spirit carried conviction. Before 1840, in company with James Mercer Garnett, Henry L. Ellsworth, and others, he advocated the formation of a national agricultural society … The society had hoped to establish a national agricultural school and journal, but failure to receive an anticipated bequest made by James Smithson to the United States defeated this plan and was largely responsible for the premature dissolution of the organization. However, these activities paved the way for the formation of the United States Agricultural Society in 1852 by Robinson and others. This in turn played an influential role in the establishment of the Department of Agriculture ten years later.
"Robinson's descriptions of rural life observed on his journey to and from Washington in 1841 were the first of his discerning travel sketches. During the next decade he made a number of tours, covering practically every state in the Union, and regularly reported his observations in the CULTIVATOR, PRAIRIE FARMER, and AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, from which they were reprinted in the SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR and other periodicals. These travel sketches today form an invaluable historical record of rural society of that period … In 1852 at New York City he published a periodical called THE PLOW, and the following year became agricultural editor of the NEW YORK TRIBUNE. His editorial work, combined with visits to various parts of the country, was largely responsible for the widespread circulation of the weekly edition of the TRIBUNE and the subsequent national influence of that publication. At Westchester, N. Y., Robinson conducted an experimental farm which provided the basis for many of his articles.
"Illness in 1868–he suffered nearly all his life with tubercular tendencies–forced him to retire to Florida. Residing at Jacksonville, he published the FLORIDA REPUBLICAN, wrote for the NEW YORK TRIBUNE, and carried on other literary work. He was the author of novels, short stories, and poetry, in addition to his travel sketches and agricultural articles … After the death of his first wife, by whom he had five children, he married, June 30, 1872, Mary Johnson of Barton, Vt. He died at Jacksonville in November, 1880."
Condensed from H. A. K., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. XVI.
- The Will: a Tale of the Lake of the Red Cedars and
Shabbona. 1841.
- Guano: a Treatise of Practical Information for
Farmers. New York, 1853.
- Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York, Tales of Slum
Life. New York, 1854.
- Facts for Farmers: Also for the Family Circle.
New York, 1864. 2
vols.
- Me-Won-I-Toc. A Tale of Frontier Life and Indian Character;
Exhibiting Traditions, Superstitions and Character of a Race That Is Passing
Away. A Romance of the Frontier. New York,
1866.
- How to Live: Saving and Wasting; or Domestic Economy
Illustrated by the Life of Two Families of Opposite Character, Including the
Story of a Dime a Day. New York, 1873.
- page: 276[View Page 276]
- Hot-Corn Katy; or, Life in New York. New
York, 1882.
- History of Lake County.
- Solon Robinson, Pioneer and Agriculturist; Selected
Writings. (Edited byH. A. Kellar.) Indianapolis, 1936.
(Indiana Historical Collections, vol. 21-22)
2 vols.
ROHRER, FRED: 1867–1936.
Born at Boligen, near Bern, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 1867, Fred Rohrer came to this country at the age of sixteen. He was married to Miss Emma Reusser on Nov. 16, 1893.
As editor of the BERNE WITNESS, a tri-weekly newspaper which he established in 1896, and author of The Saloon Fight at Berne, Indiana, Fred Rohrer received wide attention when, with courage undiminished by bombings and other violence, he waged a series of valiant battles against the liquor traffic in his town. The campaign furnishes subject matter for his book, first published in 1913. Newspapers throughout the country took notice of the occurrence described in the book, which went through four editions, three English and one German.
As editor, publisher and author, he expressed his views and voiced his opinions. He was thoroughly sincere and deeply religious and a practical and useful citizen.
Mr. Rohrer died Dec. 1, 1936, at his home in Berne, Ind.
Information from the Berne, Ind., Public Library.
- The Saloon Fight at Berne, Indiana. Not a Novel, but a Real
History. Berne, Ind., 1913.
ROSE, HENRIETTA (MRS. HAMILTON): ?-
Henrietta Rose , whose birth date is unknown, was born in Ohio . She was a teacher before her marriage, and before and after her marriage took an active part in the women's rights and temperance movements.
The article on Indiana authors by D. S. A. in the CINCINNATI GAZETTE of Dec. 7, 1876, describes her as an Indiana writer and remarks of the one title for which she is known, "'Nora Wilmot is a tale of temperance and women's rights. The style is rigid, and the plot as transparent as the characters are commonplace and rigid."
Information from the Barry Ms. and D. S. A. in the Cincinnati Gazette, Dec. 7, 1876.
- Nora Wilmot: a Tale of Temperance and Woman's
Rights. Columbus, Ind., 1858.
Ross, MORRIS M.: 1850-1915.
Born in Indianapolis on Aug. 21, 1850, Morris M. Ross attended a private school in Indianapolis and was graduated from Cornell University in 1870. He began work in 1872 on the INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, was copy editor on the NEW YORK TRIBUNE in 1875, and returned to Indianapolis in 1876 as editorial writer and dramatic critic for the INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, Of which he became managing editor in 1892. In 1900 he retired to editorial writing, which he continued until his death in September, 1915.
Information from Indianapolis Public Library.
- The Portfolio, an Address.
Indianapolis, 1890.
- Labor, Society and the Church.
Indianapolis, 1891.
ROTHERT, OTTO ARTHUR: 1871-
Otto Arthur Rothert was born in Huntingburg, Ind., the son of Herman, a native of Hanover, Germany, and Franziska Weber Rothert, who had been born in Baden . The Rotherts were prosperous citizens of the southern Indiana German community and young Otto had every advantage.
After attending local schools he was entered in the preparatory department and later the University of Notre Dame, receiving the A.B. degree in 1892.
The Rotherts moved to Louisville, Ky., in 1889, and young Otto joined them there after graduation. He helped in his father's tobacco exporting business and clerked at that ancient Louisville hostlery, The Gait House, when his talents for the tobacco business became obvious by their almost total absence.
After his father's death in 1904 Otto Rothert toured Mexico and the West and on his return began to visit historic sites in Kentucky and the Middle West. The family had purchased 2600 acres in Muhlenberg County, Ky., and he became greatly interested in the locality. This interest resulted in his first book, the History of Muhlenberg County, a remarkably fine piece of local history recording.
In 1908 he had become a member of The Filson Club of Louisville , an organization devoted to the preservation of Kentucky and midwestern history, which then had among its members Col. Reuben T. Durrett, Basil W. Duke, James S. Pirtle, Thomas W. Bullitt, C. Ballard Thruston, Alfred Pirtle and others page: 277[View Page 277] of the most justly celebrated of America's amateur historians. Rothert's interest in the club grew with his interest in historical writing: he was elected secretary in 1917.
Under the guidance and financial support of the president, C. Ballard Thruston, and the new secretary the club grew and prospered, acquiring a beautiful club house in 1929 and, over the years, a remarkable collection of historical material. Both officers continued until Otto Rothert resigned, due to ill health, on Apr. 1, 1945.
From Tapp–Otto A. Rothert, 1871-
- History of Muhlenberg County.
Louisville, 1913.
- A History of Unity Baptist Church, Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky. Louisville, 1914.
- The Story of a Poet: Madison Cawein; His Intimate Life as
Revealed by His Letters and Other Hitherto Unpublished Material, Including
Reminiscences by His Closest Associates; Also Articles from Newspapers and
Magazines, and a List of His Poems. Louisville,
1921.
- Picturography of Madison Cawein; a Reprint of the First
Chapter of the Story of a Poet: Madison Cawein.
Louisville, 1921.
- The Filson Club and Its Activities, 1884-1922; a History of
the Filson Club, Including Lists of Filson Club Publications and Papers on
Kentucky History Prepared for the Club, Also Names of Members.
Louisville, 1922.
- The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock; Historical Accounts of the
Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates Who Operated in Pioneer Days Upon the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and Over the Old Natchez Trace.
Cleveland, O., 1924.
- Forest Retreat and Its Garden, in Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky, Near Greenville. Louisville, 1938.
- List of Shrubs and Trees in the Garden at Forest
Retreat. Louisville, 1942.
RUMELY, EDWARD ALOYSIUS: 1882-
Edward Aloysius Rumely , son of Joseph J. and Margaret Zimmerman Rumely, was born in LaPorte, Ind., on Feb. 28, 1882, and was educated at the University of Notre Dame, Heidelberg, and Freiburg, receiving an M.D. degree from the last-named institution in 1906. He was married on Apr. 2, 1910.
In 1907 he founded and organized The Interlaken School, of which he was president, and he served as secretary and treasurer of the M. Rumely Company. Mr. Rumely developed the mechanical tractor.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Power and the Plow (withL. W. Ellis). Garden City, N. Y., 1911.
- Some Thoughts on Agricultural Education.
New York, 1912.
- Interlaken School: to Teach Boys to Live.
LaPorte, Ind., 1915.
RUNCIE, CONSTANCE OWEN FAUNTLEROY (MRS. JAMES): 1836-1911.
Constance Owen Fauntleroy was born in Indianapolis on Jan. 15, 1836, the daughter of Robert Henry and Jean Dale Owen Fauntleroy. She was a granddaughter of Robert Owen of New Harmony fame and spent her girlhood in New Harmony. Following a period of five years of study in Germany , she returned to the U. S., married the Rev. James Runcie, and lived in Madison, Ind., from 1861 to 1871, later moving to St. Joseph, Mo. While in New Harmony she organized the Minerva Club, said to be the first woman's club organized in America. She edited a church paper for six years and was an officer in various woman's clubs and organizations. She composed an opera, a cantata and several offertories.
Information from Who Was Who in America and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Divinely Led. New York, 1881.
- Poems, Dramatic and Lyric. New
York, 1888.
- Essay on Woman. 1904.
- Fables.
RUSSELL, JOSEPH P.: 1815-1893.
Joseph P. Russell was born in Bourbon County, Ky., on July 23, 1815, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Penn Russell.
He completed his medical education in Kentucky and, after his marriage to Mary Ellen Penn, came to Waveland, Ind., and practiced medicine there for almost fifty years before his death on Feb. 11, 1893.
Information from Russell–Writings With Biography.
- Writings With Biography.
Indianapolis. 1901.
RYAN, OSWALD: 1888-
Oswald Ryan , son of William Antony and Agnes Fitzgerald Ryan, was born at Anderson, Ind., on Apr. page: 278[View Page 278] 11, 1888, and was educated at Butler University, Harvard (A.B., 1911), and Harvard Law School. On July 1, 1918, he married Rebecca B. Noland.
He began the practice of law at Anderson, Ind., in 1913. In 1916 he was elected state's attorney for the 50th Indiana Judicial District but resigned in 1918 to enlist for service in the first World War. He was city attorney of Anderson from 1925 to 1929 and state's attorney for the 50th Judicial District from 1929 to 1931. From 1932 to 1938 he acted as general counsel for the Federal Power Commission. After 1938 he was a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board. In addition to his books, he contributed to HARPER'S, AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, PUBLIC UTILITIES FORTNIGHTLY, JOURNAL OF AIR LAW AND COMMERCE, POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, etc.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Municipal Freedom: a Study of the Commission
Government. Garden City, N. Y., 1915.
- The Challenge of the Prophets. Anderson,
Ind., 1929.
