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FELLOW, HENRY COFFIN: 1856-?

Born in Henry County, Ind., in 1856, Henry Coffin Fellow was educated at Earlham College (Ph.B., 1886; M.S., 1891), Kansas State University (A.M., 1891), and Nebraska Wesleyan University (Ph.D., 1893). In addition to the titles listed he wrote a textbook or two and had poems published in various anthologies.

Information from the Barry Ms.

FERRIS, DR. EZRA: 1783-1857.

Ezra Ferris , a native of Connecticut, was born in 1783 and was brought west by his parents when he was six years old. He was educated in the East and was licensed as a Baptist preacher. While preaching in Baptist churches around Lawrenceburg, Ind., he also practiced medicine and had a drug store in the town. In 1816 he was a member of the Dearborn County delegation at the state constitutional convention. According to Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. I (p. 297): "He was the backbone of the Baptist church in the county, and wrote the best account we have of the early settlement of the region."

Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans.

FIDLAR, CHESTER L.: 1858-1933.

Chester L. Fidlar , born in 1858, was educated in the Terre Haute, Ind., public schools and began his teaching career as a supply teacher in the local schools while attending Terre Haute Normal (now Indiana State Teachers College). He graduated from that institution in 1902.

Mr. Fidlar was appointed supervisor of music in the Terre Haute public schools and continued in this capacity for more than thirty years. He died in New York in August, 1933, while carrying on graduate study at Columbia University.

Information from the Indiana State Library.

FIELD, ISOBEL OSBOURNE STRONG: 1858-?

Isobel Osbourne was born in Indianapolis in 1858. Her mother (the former Fanny Van de Grift) divorced her husband, Samuel Osbourne, and left Indianapolis , taking her son, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, and Isobel when the latter was about four years old.

They went to Paris , where Isobel attended Julian's Atelier des Dames.

Her mother met and married Robert Louis Stevenson, and Isobel was a member of the Stevenson household and assisted him to some extent in his writing. She accompanied him and her mother on his search for health in the U. S. and in the Pacific isles.

In 1879 she married J. D. Strong and, in 1914, Salisbury Field. Some of her writing was published under each name.

Information from the Barry Ms. and from biographies of Robert Louis Stevenson.

FIELD, NATHANIEL: 1805-1888.

Born in Jefferson County, Ky., on Nov. 7, 1805, Nathaniel Field graduated from Transylvania Medicat page: 108[View Page 108] School in Lexington, Ky. , and practiced for three years in Alabama and for a time in Kentucky before settling in Jeffersonville, Ind., in 1829. His father, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, had emigrated to Kentucky in 1784.

In 1838-39 Dr. Field was a member of the Indiana Legislature. Despite his birth in a slave state and in a slave-holding family, he was a strong abolitionist–he was president of the first anti-slavery convention held in Indiana , and in 1834 he voted against his entire township on a proposition to expel free negroes.

During the Civil War he acted as surgeon of the 66th Regiment of Indiana Infantry. In 1868 he was president of the Indiana State Medical Society. Dr. Field founded two churches in Jeffersonville and, in addition to his medical duties, acted as pastor of them for fifty-seven years without salary or other compensation. He died in Jeffersonville on Aug. 28, 1888.

Information from Representative Men of Indiana , Vol. I, and Appletons" Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. II.

FINLEY, JOHN" 1797-1866.

John Finley , known for many years as "The Hoosier Poet" until that name was given to James Whitcomb Riley, was born in Brownsburg, Va., on Jan. 11, 1797. His father, Andrew Finley, was a merchant in the town, but the family lived on a farm near the Blue Ridge Mountains. During the War of 1812, when John was sixteen years old, his father suffered financial reverses, and John had to give up schooling and take a job in his uncle's tanning business. He educated himself, however, by diligent reading. In 1816 he started west and, after a short stay in Cincinnati , settled, in 1820, in Richmond, Ind. For the remainder of his life he was engaged in public affairs -in 1822 he served as Justice of the Peace, from 1828 to 1831 he was a member of the state Legislature, from 1837 to 1845 he was clerk of the Wayne County Courts (he lived at Centerville , the county seat, during this time), and from 1852 until his death he was mayor of Richmond . From 1831-34 he edited and owned the controlling interest in the RICHMOND PALLADIUM.

Mr. Finley is supposed to be the first to use the word "Hoosier" in print. In 1830 the RICHMOND PALLADIUM printed his poem, "The Hoosier's Nest," which was reprinted in the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL in 1833. In these printings the word was spelled "Hoosher," but Mr. Finley changed it to the present spelling in later editions of the poem. He contributed many poems to newspapers and had one volume of his works published. He was twice married and died on Dec. 23, 1866.

Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vols. 11 and V.

FINLEY, MARTHA: 1828-1909.

Martha Finley , Nineteenth century writer of bestsellers, whose books mirror much of the conventions, moral code, and religious philosophy of her time, was born in Chillicothe, O., on Apr. 26, 1828. She was the daughter of Dr. James Brown and Maria Theresa Brown Finley, first cousins.

When she was eight years old, the family moved to South Bend, Ind., where Martha was educated in private schools and later conducted a school of her own. After the death of her father the family returned East in 1854.

She lived in New York and Philadelphia and supported herself by teaching school and writing newspaper stories and Sunday-school books, the latter published by the Presbyterian Board of Publications in Philadelphia . In her early writing she used the name of Farquharson, the original Gaelic of Finley.

During the Civil War Miss Finley, physically incapacitated by a back ailment, began the writing of the first book of her most famous series, Elsie Dinsmore, and from its publication in 1867 until four years before the author's death in 1909, the demands of her public and publishers were met with a steady output of books about Elsie or her relative, Mildred Keith. Miss Finley attempted at various times to end the series but was persuaded to continue–the result is a list of more than two dozen titles which may properly be identified as "Elsie Books" with Elsie, as lass, matron and oldster having a part in many others.

In 1876 Miss Finley moved to Elkton, Md., where she built a home and spent the remainder of her life. She died at Elkton on Jan. 30, 1909.

Miss Finley has suffered greatly in the light of present-day criticism. Much of her disrepute results from the passage of time and a changing of manners and page: 109[View Page 109] morals, as well as a shift from the romantic to the realistic school of writing. On top of that she was anything but an expert craftsman, and her lack of literary style, her poor character development and the sameness of her plots are technical faults which have all contributed to her lack of present-day regard. However, she is important for having been widely read in her day and for the influence she exerted on youthful readers of the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries.

Information from The Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VI; The University of Buffalo Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3; and the South Bend Public Library.

FISHBACK, WILLIAM PINCKNEY: 1831–1901.

William Pinckney Fishback was born at Batavia, O., on Nov. 11, 1831. He was educated at Miami University and Farmer's College (O.).

He studied law with his father and was associated with him in practice for a time, then removed to Indianapolis , where he opened a law office in 1857. From 1870 to 1872 he acted as editor of the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. In 1872 he became a member of the staff of the ST. Louis DEMOCRAT but returned to Indianapolis in 1874 and resumed the practice of law.

Mr. Fishback died at Indianapolis on Jan. 15, 1901.

Information from the Indiana State Library.

FISHER, DANIEL WEBSTER: 1838-1913.

" Daniel Webster Fisher … for twenty-elght years president of Hanover College, Ind. , was born at a place called Arch Spring , in Sinking Valley , then a part of Huntingdon County, Pa. His father, Daniel, was a well-to-do farmer of German descent who had married a woman of Dutch ancestry, Martha Middleswarth. When he was fourteen years of age young Daniel entered Milnwood Academy, located at Shade Gap, and later finished his preparation for college at Airy View Academy. He graduated from Jefferson College in 1857, and from the Western Theological Seminary three years later. In Apr. 1860, having been accepted by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions for service and appointed to Siam, he was ordained by the Presbytery of Huntingdon . On the 25th of the same month he married Amanda D. Kouns, daughter of Michael Kouns of Ravenswood, Va. (now W. Va.). The illness of his wife as they were about to sail for their foreign station caused them to postpone the journey, and ultimately led him to resign his appointment. In the autumn of 1860 he took charge of the Thalia Street Church, New Orleans , but owing to the outbreak of the Civil War, he returned North in June of the following year. From 1861 to 1876 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Wheeling, W. Va. A trip abroad followed. Upon his return he supplied various churches, and had been ministering for a year and a half to the Second Presbyterian Church, Madison, Ind., when on July 8, 1879, he was elected president of Hanover College. The institution was financially embarrassed and its existence in jeopardy, but under his administrative skill it was kept alive through the crisis, and as the years went on it increased in endowment, buildings, and efficiency. During the twenty-eight years of his presidency, he continued active in the affairs of his denomination … After his resignation as president of Hanover he lived at Washington, D. C., and engaged in writing …"

Condensed from H. E. S., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VI.

  • A Human Life, an Autobiography with Excursuses. New York, 1909.Search "A Human Life, an Autobiography with Excursuses." by FISHER, DANIEL WEBSTER: 1838-1913. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • The Unification of the Churches: a Present Day Study. New York, 1911.Search "The Unification of the Churches: a Present Day Study." by FISHER, DANIEL WEBSTER: 1838-1913. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • Calvin Wilson Mateer, Forty-Five Years a Missionary in Shantung, China: a Biography. Philadelphia, 1911.Search "Calvin Wilson Mateer, Forty-Five Years a Missionary in Shantung, China: a Biography." by FISHER, DANIEL WEBSTER: 1838-1913. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust

FLETCHER, JAMES COOLEY: 1823-1901.

" James Cooley Fletcher … missionary, the son of Calvin and Sarah (Hill) Fletcher … was born in Indianapolis . He prepared for college at the Indianapolis Seminary, and at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and graduated from Brown University in 1846 … he entered Princeton Theological Seminary and took the full course there … he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, N. J. He spent the following year in theological study at Paris, France, page: 111[View Page 111] and Geneva, Switzerland, and married, on Aug. 28, 1850, in Geneva , Henrietta, daughter of the Rev. Dr. César and Jenny Malan … He was ordained on Feb. 13, 1851, by the Presbytery of Muncie, Ind., and at the close of the same year went to Brazil as missionary of the Christian Union and chaplain of the Seaman's riend Society. During the year 1852-53 he was first secretary pro tern. and then acting secretary of the United States legation at Rio de Janeiro , a position which brought him into intimate relations with the Emperor Dom Pedro 11. In 1854, after a visit to Chile , he returned to the United States for several months … From 1856 to 1862 he lived in Newburyport, Mass., engaged in writing, preaching, and lecturing…

"In 1862-63 he was agent in Brazil of the American Sunday School Union, cooperating with the American Bible Society. He made a journey of 2,000 miles up the Amazon to the borders of Peru , gathering natural history specimens for Prof. Louis Agassiz–a journey which led to an expedition by Agassiz himself in 1865

… In 1868-69 he was Brazilian agent of the American Tract Society. From 1869 to 1873 he resided in Portugal as U. S. consul at Oporto for the full period and during the year 1870 acted also as United States charge d'affaires at Lisbon . On Oct. 22, 1872, he married at the consulate in Oporto his second wife, Fredrica Jane Smith. From 1873 to 1890, save for a brief visit to the United States , he resided in Naples , Italy, engaging in voluntary missionary work with the Waldenses and the Free Church of Scotland ; and contributing numerous articles to American newspapers and magazines … He returned to the U. S. in 1890 and took up his residence in Los Angeles, Calif., serving as stated supply of the Presbyterian Church at Wilmington, Calif., during 1892, and at La Crescenta, Calif., from 1893 until his death. On Jan. 2, 1897, he married Mrs. Elizabeth (Mutton) Curryer of Oakland, Calif. During the last six years of his life he was president of the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. He died and was buried at Los Angeles . He was survived by his third wife and by a son and daughter of his first marriage …"

Condensed from J. C. A., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VI.

FLORY, AARON M.: 1833-1893.

Aaron M. Flory , a prominent lawyer of Logansport, Ind., was born in 1833 and died at Emporia, Kan., in 1893. He married Elizabeth Funston of Cass County; they had three children. During the Civil War Mr. Flory served with the 46th Indiana Regiment and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was captured at Sabin Pass., La., in 1863, and escaped from a rebel prison in Texas . His one published work is an entertaining account of his experience in prison and his escape.

Information from Powell–History of Cass County' 1913.

FORREST, JACOB DORSEY: 1866-1930.

Jacob Dorsey Forrest , son of Andrew Jackson and Emily Louise Dorsey Forrest, was born in Baltimore, Md., on July 21, 1866, and graduated from Hiram College, receiving the A.M. degree in 1892. He also studied at Ohio State University and in 1900 received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago. On Aug. 17, 1893, he married Albertina May Allen, who died in 1904, and in 1915 he married Cordelia Kautz.

From 1897 to 1909 he was professor of sociology and economics at Butler College in Indianapolis . While on leave of absence from the college in 1907 he was one of the promoters of the Citizens Gas Company of Indianapolis , which he later organized and managed. During the first World War he converted this company into a producer of high explosives.

He died on Nov. 7, 1930.

Information from Who Was Who in America and from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans.

FOSTER, JOHN WATSON: 1836-1917.

" John Watson Foster (Mar. 2, 1836-Nov. 15, 1917), lawyer, soldier, editor, diplomat, secretary of state, professor, was born in Pike County, Ind., where his father, Matthew Watson Foster, was a successful farmer. His mother, Eleanor Johnson, came of a Virginia family. Foster attended the Indiana University (B.A., 1855), where through study and in debate he page: 112[View Page 112] developed the anti-slavery convictions implanted by his father. After a year at the Harvard Law School he spent another year in a law office in Cincinnati before he associated himself in the practice of law at Evansville with Conrad Baker, one of the ablest lawyers of Indiana . In 1859 he married Mary Parke McFerson… When the Civil War broke out Foster's zeal for the anti-slavery cause and for the Union led him to enlist. Gov. Morton sent him a commission as major. For his share in the capture of Fort Donelson he was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and for his meritorious service at Shiloh he was made a colonel. He commanded a brigade of cavalry in Burnside's expedition into East Tennessee and was the first to occupy Knoxville in 1863 …

"After the war Foster became editor of the EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, the most influential paper in Southern Indiana . In 1872, he served as chairman of the Republican state committee. As such he was instrumental in bringing about the reëlection of Oliver P. Morton to the United States Senate and of Gen. Grant to the presidency. The next year President Grant designated him as minister to Mexico . He served there during the transition from the Lerdo to the Diaz regime and under trying circumstances succeeded in making himself highly agreeable to the Mexican government.

"Early in 1880, President Hayes transferred him to St. Petersburg . He remained there a year and had little to do except to attend ceremonies and to plead for leniency in the treatment of American Jews. He returned to Washington and set up in the practice of law. In 1883, President Arthur offered him the appointment as minister to Spain . Foster accepted. He negotiated a reciprocity treaty affecting the trade with Cuba , but the treaty failed to meet the approval of the Senate. During Cleveland's first administration Foster practised law. Harrison appointed him on a special mission to Madrid to negotiate another reciprocity treaty. This treaty became effective and for two years greatly facilitated American trade with Cuba and Porto Rico.

"During the latter part of Harrison's administration Foster became the agent for the U. S. in the Bering Sea or fur-seal arbitration …

"For about eight months during 1892 and 1893 and partly overlapping the period of the fur-seal arbitration Foster served as secretary of state. As such he negotiated a treaty of annexation with the Republic of Hawaii. This negotiation took place so shortly after the establishment of the republic under the domination of American citizens there and under such questionable circumstances that when Cleveland succeeded to the presidency he withdrew the treaty from the Senate …

"At the close of the Chino-Japanese War, December, 1894, the Chinese foreign office invited Foster, then a private citizen, to join the Chinese commissioners in the negotiation of peace with Japan . He accepted, and performed a creditable service in bringing about an agreement between Li Hung Chang and Marquis Ito. Later, in 1907, Foster represented China at the Second Hague Conference. In 1903 Great Britain and the U. S. agreed to arbitrate their differences about the Alaska-Canadian boundary. The U. S. designated Foster as agent to take charge of the preparation of the case. Greatly to his credit, the tribunal sustained substantially his arguments and conclusions. As a lawyer in Washington Foster represented various governments, notably the Mexican …

"Foster delivered numerous lectures on various phases of international relations which found their way later into periodicals and pamphlets. He was especially interested in foreign missions and in arbitration …"

Condensed from C. E. H., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VI.

FOULKE, ELIZABETH ELLEN (MRS.?): ?-?

Mrs. Foulke , whose maiden name has not been learned, was born in Richmond, Ind., educated in the public schools, the Friends Academy and in Earlham College and was a teacher in Richmond schools for many years.

She was long interested in writing, and her published works include a book of short stories for children and a collection of verse. She died about 1943.

Information from the Richmond Public Library.

FOULKE, WILLIAM DUDLEY: 1848-1935.

William Dudley Foulke (pseudonym–Robert Barclay Dillingham), son of Thomas and Hannah Shoemaker Foulke, was born in New York City on Nov. 20, 1848. His father was a minister of the Society of Friends and at one time was principal of Friends Seminary in New York City, from which young Foulke graduated in 1863. In 1869 he received the A.B. degree from Columbia University, in 1871 he graduated from Columbia Law School, and in 1872 he was awarded the A.M. degree.

He practiced law in New York City from 1871 to 1876, when he came to Richmond, Ind., and entered into a law partnership with Jesse P. Siddall, representing the Pennsylvania Railroad. For a time in the late Seventies he was part owner and an editor of the RICHMOND PALLADIUM. From 1883 to 1885 he was a member of the Indiana State Senate. Mr. Foulke was a strong advocate of civil service reform. In 1885, while he was president of the Indiana Civil Service Reform Association, he, Oliver Morton, and Louis Howland were members of a committee to investigate abuses in the State Hospital for the Insane, and their report led to corrective legislation. Theodore Roosevelt appointed him to the United States Civil Service Commission in 1901, following outstanding work on his part as chairman of a special committee of the National Civil Service Reform League which conducted investigations of the civil service. Mr. Foulke was also interested in woman's suffrage. He was president of the American Woman's Suffrage Association for a number of years (until 1890).

In 1890 he retired from active law practice to devote himself to reform movements and literary pursuits. From 1909 to 1912 he served as editor of the Richmond EVENING ITEM. He was a contributor to the ATLANTIC MONTHLY, FORUM, CENTURY, and CURRENT HISTORY. In 1872 Mr. Foulke married Mary Taylor Reeves of Richmond . He died May 30, 1935.

Besides the titles listed he edited, translated and compiled several works.

Information from Who's Who in America and the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, May 31, 1935.

FOWLER, WILLIS WILFRED: ?-

According to Parker and Heiney—Poets and Poetry of Indiana, 1900, " Willis Wilfred Fowler is a young man of Shelbyville, Ind., who has in the last few years attracted much attention by contributions of verse to the newspapers, and by two or three little collections or dainty leaflets of verse that he has caused to be printed for the delight of his friends …"

Information from Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana, 1900.

FOX, HENRY CLAY: 1836-1920.

The son of Levi and Rebecca Inman Fox, Henry Clay Fox was born near West Elkton, O., on Jan. 20, 1836.

The family moved to Wayne County, Ind., and Fox attended the county schools, Whitewater College, at Centerville , and finally read law in the office of George W. Julian. He was admitted to the bar in 1861.

In the same year he married Helen S. Linsley and shortly enlisted in the 57th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry with which he served during the Civil War. After the war he resumed his law practice in Richmond , and in 1896 he was appointed county judge. He died in 1920.

Information from the Morrisson-Reeves Library, Richmond, Ind.

FRANK, HENRY: 1854-1933.

Born in Lafayette, Ind., on Dec. 21, 1854, Henry Frank , son of Jacob H. and Henrietta Auerbach Frank, graduated from Chicago High School in 1871 and from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1874. He was a student at Harvard in 1874. In 1876-77 he was professor of literature and history at Cornell College in Iowa. After serving for a number of years as a Methodist minister, in 1886 he became pastor of the Congregational Church in Jamestown, N. Y., and in 1888 he renounced orthodoxy and originated the Independent Congregational Church at Jamestown . In 1897 he founded the Metropolitan Society of New York . He went to San Francisco in 1917, where he founded and was a leader of the People's Liberal Church. He died on July 31, 1933.

Information from Who Was Who in America.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN: 1812-1876.

Benjamin Franklin was senior member of the printing firm of Franklin & Smith of Milton, Ind. They were publishing a newspaper, the MILTON TIMES, as early as 1847 (no copies are recorded as being preserved, and the extent of publication is not known), and in 1848 their imprint appears upon a report of a religious debate published by them.

Franklin also edited and the firm published the page: 115[View Page 115] WESTERN REFORMER, A MONTHLY PUBLICATION, DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF CHRISTIANITY. The volumes of this preserved in the Indiana University Library are Vol. 6 and Vol. 7, 1847 to 1849. Vols. 1 to 5 of this paper, under the title of THE REFORMER, had been published at Centerville, Ind.

Information from Ms. notes of R. E. Banta, Walker–Beginnings of Printing in the State of Indiana, and the Indiana State Library.

  • An Oral Debate on the Coming of the Son of Man, Endless Punishment, and Universal Salvation. Held in Milton, Ind., Oct. 26, 27, and 28, 1847. Between Erasmus Manford, Editor of the Western Universalist, and Benjamin Franklin, Editor of the Western Reformer. Indianapolis, 1848.Search "An Oral Debate on the Coming of the Son of Man, Endless Punishment, and Universal Salvation. Held in Milton, Ind., Oct. 26, 27, and 28, 1847. Between Erasmus Manford, Editor of the Western Universalist, and Benjamin Franklin, Editor of the Western Reformer" by FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN: 1812-1876. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • Gospel Preacher; a Book of Twenty Sermons. Cincinnati, 1869.Search "Gospel Preacher; a Book of Twenty Sermons" by FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN: 1812-1876. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • Oral Debate Between Benjamin Franklin and J. A. Thompson, Held at Reynoldsburg, Ohio … On I. Remission of Sins … 11. Quickening of the Sinner … III. Baptism … IV. Eternal Salvation. Franklin, 1874.Search "Oral Debate Between Benjamin Franklin and J. A. Thompson, Held at Reynoldsburg, Ohio … On I. Remission of Sins … 11. Quickening of the Sinner … III. Baptism … IV. Eternal Salvation" by FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN: 1812-1876. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust

FRENCH, WILLIAM M.: 1817-1886.

William M. French was born in Dearborn County, Ind., in 1817 and spent his youth in the town of Rising Sun, Ind. A Methodist preacher, he served as steward of an insane asylum for some years and during the Civil War was employed by Governor Morton to take sanitary stores to the soldiers and bring back pay to their families. He was also a trustee of Indiana University from Clark County. He died in April, 1886, and was buried at Rising Sun.

Information from the Indiana State Library.

  • Life, Speeches, State Papers and Public Service of Gov. Oliver P. Morton. Cincinnati, 1864.Search "Life, Speeches, State Papers and Public Service of Gov. Oliver P. Morton" by FRENCH, WILLIAM M.: 1817-1886. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust

FRITSCH, WILLIAM AUGUST: 1841-?

The only information available establishes William August Fritsch as having been born in 1841 and having spent his mature years in Evansville, Ind.

Information from the Evansville Public Library.

FRYBERGER, AGNES MOORE (MRS. W. O.): 1868-

Agnes Moore was born at Madison, Ind., on May 30, 1868. She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Florence Virginia Wilber Moore.

Miss Moore studied at the University of Minnesota and Northwestern and Columbia Universities, majoring in music.

In 1891 she married Dr. W. O. Fryberger but continued her work as a public school music supervisor and, eventually, as an instructor in music appreciation at the University of Minnesota.

Information from the Madison, Ind., Public Library.

FULLER, HECTOR: 1864-1934.

Hector Fuller , Indianapolis journalist, was born in England on Oct. 17, in either 1864 or 1865. Since he was a younger son, the family estate went to an older brother, and Hector took to the sea. After traveling over a large part of the world, he finally came to the U. S. and, in 1891, to Indianapolis , where he was shortly employed as a reporter by the INDIANAPOLIS NEWS.

He was with the NEWS for twenty years. During the Russo-Japanese War, which he covered for the NEWS, he was captured by the Russians after slipping into Port Arthur and was almost shot as a spy. After he left the NEWS, he spent some time as a dramatic critic for the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, was a columnist for five years on the WASHINGTON HERALD, and served as Sunday editor of the BUFFALO NEWS.

Mr. Fuller eventually went to New York , where he became spokesman and personal representative of Mayor James J. Walker. He accompanied Walker to Europe and later wrote a book about the trip. He was press representative for many interests and, according to Hilton U. Brown, of the INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, "became page: 116[View Page 116] internationally known as an irrepressible and delightful entertainer."

He died in New York on Oct. 3, 1934, and was survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.

Information from Hilton U. Brown, of the INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, and from the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, Dec. 4, 1934.

  • Roach & Co.–Pirates, and Other Stories . Indianapolis, 1898.Search " Roach & Co.–Pirates, and Other Stories " by FULLER, HECTOR: 1864-1934. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • Abroad with Mayor Walker, Being a Veritable Account of the Voyage, as Unofficial Ambassador, of the Hon. James J. Walker, Mayor of New York, on His Hardworking Vacation to the Charming Cities of London, Dublin, Castlecomer, Berlin, Munich, Baden-Baden, Venice, The Lido, Rome and Paris. New York, 1928.Search "Abroad with Mayor Walker, Being a Veritable Account of the Voyage, as Unofficial Ambassador, of the Hon. James J. Walker, Mayor of New York, on His Hardworking Vacation to the Charming Cities of London, Dublin, Castlecomer, Berlin, Munich, Baden-Baden, Venice, The Lido, Rome and Paris" by FULLER, HECTOR: 1864-1934. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust

FUNK, JOHN FRETZ: 1835-1930.

John Fretz Funk was born in Bucks County, Pa., on Apr. 6, 1835. Shortly before the Civil War he moved to Chicago to engage in the lumber business but soon abandoned his original plans and established a publishing enterprise for the special benefit of the Mennonite people. In 1864 he founded the HERALD OF TRUTH and its German counterpart, the HEROLD DER WAHRHEIT. A: few years later he moved his printing establishment to Elkhart, Ind., where it eventually became known as the Mennonite Publishing Company, although still privately owned. He died in Elkhart in 1930.

Information from the Goshen College Library.

  • Warfare. Its Evils, Our Duty. Chicago, 1863.Search "Warfare. Its Evils, Our Duty" by FUNK, JOHN FRETZ: 1835-1930. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • The Mennonite Church and Her Accusers. Elkhart, Ind., 1878.Search "The Mennonite Church and Her Accusers" by FUNK, JOHN FRETZ: 1835-1930. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • A Biographical Sketch of Bishop Christian Herr. Also a Collection of Hymns Written by Him in the German Language. Elkhart, Ind., 1887.Search "A Biographical Sketch of Bishop Christian Herr. Also a Collection of Hymns Written by Him in the German Language" by FUNK, JOHN FRETZ: 1835-1930. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • 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 Supper, Marriage, Ordination of Bishops and Ministers–Funeral Lessons, Texts, Etc. (withJohn S. Coffman). Elkhart, Ind., 1890.Search "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 Supper, Marriage, Ordination of Bishops and Ministers–Funeral Lessons, Texts, Etc" by FUNK, JOHN FRETZ: 1835-1930. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • Biographical Sketch of Preacher John Geil, Pastor of the Mennonite Church at Line Lexington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Elkhart, Ind., 1897.Search "Biographical Sketch of Preacher John Geil, Pastor of the Mennonite Church at Line Lexington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania" by FUNK, JOHN FRETZ: 1835-1930. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
  • An Address by John F. Funk on the Occasion of the Ninety-Second Anniversary of His Birth, at the Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Indiana. n.p., n.d.Search "An Address by John F. Funk on the Occasion of the Ninety-Second Anniversary of His Birth, at the Mennonite Church" by FUNK, JOHN FRETZ: 1835-1930. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
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