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GADDIS, ALFRED: ?–?
Alfred Gaddis was a resident of Tippecanoe County, Ind., who served as major of the Third Indiana Cavalry during the Civil War.
Information from de Hart–Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, 1909.
- Three Years of Army Life.
Lafayette, 1896.
GAGE, MOSES D.: 1828-?
Moses D. Gage , a native of Madison County, N. Y., was a minister of the gospel, aged thirty-four years, and a resident of Lebanon, Ind., when he enlisted as a sergeant in Company B, 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, on Aug. 8, 1862. In the following November he was transferred to the 12th Indiana Regiment and appointed chaplain. He was mustered out on June 8, 1865.
Information from Terrell–Civil War Records, Vols. 2 and 6, and D. S. A. in the CINCINNATI GAZETTE, Dec. 7, 1876.
- From Vicksburg to Raleigh; or, a Complete History of the
Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry …
Chicago, 1865.
GARNETT, LOUISE AYRES (MRS. EUGENE H.): ?-1937.
Louise Ayres , daughter of Lafayette and Sallie Munday Ayres, was born in Plymouth, Ind., and was educated at St. Mary's Hall in Indianapolis , Dearborn Seminary in Chicago and Northwestern University. On June 14, 1900, she was married to Eugene H. Garnett. In addition to writing poetry, plays, and juvenile verse, she collaborated in the writing of oratorios and cantatas. She died on Oct. 31, 1937.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- The Muffin Shop. Chicago, 1908.
- The Rhyming Ring. Chicago, 1910.
- Creature Songs: Humorous Jingles.
Boston, 1912.
-
Master Will of Stratford; a Midwinter
Night's Dream; in Three Acts, with a Prologue and an
Epilogue
. New York, 1916.
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- The Merrymakers. Chicago, 1918.
- Forest Rondo; Shakesperian Fantasy for Children's
Voices and Orchestra. Boston, 1919.
- New Earth; an Ode for Mixed Chorus, Soli and
Orchestra. (Music byHenry Hadley.) Boston, 1919.
- The Courtship; a Dramatization of Longfellow's Poem
"The Courtship of Miles Standish."
Chicago, 1920.
- Resurgam. (Music byHenry Hadley.) Boston, 1922.
- Three to Make Ready; Hilltop, Muffins, the Pig Prince; Three
Plays for Young People. New York, 1923.
- Eve Walks in Her Garden. New
York, 1926.
- Mirtil in Arcadia. 1927.
- The Joyous Pretender. New York,
1928.
- A Fairy Wedding.
- Belshazzar.
- Adeste Fidelis, a Christmas Processional.
Boston, 1936.
GAUSE, FRANK ALES: 1874-
Frank Ales Cause , son of Amos W. and Margaret Morrow Cause, was born in Westfield, Ind., on Mar. 1, 1874. He graduated from Friends' Academy in Westfield in 1891 and from Indiana University in 1904, receiving the A.M. degree from the latter school in 1905. He also had two years of graduate work at the University of Chicago.
From 1892 to 1894 he was a district school teacher; in 1894 assistant principal of Friends' Academy; from 1897 to 1903 superintendent of schools at Cicero, Ind.; from 1905 to 1909 superintendent at Salem, Ind.; from 1909 to 1913 superintendent of U. S. government schools in Panama and after 1914 superintendent of the Bay City, Mich., schools. He married Rose Carey in 1896.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- The Story of Panama: the New Route to India (withCharles Carl Carr). New York, 1912.
- An Isthmian Idyl. 1913.
- Business Methods Applied in School Administration.
1915.
GAVIN, FRANK E.: 1854-?
Frank E. Gavin , son of James and Martha E. Tucker Gavin, was born at Greensburg, Ind., on Feb. 20, 1854. He received the A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1873 and was admitted to the bar at Greensburg in February, 1875. There he practiced until 1892, when he was elected judge of the Appellate Court for a four-year term.
Frank E. Gavin married Miss Ella B. Lathrop in November, 1875. They were the parents of three children.
Information from Taylor–Biographical Sketches and Review of the Bench and Bar of Indiana.
- Mutability of Social Institutions.
GHENT, WILLIAM JAMES: 1866-1942.
William James Ghent , son of Ira Keith and Mary Elizabeth Palmer Ghent, was born in Frankfort, Ind., on Apr. 29, 1866, and was educated in the public schools. On July 17, 1909, he married Amy Louise Morrison.
Entering the newspaper profession, he worked as a compositor and proofreader in various cities and as sub-editor of trade papers in New York . In 1899 he was an aide to Samuel M. Jones of Toledo , acting as literary manager of the mayoralty and gubernatorial campaigns of that year. He was an occasional contributor to various publications, a regular contributor to THE INDEPENDENT and THE WEEKLY REVIEW, editor of the AMERICAN FABIAN, and editor of the CALIFORNIA OUTLOOK. From its founding in 1906 until 1909 he served as secretary of the Rand School of Social Science, acting as president from 1909 to 1911. Mr. Ghent was also one of the founders of the Social Reform Club of New York , in 1894. In 1911-12 he was secretary to Victor L. Berger. He edited several works on Socialism besides those listed.
He died on July 10, 1942.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Our Benevolent Feudalism. New
York, 1902.
- Mass and Class: a Survey of Social Divisions.
New York, 1904.
- Socialism and Success: Some Uninvited Messages.
New York, 1910.
- The Reds Bring Reaction. Princeton, N.
J., 1923.
- The Road to Oregon; a Chronicle of the Great Emigrant
Trail. New York, 1929.
- The Early Far West. New York,
1931.
- Broken Hand; the Life Story of Thomas Fitzpatrick (withLe Roy R. Hafen). Denver, 1931.
GIBSON, LOUIS HENRY: 1854-
Born in Aurora, Ind., in 1854, Louis Henry Gibson studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in Paris . In 1879 he married Emily S. Gilbert.
page: 118[View Page 118]An Indianapolis architect, Mr. Gibson wrote, in addition to his books, articles for magazines and newspapers.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Gradual Reduction Milling. A Treatise on the Art of Modern
Milling. Minneapolis, 1885.
- A Romance of the Milling Revolution; or, the History of a
Typical Modern Mill. By "Cereal." Kansas
City, 1886.
- Convenient Houses; with Fifty Plans for the
Housekeeper. New York, 1889.
- Beautiful Houses. New York,
1895.
GIFFE, WILLIAM THOMAS: 1848-1926.
William Thomas Giffe , son of William and Deborah Hughes Giffe, was born in Portland, Ind., on June 28, 1848, and was educated in the local schools and at Liber College in Portland .
When he was sixteen years old, he enlisted in the 34th Indiana Infantry and served during 1864-65. After spending two years as principal of Portland School, he resigned to study law but later turned to music. "He lived in Indianapolis from 1875 to 1879, when he moved to Logansport and served as supervisor of public school music for six years. From 1887 to 1896 he was the proprietor of a book and music store, and he was president of the Home Music Company of Logansport . He later engaged in the real estate and insurance business.
Mr. Giffe married Nancy Jane Booth in 1889 and died in 1926.
He wrote a number of music textbooks and compiled many song collections not listed here.
Information from the Logansport Public Library.
- The Helping Hand, Extended and Dedicated to Sunday-Schools
and Praise Meetings (withJ. H. Rosecrans). Cincinnati, 1878.
- The Teacher's Manual of Explanations and
Instructions for Using Giffe's Vocal Drill Charts.
Philadelphia, 1884.
- My Indiana Home; Words and Music.
Logansport, Ind., 1898.
- Song for Indiana: Words and Music.
Logansport, Ind., 1899.
- Onward and Upward, No. 2. Logansport,
Ind., 1900.
- Shepherd, Lead Me On; Words and Music.
Logansport, Ind., 1906.
GIGNILLIAT, LEIGH ROBINSON: 1875-
Leigh Robinson Gignilliat , son of William Robert and Harriet Heyward Gignilliat, was born in Savannah, Ga., on July 4, 1875, and graduated from Emerson Institute ( Washington ) in 1891. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1895, received the A.M. degree from Trinity College in 1915, and was awarded honorary degrees by Colgate University and Kenyon College. On Aug. 2, 1898, he married Mary Seddon Fleet.
After spending a year as an assistant engineer working on the boundary line location of Yellowstone National Park, in 1897 he became commandant of cadets at Culver Military Academy in Indiana , serving in this capacity until 1910 when he became superintendent of the Academy. He spent twenty-nine years as superintendent and from 1939 to 1942 served as president of the Culver Educational Foundation. During the first World War he was on the General Staff of the A.E.F.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Arms and the Boy; Military Training in Schools and Colleges;
Its Value in Peace and Its Importance in War; with Many Practical
Suggestions for the Course of Training; and with Brief Descriptions of the
Most Successful Systems Now in Operation.
Indianapolis, 1916.
GILBERT, FRANK M.: 1846-1916.
Frank M. Gilbert , son of Samuel E. and Cordelia Manson Gilbert, was born in Mobile, Ala., on July 1, 1846, and went with his parents in 1852 to Evansville, Ind., where he was educated in the public schools and where he lived most of his life.
From the age of sixteen to twenty-five he was a traveling salesman. He began writing humor for the SATURDAY HERALD of Evansville and later was employed as river editor of the EVANSVILLE COURIER. In 1877 he went West–during the Colorado mineral excitement–and worked for a time for the LEADVILLE CHRONICLE, the DENVER TRIBUNE and the ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS.
On his return to Evansville he established the ARGUS and soon became well known for his humorous writings and poems. He purchased the EVENING TRIBUNE in 1885.
Mr. Gilbert married Annie Hudspeth in 1880 and died in Florida on Dec. 1, 1916.
page: 119[View Page 119]Information from the Evansville Public Library.
- Plunkett's Troubles. New
York, 1882.
- Pigeons and All About Them.
Boston, 1898.
- Pigeon Queries. Milwaukee, n.d.
- History of the City of Evansville and Vanderburgh
County. Chicago, 1910.
2 vols.
GILES, FREDERICK REED: 1864-1897.
Frederick Reed Giles was born in Evansville, Ind., in 1864. He attended De Pauw University, receiving the Ph.B. degree. He died in New York in 1897.
Information from the Federal Writers Project—Indiana Authors, 1937, and the Indiana State Library.
- The Mysterious Mr. Jarvis. New
York, 1892.
GILLIOM, PETER: 1847-1934.
Peter Gilliom was born in Wayne County, O., on Oct. 24, 1847, the son of Abraham and Anna Hofstetter Gilliom, natives of Switzerland . In 1869 he moved with his parents to a farm near Elkton, Hickory County, Mo., in the foothills of the Ozarks, where in 1872 he married Rachel, daughter of the Rev. Peter S. and Verena Sprunger Lehman, also natives of Switzerland . During their residence in Missouri twelve children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy.
In the early Nineties the family moved to a farm near Berne, Ind., where two more children were born. After twenty-one years of farming they moved into Berne, where they resided until the death of Mrs. Gilliom in 1933 and that of Mr. Gilliom in the following year.
With little formal education, Peter Gilliom was well read, observant and well posted. He had some native literary ability and for many years served as church correspondent to the Mennonite Church paper, DER BUNDESBOTE.
Information from the Berne, Ind., Public Library.
- A Short History of the Lehman Family (withPeter S. Lehman). Berne, Ind., 1914.
- A Brief History and Record of the Gilliom
Relationship. Berne, Ind., 1922.
GINGER, SAMUEL: ?–?
Samuel Ginger was a gunsmith who settled in Ridgeville, Ind., in the early 1850's and remained there until his death, sometime after 1905. He served during the Civil War and contributed articles on local pioneer history to local newspapers.
Information from Melvin B. Stratton, Indianapolis .
- Reminiscences of Ridgeville and the Mississinewa.
Union City, Ind., 1905.
GIVEN, ABRAHAM: 1825-1895.
Born in Juniata County, Pa., on Feb. 28, 1825, Abraham Given married Rebecca J. Smith, of Wooster, O., on June 10, 1858, and settled in Frankfort, Ind., in 1860.
Here, in partnership with his brother Alex, he opened a general store, which was sold in 1867. Mr. Given then went into partnership with three other men to organize the International Bank, which in 1871 was merged into the First National Bank, of which he later became president, serving until 1885 when he resigned because of ill health.
He died on Dec. 1, 1895, and was buried at Frankfort .
Information from the Frankfort Public Library.
- Overland Trip to California in 1850.
Frankfort, Ind., n.d.
GLASCOCK, WILL H.: 1857-1901.
Born in Hancock County, Ind., in 1857, Will H. Glascock received his education at Central Normal (now Canterbury) College in Danville, Ind., and also studied at Indiana University and the University of Chicago . He began teaching at Woodbine School, Hancock County. For four years he was superintendent of the Hancock County Schools and for two years of those of Greenfield, Ind. In 1891 he was made chief deputy in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. From 1894 to 1898 he acted as superintendent of the Indiana State School for the Blind, and from 1900 until his death in 1901 he was superintendent of schools in Bloomington, Ind.
Information from the Barry Ms.
page: 120[View Page 120]- The Stories of Columbia. New
York, 1895.
- Young Folks' Indiana.
Chicago, 1898.
GOODE, GEORGE BROWN: 1851-1896.
George Brown Goode , one of Indiana's several distinguished biological scientists, was born in New Albany, Ind., on Feb. 13, 1851. His parents were Francis Collier and Sarah Woodruff Crane Goode.
His parents removed to Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1857. He was prepared for college in New York state, graduated from Wesleyan University and entered Harvard University for graduate study. There he met Louis Agassiz and, returning to Wesleyan in 1871, he also met Spencer F. Baird, commissioner of the U. S. Department of Fish and Game. Acquaintance with these two men seems to have set the pattern for his career. He served under Baird during summer vacations and continued his work at Wesleyan until 1877, when he accepted a full-time appointment with Baird at the Smithsonian Institution, where he remained until his death on Sept. 6, 1896. He was survived by his wife, Sarah Lamson Ford Judd, and by four children.
Besides the titles listed, he was the author of dozens of contributions to learned publications and books published by governmental agencies and learned societies.
Information from the Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. VII.
- A List of the Fishes of Essex County (withT. H. Bean). Salem, Mass., 1879.
- Game Fishes of the United States (withS. A. Kilbourne). New York, 1879.
- American Fisheries: a History of the Menhaden.
New York, 1880.
- A Review of the Fishery Industries of the United
States. London, 1883.
- Beginnings of Natural History in America. 1886.
- Britons, Saxons and Virginians. 1887.
- Virginia Cousins: Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John
Goode, of Whitby, a Virginia Colonist of the 17th Century; with Preface by
R. A. Brock. Richmond, Va., 1887.
- American Fishes: a Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food
Fishes of North America, with Especial Reference to Habits and Methods of
Capture. New York. 1888.
GOODWIN, THOMAS AIKEN: 1818-1906.
The son of one of Indiana's early settlers, Thomas Aiken Goodwin was born in Brookville, Ind., Nov. 2, 1818. During his youth he worked on the farm in summer and attended country schools in winter. He was the first student at Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University and was in its first graduating class in 1840. On Sept. 13, 1842, he married Content L. Craft.
Following his graduation he was ordained by the Indiana Methodist Conference and was in pastoral work until 1844 when he opened the Madison Female College. In 1853 he left teaching to edit the INDIANA AMERICAN, a Whig paper at Brookville, which he turned into a vigorous anti-slavery and temperance journal. While editing his paper he continued to preach, delivering about one hundred sermons a year for more than twenty years and doing his work without remuneration in the form of salary or payment for traveling expenses.
In 1857 he moved the paper to Indianapolis and continued to edit it until ill health forced his retirement to the farm. He continued to write, however, after his retirement and contributed voluminously to magazines and religious periodicals. He also wrote frequent letters to newspapers–especially the Indianapolis JOURNAL–using the signature U. L. C. Besides his work as an abolitionist, he was a temperance radical and championed a campaign for the introduction of theological curricula into colleges.
At one time–following the publication of The Mode of Man's Immortality–he was tried for heresy by the Methodist Church, but the case was dropped, and he continued to be a member of the church all of his life. Early sources refer to him as "Parson Goodwin," evidently the name by which he was usually known. He died in Indianapolis on June 19, 1906.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. II; Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. I; De Pauw University's Alumnal Record, 1920; and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- The Perfect Man. Cincinnati,
1869.
- The Mode of Man's Immortality; or, the When, Where
and How of the Future Life. New York, 1874.
- Ministry of Angels, a Sermon.
Indianapolis, 1876.
- Duty of Literary Men …. New
York, 1878.
- A Brother's Inquest Over a Brother's Grave;
or the Question, Who Murdered Dr. John R. Goodwin? Candidly Considered; an
Appeal to the People of Brookville.
Indianapolis, 1880.
- Seventy-Six Years Tussle with the Traffic: Being a
Condensation of the Laws Relating to the Liquor Traffic in Indiana from 1807
to 1883 Inclusive, and All the Points Decided by the Supreme Court on More
Than 400 Appeals. Indianapolis, 1883.
- Then and Now, and the Duty of Now; a Tract for the
page: 121[View Page 121] Times in View of the Threatened
Hereafter. Indianapolis, 1885.
- The Heroic Women of Early Indiana Methodism. An Address
Delivered Before the Indiana Methodist Historical Society at De Pauw
University, June 16, 1889. Indianapolis, 1889.
- The Constitution of the Methodist Episcopal Church as Seen by
a Layman. (Anonymous)
Cincinnati, 1894.
- Prohibition Impossible Through a Separate Party and
Why… It Ought Never to Be Obtained Through Any Party, and Why
… What Then?
Indianapolis, 1894.
- Lovers Three Thousand Years Ago as Indicated by the Song of
Solomon. Chicago, 1895.
- Tentative Constitution ….
Indianapolis, 1896.
- Does It Pay? Whom Does It Pay? Two Companion Questions in the
Correct Answer to Which Every Man, Woman and Child Is Interested, with a Few
Facts, Figures and Suggestions in Aid of Those Who Wish to Investigate
…. Indianapolis, 1899.
- Then and Now; of Indianapolis as It Was Under Prohibition;
Contrasted with Indianapolis as It Is Under a Wide-Open Policy, with a Few
Reflections and Suggestions in Relation Thereto; Published by the Indiana
Anti-Saloon League. Indianapolis, 1899.
- The Prohibitory Law of 1855; How It Was Obtained, How It
Worked, Why and How It Was First Annulled Then Repealed; with a Preachers
Suggestion or Two. Indianapolis, 1904.
- Return of Prayers, the Tidings of Peace, and the Folly of
Relapsing. Philadelphia, n.d.
- Is It Well with the Child? A Few Pertinent Facts Relating to
Education and Protection of Children in Indianapolis, with a Suggestion or
Two. Indianapolis, n.d.
- Methodist Episcopal Churches and Organized Labor.
(Anonymous.) n.p., n.d.
- Facts and Figures, Showing That State Universities Are
Needlessly Expensive ….
Indianapolis, n.d.
- How the Indiana University, a Strictly Private Corporation,
Became a State School ….
Indianapolis, n.d.
- Hypocrisy and Cowardice of Pilate Less Objectionable Than the
Hypocrisy and Cowardice of Many Men of Our Day Who Are Called Both Brave and
Good, a Temperance Sermon. n.p., n.d.
GOOKINS, SAMUEL BARNES: 1809-1880.
Samuel B. Gookins was born in Rupert, Vt., May 30, 1809. His parents were William and Rhoda Gookins. The family emigrated to Rodman, N. Y., in 1812, where William Gookins died in 1814.
In 1823 the mother, an older brother and young Samuel set out for the Wabash Valley, where they planned to make their home. Instead of the conventional routes overland through central Pennsylvania or by way of the even more popular Ohio River they took the course which the French had used in the original white settlement of the Wabash.
The mother had nine children older than Samuel and probably a considerable number of grandchildren. The older son who came west was twenty-three and Samuel was fourteen. The three went by steamboat on Lake Ontario from Sackett's Harbor to Lewiston, around Niagara Falls by wagon, to Buffalo by open boat, across Lake Erie to Detroit by schooner and again by schooner to Fort Meigs, at the mouth of the Maumee. Here they purchased a canoe and poled, paddled and portaged up the Maumee and down the Wabash to Yerre Haute.
In 1826 young Gookins apprenticed himself to John W. Osborn, owner of the WESTERN REGISTER, Terre Haute's first newspaper. By 1832 Gookins had become the paper's editor but, upon the sale of the paper, he took the advice of a friend and began to study law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1836 and practiced successfully in Indiana and Illinois until 1850, when he was appointed judge of the Indiana Circuit, which included the counties between Knox and Vigo, of which the chief town was Vincennes. The appointment was not ratified by the Legislature.
Gookins was, himself, soon elected a state representative and, within four years, a judge of the Indiana Supreme Court. He retired after three years and practiced law in Chicago from 1858 to 1875.
It was during these years that Judge Gookins' chief contributions to periodicals were made. In 1875 he returned to Terre Haute and completed his history of Vigo County only a few days before his death on June 14, 1880.
Information from S. B. Gookins' own notes in Beckwith–History of Figo and Parke Counties ….
- An Address Delivered Before the Graduating Class of the Law
Department of the Indiana University, February 28, 1856.
Bloomington, Ind., 1856.
- History of Vigo County [in Beckwith, H. W.–History
of Vigo and Parke Counties]. Chicago, 1880.
GORDON, JONATHAN W.: 1820-1887.
Jonathan W. Gordon , son of William and Sarah Walton Gordon, was one of fourteen children and was born in Washington County, Pa., on Aug. 13, 1820. The family emigrated to Ripley County, Ind., where young Jonathan had a common school education. Later he studied law, following one term at Hanover College, page: 122[View Page 122] and was admitted to the bar in 1844. His father had died in 1841.
He served in the Mexican War, and his health was so impaired that he was advised not to attempt public speaking, so he abandoned law as a career and began the study of medicine at Rush Medical College in Chicago ; he later transferred and graduated in the Medical Department of Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University. For two years he practiced medicine at Moore's Hill, Indiana, then improvement in his health encouraged him to resume the practice of law, and he moved to Indianapolis in 1852 for this purpose.
To relieve his financial situation while he was starting his practice he became a reporter on the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL and also became editor of THE TEMPERANCE CHART, a weekly newspaper. In 1854 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Marion County, but his practice increased so much while he was in office that he resigned in order to take care of it. In 1856 he was elected to the Indiana General Assembly and was re-elected in 1858, serving as speaker of the House during his second term.
In the Civil War he served as major of the 11th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His only son, Joseph R. T. Gordon, was killed in action in 1861. In 1864, because of his inability to support his family on his officer's pay, he resigned his commission, returned to Indianapolis , and resumed the practice of law. In 1878 he was again elected to the Indiana General Assembly.
He was always active in political affairs, as a speaker, writer, and office-holder. According to Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. III, he was the foremost criminal lawyer of his day in Indiana . Despite his success in his field he was usually in debt because of his generosity to family and friends.
He was twice married: first to Catherine J. Overturf and, after her death, to Julia L. Dumont. He died in Indianapolis on Apr. 27, 1887.
Some of his early verse was printed in Coggeshall's Poets and Poetry of the West.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. I, and Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. III.
- An Argument Designed to Show the Origin of the Trou bles in
Kansas, and the Remedy Therefor. Delivered in Masonic Hall, Indianapolis,
September 29, 1856. Indianapolis, 1856.
- Speech Delivered at Milan, Indiana, in 1880.
GOUGAR, HELEN MAR JACKSON (MRS. JOHN D.): 1843-1907.
Helen Mar Jackson , daughter of William Jackson, was born in Hillsdale County, Mich., on July 18, 1843. Leaving the local elementary schools at the age of twelve, she attended Hillsdale College for three years and began teaching in the Lafayette, Ind., schools before her sixteenth birthday.
After teaching four years she was made principal of the Jenks School, Lafayette , where she continued until her marriage to John D. Gougar on Dec. 10, 1863. In 1870 she began her career as a reformer with a temperance address delivered at Delphi, Ind. Her work gained immediate attention and she acquired a national reputation as a speaker and writer in behalf of temperance and woman's rights. She died in 1907.
Information from de Hart–Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, 1909.
- Matthew Peters, a Foreign Emigrant. 1899.
- Forty Thousand Miles of World's Wandering.
Chicago, 1905.
GRAVES, GORDON HARWOOD: 1884-
Born in Logansport, Ind., on July 10, 1884, Gordon Harwood Graves attended the public schools of Logansport, Phoenix, Ariz., Colorado Springs, and Richmond, Ind., and graduated from Earlham College in 1905. He also studied at Haverford College and received the A.M. (1909) and Ph.D. (1914) degrees from Columbia University. In 1916 he married Winifred Sibley.
Dr. Graves taught school in Pennsylvania and in 1915 joined the faculty of Purdue University.
Information from Gordon Harwood Graves.
- Fantasies on Ancient Themes (withHettie Elliott). Richmond, Ind., 1914.
GRAVES, KERSEY: 1815-?
Kersey Graves , son of Enos and Elizabeth Jones Graves, was born in Brownsville, Pa., on Nov. 21, 1815.
He began teaching school at Richmond, Ind., when he was nineteen years old and continued for twenty years. He spent several years traveling and lecturing page: 123[View Page 123] on phrenology, physiology, and physiognomy and was an active reformer, particularly in the causes of abolition and temperance. He married Lydia Michener.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. I.
- The Biography of Satan; or, an Historical Exposition of the
Devil and His Fiery Dominions, Disclosing the Oriental Origin of the Belief
in the Devil and Future Punishment. Chicago,
1865.
- The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviours; or,
Christianity Before Christ. Boston, 1875.
- The Bible of Bibles. Boston
[1878].
- Robbing by Law. Forty Robberies of the People by the National
Government. San Francisco, 1888.
GRAYDON, KATHARINE MERRILL: 1858-1934.
Katharine Merrill Graydon was the daughter of William M. and Mary Merrill Graydon. She was born in Indianapolis on Apr. 14, 1858.
Graduating from Butler University in 1878, she studied at Radcliffe College, Indiana University, the University of Chicago and the University of California.
She taught at Butler , 1877-78, and in private schools in Indianapolis, Hastings, Neb., Oakland, Calif., and Honolulu. She later returned to Butler to take the Katharine Merrill Chair of Literature. She received the Lit.D. degree from Butler in 1928. Dr. Graydon died on Jan. 25, 1934.
Information from the Indiana State Library.
- Thoughts on the Service of Homer to Humanity. n.p.,
1889.
- Butler College in the World War.
Indianapolis, 1922.
- Catharine Merrill, Life and Letters.
Greenfield, Ind., 1934.
GRAYDON, MARY MERRILL (MRS. WILLIAM M.): 1835-1917.
Mary Merrill , daughter of Samuel and Lydia Jane Anderson Merrill, was born in Indianapolis in 1835. The family had been distinguished in that place from its earliest days.
She married William M. Graydon in 1857 and resided in Indianapolis until her death on May 17, 1917.
Information from the Indiana State Library.
- Early Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, n.d.
GREEN, JONATHAN HARRINGTON: circa 1812-?
Jonathan H. Green was born in Marietta, O. , probably about 1812. He does not mention his father's name in his various autobiographical notes, but he states that his mother died in his youth and that he was living with a Mr. John Bullock in Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1828.
He married one of Bullock's granddaughters in 1846, and apparently he made that place his headquarters (he reports visiting his family there in 1847) until he moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1849.
Young Green became a gambler at an early age; by his own statement he was a gambler on Mississippi steamboats by 1833 and "followed gambling for twelve years." In 1842 he reformed. He entered Augustana (Ky.) College, where he studied (1843-44) and where he wrote his first book exposing gamblers' tricks and systems. Green says that the manuscript was corrected by the president of the college, for which service "he charged me three hundred dollars."
Green traveled and lectured all over the U. S. but never quite established himself sufficiently in the eyes of the more critical of the public to put him above the counter-charges of gamblers and gambling interests. Although he apparently had endorsers in the distinguished persons of Horace Greeley and Edgar Allan Poe, he was in constant financial straits and was very frequently forced to answer charges (in the phrase of his original trade) of "double dealing."
Information from the author's own books.
- An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling; Designed
Especially as a Warning to the Youthful and Inexperienced, Against the Evils
of That Odious and Destructive Vice.
Philadelphia, 1843.
- The Gambler's Mirror.
Baltimore, 1844. (A serial
work issued in three parts.)
- Gambling Unmasked. New York,
1844.
- The Secret Band of Brothers.
Philadelphia, 1847.
- Twelve Days in the Tombs; or, a Sketch of the Last Eight
Years of the Reformed Gambler's Life. New
York, 1851.
- The Reformed Gambler; or, the History of the Later Years of
the Life of Jonathan H. Green (the "Reformed Gambler")
…. Philadelphia, n.d. [1858].
GREENE, GEORGE E.: 1861-1917.
" George E. Greene was born in Vincennes . "He attended the public schools and also St. John's page: 124[View Page 124] College, Dayton, O. , and Ceceilian College in Elizabethtown, Ky.
"He entered the office of the VINCENNES SUN in 1873, where he learned the trade of compositor, varying it with reportorial and editorial work until 1882, when he accepted a position with the Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, where he remained one year. When he returned to Vincennes he engaged in newspaper work until 1886, when he was elected city clerk. He was twice re-elected. In 1894 Mr. Greene was elected mayor and re-elected in 1898.
"He was never married and died Jan. 19, 1917, aged fifty-six."
From Hodge–Vincennes in Picture and Story.
- History of Old Vincennes and Knox County.
Cleveland, 1911. 2
vols.
GREENE, JOSEPH NELSON: 1868-
Joseph Nelson Greene was born in Valparaiso, Ind., in 1868. He received the A.B. and B.D. degrees from Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University and served as pastor of various Indiana Methodist churches.
Information from Federal Writers Project–Indiana Authors, 1937.
- The Funeral, Its Conduct and Proprieties.
New York, 1905.
- The Gospel in Literature.
Cincinnati, 1910.
- The Exalted Fisherman: a Practical and Devotional Study in
the Life and Experiences of the Apostle St. Peter. New
York, 1914.
- Portrait of the Prodigal; Life Studies in the Experiences of
the Prodigal Son. New York, 1921.
- Pastor's Personal Life Record. New
York, n.d.
GREENWOOD, ALICE DAVIS ODEKIRK (MRS. ALBERT): 1850-1936.
Alice Davis , daughter of Oliver P. Davis, was born in Vermillion County, Ind., on Jan. 8, 1850. She was educated at St. Mary-of-the-Woods and at Colby College.
After her first husband's death she married Albert Greenwood, and they traveled a great deal, living in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois, Alabama, California, and Canada. She eventually returned to Indiana and lived at Rockville until her death in 1936. Mrs. Greenwood contributed poems and prose to papers and magazines. She sometimes wrote under the name of "Aunt Jemina."
Information from the Rockville Public Library.
-
Husks and Nubbins
. Concord, N. H., 1899.
- Songs of Home. Oakland, Cal.,
1907.
- Cawn Dodgahs. Chicago, 1910.
GRIGGS, NATHAN KIRK: 1844-1910.
Nathan Kirk Griggs , son of Lucien and Mary Townsend Kirk Griggs, was born at Frankfort, Ind., on Oct. 25, 1844.
Following a common school education he taught school for four years in Clinton County, Ind., then studied law at Indiana University, receiving the LL.B. degree in 1867. He began the practice of law at Beatrice, Neb., in the same year. On Dec. 21, 1869, he married Epsie E. Saunders.
In 1871 Mr. Griggs was a member of the Nebraska Constitutional Convention and from 1872 to 1876 was a member of the state senate. He was U. S. consul at Chemnitz, Saxony, from 1876 to 1882. After 1890 he served as attorney for the Northwestern division of the C.B. & Q. Railway. He removed to Lincoln, Neb., in 1893. Mr. Griggs died in 1910.
Information from Indiana University, 1820-1904, and Who Was Who in America.
- Lyrics of the Lariat: Poems with Notes. New
York, 1893.
- Hell's Canyon: a Poem of the Camps.
Chicago, 1899.
- Voices of the Winds Series.
Chicago, 1900. 6
vols.
- Five Addresses and Devotional Poems; with an Introductory
Biography. In Memoriam. Lincoln, Neb., 1911.
GRISWOLD, BERT JOSEPH: 1873-1927.
Bert Joseph (originally Joseph Elbert) Griswold , son of James J. and Ruth Velerie Arnold Griswold, was born in Osage, Ia., on Oct. 13, 1873, and was educated in the public schools of Osage. He married Clara Louise Norton on Mar. 21, 1901.
He began newspaper work on the Osage WEEKLY NEWS, later working on papers in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, Ia. Coming to Indiana , he was on the staffs of the TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE and the INDIANAPOLIS STAR and in 1902 settled in Fort Wayne , where page: 125[View Page 125] he was a cartoonist for the DAILY NEWS. In 1911 he joined the FORT WAYNE SENTINEL and in 1914 formed his own advertising agency, the Progressive Advertising Company. Mr. Griswold was also one of the founders of the Fort Wayne Engraving Co.
In addition to his newspaper and advertising work, he engaged in research and writing on the history of the Fort Wayne area. He died in Fort Wayne on Mar. 8, 1927.
Information from The Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana.
- Some Fort Wayne Phizes. Fort
Wayne, 1904.
- Crayon and Character; Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear;
or, Ten Minute Talks with Colored Chalks.
Indianapolis, 1913.
- Griswold-Phelps Handbook and Guide to Fort Wayne, Indiana,
for 1913-14. Fort Wayne, 1913.
- Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Chicago, 1917. 2
vols.
- Builders of Greater Fort Wayne. Fort
Wayne, 1926.
GROSVENOR, ABBIE JOHNSTON (MRS. ELMER B.): 1865-
Abbie Johnston was the daughter of Daniel Webster and Jane Bates Johnston. She was born in Richmond, Ind., on Sept. 21, 1865.
She attended the Richmond public schools, graduated from Richmond High School in 1884, and was a student in the Richmond Normal School in 1885. In 1886 she was privately tutored in English, French and German literature. She married Dr. Elmer Baer Grosvenor of Richmond on Sept. 13, 1888.
In 1900 Mrs. Grosvenor studied history and archaeology under Radice in France and Russell Forbes in Italy . After her return she made her home in Richmond, where she wrote her several children's books.
Information from Morrisson-Reeves Library, Richmond, Indiana.
- Merrie May Tyme. 1916.
- Strange Stories of the Great Valley; the Adventures of a Boy
Pioneer. New York, 1917. (Reissued in 1925 as Boy Pioneer.)
- Strange Stories of the Great River; the Adventures of a Boy
Explorer. New York, 1918. (Reissued in 1926 as Boy Explorer.)
- Winged Moccasins; a Tale of the Adventurous
Mound-Builders. New York, 1933.
GRUELLE, JOHN BARTON: 1880-1938.
John Barton Gruelle , son of Richard B. and Alice Benton Gruelle, was reared in a talented family. Following his birth in Arcola, Ill., in 1880, his parents moved to Indianapolis , where his father gained wide reputation as an artist and became a close friend of James Whitcomb Riley, from whose work John (or "Johnny" as he usually signed himself) drew many of his characters.
According to the notice of his death in the INDIANAPOLIS STAR:
"Adventuresome as a youth, Mr. Gruelle went to Cleveland on a 'bumming' trip when a boy and there met the McGinty who later was to play a prominent part in his books.
"He and a chum arrived in the city, broke and hungry, and Mr. Gruelle obtained a job as a piano player in a Cleveland saloon to earn money for food. McGinty–a Cleveland policeman–strolled in, and Mr. Gruelle, impressed by the character, drew the policeman's picture on the window of a back bar.
"McGinty called him to one side. 'Listen, bud,' he said, 'you've got the makings of a good cartoonist in you. Come to my house and you've got a home as long as you want it. I'll stake you until you can get a job on a newspaper.'
" 'I can't do that, McGinty,' Mr. Gruelle told the policeman. 'I've got some folks back in Indianapolis who are expecting me.' "
After working as a cartoonist on the stall of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, he was employed by the CLEVELAND PRESS and later by a news association in Cleveland . There he looked up his friend, McGinty, and the two became close friends.
Staff artists reported at the office at seven o'clock in the morning and left when they had completed their work for the day. A rapid worker, Mr. Gruelle usually finished his cartoons early in the morning, but, seeing that his associates looked askance at his short hours, he decided to stay in the office. To pass the time he wrote the first draft, in verse, of Raggedy Ann, his first great children's book. Later, after he had removed to New York, as a cartoonist on the NEW YORK HERALD, he changed the text of Ragyedy Ann from poetry to prose, and a publisher accepted it. The book had, by 1938, sold over 3,000,000 copies–said to exceed any children's book since Alice in Wonderland.
In New York , at a home he purchased in Silvermine, Conn., and, in his later years, in Florida , Gruelle turned out an enormous volume of writing and drawing. He produced Sunday supplement cartoons, cartoons for page: 126[View Page 126] periodicals and text and illustrations for a large number of books–most successful of which continued to feature Raggedy Ann in various adventures and backgrounds.
Although a bit younger, John Barton Gruelle may well be classified with the crop of Indiana "greats" developed by various Indianapolis newspapers in the early decades of the Twentieth century. He died at his home in Miami Springs, Fla., on Jan. 9, 1938, survived by his wife, the former Myrtle Swann, and his two sons.
Information from the INDIANAPOLIS STAR for Jan. 10, 1938.
- Mr. Twee Deedle. New York, 1913.
- Mr. Twee Deedle's Further Adventures.
New York, 1914.
- My Very Own Fairy Stories.
Chicago, 1917.
- Funny Little Book. Chicago,
1918.
- Raggedy Ann Stories. Chicago,
1918.
- Friendly Fairies. Chicago, 1919.
- Little Sunny Stories; the Singing Thead; the Way to
Fairyland; Mrs. Goodluck Cricket. Chicago,
1919.
- Raggedy Andy Stories; Introducing the Little Rag Brother of
Raggedy Ann. Chicago, 1920.
- Orphant Annie Story Book,
Indianapolis, 1921.
- Eddie Elephant. Chicago, 1921.
- Magical Land of Noom; with Sundry and Mondry.
Chicago, 1922.
- Johnny Mouse and the Wishing Stick.
Indianapolis, 1922.
- Beloved Belindy. (2nd
cal.–Chicago, 1926.)
- Paper Dragon; a Raggedy Ann Adventure. (2nd
ed.– Chicago, 1926.)
- Little Brown Bear. Chicago.
- Raggedy Andy's Number Book.
Chicago.
- Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled
Knees. Chicago, (Later dramatized as the
Camel with the Wrinkled Knees.)
- Raggedy Ann's Alphabet Book.
Chicago.
- Raggedy Ann's Wishing Pebble.
Chicago.
- Wooden Willie. Chicago, 1927.
- Raggedy Ann's Magical Wishes.
Chicago, 1928.
- Cheery Scarecrow. Chicago, 1929.
- Marcella Stories. Chicago, 1929.
- All About Story Book (with others).
Chicago, 1929.
- Raggedy Ann in the Deep Woods.
Chicago, 1930.
- Raggedy Ann's Sunny Songs, Music by Will Woodin
[William H. Woodin, Roosevelt's first secretary of the
treasury]. Chicago, 1930.
- Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land.
Chicago, 1931.
- Raggedy Ann's Lucky Pennies.
Chicago, 1932.
- Raggedy Ann and the Left Handed Safety Pin.
Racine, Wis., 1935.
- Raggedy Ann in the Golden Meadow. Racine,
Wis., 1936.
- Golden Book. Chicago.
- Raggedy Ann's Joyful Songs (withCharles Miller). New York, 1937.
- Raggedy Ann in the Magic Book. New
York, 1939.
- Raggedy Ann and the Golden Butterfly. New
York, 1940.
- Raggedy Ann and the Happy Toad.
Springfield, Mass., 1940.
- Raggedy Ann and the Laughing Brook.
Springfield, Mass., 1940.
- Raggedy Ann Helps Grandpa Hoppergrass.
Springfield, Mass., 1940.
- Raggedy Ann in the Garden. Springfield,
Mass., 1940.
- Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Nice Fat Policeman.
New York, 1942.
- Raggedy Ann and Betsy Bonnet String. New
York, 1943.
- The Plaint of the Stick-at-Home Hoosier.
GRUELLE, RICHARD BUCKNER: 1851-1914.
Richard Buckner Gruelle , father of the well-known author and illustrator, John Barton Gruelle, and himself an outstanding Indiana artist, was born at Cynthiana, Ky., on Feb. 22, 1851.
He came to Indianapolis in 1879, after living in Illinois for a time, and opened a studio. Self-taught, he had hard going in his early years but eventually established himself and enjoyed a considerable contemporary reputation. He was a close friend of James Whitcomb Riley.
He moved to New York in 1905 but returned and died at his home in Indianapolis on Nov. 8, 1914. His wife, Alice Benton Gruelle, died in 1935.
Information from the Indiana State Library.
- Notes: Critical and Biographical.
Indianapolis, 1895.
GRUMMANN, PAUL HENRY: 1872-
Paul Henry Grummann , son of Albert U. and Augusta Storch Grummann, was born in Indianapolis , on Oct. 4, 1872, and was educated at Indiana University (A.B., 1896; A.M., 1900). After teaching in Manual Training High School in Indianapolis , he went to the University of Nebraska in 1900 as professor of modern German literature; from 1912 to 1931 he was professor of dramatic literature and director of the School of Fine Arts. In 1931 he became director of the Society of Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial, Omaha .
Besides the works listed, Mr. Grummann translated from the German , wrote textbooks and contributed page: 127[View Page 127] verse and articles to various periodicals. He married Katherine Coleston on Aug. 26, 1891.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Ibsen's Symbolism in "The Master
Builder" and "When the Dead Awake."
Lincoln, Neb., 1910.
- Henrik Ibsen; an Introduction to His Life and Works.
Lincoln, Neb., 1928.
- Northern Mythology. Lincoln,
Neb., 1929.
- Musical Dramas of Richard Wagner. Lincoln,
Neb., 1930.
