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JACOBS, SAMUEL: 1821-1891.
Samuel Jacobs was born in Pennsylvania in 1821 and moved to Logansport, Ind., in 1871. For a time he was editor of the LOGANSPORT SUN and was mayor of the city from 1877 to 1881. He died in 1891 and was buried at Goodland, Ind., Before coming to Indiana he had been a Presbyterian minister but left the church.
Information from Powell–History of Cass County, 1913.
- The Seventh Angel. 1856.
JEFFRIES, C.: ?-
The Indiana residence of " C. Jeffries" must be assumed from the general implications, in the title of his book, that it was written by a citizen of Lafayette for the entertainment and instruction of fellow citizens. The author is included here because of the great Indiana interest of his book.
The book is described as No. 35973 in Sabin–Dictionary of Books Relating to dmerica; from Its Discovery to the Present Time–and is extremely rare.
Information from Walker–The Beginnings of Printing in the State of Indiana.
- Wabash Captives; or the Awful Sentence: Thrilling Narrative
of Crime and Death, and Wonderful Adventures of James Brady and Others,
among the Indians on the Wabash, 60 Years Ago, Near the Spot Where Lafayette
Now Stands; Founded on Facts. Lafayette, Ind.,
1846.
J ELLEY, SYMMES M.: ?-
According to the Rising Sun, Ind. , Public Library, Symmes M. Jelley was a resident of that place. No definite biographical data has been located.
As will be seen, Jelley's pen name is a loosely constructed anagram of his full name.
Information from the Rising Sun ( Ind. ) Public Library.
- Shadowed to Europe, by Le Jemlys.
Chicago, 1885.
- Successful Writing, a Literary Compendium
… Chicago, 1887.
- The Voice of Labor.
Philadelphia, 1888.
- The Scarlet Handkerchief, by Le Jemlys.
Chicago, 1889.
JENKINS, CHARLES FRANCIS: 1867-1934.
Son of Amasa Milton and Mary Ann Thomas Jenkins, Charles Francis Jenkins was born on Aug. 22, 1867.
page: 167[View Page 167]He was educated in the Fountain City, Ind., schools, the Spiceland (Ind.) Academy and was a student at Earlham College, which in 1928 granted him the honorary Sc.D. degree in recognition of his achievements as an inventor.
He married Grace Love of Darlington, Md., on Jan. 30, 1902, and spent most of his adult life in the East, working mostly in the fields of motion pictures, radio and television.
Information from the Richmond Public Library.
- Picture Ribbons, Exposition of the Methods and Apparatus
Employed in the Manufacture of the Picture Ribbons Used in the Projecting
Lanterns to Give the Appearance of Objects in Motion.
Washington, D. C., 1897.
- Animated Pictures; an Exposition of the Historical
Development of Chronophotography, Its Present Scientific Applications and
Future Possibilities. Washington, D. C., 1898.
- Handbook for Motion Picture and Stereoptican
Operators (withOscar B. Depue). Washington, D. C., 1908.
- Motion Pictures in Teaching. Washington, D.
C., 1916.
- Vision by Radio, Radio Photographs, Radio Photograms.
Washington, D.C., 1925.
- Radio Movies, Radiovision, Television.
Washington, D. G., 1929.
- The Boyhood of an Inventor. Washington, D.
C., 1931.
JENKINSON, ISAAC: 1825-1911.
Isaac Jenkinson was the son of John Jenkinson of Piqua, O. He was born on Apr. 29, 1825. Little information on his youth is available, but in his early manhood he lived on a farm in Randolph County, Ind., and in the early Fifties he married Narcissa Lewis and settled in Fort Wayne, Ind.
In partnership with David W. Jones he founded the FORT WAYNE GAZETTE in 1863 and acted as its editor through the Civil War years.
He was appointed U. S. consul at Glasgow in 1869 and served until 1874, when he returned to Indiana and purchased the RICHMOND FALLADIUM, then a weekly newspaper. He began its daily issue and managed it for twenty-five years. He was interested in state and national affairs, wrote for the press and spoke considerably. He served as a trustee of Indiana University for more than thirty years.
Isaac Jenkinson died on Oct. 25, 1911.
Information from the Richmond Public Library.
- The Peace Party and Its Policy. Speech of Isaac Jenkinson, at
Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 16, 1863. Fort Wayne,
Ind., 1863.
- Aaron Burr; His Personal and Political Relations with Thomas
Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Richmond,
Ind., 1902.
JEWETT, CHARLES L.: 1848-1931.
Charles L. (Reid) Jewett , son of Jonathan and Mary Wells Reid, was born in Hanover, Ind., on Oct. 6, 1848. His father died soon after his birth, and his mother married Judge P. H. Jewett, who adopted the boy.
Jewett attended Indiana University and Hanover College. He went to Montana Territory as a young man and engaged in prospecting, mining and as a government surveyor. Returning to Indiana in 1869, he was admitted to the bar at New Albany , where in the following years he held numerous county offices, including justice of the peace, prosecuting attorney, and district attorney.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. I.
- Memorial Address to Indianapolis Lodge, No. 13, B.P. O.E
… Dec. 1, 1895. Indianapolis, 1895.
- Selected Addresses, Arranged and Published by Charles W.
Cottom. Indianapolis, 1901.
JOHN, JOHN PRICE DURBIN: 1843-1916.
John Price Durbin John , son of Robert and Martha Wiles John, was born in Brookville, Ind., on Nov. 25, 1843. Until he was sixteen years old he attended Brookville College, then taught in the public schools of Franklin County from 1860 to 1863. He received the A.M. degree from McKendree College in 1867. He was professor of mathematics and president of three schools-Brookville College, Moore's Hill College, and DePauw University. After 1895 he was a platform lecturer. He married Orra Poundstone in 1869 and died on Aug. 7, 1916.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Did Man Make God or Did God Make Man.
Indianapolis, 1898.
- Signs of God in the World. New
York, 1907.
- The Worth of a Man. New York,
1907.
JOHNSON, ALEXANDER: 1847-1941.
Alexander Johnson , son of John and Amelia Hill Johnson, was born at Ashton-under-Lynn, Lancashire, England, on Jan. 2, 1847. Following an education in private schools and in Mechanics' Institute and Owens College (now Victoria University) in Manchester , he came to the U. S. in 1869 and engaged in the clothing business until 1884.
He was secretary of charitable organizations in Cincinnati and Chicago until 1889, when he came to Indiana as secretary for the State Board of Charities. From 1893 to 1903 he was superintendent of the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth, and from 1904 to 1913 he served as general secretary for the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in Fort Wayne, Ind., After 1921 he was staff representative of the Southern Division of the American Red Cross. He married Eliza Ann Johnston in 1872 and died on May 17, 1941.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- The Ethical Basis of Charity. An Essay Read before the
Fortnightly Club, Fort Wayne, Ind., January 6, 1896. n.p., 1896.
- The Almshouse, Construction and Management.
New York, 1911.
- Menace of the Mentally Defective (withMargaret Johnson Lane). Boston, 1916.
- Adventures in Social Welfare; Being Reminiscences of Things,
Thoughts and Folks During Forty Years of Social Work. Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1923.
JOHNSON, FRANCIS: 1837-1908.
Francis Johnson was born in Rostock, Germany, in 1837, the son of Lewis Johnson, then professor of modern literature and history at the local university. The family came to Lafayette, Ind., in 1855.
Francis Johnson traveled in Europe in 1868-69 and returned to the U. S. to take an editorial position on THE LAKESIDE MONTHLY, Chicago , in May, 1870. After the Chicago fire he went to New York and did free-lance writing and editorial work until 1873, when he returned to Lafayette, Ind.
In 1874 he established a German language newspaper, DER DEUTSCH-AMERIKANER, and continued to edit and publish it in Lafayette until 1904, when failing health made its abandonment necessary. He died on Mar. 5, 1908.
de Hart–Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, 1909.
- Famous Assassinations of History.
Chicago, 1903.
JOHNSON, OVERTON: ?-1849.
Overton Johnson , with William H. Winter, wrote what is probably the most consistently high in value of all collected books by Indiana authors–Route Across the Rocky Mountains, with a Description of Oregon and California … Lafayette, 1846.
The book was reprinted in 1932 in the Princeton University Press series Narratives of the Trans-Mississippi Frontier. The reprint carries a foreword by Carl L. Cannon who, unfortunately, had very little authentic information about the authors. However, Mrs. Louis B. Hopkins, acting as Wabash College archivist in 1940-41 gathered a considerable amount of data on the two authors, especially during their college years, and it is partly from her notes that the following sketch of the life of Overton Johnson is compiled:
Overton Johnson , son of James B. Johnson, was probably born in Ohio sometime around 1820. His parents moved to the Crawfordsville, Ind., neighborhood before 1834 and young Overton was enrolled in the Wabash College preparatory department for the years 1834-35 and 1835-36, with his home address given as Crawfordsville: the address shows, however, for the years 1836-37 and 1837-38 as Tippecanoe County . The Johnson family was reasonably prosperous and the elder Johnson was able to send his son on to college. He was enrolled as a freshman at Wabash College in 1838-39, and as a sophomore in 1839-40. In these two college years he gives his residence as his father's home in Crawfordsville–apparently indicating that the family had returned from Tippecanoe County .
He continued as a student in 1840-41 but in that academic year he gave his home address as Concord, Ind., It is known that his father was postmaster of this town and that he owned a considerable tract of land in the neighborhood so it may be presumed that it had become the family's permanent residence.
It is apparent from the college records that Overton Johnson did not complete this third year and it seems possible that he may have gone to Missouri, during the previous summer vacation, to visit William Henry Winter, whom he had known as a student at Wabash and who had already gone as far west as Missouri .
F. S. McCabe, of the Wabash College class of 1846, writing an article containing college reminiscences for page: 169[View Page 169] the Wabash College yearbook of 1896, says: "In 1841 Mr. Overton Johnson, a student belonging to a family residing a little north of town, returned from an overland trip to the Pacific Coast. [Mr. McCabe is obviously in error in this, as Johnson definitely did not go to the Pacific Coast before 1843; he probably has confused the date and refers to this visit which it is supposed Johnson made to Winter in Missouri , probably during the summer vacation of 1841.] Though Johnson wore his brown hair falling over his shoulders, after the manner of plainsmen, he was a very quiet and amiable gentleman. He was the author of a book containing an account of his journey, and he published the MORION which I think was the first [news]paper published by a student of Wabash College."
It seems very likely that the trip to Oregon may have been planned by the two young men during this visit and that Johnson may have returned to school but found his unrest too acute to allow him to finish the college year.
Besides being "a very quiet and amiable gentleman" Overton Johnson seems to have been a slightly absentminded and a rather affluent one, for Judge John M. Cowan, of the class of 1842, relates that, at the time the college dormitory burned in 1838, "There were some amusing incidents occurred during the fire, showing the utter lack of coolness on the part of some of the students. One I remember was that of Overton Johnson, who occupied a room on the second floor. In his excitement he threw out of his window his looking glass, basin, pitcher, and gold watch, and afterwards came down the stairs carrying some of his clothes and bedding. Incidentally, I might say, that same gold watch was the only one owned by anyone in college, not even excepting the members of the faculty."
There is an apparently unfounded tradition that Johnson went west because of an unhappy love affair: no such motive was needed in those days of excitement over the Northwest and it is much more likely that he was simply afficted with that restlessness which has been common to college juniors of all times.
Be the reasons what they may, Johnson went west, returned, and in 1846, published the book which he and Winter had written.
Among the papers of the Rev. E. O. Hovey, first member of the Wabash College faculty, is a manuscript copy of the Wabash College catalogue for Nov. 12, 1845, which contains the name of Overton Johnson. While his name was not printed in the college catalogue for that year he very evidently re-enrolled in college upon his return from the West, made a brief attempt to continue college work but soon gave it up. In subsequent college directories he is listed as an "ex" member of the class of 1847. This probably represents the estimate of the registrar as to the date at which Johnson could complete his work for a degree at the time he re-enrolled in 1845.
Few details of his last years are available. He is said to have taught school at Dayton, Ind., in 1847-48, and a letter exists, written by Mrs. Joanna Elston Lane (wife of Henry S. Lane) which mentions the fact that her half-uncle, William Henry Winter, planned to return to California in 1849 and that she had agreed to outfit "another young man" to accompany him, she to receive a fourth of whatever he should make in the mines. This young man was, presumably, Overton Johnson. Whatever hopes of gain Mrs. Lane may have had she was to be disappointed, for Overton Johnson died on Feb. 15, 1849, while still residing in Indiana .
Information from the Wabash College Archives.
- Route Across the Rocky Mountains, with a Description of
Oregon and California; Geographical Features. Their Resources, Soil,
Climate, Productions, Etc., Etc. (withWilliam H. Winter). Lafayette, 1846.
JOHNSON, RICHARD OTTO: 1859-1928.
Born at Lewisville, Ind., in 1859, Richard Otto Johnson was educated in Indianapolis and at Wittenberg College, Earlham College, and the Virginia Military Institute. He was connected with the Indiana State School for the Deaf as bookkeeper and as superintendent and was at one time business manager of the Indianapolis schools. He died in Indianapolis in 1928.
Information from Indianapolis Public Library.
- Flashlights of Literature.
Indianapolis, 1891.
- Standardization, Efficiency, and Heredity in Schools, with
Special Reference to the Deaf. Indianapolis,
1920.
JOHNSON, ROBERT UNDERWOOD: 1853-1937.
Born in Washington, D. C., on Jan. 12, 1853, Robert Underwood Johnson was reared in Centerville, Ind., educated in the Wayne County schools, and received the B.S. degree from Earlham College in 1871. He later received an honorary Ph.D. from Earlham in 1889, A.M. from Yale in 1891, and L.H.D. from New York University in 1911. He entered the employ of the publishing firm of Charles Scribner's Sons in 1873. page: 170[View Page 170] llaree years later he married Katherine McMahon of Washington and they made their home in New York .
Johnson became an associate editor of the CENTURY MAGAZINE in 1881 and editor-in-chief in 1909, continuing until 1913. With Clarence Clough Buel he edited the monumental Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, and it was he who persuaded General Grant that his memoirs might bring in enough financial return to help liquidate the debts which the honesty and guilelessness of the doughty old general had enabled his associates to leave him.
He took an active part in the movement to set aside land in the Yosemite Valley as a national park and in the correction of abuses in the current international copyright laws: for his work in the latter field he was decorated by the French and Italian governments.
He died in 1937.
Information from Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana and supplied by the Richmond Public Library.
- The Winter Hour, and Other Poems. New
York, 1892.
- Songs of Liberty and Other Poems; Including Paraphrases from
the Servian after Translations by Nikola Tesla: with a Prefatory Note by Him
on Servian Poetry. New York, 1897.
- Poems
. New York, 1902.
(Followed by an enlarged collection in 1908.)
- Saint Gaudens, an Ode and Other Verse; being the Third
Edition of His "Poems."
New York, 1910.
- The "Coastwise Exemption," the Nation
Against It: an Appeal on Behalf of the National Honor and a Sound Business
Policy. New York, 1913.
- Poems of War and Peace.
Indianapolis, 1916.
- Italian Rhapsody and Other Poems of Italy.
New York, 1917.
- Collected Poems, 1881-1919. New Haven,
Conn., 1920.
- Remembered Yesterdays. Boston,
1923.
- Poems of the Longer Flight. New
York, 1928.
- The Pact of Honor and Other Poems. New
York, 1929.
- Poems of the Lighter Touch. 1930.
- Poems of Fifty Years. New York,
1931.
- Aftermath. New York, 1933.
- Heroes, Children and Fun. New
York, 1934.
- Your Hall of Fame. New York,
1935.
JOHNSTON, ANNIE FELLOWS: 1863-1931. (See also sketch of Albion Fellows Bacon.)
" Annie Fellows Johnston … author of books for children, was born in Evansville, Ind., of pioneer stock… One of the grandparents of her mother, Mary Erskine … was a Scotch Covenanter who emigrated from Ireland to join the New Harmony Colony and eventually settled in the frontier hamlet of Evansville . Her father, Albion Fellows, a Methodist minister whose parents were early Illinois settlers from New Hampshire , died when Annie was two years old. She and her two sisters grew up in rural MacCutchanville, not far from Evansville. Here she lived a wholesome country life, listened to stories of pioneer endeavor and accomplishment, learned to work with a conscientious regard for duty, attended the district school, read the entire Sunday school library, the sentimental GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, ST. NICHOLAS, and the YOUTH'S COMPANION, and wrote stories and poems in imitation of those she read.
"When she was seventeen she taught for one term in the district school which she had been attending. After a year of study at the University of Iowa, 1881-82, she taught in the public school of Evansville for three years and then when teaching threatened her health, she worked in an office. She traveled for a few months in New England and in Europe. But whether in the school room or the office, in college or traveling she lived in the midst of cousins whose number was legion and whose social environment and religious beliefs were similar to her own. It is therefore not surprising that she married a cousin, William L. Johnston, a widower with three young children (1888). He encouraged her to write, and during the three years of their married life she contributed occasional stories to the YOUTH'S COMPANION. Her husband's death in 1892 and the necessity of supporting his children gave a forced impetus to her writing. Her first book, Big Brother, was published in 1893. After the completion of Joel: a Boy of Galilee, in 1895, Mrs. Johnston visited in the Pewee Valley, near Louisville, Ky., where her stepchildren had lived with relatives. A spirited little girl who resembled a colonel of the old school and the atmosphere of leisure and of aristocratic living which still lingered in the valley from the days of slavery so caught her fancy that when she returned to Evansville she depicted them in The Little Colonel (1895), the first of a series of twelve books.
"Pewee Valley became the setting not only of many of her most popular books but of her own life. She moved there in 1898 and it remained home to her until her death more than thirty years later. From 1901 until her stepson died in 1910 she made a temporary home for him where the climate would benefit his health, first in Arizona , then in California , and, for eight years, in Texas. Her sojourn in the Southwest gave her the setting for several of her stories… Without superior gifts of imagination, keen and balanced page: 171[View Page 171] observation, or psychological acuteness, Mrs. Johnston entertained thousands of children and inspired many of them to emulate the integrity of her characters, who lived in a world where good intentions prevail and where simple virtues are glorified. By drawing upon her own idealized childhood and the scenes and people she loved, she created a glamour about her characters which charmed her youthful readers …"
Condensed from V. L. S., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. X.
- Big Brother. Boston, 1894.
- Joel: a Boy of Galilee. Boston,
1895.
- The Little Colonel. Boston,
1896.
- In League with Israel: A Tale. New
York, 1896.
- Songs Ysame (withAlbion Fellows Bacon). Boston, 1897.
- Ole Mammy's Torment.
Boston, 1897.
- The Gate of the Giant Scissors.
Boston, 1898. (Reissued in
1906 under title, Giant Scissors.)
- Two Little Knights of Kentucky, Who Were the Little
Colonel's Neighbors. Boston, 1899.
- The Story of Dago. Boston, 1900.
- The Little Colonel's House Party.
Boston, 1901.
- The Little Colonel's Holidays.
Boston, 1901.
- Asa Holmes; or, at the Cross-Roads.
Boston, 1902.
- Cicely and Other Stories.
Boston, 1903.
- The Little Colonel's Hero: Music by Albion Fellows
Bacon. Boston, 1903.
- Aunt Liza's Hero, and Other Stories.
Boston, 1903.
- Little Colonel Stories. Boston,
1904
- Flip's "Islands of
Providence." Boston, 1904.
- Little Colonel at Boardlng-School.
Boston, 1904.
- The Quilt That Jack Built.
Boston, 1904.
- The Little Colonel in Arizona.
Boston, 1905.
- In the Desert of Waiting: the Legend of Camelback
Mountain. Boston, 1905.
- Three Weavers: a Fairy Tale for Fathers and Mothers as well
as for their Daughters. Boston, 1905.
- Keeping Tryst. Boston, 1906.
- Little Colonel: Maid of Honor.
Boston, 1906.
- Mildred's Inheritance; Just Her Way; Ann's
Own Way. Boston, 1906.
- Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation.
Boston, 1906.
- Legend of the Bleeding Heart.
Boston, 1907.
- Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding.
Boston, 1907.
- Mary Ware, the Little Colonel's Chum.
Boston, 1908.
- Rescue of the Princess Winsome: a Fairy Play for Old and
Young. Boston, 1908.
- The Jester's Sword.
Boston, 1909.
- Little Colonel's Good Times Book.
Boston, 1909.
- The Little Colonel Doll Book, Representing Characters and
Costumes from the Books of the Little Colonel Series.
Boston, 1910.
- Mary Ware in Texas. Boston,
1910.
- Travelers Five Along Life's Highway: Jimmy, Gideon
Wiggan, the Clown, Wexley Snathers, Bap Sloan.
Boston, 1911.
- Mary Ware's Promised Land.
Boston, 1912.
- Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman. New
York, 1913.
- Mary Ware Doll Book: a Companion Volume to the Little Colonel
Doll Book; Representing Characters and Costumes from the Books of the Little
Colonel Series. Boston, 1914.
- Georgina of the Rainbows. New
York, 1916.
- Little Colonel Story Hour Books.
Boston, 1917.
- Georgina's Service Stars. New
York, 1918.
- Little Man in Motley. Boston,
1918.
- Story of the Red Cross as told to the Little Colonel.
Boston, 1918.
- It was the Road to Jericho. New
York, 1919.
- The Road of the Loving Heart.
Boston, 1922.
- The Land of the Little Colonel; Reminiscence and
Autobiography. Boston, 1929.
- Little Colonel Stories; Second Series.
Boston, 1930.
- For Pierre's Sake, and Other Stories.
Boston, 1934.
JOHNSTON, REMINGTON ALLEN: 1875-1946.
Remington Allen Johnston was born in Ossian, Ind., on Sept. 18, 1875, the youngest son of James and Mary Ann Glass Johnston, who were pioneers from Ohio . He graduated from Ossian High School and attended Wabash College for two years, a member of the class of 1901.
While in college he was a roommate of Edwin Meade Robinson, famous among Wabash men f or having written the words to the college song and known nationally as a newspaperman, author, and critic of long service on the CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER; and the friendship begun then between the two men lasted throughout their lifetimes. Both died in 1946.
On Nov. 24, 1903, Mr. Johnston married May Hamilton of Beaver, Pa., and in 1905 he went to Chicago to become associate editor of RED BOOK under Trumbull White. When ill health forced his retirement from this work, he returned to Indiana .
He was best known for his short stories, many of them published in RED BOOK and GREEN BOOK magazines. From May, 1917, to September, 1922, he conducted a humorous column, "The Transfer Corner," in a Fort Wayne newspaper. In addition to his literary and editorial work Mr. Johnston spent many years as an instructor in short story writing.
He died on Mar. 24, 1946.
page: 172[View Page 172]Information from Mrs. Remington Johnston.
- Starshine and Dew, and Other Poems. Ossian.
Ind., 1900.
- Whispers from the Vast. 1907.
- Practical Points on Short Story Writing and Selling.
Ossian, Ind., 1924.
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM JACKSON: 1867-1939.
William Jackson Johnstone , son of Brison Blair and Lydia Overton Johnstone, was born in Daviess County, Ind., on Aug. 7, 1867, and graduated from the normal school in Bloomfield, Ind., in 1884. He was also a student at DePauw University, and Johns Hopkins University, which in 1935 awarded him the A.B. degree as of 1892.
After teaching in the country schools and serving as principal at Odon, Ind., he became a minister in the United Brethren Church in 1887 and was pastor at Odon for one year. In 1888 he became principal of the normal department of Otterbein University, and from 1891 to 1893 he was a pastor in Baltimore, Md., In 1895 he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry. The remainder of his life was spent principally in Minnesota , where he was pastor of churches in Minneapolis and St. Paul and field secretary for Macalester College. He married Jeannette C. Walls in 1888 and died on Apr. 18, 1939.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Abraham Lincoln, the Christian. New
York, 1913.
- George Washington, the Christian. New
York, 1919.
- Manual of Moral Welfare. 1920.
- Prohibition Addresses. 1921.
- How Lincoln Prayed. New York,
1931.
- How Washington Prayed. New York,
1932.
- Robert E. Lee, the Christian. New
York, 1933.
JONES, AMOS: 1821-1903.
" Amos Jones was born in Massachusetts in 1821. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1843 and from Lane Theological Seminary in 1846. He moved to Cass County, Ind., in 1881 where he lived until 1896. He became a disciple of Alexander Dowie and moved to Zion City, Ill., where he died in 1903. He was married twice, the last time to Mary H. Martin of Logansport , in 1882.
From Powell–History of Cass County, 1913.
- The Great Builder. (Poems.)
JONES, EPAPHRAS: ?-?
The only evidence of Indiana residence of this author is the dating of the title page–which also serves as a sort of dedication, apology and raison d'etre in general–as "Providence, Ind., May 2d, 1831."
His work is a contribution to the discussion then flourishing as to whether or not the American Indians were descended from one of the "Lost Tribes of Israel ."
It is possible that Mr. Jones was an itinerant minister.
Information from Walker-Beginnings of Printing in the State of Indiana.
- On the Ten Tribes of Israel, and the Aborigines of America,
Etc. Etc. By a Bible Professor. This Publication is not made to Gratify Man,
but to Aid the Cause of God; Therefore, Anyone is at Liberty to Approve, or
Disapprove of the Work. It Is, However, to be Hoped that the Right Object
will be Kept in View. The Arrangement Might Have Been Better, but that is of
Little Consequence. Nett Sales of the Publication will be Appropriated to
the Canada Mission–to the Indians. Providence, Indiana, May 2d,
1831. New Albany, Ind., 1831.
JORDAN, DULCINA MASON (MRS. JAMES J.): 1833-1895.
Dulclna Mason was born at Marathon, N. Y., on July 21, 1833. She came to Indiana, presumably with her parents, when she was ten years old and is said to have secured an education entirely by her own efforts.
When quite young she married James J. Jordan, a business man of Richmond, Ind. She became the mother of five children and during almost all of her adult years she managed to keep up newspaper work in Indiana and, for three years, in Ohio as associate editor of the CINCINNATI SATURDAY NIGHT. She is described as a woman of boundless energy.
Mrs. Jordan died in Richmond, Ind., on Apr. 25, 1895. Her one book is a volume of verse.
Information from Parker and Heiney-Poets and Poetry of Indiana and the Richmond Public Library.
- Rosemary Leaves. Cincinnati,
1873.
JUDAH, MARY JAMESON (MRS. ?): 1851-1930.
Mrs. Mary Jameson Judah was born in Indianapolis in 1851 and lived there all of her life, except for a few years in Memphis, Tenn. She is referred to as the "friend and adviser of James Whitcomb Riley and Booth Tarkington." She contributed many stories to SCRIBNER'S and HARPER'S. She died in 1930.
Information from the Indianapolis Public Library.
- The Outcomings of Addlsonville: a Story (withMay Louise Shipp). Indianapolis, 1892.
- Down Our Way; Stories of Southern and Western
Character. Chicago, 1897.
JUDSON, CLARA INGRAM (MRS. JAMES MCINTOSH): 1879-
Born in Logansport, Ind., on May 4, 1879, Clara Ingram , daughter of John Carl and Mary Colby Ingram, moved with her family to Indianapolis when she was six and graduated from the Indianapolis Girls' Classical School in 1898. She married James McIntosh Judson on June 26, 1901. They lived in Richmond, Ind., for ten years, then moved to Chicago , and later to Evanston, Ill.
A writer principally of juvenile fiction, Mrs. Judson is also well known as a lecturer, a contributor to magazines, and the originator of several newspaper features. She was at one time treasurer of the Society of Midland Authors.
Information from Who's Who in America; Burke and Howe–American Authors and Books, 1640-1940; and Mrs. Judson.
- Flower Fairies. Chicago, 1915.
- Good-Night Stories. Chicago,
1916.
- Billy Robin and His Neighbors.
Chicago, 1917.
- Foxy Squirrel. 1917.
- Cooking Without Mother's Help; a Story Cook Book for
Beginners. New York, 1918.
- Sewing Without Mother's Help; a Story Sewing Book
for Beginners. New York, 1918.
- Mary Jane-Her Book. New York,
1918.
- Mary Jane-Her Visit. New York,
1918.
- Mary Jane's Kindergarten. New
York, 1918.
- Tommy Tittlemouse. Chicago,
1918.
- Mary Jane Down South. New York,
1919.
- Mary Jane's City Home. New
York, 1920.
- Junior Cook Book. New York,
1920.
- The Camp at Gravel Point.
Boston, 1921.
- Foxy Squirrel in the Garden.
Chicago, 1921.
- Business Girls Budget Book.
Chicago, 1921.
- Mary Jane in New England. New
York, 1921.
- Garden Adventures of Tommy Tittlemouse.
Chicago, 1922.
- Mary Jane's Country Home. New
York, 1922.
- Household Budget Book. Chicago,
1922.
- Jerry and Jean, Detectors.
Chicago, 1923.
- Business Man's Budget Book.
Chicago, 1923.
- My Household Day Book. Chicago,
1923.
- Garden Adventures in Winter.
Chicago, 1923.
- Mary Jane at School. New York,
1923.
- Mary Jane in Canada. New York,
1924.
- Mary Jane's Summer Fun. New
York, 1925.
- Mary Jane's Winter Sports. New
York, 1926.
- Virginia Lee. New York, 1926. (Reissued in 1939 as Virginia Lee's
Bicycle Club.)
- The Child Life Cook Book.
Chicago, 1926.
- Mary Jane's Vacation. New
York, 1927.
- Alice Ann. New York, 1928.
- Mary Jane in England. New York,
1928.
- Mary Jane in Scotland. New York,
1929.
- Mary Jane in France. New York,
1930.
- Mary Jane in Switzerland. New
York, 1931.
- Mary Jane in Italy. New York,
1933.
- Mary Jane in Spain. New York,
1937.
- Play Days. New York, 1937.
- Mary Jane's Friends in Holland.
New York, 1939.
- Pioneer Girl: the Early Life of Frances Willard.
Chicago, 1939.
- People Who Come to Our House.
Chicago, 1940.
- Boat Builder: the Story of Robert Fulton.
New York, 1940.
- Railway Engineer: the Story of George Stephenson.
New York, 1941.
- They Came From Sweden. Boston,
1942.
- People Who Work Near Our House.
Chicago, 1942.
- Soldier Doctor, the Story of William Gorgas.
New York, 1942.
- Donald McKay, Designer of Clipper Ships.
New York, 1943.
- People Who Work in the Country and in the City.
Chicago, 1943.
- They Came From France. Boston,
1943.
- They Came From Scotland. Boston,
1944.
- Petar's Treasure.
Boston, 1945.
- Michael's Victory.
Boston, 1946.
- Summer Time. Nashville, 1947.
- The Lost Violin. Boston, 1947.
JULIAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON: 1817-1899.
" George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817-July 7, 1899), abolitionist leader, son of Isaac and Rebecca (Hoover) Julian, was born in a log cabin a mile and a half south of Centerville, Wayne County, Ind. His father … was a soldier in the War of 1812 and at one time a member of the Indiana Legislature. His mother, of German descent, was a Quaker … Isaac Julian died when George was only six years old, but by hard work and frugality the widowed mother managed to bring up the family of children. George attended the common schools, at eighteen taught a district school, presently studied law, and in 1840 was admitted to the bar, practicing successively in New Castle, Greenfield , and Centerville . In 1845 he was elected to the state Legislature as a Whig … About the same time he began to write newspaper articles attacking slavery. Defeated in 1847 in an attempt to secure the Whig nomination for state senator, he presently joined the Free-Soil Party and the next year attended the Buffalo convention that nominated Van Buren. His activities as an abolitionist had caused him to be ostracized by many former friends and associates and had even brought about the dissolution of a law partnership with his brother, but the political tide presently turned in his favor and in 1848, having been nominated for Congress by the Free-Soilers, he was elected, with the assistance of many Democratic votes. As a member of the little group of anti-slavery men in Congress he vigorously opposed the compromise measures of 1850. Beaten for re-election in that year, he resumed the practice of law but continued his advocacy of abolition both in speeches and in the press. In 1852 he was nominated for the vice-presidency by the Free-Soil party and took an active part in the campaign.
" Julian's real opportunity came with the rise of the Republican party, of which the Free-Soil party had been a forerunner. In 1856 he participated in the Pittsburgh convention that formally organized the new party, and was chosen one of the vice-presidents and chairman of the committee on organization. His earnest fight for human freedom brought reward at last when in 1860 he was elected to Congress. Four times reelected, he speedily won a prominent place in legislative deliberations, and among the committees on which he served was the very important committee on the conduct of the war. He early began to urge the emancipation of slaves as a war measure, advancing the argument of John Quincy Adams that such a step would be within the war powers of the president and Congress. As chairman of the committee on public lands he had an important part in the passage of the celebrated Homestead Act, a measure he had urged in 1851. Though he thought Lincoln too slow in some respects and opposed his reconstruction plan, Julian refused to join in the attempt in 1864 to nominate Chase in Lincoln's stead … He stood … with the Radicals in their battles with President Johnson, and in 1867 was one of the committee of seven appointed by the House to prepare the articles of impeachment against the President. In 1868 he proposed an amendment to the Constitution conferring the right of suffrage upon women, a reform he continued to champion to the end of his life.
"Failing of renomination in 1870, he devoted much of his time to recuperating his broken health … He had come to be out of sympathy with the influences that dominated the Republican party nationally and in Indiana , and joined the Liberal Republican movement, presiding during parts of two days over the Cincinnati convention (1872) that nominated Horace Greeley. The next year he removed to Irvington, a suburb of Indianapolis, and for some years was occupied with writing and championing reform measures. He supported Tilden in the campaign of 1876, and two million copies of his speech, 'The Gospel of Reform,' were distributed by the Democratic National Committee. In the years that followed he contributed notable articles on politics, the public lands, and other subjects to the NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW and other periodicals… After the election of Cleveland in that year he was appointed surveyor general of New Mexico , a post for which he was particularly fitted. During his administration (July 1885-September 1889) he brought to light many flagrant frauds in connection with public land grants … He died at his home in Irvington in the summer of 1899.
" Julian was twice married. His first wife was Anne Elizabeth Finch of Centerville , who died in November, 1860, a few days after his election to Congress. His second wife, whom he married Dec. 31, 1863, was Laura Giddings, daughter of Joshua R. Giddings. She died in 1884."
Condensed from P. L. H., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. X.
- Speech on the Slavery Question May 14, 1850. n.p.,
n.d.
- Speech Delivered … Indianapolis, Ind., on Friday
Evening, November 17, 1865. [Indianapolis,
1865.]
- Dangers and Duties. Reconstruction and Suffrage.
Cincinnati, 1865.
- Select Speeches … Delivered in the House of
Representatives
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Since the Beginning of the Rebellion.
Cincinnati, 1867.
- Speeches on Political Questions. New
York, 1872.
- Political Recollections. 1840 to 1872.
Chicago, 1884.
- Later Speeches on Political Questions with Select
Controversial Papers (Edited byGrace Julian Clarke). Indianapolis, 1889.
- The Rank of Charles Osborn as an Anti-Slavery
Pioneer. Indianapolis, 1891.
- The Life of Joshua R. Giddings.
Chicago, 1892.
- President Harrison and Civil Service Reform.
[Indianapolis, 1892.]
JULIAN, ISAAC HOOVER: 1823-?
Isaac Hoover Julian , son of Isaac and Rebecca Hoover Julian and younger brother of George Washington Julian, was born near Centerville, Ind., on June 19, 1823. He was chiefly self-educated. In 1846 he moved to Iowa, but he returned to Indiana in 1850, settled in Centerville, and was admitted to the bar in 1851.
From 1858 to 1872 he edited THE TRUE REPUBLICAN, first published in Centerville and later in Richmond, Ind. He moved to San Marcos, Tex., in 1873, where he edited the FREE PRESS for seventeen years and the PEOPLE'S ERA until June of 1900. Mr. Julian was a leader in anti-slavery and temperance movements and was an early contributor to periodicals. He was married first to Virginia M. Spillard, who died in 1873, and in 1893 he married Isabel McCoy Harvey.
Information from Who Was Who in America and Appletons" Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 111.
- Memoir of David Hoover. Richmond,
Ind., 1857.
- Sketches of the Early History of the Whitewater
Valley. n.p., 1857.
- Late-Gathered Leaves in Verse and Prose.
- Outline History of the Julian and Hoover Families.
- Eustace and Caroline; a Pastoral Tale. San
Marcos, Tex., 1901.
- Samples of the Briefer Poems of ….
San Marcos, Tex., 1903.
JUSTICE, MAIBELLE HEICKS MONROE (MRS. ?): 1871-
Maibelle Heicks Monroe Justice , daughter of James and Grace E. Heicks Monroe, was born in Logansport, Ind., in 1871. She was educated in Logansport and in New York City. In 1899 she moved to Chicago and later to New York. She contributed a considerable number of short stories to popular periodicals between 1898 and 1910 and was a member of the Gotham Club, Authors Guild and other literary societies.
Information from Powell–History o] Cass County, 1913.
- Love Affairs of A Worldly Man.
Chicago, 1894.
