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LAMB, MARY ELIZABETH JORDAN: 1839-?
Aside from the entry " Mary E. Lamb , widow of George W. Lamb" in a Crawfordsville, Ind., city directory for 1903, the existence of presentation copies of her two novels to her fellow-citizen, Mary Hannah Krout, and vague recollections of contemporary residents of Crawfordsville, no information on Mrs. Lamb's life has been located.
Local tradition establishes her residence in Crawfordsville at least between the approximate dates, 1894-1908, and her two romantic novels (one laid in the South and the other, with a Southern girl as heroine, in a European scene) appear to have been rather widely circulated.
Information from sources listed above.
- The Mystery of Walderstein, a Story from the Life of Two
Prussian Officers. Chicago [1894].
- Irene Liscomb, a Story of the Old South.
New York [1908].
LAMBERT, GEORGE: 1853-1928.
George Lambert , son of David C. and Catherine Unangst Lambert, was born in Northampton County, Pa., on May 11, 1853. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the common school. In 1872 he married Amanda Gehman.
Entering the ministry in 1878, in 1881 he was ordained by the Indiana and Ohio Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. During the famine in India (1896-97) he was instrumental in calling a conference of leaders representing the different branches of the Mennonite Church. The Home and Foreign Relief Commission was organized, with offices located in Elkhart, Ind., and the Rev. Lambert was sent to India to supervise the distribution of provisions donated by the Mennonite people of America.
He died July 3, 1928.
Information from Mrs. Oscar J. Sommer, daughter.
- Around the Globe and Through Bible Lands.
Elkhart, Ind., 1896.
- India, the Horror-Stricken Empire ….
Elkhart, Ind., 1898.
LANDIS, FREDERICK: 1872-1934.
Frederick Landis , one of seven children of Abraham H. and Mary A. Kumler Landis, was born at Seven Mile, O., on Aug. 18, 1872, and received his early education in the public schools of Logansport, Ind. In 1895 he graduated from the University of Michigan law department and began the practice of law in Logansport. From 1903 to 1907 he was a member of the 58th and 59th Congresses. Following his retirement from Congress, he turned to literature, writing several successful books. For three years he was on the editorial staff of the NEW YORK AMERICAN.
In 1912 he joined the Progressive Party and was its candidate for lieutenant governor of Indiana . He later became editor of the Logansport PHAROS-TRIBUNE and also spoke over the radio as "The Hoosier page: 187[View Page 187] Editor." In 1933-34 he published a monthly magazine, THE HOOSIER EDITOR, made up entirely of his own writings. Mr. Landis was elected again to Congress in 1934 but died on Nov. 16 of that year of pneumonia contracted during the strenuous political campaign. He married Bessie A. Baker in 1909.
Information from Who Was Who in America and the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, Nov. 16, 1934.
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The Glory of His Country. (Dramatized as The
Copperhead, with John Barrymore in the leading role.)
New York, 1910.
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The Angel of the Lonesome Hill: a Story of a
President
. New York, 1910.
- Lonesome Hill. New York, 1914.
- Days Gone Dry; Cartoons in Color by Gaar Williams.
Indianapolis, 1919.
- Just Dog. East Aurora, N. Y.,
1940.
LARD, MRS.-?
Mrs. Lard , although apparently an Indiana writer, must be taken largely on faith. A copy of her little volume of verse–there are only five numbered pages– is preserved in the collection of the Historical & Philosophical Society of Ohio, Cincinnati, and an undated clipping from an early issue of the CINCINNATI GAZETTE pasted on the inner wrapper states that it is the work of Mrs. Lard, "a lady of Indiana ."
Information from Prof. R. Carlyle Buley, Indiana University; the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio .
- The Banks of the Ohio. Windsor,
Ft., 1823.
LARRABEE, WILLIAM CLARK: 1802-1819.
" William Clark Larrabee (Dec. 23, 1802-May 5, 1859), Methodist Episcopal clergyman, educator … was born at Cape Elizabeth, Me., his father, a sea captain, dying soon after the boy's birth. From his seventh year, he lived with his grandparents, and with his uncle Jonathan, at Durham, Me., working on the farm and attending school. Frequenting Methodist meetings, then just being introduced into that locality, he soon professed conversion, and in June 1821 was licensed to preach … After being licensed, he attended New Market Academy in New Hampshire, and later, Farmingham Academy, Maine, where he was prepared to enter the sophomore class at Bowdoin College, from which he graduated in 1828. From 1828 to 1830 he was principal of Alfred Academy, Maine, and in 1830 he was appointed tutor of a preparatory school at Middletown, Conn., which was the forerunner of Wesleyan University. The next year he was made the principal of Oneida Conference Seminary, Cazenovia, N.Y., and in 1832 was admitted to membership in the Oneida Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After four successful years at Cazenovia, he became the principal of Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, where he enlarged his reputation as an educator. In 1837-38 he also assisted in the first geological survey of the state.
"He was the delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Baltimore in 1840, and there met Matthew Simpson … the young president of a new Methodist institution, Indiana Asbury University (De Pauw University), just established at Greencastle. Simpson persuaded Larrabee to accept the professorship of mathematics and natural science, and from 1841 to 1852 he was not only a leading member of the faculty, but from 1848 to 1849, was the acting president, introducing numerous reforms in the course of study and doing much to raise educational standards. In 1848 he was one of the board of visitors at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and later was offered, but declined, several important educational positions, among them the presidency of Indiana and of Iowa universities. Elected in 1852 editor of the LADIES' REPOSITORY, a Methodist magazine published in Cincinnati, he soon resigned to accept nomination, on the Democratic ticket, for the superintendency of public instruction in the state of Indiana , to which he was elected. The new state constitution (1851) made provision for a uniform system of public schools, and Larrabee, the first state superintendent, was in a sense the founder of the Indiana public school system. In 1854 he was defeated for re-election, but in 1856 was again chosen to that office and devoted his second term to a reconstruction of the school system, the former school laws having been declared unconstitutional. He retired from office in January, 1859 and died the following May.
"He was married, Sept. 28, 1828, to Harriet, daughter of Col. William Dunn, and was the father of four children …"
Condensed from W. W. S., Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. XI.
- Lectures on the Scientific Evidence of Natural and Revealed
Religion. Cincinnati, 1850.
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- Wesley and His Coadjutors.
Cincinnati, 1851. 2
vols.
- Asbury and His Coadjutors. (Edited byD. W. Clark.) Cincinnati, 1853.
2 vols.
- Rosabower: a Collection of Essays and Miscellanies.
Cincinnati, 1855.
LARRABEE, WILLIAM HENRY: 1829-1913.
William Henry Larrabee , son of William Clark and Harriet Dunn Larrabee, was born in Alfred, Me., on Sept. 20, 1829, and came with his family to Greencastle, Ind. in 1841. He graduated from Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University in 1845, receiving his A.M. in 1848, and studied law, was admitted to the bar, but never practiced.
From 1846 to 1850 he engaged in teaching and farming. From 1853 to 1859 he was a clerk in the office of the superintendent of public instruction of Indiana . Mr. Larrabee left Indiana in 1860 and spent the remainder of his life in New York . He was on the editorial staffs of THE METHODIST, the BROOKLYN DAILY UNION, POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, and the CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. On June 25, 1856, he married Letitia B. Frazier, who died in 1909. He died on May 13, 1913.
Information from Who Was Who in America and the DePauw University Archives.
- History of the War in the East (withA. J. Schem). New York, 1878.
- Education Through the Agency of the Several Religious
Organizations. Albany, N. Y., 1904.
- Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Plainfield, N.
J., 1905.
- How The World Was Made. Plainfield, N.
J., 1905.
LASSELLE, NANCY POLK (MRS. HYACINTH): ?-1866.
According to J. Z. Powell's History of Cass County " Mrs. Nancy Polk Lasselle , wife of Hyacinth Lasselle, came to Logansport in the early 1830'S. In 1849 they went to Washington, D. C., where she edited a society magazine THE METROPOLITAN … She died in 1866."
It may be added that Hyacinth Lasselle, her husband, was of the French-Canadian family which had come to the middle west as traders and voyageurs long before American, or, for that matter, even British encroachments, and had remained in prominent civil and business capacities along the Wabash through the Revolution and the War of 1812.
Nancy Polk had been a member of a prominent Eastern family before her marriage and she found her husband entirely in sympathy with her aristocratic ideas, in spite of his backwoods background.
Information from Powell–History of Cass County.
- Anna Grayson.
- Hope Marshall.
LAW, JOHN: 1796-1873.
John Law deserves special consideration in this work, since he was one of the two first Indiana historians who appear to have been gathering notes at about the same time. (John B. Dillon first published in 1843, Law in 1839.) He is, by comparison with Dillon, a minor scholar indeed but his contribution was important and related to Vincennes, first white town of the state.
The following excerpts from an article in the MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY for May, 1891, by Frank A. Myers, of Vincennes, give an outline of his busy life:
"New London, Connecticut, was the birthplace of Judge Law, and he first saw the light October 2, 1796. His early life was in nowise distinguished from the ordinary youth of his day. When eighteen years old he was graduated from Yale, afterward studied law, and in 1817 was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of his native state. The same year, which was that after Indiana was admitted into the Union, he started for the 'great far west,' as Post Vincennes was considered when there were no railroads or telegraph lines in the country. In that pioneer French town he opened a law- office and practiced his profession. He soon gained prominence, and in the course of a long and useful life held many responsible official positions. His talents and eloquence advanced him in public estimation, and for nearly a century he was a leading citizen of the southern part of Indiana .
"Not long after the alliance of his interests with those of Vincennes he was elected prosecuting attorney of that circuit, then embracing nearly one-half of the settled portion of the state … He was elected to the Legislature in 1823 and served in that body actively and well, yet his tastes did not run in political directions and when his term expired he returned to the practice of his profession. In 1830 the Indiana legislature elected him judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, a position he held for one year, retiring March 30, 1831. He presided, however, as judge upon the same bench from March, 1844, to March, 1850. President Van Buren in 1838 appointed him receiver of public moneys for the page: 189[View Page 189] district of Vincennes, a post he filled faithfully four years. His commission included the power to adjust land titles.
"Associated with James B. McCall, Lucius H. Scott, and his brother William H. Law, Judge Law purchased a tract consisting of seven hundred acres of land on the Ohio river, adjoining Evansville, and laid it out in lots, giving it the name of Lamasco, now a part of Evansville … After the completion of the Wabash & Erie canal to Evansville he moved there with his family in 1851. In 1855 President Pierce appointed him judge of the Court of Claims for Indiana and Illinois , the court to be held at Vincennes. Being a man of large intellectual calibre his decisions were rarely called in question. His patriotic friends induced him to run for Congress from the first district of Indiana in 1860, and he was elected, serving on the library committee and on the committee on Revolutionary pensions … Law was re-elected to Congress in 1862, and his congressional career was eminently useful. He impressed his fellow-members with his broad and liberal intellect, and gained their respect, and received the regrets of his constituents when he retired once more to private life. On several occasions he was a prominent candidate for the United States Senate. He died in Evansville Oct. 7, 1873 …
"Judge Law married Sarah Ewing, a daughter of Nat[haniel] Ewing, the first receiver of public moneys at the Vincennes land office. He reared a large family of sons and daughters …
"Colonel Francois Vigo presented a claim against the United States for provisions and war materials furnished General George Rogers Clark in 1779, when Clark captured Vincennes from the British, and Judge John Law was his attorney in this celebrated case against the government. More than forty years after the goods were furnished Congress agreed to pay the principal of the draft drawn by General Clark. The claim was for nearly eight thousand dollars, but Colonel Vigo refused the proposed payment unless the interest was also paid. Both principal and interest were paid in 1877, but prior to the settlement both Colonel Vigo and Judge Law had passed away. Justice was never done them by the government they served. The payment of the claim to the heirs was the sorriest sort of justice …
"His greatest work, that which will do him the most honor in after generations, is The History of Vincennes, at first an address before the Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society when he was its president. Two thousand copies of it were soon exhausted, and in 1858 he published a new edition with additions and illustrations, which was also soon exhausted, so that now it is extremely difficult to secure a copy."
Condensed from the MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY, May, 1891.
- Address Delivered Before the Vincennes Historical and
Antiquarian Society, Feb. 22, 1839. Louisville,
1839.
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Later published in extended form as:
- The Colonial History of Vincennes, Under the French, British,
and American Governments, from Its First Settlement Down to the Territorial
Administration of General William Henry Harrison ….
Vincennes, 1858.
- Early History of Masonry in Indiana. An Address Delivered
Before the Masonic Fraternity of Evansville, Ind., on St. John's
Day, 1867. Evansville, Ind., 1868.
LAWTON, CHARLES BRACEY: 1867-1899.
Charles Bracey Lawton , son of Chauncey N. and Augusta Corbett Lawton, was born June 27, 1867, near Fort Wayne, Ind. In 1871 he moved with his family to South Bend, Ind., where he graduated from high school. The family later moved to Scotland , S.D., and in 1894 Charles Lawton married Miss Marie Wenzloff. He was killed in a farm accident in 1899 and was buried in Scotland , S.D. His book of poems was published shortly after his death.
Information from the South Bend Public Library.
- Lest You Forget: Some Thoughts of One Called Home, Gathered
Together for Those He Loved. South Bend, Ind.,
1899.
LEEPER, DAVID ROHRER: 1832-1900.
David Rohrer Leeper , son of Samuel and Elizabeth Rohrer Leeper, was born Jan. 12, 1832, in a log cabin near South Bend, Ind. His boyhood was spent on the family farm on Sumption Prairie near South Bend .
When the California gold rush began, young Leeper, who was seventeen years old, was attending the Seminary in South Bend . He persuaded his father to fit him out for a pilgrimage west. With several young friends and two ox teams he started for the West and arrived in the coveted gold fields after seven months and sixteen days of hardship and adventure.
In 1854, at the age of twenty-two, Mr. Leeper returned to South Bend and again attended school. He took an active interest in politics and served as state page: 190[View Page 190] senator for several terms. In 1892 he was elected mayor of South Bend .
Mr. Leeper was a public-spirited man and possessed considerable literary ability. He wrote valuable articles on local history for the local papers. His brother, Samuel Leeper, kept the manuscript of The American Idea for many years, finally consenting to its publication in 1917.
David Leeper died on Nov. 27, 1900.
Information from the South Bend Public Library.
- The Argonauts of '49. South
Bend, 1894.
- The American Idea, Being a Short Study of the Tendency of
Political History, with Special Reference to the Origin, Development, and
Destiny of the Federal-Republican Polity of the United States.
South Bend, 1917
- Early Inns and Taverns of South Bend, Ind.
South Bend, Ind., n.d.
LEMCKE, JULIUS AUGUSTUS: 1832-1911.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, on Sept. 11, 1832, Julius Augustus Lemcke emigrated to the U.S. in 1846 and lived with his uncle, William L. Dubler, on a farm ten miles from Evansville, Ind., for four years. He then went to work in an Evansville store, studied bookkeeping at night, and after a year went to New Orleans as receiving clerk on a passenger steamer. When he returned, he took charge of a country store in Kentucky . In 1852 he was in charge of a railroad station which was the northern terminus of the Evansville and Terre Haute line.
Mr. Lemcke later returned to Evansville, engaged in a variety of occupations, and began to take an interest in politics. He campaigned for Fremont and the Republican party in 1856. In 1858 he was elected city clerk of Evansville.
He lost money in a wholesale grocery venture but built a good hotel and became a steamboat owner and operator. During the Civil War he patrolled the lower Ohio River to prevent transportation of supplies to the Confederacy.
In 1876 he was elected city treasurer of Evansville, in 1880 became county sheriff, and in 1886 was elected state treasurer. At this time he moved to Indianapolis , where he was in business until his death. He later declined the post of U.S. treasurer offered him by President Harrison.
Mr. Lemcke married Emma O'Riley on Jan. 1, 1874, and died in Indianapolis in 1911.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. III.
- Reminiscences of an Indianian,-from the Sassafras Log Behind
the Barn in Posey County to Broader Fields.
Indianapolis, 1905.
LEMON, ALEXANDER DOWNING: 1834-?
Born in Lawrence County, Ind., on Aug. 17, 1834, Alexander Downing Lemon was educated in the district schools of Monroe County and graduated from Indiana University in 1858, receiving the LL.B. degree in 1859. Engaging in the practice of law, he served as a district attorney, member of the state Legislature, and presidential elector. He was also a superintendent of schools.
Information from The University Libraries, Indiana University.
- The Union of the States Must Be Maintained.
Bedford, Ind., 1861.
- Reconstruction of the States. Bedford,
Ind., 1868.
- Political Questions of the Day. 1868.
- Facts for the People. 1872.
- Influence of Popular Education. 1874.
- An Address in Support of the Election of Samuel J. Tilden for
President of the United States. San Francisco,
1876.
- Centennial Oration, Published by the Citizens of San Diego
County, California, July 4, 1876. San Diego,
1876.
- Funeral Oration on the Death of Garfield, Delivered September
4, 1881, in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Prison Reforms, and Libraries for Penal Institutions.
Phoenix, Ariz., 1883.
- An Address on the Silver Question and Bi-Metallism.
San Francisco, 1895.
LEMON, WILLIAM HERSCHEL: 1832-?
Born in Lawrence County, Ind., on Oct. 14, 1832, William Herschel Lemon was educated at home and graduated from Indiana University in 1854, receiving the A.B. and A.M. degrees. From 1854 to 1858 he was president of the Sugar Grove Institute, Tippecanoe County, Ind. During the Civil War he served as surgeon with the 54th Indiana Volunteers and the 83rd Indiana Volunteers.
Information from The University Libraries, Indiana University.
page: 191[View Page 191]- Evidence of Pre-Glacial Man, in Greene County,
Indiana. 1856.
- The Valley of the Ghor, and the Noachian Deluge.
1859.
- Olam Haba, or the World Arrested at the Theism of the
Jews. 1882.
- Gisdubar, the Pre-Adamite Man. 1886.
- Bichloride of Gold, or the Skeleton in the Closet.
1890.
- Ithuriel, or the Legend of Eros; a Romance of Eschatology
(also listed under the title Ithuriel, the Days of the Demiurge).
1903.
LESH, ULYSSES SAMUEL: 1868-
Ulysses Samuel Lesh , son of Joseph and Sarah Lesh, was born in Wells County, Ind., on Aug. 9, 1868, and graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan in 1891. He began the practice of law in Huntington, Ind., first as a partner in Kenner & Lesh and later in partnership with his younger brother. From 1902 to 1904 he was Huntington city attorney, from 1907 to 1909 county attorney, from 1917 to 1921 assistant attorney general of Indiana , and from 1921 to 1924 attorney general. He married Minnie Fulton in 1894.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- A Knight of the Golden Circle.
Boston, 1911.
- Three Profiteers. Boston, 1934.
LEVERING, JOHN: 1826-?
John Levering was born in Philadelphia on Apr. 19, 1826. Reared in the East, he married and in 1849 brought his wife and child to Cincinnati, O., moving on to Lafayette, Ind., the next year. There Henderson farmed for several years and eventually established a real estate and loan business.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Gov. Morton requested him to undertake the task of making contracts in Philadelphia for equipment of Indiana troops; this work successfully completed, he was commissioned captain in the Quartermaster Department and served throughout the war, being mustered out with the rank of colonel.
Information from Levering–The Levering Family.
- The Levering Family; History and Genealogy.
Indianapolis, 1897.
LEVERING, JULIA HENDERSON (MRS. MORTIMER): 1851-
Julia Henderson was born in Covington, Ind., in 1851. Her parents, Albert and Larainne [variously spelled "Lorana" and "Loranna"] Richmond Henderson, removed to Lafayette near the end of the Civil War, and Julia Henderson received her education in the schools of the two towns, graduating from Lafayette High School.
She married Mortimer Levering in Lafayette in 1872, and the couple resided there. After her husband's death, in 1909, Mrs. Levering lived in New York . In addition to her book Mrs. Levering had articles on educational, philanthropical, and sociological subjects published by various magazines.
Information from de Hart–Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, 1909, and Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. III.
- Historic Indiana: Being Chapters in the Story of the Hoosier
State. New York, 1909.
LEWIS, HENRY HARRISON: 1863-1923.
Henry Harrison Lewis , son of William H. H. and Amelia E. Lewis, was born in Anderson, Ind., on Mar. 29, 1863, and was educated in Indianapolis . From 1890 to 1893 he was a writer of juvenile stories, from 1893 to 1898 he was on the editorial staff of the Street and Smith publishing house and after 1898 he was a feature writer for magazines, contributing to MCCLURE'S, MUNSEY'S, AINSLEE'S, WORLD'S WORK, EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE, and others. In June of 1900 he established Lewis' Literary Syndicate. He married Helena M. Smith in 1897 and died in 1923.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- A Gunner Aboard the Yankee. 1898.
- Centreboard Jim; or, the Secret of the Sargasso Sea: a
Yachting Story. New York, 1901.
- Ensign Merrill. New York, 1901.
- Midshipman Merrill. New York,
1901.
- The King of the Island; or, the Strange Fortunes of Ellis
Kirk. New York, 1902.
- Sword and Pen; or, a Young War Correspondent's
Adventures. New York, 1902.
- The Valley of Mystery; or, the Search for the Flower of Gold:
a Story of Venezuela. New York, 1903.
- Yankee Boys in Japan; or, the Young Merchants of
Yokohama. New York, 1903.
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- At the Mikado's Court; the Adventures of Three
American Boys in Modern Japan. New York, 1907.
- How Fortunes Are Made in Advertising.
Chicago, 1908.
LIDDELL, MARK HARVEY: 1866-1936.
Mark Harvey Liddell , son of Thomas and Sophronia Swan Liddell, was born in Clearfield, Pa., on Apr. 1, 1866, and graduated from Princeton University in 1887, later studying at Oxford University and the University of Berlin. On Dec. 30, 1890, he married Mary Stanley Field.
After teaching English at the universities of Texas and Louisville and at Butler University in Indianapolis , in 1913 he joined the faculty of Purdue University, where he was successively instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor of English until his retirement in 1932. He died on July 28, 1936. He edited and annotated many English classics besides the works listed here, and contributed to learned journals.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- An Introduction to the Scientific Study of English Poetry:
Being the Prolegomena to a Science of English Prosody.
Garden City, N. Y., 1902.
- A Brief Abstract of a New English Prosody, Based Upon the
Laws of English Rhythm. Lafayette, Ind., 1914.
- The Typography of Shakespeare's Midsomer Nightes
Dreame. Indianapolis, 1918.
- Relation of Energy to Frequency as a Determinant of Sound
Quality. 1925.
- Energy Frequency Ratios of Diphthongs. 1927.
- A New Theory of Sound. New York,
1935.
LINCOLN, FREDERICK S.: 1874-
Frederick S. Lincoln was born in Ottumwa, Ia., in 1874 and moved with his family, when he was two or three years old, to Logansport, Ind., the birthplace of his mother and older brother and sister. He also lived for a time in Columbus, Ind.
Information from the Barry Ms.
- An Indiana Girl. Washington, D.
C., 1901.
LINDLEY, ERNEST HIRAM: 1869-1940.
Ernest Hiram Lindley , son of Hiram and Laura White Lindley, was born in Paoli, Ind., on Oct. 2, 1869, and graduated from Indiana University in 1893, receiving the A.M. degree in 1894 and the Ph.D. from Clark University in 1897. He also studied in Germany and at Harvard and received honorary degrees from various institutions. On Sept. 18, 1895, he married Elisabeth Kidder.
From 1893 to 1917 he was a member of the faculty of Indiana University, from 1917 to 1920 president of the University of Idaho, and from 1920 to 1939 chancellor of the University of Kansas. He died on Aug. 21, 1940.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Arthur Griffith, Arithmetical Prodigy (withW. L. Bryan).
LINDLEY, HARLOW: 1875-
The Quaker historian, Harlow Lindley , son of Mahlon and Martha Newlin Lindley, was born in Sylvania, Parke County, Ind., on May 31, 1875. He attended the Bloomingdale Academy and received the B.Litt. degree in 1898 and the A.M. degree in 1899 from Earlham College. He married Olive S. Rogers on June 24, 1908.
Dr. Lindley served on the Earlham College and various other college faculties between 1899 and 1928, was director of the Department of History and Archives, Indiana State Library, from 1907 to 1923; secretary from 1915 to 1923 and director in 1923-24 of the Indiana Historical Commission; librarian of the Hayes Memorial Historical Library and Museum in 1928; curator of history, Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, from 1929 to 1934, and secretary, editor and librarian from 1934 to 1946.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- The Government of Indiana.
Boston, 1909.
- Possibilities in State Historical Celebrations.
Lincoln, Neb., 1918.
- A Century of Quakerism in Indiana. 1922.
- History of a Century of Medicine in Ohio. 1932.
- John Lewis Roth, the First White Child Born in the Moravian
Mission at Gnadenhutten. Columbus, O., 1935.
- The Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest
Territory. 1937.
- The Quaker Contribution to the Old Northwest. 1938.
- Children of Light (co-author). New
York, 1938.
- Ohio in the Twentieth Century. Columbus,
O., 1942.
LIPPS LINDLEY, WALTER: 1852-1922.
Walter Lindley , son of Milton and Mary E. Banta Lindley, was born in Monrovia, Ind., on Jan. 13, 1852. He was educated at Minneapolis High School, Long Island College Hospital, and King's School of Anatomy in Philadelphia. After 1875 he engaged in the practice of medicine.
Dr. Lindley was health officer of Los Angeles in 1879, superintendent of the Los Angeles County Hospital in 1885, and dean of the Medical Department of the University of Southern California from 1902 to 1904. In 1889-90 he was president of the California State Medical Society. He was also editor and publisher of the SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PRACTITIONER. He died on Jan. 24, 1922.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- California of the South (withJ. P. Widney). New York, 1888.
- The Delinquent Child in Great Britain and France.
1908.
- The Traducers of Shakespeare. 1908.
- Nation's Outlook for Health. Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1908.
- Delinquent Child in England. Fort Wayne,
Ind.
- Irish Dramatists and the Irish Drama. 1914.
LINTON, LULU GARSHWILER (MRS. I. W.): 1870-1936.
At the time of her death there on Nov. 18, 1936, the NORTHVILLE (Mich.) RECORD published a sketch of Mrs. Linton's life of which the following is an extract:
" Lulu Garshwiler , the daughter of John R. and Elizabeth (Luyster) Garshwiler, was born on a farm near Franklin, Ind., April 13, 1870. Here she spent her girlhood and later attended Franklin College. Early feeling the urge to write she tried her hand at a story at the age of eight years, beginning a career which lasted on throughout her life.
"On Aug. 13, 1890 she was married to I. W. Linton who taught school in Franklin for a number of years… "It was during their life in Indiana that Mrs. Linton began writing for publication. Besides contributing to magazines she wrote half-column articles and 'Little Stories of Daily Life' for the INDIANAPOLIS NEWS …
"In May, 1918, the Lintons left their Indiana home for frontier life in Oklahoma and it was here among the sand and high winds of that raw country that Mrs. Linton enlarged her fund of human interest stories. Before long she was writing regularly for the OKLAHOMAN a serial called 'Letters from a Blue Sky Rancher.'
"During these twelve years while her husband kept the village post office at Jones, Mrs. Linton, as his assistant, watched the life stories of the community pass through the office and sensed the 'lives and loves and sorrows of her people.'
"During her literary career Mrs. Linton has had published more than 300 stories in leading magazines, among them the LADIES" HOME JOURNAL and WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION …"
From the NORTHVILLE (Mich.) RECORD, Nov. 18, 1936.
- More Than Coronets. Cincinnati,
1903.
- Half Columns. Tuttle, Okla.,
n.d.
- Across The Sea. Cincinnati,
n.d.
LIPPINCOTT, CHARLES AUGUSTUS: 1865-1929.
Charles Augustus Lippincott , son of Ebenezer Wood and Annabelle Weir Lippincott, was born in Piedmont, W. Va., on July 30, 1865, and graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1887, receiving the D.D. degree in 1912. He also studied at Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Union Theological Seminary, and McCormick Theological Seminary, graduating from the last named institution in 1890. In 1922 he received the LL.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame. He married Anna M. Irwin on Oct. 8, 1890.
Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1890, he served as pastor in Joliet, Ill., Chicago, and Flint, Mich., and in 1913 came to South Bend, Ind., where he was a pastor until 1919, when he became manager of the cooperative department of the Studebaker Corporation. He died on Mar. 14, 1929.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- History of Flint, Michigan.
LIPPS, OSCAR HIRAM: 1872-
Born at Fayette, Ind., on July 8, 1872, Oscar Hiram Lipps was educated in the public schools of Tennessee and at Powel's Valley Seminary and American University. page: 194[View Page 194] He married Maude Etta Rader on Dec. 19, 1897. After serving as a teacher and principal in the public schools of Tennessee and Louisiana, in 1898 he entered the U. S. Indian Service as a teacher, serving in an administrative capacity after 1900. He was Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1926 to 1931, superintendent of Sacramento Indian Agency from 1931 to 1935, and field representative from 1935 to 1937. In 1936 he made a survey and report of the Indians and Eskimos of Alaska. He retired in 1937.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- A Little History of the Navajos. Cedar
Rapids, Ia., 1909.
- Daily Lesson Plan Book for Academic or Vocational
Instructors. Milwaukee, Wis., 1919. (2nd ed.)
- The Case of the California Indians.
Chemawa, Ore., 1932.
- Our National Indian Problem and the Chief Factors in Its
Solution. 1933.
LITTLE, GEORGE OBADIAH: 1839-?
George Obadiah Little , son of the Rev. Henry and Susan N. Smith Little, was born in Madison, Ind., on May 2, 1839, and was graduated from Amherst College in 1860 and from Lane Theological Seminary in 1863. In 1862 he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry.
From 1864 to 1870 he was a Presbyterian pastor in Fort Wayne, Ind., and from 1870 to 1873 in Connersville, Ind. In 1873 he went to Washington, D. C., as pastor of Assembly's Church, which he served until 1898. After 1894 he was connected with Howard University as professor in the theological department and as professor of ethics and Greek. He married Martha H. Mitchell of Cincinnati in 1863.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- Mission of Our Government … A Sermon.
Fort Wayne, Ind., 1864.
- The Royal Houses of Israel and Judah–An Interwoven
History, with a Harmony of Parallel Passages. New
York, 1900.
LOCKWOOD, GEORGE BROWNING: 1872-1932.
George Browning Lockwood , son of W. W. and Mary Write Lockwood, was born in Forest, Ill., on Nov. 7, 1872, and moved with his family to Peru, Ind., where be graduated from high school. In 1894 he graduated from De Pauw University and became the first editor of the TERRE HAUTE EVENING TRIBUNE.
From 1896 to 1902 he was in Washington as private secretary to Col. George W. Steele, congressman, and as Washington correspondent for the American Press Association. He returned to Indiana to serve from 1902 to 1908 as superintendent of the press bureau of the Republican State Committee of Indiana, and during this time he was on the staff of the governor of Indiana. From 1906 to 1912 he was editor and publisher of the EVENING CHRONICLE, Marion, Ind. Until his death, on Feb. 12, 1932, he was editor and publisher of the MUNCIE EVENING PRESS. He married Anne Lloyd Carlisle in 1897.
Mr. Lockwood began his study of the New Harmony community while attending De Pauw University, and his books contain the first scholarly research on the community and movements.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. II, and Who Was Who in America.
- The New Harmony Communities. Marion,
Ind., 1902.
- The New Harmony Movement (withCharles A. Prosser). New York, 1905.
- Americanism; with a Compilation, by John T. Adams, of
Utterances on Americanism by Great Americans. Washington,
D. C., 1921.
- Thoughts on Americanism. Washington, D.
C. [1927].
LODGE, HARRIET NEWELL (MRS. ?): 1848-19004.
Harriet Newell was born in Madison, Ind., in 1848. Her husband's first name has not been learned. She died in January, 1904.
Information from the Indiana State Library and the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL for Jan. 18, 1904.
- Consider The Lilies. Cliftondale,
Mass., n.d. [1888].
- Blaisemann, An Allegory.
Indianapolis, 1891.
-
A Bit of Finesse; a Story of Fifty Years
Ago
. Indianap olis, 1894.
LOEB, ISAAC ANDERSON: 1868-
Born in Anderson, Ind., in 1868, Isaac Anderson Loeb graduated from Indiana University in 1890, page: 195[View Page 195] after having previously attended Wabash College. He later resided in Chicago.
Information from The University Libraries, Indiana University.
- The Jewess of the Apocrypha.
Chicago, 1901.
LONG, MASON: 1842-1903.
Mason Long was born in Luray, Licking County, O., on Sept. 10, 1842. He was left an orphan at ten and was brought up by a German farmer in Medina County, O. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1862 and served until the end of the Civil War.
In 1865 he moved to Fort Wayne, Ind. For fifteen years he was a professional gambler and a drunkard. Becoming repentant, he joined the Baptist Church, tried to lead a model life and became a professional reformer. One of his books describes his gambling and drinking career and his subsequent reform.
Long was married in 1880 to Kitty Sarah Henderson of Fort Wayne. He died in Fort Wayne in Nov., 1903.
Information from The Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana .
- The Life of Mason Long, the Converted Gambler.
Chicago, 1878.
- Fallen Women. Fort Wayne, 1880.
- Save The Girls. Fort Wayne,
1883.
LOUTTIT, GEORGE WILLIAM: 1868-
Born in Dayton, O., in 1868, George William Louttit moved with his family to Fort Wayne, Ind., where he was educated in the public schools. After taking a law course at the University of Michigan, in 1890 he began the practice of law in Allen County. He was elected first judge of the municipal court of Fort Wayne and served as an Allen County representative in the Indiana General Assembly.
Information from the Barry Ms.
- A Maid of the Wildwood: a Romance of the Middle West in Early
Days. Fort Wayne, Ind., 1901.
- The Gentleman from Jay. New
York, 1903.
- King Fez. Fort Wayne, Ind.,
1907.
- The Eddyite, a Christian Science Tale. Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1908.
- A Prince of the Church.
- Bits and Hits in the Devil's Verse.
Boston, 1928.
LUECKE, MARTIN: 1859-1926.
Martin Luecke , son of Christian and Emily Von Henning Luecke, was born in Sheboygan County, Wis., on June 22, 1859. He graduated from the preparatory school of Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1878 and from Concordia Theological Seminary 'in St. Louis in 1881, being ordained to the Evangelical Lutheran ministry in the latter year. From 1881 to 1903 he served as a pastor in Illinois , and after 1903 he was president of Concordia College. He married Sina Mansholt in 1882 and died on April 13, 1926.
Information from Who Was Who in America and Dunn–lndiana and Indianans, Vol. III.
- History of the Civil War of the United States.
St. Louis, Mo., 1892.
- Der Buergerkrieg der Vereinigten Staaten, 1861-65.
St. Louis, Mo., 1892.
- History of Concordia Seminary at Springfield,
Illinois. St. Louis, Mo., 1896.
- Synopsis of the Holy History of the Old and New
Testaments. St. Louis, Mo., 1906.
- Short Life of Christ. St. Louis,
Mo., 1911.
LYBYER, ALBERT HOWE: 1876-
Albert Howe Lybyer , son of Salem Henry and Jane Estella Layman Lybyer, was born near Putnamville, Ind., on July 29, 1876. He received the A.B. degree from Princeton University in 1896, the A.M. in 1899, and graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1900, being ordained a Presbyterian minister the same year. From 1900 to 1907 he was professor of mathematics at Robert College in Constantinople, from 1907 to 1909 he was an assistant in history at Harvard (he received the Ph.D. from Harvard in 1909), and from 1909 to 1913 he taught history at Oberlin College. He was associate professor of history at the University of Illinois until 1916, when he became professor of history at Ohio State University.
In 1918 Dr. Lybyer was a member of Col. House's commission of inquiry into terms of peace, at the close of the first World War, and in 1919 he served as an assistant in the Balkan division of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace and also as technical adviser to the American Commission on Mandates in Turkey.
He married Clara Sidney Andrews on July 25, 1901.
Information from Who's Who in America.
page: 196[View Page 196]- The Government of the Ottoman Empire in the Time of Suleiman,
the Magnificent. Cambridge, Mass., 1913.
- Question of the Near East. New
York, 1921.
- Question of the Far East.
LYNCH, MARTHA C. MARTIN (MRS. ALLON T.)- 1854-?
Martha C. Martin , daughter of John G. and Margaret Fitzpatrick Martin, was born on Apr. 5, 1854. Her father served in Company F, 140th Indiana Infantry, during the Civil War.
She married Allon T. Lynch on Jan. 22, 1873, and they lived in various places in Jay and Randolph counties, Ind. When her book was published, they were living in Decatur, Ind.
Information from Melvin B. Stratton of Indianapolis.
- Reminiscences of Adams, Jay and Randolph Counties.
Fort Wayne. Ind.
LYON, RICHARD HILL: 1846-1907.
Richard Hill Lyon , son of Capt. Eli and Louisa Augusta Winton Lyon, was born in 1846 near Bridgeport, Conn. The family moved to Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1860. In 1876 Mr. Lyon married Miss Frances A. Kurtz of Buffalo, N.Y.
In 1874 Mr. Lyon became identified with newspaper work in South Bend, Ind., when he accepted a position with the SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE. At the time of his death, April 4, 1907, he was chief editorial writer for the paper. Mr. Lyon was a talented musician and sang in a Presbyterian quartet for many years. He wrote many historical articles and several sacred songs and anthems.
Information from the South Bend Public Library.
- Lasalle in the Valley of the St. Joseph: An Historical
Fragment (withCharles H. Bartlett). South Bend, Ind., 1899.
LYONS, ROBERT EDWARD: 1869-1946.
Robert Edward Lyons , son of Mathew J. and Alice Eveleigh Lyons, was born at Bloomfield, Ind., on Oct. 24, 1869, and graduated from Indiana University in 1889, receiving the A.M. degree in 1890. He studied in Germany and Denmark from 1892 to 1895 and was awarded the Ph.D. degree by Heidelberg in 1894. On Mar. 23, 1898, he married Eleanor Joslyn.
In 1889 he was an instructor in chemistry at Indiana University, from 1890 to 1895 was on the faculty of Heidelberg University, and from 1895 to 1938 served as professor of chemistry and head of the department at Indiana University. During these years he was also on the staff of Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Medical College of Indiana, and the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis .
Dr. Lyons was the author of many scientific articles. He died on Nov. 25, 1946.
Information from Indiana University, 1820-1904, and Who's Who in America.
- Die Phenylverbindungen yon Schwefel, Selen und
Tellur. Heidelberg, 1894.
- The Qualitative Analysis of Inorganic Bodies (withL. S. Davis). Anderson, Ind., 1897.
- A Manual of Toxicological Analysis (withL. S. Davis). Anderson, Ind., 1899.
