DENNIS, MARTHA CURL (MRs. DAVID WORTH): ?–1897.
Born in Parke County, Ind., Martha Curl was educated in the county schools, attended Bloomingdale Academy and the Normal School at Lebanon, O., and graduated from Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute in 1874.
On June 22, 1876, while teaching at Bloomingdale Academy, she was married to David Worth Dennis, principal of the school. In 1884-85 she was an instructor page: 88[View Page 88] in English at Earlham College. She organized the "History Class" of Richmond, Ind., in 1890 and remained its leader until her death.
Mrs. Dennis was the author of many essays and articles. Her only book, a collection of her poems and essays, was published after her death by the "History Class."
She died in Richmond, Ind., on Feb. 4, 1897.
Information from Earlham College and the Rockville Public Library.
- In Memoriam … Published by the History
Class. Richmond, Ind., n.d.
