HARDING, LEWIS ALBERT: 1880-1944.
Lewis Albert Harding , son of James Lancaster and Eliza Hanking Harding, was born near New Point, Decatur County , Ind. , on Feb. 1, 1880. Following his graduation from Indiana University in 1909, he spent two years (1909-11) as head of the English department of Wichita (Kan.) High School.
For two terms, beginning in 1912, he served as prosecuting attorney for the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Indiana , and during this time he became known as a lecturer and historian. He later practiced law in Spokane, Wash., and taught elocution at the University of Louisiana.
Mr. Harding returned to Indiana and practiced law in Indianapolis , where he was active in Democratic politics. He died at Indianapolis on Sept. 9, 1944.
Information from Mrs. Clara Miller, Greensburg, Ind.
- The Preliminary Diplomacy of the Spanish-American War, with
an Introduction by Amos S. Hershey, Given at Greensburg, Indiana, November
2, 1912, Before the Athenaeum. Indianapolis,
1912.
-
The Call of the Hour
. Wichita, Kan., 1913.
- The History of Decatur County, Indiana.
Indianapolis, 1915.
- A Few Spoken Words: the Consecration of the Sixties.
Indianapolis, 1915.
