HODGIN, CYRUS WILBURN: 1842-1908.
Cyrus Wilburn Hodgin , son of Tilnias and Rachel Hinshaw Hodgin, was born near Farmland, Ind., on Feb. 12, 1842, and graduated from Illinois State Normal University in 1867. He received his A.M. degree from Earlham College in 1888 and in 1892-93 was a graduate student in history and political science at the University of Chicago. He married Emily Caroline Chandler on Aug. 22, 1867.
In 1868-69 he served as principal of the Richmond High School, from 1872 to 1881 as professor of history in Indiana State Normal School, in 1882-83 as superintendent of the Rushville, Ind., schools, and from 1883 to 1887 as principal of the Richmond Normal School. He became connected with Earlham College in 1887 as professor of history and political economy. from 1896 to 1898 he acted as conductor of the Chautauqua College of History. A lecturer on peace, education, temperance, and arbitration, he died in 1908.
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