PAINE, DANIEL L.: 1830-1895.
Born in Richmond, Me., on October 30, 1830, Daniel L. Paine started in newspaper work in Bangor, Me., published a temperance paper for a time, and when he was twenty years of age moved to St. Anthony (Minneapolis), Minn., where he started a weekly newspaper. He has been credited with the naming of Minneapolis.
About 1860 he came to Indianapolis, where he was associated with newspapers for more than thirty years. His principal connection was with the INDIANAPOLIS NEWS as an editorial writer.
Mr. Paine died at Indianapolis on May 6, 1895.
Information from Parker and Heiney–Poets and Poetry of Indiana.
- Club Moss. [Grand Rapids], 1890.
