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His untimely death occurred on December 26, 1901.
REV. CHARLES L. O'DONNELL, C. S. C.
Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell was born on November 15, 1884, about two miles northwest of Greenfield, near what is yet commonly known as Slabtown. His father, Neil O'Donnell, was a farmer, and removed to Kokomo when the son was two years old. There young O'Donnell began his education. Later he entered the University of Notre Dame, from which he received his Bache- lor's degree in 1906. From 1906 until 1910 he was a student in Holy Cross College, at Washington, D. C. In 1910 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Catholic University of America, and on June 25, 1910, he was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic church in the Congregation of Holy Cross. Since 1910 he has held the position of professor of English literature in the University of Notre Dame. He is the assistant editor of Ave Maria, and is the author of "A Study of the Prose Writings of Francis Thompson, with Special Reference to his Creative Criticism." In addition to his prose work he has contributed verses to some of the leading magazines.
He was invited by the commission of the Indiana Legislature to write an ode for Indiana Day at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. He responded to this invitation and, as reported by the San Francisco Examiner, "he contributed no small part of the program for 'Indiana Day' at the Exposi- tion." This was Father O'Donnell's third appearance as a "poet of occasion." The first was when he read an ode at the Sacredotal Golden Jubilee of Arch- bishop Spalding, and the second, when he welcomed the sword of Gen. Thomas Francis Wright to the University of Notre Dame in the ode, "A Hosting of the Gael." It is expected that a volume of the writer's poems will soon be published.
ADELIA POPE BRANILAM.
Adelia Pope Branham was born on October 13. 1861, and has lived all her life at Greenfield. She was educated in the local schools. As a young woman she began writing verses and prose articles that were accepted by the local papers. Later she had the satisfaction of seeing her work accepted by the magazines, including The Century.
Her first book of poems was published in 1899, entitled "Grandma Tales and Others." This book was illustrated by Will Vawter, a Greenfield artist.
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Many of her poems have been set to music by well-known composers, and have been published. AAmong the poems receiving very favorable notice are "Resurgo." "The Day We Threshed," and "Out in God's Fields."
Mrs. Branham did not devote any time to the short story until after the publication of her first volume of poems in 1899. Upon the request of publish- ers, she entered the field of short-story writers. At present. she is writing almost exclusively for the religious press; her stories in the way of religious fiction are used widely in Sunday schools and in Christian Endeavor societies, but she also holds her place among magazine writers. Short stories that have received special recognition are, "More Stately Mansions." "The House on the Sand." "The Other Prodigal." and "In the Far Country."
She has published one prose volume entitled "April Showers."
ALMA MARTIN ESTABROOK.
Mrs. Estabrook is the daughter of Dr. Samuel M. Martin and Florence Howard Martin, of Greenfield. She was educated in the local schools and at Oxford Female College, Ohio. On June 30, 1896, she was married to Wil- liam Chester Estabrook, of Indianapolis, but for the past ten years or more she has lived in the state of Colorado.
She first began writing at the suggestion of her father. for the Western Horseman. Later she wrote the "Rule of Three." a novel with its scenes laid in the mountains of Colorado. During the past several years she has been writing novelettes and short stories for magazines. Some of her stories have been accepted by the best magazines of the country, including Harper's and The Century. Her home at present is at Denver, Colorado.
LEROY SCOTT.
Leroy Scott was born at Fairmount, Indiana, on May 11. 1875. His father was a Friends minister and moved to Philadelphia, in Hancock county. when Leroy was about ten years okl. The son entered the public school at Philadelphia and graduated with the class from Sugar Creek township in 1888. His father then moved to Greenfield, and he entered the high school. graduating in the class of 1802. His college training was received at Indiana University, where he took his degree in 1897.
Even as a boy in the public schools he was fond of story writing, and used to amuse and entertain his mates by passing around stories he had writ- ten on his slate or note book. This talent was cultivated throughout his uni- versity course, and on graduating in 1897, he at once took up newspaper work. After three years' experience as a reporter he was selected as assistant editor
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of the Woman's Home Companion. In 1902-3 he was the assistant head- worker at the University Settlement, New York. Since 1904. he has do- ยท voted his entire time to writing. On June 27, 1904, he was married to Miriam Finn, a Russian Jewess, who is also a writer of note.
Leroy Scott is a Socialist, and his novels are written with the purpose of impressing upon the work the need of reform. He has spent some time in Russia, and many of his stories deal with Russian life. He is the author of "The Walking Delegate," 1905: "To Him That Hath," 1907: "The Shears of Destiny," 1910: "The Counsel for the Defense," 1912. In addition to these books, he is the author of a number of serials and short stories that have been published in the very best magazines in America.
His present home is at Caritas Island, Stamford, Connecticut.
RICHARD BROWN BLACK.
Richard Brown Black, son of Richard A. and Ione ( Brown ) Black, was born at Greenfield in 1888. He received his elementary education in the grades of the Greenfield schools. Two years were spent in the preparatory department at Butler, after which he went abroad.
He began his art study in Avignon, France, in 1903. After two years in this branch school of the National Beaux Arts, he spent a year in Spain and a year in Rome, Italy, studying in the local schools and doing outdoor sketch- ing. Returning to France, he entered the Paris school of the Beaux Arts. where he was a pupil of Ferdinand Cormon until 1912. In 1907. he first exhibited in Paris Salon. Thereafter he was always represented either in the Exhibit of Les Artistes Francaise or Ces Beaux Arts.
During several vacations spent in northern Africa, Mr. Black felt greatly drawn by the color and life of the Arabs. More and more he came to identify himself with the painters grouping themselves as Orientalists. He exhibited with them in their Paris Salon. In 1914, the French government bought one of his paintings from the Orientalists exhibits, and other canvasses were sokl to well-known French art buyers.
In honor of his 1914 success he was elected a life member of the Jury of the Orientalists, a remarkable recognition of work for one so young.
In 1913 the Paris Jury for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts se- lected and brought to this country a painting of Mr. Black's as representative of the group of American artists living abroad.
Mr. Black also exhibited etching, and paintings in Indianapolis at the Herron Art Institute. One of his paintings has been placed in the public library at Greenfield. His death occurred in April, 1915.
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THE VAWTERS.
John W. Vawter, or "Will Vawter." as he is familiarly known around Greenfield, was born in Boone county, Virginia. April 13, 1871. His par- ents moved to Greenfield while he was yet a child, and he was educated in the public schools of this city.
Mr. Vawter is an artist. His first work was done on the Indianapolis Sentinel in 1892. In 1897 he wrote a series of comic verses and illustrated them for the Cincinnati Commercial Gasette. Since that time he has made illustrations for the Indianapolis News, Success, and the Presbyterian.
In 1899 he collaborated with his sister, Clara Vawter, in producing a children's book, "Of Such is the Kingdom." now known as "The Rabbit's Ransom." He has also illustrated Riley's "Child Rhymes," Bob Burdett's "Smiles," E. O. Laughlin's "Johnnie." Nesbit's "Trail to Boyland," Riley's "A Defective Santa Claus." Riley's "Book of Joyous Children." and Bartlett's "Tales of Kankakee Land." One needs but to see any of these books to appreciate the fine art of Mr. Vawter. In fact, one must see them in order to appreciate it.
On November 9, 1902, Mr. Vawter was married to Mary Howey Mur- ray, of Chicago, and for the past six or seven years has been living amid the hills and scenes of Brown county in this state.
Unfortunately, Miss Clara Vawter, the sister, was taken away before she had reached the age at which people can give their best to the world. Yet in this short life she wrote for the children of the land a most delightful story, "The Rabbit's Ransom." It was selected by the state board as one of the Young People's Reading Circle books, and in all the schools of the state the children have been made glad by the story.
There are others who do not devote their time to literary work, yet whose occasional writings have attracted attention and have been accepted by high- grade periodicals and magazines.
Minnie Belle Mitchell, wife of John F. Mitchell, editor of the Hancock Democrat, has for years been identified with the literary activities of the county and state. In 1911, while serving as a director of the Indiana Federa- tion of Literary Clubs, she introduced a resolution before the convention at Richmond, Indiana, that the public schools and literary clubs of the state annually observe the anniversary of our beloved Hoosier poet, James Whit- comb Riley. The resolution was adopted and cheerfully acted upon, not only in Indiana, but in other states as well. So enthusiastically have the people re- sponded that the movement has become national.
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Mrs. Mitchell is a modest writer of children's stories and has contributed to a number of Eastern magazines.
John F. Mitchell, Jr., a graduate of Butler and Yale, has written several college plays that have been successfully presented. Among the most popular of them has been "The Gentleman from Indiana." a burlesque on Booth Tark- ington's book with the same title. He also wrote a sketch of "Riley at Green- field." which was accepted by the Ladies' Home Journal a few years ago. . 1 volume entitled "The Rooster," a history of the Democratic emblem, was published in 1913. At present John is assistant editor of the Hancock Demo- crat, and the associate editor of the Journal of American History of New York.
Mrs. Mitchell and her son have also collaborated in their literary work. They have written several plays, among which is a morality play. "The Way There." It embodies a conception of the struggle between the forces of Good and Evil. Its structure is carefully wrought and suggests the hands of artists. The drama unfolds in a manner that is truly beautiful and impressive.
Clarence A. Hough, son of William R. Hough, has lived in Chicago since about 1890. His time has practically all been given to newspaper and literary work. For a number of years he was connected with the Chicago dailies, and in 1905, when he gave up newspaper work, he was the financial editor of the Chicago Post. In 1897. while traveling through France and Italy, his letters. giving impressions of these countries, were purchased by a syndicate and pril- lished in ten of the leading newspapers of the United States, including the Boston Transcript, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Indianapolis News and Omaha Bee. He is also the author of a volume entitled "Money." in which the money sys- tem of the United States and the principles of banking are explained. Before going to Chicago, Mr. Hongh spent two or three years on the stage as a reader. Many of his selections were his own. Practically all of his literary work dur- ing the past ten years has been given to writing plays.
William A. Hough, who recites Riley's poems so admirably, is himself not a stranger to the poetic muse. He has written a number of poems that have been set to music by Barclay Walker, of Indianapolis. Although he has not devoted any time to song writing for a number of years, people will re- member "Katie O'Brien," "Didst Thou But Know." and "I Know a Little Maiden." Mr. Hough was a member of the Western Writers' Association from 1886 to 1890. He is familiar with Indiana literature and has lectured on that subject before the teachers' institutes of several counties in the state.
Benjamin F. Phemister is the author of a number of poems, some of which have attracted a great deal of attention. About twenty-eight years ago he wrote a little poem entitled, "What Mother Thinks." It was published in the
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Cincinnati Enquirer without giving the name of the author. Since that time it has been published as an anonymous poem in practically every newspaper in America. It has been called for in the Indianapolis News eight or ten times since then and has been published as often, "author unknown." On December 5. 1914. the Indianapolis News published another of Mr. Themister's poems entitled "Around the Flaming Fireside of the Oll Homestead." Afterward the Atlanta Constitution asked permission of the author to publish the poem. Another poem written during the revival at Greenfield in 1914. entitled "The Evangelist." possessed such merit that it was at first credited to Mr. Riley. "When We Shock the Wheat by Moonlight in Grandpa's Harvest Field," with a few other poems was submitted to Henry . Augustine Beers, professor of Eng- lish literature of Yale University. Professor Beers pronounced it "one of the most beautiful folk lore poems in the language."
Mr. Phemister taught school for a number of years and at present lives at Greenfield.
Allen S. Bottsford is a poet and illustrator who spent his boyhood days in the county. His poem "The Lost Lane" is included in the volume. "Poets and Poetry of Indiana." As an illustrator he has been engaged for a number of years on the dailies of Indianapolis, San Francisco and other cities. His sister, Clara Louise Bottsford, also wrote verses that were published in local and state papers. Some of them also found their way into Eastern magazines.
Mrs. Martha J. Stubbs, of Brown township, has written stories and his- torical sketches that have been accepted by the Indianapolis Sunday Star. Articles and letters relating to the care and training of children and the eleva- tion of the family have also appeared in Eastern magazines.
Charles A. Robinson, prominent in the Improved Order of Red Men, is the author of a volume or two of Indian legends. He has also written a num- ber of poems that have been published. His lines, "When the Trees Dress in Scarlet and Gold." set to music by George Suess. also of Greenfield, are probably best known. Mr. Robinson is a lecturer and has traveled far and near as a speaker, especially for the Improved Order of Red Men.
John H. Binford in 1882 wrote a "History of Hancock County." Mr. Binford was forceful and vigorous as a writer, and his work has stood for more than thirty years as the only history of the county.
HOME AND SCHOOL VISITOR.
The Home and School Visitor was first published in 1881 by Aaron Pope and Lee O. Harris. D. H. Goble soon bought the interest of Mr. Pope, and for a time it was published by Goble & Harris. For many years now, its ownership and management have been with the Gobles.
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The Home and School Visitor is a children's magazine. It has always contained stories and poems for children of all grades, and for many years it has maintained a department of current events. It is used in practically all the schools of the state of Indiana, and, in fact, in a number of the states of the Union, for supplementary reading.
CHAPTER XI.
THE HANCOCK BAR.
This brief would not be complete without a few authorities to establish the relation of our lawyers to the general progress and development of the county. Some people may think that no such relationship exists, but they simply fail to understand. It has been stated elsewhere that when the set- tlers first came to Hancock county, they were confronted with three great tasks-to clear away the forests, to drain the lands, and to build highways for intercommunication. Our lawyers may not have had much to do with clear- ing away the forest, but the public will probably never appreciate just how much they have had to do with drainage and road building. Many a swamp would have continued to harbor the germs of disease ; many a stream would have remained stagnant, and acres of our garden land would have remained waste, had not doubtful and discouraged farmers found our law offices real sources of inspiration in the consideration of such matters. Our dirt roads have practically all been covered with gravel. Two hundred eighty-one miles have been converted into improved "free gravel roads," over which our citi- zens travel with comfort and ease. Our lawyers have always encouraged road building. Their presence has never failed the good people of the county when the machinery of the courts needed to be set in motion to accomplish such results. It is not the intention to give any undue credit to the bar. But our lawyers have always been progressive, and their relation to all that has been accomplished in the county can be properly appreciated only after pro- longed meditation thereon. Since the organization of the Hancock circuit court, their number has not been exactly "legion," yet they have been many. Following are the names of the men, resident and non-resident, who have been recommended for fitness and character, and who have held up their right hands and taken the oath to "support the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Indiana, and faithfully and honestly to discharge the duties of an attorney at the bar of this court."
Calvin Fletcher, March 24. 1828; on motion of James Whitcomb. Hervey Gregg, March 24, 1828; on motion of James Whitcomb. Marinus Willett, March 24. 1828; on motion of James Whitcomb. Charles 11. Vreeder, March 24. 1828; on motion of James Whitcomb. Hiram Brown. September 22, 1829.
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James T. Brown, September 22, 1829.
John H. Alley, February 24, 1830. William E. Ross, March 19, 1829 ; on motion of James T. Brown. William I. Brown, September 1, 1830: on motion of Hervey Gregg. Ovid Butler, September 1, 1830: on motion of Hervey Gregg. Hugh T. Applegate, September I. 1830; on motion of Hervey Gregg. James Foresee, August 3, 1831. James B. Ray, September 29, 1832.
John Occles, September 29, 1832. John H. Scott, February 25, 1833; on motion of Hervey Gregg. William Quarles, February 25, 1833 : on motion of Hervey Gregg. David Kilgour, February 25. 1833 ; on motion of Hervey Gregg. William Brown, February 25, 1833 ; on motion of Hervey Gregg. Richard H. Jones. August 26. 1833 : on motion of William Quarles.
Thomas D. Walpole, February 27, 1834.
Jehn T. Morris, February 27. 1834.
David Macy, February 27, 1834. Christian C. Nave, February 27, 1834. M. E. VanPelt, February 27, 1834.
John Rymon, February 25, 1835 ; on motion of William Herrod.
Addison F. Mays, February 25, 1835 ; on motion of William Herrod. Abram A. Hammond, February 25, 1835 ; on motion of William Herrod. Charles I. Henderson, February 25, 1835 ; on motion of William IIerrod. Alfred Kilgore, February 25, 1835 : on motion of William Herrod.
Thomas D. Walpole, February 27, 1835 (Disbarred).
Thomas D. Walpole, April 4. 1836 (Admitted for the present term ). Jacob Robbins, April 6. 1836 ; on motion of Hiram Brown.
Thomas D. Walpole, April 8, 1836 ( Motion overruled ). Mason Hulitt, October 3, 1836; on motion of William Quarles. Thomas D. Walpole, October 6, 1836; on motion of Mason Hulitt. Robert McCorkhill, August 21, 1837 ; on motion of C. C. Nave. Franklin Corwin, August 21, 1837 : on motion of Ovid Butler. Thomas D. Walpole, March 19, 1838; on motion of Humphrey Woodard. Philip Swetson, September 17, 1838; on motion of A. A. Hammond. Charles McClure, February 17. 18440 ; on motion of Thomas D. Walpole. William H. Brumfield, February 17, 1840; motion of Thomas D. Walpole Simon Yander, February 17, 1840; on motion of Thomas D. Walpole. Moses Cox, February 20, 1840: on motion of Thomas D. Walpol ... James M. Wilson, February 23. 1840: on motion of Thomas D. Walpole.
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R. N. Williams. August 17. 1840: on motion of Thomas D. Walpole. George W. Julian, August 16, 1841 : on motion of Thomas D. Walpole. James B. Sleeth. August 16. 1841 : on motion of Abram Hammond. Theodore Barnett. September 27. 1843 : on motion of James Morrison. D. M. C. Lane.
W. Lindsey. February 20, 1844: on motion of A. A. Hammond. Earl S. Stone, February 20, 1844 : on motion of William Quarles. Josephus H. Williams, February 20. 1844 : on motion of D. M. C. Lane. N. R. Lucerny, February 20. 1844 : on motion of Thomas D. Walpole. W. R. C. Nish, February 20. 1844: on motion of William Quarles.
Reuben A. Riley, August 19. 1844 : on motion of R. M. Cooper.
David Reynolds, August 20, 1844.
Reuben D. Logan, August 20. 1844.
Eder H. Davis, August 22, 1844.
Nathan Powell, August 22, 1844.
William F. Matlock, February 17, 1845 : on motion of Hugh O'Neal. John C. Lynam, February 25. 1845 ; on motion of A. A. Hammond. Gustavus N. Moss. August 18, 1845 : on motion of Reuben .1. Riley. Daniel A. Hart. August 21, 1845 ; on motion of A. A. Hammond.
David S. Gooding .- - 1845.
James Robinson. August 11. 1846 : on motion of D. M. C. Lane. James Rutherford, February 16. 1846.
Horatio C. Newcomb. August 9. 1847 ; on motion of William Quarles. Thomas Sullivan, August 9. 1847 : on motion of William Quarles.
Martin M. Ray. August 9. 1847: on motion of William Quarles. William P. Davis, August 10. 1847: on motion of R. . A. Riley. Nimrod Johnson, August 10. 1847: on motion of R. A. Riley. John L. Ketcham, September 2. 1850: on motion of Hugh O'Neal. James L. Mason.
Montgomery Marsh, 1854.
Lemuel W. Gooding. August 17, 1845 ; on motion of Thomas D. Walpole. Charles .A. Rang, February 16, 1854: on motion of .1. 1. Hammond. William Evans, February 29, 1855 : on motion of David S. Gooding. William R. West.
David VanLaningham. August 15. 1850 : motion of Thomas D. Walpole. Michael Wilson, August 10. 1857 : on motion of Reuben A. Riley. William R. Hough. August 10. 1857 : on motion of Reuben .1. Riley. Benjamin F. Claypool. February 9. 1858: on motion of David S. Gooding Oliver 1. Baird, February 9. 1858; on motion of Thomas D. Walpole.
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David Moss, August 9. 1858; on motion of David S. Gooding. Almon R. Meck, August 9, 1858: on motion of William R. West. George Y. Atkison, August 10, 1858: on motion of David S. Gooding. M. C. Foley.
Joseph R. Silver, May 26, 1859; on motion of R. A. Riley. Joseph Ankrom, June 2, 1859: on motion of William W. Wick. Clark, June 2. 1859; on motion of David S. Gooding. Parris Indian, June 2, 1859: on motion of Thomas D. Walpole. William Il. Pilkinton, February 15, 1860; on motion of R. A. Riley. Bryan C. Walpole, February -, 1860; on motion of R. A. Riley. William R. Walls, February 25, 1860 ; on motion of R. A. Riley. Henry C. Gooding. August 15, 1860 : on motion of William 11. William Hendricks, August 15, 1860; on motion of William R. West. Joseph P. Marshall, February 20, 1861 ; on motion of William R. West. Almond R. Meek. August 14. 1861 ; on motion of William R. West. Charles D. Morgan, February 11, 1862 : motion of Lemuel W. Gooding. Thomas H. Branham, February 21. 1862; on motion of Henry Craven. Jesse McHenry. August 15, 1862 : on motion of James L. Mason. Walter March, August 11, 1863 ; on motion of Lemmel W. Gooding. Silas C. Cooper, February 14, 1865 ; on motion of David S. Gooding. Lewis Dale. February 14. 1865 ; on motion of David S. Gooding. AAlfred D. Shaw, August 14, 1865 ; on motion of James 1. Mason. Oliver P. Gooding. August 15. 1865 : on motion of R. A. Riley. Augustus W. Hough, February 13, 1866; on motion of R. A. Riley. W. W. Kersey. February 13. 1866; on motion of R. A. Riley. W. W. Purdue. February 15. 1866.
Stephen D. Lyon, Angust 15, 1866 ; on motion of George Y. Atkison. J. M. Lowe, Angust 15. 1866 ; on motion of James L. Mason. John H. Popps, August 21, 1866 ; on motion of Reuben .A. Riley. George W. Johnson, August 21, 1866 ; on motion of W. W. Kersey. Richard Kelly. August 28, 1866; on motion of James L. Mason. Charles G. Offutt, February 12, 1867 ; on motion of James L. Mason.
Mitchell, February 13. 1867 : on motion of James L. Mason. Hamilton J. Dunbar, February 13. 1807.
Prestly Guymon, February 15, 1867 : on motion of R. A. Riley. Matthias M. Hook, February 15. 1867 ; on motion of R. A. Riley. Hamilton J. Dunbar. August 13. 1867.
Thomas M. Brown, August 15. 1867 : on motion of 1 .. W. Gooding. Thomas M. Bidgood, August 12, 1868; on motion of James L. Mason.
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