From collection Member List
DAR #221: "Teacher. A. B. 1863; A. M., 1866; LL. D., 1880, Syracuse University. Born, April 26, 1840, Putnam county, Indiana. Professor of languages, Thorntown Academy, 1863-64; principal of same, 1864-66; professor-elect of languages, Baker University, Kansas. 1866; superintendent public schools, Lawrenceburg, Ind., 1866-69; professor of English Literature and Normal Instruction in Indiana Asbury University, 1869-71; professor of Belles Lettres and History in same, 1871-79; vice-president same, 1879; vice-president and professor of History and Political Philosophy same, 1882-85; editor of "The Arena Magazine," Boston, Mass., 1897-98; authorship as follows: an "Academic History of the United States," 1874-75; a "Grammar School History," 1876; a "Popular History of the United States," 1877; an "Inductive Grammar of the English Language," 1879; "Life and Work of Garfield," 1881; a "Cyclopedia of Universal History" (four vols.), 1880-85; a "Life and Work of W. C. DePauw" (unpublished), 1888; "Great Races of Mankind" (four vols.), 1884-94; "Christopher Columbus; the Epoch, the Man and the Work" (unpublished), 1892; "Life and Work of James G. Blaine," 1893; "Columbus and Columbia," 1893; "Famous Paintings of the World," 1894; "Life and Memoirs of Bishop William Taylor," 1894-95; "Napoleon Bonaparte," 1895; associate editor of "People's Cyclopedia," 1879-95; Monographs as follows: "Alexander Hamilton," 1880; "Trial of Guitteau," 1882; "Epoch of Integration," 1883; "History and Historical Study," 1885; "Beyond the Sierras," 1888; "The True Evolution," 1889; "The Citizen Soldier," 1890; "The Man in History," 1892; "The Suppression of the Intellectual Life," 1892; "The Bond and the Dollar," 1896; "Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century," 1896; a series of Reform Pamphlets, 1897-98; "A Working University in the Home Reference Library, "1897-98; "Library of Universal Literature" (25 vols.), 1898; "James Otis; a Patriotic Character Study," 1898; "A Brief Chronological History of All Nations"; a supplement to Webster's International Dictionary; many magazine articles, poems and lectures. Brother of 267, 348, 649, 707. Married, December 21, 1862, Miss Hannah Roxana Smythe, Greencastle, Ind. [Sister of Gonzalvo C. Smythe, initiated as a graduate in 1870.] Father of 821, 949, 1136, 1645 and William W. Died, July 31, 1900, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City; buried, Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind." Initiated May 14, 1860. DePauw Trustee 1898-1900.
