JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, Washington, D. C.
Born in Boyle County, Kentucky, June 1, 1833. Graduated from Center College, Kentucky, 1850. Studied Law at 'Transylvania
University.
Practiced his profession at Frankfort, Kentucky. Presiding Judge of Franklin County, Kentucky, Court, 1858-9. Attorney-General
of
Kentucky. Elector on the Bell and Everett Ticket, 1860. Removed to Louisville. Colonel of 10th Kentucky Volunteer
Infantry,
Union Army, 1861, in General Geo. H. Thomas' Original Division of the Army of Ohio. Resigned, 1863, at the time
commanding 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, although his name was before the Senate for confWas elected Attorney-General by the Union party of Kentucky, 1863, and filled the office until
1867, when he returned to active practice in Louisville. Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky, 1871 and
1875. He was declared to be the candidate of Kentucky for the Vice- Presidency by the State Convention in 1872.
He was Chairman of
the Kentucky Delegation to the National Republican Convention at Cincinnati, in 1876. Declined a diplomatic position
as a substitute
for the Attorney-Generalship, to which, before he reached Washington, President Hayes intended to assign him. Served
as a member of
the Louisiana Commission. Member of Behring Sea Tribunal of Arbitration. Was commissioned an Associate Justice
of the United States
Supreme Court, November 29, 1877, and took his seat December 10, of same year.
(Res.) University Park, Fourteenth street and Euclid avenue, N. W.
[Source: Catalogue of the Legal Fraternity PHI DELTA PHI, 7th edition,
1807 - contributed by: C. Horton 2008]
JOHN W. MINOR, a son of John and Polly (Owens) Minor, was born the 14th
of August, 1840, in Boyle County, Kentucky. The father was of English
descent, and was born on July 4, 1790. He came to Kentucky and there met the
mother, who was born April 18, 1799, a native of that State. They were
married February 5, 1818, to which union twelve children were born— Sarah,
Jeremiah, Edward, Mason, William, Dixon L., Martha Jane, Nancy, Elias,
David, Logan and John W. Of these Sarah, William, Dixen, Martha Jane, Nancy
and John are still living. Mr. John Minor, the subject of this sketch, was
raised on his father's farm in Kentucky, receiving a limited education, and
in 1854 the family came to Hamilton, County, Indiana. At the age of fifteen
Mr. Minor began life for himself, going to Missouri, and in 1860 came back
to Indiana, and, farming until February, 1865, he enlisted in Company G, One
Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, and received an honorable
discharge in August of the same year. In October, 1865, he was married to
Amelia Haskett, a daughter of Solomon and Lydia (Ridgeway) Haskett, a lady
of English descent. This union was blessed by four children—Maud Evelina,
Ulysses Kosby, Fannie Jane and John H. On March 8, 1872, John H. died, and
the wife followed on January 26, 1874. John W. Minor had come to this county
in 1865, settling in Harrison Township, where his father passed away
November 9, 1869, and was followed by the mother one week afterwards, and in
1873 he settled on the farm on which he now lives, in section 35, Jackson
Township. On September 2, 1875, Mr. Minor was married to Sarah Lindley, the
daughter of Thomas and Peggy Lindley, natives of Orange County, Indiana.
There were two children born to them —Lindley Erta, who died when little
over a month old, and Cora Ethel, born December 2, 1877. Beginning life a
poor boy, Mr. Minor has worked hard, and has by dint of industry and
perseverance gained a beautiful home of 150 acres of as fine land as any in
the township, and on which are the best of modern improvements.
History of Miami County, Indiana: From the earliest time to the present ...
By Brant & Fuller, Chicago [Submitted by Barb Z. Aug 2010]
JOHN
MARSHALL HARLAN.
In
the administration of justice there is probably no man wearing the ermine
today who has more thoroughly enlisted the confidence of the people than has
John M. Harlan, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. All
his life Mr. Harlan has been of a judicial turn of mind. He was born in
Boyle County
,
Kentucky
, June 1, 1833, and was graduated at
Center
College
, in that state, in 1850. After studying law at
Transylvania
University
he practiced his profession at
Frankfort
, and in 1858 was elected county judge. He was afterward an unsuccessful
Whig candidate for Congress, and was presidential elector on the
Bell
and Everets ticket. Removing to
Louisville
, he formed a law partnership with Hon. W. F. Bullock, and in 1861 entered
the Union army as colonel of the Tenth Kentucky infantry, serving in Gen.
George H. Thomas' division. In 1863 he was elected attorney-general of
Kentucky
and filled the office until 1867. He was the Republican nominee for governor
in 1871, and his name was presented by the Republican Convention of his
state in 1875 for the vice presidency of the
United States
. Judge Harlan was chairman of the Kentucky delegation to the Republican
National Convention in 1876, and afterward declined a diplomatic position as
a substitute for the attorney-generalship, to which, before he reached
Washington, President Hayes intended to assign him. He served as a member of
the Louisiana Commission, and on November 29, 1877, was commissioned an
associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, as successor to David
Davis. In his particular sphere Justice Harlan occupies a prominent place
among the great men of
America
, and is justly honored for his eminent abilities and his pure life. [Source:
Famous American Men and Women: Edited by
Stanley
Waterloo
, John Wesley Hanson; Publ. 1896; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea
Stawski Pack.]
Barr,
William Alexander,
Clergyman, of
New Orleans
,
La.
, was born Feb. 28, 1856, in
Danville
,
Ky.
In 1876 he received the degree of A.B. from
Dartmouth
College
; B.D. from the Union Theological Seminary of New York in 1879 and D.D. in
1905 from
Westminster
College
. He also studied in
Berlin
and
Leipzig
and at Sorbonne in
Paris
. In 1895 he was deacon and priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church; in
1897-1900 was rector of the
Monumental
Church
at
Richmond
,
Va.
, was rector at
Norfolk
,
Va.
, and
Lynchburg
; and since 1909 was dean of the Christ Church Cathedral at
New Orleans
. He is archdeacon of
East Louisiana
; president of the Standing Committee of Louisiana; deputy to the General
Convention and chairman of the Board of Religious Education. He has written
both prose and poetry for magazine publications. [Source:
Herringshaw's American blue-book of biography: By Thomas William Herringshaw, American Publishers' Assoc.;
Publ. 1919; Transcribed
and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
TODD,
Charles Scott,
soldier and diplomat: b. near
Danville
,
Ky.
, Jan. 22, 1791; d.
Baton Rouge
,
La.
, May 14, 1871. He was the son of Judge Thomas Todd. Was graduated at
William and
Mary
College
in 1809; studied law with his father at
Litchfield
,
Conn.
, and began the practice of law at
Lexington
,
Ky.
, in 1811. He entered the army as judge-advocate in General Harrison's
division in 1812. Served on the staffs of Generals Harrison and McArthur,
and won high praise from both, rising to the rank of colonel and
inspector-general. He resigned in 1815 and for a time practiced law in
Frankfort
,
Ky.
In 1817 he was elected secretary of state, and also served as member of the
Kentucky
legislature. He was sent to the
Republic
of
Colombia
on a confidential mission in 1820, and again as bearer of the recognition of
that country's independence in 1822. He then retired to his farm. Was
president of the Kentucky Agricultural Society for some years. He was a
delegate to the Presbyterian general assembly. He wrote a campaign life of
General Harrison with B. Drake in 1840, and edited The Republican in
Cincinnati
. President Tyler sent him to
Russia
as ambassador in 1841. He remained in this post till 1 £45. He was the
first foreigner ever admitted to membership in the Imperial Agricultural
Society. His later life was passed in retirement. [Source:
THE SOUTH in the Building of the Nation Volume XI; Edited by James Curtis
Ballagh, Walter Lynwood Fleming & Southern Historical Publication
Society; Publ. 1909; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack]
