The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-11-22
From the Indiana Journal.
Indiana Poets.

Indiana Poets.
From biographical notices in The Poets
and Poetry of the West" BY w. T. Cogg-
shell. published by Follett. Foster 4 Co.,
Columbus. Ohio. we take few notes for
the entertain nent of the numerous friends
of the authors. dead and living, that India
ana has produced.
Julia L. Dumont, mother of Col z. Du-
mont Of this city. is given the credit Of be
ing the earliest female writer in the West
whose poems, tales and sketches have been
preserved She was born in Washington
county Ohio. Her residence in Indiana
was At Vevay.
John Finley was born in Rockbridge
county, Virginia, and has been a citizen of
Richmond for a number OF years. He was
several years editor of the Richmond Pdlla-
dunn His "Hoosier Nest" formed part
of a New Years Address written for the
Indiana Journal in 1880. 1t WAS poem
very extensively read at the time.
John B. Dillon is a native of Brooke eoun-
ty, Virginia. He is printer by trade. and
from 1925 to 1884 contributed poetical and
other articles to the newspapers and month
ly periodicals Of Cincinnati. Of which city
he was resident. In 1884 he removed to
Logansport. where he resided and praotised
law until 1S45, when he was elected State
Librarian and removed to Indianapolis. He
has been a resident of this city ever since.
| In 1912 he published volume of "His,or-
ical Notes. and in 1859 .History of In
diana"
Laura NJ. Thurston was born in Norfolk,
Connecticut. She died in New Albany in
lS42, where she had resided after her re-
moval to Indiana. Her poems were mostly
contributed to the Louisville Journal and
Galagher's Hesperian--a publication sus-
pended some years since.
Henry w. Ellsworth was born in Wind
sor. Connecticut His contributions to the
press was mostly published in the Knicker-
booker Magazine. many Of which he wrote
at Stockholm while Charge Of the United
States to Sweden and N,rway. His
Cholera King and Lines to an Absent
Wifo'' have been widely circulated, both in
this country and in England.
Horace P Bddle was born in Fairfield
county. Ohio. He IS a resident of Logans-
port. and was chosen at the October election
Judge of the Circuit Court Some years
ago he contributed to the Ladies' Repo>ito-
ry and Southern Literary Messenger. In
1858 he published volume of poems, made
up in part of some productions that elected
the warm commentator of Washington Ir
wing some years before.
Sarah T. Bolton was born in Newport.
Kentucky. Her father was officer in the
Revolutionary War. She is distan,ly re
lated on her mothers side to James Msdi-
son. Her first productions were published
in a paper a. Madison. This was previous
to her marriage and writing for the paper
led to an acquaintance with its publisher
which resulted in marriage. In 1850 she
was presented with a silver cup by the In
llama Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Free
and Accepted Masous as prize for an ode
written by her, and sung at the laying of
the Masonic Grand Lodge Hall in Indianap
oils. During her absence in Europe, from
1855 to 1853, while her husband was Con
sui at Geneva, she contributed a series OF in
teresting letters to the papers OF this city.
Amanda L. Ruter Dufour was born in
Jeffersonvile Her husband is distinguish
ed for his connection with Odd Fellowship
having been honored with the highast Of
fees in the Order. Mrs. Dufour's poems
we're mostly contributed to the Louisville
Journal and Odd Fellows Ark. She was a
resident of New Albany.
Peter Fishe Reed was born in South Bos-
ton, Massachusetts. He is poet. painter,
and musician, and at present resident of
this city. Some fine paintings executed By
him can be seen at his studio in Rays bull
ding. At our recent State Fair he was
awarded premiums on several of his pic
lures. He WAS for several years prose and
poetical contributor TO the Cincinnati Week
iy Columbian. whose proprietors experiment
ted with daily paper and failed.
Jonathan w. Go,d don is native OF Penn
sylvan;a At the age Of fifteen he emigra
ted with his father u Ripley county. He
was volunteer in the Third Indiana Regi-
ment in the Mexican War. He graduated
in medicine, but quit the practice for that
of law. He has been twice elected to the
Legislature from Marion county. His po-
ems are not numerous. but they are much
above the ordinary grade,
= Mary Elizabeth Nealy was born in Lou
isvilIe, K ntuckv. She became q resident
of Indiana in 184e. and settled with her
husband in Harrison county. She has con
tributed to many of the leading literary Pc
riodicals of the country. and our columns
have been frequently graced with her poet
ical effusions Mrs Nelly has been a resi-
dent of Indianapolis since 1856 Her Lit
tie Shoe and other poems have found their
way into British papers.
| John Gibson Dunn was a native Of Law
renceourgn. he was pnys'ciAu oS pro
fsssion During the war with Mexico be
volunteered and served one year in the Third
| Regiment. His poems were mostly contrib
ted to the papers in Lawrenceburgh. He died
in New Orleans 10 1853.
James PummiIl is a native Of Cincinnati
and was recently connected with the Com
mercial published at Aurora. He resided
in this city some time and worked in the
Journal Office as a compositor. Most of hi
poems have been published in the Ladies'
Repository and the Knickerbocker.
Frances Locke is a native of Northern
Ohio She has written some very exeelen
poems, which have received the warm com
menda,ion of numerous literary persons oI
both sexes. Her husbsnd-Josiah Locke
was formerly connected with the Cincinnati
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