American author, born at Fairfield, IN, on the 9th of September 1844. His parents removed first to Kentucky and thence to northern Georgia, and the son was educated by private tutors. He served in the Confederate army; at the close of the War went to Indiana as civil engineer on a railroad, of which he later became chief engineer; studied law; was elected to the legislature in 1879; and was state geologist from 1885 to 1889. Among his writings are Hoosier Mosaics (1875); The Witchery of Archery (1878); A Tallahassee Girl (1882); Songs of Fair Weather (1883); The Boy’s Book of Sports (1886); Byways and Bird Notes (1885); Sylvan Secrets (1887); and A Fortnight of Folly (1888). See also Alice of Old Vincennes.
