from The Republican (Danville, Indiana)--issue of Thursday, March 10, 1898--page 1, column 2:
Republican candidates for county offices:
is a native of Parke county, Indiana, where he was born January 6th, 1858. Eight years later he moved to Kansas with his parents and moved there until 1874 when they moved to Clay township, Hendricks county. He was a successful teacher in this state five years and he attended lectures in the Law School of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. From this institution he graduated in 1883 with honor and located in Danville where he has since resided practicing at the bar. He has never held a public office.