People from Franklin County, Indiana - People from Cincinnati, Ohio, Charles Manson, Steven Spielberg, William Howard Taft, John Mauchly (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 18. Chapters: Charles Murray (actor), Courtland C. Matson, David Wallace (Indiana politician), Fuzzy Vandivier, Hanna Hilton, Harry L. Gordon, J. Ottis Adams, James B. Goudie Jr., James B. Ray, John Henry Tihen, John S. Benham, John St. John (Governor of Kansas), Lew Wallace, Noah Noble, Robert B. F. Peirce, Roswell Winans, Tom Alley, Walter F. Bossert. Excerpt: Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 - February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician and author. Wallace served as Governor of the New Mexico Territory at the time of the Lincoln County War and worked to bring an end to the fighting. Of his novels and biographies, he is best known for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling book since its publication, and called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century." It has been adapted four times for films. Wallace was born in Brookville, Indiana, to David Wallace and Esther French Test Wallace. His father was a graduate of the United States Military Academy and served as lieutenant governor and Indiana Governor. When Wallace's father was elected as lieutenant governor of Indiana, he moved his family to Covington, Indiana. Wallace's autobiography contains many stories from his boyhood in Covington, including the account of the death of his mother in 1834. In 1836, at the age of nine, he joined his brother in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he briefly attended Wabash Preparatory School. His father remarried, to Zerelda Gray Sanders Wallace, a prominent suffragist and temperance advocate, who was stepmother to the boys. Lew Wallace rejoined his father in Indianapolis. In 1846 at the start of the Mexican-American War, Wallace was studying law. He left that to raise a company of militia and was elected a second lieutenant in the 1st Indiana Infantry regiment. He rose to the position of regimental adjutant and the rank of first lieutenant, serving in the army of Zachary Taylor, although he personally did not participate in combat. After hostilities, he was mustered out of the volunteer service on June 15, 1847. Wallace was admitted to the bar in 1849. In 1851 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the First Congressional District of Indiana. In 1856, he was elected to the Indiana State Senate afte