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Subject: James Callistus Lavelle-Biography
Date: 10 Mar 2005 21:51:08 -0700

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Surnames: Lavelle, Thompson
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James Callistus Lavelle, auditor of Daviess County, was born in Barr Township, October 14, 1848. He worked upon his fathers farm and attended the district schools of the township until he was qualified to enter the Washington High School. After spending one term at this school, he spent a year at the State University at Bloomington, and a year at Notre Dame University, a Catholic Institution in the Northern part of the State. He taught school six terms in Barr Township, and learned telegraphy in the Ohio & Mississippi office at Montgomery. For some time he had charge of the telegraph offices at Eldarado, Shawneetown, and Enfield, in Illinois, on the line of the railroad then called, St. Louis and Southeastern. During the time he worked at telegraphy, he studied medicine and acquired a knowledge of the profession, but never practiced except to attend a few cases with Dr. Campbell at Logootee, where he spent a year. In 1876, he became deputy auditor, under his brother, Th!
omas J. Lavelle, who had been elected to the office in 1874. He has been continuously in the auditors office since that time, his brother having been re-elected in 1878. In 1882, he was nominated by the Democratic party as thir candidate for county auditor, and after a hard fought battle, was elected over the Republican candidate, Milton Haynes, by a majority of 582, showing that he drew a large number of Republican votes. While he has been in the auditor's office he has invented and constructed several valuable forms for simplifying the office work, among them a record for school fund bonds and an apportionment record, the latter showing the settlement made by the auditor with the treasurer. this record has been largely adopted by auditors throughout the State. He has also invented a form of record for the use of assessors, a book containing both the assessments and statistical reports. This record has been patented and its general use would save thousands of dollar!
s annually to the State. Mr. Lavelle, was married, February 18, 1879,
to Miss Mattie Thompson, only daughter of Ephriam Thompson. They have one child, a daughter. Mr. Lavelle is a member of the ancient order of Hibernians, and of the Catholic Church.
History of Knox and Daviess County Indiana
goodspeed Publishing; Chicago; 1886
Pages785-786

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