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From: MRS GINA M REASONER< >
Subject: CAPT. HARRY W. KIRBY - CARROLL COUNTY
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:58:06, -0500


BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887
Page 400

CAPTAIN HARRY W. KIRBY, a brother of Mrs. Thompson, was
born at Lamartine, Carroll County, Ohio, December 18, 1845. Entered Harlem
Springs College in 1860. In 1861 enlisted in the Eightieth Ohio Regiment,
served through the war under Grant and Sherman and rose to Captain. In 1865
he entered the University of Michigan, and remained until his senior year,
when he accepted the position of Professor of Mathematics in Harlem Springs
College; studied law under Judge Tripp, of Carrollton, Ohio, was admitted
to the bar in 1880, never settled down to practice, but has handled many
intricate cases successfully. In 1882 he came to Willshire, Ohio, to nurse
his brother with small-pox; after which was principal of schools at
Pleasant Mills, Indiana, for three years, and has since made his home in
Adams County. He served one term as deputy county surveyor. He has
contributed to the leading journals of the country, and is at present
arranging to publish a volume of his own poems.

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