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Tau Chapter of Beta Theta Pi
The Roll: 1869-1886
Stephen Collette Campbell
1869. Capitalist. Oak Park, Illinois.
Griffin McKendree Shaw
1868. Lawyer. Died 1872. Marinette, Wisconsin
Douglas Perkins Putnam
1867; Graduate, Lane Theological Seminary 1870; D.D. Drury, 1886. Presb. clergyman. Private 92d O.V.I., 1862. Professor, Lane Theological Seminary. Died 1905. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Henry Stimson Atterbury
1869. Dept. Manager, Hagadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co. St. Louis, MO.
Joseph Henderson (Henry) Kent
1868; Grad. Lane Theological Seminary; 1871. Presby. clergyman. Died 1876. Shelbyville, Indiana.
Hiram Orlando Fairchild
1866. Lawyer. Member, Wisconsin Legislature, 1883-7; Speaker, 1885-7. Delegate at large from Wisconsin to the 1888 Republican Convention. Died 1925. Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Theophilus Wiley Hill
1871. Farmer. Died 1913. Shelbyville, Indiana.
Charles Harvey Little
1870; Grad. Lane Theological Sem., 1873; D.D. 1891. Presby. clergyman. Lowell, Indiana.
Frederick Halsey Conger
1870.; M.D. Columbia, 1872. Physician. Died 1896. Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
George Grundy Dunn
1867; also Hanover chapter; LL.B. Indiana U., 1875. Lawyer. Died 1891. Bedford, Indiana.
William Henry Riley
1872. Merchant. Northampton, Massachusetts.
Lucius Skinner Smith
1871. Banker. Died 1930. DuQuoin, Illinois.
Matthias Loring Haines
1871; D.D. 1888. Phi Beta Kappa. Presby. clergyman. Trustee, Wabash College. Director, Lane Theological Seminary. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Roger Abbott Williams
Miami 1872; also Miami Chapter. Editor of the "Oxford Citizen." Editor of the Beta Theta Pi General Fraternity Catalogue of 1870. Died 1873. Shandon, Ohio.
Thomas Hall McCorkle
1871. M.D. Ohio, 1879. Physician. Died 1910. Edwards, Indiana
Samuel Lorence (Lawrence) Ward
1873; D.D. 1904. Presby. clergyman. Author of Hymn Books in Turkish and Persian. Author: "Barbarians We to College Come." Los Angeles, California.
Windsor Augustus Smith
1873. Banker. Died 1884. DuQuoin, Illinois.
John Higgins Barnhart
1873; A.B. Williams 1874. Merchant. Logansport, Indiana.
Albert Baker
1874. Lawyer and founder of Indianapolis' Baker & Daniels in 1888 (the successor firm of Baker, Hord & Hendricks). From the history of Baker & Daniels: "Albert Baker, the son of (Indiana Governor) Conrad Baker, was born in 1851. In 1869, at the age of 18, he entered the law office of Hendricks, Hord & Hendricks to study law whenever his more onerous work would permit (he related that his principal duties were to sweep the offices and keep the fireplaces burning). Baker then entered Wabash College and received his A.B. degree in 1874. He returned immediately to Baker, Hord & Hendricks and was admitted to practice in 1876. Except for the years 1881-82 he continued with the firm and its successor firms until his death in October, 1942." The history later relates that he and Edward Daniels left to form their own firm of Baker & Daniels. The firm continues today as one of the Midwest's "powerhouse" law firms. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Frank White Morrison
1873. A.B. Williams, 1874. Lawyer. President, Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company. Vice-President American Central Life Insurance Company. Died 1931. Indianapolis, Indiana.
William Davis Dickey
1875. Banker. Chicago, Illinois.
Lawrence Martin Vance
Electrician. Orderly, 132d Indiana Vol. Inf., 1863. Los Angeles, California.
John Scudder McLain
1877. Phi Beta Kappa. Editor in chief, "St. Paul Dispatch" and "St. Paul Pioneer Press." Editor of "Minneapolis Evening Journal," 1885-1908. Author of "Alaska and the Klondike," 1905. Died 1931. Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
Charles Gilmer Gray
1873. Merchant. Magaxine writer. Springfield, Illinois.
Samuel Forman Taylor
1874. Grad, Union Theological Sem., New York, 1879. Presby. clergyman. Died 1901. McAfee, Kentucky.
George Cyrus Taber
1875; LL.B. Columbia, 1878. Lawyer. Logansport, Indiana
Edward Daniels
1875. Phi Beta Kappa. Lawyer and founder of Indianapolis' Baker & Daniels in 1888 (the successor firm of Baker, Hord & Hendricks). The firm continues today as one of the Midwest's "powerhouse" law firms. Master in Chancery, U.S. District Court. First president of the Columbia Club. From the Baker and Daniels history, "Special mention should be made of the respect and admiration given to Daniels by his fellow lawyers. Hewas beloved by friends and he had no foes... On the occasion of his death, the Indianapolis Bar Association conducted a moving memorial service in Federal Court befitting a saint, at which some of the most prominent members of the Indianapolis bar exalted the beloved Edward Daniels. The proceedings were perpetuated in printed form and can be found in the archives of the Indiana State Library." Died 1918. Indianapolis, Indiana. Photograph, courtesy of Baker and Daniels.
Henry Martyn Rogers
1875; Grad. Danville Theological Seminary, 1880. Presbyterian clergyman. Died 1930. Vincennes, Indiana
Charles Henderson McCarer
1875. Journalist. Assistant U.S. District Attorney for Indiana, 1881-6. Editor of southern edition, "Mississippi Valley Lumberman," 1890-93. Died 1893. Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Thornton Gaggy Fyffe
1875. Presbyterian clergyman. Died 1903. Crawfordsville, Indiana
Thomas Fleming Davidson
1876. Lawyer. Judge of Circuit Court, 1880. Author of "Overruled Cases," and "Manual for Executors." Died 1893. Crawfordsville, Indiana
Edgar Louis Hendricks
1876. Died 1928. Chatfield, Minnesota.
Asa Albert Fairchild
1877. Died 1921. Denver, Colorado.
William Northrop Moore
1877. Investment businessman. Died 1932. Kansas City, Kansas
William Stuart Glass
1879. Attorney. Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. "W. S. GLASS, lawyer, was born near Napoleon, Ripley Co., Ind., in 1856. In 1871 he removed to Mount Sterling, Ill., residing there until completing his education. His literary education was acquired at Wabash College, Indiana, and has legal education at the University of Iowa, graduating from the law college in June, 1879. In November of that year came to Marysville, Kan., and has practiced his profession since at that place. Me. Glass is a member of the A. O. U. W., and Beta Theta, Pi; Tau Chapter. He is a young attorney, rapidly gaining a prominent position in the ranks of this most honorable profession. Is a member of the Kansas Legislature for the Fifty-fourth District." (From William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas MARSHALL COUNTY, Part 5)
David Newton McKee
1877. Boston, Massachusetts. President of The Mother Church, Church of Christ, Scientist. Died 1929. From the Archives of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, "Mr. McKee joined The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1893. He was residing in Piqua, Ohio, at that time and had taken Primary class instruction with Joseph Armstrong in 1889. (Primary class teaches the basics of Christian Science healing from the chapter, "Recapitulation" found in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.) He became a Christian Science practitioner (healer) listed in The Christian Science Journal in March 1893. In 1898, he had Normal class instruction with Mary Bake Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. (Normal class qualifies a person to be a teacher of Christian Science.) He became President of The Mother Church in 1925. He also served as president of the Board of Education of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College for seven years. Mr. McKee remained a Christian Science teacher and practitioner until the time of his passing in York, Maine, on August 10, 1929 as the result of a car accident."
Charles Ewing Taber
1878; LL.B. Columbia University, 1881. Lawyer. Logansport, Indiana.
Robert Lockridge Anderson
1877. Lawyer. Ocala, Florida.
Edward Adams Benson
1879. Also a member of the Beloit and Michigan chapters of Beta Theta Pi.
Abbott Blunt
1877. Associate Editor of "Duluth-News-Tribune." Died 1907. Duluth, Minnesota.
Deming R. Bishop
1879. Superintendant, Stone Gap Colliery Company. died 1909. Glamorgan, Virginia.
Walter Stewart Lewis
1879. Principal of Preparatory Department, Syrian Protestant College, 1879-81. Died 1882. Beirut, Syria.
George Allen Thomson
1881. M.D. New York University, 1884. Physician. Died 1899. Chicago, Illinois.
George Vinnedge
1879. Merchant. Died 1906. Elkhart, Indiana.
Benjamin Williams Baker
1879; Also a member of the College of Wooster chapter of Beta Theta Pi; Lawyer, Died 1914. Somerville, Ohio.
Wilson Theodore Hume
1880. Lawyer, Member of the Oregon State Legislature, 1888-90. District Attorney, 1890-96. Died 1924. San Francisco, California.
Otto Gresham
1881. Lawyer. Chicago, Illinois
Herbert Lee Anderson
1881. Lawyer. Jacksonville, Florida
Frank Nelson Palmer
1881; D.D. 1903. Presybterian clergyman. President of The Winona Academy, 1909- 11. Died 1930. Winona Lake, Indiana
Howard Billman
1878; Graduate Lane Theological Seminary, 1881. Presbyterian clergyman. Died 1928. East Saint Louis, Illinois.
Harry Gasten Coughlen
1883. Indianapolis, Indiana
James Ephraim Williamson
1882. Principal Hopland Union High School. Died 1918. Hopland, California.
Wellington W. Birchfield
1884. Muncie, Indiana.
John Barr Allen
1885. Journalist. Died 1892. Tacoma, Washington.
William Vincent McConn
1884. Lawyer. County Attorney, 1894-98. Died 1929. Arkansas City, Kansas.
Charles Beary Landis
1883. Journalist. U.S. Congressman from Indiana, 1897-1909. Died 1922. Wilmington, Delaware.
James Flynn Stutesman
1884. Lawyer. Member of the Indiana State Legislature, 1895,1901, and 1903. U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1908-1910. Died 1917. Peru, Indiana.
Robert McMains Fishback
1884. Secretary, Indiana University Law School, 1895-99. Died 1914. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Albert Edward Thornton
1883. Fire Insurance. Died 1915. Los Angeles, California.
Allen Hamilton Holman
1885. Farmer. Died 1893. Aurora, Indiana.
John Charles Wilson
1886. Photographer. Logansport, Indiana.
Robert Steele Thomson
1886. Lawyer. Journalist. Life Insurance. Died 1911. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Roll: 1869-1886
Stephen Collette Campbell
1869. Capitalist. Oak Park, Illinois.
Griffin McKendree Shaw
1868. Lawyer. Died 1872. Marinette, Wisconsin
Douglas Perkins Putnam
1867; Graduate, Lane Theological Seminary 1870; D.D. Drury, 1886. Presb. clergyman. Private 92d O.V.I., 1862. Professor, Lane Theological Seminary. Died 1905. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Henry Stimson Atterbury
1869. Dept. Manager, Hagadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co. St. Louis, MO.
Joseph Henderson (Henry) Kent
1868; Grad. Lane Theological Seminary; 1871. Presby. clergyman. Died 1876. Shelbyville, Indiana.
Hiram Orlando Fairchild
1866. Lawyer. Member, Wisconsin Legislature, 1883-7; Speaker, 1885-7. Delegate at large from Wisconsin to the 1888 Republican Convention. Died 1925. Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Theophilus Wiley Hill
1871. Farmer. Died 1913. Shelbyville, Indiana.
Charles Harvey Little
1870; Grad. Lane Theological Sem., 1873; D.D. 1891. Presby. clergyman. Lowell, Indiana.
Frederick Halsey Conger
1870.; M.D. Columbia, 1872. Physician. Died 1896. Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
George Grundy Dunn
1867; also Hanover chapter; LL.B. Indiana U., 1875. Lawyer. Died 1891. Bedford, Indiana.
William Henry Riley
1872. Merchant. Northampton, Massachusetts.
Lucius Skinner Smith
1871. Banker. Died 1930. DuQuoin, Illinois.
Matthias Loring Haines
1871; D.D. 1888. Phi Beta Kappa. Presby. clergyman. Trustee, Wabash College. Director, Lane Theological Seminary. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Roger Abbott Williams
Miami 1872; also Miami Chapter. Editor of the "Oxford Citizen." Editor of the Beta Theta Pi General Fraternity Catalogue of 1870. Died 1873. Shandon, Ohio.
Thomas Hall McCorkle
1871. M.D. Ohio, 1879. Physician. Died 1910. Edwards, Indiana
Samuel Lorence (Lawrence) Ward
1873; D.D. 1904. Presby. clergyman. Author of Hymn Books in Turkish and Persian. Author: "Barbarians We to College Come." Los Angeles, California.
Windsor Augustus Smith
1873. Banker. Died 1884. DuQuoin, Illinois.
John Higgins Barnhart
1873; A.B. Williams 1874. Merchant. Logansport, Indiana.
Albert Baker
1874. Lawyer and founder of Indianapolis' Baker & Daniels in 1888 (the successor firm of Baker, Hord & Hendricks). From the history of Baker & Daniels: "Albert Baker, the son of (Indiana Governor) Conrad Baker, was born in 1851. In 1869, at the age of 18, he entered the law office of Hendricks, Hord & Hendricks to study law whenever his more onerous work would permit (he related that his principal duties were to sweep the offices and keep the fireplaces burning). Baker then entered Wabash College and received his A.B. degree in 1874. He returned immediately to Baker, Hord & Hendricks and was admitted to practice in 1876. Except for the years 1881-82 he continued with the firm and its successor firms until his death in October, 1942." The history later relates that he and Edward Daniels left to form their own firm of Baker & Daniels. The firm continues today as one of the Midwest's "powerhouse" law firms. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Frank White Morrison
1873. A.B. Williams, 1874. Lawyer. President, Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company. Vice-President American Central Life Insurance Company. Died 1931. Indianapolis, Indiana.
William Davis Dickey
1875. Banker. Chicago, Illinois.
Lawrence Martin Vance
Electrician. Orderly, 132d Indiana Vol. Inf., 1863. Los Angeles, California.
John Scudder McLain
1877. Phi Beta Kappa. Editor in chief, "St. Paul Dispatch" and "St. Paul Pioneer Press." Editor of "Minneapolis Evening Journal," 1885-1908. Author of "Alaska and the Klondike," 1905. Died 1931. Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
Charles Gilmer Gray
1873. Merchant. Magaxine writer. Springfield, Illinois.
Samuel Forman Taylor
1874. Grad, Union Theological Sem., New York, 1879. Presby. clergyman. Died 1901. McAfee, Kentucky.
George Cyrus Taber
1875; LL.B. Columbia, 1878. Lawyer. Logansport, Indiana
Edward Daniels
1875. Phi Beta Kappa. Lawyer and founder of Indianapolis' Baker & Daniels in 1888 (the successor firm of Baker, Hord & Hendricks). The firm continues today as one of the Midwest's "powerhouse" law firms. Master in Chancery, U.S. District Court. First president of the Columbia Club. From the Baker and Daniels history, "Special mention should be made of the respect and admiration given to Daniels by his fellow lawyers. Hewas beloved by friends and he had no foes... On the occasion of his death, the Indianapolis Bar Association conducted a moving memorial service in Federal Court befitting a saint, at which some of the most prominent members of the Indianapolis bar exalted the beloved Edward Daniels. The proceedings were perpetuated in printed form and can be found in the archives of the Indiana State Library." Died 1918. Indianapolis, Indiana. Photograph, courtesy of Baker and Daniels.
Henry Martyn Rogers
1875; Grad. Danville Theological Seminary, 1880. Presbyterian clergyman. Died 1930. Vincennes, Indiana
Charles Henderson McCarer
1875. Journalist. Assistant U.S. District Attorney for Indiana, 1881-6. Editor of southern edition, "Mississippi Valley Lumberman," 1890-93. Died 1893. Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Thornton Gaggy Fyffe
1875. Presbyterian clergyman. Died 1903. Crawfordsville, Indiana
Thomas Fleming Davidson
1876. Lawyer. Judge of Circuit Court, 1880. Author of "Overruled Cases," and "Manual for Executors." Died 1893. Crawfordsville, Indiana
Edgar Louis Hendricks
1876. Died 1928. Chatfield, Minnesota.
Asa Albert Fairchild
1877. Died 1921. Denver, Colorado.
William Northrop Moore
1877. Investment businessman. Died 1932. Kansas City, Kansas
William Stuart Glass
1879. Attorney. Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. "W. S. GLASS, lawyer, was born near Napoleon, Ripley Co., Ind., in 1856. In 1871 he removed to Mount Sterling, Ill., residing there until completing his education. His literary education was acquired at Wabash College, Indiana, and has legal education at the University of Iowa, graduating from the law college in June, 1879. In November of that year came to Marysville, Kan., and has practiced his profession since at that place. Me. Glass is a member of the A. O. U. W., and Beta Theta, Pi; Tau Chapter. He is a young attorney, rapidly gaining a prominent position in the ranks of this most honorable profession. Is a member of the Kansas Legislature for the Fifty-fourth District." (From William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas MARSHALL COUNTY, Part 5)
David Newton McKee
1877. Boston, Massachusetts. President of The Mother Church, Church of Christ, Scientist. Died 1929. From the Archives of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, "Mr. McKee joined The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1893. He was residing in Piqua, Ohio, at that time and had taken Primary class instruction with Joseph Armstrong in 1889. (Primary class teaches the basics of Christian Science healing from the chapter, "Recapitulation" found in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.) He became a Christian Science practitioner (healer) listed in The Christian Science Journal in March 1893. In 1898, he had Normal class instruction with Mary Bake Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. (Normal class qualifies a person to be a teacher of Christian Science.) He became President of The Mother Church in 1925. He also served as president of the Board of Education of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College for seven years. Mr. McKee remained a Christian Science teacher and practitioner until the time of his passing in York, Maine, on August 10, 1929 as the result of a car accident."
Charles Ewing Taber
1878; LL.B. Columbia University, 1881. Lawyer. Logansport, Indiana.
Robert Lockridge Anderson
1877. Lawyer. Ocala, Florida.
Edward Adams Benson
1879. Also a member of the Beloit and Michigan chapters of Beta Theta Pi.
Abbott Blunt
1877. Associate Editor of "Duluth-News-Tribune." Died 1907. Duluth, Minnesota.
Deming R. Bishop
1879. Superintendant, Stone Gap Colliery Company. died 1909. Glamorgan, Virginia.
Walter Stewart Lewis
1879. Principal of Preparatory Department, Syrian Protestant College, 1879-81. Died 1882. Beirut, Syria.
George Allen Thomson
1881. M.D. New York University, 1884. Physician. Died 1899. Chicago, Illinois.
George Vinnedge
1879. Merchant. Died 1906. Elkhart, Indiana.
Benjamin Williams Baker
1879; Also a member of the College of Wooster chapter of Beta Theta Pi; Lawyer, Died 1914. Somerville, Ohio.
Wilson Theodore Hume
1880. Lawyer, Member of the Oregon State Legislature, 1888-90. District Attorney, 1890-96. Died 1924. San Francisco, California.
Otto Gresham
1881. Lawyer. Chicago, Illinois
Herbert Lee Anderson
1881. Lawyer. Jacksonville, Florida
Frank Nelson Palmer
1881; D.D. 1903. Presybterian clergyman. President of The Winona Academy, 1909- 11. Died 1930. Winona Lake, Indiana
Howard Billman
1878; Graduate Lane Theological Seminary, 1881. Presbyterian clergyman. Died 1928. East Saint Louis, Illinois.
Harry Gasten Coughlen
1883. Indianapolis, Indiana
James Ephraim Williamson
1882. Principal Hopland Union High School. Died 1918. Hopland, California.
Wellington W. Birchfield
1884. Muncie, Indiana.
John Barr Allen
1885. Journalist. Died 1892. Tacoma, Washington.
William Vincent McConn
1884. Lawyer. County Attorney, 1894-98. Died 1929. Arkansas City, Kansas.
Charles Beary Landis
1883. Journalist. U.S. Congressman from Indiana, 1897-1909. Died 1922. Wilmington, Delaware.
James Flynn Stutesman
1884. Lawyer. Member of the Indiana State Legislature, 1895,1901, and 1903. U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1908-1910. Died 1917. Peru, Indiana.
Robert McMains Fishback
1884. Secretary, Indiana University Law School, 1895-99. Died 1914. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Albert Edward Thornton
1883. Fire Insurance. Died 1915. Los Angeles, California.
Allen Hamilton Holman
1885. Farmer. Died 1893. Aurora, Indiana.
John Charles Wilson
1886. Photographer. Logansport, Indiana.
Robert Steele Thomson
1886. Lawyer. Journalist. Life Insurance. Died 1911. Minneapolis, Minnesota.