Administrative Officers
Administrative Officers
Carlisle Pennsylvania
Carlisle to Train Indian Youth for Citizenship
Carlisle to Train Indian Youth for Citizenship
Genealogy of Samuel Allen Family
S151 SAMUEL ALLEN: Came to America near the end of the eighteenth century from England, bringing his widowed mother, whose first name is unknown and who returned to England; remarried, gaining a surname that is also unknown. Samuel became a farmer near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa. He was twice m. and had a large family. …
Biographical Sketch of Henry Lee
Henry Lee, proprietor of Summit Heights stock farm, near Battle Creek, Ida County, Iowa, was born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1833. He was married November 24, 1863 to Maria Fishburn, the daughter of John and Catherine Fishburn. Henry and Maria had 4 children: Harry F., Kate M., Myra M., and Thomas H. …
Indian Education at Hampton and Carlisle
An article appearing in Harper’s Magazine in April 1881 concerning the “education” taking place at the Indian schools of Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Hampton, Virginia.
Carlisle Indian School – Industrial
Carlisle Indian School: A report of the Carlisle Indian School provided in 1912 by the students themselves. Includes a list of graduates from 1889-1910.
Address, Colonel Pratt, Superintendent Carlisle School
I feel greatly honored by being allowed to speak after my chief. I shall not talk long. If I had prepared a paper to read here, as I had intended, after listening to what I have heard I would not read it. I invite the attention of the older members of the conference to the …
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Biography of Cyrus K. Holliday
Cyrus K. Holliday was one of the founders of Topeka, in which, for many years, he was the largest taxpayer; projected and built the first portion of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad; was one of the organizers of the republican party in Kansas, and an all-around promoter of great enterprises. Born at Carlisle, …
1911 Carlisle School Census
In 1911 Carlisle was directed by the Department of the Interior to prepare a census of the Indians under their charge. In all cases where the Indians are living on separate reservations under your jurisdiction you should submit a separate census roll of the Indians of each reservation. The names should be arranged in alphabetical …
Biography of Colonel George Davenport
Colonel George Davenport was the first white man to make a permanent settlement in what is now Rock Island County, arriving here in the spring of 1816. He was a native of England, born in Lincolnshire, in 1783. At the age of seventeen he enlisted as a sailor on a merchant vessel, and for the …
Carlisle Indian Industrial School Graduates 1900 – 1905
Carlisle Indian School Graduates: There were graduating classes at Carlisle Indian School from 1900 – 1905. Listed are the Graduates Name, Tribe, Home and Occupation.
Biography of Dr. William Plunkett
Esther, daughter of John Harris, married Dr. William Plunkett, who was born in Ireland of noble family. In personal appearance he is described as of large stature, great muscular development and strength, while an imperious disposition was among his distinguishing mental traits. This is attested by several occurrences in his career which yet retain a …
Early Exploration and Native Americans
De Soto and his band gave to the Choctaws at Moma Binah and the Chickasaws at Chikasahha their first lesson in the white man’s modus operandi to civilize and Christianize North American Indians; so has the same lesson been continued to be given to that unfortunate people by his white successors from that day to this, …
Carlisle Indian Industrial School Graduates 1906 – 1910
Carlisle Indian School Graduates: There were graduating classes at Carlisle Indian School from 1906 – 1910. Listed are the Graduates Name, Tribe, Home and Occupation.
Student Life at Carlisle Indian School
Student Life at Carlisle Indian School
Biography of William Allison Aikman
Aikman Brothers. As farmers, merchants, lawyers and active citizens the Aikman family have been prominent in Butler County for over forty-five years. The father of the Aikman brothers, lawyers and business men at El Dorado, was the late William A. Aikman, who on coming to Kansas in 1871 took up a homestead in Butler County …
Carlisle Indian School Record of Living Graduates
In presenting the following record of the graduates of the Carlisle School, than which no like school in the country can show a better record, it is desired to call attention to several facts to which the reader should give careful attention. First. The Carlisle School is not a university. The character of its academic …
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Ancestry of Thomas Beatty Inness of Brockton Massachusetts
Thomas Beatty Inness, of Brockton, one of that city’s enterprising and progressive citizens, is a native of Pennsylvania, born at Pottsville March 4, 1848, only son of the late James A. and Mary Williams (Beatty) Inness, and a descendant of sturdy Scotch-Irish.
Carlisle Indian Industrial School Graduates 1889 – 1895
Carlisle Indian School Graduates: There were graduating classes at Carlisle Indian School from 1889 to 1895. Listed are the Graduates Name, Tribe, Home and Occupation.
Course of Study at Carlisle Indian School
Course of Study at Carlisle Indian School