List of people from Spencer, Indiana
The following is a list of notable people associated with Spencer, Indiana. These people were born or lived in Spencer.
Military[edit]
Army[edit]
- U.S. Army General Thomas Alexander McNaught was born near Spencer on 8 September 1826, one of the eleven children of Thomas and Catherine (Bartholomew) McNaught. He enlisted in April 1846 into Company A, 3d Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and left service in July 1847. When civil war broke out, he enlisted into Company A, 59th Indiana Infantry Regiment and elected captain after raising a company on 10 October 1861, rising in rank to become a brevetted Brigadier General on 4 August 1865 and ultimately taking command of the First Brigade of the Third Division in the Fifteen Army Corps. He took part in the siege of New Madrid, march to Iuka, movement to Milliken's Bend, Battle of Raymond, Battle of Jackson, Battle of Champion Hill, Black River, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, Battle of Vicksburg, and Siege of Corinth. He participated in Sherman's March to the Sea from Dalton to Atlanta and the capture of Savannah.[1] He died on 10 March 1919 and was buried in River Hill Cemetery, south of Spencer.[2]
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- U.S. Army Colonel Scott S. Haraburda, a resident of Spencer, is a soldier, engineer, inventor, and author.[3][4] As a soldier, he commanded the 464th Chemical Brigade and served as the lead logistics support officer in Kuwait to help fix the issues that caused the contingency contracting crisis identified from the Gansler Commission, later retiring in 2010 with the Legion of Merit.[5][6][7][8] The following year, he was inducted into the Central Michigan University ROTC Hall of Fame.[9][10] As an engineer, he made significant contributions into optimizing the designs of Helical-Coil Heat Exchangers (HCHE) and Microwave Rocket Thrusters.[11][12] In 2001, he earned a doctorate in chemical engineering from Michigan State University.[13] The National Society of Professional Engineers named Dr. Haraburda a Fellow in 2013;[14][15] and from 2014 until 2015, he served as the president of the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers.[16] As an inventor, he holds two United States patents and seven patent publications.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
- U.S. Army Captain David Enoch Beem was born in Spencer on 24 June 1837, the sixth of twelve children of Levi and Sarah (Johnson) Beem. He graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1860 with a degree in law and was admitted to the bar in Owen County. Beem enlisted as a first sergeant in the Union army on 19 April 1861, and assisted in the organization of the first company raised in Owen County. Beem served in Company H, 14th Indiana Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to first lieutenant in August 1861, and to captain in May 1862. Beem fought at Rich Mountain, Cheat Mountain, the first battle of Kernstown, as well as at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, and in other campaigns as part of the Union's Army of the Potomac. After three years of service, he mustered out of the military in June 1864.[26]
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- U.S. Navy Admiral John Howard Cassady was born in Spencer on 3 April 1896 to William Franklin and Samantha Haxton Cassady. After attending Spencer High School, he went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1918 (Class of 1919).[27] He was married to Sallie (née Dold), having two sons, John H. Jr. and William F. Cassady. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, he commanded the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), taking command from then Captain Mullinnix, in what is probably the only time in naval history that an officer relinquished command of a ship to another born from the same small town. He commanded the Saratoga until he was promoted to rear admiral in 1944. From May 1952 to March 1954, Admiral Cassady served as the commander of the United States Sixth Fleet followed by Commander in Chief Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean until his retirement in May 1956.[27][28][29] He died on 25 January 1969 and is buried with his wife in Arlington National Cemetery.
- U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Henry Maston Mullinnix was born on 4 July 1892 in Spencer to William Francis and Edith Estelle (née Prather) Mullinnix. After attending Attica High School, he went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1916, first in his class.[27][28] During World War II in the Pacific Theater, he too commanded the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) from 7 April until 22 August 1943 when he was promoted to rear admiral and transferred to another carrier division. He was aboard the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) when it sank after being torpedoed by an enemy submarine on 24 November 1943, and later declared dead. His brother, Rear Admiral Allen Prather Mullinnix was born in 1898 in Attica, Indiana, and served with distinction during the war with commands of the USS Calvert (APA-32) and the USS Pensacola (CA-24), taking part in the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa, and retiring in 1947.[27] In 1957, the destroyer USS Mullinnix (DD-944) was named in Henry's honor.[30]
Air Force[edit]
- U.S. Army Air Corps Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam was a famous pilot for the United States in the earlier half of the 20th century. The son of a lawyer, Hickam was born in Spencer on 14 August 1885, the eldest of four children. Hickam's association with aviation began with the United States' entry into World War I. He was involved in the Mexican Punitive Expedition. By the end of his career, he had achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel and received a Silver Star. Colonel Hickam was killed in a landing accident at Fort Crockett, Galveston, Texas, on 5 November 1934. His fame as being a pioneering figure in aviation and aerospace science eventually led to the naming of the United States Air Force Base in Hawaii, "Hickam AFB" in his honor.
Other[edit]
- Ernest M. Viquesney was born in Spencer on 5 August 1876, the only child of Alfred P. and Jane (née Lehman) Viquesney.[31] He was a Spanish–American War veteran.[32] In 1928, he built the Tivoli Theatre in Spencer.[33] He was an American sculptor best known for his very popular World War I monument Spirit of the American Doughboy, one of which is located in front of the Owen County Courthouse.[31][34] Shortly after the death of his second wife, Elizabeth "Betty" (née Sadler), he killed himself on 4 October 1946, the day after the thirteenth anniversary of the death of his first wife, Cora B. (née Barnes), all three buried at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer.[35]
- William S. Sadler, was born in Spencer and was a surgeron, psychiatrist, and author.[36]
References[edit]
- ^ Blanchard, C. (ed.) (1884), Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, (Chicago: F.A. Battey & Company Publishers), pp. 880–881.
- ^ Eicher, J.H. & Eicher, D.J. (eds.) (2001), Civil War High Commands, (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3), p. 383.
- ^ 2005 Congressional Record, Vol. 151, Page S13510 (13 December 2005)
- ^ Haraburda, Scott (2013). Christian Controversies: Seeking the Truth. Meaningful Publications. ISBN 978-0-9886072-0-0.
- ^ Haraburda, Scott (Winter 2007). "CBRNE Leadership Rules" (PDF). Army Chemical Review: 4–7. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Haraburda, Scott; Bloom, Frances; Keck, Robert (2009). "Contracting Agility in LOGCAP-Kuwait" (PDF). Army Logistician. 41 (4): 3–8. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ staff (19 October 2010). "Colonel Haraburda Retires After Nearly Three Decades Of Service; Receives Legion Of Merit". Spencer Evening World. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Scott S. Haraburda". Hall of Valor. Military Times. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "ROTC Hall of Fame". Central Michigan University. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Loebach, Linda K. (15 March 2011). "Haraburda Inducted into ROTC Hall of Fame". United States Army. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Haraburda, Scott S. (July 1995). "Three-Phase Flow? Consider Helical-Coil Heat Exchangers". Chemical Engineering. 102 (7): 149–151. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ Haraburda, Scott (June 1992). "Developmental Research for Designing a Microwave Electrothermal Thruster". 18th Army Science Conference. Vol. 2. Orlando, Florida. pp. 15–29. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ Haraburda, Scott (2001). Transport phenomena of flow through helium and nitrogen plasmas in microwave electrothermal thrusters (Ph.D.). Michigan State University. ProQuest 304703595.
- ^ "Complete List of NSPE Fellows". National Society of Professional Engineers. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Peske, Thomas (3 July 2013). "Crane Army Employee Receives Engineering Society Honor". United States Army. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ staff (27 May 2014). "Haraburda Named 69th President Of Society Of Professional Engineering". Spencer Evening World. p. 1. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ US 6516280, Michael Davis, Timothy Klein, George McCarty, Scott; Masterson, Rex & Clark, Angelika, "Method and System for Electronic Recycle Inventory Tracking", issued 2003
- ^ US 6405579, Tjahjadi, Mahari; Janssen, Joseph & Fischer, George et al., "Scaleless On-Line Rheometer Device", issued 2002
- ^ US 2002077722, Haraburda, Scott; Masterson, Rex & Clark, Angelika et al., "Method and System for Electronic Tracking of Packaging", published 2002
- ^ US 2002077718, Michael Davis, George McCarty, Scott; Masterson, Rex & Clark, Angelika, "Method and System for Using Electronic Raw Material Tracking and Quality Control", published 2002
- ^ US 2002077717, Michael Davis, Dale Dorris Jennifer Johnson, Scott; Masterson, Rex & Clark, Angelika, "Method and System for Using Electronic Raw Material and Formula Verification", published 2002
- ^ US 2002077715, Haraburda, Scott; Masterson, Rex & Clark, Angelika et al., "Method and System for Using Electronic Downloadable Control Plans", published 2002
- ^ WO 0150209, Haraburda, Scott; Masterson, Rex & Clark, Angelika et al., "Method and System for Monitoring Production Data", published 2001
- ^ WO 0141540, Haraburda, Scott, "Method and System for Visualizing a Production Schedule", published 2001
- ^ WO 0127795, Haraburda, Scott, "Method and System for Screen Saver Based Communications", published 2001
- ^ Gressitt, Alexandra S. (reprocessed) (2 January 2002). "David Enoch Beem documents" (PDF). Manuscript Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society. Retrieved 26 January 2014. See also: Charles W. Taylor (1895). Biographical Sketches and Review of the Bench and Bar of Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bench and Bar Publishing Company. pp. 660–63. OCLC 2503866. Also: Charles Blanchard (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company. OCLC 8652274.
- ^ a b c d Heffermn, John (1955). "Hoosier Senior Naval Officers in World War II". Indiana Magazine of History. 51 (2): 91–112. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ a b Richardson, Dixie K. (3 June 2015). "Fact & Folklore of Owen County: Spencer's Admirals". Spencer Evening World. p. 1. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Commanders of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet". U.S.S. Little Rock Association. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Joins the Fleet Today". The Boston Naval Shipyard News. 7 March 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ a b Indiana Department of Natural Resources (20 October 1994). "Owen County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historical Places – Registration Form. p. 8. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Wingate, Jennifer (2013). Sculpting Doughboys: Memory, Gender, and Taste in America's World War I Memorials. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. p. 59.
- ^ staff (23 October 2009). "Tivoli Slowly Being Taken Back To Original Look From 1920's". Spencer Evening World. p. 1. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Trout, Steven. On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919–1941. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: The University of Alabama Press. pp. 111–115.
- ^ Dissent from War
- ^ "Family search: Sarah Isabelle Wilson". Family search.