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Evansville and its Men of Mark.
exhausted, he commenced teaching school. His first effort as a pedagogue was in Beaver Co., Pa. He afterwards taught school in Paris, and near Cross Creek village in Washington Co. Pennsylvania.
In 1845, he went to the Florence Academy in Pennsylvania taught by Prof. John A. Smith. After a few months he was induced by a friend to come West, and landed at New Albany about the 1st of September, 1846. He took charge of the pre¬ paratory department of J. B. Anderson's Collegiate Institute, but the position not proving profitable, he went to Oldham Co., Ky-, and taught school for six months, when, meeting Rev. Dr. Scoville, President of the Hanover College, he was induced to go to that institution, where he remained till the 1st of Jan¬ uary, 1849, with the exception of six months, while in charge of the Ripley County Seminary.
On the 3d of January, 1849, he was married to Miss Harriet J. Dinv/iddie, of Hanover, Ind., and after spending the Summer at the old homestead in Virginia, he returned to Indiana in August, 1849, and again took charge of the Ripley County Seminary, remaining till March, 1862, when his health failing, he engaged for active, out-door exercise in selling clocks in Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois, in which business he con¬ tinued for three years, and achieved an enviable reputation, as a " live Yankee."
Mr. Silverthorn next took charge of the editorial depart¬ ment of the American, published in Terre Haute by Isaac N. Coltrin, while that gentleman made a visit to Kansas, and after a few weeks, Mr. Silverthorn and Isaac M. Brown, late of the Sullivan Co. Union, bought the American office, and conducted it successfully for a few months, when Mr, Silverthorn sold his interest to Col. R. N. Hudson, who had just purchased the Wabash Express, with which the American was blended. For nearly a year Mr. Silverthorn pursued various occupations, when he was engaged in the freight office of the T. H. & R. R. R., but after a few weeks was transferred to the Superintendency of a book bindery and job printing office owned by Sam'l Craw¬ ford, Chas. Wood and C. W. Ferguson—Mr. Ferguson having left hurriedly—the first two gentlemen being President and Secre¬ tary of the T. H. & R. R. R. Here he remained three years,
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when he became city editor of the Waha-xh Express, in the fall of 1858, and continued with it till March, 1862 ; having almost full control of the paper during 1861, and up to March, 1862, Gen. Cruft, the then proprietor, being absent in the army.
Mr. Silverthorn came to Evansville and entered upon duty as local and river editor of the Journal, March 28th, 1862. Having a strong constitution, and willing to work, for the first year or two, in addition to his duties as river and city editor, he copied nearly all the telegraph reports which were then taken on paper, the old-fashioned way, there being no "sounder" in the office.
From the first day's labor as river editor, Mr. Silverthorn has made a strong impression upon those connected with the river business, and this impression has only been increased by tiine. He is better posted upon subjects connected with the steamboat business, than any man in this section. His manners are easy and courteous to all. From the roustabout to the captain—all regard him as their warm friend and champion. As river editor of the Journal, Mr. Silverthorn has won an enviable reputation. To him much credit is due for the rapid increase of newspaper matter connected with the river. His labors have not been in vain, as his achievements in the past have made him, in a measure, the " King of River Editors."
His family consists of a wife and three children, two sons and one daughter ; having lost two sons and one daughter, his first two and last child. Now at the age of fifty-two he is vig¬ orous and lively. He has had but one serious spell of sickness during the last thirty-five years. He hdo uad an abundance of fun, " if he has not saved much money."
Mr. Silverthorn was a Democrat till 1854 ; since 1860, a sturdy unfaltering Republican. He voted for Filmore in 1856. He was the first to place the name of Abraham Lincoln at the head of a paper, for President in 1860.
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| Title | Evansville and its men of mark |
| Editor |
White, Edward, 19th cent |
| Original Publisher | Evansville, Ind. : Historical Publishing Company |
| Original Date | 1873 |
| Physical Description | 420 p. : ill., plates, ports. ; 21 cm |
| Notes | "The Social experiment at New Harmony" and "My experience at New Harmony" by Robert Dale Owen: p. [215]-258 |
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Evansville (Ind.) -- Biography Evansville (Ind.) -- History New Harmony (Ind.) -- History |
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Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library |
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| Transcript | 394 Evansville and its Men of Mark. exhausted, he commenced teaching school. His first effort as a pedagogue was in Beaver Co., Pa. He afterwards taught school in Paris, and near Cross Creek village in Washington Co. Pennsylvania. In 1845, he went to the Florence Academy in Pennsylvania taught by Prof. John A. Smith. After a few months he was induced by a friend to come West, and landed at New Albany about the 1st of September, 1846. He took charge of the pre¬ paratory department of J. B. Anderson's Collegiate Institute, but the position not proving profitable, he went to Oldham Co., Ky-, and taught school for six months, when, meeting Rev. Dr. Scoville, President of the Hanover College, he was induced to go to that institution, where he remained till the 1st of Jan¬ uary, 1849, with the exception of six months, while in charge of the Ripley County Seminary. On the 3d of January, 1849, he was married to Miss Harriet J. Dinv/iddie, of Hanover, Ind., and after spending the Summer at the old homestead in Virginia, he returned to Indiana in August, 1849, and again took charge of the Ripley County Seminary, remaining till March, 1862, when his health failing, he engaged for active, out-door exercise in selling clocks in Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois, in which business he con¬ tinued for three years, and achieved an enviable reputation, as a " live Yankee." Mr. Silverthorn next took charge of the editorial depart¬ ment of the American, published in Terre Haute by Isaac N. Coltrin, while that gentleman made a visit to Kansas, and after a few weeks, Mr. Silverthorn and Isaac M. Brown, late of the Sullivan Co. Union, bought the American office, and conducted it successfully for a few months, when Mr, Silverthorn sold his interest to Col. R. N. Hudson, who had just purchased the Wabash Express, with which the American was blended. For nearly a year Mr. Silverthorn pursued various occupations, when he was engaged in the freight office of the T. H. & R. R. R., but after a few weeks was transferred to the Superintendency of a book bindery and job printing office owned by Sam'l Craw¬ ford, Chas. Wood and C. W. Ferguson—Mr. Ferguson having left hurriedly—the first two gentlemen being President and Secre¬ tary of the T. H. & R. R. R. Here he remained three years, Evansville and its Men of Mark. 395 when he became city editor of the Waha-xh Express, in the fall of 1858, and continued with it till March, 1862 ; having almost full control of the paper during 1861, and up to March, 1862, Gen. Cruft, the then proprietor, being absent in the army. Mr. Silverthorn came to Evansville and entered upon duty as local and river editor of the Journal, March 28th, 1862. Having a strong constitution, and willing to work, for the first year or two, in addition to his duties as river and city editor, he copied nearly all the telegraph reports which were then taken on paper, the old-fashioned way, there being no "sounder" in the office. From the first day's labor as river editor, Mr. Silverthorn has made a strong impression upon those connected with the river business, and this impression has only been increased by tiine. He is better posted upon subjects connected with the steamboat business, than any man in this section. His manners are easy and courteous to all. From the roustabout to the captain—all regard him as their warm friend and champion. As river editor of the Journal, Mr. Silverthorn has won an enviable reputation. To him much credit is due for the rapid increase of newspaper matter connected with the river. His labors have not been in vain, as his achievements in the past have made him, in a measure, the " King of River Editors." His family consists of a wife and three children, two sons and one daughter ; having lost two sons and one daughter, his first two and last child. Now at the age of fifty-two he is vig¬ orous and lively. He has had but one serious spell of sickness during the last thirty-five years. He hdo uad an abundance of fun, " if he has not saved much money." Mr. Silverthorn was a Democrat till 1854 ; since 1860, a sturdy unfaltering Republican. He voted for Filmore in 1856. He was the first to place the name of Abraham Lincoln at the head of a paper, for President in 1860. |
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