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People

Famous, infamous, and otherwise notable people who left their mark on Circle City.

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Anna Margaret Ross Alexander
Anna Margaret Ross Alexander

Anna Margaret Ross Alexander was born on November 17, 1913 in Lafayette, Indiana, to Linn Carhahan Ross and Gladys Gould… Read More »Anna Margaret Ross Alexander

Kay Debow Alford
Kay Debow Alford

Kayanne DeBow Alford, known as “Kay,” was born on December 12, 1957 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Charles DeBow Jr. and… Read More »Kay Debow Alford

Fredonia Allen
Fredonia Allen

Fredonia Allen was the founder and principal of Indianapolis’s Tudor Hall (see ), a nationally recognized college preparatory school for… Read More »Fredonia Allen

May Frances Aufderheide
May Frances Aufderheide

Born on May 21, 1888 to John Henry and Lucy Deel Aufderheide of Indianapolis, May was raised in a middle-class… Read More »May Frances Aufderheide

Emma Christy Baker 
Emma Christy Baker 

Emma Christy was born on February 10, 1865 in Salem, Washington County, Indiana, to William W. Christy and Hester Shrewsberry. … Read More »Emma Christy Baker 

Arcada Campbell Stark Balz
Arcada Campbell Stark Balz

Born on December 31, 1879 in Morgan County on a farm near Bloomington, Indiana, Arcada Stark’s family moved to Colorado… Read More »Arcada Campbell Stark Balz

Carolyn (Carrie) Barnes
Carolyn (Carrie) Barnes

Carrie Barnes was born on April 20, 1883 in Kentucky to Lillie Peters and Charles Henry Barnes. When she was… Read More »Carolyn (Carrie) Barnes

Mary Ritter Beard
Mary Ritter Beard

Mary Ritter was born on August 5, 1876, into an affluent and education-minded Methodist family in Indianapolis. Her father, Eli… Read More »Mary Ritter Beard

Fraze Donnelly Berlin 
Fraze Donnelly Berlin 

Euphrasia Louise Donnelly was born on June 6, 1905, in Indianapolis to Maurice and Sarah Donnelly as one of eight… Read More »Fraze Donnelly Berlin 

Ruth Pratt Bobbs
Ruth Pratt Bobbs

Ruth Pratt Bobbs was born on September 3, 1884, in Indianapolis. The daughter of Julius Fisher Pratt and Mary Ann… Read More »Ruth Pratt Bobbs

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