Frances Farmer (Sept. 9, 1914-Aug. 1, 1970). Born in Seattle, Washington, Frances Farmer graduated from the University of Washington and became a movie actress while still in her twenties. Although considered a… Read More »Frances Farmer
Janet Tyler Flanner (Genêt) (Mar. 13, 1892-Nov 7,1978). Janet Flanner was the second child of Mary Hockett Flanner and Francis William (Frank) Flanner. The parents were active in the business, civic, and cultural life… Read More »Janet Tyler Flanner (Genêt)
Gilbert Forbes (May 20, 1904-Sept. 18, 1961). Gilbert Forbes was a native of St. Louis and a graduate of the University of Dubuque. He also was an organist graduate of Chicago’s American… Read More »Gilbert Forbes
William Fortune (May 27, 1863-Jan. 28, 1942). Born in Boonville, Indiana, Fortune was largely self-educated through intense reading and through boyhood work as a printer’s helper and reporter on the Boonville Standard.… Read More »William Fortune
Lillian Thomas Fox (Nov. 1854 – Aug. 29, 1917). Lillian Thomas was born in Chicago to the Reverend Byrd Parker, pastor of Quinn African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Jane Janette Thomas, a schoolteacher.… Read More »Lillian Thomas Fox
Marion Garmel (Oct. 15, 1936-Oct. 22, 2022). Marion Garmel was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, the eldest of Marcus and Frieda Simon’s five children. She began her career as a… Read More »Marion Garmel
John (Big John) Gillis (Sept. 24, 1947 – Nov. 9, 2012). Born in San Antonio, Texas, Gillis moved to the border town of Howe, Indiana, with his family after his father’s retirement from the… Read More »John (Big John) Gillis
Robert Wesley (Cowboy Bob) Glaze (Dec. 1, 1942— Sept. 16, 2016). Actor, broadcaster, and media personality best-known for playing “Cowboy Bob,” on local children’s TV shows, Robert Wesley Glaze was born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.… Read More »Robert Wesley (Cowboy Bob) Glaze
Harvey Gregg (Mar 5, 1792-Apr 3, 1833). Arriving in Indianapolis in December 1821 from Henry County, Kentucky, Gregg was admitted to practice law at the initial meeting of the First Circuit Court… Read More »Harvey Gregg
Francis F. Hamilton (Feb. 21, 1891-Sept. 3, 1960). Francis F. Hamilton was the son of Lucius Hamilton, a founder of the Hamilton-Harris Company of Indianapolis (wholesaler of tobacco and sundry goods). He learned about… Read More »Francis F. Hamilton
