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- ↑ "Attorneys General of Indiana". Indiana State Library.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Monks, Leander John (1916). Courts and lawyers of Indiana. Indianapolis: Federal Publishing Company.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Weik, Jesse William (1910). Weik's history of Putnam County, Indiana. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen.
- ↑ Hopkins, Marjorie. "Effort under way to restore Civil War monument to original grandeur; 'Soldier of the West' unique in state of Indiana". The Tribune-Star.
