History of Aurora, (Kane County) Illinois United States of America

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Kate Holladay Claghorn, author, was born at Aurora, Ill., Dec. 12, 1863; daughter of Charles and Martha (Holladay) Claghorn; granddaughter of Benjamin and Esther (Sadler) Claghorn, and of Elias Gideon and Sarah (Hammond) Holladay; and a descendant of James Claghorn, who, according to the old Plymouth, Mass., records, was married to Abigail Lombard in 1654. Her grandfather, Benjamin Claghorn, was a captain in the war of 1812, and was a nephew of Col. George Claghorn, the builder of the frigate Constitution, "Old Ironsides." Miss Claghorn was prepared for college at Brooklyn Heights seminary and by private tutoring, and was graduated from Bryn Mawr A.B. in 1892, and from Yale university Ph.D. in 1896. She was vice-president of the Association of collegiate alumn?, 1895-98, and in 1898 was elected general secretary-treasurer of the Association of collegiate alumn?. She is the author of College Training for Women (1897); and of numerous magazine articles including "Ethics of Copyright," Yale Review, February 1896; "Burke: A Centenary Perspective," Atlantic Monthly, July, 1897; "The Problem of Occupation for College Women," Educational Review, March, 1898.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Charles Henry Dietrich, U. S. senator, was born in Aurora. Ill., Nov. 26, 1853; son of Leonard and Wilhelmina Dietrich. He became president of the German National bank, Hastings, Neb., in 1878, and was elected governor of Nebraska in 1900, but resigned, and was elected U. S. senator (Republican) from Nebraska. March 28, 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor