History of West Salem, (La Crosse County) Wisconsin United States of America

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Hamlin Garland, author, was born in West Salem. Wis., Sept. 14, 1860; son of Richard Hayes and Charlotte Isabelle (McClintock) Garland; and grandson of Richard Garland of Oxford county, Maine, and of Hugh McClintock, a Scotchman, born in the North of Ireland. He was taken by his parents to Iowa in 1868 and there attended for a brief time the public schools. He was graduated from Cedar Valley seminary. Osage, Mitchell county, Iowa, in 1881 and in 1882 made a trip to the east. He taught school in Illinois In 1882-83; was engaged in holding down a claim in Dakota in 1883-84, and in the autumn of 1884 removed to Boston, Mass., where he devoted his time to literary work. He lectured, wrote and conducted private classes in and around Boston until 1892, when he removed to New York city. In 1893 he removed to Chicago. He was married, Nov 18, 1899, to Zulime Taft of Chicago, a sculptor of ability and reputation; daughter of Prof. Don Carlos Taft (formerly of the University of Illinois), and a sister of Lorado Taft, the sculptor. His published works include: Main Travelled Roads (1891). A Spoil of Office (1892), A Member of the Third House (1892); Prairie Folks (1892; new edition. 1893). Jason Edwards (1892); A Little Norsk (1893); Prairie Songs (1893); Crumbling Idols (1894). Rose of Dutcher's Coolly (1895); Wayside Courtships (1897); The Spirit of Sweetwater (1898); Life of General Grant (1898); The Trail of the Goldseekers (1899); Boy Life on the Prairie (1899) and many magazine articles.

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

History of West Salem, (La Crosse County) Wisconsin

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