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GREENCASTLE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Putnam county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., about 38 m. W. by S. of See also:Indianapolis and on the Big See also:Walnut See also:river. Pop. (1900) 3661; (1910) 3790. It is served by the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & St. See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis,
the Chicago, Indianapolis & See also:Louisville, the Vandalia, and the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern (electric) See also:railways. It has manufactures of some importance, including See also:lumber, pumps, See also:kitchen-cabinets, See also:drag-saws, See also:lightning-rods and See also:tin-See also:plate, is in the midst of a See also:blue grass region, and is a See also:shipping point for See also:beef See also:cattle. The city has a See also:Carnegie library and is the seat of the de Pauw University (co-educational), a Methodist Episcopal institution, founded as Indiana See also:Asbury University in 1837, and renamed in 1884 in See also:honour of See also:Washington See also:Charles de Pauw (1822-1887), a successful capitalist, banker and See also:glass manufacturer. The See also:total gifts of Mr de Pauw and his See also:family to the institution amount to about $600,000. Among the presidents of the university have been See also:Bishop See also:Matthew See also:Simpson, Bishop See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Bowman (b. 1817), and Bishop See also:Edwin See also:Holt See also:Hughes (b. 1866), all of the Methodist Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. The university comprises the Asbury See also:College of Liberal Arts, a School of See also:Music, a School of See also:Art and an See also:Academy, and had in 1909-1910 43 instructors, a library of 37,000 volumes, and 1017 students. Greencastle was first settled about 182o, and was chartered as a city in 1861.
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