Showing posts with label mooresvillian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mooresvillian. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Mooresville's Movie Mogul

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Did you know Mooresville, Indiana had its own movie mogul?  Longtime Mooresville business owner Leon Adler (1906-1986) produced and distrib...
Monday, December 3, 2018

James Whitcomb Riley's Mooresville Connections

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James Whitcomb Riley, sign painter (ca. 1872) (Photo courtesy of Indianapolis Public Library Riley Collection) Although famous Hoos...

Arthur C. Newby (Famous Mooresvillian)

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Arthur C. Newby (1865-1933) was born and raised near Monrovia, Indiana, but owned land in Mooresville that became an important part of loca...

Ruth Ellen Comer (Famous Mooresvillian)

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   Ruth Ellen Comer Ruth Ellen Comer (1909-1995) was the daughter of Charles Benton Comer and Mary Aldrich Comer.  She grad...

Sammy Lee Davis (Famous Mooresvillian)

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Sammy Lee Davis moved to Waverly, Indiana from California following his junior year to attend Mooresville High School (graduated MHS Class...

Amos Rusie (Famous Mooresvillian)

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Mooresville native Amos Wilson Rusie (1871-1942), “the Hoosier Thunderbolt,” pitched for the New York Giants between 1890-1900 and the Ci...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Clifford C. Furnas: Olympic Athlete, Prominent Academic, and Famous Mooresvillian

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Clifford C. Furnas (1900-1969) graduated from Mooresville High School in 1918. He earned his bachelor degree from Purdue University (1922),...