Indiana and Indianans - a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood (1919) (14741091806)

Identifier: indianaindianans04dunn (find matches)
Title: Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924 Kemper, General William Harrison, 1839-
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Chicago and New York : The American historical society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center



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largefamily to provide for he sought improve-ment of the conditions of life and prospectsfor them by coming to the United Stateson board a sailing vessel in 1868. He lefthis family behind, and as opportunity of-fered he worked at his trade in Pittsburg,Logansport and Chicago, and in 1869 lo-cated permanently at Indianapolis. Soonafterward his wife and children joined himin this country. At Indianapolis AugustTamm, Sr., had his first employment at theold Washington foundry, subsequentlyknown as the Eagle foundry and also asthe Hasselman foundry. He was one ofthe industrial workmen of Indianapolisfor many years, but his later years werespent in dairying. He took little activepart in public affairs, was a lover of homeand domestic environment, and there spenthis happiest hours. He died in 1899. August Tamm, Jr., grew to manhood atIndianapolis and was educated both in theparochial and the business schools of thecity. On coming of age he began theprocess which as soon as possible made him
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INDIANA AND INDTANANS 1699 a naturalized American citizen. Largelydue to a fault in American public opinionand education naturalization has beenthought of lightly and consequently hasbeen entered into by the foreign born withlittle more consideration than would begiven to the most trivial routine. Mr.Tamm is an honorable exception to the ruleand from the first assumed the responsi-bilities of citizenship seriously. Then andever since he has entertained lofty idealsas to what constitutes American citizenshipand has lived up to those ideals himselfand in many ways has wielded a wide in-fluence in promoting them through hiswritings and through the medium of hisnewspapers. His life career began as a printer on theDaily Telegraph, a German paper. Hecompleted a thorough apprenticeship atthe printers trade, and with the exceptionof nine months while a grocery clerk andduring the period he was in public officehas always been connected with the print-ing or publishing business. Prom a posi-tio