Background
Vorhis, Flavius Josephus Van was born on December 31, 1840 in Pike Township, Marion Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Isaac and Sarah (Cotton) Vorhis.
Vorhis, Flavius Josephus Van was born on December 31, 1840 in Pike Township, Marion Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Isaac and Sarah (Cotton) Vorhis.
Studied at Northwestern Christian U. (now Butler U.). Doctor of Medicine Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1866. Doctor of Medicine Bellevue Hospital Medical College (New York University), 1871.
Bachelor of Laws, Central Law School, Indianapolis, 1880.
Private, and later assistant surgeon, 86th Indiana Volumes, 1861-1865. Practiced medicine, Indianapolis, 1866-1878, law, since 1880.
Member Indiana Senate, 1881, 1883.
Married Emma Burton, January 6, 1864.