Background
Dunn, Jacob Piatt was born on April 12, 1855 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States. Son of Jacob Piatt and Harriet L. (Tate) Dunn.
Dunn, Jacob Piatt was born on April 12, 1855 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States. Son of Jacob Piatt and Harriet L. (Tate) Dunn.
Bachelor of Science, Earlham College, 1874, Master of Science, 1888. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1876.
Secretary Indiana History Society, since 1886. State librarian of Indiana, 1889-1893. Editorial writer, Indianapolis Sentinel, 1893-1904.
City comptroller.
Indianapolis, 1904-1906, 1914-1916. Author: Indiana (American Commonwealth Series), 1888. Indiana—a Redemption from Slavery, 1905.
True Indian Stories, 1909.
History of Indianapolis, 1910. The Unknown God, 1914.
Indiana and Indianans, 1919. Private secretary to Senator South. M. Ralston, since 1923.
Home: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Married Charlotte Elliott Jones, November 23, 1893.