Background
Lockridge, Ross Franklin was born on October 26, 1877 in Miami County, Indiana, United States. Son of Brenton Webster and Charlotta A. (Wray) Lockridge.
Lockridge, Ross Franklin was born on October 26, 1877 in Miami County, Indiana, United States. Son of Brenton Webster and Charlotta A. (Wray) Lockridge.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1900, LL. B., 1907. Doctor of Letters, Lincoln Memorial University, 1938.
Teacher public schools, Indiana, 1895-1903. Principal high school, Peru, Indiana, 1903-1905. Librarian Indiana U. Law School Library, 1905-1906.
Assistant instructor in public speaking Indiana University, 1906-1907, head public speaking department, secretary extension division, 1913-1914, extension lecturer, 1917-1922, director historic site recital course, summer sessions, 1930-1932, director Hoosier history institutions, summer sessions, 1946-1950.
Admitted to Oklahoma bar, 1907, practiced at Shawnee, 1907-1913. Secretary Citizens League of Indiana and editor The Citizen, 1914-1917.
Employment manager and welfare director Wayne Knitting Mills, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1917-1922. Indiana representative World Book Company, 1922-1934.
State supervisor general adult education, Indiana Emergency Education Division, 1934-1935.
Indiana director Federal Writers’ Projects, 1935-1937. Director of Hoosier Historic Memorial Activities under the Indiana U. Foundation, 1937-1950. Chairman New Harmony Memorial Commission, 1937-1939.
Director New Harmony State Memorial, 1939-1943.
Member Benjamin Harrison Memorial Commission, 1940. Extension Instructor in History Methods, Education Northern 490, Indiana State Teachers College, 1943-1950.
Police judge, Shawnee, 1909-1911. County Judge, Pottawatomic County, Oklahoma, 1911-1913.
Public defender, Oklahoma, 6 months 1913.
Member Mississippi Valley History Association, Indiana History Society, Society Indiana Pioneers, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Rotary, The Filson, Indiana Schoolmen’son
Married Elsie Lillian Shockley, July 23, 1902. Children: Robert Bruce (deceased), V. Shockley, Lillian Louise, Ross Franklin (deceased).