This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it
just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not
researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these
families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional
mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this
book. I am typing the biographies from it.
Typed by Lora Radiches:
Other surnames mentioned in the biography of EDGAR J. LLEWELYN are, Llewelyn,
Kester, Mendenhall, Burgess,
EDGAR J. LLEWELYN has made a record of nearly thirty years of loyal and
constructive service as a teacher and executive of the Indiana public schools, and
he is now the able and popular superintendent of the public schools of the
City of Newcastle, judicial center of Henry County. Mr. Llewelyn was born at
Martinsville, Ohio, November 21, 1876, and is a son of John and Anna (Kester)
Llewelyn, both likewise natives of the old Buckeye State, where the former was
born in Morgan County and the latter in Clinton County. The family
circle was broken by the death of the loved wife and mother in 1881. John Llewelyn
brought his family to Indiana in 1882, after the death of his wife, and
engaged in farm enterprise in Grant County. In 1892 Edgar J. Llewelyn walked
to Hamilton County, Indiana, where he worked at farming during the summer
seasons and attended school during the winter terms, his expenses being met
largely through his service as schoolhouse janitor. He worked his way through the
high school at Westfield, Hamilton County, from which he was graduated as a
member of the class of 1899, and through subsequent study and self-discipline he
has broadened his education to one of liberal order. In 1895, about four years
before he had completed his high-school course, Mr. Llewelyn became a teacher
in the district schools, and in 1898 he was made superintendent of the public
schools of the village of Fishers, Hamilton County: He retained this position
three years, and during the ensuing four years was superintendent of the city
public schools of Arcadia, that county. He next gave five years of
administration as superintendent of the public schools of Sheridan, Indiana, and he was
next called to Mount Vernon, judicial center of Posey County, where he
continued as superintendent of the city schools until 1917, when he was called to the
superintendency of the Newcastle public schools, his splendid work here
having been so directed as to coordinate the service of all departments and to
bring the schools to very high standard. Under his administration the enrollment
of students has been increased by more than 100%, with the expanding of the
corps of teachers in consonance with the general growth. The students of the high
school have increased in number from 125 to more than 1,000. In 1909
Mr. Llewelyn initiated his service on the lecture platform, by associating
himself with the Coit-Alber Independent Chautauqua organization and the
Central Community Chautauqua Association. Since 1924 he has been thus
connected with the Lower Independent Chautauqua Company, which has its
headquarters at Bloomington, Illinois. Mr. Llewelyn has been a member of the National
Education Association since 1905, and is also a popular and valued member of
the Indiana State Teachers Association, in which he has been an influential
worker, besides which he has been since 1898 a member of the Indiana town and
city association of superintendents of public schools. He is a member also of
the Northern Indiana Superintendents Club, is a charter member of the Indiana
City Superintendents Research Club, the while he has held various offices in
these various educational bodies and in each has given evidence of his
professional loyalty and enthusiasm. Mr. Llewelyn is a member of the board of trustees
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in his home city. He is a member of the
Wilbur Wright Memorial Commission of Indiana, and in 1928 he was a member of the
Indiana state committee of twenty appointed to inspect various mental-hygiene
institutions in other states of the Union. He and his wife are especially
zealous members of the Methodist Church at Newcastle and in its Sunday school he is
teacher of the Men’s Bible Class. He is a charter member of the local Rotary
Club, in which he has held all of the various offices, and as a member of the
Newcastle Chamber of Commerce he served two years as president of its Dynamo
Club, which represents one of the most vigorous departments of its work and
service. Mr. Llewelyn was the first president of the Newcastle Y. M. C. A. and
held this position at the time when funds were raised for erecting the new
building of the association. In the year 1899 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Llewelyn to Miss Florence Mendenhall, who was born in Hamilton County, Indiana,
and who is a daughter of Simeon and Eliza (Burgess) Mendenhall. Martha
Myrtilla, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Llewelyn, is now (1931) a student in the Indiana
University. Mr. Llewelyn is a York Rite, Knight Templar and thirty-second
degree Scottish Rite Mason and at the time of this writing he is serving as
Indiana state speaker for this division of the time-honored fraternity, and is
also a member of Murat Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He is affiliated also with the
Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order
of Red Men.