Lorenzo Latham
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Early life
Latham was born in Massachusetts on February 10, 1812.[1]
He attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.[2] During his senior year, he became a founding member of the literary fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi, along with Samuel Eells, John Curtiss Underwood, Oliver Andrew Morse, and Henry Lemuel Storrs.[3] Eells and Latham were in charge of drafting the fraternity's constitution and designing its badge.[3]
Latham graduated from Hamilton College in 1832, as his class salutatorian.[2]
Career
Latham became a teacher in Natchez, Mississippi.[4] He was an editor of The Creole in Charleston, South Carolina.[1] As an editor, he advocated on behalf of the American Party of South Carolina.[1]
In March 1851, Lathem and Henry E. Johnson started the Louisiana State Republican in Lafayette, Jefferson Parish.[5][6] Lathem and Johnson co-edited and co-published the newspaper.[6] Its political slant was toward the Whig Party.[5]
In October 1851, Latham was an applicant for the position of superintendent of the New Orleans Schools.[7] He was an associate editor of the Picayune in New Orleans from 1853 to 1860.[4]
Personal life
Latham married Mary Barfield of Natchez, Mississippi on May 11, 1841.[8] They had two children, H. J. Latham and James Lathem.[9]
On December 27, 1860, Latham died from pneumonia at his home in Jefferson, Louisiana at the age of 48.[4][10][1] He was buried in the Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez.
Legacy
Alpha Delta Phi expanded into an international social and literary fraternity with more than 53,000 members.[11]
References
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- ↑ The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Lafayette Ward 4, Jefferson, Louisiana; Roll: 232; Page: 194b. via Ancestry.com
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