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John Purdue

PURDUE, John, philanthropist, born near Shepardsburg, Pennsylvania, S October, 1S01; died in Lafayette, Indiana, 12 September, 1876. In his early youth he emigrated to Ohio with his parents. He received a common-school education, taught for a time, became a dry-goods merchant, settled in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1889, and accumulated a fortune, also engaging in manufacturing. Mr. Purdue was owner of the Lafayette "Journal," and in 1866 was an unsuccessful independent candidate for congress. In 1869 he founded Purdue university in his adopted town, giving $150,000 toward its endowment.

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