Newton Booth TARKINGTON

1869 - 1946  (76 years)

• Name	Newton Booth TARKINGTON  [2]
  	Novelist and Playwright. Born Newton Booth Tarkington in Indianapolis, Indiana, the second child of lawyer John S. Tarkington and Elizabeth Booth Tarkington. He attended Purdue University and then Princeton University but graduated from neither. Tarkington wrote about life in the American Midwest, beginning with ?The Gentleman from Indiana' in 1899 and including two Pulitzer Prize winners, ?The Magnificent Ambersons' in 1918 and ?Alice Adams' in 1921. The latter was adapted as a play in 1945 while in 2001, ?The Magnificent Ambersons' was named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1902, Tarkington ran for and won a seat as a Republican in the Indiana State House of Representatives; the position provided background for his book ?In the Arena: Stories of Political Life'. His quintessential American boy was immortalized in the classic ?Penrod' and its sequels. He dramatized several of his novels, and wrote ?The World Does Move' a book of reminiscences in 1928. He illustrated his own works and other writers' books, including the 1933 reprint of ?Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain. Two of his novels appeared on the annual best-seller lists nine times. He was one of the most popular American novelists of his era. Bio by: Iola [1]
  Birth	29 Jul 1869	Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	Living with parents in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana   [2]
  Census	1900	Living with parents in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana   [4]
  Census	1910	Living with father in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana   [5]
  Death	19 May 1946	Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
  Burial	Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana   [1]
  Person ID	I65016	Main Tree
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	John Stevenson TARKINGTON,   b. 24 Jun 1832, Centerville, Wayne, Indiana, USA d. 30 Jan 1923, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth BOOTH,   b. 10 Nov 1833, Indiana d. 17 Apr 1909, Center, Marion Co., Indiana (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	19 Nov 1857	Terre Haute, Indiana   [6]
  Family ID	F24360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Laurel Louisa FLETCHER,   b. 12 Dec 1878, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana d. 7 Feb 1957, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1902  [1, 5]
  Divorce	1911  [1]
  Children	1. Laurel Louisa TARKINGTON,   b. 6 Feb 1906, Indiana d. 13 Apr 1923, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana (Age 17 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F26690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Susanah Kiefer ROBINSON
  Marriage	1912
  Family ID	F26692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jul 1869 - Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana Death - 19 May 1946 - Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana Burial - - Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S7031] 1870 Census Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [S4496] Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. [S7192] 1900 Census Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [S7045] 1910 Census Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [S03873] "Autobiography Rev Joseph Tarkington", by. T.A. Goodwin.