Life and Work
Born in Decateur, Indiana to a family of Colonial roots, Teague was one of six siblings. In 1840, Teague’s grandfather had moved from North Carolina to Pendleton, Indiana, home to one of America’s largest Quaker communities. Teague’s father, of Irish forebears, became a circuit-riding Methodist minister (and later a full-time tailor) who settled in Pendleton with his family. With little money, the Teague household was laden with books.
At age 16, while he was still in school in Pendleton, Teague worked as a handyman at the local paper, where he quickly became a jack-of-all-trades and eventually a reporter.
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