Anthony Wayne
ANTHONY WAYNE
1745-1796
Prepared by the Staff of the
Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
1954
One of a historical series, this pamphlet is publishedunder the direction of the governing Boards of the PublicLibrary of Fort Wayne and Allen County.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL CITY OF FORT WAYNE
- Mrs. Sadie Fulk Roehrs
- B.F. Geyer, President
- Joseph E. Kramer, Secretary
- W. Page Yarnelle, Treasurer
- Willard Shambaugh
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD FOR ALLEN COUNTY
The members of this Board include the members of the Board of Trustees of theSchool City of Fort Wayne (with the same officers) together with the followingcitizens chosen from Allen County outside the corporate City of Fort Wayne:
- James E. Graham
- Arthur Niemeier
- Mrs. Glenn Henderson
- Mrs. Charles Reynolds
FOREWORD
After Harmar and St. Clair had been disastrously defeatedby the Indians in the Old Northwest Territory, PresidentWashington appointed General Anthony Wayne to reorganizethe American forces, to subdue the savages, andto protect the scattered white settlements along the frontier.Wayne’s campaign culminated in his decisive victory at theBattle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. GeneralWayne then marched his men westward to the headwatersof the Maumee at the junction of the St. Mary’s and St. Josephrivers. Here, on ground commanding the adjacentarea, a fort was constructed and named Fort Wayne in hishonor. If Wayne’s campaign had failed, settlement in thissection might have been indefinitely delayed, and our citymight be known by another name.
The following biographical sketch of Anthony Waynewas written by Randolph C. Downes. It was published in1936 by Charles Scribner’s Sons in the DICTIONARY OFAMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, volume nineteen. Both the AmericanCouncil of Learned Societies, the copyright holder, andthe publisher have graciously accorded permission to reproducethe article in its entirety. The portraiture, thebest brief biography of Wayne, has been reprinted verbatim;citations and bibliography have been omitted.
The Boards and the Staff of the Public Library of FortWayne and Allen County present this publication in the hopethat the life of the founder of Fort Wayne will prove entertainingand informative to library patrons.
Anthony Wayne (Jan. 1, 1745-Dec. 15, 1796), soldier,was born at Waynesboro, Pa., the only son of Isaac andElizabeth (Iddings) Wayne. Isaac Wayne with his fatherAnthony Wayne, of English ancestry, emigrated from Irelandand about 1724 settled in Chester