Talman, John, 1851-1936

Talman, a writer, poet, and journalist, was born near Fairport (Monroe County), New York (July 30, 1851); was educated in the New York public schools and in Macedon Academy; and came to Minnesota with his brother (1864), farming in Olmsted County. Between 1867 and 1872, he worked in Wisconsin logging camps, and then returned to Rochester, New York, where he was employed in his father's soap factory. From February 22, 1872 until 1908 he was employed by a number of newspapers: the Democrat-Chronicle and the Albany Argus in New York, the St. Paul Pioneer Press (managing editor), St. Paul Globe, and the Minneapolis Journal. St. Paul Dispatch. From 1909 to 1926 he was the librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society newspaper department. He married Rena Augusta Doney (d. 1924) in Elgin, Illinois (February 17, 1874), with whom he had one daughter, Irene Talman Dewart. Talman died on March 26, 1936 in Gold Beach,Oregon. See the first folder in the collection for more biographical information.

From the guide to the John Talman papers., 1869., (Minnesota Historical Society)