Biography of William Herbert Carruth Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912. submitted by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net); (copyright) 2001 by Teresa Lindquist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM HERBERT CARRUTH was born on a farm near Osawatomie, Miami county, Kansas, April 5, 1859. He is the son of James H. and Jane Grant Carruth. From his father he inherited a strong love for books and study, working his way through school and college and graduating from the University of Kansas in 1880. Having served as assistant in modern languages during his student days, upon the completion of his course he was elected professor of modern languages, which position he filled until the growth of the University required its division into two departments, French and German, he retaining the latter. In 1886 he studied German at the Universities of Berlin and Munich; in 1889 he received his master's degree at Harvard, and doctor's degree in 1893. Doctor Carruth is a man of many activities and a delightful writer in both prose and poetry. He has been a member and director of the Kansas State Historical Society for many years. He was married in 1882 to Miss Frances Schlegel, who for eight years was professor of French and German at the University of Kansas. She died at Lawrence September 3, 1908. He married, June 10, 1910, Katherine Kent Morton, daughter of Howard Morton, of Tescott, Kan., one of the survivors of the battle of the Arickaree. (Included in the article "The University of Kansas in 1912.", page 87)