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Leland, Samuel Phelps

lawyer, lecturer, poet, was born March 4, 1839, in Huntsburg, Ohio. After being admitted to the bar in LaGrange county, Ind., he moved to Chicago in 1863, and thence to Aurora, Ill. About this time he published a volume of poems, which passed through two editions; and since that time has contributed numerous meritorious poems to the periodical press. During 1867-80 he practiced law in Charles City, Iowa; and after a sojourn in Europe, he entered the lecture field, in which he has attained a national reputation.