Famous People Born in Indiana or have Lived in Indiana
In 1790, Daniel & Squire Boone came to Corydon, IN
In 1816, Abraham Lincoln as a young boy, with his family, moved to Warrick Co. He walked 50 miles to borrow books from an attorney in Booneville to study law.
In 1849, James Whitcomb Riley was born in Greenfield. He was called the "Hoosier Poet."
Red Skeleton was born in Vincennes; Phil Harris in Linton which was originally named "New Jerusalem."
One of America's first astronauts, Virgil Grissom, lived in Mitchell.
Mariah Woodworth-Etter traveled and preached over much of Central, West Central and Northern Indiana. Signs and wonders followed wherever she went.
Billy Sunday's last sermon was preached in Mishawaka at the First United Methodist Church. Businesses from South Bend funded his national ministry; Studebaker was one of the foremost.
It is reported that he led an all night prayer meeting at Winona Lake with the young, budding evangelist, Billy Graham who was said to have left that meeting, and went to California where he launched his international ministry.
Samuel Morris, born Prince Kaboo in 1873 was the son of the Kru village's chief in West Africa. He was miraculously delivered after being taken captive by a native militant tribe. Led to a missionary complex where he was saved and taught by a missionary from Ft. Wayne. He eventually made his way to America and on to Ft. Wayne, IN. It is reported that in the two years he was at Taylor University, due to his prayers and faith in God, revival broke out, and the school was saved from financial ruin. In New York, he led nearly twenty people to Christ his first night in America. He is called, "The Apostle of Simple Faith." He died in Ft. Wayne in 1893 and it is reported that salvations and miracles take place upon reading about this "Hero of Faith."
Christianity Today reports William Seymour was used in signs and wonders bringing revival to Anderson University.
Bill and Gloria Gaither and Sandy Patti call Anderson home.
Ray Boltz is from Muncie.
Sergio Scatagilini Ministries established their international base in So. Bend.
Lester Sumrall's "Feed the Hungry," and METV - Middle East television broadcasting is also based in South Bend.