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Eli Lilly
Name
Eli
Lilly
Birth/Death Dates
1838
-
1898
Where in Indiana
Putnum
County
--
Greencastle
When in Indiana
1852
-
1898
Notable For
Lilly
was
born
in
Maryland
. His
family
eventually
settled
in
Greencastle
,
Indiana
. He
began
working
in a
drug
store
there then
served
as a
Colonel
in the
Civil
War
.
After
the
war
he
tried
starting
drug
stores
in
other
places
. He
moved
to
Indianapolis
and
opened
a
pharmaceutical
laboratory
.
It
became
a
leading
business
in the
city
. He was
interested
in the
development
of the
city
and
helped
found
the
Commercial
Club
.
Description
Lt
.
Colonel
Lilly
is
the
gentleman
with a
mustache
seated
on the
right
.
Col
.
Jackson
is
on the
left
and has a
dark
beard
.
Jackson
has a
book
in his
lap
and
one
hand
resting
on
Lilly's
knee
.
Subject
Lilly, Eli, 1838-1898
Pharmaceutical industry
Drugstores
Soldiers
Military uniforms
Beards
Men
Military officers
Mustaches
Item ID
P0132
_
121st
Reg
. (
9th
Cav
.)_
001
Source of Image
Civil
War
Portraits
(
P
0132
).
Indiana
Historical
Society
Digital Collection
Notable
Hoosiers
(
DC
010
)
Bibliography/Notes
Information
taken
from: The
Encyclopedia
of
Indianapolis
,
IU
Press
,
1994
.
Copyright Notice
Digital
image
©
2005
Indiana
Historical
Society
.
All
Rights
Reserved
.
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