Editing Vernon, Indiana (section)

==Notable people==

*[[Sarah T. Bolton]], pioneer poet
*[[Ovid Butler]], founder of [[Butler University]]
*[[Lincoln Dixon]], a member of the U.S. Congress
*[[William Forsyth (artist)|William Forsyth]], artist
*General [[Robert Sanford Foster]], officer in the Civil War
*[[John C. New]], [[Treasurer of the United States]], U.S. Consul General to Great Britain and publisher of the ''[[Indianapolis Journal]]''
*[[Horatio C. Newcomb]], mayor of Indianapolis
*[[T. C. Steele|Theodore Steele]], artist
*[[Jessamyn West (writer)|Jessamyn West]], writer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jessamyn West {{!}} American writer|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jessamyn-West|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>

Famous people who visited and lived in Vernon include: [[Alexander Campbell (clergyman)|Alexander Campbell]], founder of the Christian Church and Bethany College; [[Henry Ward Beecher]], who came to Vernon early in the Civil War and made a plea for Lincoln and the Union at the Courthouse; and Lord Flanigan, English nobleman, who was at one time a citizen of Vernon. [[Richard Nixon]] spoke in front of the courthouse in Vernon on June 24, 1971, for the dedication of a plaque commemorating the birthplace of his mother, [[Hannah Milhous Nixon]].