Siblings: Byron M., Harriet, Darius (died young)
Talman, a writer, poet, and journalist, was born near Fairport, New York; was educated in the New York public schools and in Macedon Academy; and came to Minnesota with his brother (1864), farming in Olmsted County. Between 1867 and 1872, he worked in Wisconsin logging camps, and then returned to Rochester, New York, where he was employed in his father's soap factory. From February 22, 1872 until 1908 he was employed by a number of newspapers: the Democrat-Chronicle and the Albany Argus in New York from 1873-78, the St. Paul Pioneer Press (managing editor), St. Paul Globe, and the Minneapolis Journal. St. Paul Dispatch. From 1909 to 1926 he was the librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society newspaper department. He married Rena Augusta Doney in Elgin, Illinois Feb 18, 1874. Upon his retirement he moved to Gold Beach, OR to be near his daughter.
Siblings: Byron M., Harriet, Darius (died young)
Talman, a writer, poet, and journalist, was born near Fairport, New York; was educated in the New York public schools and in Macedon Academy; and came to Minnesota with his brother (1864), farming in Olmsted County. Between 1867 and 1872, he worked in Wisconsin logging camps, and then returned to Rochester, New York, where he was employed in his father's soap factory. From February 22, 1872 until 1908 he was employed by a number of newspapers: the Democrat-Chronicle and the Albany Argus in New York from 1873-78, the St. Paul Pioneer Press (managing editor), St. Paul Globe, and the Minneapolis Journal. St. Paul Dispatch. From 1909 to 1926 he was the librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society newspaper department. He married Rena Augusta Doney in Elgin, Illinois Feb 18, 1874. Upon his retirement he moved to Gold Beach, OR to be near his daughter.
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