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Charles Martin Scanlan

1854–1940

A Catholic priest and practical legal writer, he produced handbooks that helped clergy and civic groups navigate rules, property questions, and public procedure. He also wrote regional history, including a detailed account of the Indian Creek massacre and the Black Hawk War.

2 Audiobooks

Indian Creek Massacre and Captivity of Hall Girls Complete history of the massacre of sixteen whites on Indian creek, near Ottawa, Ill., and Sylvia Hall and Rachel Hall as captives in Illinois and Wisconsin during the Black Hawk war, 1832

Indian Creek Massacre and Captivity of Hall Girls Complete history of the massacre of sixteen whites on Indian creek, near Ottawa, Ill., and Sylvia Hall and Rachel Hall as captives in Illinois and Wisconsin during the Black Hawk war, 1832

by Charles Martin Scanlan

The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law: The Law of Church and Grave

The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law: The Law of Church and Grave

by Charles Martin Scanlan

About the author

Born in 1854 and dying in 1940, Charles Martin Scanlan is documented in library and catalog records as an American author whose work ranged from church law to public procedure and frontier history.

His best-known books include The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law: The Law of Church and Grave, a reference work for clergy, and Rules of Order for Societies, Conventions, Public Meetings, and Legislative Bodies. Those titles suggest a writer interested in making complex legal and procedural questions usable in everyday institutional life.

Scanlan also wrote Indian Creek Massacre and Captivity of Hall Girls, showing a second side of his work: preserving episodes from Midwestern and Catholic history in book form. A Wisconsin historical record also connects him with Milwaukee County, placing him in the world he wrote about so carefully.