T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Harbaugh

Born in Middletown, Maryland, on January 13, 1849, he moved with his family to Ohio as a small child and spent much of his life in Casstown, Miami County. He became known as an American poet and novelist, publishing both under his own name and under pseudonyms used for popular fiction.

Harbaugh wrote an enormous amount of work for the late-19th-century mass market, including dime novels and detective stories, while also building a reputation as a local poet, editor, and compiler of regional history. His best-known lyric, "The Moon Has His Eyes on You," was widely set to music and helped keep his name in print beyond the dime-novel world.

He died on October 28, 1924. Today, he is remembered as one of those versatile writers who could produce poetry, songs, and adventure fiction with remarkable speed, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both literary ambition and the bustling popular reading culture of his time.