Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author whose principal output was formulaic juvenile novels that followed the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and other impoverished children in their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of respectable middle-class security and comfort. His novels were hugely popular in their day.
I’m sure that Horatio never intended to be the epitome of his own stories of rags to riches success, but how can you argue with his story. Born the son of a Unitarian minister, he also became a minister until he was accused of pederasty with two boys in his parish. But in spite of this, with his multiple baptisms and endowments into the mormon church he is well on his way to becoming a god of his own world. Talk about your rags to riches story.
HORATIO ALGER
Male
Event(s):
Birth:
13 JAN 1832 Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Christening:
Death:
18 JUL 1899
Burial:
LDS Ordinances:
Baptism:
01 AUG 1991 BOISE
Endowment:
21 NOV 1991 BOISE
Sealing to Parents:
02 NOV 1994 OAKLA
HORATIO ALGER /
Baptism:
11 APR 1936 MANTI
Endowment:
19 MAY 1936 MANTI
Sealing to Parents:
28 OCT 1975 MANTI
HORATIO ALGER / AUGUSTA OR OLIVE AUGUSTA
Baptism:
08 JUN 1993 OGDEN
Endowment:
21 OCT 1993 OGDEN
