Landon, Melville D. (Melville De Lancey), 1839-1910

found: His Kings of the platform and pulpit, 1896:t.p. (Melville D. Landon (Eli Perkins))

found: Wallace, W.S. A dict. of N. Amer. authors, 1968(Landon, Melville De Lancey; humorist; b. 1839; d. 12/16/10)

found: LC data base, 8/30/84(hdg.: Landon, Melville De Lancey, 1839-1910; usage: Melville D. Landon (Eli Perkins))

found: WwW in Am.(Landon, Melville De Lancey ("Eli Perkins"), humorist; b. Sept. 7, 1839; d. 1910; cotton planter in Ark. and La., 1864-67)

found: Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1864:p. 88 (M.D. Landon, Helena, Arkansas)

found: New York Times, website viewed 28 April 2014(Eli Perkins dead; Melville D. Landon; Melvile Delancey Landon; died at his home in Yonkers, N.Y.; born in Eaton, N. Y.; humorist, lecturer, author; attended Madison University until his sophomore year and then went to Union College, graduating in 1861; served in the Civil War on the staff of Gen. A. L. Chetlain; resiged from the army in 1864 and engaged in cotton planting in Louisiana and Arkansas; write history on the Franco-Prussina war; began writing humorous articles for the papers under the pen name of Eli Perkins and published a number of humorous books)