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Haddock, Charles Brickett

educator, author, was born June 20, 1796, in Franklin, N. H.; a nephew of D. Webster.

He was a professor of rhetoric at Dartmouth college in 1819-50, and chargé d'affaires in Portugal in 1850-54. He originated the railway system of New Hampshire, and also the system of common schools in that state. His Addresses and Miscellaneous Writings appeared in 1846. He died Jan. 15, 1861, in West Lebanon, N. H.

HADDOCK, GEORGE CHANNING, clergyman, journalist, poet, was born Jan. 23, 1832, in Watertown, N. Y. While endeavoring to enforce the prohibition laws of Iowa he was assassinated in Sioux City. He published several fugitive poems that became popular, including Autumn Leaves; The Skeleton Guest; and The Cross of Gold.

His Life was published by his son in 1887.

He died Aug. 3, 1886, in Sioux City, Iowa.