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Hallock, William Allen – Halsey, Jehiel H

Hallock, William Allen

clergyman, author, was born June 2, 1794, in Plainfield, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, and secretary of the American Tract society in 1825-70. He was the author of Life of Harlan Page; Moses Hallock; and Justin Edwards. He died Oct. 2, 1880, in Plainfield, Mass.

Halloway, Ransom

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from the eighth congressional district of New York, from 1849 to 1851. He died April 6, 1851, in Mount Pleasant, Md.

Hallowell, Edwin

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1844 in Abington, Pa. He was elected a member of the legislature of Pennsylvania in 1876, and reelected in 1878. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.

HALLOWELL, RICHARD merchant, author, was born Dec. 16, 1835, PRICE, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a wool merchant of Boston who has written The Quaker Invasion of Massachusetts; and The Pioneer Quakers.

Hallwig, Edward O

artist, was born June 13, 1869, in Baltimore, Md.

June 13, 1869, in Baltimore, Md.

In 1892 he was engaged as special artist of the Baltimore American, also becoming publisher and illustrator of the Sidney Magazine Magazine.

Hallwig, Gustav

artist, was born in 1810, in Saxony. He has established an enviable reputation as one of the foremost artists of America, his work being confined chiefly to landscape and cattle painting.

Hallwig, Oscar

artist, was born March 20, 1836, in Saxony. He has paint- 20, 1836, in Saxony. He has painted portraits of the leading people of America . His studio is in Baltimore, Md.

Hallwig, Paul

artist, was born Dec. 18, 1865, in Baltimore, Md. He has attained success by painting portraits of the leading men of the country, and in 1893 was engaged as special artist to decorate the city hall of Baltimore with portraits.

Hallwig, William C

artist, was born March 25, 1870, in New York. He painted some fruit pieces which received special mention at the world's fair.

Hallyburton, James D

lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia. About the year 1844 he was appointed United States judge for the eastern district of Virginia.

Halsall, William Formby

soldier, artist, was born March 20, 1844, in England . Among his works are the Chasing a Blockade-Runner in a Fog; Rendezvous of the Fishermen; The Mayflower; Arrival of the Winthrop Colony; and Niagara Falls. His First Battle of the Iron-Clads was purchased by the United States government in 1887.

Halsell, John E

agriculturist, law- 11, 1826, in Warren county, Ky. In 1869 he yer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. was elected circuit judge; was elected a representative from Kentucky to the fortyeighth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat. en-

Halsey, Jehiel H

state senator, congressman. He was a representative from New York to the twenty-first congress; and was a state senator from 1832 to 1835.

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