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Hampton, William H – Hand, Samuel

Hampton, William H

soldier, lawyer, was born July 15, 1842, in Montgom- , was born July 15, 1842, in Montgomery, Ala. He received his education at the Altamont academy of Tennessee. During the war he served as captain of the tenth regiment Tennessee cavalry.

He became county treasurer of Grundy county, Tenn .; and subsequently served as assistant United States marshal. He has become prominent as an able lawyer of Tracy City , Tenn.

Hanchett, Henry G

musician, composer, was born Aug. 29, 1853. He is a successful concert pianist; and has been director of various musical societies in New York.

Hanchett, Luther

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 25, 1825, in Portage county, Ohio. He was four years district attorney for Portage county in his adopted state; and from 1856 to 1860 was a member of the Wisconsin senate. In 1860 he was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirtyseventh congress. He died Nov. 26, 1862, in Madison, Wis.

Hanchett, M. W

musician, inventor, was born in Hartford county, Conn. For many years he has been conductor of music and organist in Syracuse, N. Y. He is the inventor of a tone-sustaining pedal for the pianoforte, now used by piano artists.

Hancock, Anson Uriel

author.

He is the author of The Genius of Galilee, an historical novel; John Auburntop, Novelist; and Old Abraham Jackson, a Nebraska Story.

Hancock, George

soldier, congressman, was born in 1755, in Virginia. He served as a colonel in the revolution.

He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1793 to 1797. He died Aug. 1, 1820, in Fotheringay, Va.

Hand, Alfred

lawyer, jurist, was born March 26, 1835, in Honesdale, Pa.

He has been presiding judge of common pleas, and justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania at Scranton.

Hand, Daniel

merchant, philanthropist, was born July 16, 1801, in Madison, Conn. He became a merchant in Augusta, Ga., and Charleston, S. C., where: he accumulated a fortune. He gave a high-school building to his native town; and in 1888 gave $1,000,000 to the American Missionary association, to be held in trust for educational purposes. He died Dec. 17, 1891, in Guilford, Conn.

Hand, Daniel Whilldin

surgeon, educator, was born Aug. 18, 1834, in New Jersey. Since 1872 he has been president of the Minnesota board of health; in 1883 was appointed professor of surgery in the university of Minnesota, and is one of the founders of the State Medical society.

Hand, Edward

congressman. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress in 1784 and 1785.

Hand, Edward

soldier, was born Dec. 31, 1744, in Ireland. He was promoted a colonel in 1776; engaged in the battles of Long Island and Trenton, and was appointed brigadier-general. He died Sept. 3, 1802, in Rockford, Pa.

Hand, Samuel

lawyer, jurist, was born May 1, 1834, in Elizabethtown, N. Y.

He practiced law with his father in Elizabethtown till his removal in 1860 to Albany. He was corporation counsel for the city of Albany in 1863, and subsequently a judge. He died May 21, 1886, in Albany, N. Y.