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Handley, George – Hanna, Robert

Handley, George

soldier, state legislator, governor, was born Feb. 9, 1752, in England. During the whole revolutionary war he was actively engaged in South Carolina and Georgia. He was repeatedly a member of the Georgia state legislature, of which state he served as governor in 1788. He died Sept. 17, 1793, in Rae's Hall, Ga.

Handy, James A

bishop, was born Dec. 22, 1826, in Maryland. In 1892 he was ordained bishop, his district comprising methodist episcopal churches in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.

Haney, Dick

lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 10, 1852, in Lansing, Iowa. He has been judge of the circuit court of South Dakota from its admission to the union to Feb. 1, 1896, when he was appointed judge of the supreme court of that state.

Hanford, Cornelius H

lawyer, jurist, was born April 21, 1849, in Van Buren county, Iowa. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the west, and prominent in the public affairs of Washington territory. He has served as city attorney of Seattle; and was a member of the council of Washington territory. He served with distinction as chief justice of Washington territory; and is now United States district judge for the state of Washington.

Hanks, Horace Tracy

physician, was born June 27, 1837, in Randolph, Vt.

He was secretary for several years and vice-president for three years of the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a prolific writer for medical publications.

Hanks, James M

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1833, in He lena, Ala. He was elected judge of the first district of Arkansas in 1864, and remained upon the bench until 1868. He was elected to the forty-second congress as a representative from his native state.

Hanlon, Thomas

clergyman, educator, was born March 23, 1832, in New York city. He has been president of Pennington seminary since 1876.

Hanly, J. Frank

educator, lawyer, congressman, was born April 4, 1863, in Champaign county, Ill. He was elected to the Indiana state senate in 1890; and elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.

Hanna, Howard Melville

manufacturer, was born Jan. 23, 1840, in Lisbon, Ohio. In 1886 he organized the Globe Iron Works company of Cleveland, Ohio, and became president. From these works have been launched fifty steel steamers, and several other vessels for the federal government and private owners.

Hanna, John

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 3, 1827, in Marion county, Ind. He removed to Kansas, and was a representative in its territorial legislature in 1857 and 1858. He returned to Indiana; and was a presidential elector in 1860. In 1861 he was appointed United States district attorney for the district of Indiana, and was reappointed in 1865. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-fifth congress.

Hanna, John A

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1805.

Hanna, Robert

soldier, United States senator, was born April 6, 1786, in Laurens, S. C. He was a member of the Indiana constitutional convention of 1816; and a general of militia. He was for many years in the state legislature; and was a senator in congress from Indiana from 1831 to 1832. He died Nov. 19, 1858, in Indianapolis, Ind.