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Harman, Colfax Burgoyne

educator, journalist, poet, was born Nov. 24, 1869, near Valley Falls, Kas. He has taught in all grades of school work; and is now the editor of the Farmer's Vindicator of Valley Falls, Kas. He is the author of Shylock's Judgment, and a volume of poems.

Harman, Henry Martyn

educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1822 in Maryland. He is a methodist clergyman, and a professor in Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa., since 1870. He is the author of Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land; and Introduction to Study of the Scriptures. near

Harman, John William

educator, lawyer, was born April 1, 1869, Macksville, W. Va. He commenced life as a schoolteacher; studied law in the West Virginia university; and now practices his profession with success in Petersburg, W. Va.

Harmanson, John H

mechanic, agriculturist, state senator, was born in January, 1803, in Norfolk, Va. He served in the Louisiana state senate in 1844; was elected to the national house of representatives in 1845, and re-elected in 1847 and 1849. He died Oct. 25, 1850, in New Orleans. an

Harmar, Josiah

soldier, was born in 1753 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was brevetted brigadier-general by congress in 1787; and general-in-chief of the army in 1789. He commanded an expedition against the Miami Indians in 1790, and partially defeated them. He resigned in 1792; was adjutant-general of Pennsylvania from 1793 to 1799; and furnished the troops for Wayne's campaign in 1793 and 1794. He died Aug. 20, 1813, in Philadelphia.

Harmon, Abner W

poet. He is a successful writer of Old Orchard, Maine; and has contributed a number of poems to current literature.

Harmony, David B

naval officer, was born Sept. 3, 1832, in Easton, Pa. In 1885 he attained the rank of commodore.

HARNDEN, WILLIAM FREDERICK, expressman, was born Aug. 23, 1813, in Reading, Mass. Early in 1839 he originated the express system of transportation for merchandise or parcels. He died Jan. 14, 1845, in Boston, Mass.

Harnett, Cornelius

congressman, was born April 20, 1723, in North Carolina. He was a delegate from North Carolina to the continental congress from 1777 to 1780, and signed the articles of confederation. He died April 20, 1781, in Wilmington, N. C.

Harney, George Edward

architect, was born in 1840 in Lynn, Mass.

Among the notable structures he has designed are the Commercial Union building and the Mercantile library of New York city.

Harney, John Milton

journalist, author, poet, was born March 9, 1789, in Sussex county, Del. He was a Savannah journalist who became a Dominican monk.

He published Crystallina, a fairy tale in verse, and his other poems appeared posthumously in periodicals. He died Jan. 15, 1825, in Bardstown, Ky.

Harney, William Selby

soldier, was born Aug. 27, 1800, near Haysboro, Tenn. In 1865 he was brevetted majorgeneral for long and faithful service. He died May 9, 1889, in Orlando, Fla.

Harney, William Wallace

journalist, poet, was born June 20, 1831, in Bloomington, Ind. He is a journalist and verse writer of Florida whose poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies, but have not been gathered into book form.

HARPER, ALEXANDER, congressman, was born in Ireland. He was elected a representative in congress from 1837 to 1839, from 1843 to 1847, and again from 1851 to 1853.