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Hassard, Samuel – Hastings, William Soden

Hassard, Samuel

clergyman, was born Jan. 21, 1806, in Jamaica, W. I.

He was largely instrumental in promoting the growth of the protestant episcopal church in New England. A volume of his sermons was published after his death, with a memoir by Henry. W. Lee.

He died Jan. 13, 1847, in Great Barrington, Mass.

Haskins, David Greene

clergyman, author, was born in 1818, in Massa- He was an episcopal clergychusetts. man and educator of Cambridge. He was the author of Selections from the Old and New Testament for Use in Fam- Nov. 20, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Hastings, George

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 13, 1807, in Clinton, N. Y. He was district attorney for Oneida county nine years; was a representative in congress from New York from 1853 to 1855; and late in the latter year was elected judge for Livingston county, which office he held until his death. He died Aug. 29, 1866, in Mount Morris, N. Y.

Hastings, George H

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Aug. 26, 1848, ın Marengo, Ill. He has been judge of Saline county, Neb.; representative of the Nebraska state legislature; and in 1890-94 was attorney-general of that state.

Hastings, Hugh J

journalist, was born Aug. 20, 1820, in Ireland. He was appointed by President Taylor collector of the port of Albany. He assumed the editorship of the New York Commercial Advertiser in 1668, and in 1875 became its proprietor. He died Sept. 12, 1883, in Monmouth Beach, N. J.

Hastings, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1839 to 1843. He died Dec. 29, 1854, in Columbus, Ohio.

Hastings, Samuel Clinton

lawyer, jurist, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Iowa from 1846 to 1847; and was at one time a judge of the supreme court of Iowa. He subsequently practiced law in San Francisco, Cal.

Hastings, Seth

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1760. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1801 to 1807; and after his service in congress was elected a state senator in 1810 and 1814. He was appointed chief justice of the court of sessions. He died in 1831, in Mendon, Mass.

Hastings, T. Nelson

state senator, was born May 23, 1858, in Cambridge, Mass. In 1897 he was elected a member of the New Hampshire state senate from Walpole.

Hastings, Thomas

composer, was born Oct. 15, 1784, in Washington, Conn.

His publications comprise nearly fifty separate volumes; and he left over six hundred hymns in manuscript. He died May 15, 1872, in New York city.

Hastings, Thomas S

clergyman, educator, college president, was born Aug. 28, 1827, in Utica, N. Y. In 1881 he was professor of sacred rhetoric in the Union Theological seminary; of which institution he has been president since 1887.

Hastings, William Soden

state senator, congressman. He was frequently a member of the legislature of Massachusetts; and was in the senate from 1829 to 1834. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1842. He died June 17, 1842, in Sulphur Springs, Va.