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Haswell, Charles Haynes – Hathorn, Henry H

Haswell, Charles Haynes

civil engineer, author, was born May 22, 1809, in New York city. He was a civil engineer of much prominence, and the author of Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket Book; Mechanics' Tables; Mensuration and Practical Geometry; Bookkeeping; History of the Steam Roller; and Reminiscences of New York from 1816 to 1855.

Hatch, Edward

soldier, was born Dec. 22, 1832, in Bangor, Maine. In 1864 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers; and three years later was promoted to the same rank in the United States army. He subsequently served in the Indian wars. He died April 11, 1890, in Fort Robinson, Neb.

Hatch, Herschel Harrison

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 17, 1837, in Morrisville, N. Y. In 1863 ne removed to Bay City, Mich.; was elected a member of the first board of aldermen of Bay City in 1865; and elected judge of propate in 1808. He was appointed a member of the state constitutional commission in 1872, and of the state tax commission in 1881; and was elected a representative from Michigan to the fortyeighth congress as a republican.

Hatch, Israel Thompson

congressman, was born in 1808, in Owasco, N. Y. He was a member of the assembly of that state in 1852; and was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress.

In 1859 he was appointed to examine and report upon the working of the reciprocity treaty; and a few weeks later was appointed postmaster at Buffalo. He died Sept. 24, 1875, in Buffalo. con-

Hatch, Jethro

A., surgeon, gressman, was born June 18, 1837, in Chenango county, N. Y. He was commissioned assistant surgeon of the thirtysixth Illinois volunteer infantry in 1862; and was afterward promoted to surgeon of the same regiment. In 1872 and 1873 he was a member of the Indiana house of representatives; and in 1888 was an alternate delegate to the national republican convention. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.

Hatch, Reuben

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 11, 1847, in Alstead, N. H. In 1875 he was elected judge of the thirteenth judicial circuit. Since 1888 he has practiced his profession in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he has attained note as one of the foremost lawyers of that state.

Hatfield, Edwin Francis

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 9, 1807, in Elizabethtown, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman of St. Louis, and subsequently of New York city. He was the author of Universalism As It Is; History of Elizabeth, New Jersey; St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope; and The Poets of the Church. He died Sept. 22, 1883, in Summit, N. J. a

Hathaway, Benjamin

poet, was born Sept. 30, 1822, in Cayuga county, N.

Y. He is a poet who was for many years nurseryman and farmer. He is the author of Art Life and Other Poems; The League of the Iroquois; and The Finished Creation, and Other Poems.

His poems have appeared in Poets of America and other standard collections.

He is also a constant contributor to the periodical press.

Hathaway, Warren

clergyman, author, was born in 1828, in Ballston Spa, N. Y. For the past thirty-three years he has been pastor of the Blooming Grove congregational church; and is the author of Questions of Nature and Grace; The Life of John Ross; and various pamphlets and articles.

Hathorn, Henry H

congressman, was born Nov. 28, 1813, in Greenfield, N.

Y. He was supervisor for Saratoga four years; and was elected sheriff of the county in 1853 and 1862, serving six years. He was elected to the forty-third congress. from New York; re-elected to the fortyfourth congress as a republican.

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