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Hazelton, George C – Headley, Phineas Camp

Hazelton, George C

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 3, 1833, in Chester, N. H. He was elecťed district attorney in 1864 and re-elected in 1867, and re-elected in 1869. He was elect- 1866. He was elected state senator in ed a representative from Wisconsin to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.

Hazelton, Gerry W

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 24, 1829, in Chester, N. H. He was elected to the Wisconsin state senate in 1860, and twice chosen president pro tem. He was elected district attorney in Columbia county; was appointed collector of internal revenue in 1866, and removed; and was appointed United States attorney for the district of Wisconsin in 1869. He was third congresses. elected to the forty-second and forty-

Hazelton, John W

farmer, 'congressman, was born Dec. 10, 1819, in Mullica Hill, N. J. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the fortysecond and forty-third congresses as a republican.

Hazen, Lucius Downer

manufacturer, banker, state senator, was born Jan. 19, 1834, in Hartford, Vt. During 1869- 88 he served as a member of the Vermont house of representatives; and was elected to the state senate in 1894.

The same year he was appointed director of the state prison and house of correction, and in 1896 received the reappointment for six years. He is president of the Merchants' National bank of St. Johnsbury.

Hazen, Moses

soldier, was born in 1733 in Haverhill, Mass. He was in the service during the entire war, being made brigadier-general on June 29, 1781. He died Jan. 30, 1802, in Troy, N. Y.

Hazen, William Babcock

soldier, author, was born Sept. 27, 1830, in West Hartford, Vt. He was a general in the federal army during the civil war, and from 1880 chief officer of the signal service. He was the author of The School and the Army in Germany and France; Barren Lands in the Interior of the United States; and A Narrative of Military Service. He died Jan. 16, 1887, in Washington, D. C.

Hazlett, Albert Lester

clergyman, was born July 1, 1864, in Hazlet, N. J. He has attained eminence as a successful clergyman; and has filled pastorates in Farmington, Ohio; Magnolia, N. J.; and is now pastor of the methodist episcopal church of McCracken, Kan. He has filled various positions of honor in the gift of his church.

Hazzard, David

governor. He was governor of Delaware from 1830 to 1833.

Head, Franklin H

author, was born in 1835 in New York. He is a Chicago writer who has published Shakespeare's Insomnia and the Causes Thereof, an ingenious burlesque.

Head, James Butler

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1846, in Clinton, Ala. He has served as judge of the tenth judicial circuit of Alabama, and as associate justice of the supreme court of that state.

Heade, Martin Johnson

artist, was born in Bucks county, Pa. He has painted many western and tropical scenes, also views on the Hudson and the Massachusetts coast, which are characterized by rich effects of color and light, and by poetic sentiment.

Headley, Phineas Camp

clergyman, author, was born June 24, 1819, in Walton, N. Y. He is a congregational clergyman; and the author of Women of the Bible; The Island of Fire; Young Folks' Heroes of the Rebellion; Lives of Josephine, Lafayette, Napoleon, Mary Queen of Scots; Half-Hours in Bible Lands; and Evangelists in the Church.

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