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Hereford, Frank – Herod, William

Hereford, Frank

lawyer, gressman, United States senator, was born July 4, 1825, in Fauquier county, Va. He settled in West Virginia; and was elected a representative from West Virginia to the forty-second, forty-third, and fortyfourth congresses. In 1876 he was elected United States senator, for the term ending in 1881, to fill a vacancy.

Hering, Constantin

physician, physician, author, was born Jan. 1, 1800, in Saxony.

He was a German physician who came to Philadelphia in 1833 and founded there the first homœopathic school in America.

Among his writings are, Rise and Progress of Homœopathy; Condensed Materia Medica; Effects of Snake Poison; American Drug Provings; and Domestic Physician. He died July 23, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Hering, Rudolph

engineer, author, was born in 1847, in Pennsylvania. He is a civil engineer of prominence and an authority upon sewerage and the water supply of cities, upon which topics he has written valuable reports.

Herkimer, John

jurist, congressman, was born in 1773, in Herkimer county, N. Y. He was for many years a judge of the circuit court; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1817 to 1819, and again from 1823 to 1825.

He died June 8, 1845, in Danube, N. Y.

Herkimer, Nicholas

soldier, was born about 1715. He served with distinction during the revolutionary war, and attained the rank of brigadier-general.

He died Aug. 16, 1777, in Danube, N. Y.

Hernandez, Joseph Marion

soldier, congressman, was born in St. Augustine, Fla. He was the first delegate to congress from Florida; and subsequently a leading member and presiding officer of the territorial legislature. At the breaking out of the Indian hostilities he was made a brigadier-general in the United States service. He died June 8, 1857, in Cuba.

Herndon, Mary Eliza

author, poet, was born March 1, 1820, in Fayette county, Ky. She published Louisa Elton, a reply to Uncle Tom's Cabin; Bandits of Italy; and also a volume of Select Poems.

Herndon, William Henry

lawyer, author, was born in 1818, in Kentucky. He was a lawyer of Springfield, Ill., and a law partner of Abraham Lincoln, of whom he published a Life in 1891. He died in 1891.

Herndon, William Lewis

naval officer, author, was born Oct. 25, 1813, in Fredericksburg, Va. He was a naval officer sent by government to explore the Amazon. The results of his expedition are detailed in his Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon. He died Sept. 12, 1857; lost at sea.

Herndon, William S

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 27, 1837, in Rome, Ga. He removed with his father to Texas in 1852; was educated at McKenzie college, Texas; studied law, and began to practice in 1860. He enlisted in the confederate army in 1861, and remained until the close of the war. He was elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses. es. He was a member of several important committees while in congress.

Herne, James A

actor, playwright, was born Feb. 1, 1839, in West Troy, N. Y.

As a playwright his first play, Heart of Oak, was produced in San Francisco in 1887. His other plays are, Minute Men; Drifting Apart; and Shore Acres.

Herod, William

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1837 to 1839.