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Heron, Matilda – Hersey, Samuel F

Heron, Matilda

actress, was born Dec. 1, 1830, in Ireland. She made her first appearance at the Walnut Street theater in 1851, as Bianca in Dean Milman's play of Fazio. She died March 7, 1877, in New York city.

Herrick, Ebenezer

state senator, congressman, was born in Lincoln county, Maine. In 1820 he held the office of secretary of the state senate; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1821 to 1827. He was a state senator in 1828 and 1829. He died May 7, 1839, in Lewiston, Maine.

Herrick, Edward Claudius

scientist, author, was born Feb. 24, 1811, in New Haven, Conn. He published papers on entomological subjects, one of which, treating of the Hessian fly and its parasites, was the fruit of nine years of patient investigation. He died June 11, 1862, in New Haven, Conn.

Herrick, John Russell

clergyman, author, was born May 12, 1822, in Milton, Vt. He is a congregational clergyman, president of Dakota university since 1883; and the author of Lectures on Positivism.

Herrick, Joshua

congressman, was born in 1794, in Beverly, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1843 to 1845; and in 1856 was register of probate for York county, state of Maine. He died Aug. 30, 1874, in Alfred, Maine.

Herrick, Richard P

congressman, was born in 1791, in Rensselaer county, N. Y. He was a member of congress from New York from 1845 to the time of his death. He died June 22, 1846, in Washington, D. C.

Herrick, Robert

educator, author, was born in 1868, in Massachusetts. He is an assistant professor of rhetoric at the university of Chicago; and the author of The Man who Wins, a novel.

Herrick, Samuel Edward

clergyman, author, was born April 6, 1841, in Southampton, R. I. He is a congregational clergyman of Boston; and the author of Some Heretics of Yesterday.

HERRICK, MRS. SOPHIE MCILVAINE [BLEDSOE), author, was born March 26, 1837, in Gambier, Ohio. She is a New York writer on The Century staff, and well known as a microscopist. She is the author of Wonders of Plant Life; Chapters in Plant Life; and The Earth in Past Ages.

Herrick, Stephen Solon

physician, surgeon, journalist, author, was born Dec. 11, 1833, in West Randolph, Vt. He served as assistant surgeon in the confederate army in 1862-63, and afterward in the navy of the confederacy until the end of the war. He has contributed to the medical journals of New Orleans, Louisville, Philadelphia, and New York; and in 1869 received a prize from the American Medical association for an essay on Quinine.

Herried, Charles N

lawyer, lieutenant-governor, was born Oct. 20, 1857, in Wisconsin. He moved to South Dakota in 1883; has been register of deeds and county judge of McPherson county. He was first elected lieutenant-governor in 1892; and re-elected in 1894.

Herron, George Davis

clergyman, author, was born in 1862, in Indiana. He is a congregational clergyman of Iowa; since 1893 professor of applied Christianity in Iowa college; and very prominent as a writer and lecturer upon Christian Socialism. He is the author of The Christian Society; The Call of the Cross; The Larger Christ; The Message of Jesus to Men of Wealth; The Christian State; and Social Meanings of Religious Experiences.

Hersey, Samuel F

merchant, banker, state legislator, congressman, was born April 12, 1812, in Sumner, Maine.

He was a member of the legislature of Maine in 1842, 1857, 1865, 1867, and 1869; and of the executive council in 1851 and 1852. He was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses. He died Feb. 3, 1875, in Bangor.