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Hickley, Arthur Samuel – Hiester, Daniel

Hickley, Arthur Samuel

inventor, was born Aug. 13, 1852, in England ..

He is the inventor of the most improved flexible arm for suspending a trolley wire. trolley wire.

He is president of the Hickley Launch and Electrical Manufacturing company at Ascompany at Asbury Park, N. J.

Hickman, Joseph H

banker, financier, was born Nov. 4, 1849, in Bohemia. , in Bohemia..

He received a thorough education, and graduated from the state university of Princeton, N. J. He is a successful banker and broker of Kirksville, Mo.; and has taken an active part in the business and public affairs of his city, county and state.

Hickman, William

clergyman, was born Feb. 4, 1747, in King and Queen county, Va. He was licensed to preach in 1776, and in 1784 settled in Fayette in Kentucky. He died in 1830, in Ken-- county, Ky., and founded many churches tucky.

Hickok, Laurens Perseus

educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born Dec. 29, 1798 , in Danbury, Conn.

He was a congregational clergyman who held several college professorships, and was president of Union college in 1866-68.

He subsequently lived at Amherst. He was the author of Logic of Reason; Moral Science; Science; Empirical Psychology; Rational Rational Cosmology; Creator and Creation; and Humanity Immortal. He died May 6, 1888, in Amherst, Mass.

Hickox, John Howard

librarian, author, was born in 1832, in New York.

He was the state librarian of New York in 1848-63, and subsequently employed in the congressional library. He is the author of Historical Account of American Coinage ; History of New York Paper Money; and Catalogue of United States Government Publications.

Hicks, Elias

controversialist, author, was born March 19, 1748, in Hempstead, N. Y. He was a famous Quaker controversialist, and founder of the sect known as Hicksite Quakers . He was an early and very active opponent of slavery. He was the author of Observations on Slavery; Journal of Life and Religious Labors of Elias Hicks; and Doctrinal Epistle. He died Feb. 27, 1830, in Jericho, N. Y.

Hicks, Thomas

artist, was born Oct. raits is that of Dr.

Kane in the Cabin of The Advance, and a large picture of The Authors of America, in which the figures are of life-size.

Hicks, Thomas Holliday

merchant, governor, United States senator, was born Sept. 2, 1798, in Dorchester county, Mass. In 1836 he was a presidential elector; was also a member of the governor's council; and in 1838 was appointed register of wills. He frequently served in the legislature of the state; was governor from 1858 to 1862; and was appointed a senator in congress to fill a vacancy.

He died Feb. 13, 1865, in Washington city.

Hicks, Whitehead

lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 24, 1728, in Flushing, L. I.

He was clerk of Queens county from 1752 till 1757; mayor of New York city from 1766 till 1776; and judge of the New York supreme court from 1776 till his death.

He died in October, 1780, in Flushing, L. I.

Hiester, Daniel

soldier, merchant, congressman, was born June 25, 1747, in Bern township, Pa.

He was a member of congress from 1789 till 1796, when he resigned and removed to Hagerstown, Md.

In 1801 he was again elected to congress.

He died March 7, 1804, in Washington, D. C.