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Hilborn, Samuel Greeley

lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 9, 1834, in Minot, Maine. He served in the California state senate from 1875 to 1879; and was appointed United States district attorney for the district of California in 1883. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a republican, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Joseph McKenna, appointed United States circuit judge, and was elected to the fifty-third congress. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and reelected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican. HILDEBURN, CHARLES SWIFT RICHE, librarian, author, was born Aug. 14 , 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has been the librarian of the Philadelphia Athenæum since 1876; and is the author of A Century of Printing, or the Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784; and Printers and Printing in Colonial New York.

HILDEBURN, MRS. MARY JANE [REED], author, was born Dec. 2, 1821, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a Philadelphia writer of Sunday-school tales, among which are, Day Dreams; Archy and Pussy Series; Dr. Leslie's Boys; and Gaffney's Tavern. She died Sept. 18, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pa. HILDRETH, AZRO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, educator, journalist, business man, legislator, was born Feb. 29, 1816, in Chelsea, Vt. He received his education at the high schools and academies of Chelsea, Randolph and Bradford, Vt. At the age of sixteen he became a schoolteacher, and for thirty-five years was a printer, editor and publisher of several newspapers. He has served with distinction as a member of the general assembly of the Iowa state legislature; was a member of the Iowa state board of education and various other institutions. He is the principal owner of the electric light plant of Charles City, Iowa; and the owner of the Hildreth hotel and opera house of that city.