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Hilliard, William Henry – Himebaugh, Matthias
Hilliard, William Henry
artist, was born in 1836, in Auburn, N. Y.
Among his best known works are views of Maine, of the White and Franconia mountains, and of the Atlantic coast, including Campton Meadows; Castle Rock; and Wind against Tide; Battle-Field of Lookout Mountain; and Allatoona Pass, Ga.
Hillis, David
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, lieutenant-governor, was born in 1789, in Washington county, Pa.
In 1831 and 1835 he was elected to the state senate, and in 1836-40 was lieutenant-governor. He died July 8, 1845, in Jefferson county, Ind.
Hillis, David B
soldier, was born in Indiana. He was colonel of the seventeenth Iowa regiment in the civil war; and received the brevet of brigadier-general of volunteers.
Hillis, William J
lawyer, author, was born Sept. 14, 1850, in Albany, N. Y.
In 1872 he graduated from the Union college of Schenectady, N. Y., and has since attained prominence as an able lawyer of his native city. He is the author of A Metrical History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and other works.
Hills, George Morgan
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 10, 1825, in Auburn, N. Y. He was an episcopal clergyman, rector of St. Mary's church, Burlington, N. J., in 1870-90, and the author of History of the Church in Burlington; John Talbot, the First Bishop in North America; Church of England Missions in New Jersey; and Transfer of the Church from Colonial Dependence to the Freedom of the Republic. He died in 1890.
Hills, William Henry
journalist, was born June 6, 1859, in Somerville, Mass. In 1888 he became sole owner and proprietor of The Writer, a monthly magazine; and since 1890 has been editor of the Journal and president of the Somerville Journal company.
Hillyer, Edgar Winters
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Dec. 3, 1830, in Granville, Ohio. He served in the war for the union, and rose to the rank of colonel. In 1865 he became acting judge advocate for the department of the Pacific. He was elected to the state legislature in 1862; and in 1866 was elected attorney for Storey county, holding the office until 1869, when he was appointed judge of the United States court for the district of Nevada.
Hillyer, Junius
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 23, 1807, in Wilkes county, Ga. In 1834 he was elected solicitor-general for the western district of the state; was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1851 to 1855; and in 1857 was appointed solicitor of the United States treasury, remaining in office until 1861.
Hilson, Ellen Augusta
actress, was born in 1801, in England. At five years of age she first appeared on the stage, reciting in costume the ballad of Little Red Riding Hood; and in 1817 she became a member of the company of the Park theatre. She died April 2, 1837, in New York city.
Hilson, Thomas
actor, was born in 1784, in England. He first appeared in this country at the Park theatre in New York city, in 1809, as Walter in The Children of the Wood. He died July 23, 1834, in Louisville, Ky.
Himebaugh, Matthias
educator, clergyman, philanthropist, was born Aug. 31, 1819, in Erie county, Pa. In 1850 he moved to Wisconsin; and was instrumental in placing on a sound foundation the Lawrence university of Appleton, for which he secured fifty thousand dollars.
He has traveled nearly a half million miles by railroads, rivers, and lakes in the prosecution of his work. He now occasionally preaches in Oshkosh, Wis.