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Hoffman, Ogden – Hoge, John Blair
Hoffman, Ogden
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 16, 1822, in Goshen, N. Y.
In 1850 he moved to California, and commenced the practice of law; and in 1851 was appointed judge of the United States district court for the district of Caliof California.
Hoffman, Richard C
railroad president, was born July 13, 1839, in Baltimore, Md. Since 1893 he has been president of the Sea Board Air line.
Hoffman, Richard H
musician, composer, was born May 24, 1831, in in England. He was the solo piano player of the first series of the Jenny Lind concerts. He settled in New York as a teacher and concert player.
Hoffman, Wickham
soldier, author, was born April 2, 1821, in New York city. He is a diplomatist who, after serving as secretary of legation at Paris, London and St. Petersburg successively , was minister to Denmark 'in 1883-85. He is the author of Camp, Court and Siege, a Narrative of Personal Auventure During Two Wars; and Leisure Hours in Russia.
Hoffman, William
soldier, was born Dec. 2, 1807, in New York city.
He served in the Sioux expedition of 1855, of 1855, and in 1858 in the Utah expedition and the march to California. He became a lieutenant-colonel in 1860, and was subsequently brevetted brigadier-general and major-general. He died Aug. 12, 1884, in Rock Island, Ill.
Hofford, Martin Lowrie
clergyman, educator, was born Jan. 27, 1825, near Doylestown, Pa. In 1860 he became a teacher in the Trenton city institute , and in 1863 took charge of a military institute at Allentown, Pa., which flourished under his administration, and was incorporated as Muhlenberg college , in which he was a professor and afterward president.
Hogan, John
banker, author, was born Jan. 2, 1805, in Ireland. He was a politician and banker of St. Louis , and and the author of its postmaster; Thoughts About St. Louis; Resources of Missouri; Sketches of Early Western Pioneers; and History of Western Methodism. He died in 1892.
Hogan, John Alvin
educator, was born Nov. 16, 1859, in St. Anthony, now East Minneapolis, Minn. He received the rudiments of his education in the district schools, and graduated from the state university of Minnesota. He has attained success as an educator, and since has been county superintendent of schools, with headquarters in St. Paul , Minn.
Hogan, John Joseph
Roman catholic bishop, was born May 10, 1829, in Ireland . In 1882 he began to build the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas.
Hogan, William
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1792, in New York city. He was for many years a county judge; was a representative in congress from New York from 1831 to 1833; and in 1850 became an examiner of claims in the department of state, which position was soon exchanged for that of translator. He died about 1075, in Washington, D. C.
Hoge, James
clergyman, was born in 1784, in Moorfield, Va. He was the pioneer of the temperance movement in Ohio, and an ardent abolitionist, although born in a slave state. He was instrumental in establishing the state deaf, dumb, blind, and insane asylums; was a trustee of two educational institutions; and a founder of the Ohio Bible society. He died Sept. 22, 1863, in Columbus, Ohio.
Hoge, John Blair
lawyer, jurist, banker, congressman, was born Feb. 2, 1825, in Richmond, Va. He was a member of the state house of representatives from 1855 to 1859. He served in the confederate army as a commissioned officer throughout the war of the rebellion. He was circuit judge from 1872 to 1880, and was elected to the forty-seventh congress as a representative from West Virginia as a democrat.