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Holley, Alexander Lyman – Holme, John

Holley, Alexander Lyman

civil engineer, metallurgist, author, was born July 20, 1832, in Lakeville, Conn. He was an engineer of eminence who was a lecturer on iron and steel manufacture in the Columbia School of Mines from 1879, and an inventor of prominence. He was the author of Railway Economics; and Treatise on Ordnance and Armor. He died Jan. 29, 1882, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Holley, Mrs. Mary Austin

author. She was the author of Texas; Ob- .

She was the author of Texas; Observations Historical, Geographical, and Descriptive; and Memoir of Horace Holley. She died Aug. 2, 1846, in New Orleans leans, La.

Holley, Orville Luther

lawyer, editor, author, was born May 19, 1791, in Salisbury, Conn. He was a lawyer and journalist of New York city, and the author of Description of New York City; and Life of Benjamin Franklin. He died March 25, 1861, in Albany, N. Y.

Holliday, Frederick W. M

governor. He was governor of Virginia from 1878 to 1882. nalist, was born May 31, 1846, in Indianap-

Holliday, John Hampden

jourolis, Ind. He is the founder and editor of the Indianapolis News, which was established in 1875. Since 1893 he has been president of the Union Trust company of his city.

Hollingsworth, David A

lawyer, state senator, was born Nov. 21, 1844, in Belmont, Ohio. After graduating from Mount Union college he soon acquired prominence as a lawyer, and was elected prosecuting attorney of Harrison county, Ohio. He subsequently became attorney-general of Ohio; and a member of the state senate.

He is a noted writer on law topics, and is a constant contributor to the leading newspapers and maga zines of the United States.

Hollister, Gideon Hiram

law yer, author, poet, was born Dec. 14, 1817, in Washington, Conn. He was a lawyer of Litchfield, Conn., who was minister to Hayti, in 1868-69. He was the author of Mount Hope, an historical romance; History of Connecticut; Thomas à Becket, a Tragedy, and Other Poems; and Kinley Hollow. He died March 24, 1881, in Litchfield, Conn.

Hollister, Madison E

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1808, in Cayuga county, justice of the United States territorial N. Y. In 1861 he was appointed associate court of Idaho, and was soon afterward made chief justice.

Holly, Charles F

lawyer, jurist.

He was appointed a judge of the United States court for the territory of Colorado.

Holly, Henry Hudson

architect, author, was born in 1843, in New York.

He is an architect of New York city, and the author of Country Seats; Church Architecture; and Modern Dwellings in Town and Country.

Holman, Jesse Lynch

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 24, 1784, in Danville, Ky. He resided at Lawrenceburg, Ind., and about the year 1836 was appointed United States judge for the district of Indiana. He died March 28, 1842, in Aurora, Ind.

Holme, John

poet, was born in England. He left in manuscript a long and interesting poem entitled A True Relation of the Flourishing State of Pennsylvania, which was preserved by his descendants and published for the first time in Bulletin of Historical Collections. He died in 1701, in Salem, N. J.