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Holt, Samuel Hueston – Honeywood, Saint John

Holt, Samuel Hueston

farmer, legislator, was born April 12, 1840, in Knox county, Tenn. He received his education in the Ewing and Jefferson college, Tennessee, and at the Farmersburg academy, Indiana. He has filled various positions of honor in the state of Illinois; and is now a member of the Oregon state senate; and a member of the state board of agriculture of Oregon for the past ten years.

Holt, Thomas Michael

manufacturer, legislator, governor, was born July 15, 1831, in Alamance county, N. C. In 1876 he was elected state senator; in 1883 and 1885 represented his county in the North Carolina legislature, and from 1891 to 1893 was governor of North Carolina.

Holt, William H

lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 29, 1842, in Bath county, Ky. He has been judge of court of appeals of Kentucky, and chief-justice of that state.

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Holten, Samuel

physician, jurist, congressman, was born June 9, 1738, in Danvers, Mass. He was a member of the old congress from 1778 to 1787, officiating at one time as its president. He also signed the articles of confederation. was a representative under the constitution from 1793 to 1795, and spent the closing years of his life as judge of probate for Essex county. He died Jan. 2, 1816, in Danvers, Mass.

Holton, Hart B

congressman. He was a resident of Maryland, and was elected a representative from that state to the forty-eighth congress. In 1883 he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Maryland.

Holyoke, Samuel

musician, composer, was born Oct. 15, 1762, in Boxford, Mass. He was a successful musician, and published Columbian Repository of Sacred Harmony; Occasional Music, and other works. He died Feb. 7, 1820, in Concord, N. H.

Homans, Charles Dudley

physician, was born Dec. 5, 1826, in Boston, Mass. He settled in Boston, and was surgeon of the Boston city hospital from its foundation. He was president of the Massachusetts Medical society in 1884-86, of the Charitable Eye and Ear infirmary, and of the Boston Humane society. He died Sept. 2, 1886, in Mount Desert, Maine.

Homer, William Bradford

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1817, in Boston, Mass. In 1840 he was ordained pastor of the congregational church in South Berwick, Maine, continuing in this charge until his death. His Writings, with an introductory essay and memoir, were edited by Prof. Edwards A. Park.

He died March 22, 1841, in South Berwick, Maine.

Homer, Winslow

artist, was born Feb. 24, 1836, in Boston, Mass. In 1863 he exhibited for the first time, at the Academy, two pictures on war subjects- Home, Sweet Home, and The Last Goose at Yuletown. In 1865 he exhibited Prisoners at the Front.

Homes, William

clergyman, author, was born in 1663 in the north of Ireland.

He published sermons on The Sabbath, on Public Reading of the Scripture, Church Government, Secret Prayer, and Government of Christian Families. He died June 20, 1746, in Chilmark, Mass.

Honeyman, William

railroad president, was born in 1842 in Scotland. Since 1891 he has been president of the Rogue River Valley railway.

HONEYMOON, A. VAN DOREN, lawyer, journalist, author, was born Nov. 12, 1849, in Germantown, N. J. For six years he practiced law in Somerville, N.

J., and subsequently has been journalist; and is the author of several law publications and works of travel.

Honeywood, Saint John

lawyer, author, poet, was born Feb. 7, 1763, in Leicester, Mass. He was a lawyer of Salem, N. Y., whose political Poems were published in 1801. He died Sept. 1, 1798, in Salem, N. Y.