Hosmer, Titus
jurist, congressman, was born in 1736 in Middletown, Conn.
He was a member of the council; of the assembly from 1773 to 1778; and speaker in 1777. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1775 to 1779; and in 1780 was appointed judge of the maritime court of appeals for the United States. He was a signer of the articles of confederation. He died Aug. 4, 1780, in Watertown, Conn.
HOSMER, WILLIAM HENRY CUYLER, lawyer, author, poet, was born May 25, 1814, in Avon, N. Y. He was a lawyer of western New York who wrote much in verse, the greater part of which is concerned with Indian legends. He was the author of Fall of Tecumseh; Legends of the Senecas; The Themes of Song; The Months; Yonnondio; Bird Notes; Indian Traditions and Songs; and The Pioneers of Western New York. He died May 23, 1877, in Avon, N. Y.