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Howland, John – Hoyt, Ralph

Howland, John

author, was born Oct. 31, 1757, in Newport, R. I. He was for twenty-one years president of the Rhode Island Historical society, and was skilled in the history and antiquities of Plymouth colony. He was the author of addresses, orations and historical papers.

He died Nov. 5, 1854, in Providence, R. I.

Howley, Richard

congressman, was born about 1740 in Liberty county, Ga. He was a delegate from Georgia to the continental congress from 1780 to 1781. He died about 1790.

Howry, Charles B

lawyer, state senator, was born May 14, 1845, in Oxford, Miss. He served in the civil war, and attained the rank of captain; from 1880-82 was elected to the state legislature; and during Cleveland's administration he was elected United States district attorney from the northern district of Mississippi.

Hoxie, Mrs. Vinnie Ream

sculptor, was born Sept. 23, 1846, in Madison, Wis. She has executed statues of Spurgeon, Lincoln, Farragut, and had several works on exhibition at the World's Columbian exposition.

Hoyt, Benjamin Thomas

educator, journalist, was born Oct. 18, 1820, in Boston, Mass. In 1858 he was professor of Latin in Indiana Asbury university till 1863; and then of literature and history in the same college till his death. He died May 24, 1867, in Greencastle, Ind.

Hoyt, Elizabeth Orpha

educator, author, was born Dec. 7, 1834, in Athens, Ga. From 1851 till 1853 she taught higher mathematics and metaphysics in Worthington Female seminary. She has published a volume entitled The Nature of Consciousness.

Hoyt, Mrs. Ellen

poet. She is a writer of Galion, Ohio, her poems appearing in the local press generally.

Hoyt, Epaphras

soldier, author, was born Dec. 31, 1765, in Deerfield, Mass.

He was a major-general of the Massachusetts militia, who lived in Deerfield; and the author of Treatise on the Military Art; Military Instructions; Cavalry Discipline; and Antiquarian Researches. He died Feb. 8, 1850, in Deerfield, Mass.

Hoyt, Henry Martyn

lawyer, governor, author, was born June 8, 1830, in Kingston, Pa. He was a Pennsylvania lawyer; governor of his state in 1878-83; and the author of Controversy between Connecticut and Pennsylvania; and Protection versus Free Trade. He died in

Hoyt, John Wesley

educator, author, was born Oct. 13, 1831, near Worthington, Ohio. He was a member of the board of railroad commissioners of the state of Wisconsin; and in 1878 was appointed governor of the territory of Wyoming for the term of four years. He was the author of Resources and Progress of Wisconsin; and Resources and Progress of Wyoming. He died in 1892.

Hoyt, Joseph Gibson

educator, author, was born Jan. 19, 1815, in Dunbarton, N. H. He was instructor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Phillips Exeter academy in 1840-58; and chancellor and professor of Greek of Washington university in St. Louis in 1859-62. He wrote revised edition of Cotton's Greek Reader; and Miscellaneous Writings, Addresses, Lectures and Reviews. He died Nov. 26, 1862, in St. Louis, Mo.

Hoyt, Ralph

clergyman, author, was born April 18, 1806, in New York city. He was an episcopal clergyman of New York city; and the author of The Chant of Life, and Other Poems; Echoes of Memory and Emotion; and Sketches of Life and Landscape. He died Oct. 11, 1878, in New York city.