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Hull, Noble A – Humphreys, Jacob

Hull, Noble A

soldier, merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born March 11, 1827, in Camden county, Ga.

He was a representative in the Florida legislature in 1860 and 1861; served in the confederate army as captain; and was elected lieutenant-governor of Florida in 1876. He was elected a representative from Florida to the forty-sixth congress as a democrat.

Hull, William

lawyer, clergyman, journalist, was born April 17, 1830, in Clavarack, N. Y. For several years he was at the head of the Hartwick Theological seminary; and is now the editor and proprietor of the Eastern Lutheran of Albany, N. Y.

Hull, William Hope

lawyer, was born Feb. 2, 1820, in Athens, Ga. He held many offices of public trust, and was assistant United States attorney-general in 1857-60. He died Sept. 10, 1877, in New York city.

Humbert, Joseph B

railroad president, was born Aug. 14, 1837, in Knox county, Tenn. Since 1891 he has been president of the Knoxville and Western railway; and has also been president of various other roads.

Humes, Thomas William

clergyman, author, was born in 1815, in Tenn- He was an episcopal clergyman essee. and educator of Tennessee who published The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee.

He died in 1892.

Humphrey, Elizabeth B

artist, was born about 1850 in Hopedale, Mass.

In 1882 Miss Humphrey was awarded two prizes in the competitive exhibition of L.

Prang and Company. Her illustrations include landscapes, still-life, and figures.

Humphrey, Heman

clergyman, author, was born March 26, 1779, in West Danbury, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman who was president of Amherst college in 1823-45; and the author of Tour in France, etc.; Domestic Education; Sketches and History of Revivals; Essays on the Sabbath; Life of Nathan Fiske; and Letters to a Son in the Ministry. He died April 3, 1861, in Pittsfield, Mass.

Humphrey, James

educator, lawyer, congressman, born Oct. 9, 1811, in Fairfield, Conn. In 1838 he moved to the city of New York, where he practiced his profession. In 1858 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirtysixth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth congress. He died June 16, 1866, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Humphrey, James M

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1819, in Holland, Ind. He was district attorney for Erie county in 1857-59; and was a member of the state senate from 1863-65. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fortieth congress as a democrat.

Humphreys, Frederick

manufacturer, was born March 11, 1816, in Marcellus, N. Y. The specifics manufactured by the Humphreys Homœopathic Medicine company, which he founded, are now being produced upon an enormous scale and are known all over the world.

Humphreys, Hector

clergyman, educator, college president, was born June 8, 1797, in Canton, Conn. From 1831 till his death he was president of St.

John's college, Annapolis, and was also professor of history and philosophy. He died June 25, 1857, in Annapolis, Md.

Humphreys, Jacob

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1819 to 1821.