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Humphreys, Joshua – Hunt, Edward Bissell

Humphreys, Joshua

ship-builder, was born June 17, 1751, in Haverford, Pa.

He was the first naval constructor in the United States, and has been called the father of the American navy. He died Jan. 12, 1838, in Haverford, Pa. was

Humphreys, Perry W

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1813 to 1815.

Hun, Edward Reynolds

physician, author, born April 17, 1842, in Albany, N. Y. He was special pathologist to the New York state lunatic asylum at Utica.

He translated C. Bouchard's Secondary Degenerations of the Spinal Cord; and contributed numerous articles to medical journals, which include Trichina Spiralis; Pulse of the Insane; and Hæmatoma Auris. He died March 14, 1880, in Stamford, Conn.

Hungerford, John N

banker, congressman, was born Dec. 31, 1825, in Vernon, N. Y. He was a delegate to the national republican convention of 1872; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat. He died April 2, 1883, in Corning, N. Y.

Hungerford, John Pratt

soldier, congressman, was born in 1760 in Leeds, Va. He was an officer of the revolution; and a representative in congress from Virginia from 1813 to 1817. He was a brigadier-general of Virginia militia on the Potomac in 1814. He died Dec. 21, 1833, in Twiford, Va.

Hungerford, Orville

congressman, was born in 1790 in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1843 to 1847. He died April 6, 1855, in Watertown, Conn.

Hungerford, William

lawyer, statesman, was born Nov. 22, 1786, in East Haddam, Conn. He represented East Haddam in the legislature; after his removal to Hartford was several times a delegate from that city, and was a member of the constitutional convention of Connecticut in 1818. He died Jan. 15, 1873, in Hartford, Conn.

Hunt, Alexander Cameron

governor, was born Dec. 25, 1825, in New York city. From 1867-69 he was governor of Colorado. He died May 14, 1894, in Washington, D. C.

Hunt, Mrs. Anna Sargent

journalist, poet. In 1886 she became editor and publisher of The Home Mission Echo, of Augusta, Maine. She is the author of a number of works, and has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press.

Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil

lawyer, state senator, was born Feb. 20, 1792, in Watertown, Mass. In 1818 he was elected to the state house of representatives, and was repeatedly re-elected until the nullification crisis. He died Dec. 5, 1857, in New York city.

Hunt, Charles Sedgwick

naval officer, journalist, was born April 7, 1842, in Litchfield, Conn. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the navy, and became acting master on the war-sloop Juniata. Early in 1876 he joined the editorial staff of the New York Times. died Oct. 15, 1876, in New York city.

He

Hunt, Edward Bissell

military engineer, author, was born June 15, 1822, in Livingston county, N. Y. He was a military engineer; and the author of Union Foundations: a Study of American Nationality. He died Oct. 2, 1863, Brooklyn, N. Y. in