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Hurlbut, Henry Augustus

merchant, patriot, was born Dec. 8, 1808, in Hartford, Conn. He was a successful hat merchant of New York city; and during the civil war was foremost in sustaining the government with voice and purse. For many years he was commissioner of emigration for the state of New York. He was one of the founaers of the Second National bank, and for a time its president. He was also active in various philanthropic movements.

HURLBUT, STEPHEN AUGUSTUS, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1815, in Charleston, S. C. He settled in Belvidere, Ill.; and was elected to the constitutional convention of 1847.

He was a presidential elector in 1848; a member of the legislature in 1859, 1861, and 1867; and presidential elector in 1868.

He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in 1861; and was promoted majorgeneral in 1862. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-third congress; and re-elected to the fortyfourth congress. He died March 27, 1882.