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Hapgood, Isabella Florence
translator, author, was born in 1850, in Massachusetts. She is a translator from the Russian and French; and the author of The Epic Songs of Russia; Russian Rambles; and Translations of Gogol and Victor Hugo.
Haraden, Jonathan
naval officer, was born in 1745, in Gloucester, Mass.
When the war of independence began he joined the Tyrannicide as first lieutenant, and shortly afterward was promoted captain, and appointed to the command of the Pickering. He died Nov. 26, 1803, in Salem, Mass.
Haralson, Hugh A
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 13, 1805, in Greene county, Ga. He was for many years a member of the Georgia legislature; and was a representative in congress from 1843 to 1851. He participated in the military affairs of the state, and was a major-general of militia. He died in October, 1854, in his home.
Haralsoen, Jeremiah
state senator, congressman, was born April 1, 1846, in Muscogee county, Ga. In 1870 he was elected to the state legislature; in 1871 a justice of the peace; and was for three years president of the Alabama Labor union. In 1872 he was elected a state senator; and in 1874 was elected to the forty-fourth congress from the state of Alabama as a republican.
Harbaugh, Henry
educator, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 28, 1817, near Waynesborough, Pa. He was a German reformed clergyman of Pennsylvania, professor in Mercersburg seminary, whose principal writings include Fathers of the German Reformed Church in Europe and America; The Heavenly Home; Christological Theology; The True Glory of Woman; Heaven, or the Sainted Dead; Birds of the Bible; The Golden Censor; and Union with the Church. He died Dec. 28, 1867, in Mercersburg, Pa.
Harbaugh, Thomas Chalmers
author, poet, was born Jan. 3, 1849, in Middletown, Md. He is the author of numerous poems of the events of the civil war, which have been delivered at regimental reunions and Grand Army gatherings. He devoted his whole time to literature, and is the author of a volume of poems entitled Maple Leaves; and various other works. His poems have been given a place in several standard collections.
Harbert, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyn- Ton
lecturer, journalist, author, poet, was born April 15, 1843, in Crawfordsville, Ind. She delivered her first lecture in Crawfordsville in 1869; succeeded in inducing the republicans of Iowa to put into the state platform a woman's plank; and has always taken an active part in the woman's suffrage movement. For eight years she edited the woman's department of the Chicago Inter Ocean; and is the author of The Golden Fleece; Out of Her Sphere; and Amore.
Harby, Isaac
dramatist, author, was born in 1788, in Charleston, S. C.
He was a dramatist of Charleston whose plays include Alexander Severus; The Gordian Knot; and Alberti. He died Nov. 14, 1828, in New York city.
Harby, Mrs. Lee Cohen
author, was born in 1849, in South Carolina. She is a New York writer, formerly of Texas, who has published Christmas Before the War.
Harcourt, Ashton Perry
lawyer, legislator, was born July 6, 1832, in Mt.
Eden, Ky. He has served twice as a member of the Kentucky state legislature.
Hard, Anson Wales
importer, was born Oct. 16, 1841, in Arlington, Vt. In 1875 he formed the present house of Hard and Rand, coffee importers, now recognized as a leading concern in the business, having branch houses in Santos, Rio de Janeiro, London and Batavia.
Hard, Gideon
state senator, congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1833 to 1837; and a state senator from 1842 to 1847.
Hard, Manley S
clergyman, was born Oct. 4, 1842, in Penfield, N. Y. He graduated from the Genesee Wesleyan seminary of Lima, N. Y., and from the Syracuse university.
He is a pastor, presiding elder, and member of four general conferences, and secretary in each.
For twenty years he has been secretary in the central New York and Wyoming conferences of the methodist episcopal church; a trustee of the New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble Minded Women; trustee of the Wyoming Conference seminary and the Syracuse university; and a member of various boards and associations.
Hard, Mirone
educator, was born Dec. 6, 1849, in Columbus, Ohio. In 1873 he graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university; and has since principally been engaged in educational work. For four years he was principal of the high school at Washington Court House, Ohio; for ten years was superintendent of instruction at Gallipolis, Ohio; and since 1887 has been superintendent of instruction at Salem, Ohio. He is now the honored president of the Ohio State Teachers' association.
Hardee, William Joseph
soldier, author, was born about 1817, in Savannah, Ga. He was a confederate general who was the author of a well-known work on Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics. He died Nov. 6, 1873, in Wytheville, Va.
Hardeman, Robert Ulla
soldier, financier, was born Nov. 22, 1838, in Bibb county, Ga. He served as captain and acting adjutant in the Virginia army until the close of the war. He was state treasurer of Georgia in 1884-92.
Hardeman, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 12, 1825, in Eatonton, Ga. In 1853 he was elected a representative in the Georgia state legislature; and in 1855 was elected state senator. In 1857 he was again elected to the assembly; and in 1859 was elected a representative in congress from Georgia. He served with distinction in the confederate army during the civil war; was again elected to the assembly in 1863, and was speaker of the house; was re-elected in 1864, and was again made speaker. In 1874 he was again elected a representative in the state legislature, and was chosen speaker of the house. He was elected a representative from Georgia to the forty-eighth congress.
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Hardenbergh, Augustus A
banker, railroad president, congressman, was born May 18, 1830, in New Brunswick, N. J. In 1853 he was elected to the state legislature; and in 1868 was elected state director of railroads. In 1874 he was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-fourth congress; was reelected to the forty-fifth congress; declined renomination; and in 1878 was elected president of the Hudson County National bank. He was elected to the forty-seventh congress; and declined a further renomination.
Hardenbergh, Girard Rutgers
artist, was born Dec. 9, 1856, in New Brunswick, N. J. He has attained prominence as a painter of birds.
Hardenbergh, Jacob Rutsen
clergyman, college president, was born in 1738, in Rosendale, Ulster county, N. Y.
He was the first president of Rutgers college, of which institution he was one of the founders. He died Oct. 30, 1790, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Hardey, Mary Aloysia
mother superior, was born in 1809, in Prince George county, Md. She was a noted philanthropist. She died June 17, 1886, in Paris, France.
Hardie, James
educator, author, was born about 1750, in Scotland. He was an educator of New York city; and the author of Corderii Colloquia; Epistolary Guide; Freeman's Monitor; Wonders of Art and Nature, especially in America; Biographical Dictionary; Malignant Fevers in New York; Viris Illustribus Urbis Romæ; and Description of New York City. He died in 1832, in New York city.
Hardie, James Allen
soldier, educator, was born May 5, 1823, in New York city. He was an assistant professor of geography, history, and ethics at West Point in 1844-46, and served as company officer in garrison, frontier, and Indian service till 1861. He was made brigadiergeneral of volunteers in 1862. He died May 5, 1876, in Washington, D. C.
Hardin, Benjamin
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1784, in Westmoreland county, Pa. In 1808 he moved to Bardstown, Ky.; was a member of the legislature in 1810, 1811, 1824, and 1825; and state senator from 1828 to 1832.
He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1815 to 1817, from 1819 to 1823, and from 1833 to 1837. He was secretary of state of Kentucky from 1844 to 1847; and was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1849. He died Sept. 24, 1852, in Bardstown, Ky.
Hardin, Charles H
philanthropist, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born July 15, 1820, in Trumble county, Ky.
He was elected county attorney in Missouri; and in 1851 became one of the managers of the State Lunatic asylum.
In 1852 he was elected to the state legislature, and re-elected in 1855. He was one of a commission to revise the state laws; in 1858 was again elected to the legislature; and in 1860 to the state senate; and again elected to the senate in 1872. In the following year he was elected governor of Missouri.
Hardin, E. R
lawyer, jurist, was born in Georgia. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Nebraska.
Hardin, John
soldier, was born Oct. 1, 1753, in Fauquier county, Va. At the beginning of the revolution he joined the continental army as lieutenant in General Daniel Morgan's rifle corps. He died in 1792, on the Ohio river.