Haun, Henry P – Hawkins, Benjamin
Haun, Henry P
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Jan. 18, 1815, in Scott county, Ky. He was for a time attorney for his native county. He moved to Iowa in 1845; and was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of that state in 1846. He moved to California in 1850, and was there elected a county judge; and in 1859 was elected a senator in congress from California to fill a vacancy. He died May 6, 1860, in Marysville, Cal.
Haupt, Herman
civil engineer, author, was born Marca 26, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is an engineer of distinction who has held many important posts, and is the inventor of a drilling engine. He had charge of the military railroads during the civil war. Since 1875 the chief engineer of the Tide Water Pipe Line company. He is the author of Hints on Bridge Building; General Theory of Bridge Construction; Plan for Improvement of the Ohio River; Military Bridges; and Street Railway Motors.
Haupt, Lewis Muhlenberg
author, was born March 21, 1844, in Gettysburg, Pa. He is an engineer of Philadelphia, and since 1872 has been professor of civil engineering in the university of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Engineering Specifications and Contracts; Working Drawings and How to Make "Them; The Topographer: his Methods and Instruments; and Essays on Road Making.
Haupt, Paul
educator, author, was born Nov. 25, 1858, in Germany. He became professor of the Semitic languages in Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, Md., in the latter year. He introduced the principle of the neo-grammarians into Semitic philology, and discovered the Sumerian dialect in 1880. He is the author of several works in German.
Haveland, Laura Smith
philanthropist, was born Dec. 20, 1808, in Canada. She was instrumental in founding philanthropic institutes and asylums, and during the civil war was a minister of aid and comfort to the suffering in hospitals and camps.
Havemeyer, Henry
railroad president, was born June 25, 1838, in New York city. He was at one time president of the Long Island railway, and built the iron pier at Rockaway. He died June 2, 1886, near Babylon, N. Y.
HAVEN, MRS. ALICE (BRADLEY) (NEAL), author, was born Sept. 13, 1828, in Hudson, N. Y. She was a writer of juvenile tales which were very popular.
Her later years were spent in New York city, but she formerly lived in Philadelphia, her first husband being J. C. Neal. She is the author of No Such Word as Fail; Contentment Better than Wealth; and Patient Waiting No Loss.
She died Aug. 23, 1863, in Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Haven, Erastus Otis
bishop, author, was born Nov. 1, 1820, in Boston, Mass. He was a methodist bishop, chancellor of Syracuse university; and from 1863-69 president of the university of Michigan. He was the author of Pillars of Truth; Young Man Advised; Rhetoric; and American Progress. He died in August, 1881, in Salem, Ore.
Haven, Gilbert
bishop, author, was born Sept. 19, 1821, in Malden, Mass. He was a methodist bishop whose official residence was in Atlanta, and was the author of National Sermons; The Pilgrim's Wallet; Our Next-Door Neighbor, or Mexico of To-Day; Life of Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher; and Christus Consolator.
He died Jan. 30, 1880, in Malden, Mass.
Haven, John
state senator, was born April 12, 1824, in Braddock's Field, Pa.
In 1868 he was elected to the Indiana state senate.
Haven, Joseph
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 4, 1816, in Dennis, Mass.
He was a congregational clergyman, and a professor in the Chicago Theological seminary in 1858-70. He was the author of Mental Philosophy; Moral Philosophy; History of Ancient and Modern Philosophy; Studies in Philosophy and Theology; and Systematic Theology. He died May 23, 1874, in Chicago, Ill.
Haven, Nathaniel A
congressman, was born in 1762, in New Hampshire. He was a member of congress from that state from 1809 to 1811. He died in March, 1831.
Haven, Nathaniel Appleton
lawyer, author, was born Jan. 14, 1790, in Portsmouth, N. H. From 1821 till 1825 he edited the Portsmouth Journal. He also wrote several poems and contributed to the North American Review. A volume of his writings was published, with a memoir, by George Ticknor. He died June 3, 1826, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Haven, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 15, 1727, in Framingham, Mass. In 1752 he was pastor of the First Congregational church in Portsmouth, N.
H., which charge he held until 1806.
Among his printed sermons are on the Death of George II.; on the Restoration of Peace; The Dudleian Lecture.
Haven, Samuel Foster
archæologist, author, was born May 28, 1806, in Dedham, Mass. He was an archæologist who was librarian of the American Antiquarian society at Worcester, and the author of Archæology of the United States; and History of the Grants Under the Great Council for New England. He died Sept. 5, 1881, in Worcester, Mass.
Haven, Solomon George
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 27, 1810, in Chenango county, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from that state from. 1851 to 1857. He died Dec. 24, 1861, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Havens, Harrison E
journalist, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 15, 1837, in Franklin county, Ohio. He served for a short time as captain in the army.
He was elected from Missouri to the forty-second and forty-third congresses as a republican.
Havens, James
clergyman, was born Dec. 25, 1763, in Mason county, Ky.
He was one of the founders of methodism in the northwest, especially in Indiana, where the last forty years of his life were spent. He died in November, 1864, in Indiana.
Havens, Jonathan N
congressman. He was for nine years a member of the New York assembly from Suffolk county; and a representative in congress from 1795 to 1799. He died in 1799.
Havens, Ruth G. D
educator, author, poet, was born Jan. 12, 1845, in Madison, Conn. She is a life-long abolitionist and supporter of the doctrine of the equality of races and sexes, and in woman suffrage. She is the author of several stories, sketches, and numerous poems.
Havermans, Peter
catholic priest, was born March 27, 1806, near the city of Breda. In 1830 he was ordained to the priesthood; filled various pastorates in Maryland; and became pastor of St. Mary's church of Troy, N. Y., where he died July 22, 1897.
Hawes, Albert G
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1831 to 1837. He died April 14, 1849, in Davis county, Ky.
Hawes, Aylett
physician, congressman. nan. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1811 to 1817.
He died Aug. 31, 1833, in Culpeper county, Va.
Hawes, Jesse
physician, surgeon, author, was born Aug. 21, 1843, in Corinna, Maine. He received his education at the Corinna academy, the high school of Belvidere, Ill., and the Illinois Soldiers' college. He was a successful physician and president of the Colorado board of medical examiners; and trustee of the Colorado state normal school. He is the author of a historical work entitled Cahoba.
Hawes, Joel
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 22, 1789, in Medway, Mass. He was a prominent congregational clergyman of Hartford in 1818-67; and the author of Lectures to Young Men; The Religion of the East; Looking-Glass for Ladies; Washington and Jay; Experimental and Practical Sermons; Tribute to the Pilgrims; and Character Everything to the Young. He died June 5, 1867, in Gilead, Conn.
Hawes, Josiah L
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 12, 1823, in Carlisle, N. Y. During 1847-49 he practiced law in Unadilla, then in Cobleskill till 1852. From that time he distinguished himself as one of the foremost lawyers of Kalamazoo, Mich., not only as trial counsel in cases in the circuit court, but also in the state and federal courts. In 1875 he was elected circuit judge, and served the state for many years with distinction in that capacity.
Hawes, Richard
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 6, 1797, in Caroline county, Va. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature in 1828, 1829 and 1836, and was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1837 to 1841. He died May 25, 1877, in Bourbon county, Ky.
Hawes, William Post
lawyer, author, was born Feb. 4, 1803, in New York city. He was a lawyer of New York city, and the author of Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches, published, with Memoir, by H. W. Herbert. He died in 1842.
Hawk, Robert M. A
soldier, congressman, was born April 23, 1839, in Hancock county, Ind. He served three years in the union army during the war of the rebellion, rising to the rank of major. He was clerk of the county court of Carroll county, Ill., from 1865 to 1879, by successive elections, and was elected a representative from Illinois to the fortysixth and forty-seventh congresses. He died June 29, 1882.
Hawkes, James
congressman, was born in Worcester, Mass. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1811 to 1823.
Hawkins, Alvin
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Dec. 2, 1821, in Bath county, Ky. He was made judge of the supreme court of the state of Tennessee in 1865, and in 1881 was elected governor of Tennessee, serving until 1883.
Hawkins, Benjamin
soldier, congressman, United States senator, author, was born Aug. 15, 1754, in Warren county, N. C. During 1781-84 and 1786-87 he was a delegate in congress, and served during 1789-95 as a United States senator from North Carolina. He was then appointed agent for superintending of all the Indians south of the Ohio, retaining that office from 1796 until his death. He was the author of Topography; and Indian Character. He died June 6, 1816, in Hawkinsville, Ga.