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Hays, Isaac – Hazelton, Gerry W

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Hays, Isaac

physician, journalist, author, was born July 5, 1796, in Philadel- , was born July 5, 1796, in Philadelphia, Pa.

In 1843 he established The Medical News of Philadelphia, Pa.; and in 1874 The Monthly Abstract of Medical Science; both of which journals are still published in that city. He published various medical works. He died April 13, 1879, in 1879, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Hays, James B

lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 10, 1840, in Crawford county, Sept. 10 , 1840, in Crawford county, Pa. He was district attorney for Dodge county for eight years; and was an unsuccessful candidate for secretary of state of Wisconsin in 1877. In 1885 he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of the territory of Idaho.

Hays, L. Samuel

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a reprein Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.

Hays, Luke C

lawyer, public official, was born May 19, 1861, in Hardin county, born May 19, 1861, in Hardin county, Ky. During 1878-86 he was deputy county clerk of his county. He then moved to South Dakota; was chief clerk of Crow Creek Indian agency until 1890; and subsequently served two terms as state's attorney of Lyman county, S. D. In 1893 he was appointed Indian agent; and has filled various other public offices of trust.

Hays, William Shakespeare

author, poet, was born July 19, 1837, in Ken- , poet, was born July 19, 1837, in Kentucky. He is a popular ballad and song composer of Louisville. Mollie Darling is one of his best-known songs. He has published a volume of Poems and Songs.

Hayward, Edward Farwell

clergyman, author, was born in 1851 in , author, was born in 1851 in Massachusetts . He is a unitarian clergyman, for some years pastor of a church in Boston; in Boston; and the author of Willoughby; and Ecce Spiritus.

Hayward, George

author, was born in 1781 in Massachusetts. He was a in 1781 in Massachusetts. He was a Boston writer who published View of the United States; Religious Creeds of the United States; and Book of Religions, and several gazetteers. He died in 1862.

Hayward, George

physician, author, was born March 9, 1791, in Boston, , was born March 9, 1791, in Boston, Mass. He was a Boston physician of note; and the author of Outlines of Physiology; and Surgical Records. He died Oct. 7, 1863, in Boston , Mass.

Hayward, James

educator, civil engineer, author, was born June 12, 1786, in , author, was born June 12, 1786, in Concord, Mass. He was professionally retained by the Boston and Maine railroad, projecting and having entire charge of the construction of this road, including the building of the bridge at Haverhill, and ultimately being made president of the corporation. He published Elements of Geometry upon the Inductive Method.

He died July 27, 1866, in Boston, Mass.

Hayward, John

author, was born in January, 1781, in Boston, Mass. He is January , 1781, in Boston, Mass. He is the author of View of the United States; Religious Creeds of the United States and of the British Provinces; New England Gazetteer; Book of Religions; Gazetteer of the United States; and Gazetteer of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. He died Oct. 13, 1862, in Boston, Mass.

Haywood, Benjamin J

financier, was born April 12, 1849, in Mercer county, born April 12, 1849, in Mercer county, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and subsequently graduated from the Business college of Pittsburg, Pa. He has filled numerous public positions of trust in his native county and state; was receiver of the First National bank of Clearfield, Pa.; and is now state treasurer of Pennsylvania sylvania.

Haywood, Benjamin Sherwood

educator, clergyman, was born Sept. 15, , clergyman, was born Sept. 15, 1863, near Romney, Ind. He graduated from Cornell college of Mt. Vernon, Iowa; and from the Purdue university of Lafayette, Ind. He was a successful educator in Indiana and Nebraska; and since 1889 has been clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. During 1894-97 he was president of the West Nebraska conference of the Epworth league; and since 1896 has filled a pastorate in Holdrege, Neb.

Haywood, Edmund Burke

physician, surgeon, was born June 13, 1825, , surgeon , was born June 13, 1825, in Raleigh, N. C. He was president of the Medical association of North Carolina in 1868, and from 1871 till 1877, of the state insane asylum. He was a delegate to the international medical congress in Philadelphia Philadelphia in 1876.

Haywood, John

colonist, was born in 1684, in West Indies. He represented 1684, in West Indies. He represented Edgecombe county, N. C., in the colonial assembly; and was also a colonel in the militia forces of the county. He died in 1758 in North Carolina.

Haywood, John

lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1753 in Halifax county, , was born in 1753 in Halifax county, N. C. He was a jurist of Tennessee; and the author of Manual of Laws of North Carolina ; Haywood's Justice; Tennessee Reports; History of Tennessee; Statute Laws of Tennessee (with R. L. and Cutts). He died in December, 1826, in Nashville, Tenn.

Haywood, William Henry

JR., state legislator, United States senator, was born in 1801 born in 1801 in Wake county, N. C. He of the house of commons in 1834, continuing there three years; in 1836 was speaker of the house; and was a senator in congress from 1843 to 1846. He died Oct. 6, 1852, in Raleigh, N. C.

Hazard, Caroline

journalist, author, was born in 1856 in Rhode Island. , was born in 1856 in Rhode Island.

She is the author of Narragansett Ballads; Thomas Thomas Hazard, a Study of Life in Narrathe Eighteenth Century; and Memoirs of J. L. Diman. She has edited, with introductions, the works of R. G.

Hazard.

Hazard, Ebenezer

postmastergeneral, author, was born Jan. 15, 1744, in , author, was born Jan. 15, 1744, in Philadelphia , Pa. He was a Philadelphia writer who was postmaster-general in 1782-89; and the author of Historical Collections, the beginnings of a United States history; and Remarks on a Report Concerning the Western Indians. He died June 13, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Hazard, Jonathan J

congressman, was born in 1728 in Rhode Island. He born in 1728 in Rhode Island. He was a delegate from Rhode Island to the continental congress in 1787 and 1788. He died in 1812 in New York.

Hazard, Nathaniel

congressman, was born in Newport, R. I. He was electborn in Newport, R. I. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1821. He died Dec. 18, 1820, in Washington, D. C.

Hazard, Rowland Gibson

manufacturer, author, was born Aug. 9, 1801, , author, was born Aug. 9, 1801, in South Kensington, R. I. He was a woolen manufacturer of Peace Dale, R. I.; and the author of Essays on Finance; Resources of the United States; Essay on Language, and Other Essays and Addresses; Freedom dresses; Freedom of Mind in Willing; and Freedom in Willing; and Man a Creative First Cause. He died June 24, 1888, in Peace Dale, R. I.

Hazard, Samuel

archæologist, author, was born May 26, 1784, in Philadel- , was born May 26, 1784, in Philadel- Philadelphia; and the author of Annals phia, Pa. He was an archæologist of of Pennsylvania, 1609-82; Register of Pennsylvania, 1828-36; Pennsylvania Archives, 1682-1790; and United States Com- May 22, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa. mercial and Statistical Register He died

Hazard, Samuel

soldier, author, was born in 1834 in Pennsylvania. He born in 1834 in Pennsylvania. He was an officer in the United States army; and the author of Santo Domingo Past and Present ; and Cuba with Pen and Pencil. He died in 1876.

Hazard, Thomas Robinson

manufacturer, author, was born in 1784 in , author, was born in 1784 in South Kensington, R. I. He was an ardent spiritualist, and wrote much in defence of his beliefs. He was the author of Facts of Facts for the Laboring Man; The Ordeal of Life; Capital Punishment; Medi- Mediumship; and Recollections of Olden Time . He died in March, 1876, in New York.

Hazard, Willis Pope

bookseller, author, was born in 1825 in Alabama. born in 1825 in Alabama.

He is a retired bookseller of Westchester, Pa.; and the author of The Art of Pleasing, a work ing, a work on etiquette; The Jersey, Alderney, and Guernsey Cow; Butter and ; and Annals of Philadelphia, a continuation of Watson's Annals.

Hazelius, Ernest Lewis

educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. , clergyman, author, was born Sept. 6, 1777, in Prussia. He was a Lutheran clergyman who was professor in a South Carolina theological seminary. He was the author of Life of Luther; Church History; and History of the Lutheran Church in America . He died Feb. 20, 1853, in South Carolina.

Hazelrigg, Mrs. Clara H

educator, author, poet, was born Nov. 23, , poet, was born Nov. 23, 1861, in Council Grove, Kan. She is a successful educator, and principal of the city schools of El Dorado, Kan. She has been editor of several prominent periodicals in various states, and has published one volume of poems ume of poems.

Hazeltine, Abner

congressman.

He was a member of the New York aswas a member of the New York assembly in 1829 and 1830; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837.

Hazeltine, Ira S

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 13, 1821, in Andover, Vt . He was commissioned a colonel of state troops in 1852. He was elected a representative in the state legislature in 1867.

In 1870 he removed to Missouri and engaged in agricultural pursuits; and was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-seventh congress.

Hazeltine, Mayo Williamson

journalist, author, was born in 1841 in , author, was born in 1841 in Massachusetts.

He is a New York journalist, and since 1878 the literary editor of the New York Sun. He is the author of Chats About Books; British and American Education ; and The American Woman in Europe.

Hazelton, George C

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 3, , congressman, was born Jan. 3, 1833, in Chester, N. H. He was elecťed district attorney in 1864 and re-elected in 1867, and re-elected in 1869. He was elect- 1866. He was elected state senator in ed a representative from Wisconsin to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.

Hazelton, Gerry W

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 24, , congressman, was born Feb. 24, 1829, in Chester, N. H. He was elected to the Wisconsin state senate in 1860, and twice chosen president pro tem. He was elected district attorney in Columbia county; was appointed collector of internal revenue in 1866, and removed; and was appointed United States attorney for the district of Wisconsin in 1869. He was third congresses. elected to the forty-second and forty-

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