Hazelton, John W – Heard, Thomas Jefferson
Hazelton, John W
farmer, 'congressman, was born Dec. 10, 1819, in Mullica Hill, N. J. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the fortysecond and forty-third congresses as a republican.
Hazelwood, John
naval officer, was born about 1726 in England. In 1772 he was one of the founders of the St. George society of Philadelphia, Pa. The continental vessels in the Delaware river were put under his command. He attained the rank of commodore in the Pennsylvania navy. The artist and patriot, Charles Wilson Peale, thought Hazelwood worthy for his collection of American heroes, and the picture of him painted by Peale was afterward purchased by the city of Philadelphia and placed in Independence hall. He died March 1, 1800, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hazen, Henry Allen
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 27, 1832, in Hartford, Vt. He attended the Kimball Union academy, Dartmouth college, and Andover Theological seminary. He is a successful congregational clergyman, and has filled pastorates in Plymouth, Lyme, Mansfield and Bellerica, Mass.; and is now located in Auburndale, Mass.
Since 1883 he has been secretary of the national council of the congregational churches, and editor of its Year Book. He has also been secretary of the General association of Massachusetts since 1888; and of the international congregational council in London in 1891. He is the author of a History of Bellerica, with genealogies. a
Hazen, Lucius Downer
manufacturer, banker, state senator, was born Jan. 19, 1834, in Hartford, Vt. During 1869- 88 he served as a member of the Vermont house of representatives; and was elected to the state senate in 1894.
The same year he was appointed director of the state prison and house of correction, and in 1896 received the reappointment for six years. He is president of the Merchants' National bank of St. Johnsbury.
Hazen, Moses
soldier, was born in 1733 in Haverhill, Mass. He was in the service during the entire war, being made brigadier-general on June 29, 1781. He died Jan. 30, 1802, in Troy, N. Y.
Hazen, William Babcock
soldier, author, was born Sept. 27, 1830, in West Hartford, Vt. He was a general in the federal army during the civil war, and from 1880 chief officer of the signal service. He was the author of The School and the Army in Germany and France; Barren Lands in the Interior of the United States; and A Narrative of Military Service. He died Jan. 16, 1887, in Washington, D. C.
Hazlett, Albert Lester
clergyman, was born July 1, 1864, in Hazlet, N. J. He has attained eminence as a successful clergyman; and has filled pastorates in Farmington, Ohio; Magnolia, N. J.; and is now pastor of the methodist episcopal church of McCracken, Kan. He has filled various positions of honor in the gift of his church.
Hazzard, David
governor. He was governor of Delaware from 1830 to 1833.
Head, Franklin H
author, was born in 1835 in New York. He is a Chicago writer who has published Shakespeare's Insomnia and the Causes Thereof, an ingenious burlesque.
Head, H. C
merchant, public official, legislator, was born in 1849 in Hooksett, N. H. He graduated from the Manchester high school, and in 1878 moved to Minnesota. He engaged in general merchandise, milling and the lumbering business in Princeton, Minn., retiring from active business in 1894. For nine years successively he was court commissioner for his district; was city clerk for an equal period; and for four years was postmaster at Princeton. In 1896 he was elected a representative to the Minnesota state legislature, and took an active part on several important committees.
Head, James Butler
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1846, in Clinton, Ala. He has served as judge of the tenth judicial circuit of Alabama, and as associate justice of the supreme court of that state.
Head, Natt
manufacturer, state senator, governor, was born May 20, 1828, in Hooksett, N. H. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1861 and 1862.
He was adjutant-general, inspector-general, and quartermaster-general of the state from 1863 to 1870, rendering most efficient service. He was defeated for the state senate in 1875; was state senator in 1876 and 1877; and was president of the senate in the latter year. He was governor of New Hampshire from 1878 to 1880. He died Nov. 12, 1883, in Hooksett, N. H.
Heade, Martin Johnson
artist, was born in Bucks county, Pa. He has painted many western and tropical scenes, also views on the Hudson and the Massachusetts coast, which are characterized by rich effects of color and light, and by poetic sentiment.
Headley, Joel Tyler
author, was born Dec. 30, 1813, in Walton, N. Y. He was an historical writer of Newburg, N.
Y. He was the author of Napoleon and His Marshals; The Old Guard of Napoleon; Life of Oliver Cromwell; The Great Rebellion; Sacred Scenes and Characters; Washington and His Generals; Life of Washington; Grant and Sherman; Life of General Grant; Life of Havelock; Achievements of Stanley and Other Explorers; The Adirondacks, or Life in the Woods; Farragut and Our Naval Commanders; Chaplains of the Revolution; Sacred Heroes and Martyrs; Letters from Italy and the Alps; and The Second War with England. He died in 1897.
Headley, Phineas Camp
clergyman, author, was born June 24, 1819, in Walton, N. Y. He is a congregational clergyman; and the author of Women of the Bible; The Island of Fire; Young Folks' Heroes of the Rebellion; Lives of Josephine, Lafayette, Napoleon, Mary Queen of Scots; Half-Hours in Bible Lands; and Evangelists in the Church.
Heald, Charles Mercer
railroad president, was born July 5, 1849, in Baltimore, Md. In 1889 he was elected president of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad company.
Healion, Michael C
railroad president, was born Jan. 30, 1856, in Ireland. Since May, 1895, he has been president of the Mason City and Fort Dodge railroad.
Healy, George Peter Alexan- Der
artist, was born July 15, 1813, in Boston, Mass. At the Paris International exhibition in 1855 he exhibited a series of thirteen portraits and a large picture representing Franklin urging the claims of the American colonies before Louis
Healy, James Augustine
Roman catholic bishop, was born in 1830 near Macon, Ga. He was consecrated bishop of Portland in 1875. He founded various convents.
Healy, John Plummer
lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 28, 1810, in Washington, N. H. In 1840 he was elected to the lower house of the Massachusetts legislature, serving several terms, and in 1854 he entered the state senate. From 1856 till the close of his life he was solicitor of the city of Boston. He died Jan. 4, 1882, in Boston, Mass.
Healy, Joseph
congressman, was born in 1776 in Cheshire, N. H. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1825 to 1829; and was also state counselor from 1829 to 1832, and state senator in 1824. He died Oct. 10, 1861, in Washington, N. H. a
Healy, Mary
author. She is the author of Lakeville; Storm Driven; and other novels.
Heap, David Porter
civil engineer, author, was born March 24, 1843, in Turkey. He is a major of engineers in government service; and the author of History of Application of Electric Light to the Courts of France; Ancient and Modern Lights; and Electrical Appliances of the Present Day.
Heap, Gwynn Harris
diplomat, author, was born March 23, 1817, in Chester, Pa. He was a diplomatist who was consul-general at Constantinople from 1878. He published Central Route to the Pacific.
He died March 6, 1887, in Constantinople, Turkey.
Heard, Franklin Fiske
lawyer, author, was born Jan. 17, 1825, in Wayland, Mass. He was a Boston lawyer who was a high authority on pleading; and the author of Criminal Law; Criminal Pleading; Civil Pleading; Shakespeare as a Lawyer; Libel and Slander; Leading Cases in Criminal Law (with E. H. Bennett); Curiosities of the Law Reporters; Oddities of the Law; Precedents of Equity Pleadings; and Precedents of Pleading in Special Actions.
Heard, John T
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 29, 1840, in Georgetown, Mo. He was elected to the state legislature of Missouri in 1872; and in 1861 was elected, without opposition, a state senator, and served four years. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Heard, Josephine Henderson
author, poet, was born Oct. 11, 1861, in Charlotte, N. C. She has written extensively for the periodical press; has published a volume of poems; and is the secretary of the National Press association. Mrs. Heard is the wife of the Rev. William Henry Heard, United States minister to Liberia, Africa.
Heard, Stephen
jurist, governor, was born in Ireland. In 1871 he was elected governor of Georgia; and in 1872 was chief justice of the inferior court and a trustee of the academy in Washington.
He died Nov. 15, 1875, in Wilkes county, Ga.
Heard, Thomas Jefferson
physician, author, was born May 14, 1814, in Morgan county, Ga. He exerted his influence to modify the treatment of malarial fevers in the southwest, and introduced into Texas the treatment by quinine, opiates, ammonia, and salts, in the place of bleeding, purgatives, and mercury.