Henry, William – Herbert, Marine Lincoln
Henry, William
congressman, was born in 1757. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress from 1784 to 1786. He died April 21, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Henry, William Arnon
educator, author, was born June 16, 1850, in Norwalk, Ohio. In 1880 he was appointed professor of botany and agriculture in the university of Wisconsin; two years later was elected professor of agriculture; andin 1891 was appointed dean of the College of Agriculture. He is the author of Foods and Feeding, a hand-book for the student and stockman, which has had a wide circulation throughout the United States.
Henry, William Seaton
soldier, author, was born in 1816 in Albany, N.
Y. He was an officer in the United States army who published Campaign Sketches of the War with Mexico. He died March 5, 1851, in New York city.
Henry, William Wirt
soldier, merchant, was born Nov. 21, 1831, in Waterbury, Vt. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native city; and then attended the People's academy of Morrisville, Vt. During the war he served with distinction in the union corps; and was rapidly promoted to first lieutenant, major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel, brevet brigadier-general. He has served as United States marshal; immigrant inspector; and various other public positions of trust. He is a successful druggist of Burlington, Vt.; and president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.
Hensel, William Uhler
journalist, author, was born in 1851 in Pennsylvania. He is a politician and journalist of Lancaster, Pa.; and the author of Lives of T. A. Hendricks and Grover Cleveland.
Henshaw, Daniel
lawyer and journalist, was born May 9, 1782, in Leicester, Mass. He gave up law in order to undertake the editorship of the Lynn Record, which he conducted till its discontinuance, a period of fourteen years, after which he resided in Boston. He died May 9, 1863, in Boston, Mass.
Henshaw, David
druggist, author, was born April 2, 1791, in Leicester, Mass.
For nine years he was collector of customs for the port of Boston; and in 1843 was appointed secretary of the navy.
He wrote Letters on the Internal Improvement and Commerce of the West. He died Nov. 11, 1852, in Leicester, Mass.
Henshaw, John Prentiss Kew- Ley
bishop, author, was born June 13, 1792, in Middletown, Conn. He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Rhode Island; and the author of Theology for the People; Lessons in Elocution; On Confirmation; and The Work of Christ's Living Body. He died July 19, 1852, in Frederick, Md.
Henshaw, Joshua Sidney
lawyer, author, was born Oct. 16, 1811, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer in Utica from 1848, but previously an instructor in the United States navy. He was the author of Incitements to Well Doing; Life of Father Mathew; United States Manual for Consuls; Around the World; and Philosophy of Human Progress. He died April 29, 1859, in Utica, N. Y.
Hensler, Eliza
singer, was born about 1835 in Boston, Mass. Her first appearance was at the Academy of Music, New York, at the age of fifteen. She then went to Lisbon, and became a favorite; and in 1869 married the ex-king of Portugal, Ferdinand, Duke of Saxe- Coburg-Gotha.
Hensley, James L
soldier, physician, lawyer, state legislator, was born Jan. 24, 1833, in Rockingham county, Va.
During the war he served in the ninetysixth regiment West Virginia militia. In 1876 he was elected a member of the West Virginia legislature. The following year he moved to Marion, Ohio, and was subsequently elected to the seventy-second general assembly of Ohio; and acted as chaplain of that body.
Hensley, William N
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 18, 1846, in Woodford county, Ky. He served two terms as city attorney of Columbus, Neb.; two terms as police judge; and for six years was county judge of Platte county.
Henson, Poindexter Smith
clergyman, journalist, was born Dec. 7, 1831, in Fluvanna county, Va. In 1867 he became pastor of the Broad Street church in Philadelphia, which he left in 1867, to organize the Memorial church, where he gathered the largest protestant congregation in that city. He is also editor of the Baptist Teacher.
Henszey, Samuel A
railroad president, was born Feb. 16, 1854, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1892 he has been president of the Raleigh and Western railway.
Hentz, Carolina Therese
author, was born Nov. 22, 1835, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She sent a series of letters from California to the Southern Christian Advocate in 1875, and has published many tales and sketches in magazines.
Hentz, Mrs. Caroline Lee
[WHITING], author, was born June 1, 1800, in Lancaster, Mass. She was a popular southern writer of many sensational romances of ephemeral interest. Among them are, Lovell's Folly; Rena; The Planter's Northern Bride; and Linda. She died Feb. 11, 1856, in Marianna, Fla.
Hentz, Nicholas Marcellus
educator, entomologist, was born July 25, 1797, in France. He was a French educator well known as an entomologist. He came to America in 1816, and taught in the university of North Carolina and elsewhere in the south. He died Nov. 4, 1856, in Marianna, Fla.
Hepburn, James Curtis
clergyman, missionary, author, was born in 1815 in Milton, Pa. He is a missionary to Japan of note as a lexicographer; and the author of A Japanese and English Dictionary; and A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary, an abridgement of the earlier work.
Hepburn, Neil Jamieson
oculist and aurist, author, was born Oct. 8, 1846, in Scotland. He devotes his attention exclusively to diseases of the eye and ear; has been inspector of the board of health of Freehold, N. J.; and lecturer on ophthalmology at the New York polyclinic. He is the author of Notes on Hypodermic Use of Cocaine; Therapeusis of Glaucoma, and other works.
Hepburn, William Peters
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1833, in Wellsville, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Marshall county in 1856; chief clerk of the state house of representatives in 1858; and district attorney of the eleventh judicial district of Ohio in the same year. He entered the Union army in 1861 as captain, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was a presidential elector in 1876; and was elected a representative from Iowa to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Hepworth, George Hughes
clergyman, journalist, author, was born Feb. 4, 1833, in Boston, Mass. He has been a New York journalist since 1887 on the editorial staff of the Herald. From 1855- 72 he was a unitarian clergyman, but subsequently entered the presbyterian ministry. He is the author of Rocks and Shoals; Brown Studies; Hiram Golf's Religion; The Life Beyond; They Met in Heaven; Herald Sermons; and Starboard and Port, a summer's yacht cruise.
Herbermann, Charles George
educator, author, was born Dec. 8, 1840, in Munster, Wash. He has been a professor of Latin in the College of the City of New York since 1869; and the author of Business Life in Ancient Rome.
Herbert, Henry William
author, poet, was born April 7, 1807, in London, England. He was a versatile, gifted writer who came to America in 1831, and lived near Newark, N. J. His writings in historical fiction include Cromwell; Marmaduke Nyvil; The Puritans of New England, issued later as The Puritan's Daughter; The Fronde; Sherwood Forest. In history: Captains of the Old World; Cavaliers of England; Knights of England; Chevaliers of France; Persons and Pictures from French and English History; Captains of the Great Roman Republic; Henry VIII. and his Six Wives.
His poems, edited by M. Herbert, appeared in 1888. He died May 17, 1858, in New York city.
Herbert, Hilary Abner
soldier, lawyer, statesman, was born March 12, 1834, in Laurensville, S. C. He entered the confederate army and rose to the rank of colonel. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, and fiftysecond congresses; and declined re-election. In 1893 he was appointed secretary of the navy, serving until 1897.
Herbert, John C
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1815 to 1819; and a presidential elector in 1824.
Herbert, John Ferdinand
contractor, insurance, legislator, was born Jan. 25, 1859, in New Orleans, La. He received his education at the St. Mary's college of Opelousas, La. He has been a successful contractor; and is now connected with the Mutual Life Insurance company at Gretna, La. He has served with distinction as a member of the Louisiana state legislature, and filled various other offices of trust.
Herbert, Marine Lincoln
lawyer, was born Sept. 1, 1860, in Johnson county, Ind. He received his education in the public schools of his native county; subsequently studied law and was admitted to the bar. He has attained success as an able lawyer of Indiana, and has a lucrative practice in Edinburg. He has been deputy prosecuting attorney at Hope, Bartholomew county, Ind.; at Greenwood in Johnson county; and for several years past has been corporation counsel and city attorney for Edinburg.
He has contributed numerous articles to the periodical press and to law literature; and takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his county and state.