Herron, Francis J – Hewett, Waterman Thomas
Herron, Francis J
merchant, soldier, was born Feb. 17, 1837, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1856 he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1861 he organized and commanded the Governor Gray's; and served in the first and second Iowa regiments. He entered as a captain and attained the rank of major-general of volunteers. He took part in a score of battles and numerous skirmishes; and is prominently identified with the Grand Army of the Republic of Iowa and the United States. He has also contributed valuable articles to current publications.
Herron, George Davis
clergyman, author, was born in 1862, in Indiana. He is a congregational clergyman of Iowa; since 1893 professor of applied Christianity in Iowa college; and very prominent as a writer and lecturer upon Christian Socialism. He is the author of The Christian Society; The Call of the Cross; The Larger Christ; The Message of Jesus to Men of Wealth; The Christian State; and Social Meanings of Religious Experiences.
Herron, Joseph D
clergyman, poet, was born Nov. 4, 1853, in Kirtland, Ohio.
He received a liberal education and studied theology in the leading seminaries in America. He has filled but two positions in fifteen years of his ministry-assistant minister in Trinity parish of New York city; and rector of Trinity church of New Castle, Pa., in which latter church he is still pastor. Since his youth he has had a great love for music, and has set many of his poems to music, some of which have been rendered by choruses of children in New York city and other cities. He is the author of a number of poems of rare merit, which have been included in Poets of America, and various other national collections.
Hersey, Samuel F
merchant, banker, state legislator, congressman, was born April 12, 1812, in Sumner, Maine.
He was a member of the legislature of Maine in 1842, 1857, 1865, 1867, and 1869; and of the executive council in 1851 and 1852. He was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses. He died Feb. 3, 1875, in Bangor.
Hervey, Dwight B
clergyman, college president, was born June 4, 1834, in Martinsburg, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools and graduated from the Jefferson college of Pennsylvania. He is a successful clergyman of the presbyterian church; has filled pastorates in Mount Vernon, Ohio, for twelve years; in Granville for six years; and for twelve years was president of the Granville Female academy. He now fills a pastorate in Edinboro, Pa.
Hervey, Robert G
was born May 16, 1839, in Brockville, Canada. In the fall of 1874 he consolidated three railways under the name of the Illinois Midland railway, in which he still retains a large interest. He established the Decatur National bank, at Decatur, of which he was for a long time president and principal owner.
Hess, George
sculptor, was born in 1832, in Germany. His bust of Mme.
Janauschek is well known. His other works include Echo; The Water-Lily; and two humorous pieces called Gold Up and Gold Down.
Hess, Jasper N
financier, business man, was born Aug. 15, 1844, in Goshen, Ind. He received the rudiments of his education in the schools of his native city, and graduated from the Eastman college. He is an expert accountant; a trustee of the Union Christian college of Merom, Ind.; and has filled various positions of honor. He is now the manager of the East Chicago Hardware company.
Hesseltine, E. Adelbert
lawyer, jurist, was born June 25, 1860, in Kansas.
He has been postmaster of Wilbur, Wash.; justice of the peace; city attorney, and police judge; and takes an active part in public affairs.
Heth, Henry
soldier, was born in 1825, in Virginia. He served in the civil war, and for gallant and meritorious conduct received the rank of brigadier-general.
Heth, William
soldier, was born in 1735, in Virginia. At the beginning of the revolution he joined the continental army; in 1777 was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the third Virginia regiment, and was in command till the end of the war. He died April 15, 1808, in Richmond, Va.
Heustis, Jabez Wiggins
physician, author, was born in 1784, in St. John, N.
B. He became surgeon in the United States army and served throughout the southern campaigns. His publications are Physical Observations and Medical Tracts and Researches on the Topography and Diseases of Louisiana; Medical Facts and Inquiries respecting the Causes, Nature, Prevention, and Cure of Fever; and the Bilious Remittent Fever of Alabama.
He died in 1841, in Talladega Springs, Ala.
Heustis, James Fountain
physician, educator, was born Nov. 15, 1829, in Cahawba, Ala. He was elected professor of anatomy in the Alabama Medical college in 1859, served as surgeon in the confederate army throughout the civil war, and since 1875 has been professor of surgery in Alabama Medical college.
Hewes, George Robert Twelves
one of the Boston tea party, was born Nov. 5, 1751, in Boston, Mass.
He took an active part in the destruction of the tea in December, 1773, and is probably the only man who ever confessed to a share in this transaction.
He died Nov. 5, 1840, in Richfield, N. Y.
Hewes, Joseph
signer of the declaration of independence, was born in 1730, in Kingston, N. J. He served in the assembly of the province; was a delegate from North Carolina to the continental congress from 1774 to 1777, and again in 1779; and signed the declaration of independence. He was de facto the first secretary of the navy. He died Nov. 10, 1779, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hewett, Edwin Crawford
journalist, educator, college president, author, was born Nov. 1, 1828, in Sutton, Mass.
He was professor in the Illinois State Normal university during 1858-76, and president of that institution during 1876- 90.
He is now the associate editor of The Public School Journal of Normal, Ill.; and the author of Pedagogy; Psychology; and a series of Arithmetics.
Hewett, Semun R
physician, surgeon, was born July 22, 1839, in Middlebury, N. Y. In 1864-65 he was interne at the Chicago Eye and Ear infirmary; and for many years local surgeon of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad company. He is one of the foremost physicians and surgeons of Iowa; and has a large practice in Charles City; is prominent in several fraternal orders; and is a member of the leading medical bodies in America.
Hewett, Sumner B
legislator, jurist, was born June 22, 1833, in Northbridge, Mass. He was principally educated at the East Douglass academy; became a school teacher; clerked in a store; and subsequently an accountant in Boston. In 1854 he married and moved to Wright county, Iowa, and there established the Eagle Grove farm; and Judge Hewett was the real founder and principal owner of the beautiful city of Eagle Grove. In 1861 he was appointed judge of the county court; received the re-election; and in 1862 was appointed collector of internal revenue. In 1871 he was elected to the general assembly of the state of Iowa; and the session following was made chairman of the agricultural college committee, and also a member of several other important committees. For ten years he was a member of the board of directors of the Iowa State Agricultural society. For twenty years his wife had charge of the postoffice.
He has been prominently identified with the growth and prosperity of Iowa, and is one of the representative men of that state. Judge Hewett spends his winters in California; and has a beautiful residence and home in Santa Barbara, where he is very popular.
Hewett, Waterman Thomas
educator, author, was born Jan. 10, 1846, in Miami, Mo. He is an educator who has held the chair of German literature at Cornell university since 1883; and is the author of The Frisian Language and Literature; Aims and Efforts of Collegiate Study of Modern Languages; and Mutual Relations of High Schools and Colleges.