Hogan, John Joseph – Holbrook, Alfred
Hogan, John Joseph
Roman catholic bishop, was born May 10, 1829, in Ireland . In 1882 he began to build the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas.
Hogan, William
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1792, in New York city. He was for many years a county judge; was a representative in congress from New York from 1831 to 1833; and in 1850 became an examiner of claims in the department of state, which position was soon exchanged for that of translator. He died about 1075, in Washington, D. C.
Hoge, Beverly Lacy
lawyer, prohibitionist, was born April 8, 1863, in Montgomery county, Va. He received his education at the Virginia A. and M. college of Blacksburg. He is the youngest son of Hon.
James F. Hoge, and a grandson of General James Hoge.
Mr. Hoge has been prominent in church and prohibition work of his state for the past twelve years; and as a lawyer he has the largest practice of any lawyer in Roanoke, Va. He has canvassed the state for the prohibition party; and has had marked success as an evangelist.
He has been chairman of the state executive committee of the prohibition party of Virginia; and has filled with honor various positions in his town, county and state.
Hoge, James
clergyman, was born in 1784, in Moorfield, Va. He was the pioneer of the temperance movement in Ohio, and an ardent abolitionist, although born in a slave state. He was instrumental in establishing the state deaf, dumb, blind, and insane asylums; was a trustee of two educational institutions; and a founder of the Ohio Bible society. He died Sept. 22, 1863, in Columbus, Ohio.
Hoge, John
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 10, 1760, near Carlisle, Pa. He entered the army of the revolution in 1776, and was made ensign of the ninth Pennsylvania regiment. In 1782 he moved to the western part of the state, and with his brother William founded the town of Washington.
From 1790 to 1795 he served in the state senate. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania in 1804 and 1805. He died Aug. 4, 1824, near Washington, Pa.
Hoge, John Blair
lawyer, jurist, banker, congressman, was born Feb. 2, 1825, in Richmond, Va. He was a member of the state house of representatives from 1855 to 1859. He served in the confederate army as a commissioned officer throughout the war of the rebellion. He was circuit judge from 1872 to 1880, and was elected to the forty-seventh congress as a representative from West Virginia as a democrat.
Hoge, Joseph P
congressman, was born in Ohio. He removed to Illinois, and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1847.
Hoge, Moses
educator, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 15, 1752, in Frederick county, Va. He was a presbyterian clergyman and educator of Virginia, president of Hampden and Sidney college in 1806-20, and widely known as an eloquent preacher. He was the author of Christian Panoply, a Reply to Paine's Age of Reason; and Sermons. He died July 5, 1820, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hoge, Samuel Davies
educator, clergyman, was born in 1791, in Shepherdstown, Va. In 1824 he became professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the Ohio university, Athens; was acting president for several sessions; and pastor of the town and college churches.
He died Dec. 10, 1826, in Athens, Ohio.
Hoge, Solomon La Fayette
sol- 1837, in Logan county, Ohio. He entered dier, jurist, congressman, was born about fantry; was twice brevetted for gallant the army as first lieutenant in the inconduct in battle; and at the close of the war received a commission in the regular army. He was elected associate justice of the supreme court of the state by the general assembly; and was elected to the forty-first and forty-fourth gresses. con-
Hoge, William
congressman, was born in 1762, in Cumberland county, Pa.
He founded the town of Washington; was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1801 to 1804, when he resigned; and again from 1807 to 1809. He died Sept. 25, 1814, in Washington, D. C.
Hoge, William James
clergyman, author, was born in 1821, near Hampden Sidney college, Va. He was a presbyterian clergyman of New York city, and subsequently of Petersburg, Va., very popular in his day, and the author of Blind Bartimeus, or the Sightless Sinner. He died July 5, 1864, in Petersburg, Va.
Hogeboom, Henry
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born in 1808, in Columbia county, N. Y. In 1831 he became a master in chancery and county judge of Columbia county, and in 1839 was elected to the legislature. In 1857 he was elected justice of the supreme court, and again in 1865. He died Sept. 12, 1872, in Hudson, N. Y.
Hogeboom, James L
congressman.
He was a member of the New York constitutional convention of 1821; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1823 to 1825. lecturer, congressman, author, was born
Hogg, Charles Edgar
lawyer, Dec. 21, 1852, in Pleasant Flats, W. Va.
He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and in 1887 was elected to the fiftieth congress from the fourth congressional district of West Virginia. He is the author of Hogg's Pleading and Forms, a work on common law practice.
Hogg, James Stephen
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born March 24, 1851, near Rusk, Texas. He commenced life as a printer, entered journalism, and for several years was the owner and editor of a newspaper. He was admitted to the general of Texas. In 1890 he was elected bar, and in 1886 was elected attorneyto the high office of governor of Texas, and was elected to a second term. He had previously filled the office of justice of the peace; district and county attorney, and other minor offices. He has been a consistent democrat; has never been defeated in the conventions of his party, nor at the polls; and in the face of the brightest prospects has declined to become a candidate for United States senator, preferring to devote his time to private life and his profession.
Hogg, Samuel
physician, congressman, was born April 18, 1873, in Halifax, N. C. He served as surgeon in the army during the Creek war. Me was elected to the state legislature; was a representative in congress from 1817 to 1819, and declined a re-election. He was president of the Medical Society of Tennessee. He died May 28, 1842, in Nashville, Tenn. author, was born in 1852, in New York.
Hogg, Wilson Thomas
clergyman, He is a free methodist clergyman, president of Greenville college, and the author of Handbook of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology; and Revivals and Revival Work.
Hogue, Nicholas
farmer, jurist, legislator, was born June 4, 1843, in Etna Borough, Pa. He was school director for nine years; has served as justice of the peace; and for one term was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature.
Hogue, Solomon Fisher
clergyman, educator, college president, was born April 1, 1848, near Waynesburg, Pa.
He received his education in the district school, Waynesburg college, the state normal school and at the Cornell university of Ithaca, N. Y. In his youth he learned the wagon making trade; and while working at the bench studied during his spare moments. He subsequently taught school and finished his education; and has since been county superintendent of public instruction of Greene county, Pa.; president of Monongahela college; principal of the Ellwood academy, Pa.; and of Hall institute of Sharon, Pa. Rev.
S. F. Hogue has received the degrees of A. M., M. E. D., and Ph. D.
Hoit, Albert Gallatin
artist, was born Dec. 13, 1809, in Sandwich, N.
H. He became a portrait painter, but he was also successful as a landscape artist.
He died Dec. 18, 1856, in West Roxbury, Mass.
Hoit, James De Witt C
physician, poet, was born Aug. 25, 1842, in Laconia, N. H. He graduated in medicine from the Missouri Medical college of St.
Louis; and has practiced his profession with success in Yates City and Elmwood, Ill. He has contributed extensively to medical literature and the periodical press; and his poems have been incorporated into Poets of America and other standard works.
Hoke, Jacob
author. He is the author of The Age we Live In; Holiness, or the Higher Christian Life; Clusters from Eshcol; Guide to the Battle- Field of Gettysburg; and The Great Invasion of 1863.
Hoke, Martha Harriet
artist, was born March 23, 1861, in St. Louis, Mo. As a portrait painter on ivory her name is prominently known, and she is also known by her superior work in black and white. During 1890 she taught drawing from the antique in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
Holahan, Martha Eileen
poet, was born July 1, 1863, in Turner, Ill. She is the author of a poem in one volume entitled Nondescript, or The Passionate Recluse. to a
Holbrook, Alfred
educator, was born in 1816, in Derby, Conn. He possessed great inventive talents and a taste for civil engineering, but devoted himself educational work. He founded large institution at Lebanon, Ohio, principally for the training of teachers, which proved successful. In 1897 he was elected chancellor of the Southern Normal university of Huntington, Tenn. He is Teaching; an English Grammar Conformthe author of The Normal, or Methods of ed to Present Usage; a volume of Lectures; and other works.