Holt, Orrin – Hooker, Charles E
Holt, Orrin
congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from that state in 1836 to fill an unexpired term, and again from 1837 to 1839.
Holt, Samuel Hueston
farmer, legislator, was born April 12, 1840, in Knox county, Tenn. He received his education in the Ewing and Jefferson college, Tennessee, and at the Farmersburg academy, Indiana. He has filled various positions of honor in the state of Illinois; and is now a member of the Oregon state senate; and a member of the state board of agriculture of Oregon for the past ten years.
Holt, Thomas Michael
manufacturer, legislator, governor, was born July 15, 1831, in Alamance county, N. C. In 1876 he was elected state senator; in 1883 and 1885 represented his county in the North Carolina legislature, and from 1891 to 1893 was governor of North Carolina.
Holt, William H
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 29, 1842, in Bath county, Ky. He has been judge of court of appeals of Kentucky, and chief-justice of that state.
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Holten, Samuel
physician, jurist, congressman, was born June 9, 1738, in Danvers, Mass. He was a member of the old congress from 1778 to 1787, officiating at one time as its president. He also signed the articles of confederation. was a representative under the constitution from 1793 to 1795, and spent the closing years of his life as judge of probate for Essex county. He died Jan. 2, 1816, in Danvers, Mass.
Holton, Hart B
congressman. He was a resident of Maryland, and was elected a representative from that state to the forty-eighth congress. In 1883 he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Maryland.
Holton, Henry Dwight
physician, surgeon, was born in 1838, in Rockingham, Vt. He was educated at the Saxton's River seminary, Vermont, and in 1860 received his degree of M. D. from the university of New York. He has attained success as a physician and surgeon in Brattleboro, Vt., where he is a member of the state board of health. He served as commissioner from Vermont to the Mexican national exposition of industries and fine arts; is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; was a delegate to the republican national convention in 1896, and has taken an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Holtz, Earl Douglass
soldier, educator, clergyman, was born Oct. 30, 1844, in Morristown, Ohio. He graduated from the Mount Union college, and has received the degrees of A. M. and D. D. During the civil war he served as a soldier in the departmental corps of the government for nearly two years. He has taught Latin and Greek and the English Bible in Mount Union college; was presiding elder of the Canton district for six years; and now fills a pastorate in the methodist episcopal church at Alliance, Ohio. In 1887 he made an extended tour of Europe, Egypt and Palestine, and has attained success as an eminent clergyman and brilliant lecturer.
Holyoke, Edward
clergyman, college president, poet, was born June 25, HOLYOKE, 1689, in Boston, Mass. In 1737 he became president of the Hanover university. He was a successful clergyman; distinguished as a mathematician and classical scholar, and the author of a number of meritorious poems. He died June 1, 1769.
Holyoke, Edward Augustus
physician, surgeon, was born Aug. 1, 1728, in Boston, Mass. He was a founder of the Massachusetts Medical society, and its first president. On his hundredth birthday, fifty of his medical brethren of Boston and Salem gave him a public dinner. He died March 31, 1829, in Salem, Mass.
Holyoke, Samuel
musician, composer, was born Oct. 15, 1762, in Boxford, Mass. He was a successful musician, and published Columbian Repository of Sacred Harmony; Occasional Music, and other works. He died Feb. 7, 1820, in Concord, N. H.
Homans, Charles Dudley
physician, was born Dec. 5, 1826, in Boston, Mass. He settled in Boston, and was surgeon of the Boston city hospital from its foundation. He was president of the Massachusetts Medical society in 1884-86, of the Charitable Eye and Ear infirmary, and of the Boston Humane society. He died Sept. 2, 1886, in Mount Desert, Maine.
Homer, William Bradford
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1817, in Boston, Mass. In 1840 he was ordained pastor of the congregational church in South Berwick, Maine, continuing in this charge until his death. His Writings, with an introductory essay and memoir, were edited by Prof. Edwards A. Park.
He died March 22, 1841, in South Berwick, Maine.
Homer, Winslow
artist, was born Feb. 24, 1836, in Boston, Mass. In 1863 he exhibited for the first time, at the Academy, two pictures on war subjects- Home, Sweet Home, and The Last Goose at Yuletown. In 1865 he exhibited Prisoners at the Front.
Homes, Henry Augustus
clergyman, author, was born March 10, 1812, in Boston, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman who was a missionary at Constantinople in 1836-50, and subsequently in the diplomatic service there. From 1854 he was employed as librarian in the State library at Albany. He was the author of The Need of Yezedees of Mesopo'tamia; Design and Import of Medals; Our Knowledge of California; The Palatine Emigration to England in 1709; and The Water Supply of Constantinople. He died Nov. 3, 1887, in Albany, N. Y.
HOMES, MRS. MARY SOPHIE (SHAW) (ROGERS), author, poet, was born about 1830 in Frederick, Md. She is a writer of New Orleans, and the author of Carrie Harrington, or Scenes in New Orleans; Progression, or the South Defended, a volume of verse; and A Wreath of Rhymes.
Homes, William
clergyman, author, was born in 1663 in the north of Ireland.
He published sermons on The Sabbath, on Public Reading of the Scripture, Church Government, Secret Prayer, and Government of Christian Families. He died June 20, 1746, in Chilmark, Mass.
Honeyman, William
railroad president, was born in 1842 in Scotland. Since 1891 he has been president of the Rogue River Valley railway.
Honeymoon, a. Van Doren
lawyer, journalist, author, was born Nov. 12, 1849, in Germantown, N. J. For six years he practiced law in Somerville, N.
J., and subsequently has been journalist; and is the author of several law publications and works of travel.
Honeywood, Saint John
lawyer, author, poet, was born Feb. 7, 1763, in Leicester, Mass. He was a lawyer of Salem, N. Y., whose political Poems were published in 1801. He died Sept. 1, 1798, in Salem, N. Y.
Hoobler, Samuel R
farmer, educator, state legislator, was born Oct. 24, 1844, in Middleton, Ohio. He is a successful farmer and educator of Saganing, Mich., and in 1887 served with distinction as a member of the Michigan house of representatives.
Hood, Charles Ira
manufacturer, was born Dec. 11, 1845, in Lowell, Mass.
He opened a retail drug store in Lowell, Mass., and in 1875 began the preparation of Hood's sarsaparilla and other readymade medicines. The result has been that the business has continually increased, until, to-day, Hood's sarsaparilla laboratory, built in 1883, is one of the largest in the world.
Hood, George
musician, author, was born about 1815. He was a Philadelphian who was manager of the Academy of Music in his city, and author of a History of Music in New England (1846). He died May 18, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hood, James Walker
bishop, author, was born May 30, 1831, in Kennett Township, Pa. He was consecrated bishop of the African methodist episcopal church in 1872.
Hood, John Bell
soldier, author, was born June 1, 1831, in Owenville, Ky.
He was a noted general in the confederate army, and the author of Advance and Retreat; and Personal Experience in the United States and Confederate Armies, a careful defence of his military movements.
He died Aug. 30, 1879, in New Orleans, La.
Hood, John Mifflin
railroad president, was born April 5, 1843, in Sykesville, Md. Since 1874 he has been president of the Western Maryland railroad.
Hood, Samuel
lawyer, author, was born about 1800 in Ireland. He was a Philadelphia lawyer, and the author of A Practical Treatise on the Law of Decedents in Pennsylvania. He died about 1875, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hook, Enos
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841.
Hooke, William
clergyman, author, was born in 1601 in England. He was a puritan clergyman who was a cousin of Oliver Cromwell. He came to America about 1636; was for some seven years minister at Taunton, and for twelve years following pastor at New Haven. Returning to England in 1656, he became chaplain to Cromwell. He was the author of New England's Teares for Old England's Feares. He died March 21, 1678, in London, England.
Hooker, Charles
physician, educator, was born March 12, 1779, in Berlin, Conn. In 1838 he was appointed professor of anatomy and physiology in Yale, and he held this chair until his death. He died March 19, 1863, in New Haven, Conn.
Hooker, Charles E
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1825 in Union District, S. C. He was elected district attorney in 1850. In 1859 he was elected a representative in the state legislature. He resigned to enter the confederate army in 1861, and rose to the rank of colonel. In 1865 he was elected attorney-general of Mississippi, and was re-elected in 1868. He was elected a representative from Mississippi to the fortyfourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.