Horr, Roswell G – Hosmer, George Washington
Horr, Roswell G
lawyer, miner, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1839, in Waitfield, Vt. In 1872 he removed to East Saginaw, Mich.; and was elected a representative from Michigan to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, and forty-eighth congresses as a republican.
Horrocks, James
college president.
He was the sixth president of Mary and William college. He died March 20, 1772.
Horry, Peter
soldier, author, was born in South Carolina. He distinguished himself in the revolutionary war, and was made a brigadier-general. In conjunction with Rev. Mason L. Weems, he published a Life of Marion, which has passed through many editions.
Horsey, Outerbridge
lawyer, United States senator, was born in 1777 in Somerset county, Del. He was for many years attorney-general of the state; and was a senator in congress from Delaware from 1810 to 1821. He died June 9, 1842, in Needwood, Md.
Horsfield, Thomas
naturalist, author, was born in 1773 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a naturalist and traveler who was a native of Philadelphia, but was in the employ of the East India company, and lived in England after 1820. He is the author of Lepidopterous Insects; and Zoölogical Researches in Java. He died in 1859 in London, England.
Horsford, Eben Norton
educator, author, was born July 27, 1818, in Moscow, N. Y. He was a chemist of Cambridge who was Rumford professor at Harvard university in 1847-63. He was the discoverer of acid phosphate, and one of the founders of the Lawrence Scientific school at Harvard. He was the author of Theory and Art of Breadmaking; The Army Ration; and Discovery of America by Northmen. He died in 1893.
Horsford, Jedediah
soldier, farmer, congressman, was born March 8, 1791, in Charlotte, Vt. He participated in the defence of Burlington during the war of 1812, and in 1814 removed to the Genesee valley, where he served as a missionary among the Seneca Indians. He was a member of the New York legislature, and was elected to congress as a whig, serving from 1851 till 1853. He died Jan. 14, 1874, in Livonia, N. Y.
Horsmanden, Daniel
jurist, author, was born in 1691 in England. He was a jurist of New York city; and the author of The New York Conspiracy, or The History of the Negro Plot; and Letters to Governor Clinton. He died Sept. 28, 1778, in Flatbush, N. Y.
Horstmann, Ignatius F
priest, bishop, was born Dec. 16, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. Completing the prescribed course of studies, he was elevated to the priesthood in 1865.
He continued the studies in Rome, and a year later won the degree of doctor of divinity. In 1866 he was appointed professor of logic, metaphysics and ethics, as well as of German and Hebrew, in St.
Charles Borromeo's seminary of Philadelphia; and then during 1871-77 at Overbrook. In 1877 he appointed rector of St. Mary's church; in 1885 became chancellor; in 1892 was installed as bishop of Cleveland; and his diocese covers all of northern Ohio.
He is an eloquent speaker; a facile writer; genial and democratic in manners; generous to the poor; and a thorough American in sentiment. was
Horton, Albert Howell
lawyer, jurist, was born March 12, 1837, in Brookfield, N. Y. In 1872 he was elected a member of the house of representatives of Kansas; and in 1877 was elected chief justice to the supreme court of Kansas.
Horton, George Forman
physician, author, was born Jan. 2, 1806, in Terrytown, Pa. He was a physician of Terrytown, Pa.; and the author of Geology of Bradford County, Pennsylvania; and The Horton Genealogy. He died Dec. 20, 1886, in Terrytown, Pa.
Horton, George Moses
slave, poet, was born about 1798 in Chatham county, N. C. He is the author of a book of poems entitled The Hope of Liberty; and also wrote novels and essays. He died about 1880.
Horton, Jackson David
physician, was born Sept. 23, 1860, in Nashua, Iowa. After attending the Nashua high school he entered the Upper Iowa university in 1878, and remained there for two years. He then went to the state university of Wisconsin for two years; in 1884 graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago; subsequently taking a post-graduate course at the Chicago Polyclinic. Since 1884 he has been in active general practice of medicine in his native city, where he has been coroner and has filled various other positions of public trust. Dr. Horton is a prominent member of the leading medical bodies of the United States.
Horton, Nathan C
educator, lawyer, poet, was born Nov. 2, 1869, in Chester, N. J. In his youth he taught school, and subsequently graduated from the state model school of Trenton, N. J. In 1888 he entered the law department of the university of Pennsylvania, and at the same time was city editor of The Advance of Middletown. The following year he graduated and received the degree of bachelor of laws. In 1895 he became city counsel of Orange, N. J. For many years he was editor of The Insurance News of Philadelphia; has contributed extensively to the periodical press; and his poems have been given a place in several standard works.
Horton, Samuel Dana
publicist, author, was born Jan. 16, 1844, in Pomeroy, Ohio. He was a publicist of Pomeroy, Ohio, and eminent as an advocate of bimetallism. He was the author of Silver and Gold; The Silver Pound and England's Monetary Position since the Restoration, with a History of the Guinea; and Silver in Europe. He died in 1895.
Horton, Theodore
physician, surgeon, state senator, was born Oct. 28, 1823, in Chester, N. J. In 1852 he was elected to the Indiana state senate, and in 1861 he was elected to the house of representatives. In 1864 he was elected auditor of Wells county.
Horton, Thomas R
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1855 to 1857.
Horton, Valentine Baxter
manufacturer, was born Jan. 29, 1802, in Windsor, Vt. He was a member of the Ohio constitutional convention of 1850.
In 1854 he was elected a representative to the thirty-fourth congress; was re-elected to the thirty-fifth and thirty-seventh congresses. He died Jan. 14, 1888, in Pomeroy, Ohio.
Horwitz, Phineas Jonathan
surgeon, was born March 3, 1822, in Baltimore, Md. From 1859 till 1865 he was assistant to the bureau of medicine, and chief of that bureau in 1865-69. He was promoted surgeon in 1861, commissioned medical inspector in 1871, medical director in 1873, and was retired with the relative rank of captain in 1885.
Hosack, David
physician, scientist, author, was born Aug. 31, 1769, in New York city. He was an eminent physician and scientist of New York city who founded the first botanic garden in America. He was the author of Contagious Diseases; Vision; Hortus Elginensis; Memoir of Hugh Williamson; Memoirs of. De Witt Clinton; Essays on Medical Science; and Theory and Practice of Medicine. He died Dec. 22, 1835, in New York city.
Hosford, Jedediah
congressman, was born in Vermont. He was elected a representative in congress from New York from 1851 to 1853.
Hosford, Oramel
educator, author, was born May 7, 1820, in Thetford, Vt.
He was professor of mathematics and philosophy in Olivet college, Michigan, in 1846, and at the same time was pastor of the congregational church there. In 1864 he was elected superintendent of public instruction of the state of Michigan. He published School Laws of Michigan, with Notes and Forms.
Hoskin, Robert
wood engraver, was born Feb. 10, 1842, in Brooklyn, N. Y. At the international exhibition of the graphic arts, held at Vienna in 1887, he received the gold medal of honor for his engraving of Cromwell Visiting Milton. He is still an engraver for magazines.
Hoskins, George Gilbert
merchant, congressman, was born Dec. 24, 1824, in Bennington, N. Y. He was appointed postmaster at Bennington, and retained the office under three presidents. He was a member of the assembly of the state in 1860, 1865, and 1866, and in 1865 was chosen speaker. In 1868 he was appointed state commissioner of public accounts, and held the office three years; and in 1871 was appointed collector of internal revenue. He was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses.
Hoskins, Nathan
lawyer, author, was born April 27, 1795, in Wethersfield, Vt. He was a lawyer of Vermont and Massachusetts; and the author of History of Vermont; Notes in the West; and The Bennington Court Controversy. He died April 21, 1869, in Williamstown, Mass.
Hosmer, Frederick Lucian
clergyman, author, poet, was born in 1846 in Massachusetts. He is a unitarian clergyman of Chicago; and the author of The Way of Life; and The Thought of God in Hymns and Poems.
Hosmer, George Washington
clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 27, 1803, in Concord, Mass. In 1856 he was elected president of Antioch college of Yellow Springs, Ohio. He died July 5, 1881, in Canton.
Hosmer, George Washington
physician, author, was born in 1846. He is a physician; and the author of The People and Politics; and As We Went Marching On, a Story of the War.