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Hoxie, Mrs. Vinnie Ream
sculptor, was born Sept. 23, 1846, in Madison, Wis. She has executed statues of Spurgeon, Lincoln, Farragut, and had several works on exhibition at the World's Columbian exposition.
Hoyne, Thomas
lawyer, was born Feb. 11, 1817, in New York city. He was appointed United States district attorney for Illinois in 1853, and in 1859 was made United States marshal for the northern district of Illinois. After the great fire of 1871 he presided at a meeting to organize the free public library of Chicago, and was president of its first board of directors. In 1877 he prepared a history of the library up to that date. He died July 27, 1883, near Carleton Station, N. Y.
Hoyt, Albert Harrison
soldier, lawyer, journalist, author, was born Dec. 6, 1826, in Sandwich, N. H. He was a paymaster in the army in 1862-66, with the rank of major, and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel in 1865. Since 1866 he has resided principally in Boston, where he has been engaged in business and literary pursuits. He edited the New England Historical and Genealogical Register from 1868 till 1876, and the fourth volume of the Memorial Biographies. He has also published numerous papers on historical genealogical subjects.
Hoyt, Benjamin Thomas
educator, journalist, was born Oct. 18, 1820, in Boston, Mass. In 1858 he was professor of Latin in Indiana Asbury university till 1863; and then of literature and history in the same college till his death. He died May 24, 1867, in Greencastle, Ind.
Hoyt, Elizabeth Orpha
educator, author, was born Dec. 7, 1834, in Athens, Ga. From 1851 till 1853 she taught higher mathematics and metaphysics in Worthington Female seminary. She has published a volume entitled The Nature of Consciousness.
Hoyt, Mrs. Ellen
poet. She is a writer of Galion, Ohio, her poems appearing in the local press generally.
Hoyt, Epaphras
soldier, author, was born Dec. 31, 1765, in Deerfield, Mass.
He was a major-general of the Massachusetts militia, who lived in Deerfield; and the author of Treatise on the Military Art; Military Instructions; Cavalry Discipline; and Antiquarian Researches. He died Feb. 8, 1850, in Deerfield, Mass.
Hoyt, Francis Southack
educator, clergyman, journalist, author, was born Nov. 5, 1822, in Lyndon, Vt. From 1854 till 1860 he was president of Willamette university of Salem, Ore.; and from 1865 till 1872 was professor of biblical theology and literature in Ohio Wesleyan university. In 1872-81 he edited the Western Christian Advocate. He was a delegate to the general conferences of the methodist episcopal church in 1860, 1876, 1880, and 1884, and since 1884 has held the office of presiding elder. He has edited a revised edition of Angus's Bible Hand- Book.
Hoyt, Henry Martyn
lawyer, governor, author, was born June 8, 1830, in Kingston, Pa. He was a Pennsylvania lawyer; governor of his state in 1878-83; and the author of Controversy between Connecticut and Pennsylvania; and Protection versus Free Trade. He died in
Hoyt, John P
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, governor, was born Oct. 6, 1841, in Austinburg, Ohio. He served in the union army during the greater part of the civil war. He was a representative in the Michigan legislature in 1873 and 1875; and was speaker the latter term. In 1876 he was appointed secretary of Arizona territory, and in 1877 became governor of that territory. In 1878 he was tendered the appointment of governor of Idaho territory, but declined it; and in 1879 was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of Washington territory, and was reappointed in 1883.
At the first election under the state constitution he was elected judge of the supreme court, and is now serving as chief justice.
Hoyt, John Wesley
educator, author, was born Oct. 13, 1831, near Worthington, Ohio. He was a member of the board of railroad commissioners of the state of Wisconsin; and in 1878 was appointed governor of the territory of Wyoming for the term of four years. He was the author of Resources and Progress of Wisconsin; and Resources and Progress of Wyoming. He died in 1892.
Hoyt, Joseph Gibson
educator, author, was born Jan. 19, 1815, in Dunbarton, N. H. He was instructor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Phillips Exeter academy in 1840-58; and chancellor and professor of Greek of Washington university in St. Louis in 1859-62. He wrote revised edition of Cotton's Greek Reader; and Miscellaneous Writings, Addresses, Lectures and Reviews. He died Nov. 26, 1862, in St. Louis, Mo.
Hoyt, Mark
merchant, was born May 5, 1835, in Stamford, Conn. In 1868 Mr. Hoyt engaged in the brokerage business under the name of Mark Hoyt and Company, but relinquished this in 1870 to return to the firm of Hoyt Brothers, of which he is now the head. He was the leading spirit in the organization of the United States Leather company, which is a consolidation of the chief tanning interests of the country for a continuation of the business. It is believed that in actual value of its properties, this company is superior to any other in the United States. He became its first vice-president upon incorporation in May, 1893.
Hoyt, Ralph
clergyman, author, was born April 18, 1806, in New York city. He was an episcopal clergyman of New York city; and the author of The Chant of Life, and Other Poems; Echoes of Memory and Emotion; and Sketches of Life and Landscape. He died Oct. 11, 1878, in New York city.
Hoyt, Thomas Rowell
civil engineer, manufacturer, poet, was born Oct. 21, 1811, in Goffstown, N. H. He is a noted civil engineer and a manufacturer of mathematical instruments in his native city. He has published a volume of poems entitled Hoyt's Harp.
Hoyt, Wayland
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 18, 1838, in Cleveland, Ohio. He has filled pastorates in Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Minneapolis and Philadelphia, and is the author of Hints and Helps for the Christian Life; Present Lessons from Distant Days; Gleams from Paul's Prison; The Brook in the Way; Saturday Afternoon; and Light on Life's Highway.
Hubard, Edmund W
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1847.
Hubbard, Asahel Wheeler
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1819, in Haddam, Conn.
In 1847 he was elected to the Indiana legislature, and served three years. In 1857 he removed to Iowa, and was chosen judge of the fourth judicial district of that state.
In 1862 he was elected a representative from Iowa to the thirty-eighth congress, and re-elected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a republican. He died Sept. 22, 1879, in Sioux City, Iowa.
Hubbard, Avory Duval
lawyer, journalist, author, was born Jan. 19, 1864, in Allen county, Kas. He received his education in the common schools of his county; and attended a course at the academy. He is the editor and owner of The Western Patriot; the author of Between Love and Duty: Stories of the Mexican War; and other works.
Hubbard, Bela
lawyer, geologist, author, was born April 23, 1814, in Hamilton, N. Y. He was a prominent lawyer and geologist of Detroit; and the author of Memorials of a Half Century; and Ancient Garden Beds of Michigan. He died in 1896.
Hubbard, Charles S
legislator, was born Sept. 1, 1829, in Milton, Ind. For four years he was a representative in the Indiana legislature from Henry county.
He has formed over fifteen thousand Bands of Mercy with a total membership of one million.
Hubbard, Chester D
merchant, banker, congressman, was born Nov. 25, 1814, in Hamden, Conn. In 1852-53 he was a member of the Virginia legislature. He served one term in the senate of West Virginia after its organization; and was the commissioner from West Virginia to the Soldiers' National cemetery. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-ninth congress and re-elected to the fortieth congress as a republican.
Hubbard, David
congressman, was born in 1806 in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1839 to 1841, and for a second term from 1849 to 1851.
Hubbard, Demas
JR., lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 17, 1806, in Winfield, N. Y. He was for many years supervisor of Chenango county, and four years chairman of the board. From 1838 to 1840 he was a member of the state legislature; and in 1864 was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-ninth congress. He died Sept. 2, 1873, in Smyrna, N. Y.
Hubbard, Elbert
journalist, author, was born in 1856 in Illinois. He is a littérateur of East Aurora, N. Y., and editor of The Philistine. He is the author of No Enemy but Himself; Little Journeys; The Legacy, a novel; Forbes of Harvard; and One Day, a Tale of the Prairies.
Hubbard, Frank W
banker, was born April 16, 1863, in Port Huron, Mich.
He received his education in the West Middle school, the Hartford High school, and Harriman's Business college of Hartford, Conn. He has attained success in the financial world, and has been president of the following banks:
Frank W. Hubbard and Company, of Bad Axe; the Sandusky bank of Sanilac Center; the Farmers' bank of Pigeon; Sevewaing bank; the Pincoing bank of Ohio; and a director in the Second National bank of Sandusky.