Hyde, William H – Ingersoll, Charles Jared
Hyde, William H
railroad president, was born May 27, 1849, in Ridgway, Pa. Since 1891 he has been president of the Clarion River railway.
Hyder, H. H
author, poet. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled The Lover's Dream.
Hyer, George
journalist, state legislator, was born July 16, 1819, in Covington, N. Y. He was a member of the Wisconsin legislature in 1846, 1850, and 1863, and in the first-mentioned year was a representative in the state constitutional convention. He established the Madison Democrat in 1865, and from 1867 till the time of his death was connected with the Oshkosh Times. He died April 20, 1872, in Oshkosh, Wis.
Hylton, John Dunbar
business man, author, poet, was born March 25, 1837, in the West Indies. The Farmer Poet is aptly applied by the newspapers of New Jersey to Dr.
J. Dunbar Hylton.
He has written quite a number of books, Betrayed, a northern tale; The Bride of Gettysburg, an episode of 1863; The Heir of Lyolynn, a tale of sea and land, and other poems; Arteloise; and the Sea King. Dr. Dunbar Hylton is now a resident of Palmyra, N. J., where he is engaged in business and literary work.
Hyman, John Adams
merchant, congressman, was born July 23, 1840, in Warrenton, N. C., of colored parents.
He served in the state legislature from 1868 to 1874; and was elected a representative from North Carolina to the forty-fourth congress.
Hynds, Alexander
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 8, 1853, in Dandridge, Tenn. He was special judge of the circuit of Tennessee for several terms; and has held various offices of trust in his county and state.
Hyneman, Herman N
artist, was born July 27, 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa.
In 1889 he exhibited his Desdemona in the Paris salon, and the following year exhibited his Juliet in the same place.
In 1897 he completed his most important work, the Dedication of Washington Memorial Arch, a picture which contains the portraits of hundreds of notable people present on that occasion.
Hyneman, John M
state legislator, congressman. He was a member of the legislature of Pennsylvania in 1809; and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1811 to 1813.
Hyneman, Leon
journalist, author, was born in 1805, in Montgomery county, Pa. He was an editor of New York city, and the author of The Fundamental Principles of Science; and Freemasonry in England from 1567 to 1813. He died in 1879, in New York city.
Hynes, William J
journalist, lawyer, congressman, lecturer, was born March 31, 1843, in Ireland. He was elected to the forty-third congress from Arkansas. In 1875 he moved to Illinois, locating in Chicago as a lawyer.
Hyslop, James Hervey
educator, author, was born in 1854, in Ohio. He is an instructor in Columbia college, and the author of The Elements of Ethics; The Elements of Logic; and The Ethics of Home.
Iddings, Joseph Paxton
geologist, author, was born Jan. 21, 1857, in Baltimore, Md. In 1880 he was appointed assistant geologist on the United States geological survey. His scientific papers, published in the American Journal of Science, and the Bulletin of the United States geological survey, include Notes on the Volcanoes of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington Territory, with Arnold Hague; The Columnar Structure in the Igneous Rock on Orange Mountain, New Jersey; and The Nature and Origin of Lithophysæ and the Lamination of Acid Lavas.
Ide, George Barton
clergyman, author, was born in 1804, in Coventry, Vt.
He was a baptist clergyman of Springfield, Mass., and the author of Green Hollow; Bible Echoes, or Lessons from the War; The Power of Kindness, a juvenile tale; and Bible Pictures. He died April 6, 1872, in Springfield, Mass.
Idol, Willis
physician, surgeon, legislator, was born May 2, 1863, in Grainger, county, Tenn. At the age of twenty-one he was elected to represent his native county in the lower branch of the fortyfourth general assembly of Tennessee; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth general assembly.
Ihrie, Peter
Congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in cor congress from that state from 1829 to 1833.
Ijams, William P
railroad president, was born Jan. 18, 1847, in Marietta, Ohio. He is president of the Belt Road and Stock Yard company.
Ikirt, George P
physician, congressman, was born in 1852, in West Beaver. In 1884 ne founded the East Liverpool Crisis, a newspaper of Ohio.
In 1892 he was nominated and elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
Iles, Malvern Wells
metallurgist, was born Aug. 7, 1852, in Midway, Ky. He was chemist and assayer to the Utica Mining and Milling company, and later metallurgist to the Omaha and Grant Smelting company; and superintendent and metallurgist to the Holden Smelting company in Denver, Colo.
Ilsley, Charles Parker
author, poet, was born in 1807, in Maine. He was a writer whose home was in Portland, Maine, till 1866. He was the author of The Island Fete, a poem; The Liberty Pole, a tale of Machias; and Forest and Shore, subsequently published as The Wrecker's Daughter. He died in 1887.
Ilsley, Daniel
manufacturer, congressman, was born in 1740, in Falmouth, Mass. He served three years in the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1807 to 1809. He died in 1813.
Imlay, James H
educator, congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1797 to 1801.
Immell, Lorenzo D
soldier, educator, lawyer, public official, was born June 18, 1837, in Ross county, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Ohio, and attended the Ottumwa, Iowa, seminary. He entered the army during the civil war as a private, and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. He has been a successful teacher, financier; has filled numerous offices of honor; and is now a successful lawyer of St. Louis, Mo.
Ingalls, Charles Russell
jurist, was born Sept. 14, 1819, in Greenwich, N. Y. He has been supreme court justice continuously for twenty-six years, and retired from the bench Jan. 1, 1890, having attained the age of seventy.
Ingalls, John James
soldier, journalist, lawyer, statesman, was born Dec. 29, 1833, in Middleton, Mass. He was secretary of the Arkansas state senate in 1861. He was a member of the state senate from Atchison county in 1862; major, lieutenant-colonel, and Judge-advocate Kansas volunteers in 1863-65. He was elected to the United States senate as a republican; took his seat March 4, 1873, and was re-elected in 1879 and 1885, his last term expiring in 1891.
Ingalls, Joshua King
author. He is the author of Social Wealth; and Economic Equities.
Ingalls, Melville Ezra
railroad president, was born Sept. 6, 1842, in Harrison, Maine. He became president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroad, the Big Four, as it is called, and retained this position to the present time. Since 1888 he has also been president of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway.
Ingalls, Rufus
soldier, was born Aug. 23, 1820, in Denmark, Maine. He was in the battles of Embudo and Taos, N. M., in 1847, became first lieutenant in 1847, and was made assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain, in 1848. He died Jan. 15, 1893, in New York city.
Ingalls, Thomas R
educator, college president, was born Nov. 22, 1798, in Salem, N. Y. He was elected president of Jefferson college of Louisiana, where he remained until 1840. He died July 26, 1864.
Ingalls, William
physician, educator, author, was born May 3, 1769, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a physician who was professor of anatomy at Brown university in 1811-23; and author of a treatise on Malignant Fevers. He died Sept. 8, 1851, in Wrentham, Mass.
Inge, Samuel W
lawyer, congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was elected a representative in congress from Alabama from 1847 to 1851. He then moved to California and practiced law. He died in 1867, in San Francisco, Cal.
Inge, William M
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1835.
Ingersoll, Charles Anthony
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 19, 1798, in New Haven, Conn. He was appointed by President Pierce judge of the United States district court for the district of Connecticut. He died Jan. 12, 1860, in New Haven, Conn.
Ingersoll, Charles Jared
statesman, lawyer, congressman, author, poet, was born Oct. 3, 1782, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1813 to 1815, when he was appointed United States district attorney for Pennsylvania, which position he held until 1829. In 1837 he was appointed secretary of legation to Prusand sia; during 1841-47 was again a representative in congress. He was the author of History of the War of 1812-15; Chiomara, a Poem; Edwy and Elgiva, a Tragedy; Inchiquin, the Jesuit's Letters in American Literature and Politics; and Recollections. He died May 14, 1862, in Philadelphia, Pa.