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Woodlawn cemetery, after a funeral service held in the Fifth avenue church. He became in 1859 the editor and owner of " The Evangelical Witness," and was the author of " Family Prayers for Four Weeks " (New York, 1868); " Papers for Home Reading" (1871); "Familiar Talks to Boys" (1873); " God's Word through Preaching " (1875); " Poundation-Stones for Young Builders " (1880); "A Christian Home and how to maintain it" (1883); and, in conjunction with George H.Stuart, " American Evangelists " (1875).

HALLOCK, Charles, journalist, b. in New York city, 13 March, 1834. lie is the son of Ge- rard Hailock {q.!•.). Studied at Yale in 1850-'l, and at Amherst in 1851-'2. receiving his degree from the latter in 1871. He was associate editor and proprietor of the New York "Journal of Com- merce" from 1855 till 1862, and founder and pro- prietor of " Forest and Stream " from 1873 till 1880. Mr. Hailock was an incorporator and di- rector of the Flushing and Queens county bank, New York, and a money broker and commission merchant in St. John and Halifax for several years. His business ventures have included sunflower cul- ture for the oil product, the restoration of aban- doned New England farms, sheep-culture in the northwest on Indian model farms, a farm colony for sportsmen in Minnesota, the development of Alaska, the substitution of porous terra-cotta for adobe and titipati in Mexico, a crematory for burn- ing garbage, a smoke-consumer and coal-saver, and many other economic schemes. He has published " Life of Stonewall Jackson " (Augusta, Ga., 1863); " The Pishing Tourist " (New York, 1873); " Cauip Life in Florida" (1875); "The Sportsman's Gazet- teer " (1877); " Our New Alaska " (1886); and " The Salmon Fisher" (New York, 1890).

HAMILTON, Archibald, naval officer, b. in South Carolina in 1793; d. at sea, 15 Jan.. 1815. He was the son of Paul Hamilton {q. v.). He en- tered the navy as midshipman, 18 May, 1809, and took part in the action between the "United States" and the " JIacedonian," which resulted in the cap- ture of the latter, and was promoted lieutenant for his gallantry on that occasion, 24 July, 1813. Being commissioned by Commodore Decatur to take the flag of the captured frigate and present it to Presi- dent Madison, young Hamilton proceeded to the national capital, but on liis arrival found that the president, with his entire cabinet, had gone to a military ball. Following them and gaining ad- mission to the ballroom, he crossed to where Mi-s. Madison was standing and laid the captured trophy at her feet. Being a very handsome youth, he at once became for the ladies the hero of the evening. Having a few days' leave of absence, he spent them in Washington, and improved the time by becom- ing engaged to Miss Maria Mayo, one of the beau- ties of the day. Returning to his sliip, Hamilton continued to share the fortunes of lier commander until the action in January, 1815, when the " I'resi- dent," to which Commodore Decatur had trans- ferred his flag, was captured by the British sciuad- ron. During the engagement Hamilton, who was acting as fourth lieutenant, fell mortally wounded. Miss Mayo was inconsolable for the loss of her lover, but subsequently married Gen. Winfield Scott.

HAMILTON, Edward John, clergyman, b. in Belfast, Ireland, 29 Nov., 1834. He came to this country at an early age, and was graduated at Hanover college and at Princeton theological sem- inary in 1858. He was pastor of Presbyterian churches in Oyster Bay, L. I., and elsewhere; dur- ing the civil war was chaplain in the National army for three years, was professor of mental phi- losophy at Hanover college in 1868-'79, and of logic, ethics, and political science at Princeton in 1882. From 1883 to 1891 he filled the chair of intellectual science at Hamilton college, and since 1895 has been professor of philosophy at the State university of Washington. Wabash college, Indi- ana, gave him the degree of D. D. Dr. Hamilton has published a " New Analysis in Fundamental Morals " (New York, 1872); " The Human Mind " (1883); and " Mental Science " (1886).

HAMILTON, Otho, soldier, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, about 1700; d. in Waterford, Ireland, 7 Feb., 1770. His father, Capt. Thomas Hamilton, third son of Dr. John Hamilton, of Muirhouse, Midlothian, and Anne, granddaughter of Lord Blphinstone. served with reputation in the Swedish army, and later was a well-known citizen of Edin- burgh. Otho in early life entered the army, and in 1727 was a lieutenant in the 40th regiment, then stationed at Annapolis Royal, in Nova Scotia. On 28 July, 1727, he was appointed to act as provin- cial secretai'y. or secretary of the council, Capt. Lawrence Ai'rastrong being lieutenant-governor. On 9 Oct., 1731, he was appointed a member of the council. Major Mascarene's absence in Boston mak- ing a vacancy. In 1736 he was again acting sec- retary, and in that year he was one of several that received a grant of 50,000 acres of land on the south side of the basin of Minas. In 1740 he was one of the five men that were appointed from Nova Scotia by King George II. to settle the boun- daries between the province of JIassachusetts Bay and the colony of Kliode Island, but being then on military duty at Canso he did not act. In Jlay, 1764, he was in command of the troops in Nova Scotia with the rank of major, and was stationed at Halifa.ic. Later he is said to have been military governor of Placentia, in Newfoundland. He mar- ried in America and had three children.

HAND, Daniel, philanthropist, b. in Madison, Conn., 16 July. 1801; d. in Guilford, Conn., 17 Dec, 1891. He was a merchant in Augusta. Ga., and Charleston, S. C, where he accumulated a fortune. After the civil war he retired and returned to the north, where he became known as a philanthropist, his first gift being a high-school building to his na- tive town. In 1888 he gave to the American mis- sionary association more than!j-1.000,000, to be held in trust and known as the Daniel Hand edu- cational fund for colored people, to -, ~7-v, be used in the '" ^<^ "states in which slaverv was recog- nized " in 1861." For many years he lived in Guilford.

HANDY, Moses Parnell, journal- ist, b. in Missouri, 26 May, 1847; d. in Augusta, Ga., 8 Jan., 1898. His father was a Pres- byterian minister of Virginia, and it was while, with his wife, he was tem- porarily in the west that their son was born there. Moses received a

little education,

and in 1862 entered the Confederate army, acting as a special courier. After the war he entered upon a