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com|)osition in the Beethown rcniHiTvatory of music at tit. JLouis, Mo. He is the author of several piano pieces; and of a nuiniH>r uiiil
of •larit'i-. played other urclicstras.
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Hoffman, Ralph, educator, omitliolo^ist. nuMior, vn8 iMirn Nov. 30, 1870, in Stock bridge, Miiss. Since ISUl' he has beeu eueducational worlc; and Ib now oonlUTlfd with the Browne and Nichols -rhool of ( anibriilge. Mass. He is the author of Bird Portraits; and other warlcs. Hofford, Martin Lowrie, clergyman, educator, colle;;e president, was born Jan. 27, 1825, near Doylestown, Pa. In 1880 he became a teacher in the Trenton city in^ti tuto; and in 1863 tot)k charge of a military instil nie at Allontown. Pa. That institution under his administration, and was ineorponttfd as MiiW^nberj^ college in which
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>'ivar'..i-> |ui>f(-Hofmao, Heinzich Oscar, educator, nietallOrgiiit, author, was bom Aug. 13, 1852, in <.'iTinaiiy. In ls»<l S7 ho pnidiced metallurgy iu the United Slater; and since 1808 has been professor of metallurgy' at the
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Ma -^-i;! elm setts institute of lec}iiioIn<,n'. He is the author of Metalhirgy ot° Lead; Metallurgy of Iron and Steel and of nunierouH mptalturgieal papers read i> tore the American institute of mining en^in.er<?. Hofman, John William, soldier, was born in 1823 in Pennsylvania. In 18(51 he was 1 eutenant-eolonel in the fifty sixth regiment Pennsylvania infantry; and in 18(11 he was brevctted brigsdier-general of volunteers. He died March 6, 19©2. in Philadelphia I', Hogan, Jame«( soldier. In 1861-65 he was a general in the confederate army. He died in moi i,i the South. Hogan, John, banker, congressman, author, was born Jan. 2, 1805. in Ireland. He .
was a hanker of St. f-nuis; vas its post master; and in 18(];)-»i7 he was a representative to the thirty ninth congress. He was the atithor of Thoughts .Alxnit St. T^uis; |{es«iurc.'s of Missouri: Sketches of Karly Western Piom-ers; and History of Western Methodism. He died Feb. 6,' 1892, in St. Louis. Mo. Hogan. John B., soldier, was born in Virginia. In 1812-36 he serv(pd in the United States nrmy: «nd in lft36 he was brevettcd l»ri<.'.i'IiM
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Hogan. John Joseph, clergyman, bishop, was horn May 10. 1829, in Iretnnd. In 1868 ne was conseerated Roman eatlioIiV lii^lmp of St. .Joseph, Mo. In 1882 he b<-g>in to build the cathedral of the Immaculate Con' 'ejition in Kansas. Tn 18St he lieeanic pn si dent ot Saint .Tolm's eeclesiastical seniitiarv at Brighton, .Mass. i„ issn 1S!M he was iresident of the Divinity college of the Catholic nniversitv at asliington. !).('. J|«« dieil in 1001 in Rrigiittm. Mas< •
Hogan. Mrs. Louise thor,
was Imrn Nov.
E. Sliimer, rriti.. an 27. 1S.">.5, in Shimers-
Pa.
ville,
Tn
1898
she
made
a
personal
stud^ of Camp Alger and Camp Wykotl and of the army and navy food question. She is the atithor of How to Feed Children A Study of a Child; Children'tt Diet in
tlonie
and School; and other works.
Hogatt, Wilford Bacon, naval otVeer. mining engineer, governor, wai born Sept. 11. 1865, in Pttoli, Ind. He was educated in the attended t1i<' public schools of Indiana; naval academy in 1884; gr.idnated from the Ccdumhian university law >. lionl in 1893; atul graduated from the Coluinhia school of mine-s in 1898. lie then served as au in the navy; became miiw mnnager and superintendent; and is now a noted mining engineer of Juneau, Alaska. In lOOt) i<e became governor of the territory of
officer
Alaska.
Hogan, William, lawyer, man. was born in 1792 in
He was
for
jurist, congress*
New York
City.
many years a county judge;
he was a representative from New York to the twenty second onngress. In 1850 he became an examiner of claims in the department of state; which
is
soon exchanged for that of po'.itiiMi translator, lie died about 1875 iu Wash-
and
'in
1831-33
ington, D.C. Hoge, George Washington, "soldier, was born in Ohio. In 181)2 he was tirst lieutenant in the one hundred and twenty sixth regiment f^liin infantry; .ind in lsr»,5 he was brevet ted
brigadier-general
Jle died Sept. 23. 1B8I. Hoge, George Blaikie,
of
soldier,
volunteers.
was born
in
Pennsylvania. In 1861 he was captain in the twenty-fifth regiment Missouri infantry; and in 18fi.> he was brevetted brigndier-general of volunteers. He died Aug. 17.
1898.
Hoge, James, clergyman, founder, was horn in 1784 in Moorefield, Va. He was the pjoneer of the temperance movement in He was Oliio; and an ardent abolitionist. instrumental in ettabliahing the state deaf, dumb, blind, and insane asylums; was 'a trust<»e of two educational institutions; and a founder of the Ohio bible society. He died Sept. 22, 1863, in Columbus, Ohio. Hoge, James D., journalist, banker, was born Sept. 21, 1871, in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1890-94 he was clerk in the First national bank of Ohio. He purchased the Post-Tntelligencer, the leading republican paper of Ohio. Tn 1898 he wns president of the First national hank of Si-altle. Wash.
Hog^ John, soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. in. 17tM). near Pa. Tie entered the army of the in 1776; and was made ensign the ninth Pennsrlrania refflment. Tn I7S2 he niov. (1 to till' we-ln part of the slate, and with hi.s brother William founded fi'wn of Wnshingtnn. I be In 1790-95 he -..fM.! in tlM- -tale sriiafe. Tn ISOSCS he was a representative to the eighth conTarlisle.
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