IIKKHINUSHAWS IJHItAKY OK AMKKH'AN scriplivc;
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Aug.
Memoir 2,
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llolloy. Orltaiis,
Uolley, Myion, n'turiiicr, »a& born A|»nl 29, 177U, iu Salisbury, Conn. W hen the anti^lavery leeling iH-gaii to iiianit'c»t itM-lf hf livuiiiie one ot il> aUlu-renU. Al tbis liine lie wa« ullered a uoiuiiiatiou lo cungretis b} the whig i>arty, provuieti he would not agi tate thir« ijue^tiou; but thia prop<»i(iou lie decltneil. lie die«l .Mareli 4, IHll, in Ku-
ada with the
chrster, N.V. HoUey, Orville Luther, Hurveyur,
(^iii'Imt.
editt.r,
s|H'eial
hiwyer, author, waH boni .May I'J, I7U1, in Salisbury, Conn. He «as surveor-gi'iieral of the state of New York in Ifi'.iH; and »lur ing the Ja^t ten years of liis life wa» employed in the ollice of the secretary ol New Vork. He was the author of Description uf New Vork City; and Life of Iteiijaiiiiii i-'rauklin. He died .March 26, lH«il, in .l bany, N.V. HoUick, Charles Arthur, botanist. geo|«igist, was born K»-b. ti, lb.")7, «»n Staten island, N.V. In 1879 lie graduated from the Columbia school of mines with the degree of I'h.B. In i89tt he was president of I'ort Richmond, N.Y.; and in 1897-1904 was com missioner and president (»f Kielitiiond county, N.V. He has been curator of the department of fossil botany in the .ew York botanical garden; and is a niemlM^r of the American association for the :idvaneeiiietil of science. He is the author of Monograph-^ on Local (Jeology and Hotan Flora oi l lie the AniUiy Clays; and other works. Holliday, Ben, expressiiian. tounder, was Utrn in 1819 in BourlN»n (-oiiiitv. Kv. He founded Hollitlay's mail and ov<-rland ex;
press, which for ten year>« was the coniieci ing link between the western frontier states and the Pacific. He also established the fast
pony-express, and a line of twenty-three steamers from Alaska to Mexico. He died July 8, 1887, in Portland, Ore. Holliday, Elias S., scddier. lawyer, c<ingressiiiaii, was l>orn March 5, 1S42, in Aurora, Ind. He was taken west by his partnts; and spent his early life on a tariii. He was educated iu the common schools; and later in life secured a partial academic education. He served through the civil war in a Kan.sas regiment. He studied law; and in 1873 was admitted to practice. Since I87.*l he has LM*en engaged in the pi act ice of his profession in Rrazil, Ind. In 19i)l-<i9 he was a representative from Indiana In the fifty K'venth, fifty-eighth, titty-ninth and sixtieth congresses as a republican.
Holliday, Frederick William (
rnor,
third «lied
McKay, gov-
was born in 1827. He was the thirtygovernor of Virginia in 1878 82. He
in
'irginia in 1899.
Hampden, journalist, Holliday, John IS4«5. in Iiulianbanker, was iMirn May apolis, Ind. He was the founder and editor of the Indiana|iolis News, which was estabIishe<l in 1860; and from which he retired
MWlAlMl Y.
19i
in
Horace
New
IU(
1892. In 1893 he organized the L'nion trust (.-ompany. and became its president, which position he resigned in 1899. He then foiiiKled in conjunct iim with W. .1. Itichards, the Indianapolis Press, of which
M.>rvatiuiu> tlistorical, Gi'ogrupliicul, ai»«l l)e-
he
the I'llilor.
Hollingsworth, Levi, merchant, was born Nov. 29, 1739, in ICIkton. .Md. He served ill
the
tiHM
II
Montgniiieiy
the
as a
field
of the original sent t«» Canthe paynn'iil of (Jen. w'len it was investing
iiieiiilM-r
He was
of ritv eaaliv.
spi^cie tor
"h
army
and was
lea«lers
•lelphia.
He
d>-lpliia.
Pa.
of
i-iiiplnyed
.Mar>'li
Hollingsworth, David congressman, was born
24,
A., soldier,
Nov. 21,
He was educated
^^^^
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ion
lawyer, 1844,
pub-
and at
I'n-
He
college.
was
and
serv-
mayor
of
Flushing. Ohio. Since 18(i9 he has U^en an
i^^^
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Cadi/.,
Ohio.
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attor-
coun-
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a
in
in the
to the practice of law
^Hj^^ ^H^^hk^ ^^^^^K
was
of
^ private .soldier, in 18G7 he was admitted
ti^^^
^^^mfr^^n
s:l
<»ther
IMiila-
1824. in Phila-
lic scIkmiIs
j|V
many
party in
the federal
die<l
Helniont, Ohio.
in
He was afterwanl one
services.
member
of the
Ohio; and
in
1879-
Ohio state senate,
1883 he was appointed attorney-general of Ohio. In 1909-11 lie was a representative from Ohio to the sixty first congress aa a III
I
publican. Hollins, George Nichols, naval
tillicer,
was
Sept. 20. 1X99, ill Baltimore, -Md. He entered the iiavv as midshipiiiiin in 1814; 1M2.7) 111- was promoted lieiitenaiil, and in ill In 18»il he resigned fo 1844 eoiiimander. join the confederate navy; and was coinmisHe died .Ian. 18, 1878, sioiied eoiiinio«lore. ill Haltimore, .Md. United States s»"UFrench, HoUis, Henry iitnr. was born Aug. 3o. 1869, in Conctir*!. N. He lias Imi ii a candidate for congress II. and for governor. He was a niemlxT «»t the lilted State> s. nate for the term of 1913-19. Hollis, Ira Nelson, engineer, eilucator, autlinr, was Isnn March 7, 18.'it». in Mooresille. ml. In 1874 he entered the L'nited States navy as a cadet engineer; in 1888 became as<>istaiit engineer; and in 1893 reSince 1893 he has sigiie«l from, the, navy. Ih'cii professor of engineering at Harvard He is the author of War Coluiiiversily. lege Lectures »in Naval Ships; and History «if the Frigiite Constitution. Ik. Hi
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Hollis, Thomas, merchant, philanthropist, iHirn in Ii>.'i9 in Knglantl. Aft<-r making two considerable' ihmatitms to Harvard colleg*'. he gave in 1721 the fund i>y which the Hollis prolessorsliip of divinity was const itnted. In 1727 Im' iIso established n
was
