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Charles Badger, soldiur, wus born 1S44, in I'ortlund, Maine. In 1862 lie was c-oiiiinii^sionod second lieutenant of the twenty-lit'tli regiment Maine volunteers; and in IW)7 waa appointed brigadier-general I'nited States army. Hall, Charles Bingley, educator, legislator, banker, was born June 2S, 18ir>, in Orford, N.tl. He taught in the public schools uf Hall, April

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In 1841 h(j was postmasN.H. In ISi'iO he was a member uf the Massaehusctls house of representativi's; and the same year whs ap-

Hampshire.

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In Stephen's eollege at Aiinandale, N.Y'. l8i>l-93 he was missionary and rector of St. Barnabas' church at Camden, N.J.; in 189394 was curate of the church of the beloved diseijile of New York City; and since ISOo has bei'u rector of the church of the Holy Cross at Kingston. N.Y. He is the author of The Life of a Christian; Calvary Every Day: Coming Catholicism; and other works. Hall, Charles Samuel, lawyer, author, wa-

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Boston, in the National bank of Mass.; and in 1878 became its president. He May S. 188.M. in Hostoii, Mass. Hall, Charles Cuthbert, clergyman, educator, author, was born Sept. 3, 18'>2, in New York. In IST"-^" he was pastor of First jtresbytcrian cliureh of Brooklyn; since 181)7 president of Union theologiHe was the author of Does

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cal seminary.

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Send Trouble?;

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Marvelous

IJght; The Children, the Church, and the Communion: Qualifications for Ministerial IVnver; and The Gospel of the Divine Sacrifice.

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City. Hall,

died

March

25, 1908, in

New York

explorer, author, was liorn in 1S21 in Kocliester, N.H. He was the author of The Arctic Kegions; Life .m«Mig the Ks«|uiniaux; and Narrative of He died the Second .Arctic Kxpedition. Nov. S. 1871. in the arctic regions. Hall,

Charles

Francis,

Charles Henry, clergyman, author,

waf born Nov. 7, 1820, in Augusta, Ga. He was an episcopal derjryman of Brooklyn; an«l rector of Htdy Trinity church in 1869He was the author of Commentaries on Gospel; Protestant Ritualism; Spina The Church of the Household; and Valley of the Shadow. He died Sept. 12, Brooklvn. N.Y. lS!».'»,'in

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Hill, Charles Hershall, physician, journalauthor, was born April 5, 1833, in LexKy. He settled in Salem; and was government Indian service at Fort the ill Yarnliill in 1871-73, but resigned in 1874 to become proft'ssor i»t the theory and pracist,

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in Willamette university. he edited the Oregon Medical Jourthe author of Prophylaxis of He died in Salem, Ore. (>re;.'ori Climate. Hall, Charles Martin, manufacturer, inventor, was born Dec. G, 18H3, in ThompIn 1886 he invented the electroson. fHiio. lytic power for llu' manufacture of aluminum now univer>ally used; and is now vicepri siilent Ahiminum company of America at

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Hall, Charles Mercer, clergyman, missionarv, author, was born Dec. 23, 1864, in In 1888-91 he was a stuBrooklyn. N.Y. «lent in the (Jeneral theological seminary; degree of M.A. from St. the received and

Binghampton in He was admit-

1837.

ted to the bar in I So I; in 1856 became United

cashit'r

and

Middletown, Conn. In with his parents;

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Haverliill,

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HluaUAPHY.

States

Commissioner,

and since 1879 Uah been master and examAs iner in chancery. village attorney it fell to his lot to draft a city charter for Binj:hamton in 1857, which he perfected ten vears For four years he was a member of later. the board of education; and <luring that and the tijiie revised the city school law methods of keeping the school accounts. During the civil war he was active in the enlistment of recruits for the army, and administered the oath of allegiance to nearly every meml)er of thri'e companies. He is the author of Hall Ancestry; Why the Missouri Compromise Should be Repealed; and Life : <l Letters of Samuel Holden Parsons. Hall, Charles Winslow, soldier, lawyer, journalist, author, was born Nov. 2, 1843. in Ciiels<'a, Mass. In 18t»2-63 he served as a private in company H. forty-third regiment Massachusetts volunteers. In 1877-81 was trial justice of Suffolk county, Mas.*. He is the author of Arctic Rovings; Twice Taken; Adrift in the Icefields; Drifting Around the World; anil other works. Hall, Christopher Webber, educator, geolauthor, was born Feb. 28, 1845, in Wardsboro, Vt. In 1871 he graduated from Middlebury collegi-; and in 1874 receiveil the degree of A.AI. from that institution of Until 1875 he was a teacher and learning. principal of schools. He studied in Kurope for two years; since 1878 has been professor in the university of Minnesota; and in 1892-97 was dean of the college of engineering, metallurgy and mechanical arts. Since year 18SS he has been editor of the Bulletin and occasional papers of the Minnesota ogist,

academy of sciences. He is a fellow of the Geological society of America; and a member of the .American association for the advanoemeiit of science. He is the author of Syllabus of Physical (Jeography; Syllabus of General Geology; History of the University of Minnesota; (Jeography of Minnesota: and other works. Hall, Crowell C, physician, surgeon, was