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Annual Report <>f th. - : <r the State 



of Mi>suri" (Jefferson City. 1>71). 



Hamilton, Peter, lawyer, horn in Pennsylvania in 



1-11: ..lk-<.lin Mobile, Ala., Nov. ^. 1688. IK- was 



graduated at Princeton, removed to Mobile, and was 



admitted to the bar in 1636. He wa< vkx-piv.-kleut 



neral manager of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad 



.ay duriii-_ r the civil war ; served in both branch- 



ission- 



er to Washington. D. C., in 1875, to arrange the polit- 

 ical troubles in the State, and effected a consolidation 

 of two legislatures then sitting in Montgomery. He 

 i in the adjustment of the State debt and the 

 drafting "f the revenue law, and was a member of the 

 comuf lify the laws of the State in I 



Hamilton, William J,, lawyer, born in Washington 

 County. Md.. Sept. -. 1820; died in Ilau't-rstown, Mci., 

 Oct. -2'i. 18s?. He studied in Jefferson Colle- 

 was admitted to the bar of his native county in 1-43, 

 to the State Assembly as a Democrat in 

 1846, was a Cass presidential elector in 1646, and in 

 1849 was elected to Congress. By re-elections he 

 served from 1-4:' till 1-55." was then' defeated, and re- 

 tired from political life till after the civil war. In 

 a was defeated for Governor by Oden Bowie, 

 by a majority of one ; in 166-; was elected United States 

 Senator for the term beginning March 4, 16'' 

 in 1879 was elected Governor bv a major';- 

 Shortly alter hi- inauguration lie became involved in 

 a conflict with the most active members of his own 

 party, especially those constituting the board of pub- 

 lic works, and' his administration closed without a 

 restoration of harmony. At his death he was the 

 wealthiest person in Washington County. 



Harris, Samuel Smith, clergyman, born in Autauca 

 County. Ga., Sept. 14, 1841 ; died in London, Eng- 

 land. A -. Ik- \va- graduated at the Univer- 

 sity of Alabama in 1859, studied law, and, by special 

 act of the Legislature, was admitted to the bar in 

 He began practice in Montgomery, but on the out- 

 break of the civil war joined the Third Alabama Regi- 

 ment, and served in the Confederate army till the 

 t the war. He became adjutant-general on the 

 Ptaff of Gen. Bragg with the rank of major. Alter 

 the war he resumed his practice in Montgomery, but 

 soon afterward removed to New York city, where he 

 practiced three years. He studied theoloiry. and was 

 ordained deacon in Montgomery on Feb. 10, 1869, 

 and priest on June 30 following. As deacon, he bad 

 charge of St. John's Church, Montgomery, and as 

 priest he was rector of Trinity Church. Columbu 

 Trinity Church. New Orleans, and from 1875 till Is79 

 of St. James's Church. Chicago. He was elected Bish- 

 op of (juincy in 1878, but declined the office, and was 

 elected Bishop of Michigan, and consecrated in Detroit 

 on Sept. 17, 1879. He was a founder of The Living 

 Church," and received the degree of D. D. from the 

 college of William and Mary in 1874. and that of 

 LL. D. from the university of Alabama in 167 1 - 1 . 



Hassard, John Rose Greene, journalist, born -in New 

 York city, Sept. 4, 1836; died there. April 18, 

 He was graduated at St. John's i R. C. i College, 

 Fordham, N. Y.. in 1S55, intending to enter the 

 priesthood, but 3 season of delicate health inter 

 and he engaged in literarv work. lie was an 

 ant editor 'of the "New American Cyclopaedia" from 

 1857 till 1863; took George Riplcy's place as literary 

 editor of the New York ' Tribune," while the latter 

 was on a vacation in Europe : was appointed editor of 

 the ''Catholic World" in 1865, but soon afterward 

 went to Chicago with Charles A. Dana, who there 

 founded the " Republican " ; returned to New York 

 on the discontinuance of the " Republican." and 

 joined the editorial staff of the " Tribune," and on 

 the death of Mr. Ripley succeeded to the literary edi- 

 torship. Subsequently he was also musical critic for 

 many years. In 1878, in conjunction with William 

 M. Grosvenor. he translated, after manv persons had 

 tried and failed, a large number of cipher telegrams 



that had been sent by the Democratic National Corn- 

 to various jx.-rsoiis in the Southern Stat- 

 cerning the presidential election returns of 1-70. He 

 the summer of 1879 in England and the win- 

 ter of l>-u in Nassau and Bermuda, in the \i> 

 regaining his health, and afterward traveled and lived 

 in France, Southern California, and the Adirondack*, 

 but never retail u-d his .-trcn.uth. Besides his literary 

 and musical criticisms and correspondence with the 

 "Tribune," he was the author of a "Life of Arch- 

 bishop Hughes" (1866); "The Ring of the 

 lung" (1677): "Life of Pius IX" 0-7- : a school 

 -History of the United State.-" (1878): and "A 

 Pickwickian Pilgrimage" (1881). 



Hastings, Alice, actress, born in Ireland in 

 died in New York citv, Dec. 1, 1888. She came to 

 the United States with her parents when a child, 

 made her first appearance on the stage when sixteen 

 years old at Wood's Museum, Philadelphia, in "Man 

 and Wife," and after two successful seasons in that 

 city played at the Academy of Music in Cleveland as 

 Susan Nipper in " Dombey and Son," Tidy in " Lost in 

 London," and Audrey in " As you like it'." Two sea- 

 sons at the Grand Op'era House in Pittsburg f. Mowed. 

 She was then engaged by James McYicker for his Chi- 

 cago theatre, and made a notable success there a> Mrs. 

 Brown in " The Banker's Daughter." In 1881 she 



Slaved male parts at the Fourteenth Street Theatre iu 

 ew York city, starred with Augustin Daly's com- 

 pany as the Wild Rose in " An Arabian Niirht," and 

 in 1--2 became leading lady in Roland Reed's com- 

 pany, holding the place till her death. She created 

 the parts of the Adventuress in ' Cheek " and Mrs. 

 Ponsby in " Humbug." Her last appearance was in 

 " The'Woman Hater," at the Fourteenth Street Thea- 

 tre. New York city, a week before her death. 



Hays, James Buchanan, lawyer, born in Crawford 

 County, Pa., Sept. 10. 1838"; died in Boise City, 

 Idaho, May 31. 1888. He removed with his parents 

 to Ashippun, Dodge County, \Vis., in 1847, and re- 

 ceived his education in the'University of Wisconsin. 

 In 1-03 he was admitted to the bar of "Dodge County, 

 in 1667 to the bar of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 

 and in 1870 to that of the United States Circuit Court 

 for Wisconsin. He was elected clerk of the circuit 

 court of Dodge County for the term beginning Jan. 

 . was re-elected in 1865, was elected member 

 of the Assembly for the session of 1867, was Demo- 

 cratic candidate for county judge in 1869, and was 

 elected district attorney lor the county in 1874. 1870, 

 nd 1880. For several years he was president of 

 the village of Haricon, and in 1877 was a candidate for 

 Secretary of State of Wisconsin. In the early part of 

 1885 he'was appointed Chief-Justice of Idaho Terri- 

 nd immediately assumed ti:e duties of the office, 

 which he continued to discharge till his death. 



Hazard, Eowland Gibson, manuiacturer and author, 

 born in South Kingston, R. I.. Oct. 9, 1801; died in 

 Peacedale, R. I.. June 24, 1888. He was engaged in 

 the woolen business all his life. He was known 

 throughout the United States for his philanthropy, lit- 

 erary \\ork. and political services. In 1841 be was 

 called to New Orleans, and during that and the fol- 

 lowing year he effected the release from the chain- 

 gang of many free Northern negroes employed in the 

 commercial marine service. His efforts were made 

 with great pertinacity and in the face of frequent 

 threats of personal violence. He served two terms in 

 the Rhode Island Assembly, 1851 -'5-2 and 181 

 and one term in the State Senate, 1866-'67. His pub 

 lications comprise : " Language ; its Connection with 

 the Constitution and Prospects of Man " i I 

 " Lectures on the Adaptation of the Universe to the 

 Cultivation of the Mind" (1840); "Lecture on the 

 3 of Decline of Political and National Morality " 

 (1S41); " Es-ay on the Philosophical Character of 

 Chanmng" (1844) ; " Essay on the Duty of Individu- 

 als to support Science and ' Literature " (1855) ; " Es- 

 says on the Resources of the United States" (1864); 

 " Freedom of the Mind iu Willing" (1864 1 ; Essays 



