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Cemetery. Sl.OOO annually: Xorthfield Seminary 

 fur Girls. SI.OOK; trustee-' fund of the Con:_ r iv^a- 

 tional Church of Connecticut. *5.5<IO: and the 

 Mount Hermon School and Northfield seniors, each 

 a block of valuable stuck. 



Harris. Robert Lewis, civil engineer, born in 

 Portsmouth. X. II.. May is. 1834; died in Kt-ar- 

 V. II.. Sept. 29. 1896. He studied 

 civil engineering, and in 1852 was appointed ievoler 

 and chief draughtsman on the Cincinnati and St. 

 Louis Air-line Hailway. In 1854-'57 he was an en- 

 gineer on the Delaware, the Racine and Mississippi. 

 and the Milwaukee and Beloit Railways, and in 

 ls.~)7-'.js had charge of one of three parties in Hon- 

 duras that surveyed a route for the Interoceanic 

 Railway. lie was made resident engineer of the 

 Minnesota and Pacific Railway, the first one ex- 

 tended west from St. Paul in 1858. From 1860 till 

 1871 he made his headquarters in San Fran* 

 and was chief engineer of the Xapa Valley. San 

 Francisco and Oakland. Alameda Valley, California 

 Pacific, and several other roads, and also located 

 about 45 miles of the Central Pacific Railroad east 

 of the summit of the Sierra Xevada mountains in 

 1865. In lS71-'72 he was chief engineer of the 

 construction company that built 225 miles of the 

 Xorthern Pacific Railway across Minnesota : in 

 1872-'74 held the same office in the Chicago and 

 Canada Southern road: in 1875-'76 was similarly 

 employed on the Canadian Central extension : and 

 in l876-*88 was engaged in railroad construction in 

 the Southern States. lie was a consulting engineer 

 in Xew York city in 1883-'91. and became chief en- 

 gineer of the Wilkesbarre and Hudson River Im- 

 provement Company. 



Hanpt, William Avers (known in public as 

 William A. Mestayen. actor and playwright, born 

 in Philadelphia. Pa., June 8. 1846: died in Xew 

 York city. Xov. 21. 1896. He was a son of Mrs. 

 Charles Haupt, who was most widely known by her 

 maiden name of Emily Mestayer. and was for many 

 years connected with the Boston Museum. He 

 made his first appearance on the stage at a benefit 

 performance for his mother on Feb. 18. Is 62. 

 Then he went to Xiblo's Garden. Xew York, where 

 he played under the tutorship of Edwin Forrest, and 

 afterward played at Chestnut Street Theater, Phil- 

 adelphia, and with the Wallack-Davenport combi- 

 nation in Xew York. During the civil war he 

 served with his uncle. Hermann Haupt. in the en- 

 gineering corps of the Army of the Potomac. Re- 

 turning to the stage, he played in Troy. Boston. San 

 Francisco, and Xew York, took a part in nearly all 

 the Rice burlesques in the latter city, and also sang 

 me season in "The Gondoliers" with the St> 

 Opera Company. Among the plays that he wrote 

 or assisted in writing were "The Tourist in a Pull- 

 man Car." "We. Us \- Co.." "Tobogganing,* 1 "The 

 Grab Bag." and "The Kitty." 



Haygrood. Atticns Greene, clergyman, born in 

 Watk'insville. Ga.. Xov. 19,1839: died in Oxford, 

 Ga.. Jan. 19, 1896. He was graduated at Emory 

 College and was licensed to preach in the Metho- 

 dist Episcopal Church in 1859 ; was editor of the 

 Sunday-school publications of the Southern branch 

 of the Church in l87n-'75 : and was President of 

 Emory College. Macon. Ga.. from 1876 till 1^4. 

 In 1872 he was elected a bishop of the Methodist 

 Episcopal Church. South, but declined the office, 

 and on May 19, 1890. he was again elected and ac- 

 cepted. For many years he was identified with the 

 progressive work of his Church, and his rare execu- 

 tive abilities led George I. Seney. of Brooklyn. 

 X. Y., to place in his hands over $100.000 to pro- 

 mote various institutions under his charge. His 

 most important service was as general agent of the 

 fund of $1,000,000 placed in the hands of trustees 



b\ John V. Slater for the education of the c 

 race in the South, to which he was elected in 

 He received the decree of D. D. from Emor\ 

 lege in 1*70. and that of LL. D. from the Soiith- 

 rn University of Texas in 1SS4. Bishop Hay- 

 edited "Sermons by Bishop George 1 

 Peirce " (Nashville, 1886). and published "' 

 Send: An Essay on Mis-ions " (1*78) : "Our Chil- 

 dren " (New York. 1S76) : - Our Mi-other in Black " 

 lose the Saloons" (Macon. lss2 ): and 

 " Jackknife and Brambles'" (Xashvi: 



Heck man. Charles Adam, military officer, born 

 in Fasten. Pa.. Dec. :!. ]s22; died in Philadelphia, 

 Pa.. Jan. 14. ls!.)0. He \\-:-> graduated at Minerva 

 Seminary. Easton. in 1837. and served in the Mexi- 

 can War in the 1st United States Voltigeure. On 

 April 20. 1861. he was commissioned a captain in 

 the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, with which he 

 -erved through the three months' campaign. In 

 October following he became major of the 9th Xew 

 Jersey Regiment, on Dec. 3 lieutenant colonel, and 

 February 10, 1862. colonel : and on Xov. 29 follow- 

 ing he was commissioned a brigadier general of vol- 

 unteers. Gen. Heckman accompanied Gen. Burn- 

 side's expedition to Xorth Carolina : served with 

 the Army of the James : and was in command of the 

 defenses of X'orfolk and Portsmouth. Ya.. during 

 the winter of 1863-'G4. At the battle of Drewry's 

 Bluff. Ya.. May 16, 1864. he was captured after "he 

 had repelled a superior force five times. He was 

 taken successively to Libby Prison, to Macon. Ga., 

 and to Charleston. S. C.. and while at the last city 

 was placed under the fire of the Xational guns with 

 50 other Federal officers. On being exchanged. 

 Aug. 25. he was attached to the 18th Army Corps, 

 which he commanded at the capture of Fort Har- 

 rison, Chapin's Bluff. In January and February, 

 1865, he commanded the 25th Corps. He resigned 

 May 25. 1865. and afterward was connected with the 

 Central Railroad of X'ew Jersey. 



Herrmann. Alexander, magician, born in Paris, 

 France. Feb. 10. 1844: died on the railroad near 

 Great Valley. X. Y.. Dec. 17. 1896. His father was 

 a physician who practiced magic for amusement, 

 and his brother Carl became a professional sleight- 

 of-hand performer before he was twenty-one years 

 old. When twelve years old. Alexander was kid- 

 napped by his brother, who took him to Vienna and 

 thence over Europe, the brothers giving perform- 

 ances together with much success. In 1861 Carl 

 and Alexander came to the United States, and gave 

 their first performance in the Xew York Academy 

 of Music, their season running seventy-five nights. 

 Subsequently Carl returned to Europe, and Alex- 

 ander chose to remain in the United States, anil 

 became naturalized in Boston. Alexander had 

 traveled all over the world, and had received deco- 

 rat ions from many crowned heads. He was a man 

 of large benevolence, and was as popular socially as 

 he was professionally. 



Hillebrandt. HiifO, military officer, born in 

 Hungary in 1832 ; died in Brooklyn. X. Y.. April 

 4. 1*96. " He was attending a military school when 

 the revolution under Kossuth broke out. and left 

 the school and was made a lieutenant in the revo- 

 lutionary army. He followed Kossuth to the 

 United States, and was employed in the Coast Sur- 

 vey till he received advance information of an in- 

 tended Italian uprising under Garibaldi, when In- 

 joined that leader and took part in both move- 

 ments into Sicily and the operations culminating 

 in the occupation of Rome by the Army of Libera- 

 tion. In 1860 he returned to the United States. 

 After the firing on Siunter he was appointed 1st 

 lieutenant and adjutant of the 39th Xew York 

 Volunteers (the Garibaldi Guard), in which he suc- 

 cessively became captain and major. He resigned 



