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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (HINCKLEY HOWARD.) 



Dec. 10, 1863, on account of wounds received at 

 Gettysburg and sickness contracted in the Mine 

 Run campaign, and Feb. 2, 1864. was appointed 

 captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps. During 

 1864 and part of 1865 he was on duty at Washing- 

 ton, D. C. ; in 1866-'68 served in North Carolina in 

 connection with the Freedmen's Bureau ; and in 

 1869-74 was United States consul at Canea, Crete. 



Hirieklejr, Thomas Hewes, artist, born in Mil- 

 ton, Mass., in 1810; died there Feb. 15, 1896. lie 

 was apprenticed to a trade in Philadelphia when 

 fifteen years old, but attended an evening school 

 one winter and received instruction in prospective 

 and in light and shade his only instruction in art. 

 In 1831 he went to Boston and worked for a sign 

 painter, to learn the composition and use of colors, 

 and made his first attempts at painting in portrai- 

 ture and landscapes. In 1843 a successful painting 

 of dogs led him to apply himself wholly to animal 

 life, and two years afterward he opened a studio in 

 Milton. He went to Europe in 1851 to study the 

 works of the English and Flemish animal painters, 

 especially those of Landseer, and in 1858 painted 2 

 pictures of dogs and game, which were exhibited 

 at the Royal Academy that year. 



Hoey, Josephine Shaw, actress, born in Liver- 

 pool, England, in June, 1824; died at Hollywood. 

 Long Branch, N. J., J uly 21, 1896. She came to the 

 United States witli her father when a child, and made 

 her first appearance on the stage at the Baltimore 

 Museum in 1839, playing with her sister Charlotte 

 in " Nature and Philosophy." During this engage- 

 ment she frequently played with Joseph Jefferson. 

 John E. Owens, Mary Taylor, and other notable 

 actors. From Baltimore she went to Peale's Mu- 

 seum, in Philadelphia, and, after two seasons, to 

 Purdy's National Theater in New York, where she 

 made her first appearance in "the " Naia J Queen." 

 Here she attracted the attention of William E. 

 Burton, who secured her for his Chambers Street 

 Theater. At this house she made her first appear- 

 ance as Edith Dombey in Burton's own dramatiza- 

 tion of " Dombey and Son." In 1849 she married 

 John Hoey, subsequently for many years President 

 of the Adams Express Company, and withdrew 

 from the stage. About three years afterward, when 

 James W. Wallack was managing Brougham's 

 Lyceum on Broadway, Laura Keene, the leading 

 lady of the company, suddenly withdrew, and in 

 the emergency Mr. Wallack induced Mrs. Hoey to 

 take the place of leading lady. This engagement 

 lasted till 1865, when she retired permanently. 

 During her connection with the Wallack house she 

 played the Shakespearean parts of Portia, Desde- 

 mona, Viola, Ophelia, and Rosalind. 



Holden, Martha Evarts, journalist, born in 

 Hartford, Conn., in 1844; died in Chicago, 111., Jan. 

 16, 1896. She was the daughter of a Baptist 

 clergyman ; was married early in life, and, remov- 

 ing to Chicago, became a telegrapher. While so 

 employed she began to contribute to the Chicago 

 newspapers. Her writings attracted the attention of 

 ex-Gov. Andrew L. Shuimin, who owned the ' Even- 

 ing Journal," and induced her to write a series of 

 letters for that paper, he giving her the pen name 

 "Amber." She published her newspaper letters 

 under the title of " A String of Amber Beads." 



Holt, Thomas Michael, manufacturer, born in 

 Alamance County. N. C.. July 15, 1831 ; died at Haw 

 River, N. C., April 11, 1896. 'lie was educated at the 

 University of North Carolina ; learned the general 

 details of manufacturing in Philadelphia; and lor 

 forty-four years had been engaged in manufactur- 

 ing cotton goods in his native State. In 1872 and 

 1874 he was elected a county commissioner ; in 1876 

 a State Senator ; in 1883, 1885. and 1887 a member 

 of the Legislature ; and in 1885 Speaker of the 



House. Since 1874 he had been President of the 

 North Carolina Railroad Company. In 1888 he was 

 elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, and 

 on the death of Gov. Daniel G. Fowle, April 7, 1891, 

 became chief executive of the State. 



Hoppin, Augustus, artist, born in Providence, 

 R. I., July 13, 1828; died in Flushing, N. Y., April 

 1, 1896. He was a brother of William J. Hoppin, 

 the diplomatist, and of Thomas F. Hoppin, the art- 

 ist ; was graduated at Brown University in 1848: 

 and engaged in the practice of law in his native 

 city. In 1854-'55 he made a tour of the art gal- 

 leries of Europe for study and observation, and on 

 his return applied himself to drawing on wood. He 

 became one of the most famous caricaturists and 

 illustrators in the country, and also achieved suc- 

 cess as an author. For several years he was a con- 

 tributor of art work to periodicals, and furnished 

 numerous illustrations for works in current litera- 

 ture. Among the latter were "The Potiphar Pa- 

 pers " (1853) : " Nothing to Wear " (1857) ; " Life 

 and Sayings of Mrs. Partington " (185!)) ; " Knitting 

 AVork " (1S59); "The Autocrat of the Breakfast 

 Table" (1858); and "Jubilee Days" (1872). He 

 wrote "Carrot Pomade " (1S64); " On the Nile " and 

 " I'ps and Downs on Land and Water" (1871); 

 "Crossing the Atlantic" (1872); " H-iy Fever" 

 (1873); "Recollections of Auton House"" (1881); 

 "A Fashionable Sufferer " (1883) ; " Two Compton 

 Boys " (1885); and " Man-red for Fun " (ISsr,). 



Horr. Roswell CL journalist, born in Waitsville, 

 Vt.. Nov. 26, 1830; died in Plainfield, N. J., Dec. 18, 

 1SD6. In early youth he removed with his parents 

 to Lorain County, Ohio. He was graduated at An- 

 tioeh College in 1S57, was appointed clerk of the 

 Court of Common Pleas of the county, and six yea,rs 

 later was admitted to the bar. After practicing 

 about two years, he engaged in mining in Missouri, 

 removed to Saginaw. Mich., and resumed practice 

 in 1872. and was there elected to Congress in 1878, 

 1880, and 1882, and was defeated in 1884. He was 

 active in politics from his college days; became a 

 campaign orator of the Republican party : and while 

 in Congress earned the reputation of being an excep- 

 tional debater. He made many speeches in the 

 presidential campaigns of 1888, 1892, and 1896, and 

 his fatal illness resulted from overwork in the last. 

 Mr. Horr joined the staff of the " New York Trib- 

 une " in 1891, and contributed to it over his own 

 signature special articles on the tariff and the money 

 question. In 1893 he had a memorable debate on 

 thi' silver question with Senator Stewart, of Nevada, 

 and in the summer of 1895 one with William H. 

 Harvey, author of " Coin's Financial School." 



Houston, John Wallace, jurist, born in Con- 

 cord, Del., May 4. 1814 ; died in Georgetown, Del., 

 April 26. 1896. He was graduated at Vale in 1834 ; 

 was admitted to the bar in Dover in 1837 ; and re- 

 moved to Georgetown to practice in 1839. In 1841 

 he was appointed Secretary of State, and in 1844, 

 before the expiration of his term of office, he was 

 elected to Congress as a Whig. His services there 

 secured him two successive re-elections. He re- 

 sumed practice in 1851. and in May, 1855, was ap- 

 pointed an Associate Justice of the Superior Court 

 of Delaware, an office he held till January, 1893, 

 when he was retired. Through the civil war he was 

 an earnest supporter of the Union. While on the 

 bench he was ex-officio reporter of the decisions of 

 the court, and compiled six volumes of reports. 



Howard, Harry, fireman, born in New York 

 city, Aug. 20, 1822; died there Feb. 6, 1896. He 

 was abandoned by his parents when a few days old, 

 and was adopted by Mrs. Sarah C. Howard, who 

 gave him the name by which he was always known. 

 Harry was apprenticed to the cabinetmaker's trade, 

 and followed it for several years. His highest am- 



