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was also Chancellor of William and Mary Col- 



HAYES, ISAAO ISRAEL, born in Chester, Penn- 

 sylvania, in 1832 ; died in New York, Decem- 

 ber 17, 1881. After a general education, Mr. 

 Hayes graduated from the University of Penn- 

 sylvania in 1853, with the degree of M. D. 

 During his studies he had become interested 

 in the writings and intentions of Dr. Kane, 

 and tendered him his services. In the latter 

 part of May, 1853, he was appointed surgeon 

 of the second Grinnell expedition, with which 

 he sailed in the brig Advance. Nothing of 

 importance to Mr. Hayes transpired until the 

 18th of May, 1854, when he started with a 

 dog -sledge, in company with William God- 

 frey, for Cape Frazer, in latitude 79 42'. 

 When Dr. Kane resolved to return, finding it 

 impossible to extricate the Advance from the 

 ice which surrounded her, many of the party 

 determined to remain with the vessel, and 

 put up with hardships, rather than undertake 

 a journey over the ice toward Upernavik, 

 which would be attended with so much suffer- 

 ing and trial. Others, in an organized body, 

 with J. Carl Patterson, who had experienced 

 twenty years of Arctic life in all its phases, as 

 their leader, commenced the lonely journey in 

 the hope of being able to send relief to those 

 whom they had left. Of this unsuccessful party 

 Dr. Hayes was a member. These brave men 

 lived three months among the Esquimaux, and 

 returned to the brig in the middle of an Arctic 

 night, in the dog-sledges of the natives, having 

 traveled one hundred and fifty miles during 

 the last forty hours of their journey back. 

 On his return to the United States in 1855, 

 Dr. Hayes devoted himself to the instruction 

 of the public in what soon became a specialty 

 with him. An enthusiast on the subject of the 

 Arctic Sea, he knew by experience what he 

 talked about. He had found Greenland a mass 

 of snow and ice, toward the center of which 

 he had approached nearer than any other man 

 by eighty miles. He had ascended an eleva- 

 tion of six thousand feet, from which no land, 

 but only a vast region of ice, was to be seen. 

 His descriptions of the peculiar effect of the 

 midnight sun upon men and animals, and the 

 awful desolation of the Arctic night, whose 

 moonlight stillness was far more terrible, were 

 thrillingly vivid. Having roused popular curi- 

 osity as well as scientific interest, and aided by 

 subscriptions, he fitted up, in July, 1860, the 

 schooner United States, one hundred and thir- 

 ty-three tons, and sailed for Melville Bay. 

 He wintered in Port Foulke, and started north- 

 ward in April, 1861. The expedition reached 

 the west coast in May, but, having exhausted 

 their provisions, were obliged to return, after 

 touching land in latitude 81 37' north, beyond 

 which they saw open water. On his return 

 Dr. Hayes published " The Open Polar Sea," 

 received medals from the Geographical Socie- 

 ties of London and Paris, and then entered the 

 army in a medical capacity. In 1869 he sailed 



in the steamer Panther, with William Bedford, 

 for the purpose of exploring the southern coast 

 of Greenland, after which he published " The 

 Land of Desolation," " Cast away in the Cold," 

 and a history of maritime discoveries. He was 

 a member of the New York Legislature in 

 1876-'77-'78-'79-'80, serving each year on im- 

 portant committees of the House. He resumed 

 his pursuits as lecturer, writer, etc., and was 

 heartily welcomed by large and appreciative 

 audiences. Dr. Hayes possessed the essential 

 qualities for a successful man, being quick- 

 witted, industrious, nervous, energetic, and ver- 

 satile ; he spoke well, wrote better, and under- 

 stood his subjects. 



HOSMEB, GEORGE WASHINGTON, died July 5, 

 1881, at Canton, Massachusetts, aged seventy- 

 seven years. Dr. Hosmer was one of the noted 

 preachers in the Unitarian denomination. He 

 graduated at Harvard University in the class of 

 1826, and subsequently entered the Theological 

 School, where he remained until 1830. His 

 first settlement was at Northfield, Massachu- 

 setts, which continued for two years. He re- 

 moved thence to Buffalo, New York. In 1862 

 he was elected President of Antioch Col- 

 lege. While discharging the duties of that 

 position he also held a non-resident professor- 

 ship in connection with the Theological School 

 at Meadville, Pennsylvania, lecturing there on 

 pastoral care. He was also one of the Board 

 of Instruction for that institution, and held 

 both his professorship and his position in the 

 board at the time of his death. He resigned 

 his position as President of Antioch College in 

 1872, but continued his connection with the 

 institution as Professor of History and Ethics 

 until 1873. That year he became pastor of 

 the Channing Religious Society of Newton, 

 Massachusetts, this pastorate continuing until 

 the year 1879. 



JACKSON, TIMOTHY!., born at Jericho, Queens 

 County, New York, in 1812; died at Flushing, 

 Long Island, August 7, 1881. At the time of 

 his death he was the oldest turf -man on Long 

 Island, and his proficiency as a horse-breaker, 

 trainer, and driver was known throughout the 

 United States. His stables at Jamaica were 

 the resort of the most noted horse-men in the 

 country, who sought him for the value of his 

 opinions and knowledge of the horse. He in- 

 herited to a marked degree the principles of 

 his Quaker ancestry for honesty, sobriety, and 

 fair dealing, and was highly respected by the 

 community in which he lived. 



LANE, HENEY S., born in Montgomery Coun- 

 ty, Kentucky, February 24, 1811 ; died at 

 Crawfordsville, Indiana, June 18, 1881. His 

 father was a popular citizen, and among the 

 early settlers of Kentucky. When a boy Mr. 

 Lane was employed on the farm of his father, 

 and went to school when he had an opportu- 

 nity until he was sixteen. He then attempted 

 a higher course of study, including the classics. 

 At the age of eighteen he began the study of 

 the law, and was admitted to the bar when he 



