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minister, and filled pastorates in Lawrence and 

 Cambridge, Mass. He took an active interest 

 in the educational systems of those cities, and, 

 while preaching regularly, served as a member 

 of both school boards, and also as superintend- 

 ent of schools in the latter city. In 1864 lie 

 was appointed superintendent of public schools 

 in New Bedford, Mass., and held the office 

 continuously until his death. He began con- 

 tributing to magazines early in life, confining 

 himself almost wholly to educational topics, 

 and, when he accepted the superintendency at 

 New Bedford, he had established a national 

 reputation by his writings on that subject. 

 Shortly before his death he published a spell- 

 ing-book, and completed a school history. 



Harris, John Wesley, an American lawyer, 

 born in Virginia in 1808 ; died in Galveston, 

 Texas, April 1, 1887. He was educated for 

 the bar in his native State, and removed to 

 Texas in 1837, settling in Brazoria, the most 

 populous county at that time. He achieved 

 distinction in his profession during the exist- 

 ence of the republic of Texas, and when it 

 was organized as a State of the Federal Union 

 was appointed its first attorney-general, serv- 

 ing a second term by reappointraent. He was 

 a member of the Legislature several times, and 

 served on the commission that revised the 

 State laws and formulated the present penal 

 code and the code of criminal and civil pro- 

 cedure of the State. 



Harris, William Logan, an American clergyman, 

 born in Mansfield, O., Nov. 4, 1817; died in 

 New York city, Sept. 2, 1887. He united with 

 the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1834, was 

 licensed to preach in 1836, and joined the 

 Michigan Conference, which then included the 

 .northern part of Ohio, in 1837. Having re- 

 ceived a thorough training at Norwalk Semi- 

 nary in the classic languages and mathematics, 

 he was appointed a tutor in the Ohio Wesleyan 

 University in 1845, and principal of Baldwin 

 Institute in 1848. In 1852 he was elected Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry and Natural History in 

 Ohio Wesleyan University, and in 1860 Assist- 

 ant Corresponding Secretary of the Methodist 

 Missionary Society, holding the latter office till 

 1872, when he was elected bishop. After his 

 elevation to the episcopate he visited Japan, 

 China, India, Turkey, Italy, Switzerland, Ger- 

 many, and Scandinavia, inspecting and direct- 

 ing the Methodist missions in those countries. 

 He traveled through every State and Territory 

 in the Union, and circumnavigated the globe. 

 Bishop Harris received the degree of D. D. 

 from Allegheny College in 1856, and that of 

 LL. D. from Baldwin University in 1870. 



Harvey, William Street, an American journalist, 

 born in London, England, Dec. 11, 1834; died 

 in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 8, 1887. He was 

 educated for the Church, but after graduation 

 at Oxford his mind changed and he became a 

 writer for the press and a teacher in Birming- 

 ham. In 1865 he came to the United States, 

 settling in San Francisco, Cal., where he re- 



ceived an editorial appointnfent on " The San 

 Francisco News-Letter." He attracted the at- 

 tention of the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage dur- 

 ing a lecturing tour of the latter in California, 

 and was induced to remove to Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 where he became an editorial writer and book- 

 reviewer for the Brooklyn "Eagle." His writ- 

 ings revealed a wide familiarity with English 

 literature and the theological thought of the 

 day. Among his literary remains is the manu- 

 script of a book entitled " Six Modern Humor- 

 ists," which he completed in 1881. 



Hassinger, David Stanley, an American soldier, 

 born in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 24, 1842 ; died 

 there, April 5, 1887. At the outbreak of the 

 civil war he entered the National service, and 

 he was continually in the field till the close of 

 the war, participating in many of the battles in 

 which the Army of the Potomac was engaged. 

 At the battle of the Wilderness all the officers 

 of his company were killed or wounded, and 

 four color-bearers were successively shot down. 

 While the engagement was at its height he was 

 assigned to the command of the color company, 

 and at great peril preserved the flags. He was 

 wounded in a charge at Spottsylvania Court- 

 House in May, 1864, and upon his recovery was 

 detailed as adjutant of his regiment, continuing 

 in that office till the close of the war. In 1873 

 Goy. Hartranft appointed him Assistant Adju- 

 tant-General of Pennsylvania, and he occupied 

 the office through all the changes of adminis- 

 tration till his death. 



Hat horn, Henry II., an American hotel -keeper, 

 born in Greenfield, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1813 ; died 

 in Saratoga, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1887. He received 

 an academic education, and, removing to Sara- 

 toga, was engaged in mercantile business from 

 1839 till 1849. He was among the first to take 

 advantage of the mineral springs, and to en- 

 gage in the hotel business, becoming one of the 

 owners of the old Congi-ess Hall, which was 

 burned in 1865, and replaced with the present 

 structure, opened in 1868. In the latter year, 

 while workmen were digging for the founda- 

 tion of a business block, a new spring was dis- 

 covered, which has since been known as the 

 Hathorn Spring, and owned and managed by 

 Mr. Hathorn and his family. He was super- 

 visor of Saratoga four years, elected sheriff 

 of the county in 1853 and 1862, and member 

 of Congress in 1872-'74. 



Hayes, John Lord, lawyer, horn in South Ber- 

 wick, Me., April 13, 1812 ; died in Cambridge. 

 Mass., April 18, 1887. He was graduated at 

 Dartmouth in 1831, and then studied law at 

 the Harvard Law School. In 1835 he was ad- 

 mitted to the bar and settled in Portsmouth, 

 Me., where he followed his profession, and for 

 a time was Clerk of the United States Courts 

 for the District of New Hampshire. Ilo was 

 called in 1846 to become general manager of 

 the Katahdin Iron Works, but the British free- 

 trade tariff of that year mined the projirt. 

 In 1851 he moved to Washington, where he 

 was employed by the Canadian Government as 



