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under parole. Soon afterward In- was m-nrly mobbed 

 ill Augusta, while in Charleston tin- sequestration of 

 his pp-pcru was averted niily by tin- influence of hi* 

 jiartiii-r. Mr. Hand lived in Ashcville. N. i '., under 

 parole .luring the war, and alter it* rlM- remotcd to 

 (iuilt'onl, Conn., never t|Uestionini,' liis partner's in- 



. About ISM' Mr. \\ iK'iims visited Mr. lluinl, 

 n lidcivd ;i lull .statement of the business .-iliee the 

 beginning of tin- war, anl gave liim securities for 



o, Mr. Hand's share of the profit*. In October, 

 l.s.ss, Mr. Hand, who had caret ully invested the money, 

 gave to the American Missionary Association the 

 principal and its earnings, $1.000.894, for a fund for 

 educating Southern negroes. To this sum, the largest 

 up t that time ever given to benevolence by a living 

 American, Mr. Hand added by bequest $:)00.<)0i> for 

 immediate use and $'200,000 in reversion after the 



death of family legatees. 



Haniia, Baylesa Wi, lawyer, born in Troy, Ohio, 



March 11, l>;;o; died iii Crawfordsvillc, Ind., Aug. 

 j. Is'.il. When six yours old lie removed with his 

 parents to Crawtbrdsvillc, where he was graduated at 

 Wabaah College. He studied law with Joseph E. 

 Mcllonald and Josiah Winchester; was admitted to 

 the i.ar in Natchez, Miss., in 1855; returned to Craw- 

 fordsville to ]>ractice, and was elected prosecuting at- 

 torney of the county in Is.Yt;. In the following year 

 he removed to Terre Haute. He wus elected to the 

 Legislature as a Democrat in 1862, to the Senate in 

 l->i,i, and to the office of Attorney-General of the 

 State in 1870; and in 187 '2, 1876, 1880, and 18"84 he 

 wa delegate-at-large from his State to the National 

 l>einocratic Conventions. In the convention of 1876 

 he \yas chairman of the Committee on Permanent Or- 

 ganization. He was presidential elector-at-large in 

 1*7- and 1NS4, and after President Cleveland's inau- 

 guration he was appointed United States minister to 

 the Arirentine Republic. 



Hardeman, Thomas, commission merchant, born in 

 Eaton ton, (Ja., .Ian. 12, 1825; died in Macon, Ga,, 

 March (1, 18'.)1. lie was a son of ThonUM Hardeman, 

 one of the pioneers of Georgia: was taken to Macon 

 while an infant; was graduated at Emory College in 

 1845, and admitted to the bar in 1846, but engaged in 

 the commission business in preference to the practice 

 of law. In 1853, 1855, and 1857 he served in the 

 Legislature as an old-time Whig. On the breaking 

 up of that party lie joined the Union party. In 1859 

 lie was elected to Congress, where he was also a 

 member of the Committee on Mileage, and served till 

 the secession of his State. He then entered the Con- 

 federate army, and became, captain of the Floyd 

 Kitles, major of the Second Georgia Battalion, colonel 

 of the Forty-fifth Georgia Kegimcnt, and adjutant- 

 geiieral on the staff of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, and 

 was severely wounded at Cold Harbor. In 1863, 1864, 

 and 1874 he was a member and Speaker of the State 

 House of Representatives; in 187'2 was a delegate to 

 the Liberal Republican Convention ; served four years 

 a-< 1 'resident of the State Democratic Convention and 

 as chairman of the State Executive Committee; and 

 in 1883-'85 was Rcpivsentativc-at-largc in Congress 

 ami member of the Committees <>n Territories and on 

 Expenditures in the State Department. 



Hart, Tony, see CANNON, ANTHONY. 



Hasselquist, Tuve Nilsson, educator born in Hassla- 

 red, Mvcdcii, March _', 1816; died in Hock Island, 

 111., Feb. 4, 1891. He was graduated at the University 

 of Lund, Sweden, and ordained in the Lutheran 

 Church in 1839. After serving for several years OK 

 assistant pastor in various parishes in his native 

 country, he became pastor of a Swedish Lutheran 

 congregation in Galesburg. 111., in 1H.V2. In I*."-.'.. 

 while ciiLraL'ed in his pastoral duties, lie established a 

 rdi<_:io-politicul journal, from which have been de- 

 velopcd llcmlandet." a political weekly published 

 in Chiea-ro, and " Autrustana," a religious weekly, 

 published iii Rock Island, 111. Of the latter journal 

 lie continued editor-in-chief to the time of his death. 

 He was present at the Organisation of the KvaliL,'elical 

 Lutheran Augustana Synod in 1860, and was its tirst 



i nt. to \\hi.-i, ., dice in- WON annually n-leet*d 

 until 1*7". In 1 ".:: lie w a* 



guatana Theological Bemlnary, which hu ninco be- 

 come Aii^ii-taiia < olle^c and Theological S. :, 

 He continue .di-llt of tl,U in-- 



up to the time ot hi* death. Ilin chief liu-rury work 

 i a commentary on KpheMaiw. 



Hatfield, Robert M., elergyman, Ix.rn in Xi-w York 

 in l^ls ; died in Kvaiiston, 111., April 1, I-:-!. 11. r. 

 ceivc ,1 n common school education, prepared lor the 

 ministry at an curly aire. an. I wim udmitti-.l to tJic 

 Providence Conference ,,i t|,,. Method, 

 Churchill 1*41. lie held ap|".intinent- in New York 

 city, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Chicago, and Philadel- 

 phia; WILS transferred to the Rock Island < on; 

 : waa a delegate to the General Conferei 

 1864, 1876, 1KM), and !.-*-; and in l"-. l,eeai:ie timui- 

 cial agent of the Xorthwestern lni\ crsity at, 

 eiice Hull at Kvatiston. 



Havemeyer, Frederick ChriBtian, manufacturer, \>m 

 in New York city, Feb. >. \-*~ ; n ed in 'I'i 

 Meek, VVestehestcr County. N. Y., .Inly _'>. I-IM. Ik- 

 was a son of Frederick C. llavenu yer,' wlio, with hm 

 brother, William F. Havemeyer, came to the Tinted 

 States from I'.iickcburg, Sehaumburg-Lippe. ier- 

 many, in 180^, and established a sugar refinery in 

 Vandam Street, New York city. Frederick Christian. 

 Jr., was educated at Columbia College, but left before 

 graduation to form with his cousin the firm of \V. F. 

 & F. C. Havemeyer, as successors to their fathers' 

 business. The cousins conducted it with large suc- 

 cess till 1842, when both retired and were su. 

 by their brothers. Albert and Diedrieh. Frederick's 

 father died in 1841, leaving a large estate, and Fred- 

 erick himself had accumulated considerable prop- 

 erty. The care of the two estates occupied his atten- 

 tion till 1855, when he re-entered thcsugar linn, with 

 which, under its various corporate names, he re- 

 mained until his death. He was one of the original 

 trustees of the New York Public School Society, for 

 many years an active member of the old volunteer 

 fire department, and a founder of the Century Club. 



Hearst, George, capitalist, born in Franklin County, 

 Mo., Sept. 3, 1820; died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 

 '28, 1891. He received a public-school education; 

 was brought up on his father's farm : went to Cali- 

 fornia in 1850, and began working in the mines; sub- 

 sequently engaged in buying, selling, and trading 

 claims; and in 1859, when almost penniless, joined 

 the throng of miners who made the memorable rush 

 to the Washoe region, of which Virginia City is now 

 the center. He there watched his oppprtonitiea for 

 trading claims, made and lost considerable money, 

 and was one of the few men who, striking a rich lead, 

 followed it closely, and became very wealthy. Sub- 

 sequently he entered a firm of miniiiir ojKT.-itors, in 

 San Francisco, which secured control of larire and 

 valuable properties in California, I tah, Dakota, 

 Montana, anu Colorado; and he became widely- 

 known as a successful locater and developer of gold 

 and silver mines. Within u few years lie was the 

 owner of mines and mills that irave employment 

 to 2,000 men, and his quart/ mills crushed 1,000 

 tons of ore daily. He also i-niruged largely in stock- 

 raising and in general farming with similar success. 

 In 1865 he was elected to the State Legislature : in 

 1886 he was appointed Tinted States Senator to fill 

 a vacancy, ami in the same year he WILS elected for 

 the full term, bcLrinning March 4. is.xy. In the Sen- 

 ate he was a member ot' the standinir commit- 

 In. I'u'ii Ail'air>. <>n Mines and Mining, and on : 

 tionary Claims, and of the select committees to in- 

 quire into all claims of citizens of the Tnite-i 

 against the Government of Nicaraiigua, and on the 

 President's message transmittiiiir the rv[>ort of the 

 Pacific Railway Commission. He was the owner of 

 several noted ruec-horscs. His fortune was estimated 



lit ik'.'O.OOO.IMMI. 



Hereford, Frank, law ver, born in Fauquicr County, 

 Va.. July 4,1825; died in Union. Monn-.- County, 

 W. Va., Dec. 28, 1891. He received a collogiato edu- 



