OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (HODGE HOYT.) 



of 16 volumes of the Connecticut colonial records 

 and of Goodwin's Genealogical Notes. In 1889 

 he was made a doctor of laws by Trinity College. 



Hodge, Cortlandt van Rensselaer, mission- 

 ary of the Presbyterian Board, born in Burling- 

 ton, N. J., July 1, 1872; Elsie Campbell (Sin- 

 clair) Hodge, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec. 

 15, 1874; both killed in Paoting-Fu, Chi-Li prov- 

 ince, China, June 30, 1900. Dr. Hodge was gradu- 

 ated at Princeton in 1893, and at the University 

 of Pennsylvania, medical department, in 1897. 

 Mrs. Hodge was graduated at Bryn Mawr College 

 in 1897. They sailed for China in March, 1899. 



Hoffman, James H., philanthropist, born in 

 Sieligenstadt, Bavaria, Nov. 5, 1833; died in New 

 York city, July 8, 1900. He came to America in 

 1855, having been previously employed by the 

 Rothschilds in Frankfort-on-the-Main, engaged in 

 the manufacture of paper collars, and was the 

 organizer of the Standard Collar Company. He 

 was connected with various manufacturing inter- 

 ests, and was interested in educational and philan- 

 thropic organizations. He was a director of the 

 Baron de Hirsch fund, and treasurer and a direc- 

 tor of the Borough Homes Company. For fourteen 

 years he served as treasurer of the United Hebrew 

 Charities, resigning a few years ago. The Hebrew 

 Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society found in 

 him an interested helper. Mr. Hoffman was a 

 trustee of Temple Emanu-El, and twelve years ago 

 he founded the Hebrew Technical Institute, of 

 which he was president at the time of his death. 



Hoffman, Wickham, lawyer, born in New 

 York city in 1821; died in Atlantic City, N. J., 

 May 21, 1900. He was graduated at Harvard 

 College in 1842, and practiced law till the out- 

 break of the civil war. He was appointed aid- 

 de-camp to Gov. Morgan, and was sent to inspect 

 the New York troops at Fort Monroe. In March, 

 1862, he entered the volunteer service as assistant 

 adjutant general, and served on the staff of Gen. 

 Williams. He was at the capture of New Orleans, 

 and took part in expeditions to Vicksburg and 

 Baton Rouge. For a time he served on the staff 

 of Gen. Sherman. In 1863 he took part in the 

 expedition to Texas and in the Red river cam- 

 paign. In 1864 he was appointed assistant adju- 

 tant general of eastern Virginia and North Caro- 

 lina, and in March, 1865, was assigned to duty in 

 New Orleans. In 1865 he was appointed adjutant 

 general and chief of staff to Gen. Canby. In 1866 

 he resigned, and was appointed assistant secretary 

 of legation at Paris. In 1867 he was made secre- 

 tary of legation, and he filled the office nine years. 

 He was transferred to London in 1875, and in 1877 

 to St. Petersburg, where for six years he acted as 

 charff d'affaires. In 1882 he was appointed 

 minister resident and consul general to Denmark; 

 he served till 1884, when he retired to private life. 

 He was the author of Camp, Court, and Siege (Lon- 

 don. 1877), and Leisure Hours in America (1888). 



Hovey, Richard, poet, born in Normal, 111., 

 May 4, 1864; died in New York city, Feb. 24, 1900. 

 After graduation at Dartmouth College he studied 

 at the General Theological Seminary in New York, 

 but abandoned his intention of entering the Epis- 

 copal ministry after serving for a short while as 

 a lay assistant. During the remainder of his 

 career he was by turns actor, journalist, and lec- 

 turer on English literature. He was a student of 

 the later French and Belgian poets, and published 

 an English translation of Maeterlinck. His verse, 

 much of which is in dramatic form, exhibits un- 

 usual promise, each successive effort being a gain 

 upon that which had preceded it. " That his aim 

 \\:is high," writes Mr. Stedman, "is shown even 

 by his failures; and in his death there is no doubt 



that America has lost one of her best equipped 

 lyrical and dramatic singers." His works comprise 

 The Laurel: An Ode (Washington, 1889) ; Launce- 

 lot and Guenevere: A Poem in Dramas (New York, 

 1891); Seaward: An Elegy upon the Death of 

 Thomas William Parsons (1893); Songs from 

 Vagabondia, with Bliss Carman (1893); More 

 Songs from Vagabondia, with Bliss Carman (1896) ; 

 Along the Trail (1898) ; The Quest of Merlin; The 

 Marriage of Guenevere; The Birth of Galahad, a 

 trilogy, the first two parts of which had appeared 

 in 1891 as Launcelot and Guenevere and were now 

 reprinted with some revision and amplifications 

 (1898). Taliesin: A Masque, perhaps his most fin- 

 ished effort (1900), and Last Songs from Vaga- 

 bondia, with Bliss Carman (1900), were issued 

 posthumously. 



Howard, Samuel, naval officer, born near Dub- 

 lin, Ireland, in 1828; died in Washington, D. C., 

 Jan. 14, 1900. His parents came to the United 

 States when he was a boy, and settled in New- 

 port, R. I. At the age of sixteen he ran away 

 to sea, and his life for over half a century was 

 spent upon the water. His first voyage was to the 

 Mediterranean, and for several years he was captain 

 of a merchant vessel sailing between New England 

 and points in Cuba and the West Indies. At the 

 outbreak of the civil war he was commissioned 

 a lieutenant in the volunteer navy and placed in 

 command of the gunboat Neosho, doing patrol 

 duty on the lower Mississippi. Later he wai 

 transferred to the Amanda as acting master, to 

 patrol the Atlantic coast south of Norfolk. He 

 reached that port just at the time the Monitor 

 came down to battle with the Merrimac. The 

 pilot of the Monitor having refused to pilot her , 

 through Hampton Roads, Lieut. Howard volun- 

 teered to undertake the task. He ran the Monitor, 

 commanded by Capt. Worden, right up alongside 

 the Minnesota in the nick of time, and in the 

 fight with the Merrimac which followed Howard 

 was the only man in the conning tower with Capt. 

 Worden, and to him in a great measure was due 

 the successful outcome of the engagement. At the 

 close of the war he resigned from the navy and 

 received a commission as third lieutenant in the 

 revenue marine service. He was stationed for vari- 

 ous periods at New Orleans, Savannah, Baltimore, 

 Cedar Keys, and Mobile. He rose to the grade 

 of second lieutenant, but in an examination held 

 in 1891 he was proved physically unfit for promo- 

 tion, and was placed at the foot of the second - 

 lieutenant grade, out of the line of promotion. 



Hoyt, Charles Hale, American dramatist, born 

 in Concord, N. H., July 26, 1860; died in Charles 

 town, N. H., Nov. 20, 1900. He was graduated 

 at the Boston Latin School, and studied law. He 

 was an appointee to West Point Military Acat - 

 emy, but failed to pass the physical examination. 

 In 1875 he tried stock raising in Colorado, but re- 

 turned to the East and engaged in journalism on 

 the St. Albans (Vt.) Advertiser. He then became 

 a writer for the Boston Post, of which In- w;.s 

 musical and dramatic critic. While in this place 

 he turned his attention to play writing. His first 

 effort was a sketch called Gifford's Luck, which 

 was produced with success at the Howard Ath<;- 

 nseum, Boston, in 1882. His next work was a melo- 

 drama, Ce/alia, which also was well received. H 

 then wrote A Bunch of Keys, at the suggestion 

 of Willie Edouin and Alice Atherton, and it WHS 

 first- presented by these two comedians at Provi- 

 dence, R. I., but was coldly received. The lai 

 Charles W. Thomas, who was an intimate friend 

 of Mr. Hoyt's, liked it, and assisted him to im- 

 prove it. These two thereafter entered into col- 

 laboration, and continued as partners until Mr. 



