OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (HILTON HOPKINS.) 



in 1863 he joined the Army of Northern Vir- 

 ginia, .and from Chancollorsville to Appomattox 

 he participated in all the battles of that army, 

 receiving on May 24, 18(53, his commission as 

 major general. On the death of Gen. A. P. Hill, 

 near the close of the war, Heth succeeded to his 

 command. After the surrender he engaged "In 

 mining in Virginia; but that proved unsuccess- 

 ful, and he was for a time in business in Rich- 

 mond and then in Baltimore. Later he made 

 Washington his home, and received the appoint- 

 ment of Indian Commissioner for Washington 

 Territory. 



Hilton, Henry, jurist, born in Newburg, N. Y., 

 Oct. 4, 1824; died in Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 24, 

 1899. He was admitted to the bar in 184(5, began 

 practice in New York city, was elected judge of 

 the Court of Common Pleas in 1857, and on the 

 expiration of his term formed a partnership with 

 Douglas Campbell and Joseph Bell. In 1869-72 

 he was president of the department of parks. 

 While judge he edited two volumes known as 

 Hilton's Reports. Judge Hilton was best known 

 because of his intimate connection with the late 

 Alexander T. Stewart. This relationship began 

 about 1869, and continued till Mr. Stewart's 

 death in 1876. Mr. Stewart and Mrs. Hilton were 

 cousins, and Mr. Hilton became Mr. Stewart's 

 legal adviser and most intimate friend and asso- 

 ciate before he was elected judge. Mr. Stewart 

 appointed Mr. Hilton one of his executors, and 

 bequeathed him $1,000,000. A few days after Mr. 

 Stewart's death his widow sold all her interest 

 in the estate to Judge Hilton for $1,000,000 and 

 " other good and valuable considerations." It 

 was understood that Judge Hilton was to carry 

 out Mr. Stewart's charitable intentions, with 

 which he was familiar. Besides a large fortune, 

 Mr. Stewart left a large and prosperous business, 

 and Judge Hilton organized a firm to carry it 

 on; but the venture proved a steady loss, and 

 in 1883 the firm went into voluntary liquidation. 

 The sales had then fallen to about $3,280,000. 

 For several years thereafter various firms under- 

 took to conduct the business, but none succeeded, 

 and ultimately the establishment passed into the 

 hands of John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia. 

 Judge Hilton occupied a large share of public 

 attention in 1877, when he issued an order pro- 

 hibiting the reception of Jews as guests at the 

 Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, which was built 

 by Mr. Stewart; and again, for a longer period, 

 after the mysterious theft of Mr. Stewart's re- 

 mains from the grave in St. Mark's churchyard, 

 Nov. 7, 1878. The mystery has never been cleared 

 up publicly. In 1890 Judge Hilton made a gift 

 of $500,000 to the cathedral and its schools at 

 Garden City, Long Island. He left an estate val- 

 ued at $6,000,000, bequeathed to his relatives. 



Hobart, Garret Augustus, twenty-fourth 

 Vice-President of the United States, born near 

 Long Branch, N. J., June 3, 1844; died in Pater- 

 son. N. J., Nov. 2, 1899. (For portrait and sketch 

 of his life up to his election, see Annual Cyclo- 

 paedia for 1896.) As presiding officer of the United 

 States Senate he won the personal esteem of every 

 member by his courteous- bearing, his eminent 

 fairness, and his ready and sound decisions. His 

 brief career as Vice-President was further dis- 

 tinguished by a closer intimacy with President 

 McKinley than probably ever before existed be- 

 tween a President and a Vice-President of the 

 United States. He was not only the President's 

 political heir apparent, but he was the President's 

 stanch and constant personal friend, his confi- 

 dential adviser, and, as far as their respective 

 duties permitted, his companion. The uninter- 

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rupted strain upon his vitality preceding and 

 during the war with Spain, und especially during 

 the trying days when the treaty of peace was 

 discussed by the Senate, undermined a robust con- 

 stitution. (See GIFTS AND P>I;Q TESTS.) 



Hoge, Moses Drury, clergyman, born on Col- 

 lege Hill, Hampden-Sidney, Va., Sept. 17, 18 19; 

 died in Richmond, Va., Jan. (5, IS!)!). He was a 

 son of Moses and a brother of .lames. Samuel 

 Davis, and William James Hoge, all distinguished 

 clergymen and educators, and was graduated at 

 Hampden-Sidney College in 1839 and at the theo- 

 logical seminary there in 1843. In 1844 he was 

 licensed to preach, and was immediately called 

 to the assistant pastorate of the First Presby- 

 terian Church in Richmond, Va. Early in 1845 

 members of his congregation organized the Sec; 

 orid Presbyterian Church, chose him for their 

 pastor, and set about building a church for him, 

 which was completed in 1848. In this charge Dr. 

 Hoge remained until his death. He was an ex- 

 ceedingly energetic worker, and gained the repu- 

 tation of being the most eloquent preacher in 

 the Southern Presbyterian Church. During the 

 civil war he applied himself to ministering to the 

 wants of the Confederate soldiers. He visited 

 them on battlefields, acted as chaplain at the 

 camp of instruction at Richmond, and while dis- 

 charging these functions maintained his congre- 

 gational work regularly. In 1864 he ran the 

 blockade from Charleston, went to England by 

 way of Nassau, and in London procured 10,000 

 Bibles, 50,000 Testaments, and 250,000 portions 

 of the Scriptures of convenient size for soldiers 

 to carry in their pockets. He ran the blockade 

 a second time, and personally distributed his 

 books. Union Theological Seminary gave him 

 the degree of D. D. Dr. Hoge was a delegate to 

 the general conferences of the Evangelical Alli- 

 ance in New York in 1873, Copenhagen in 1884, 

 and Boston in 1890. He was Moderator of the 

 General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian 

 Church in 1874, and in the General Assembly of 

 1876 he brought about the establishment of fra- 

 ternal relations with the Northern branch of the 

 Church. In 1877 he was a delegate to the Pan- 

 Presbyterian Church Council in Edinburgh, and 

 in 1888 was a commissioner to the Alliance of 

 Reformed Churches in London. 



Holliday, Frederick William McKay, law- 

 yer, born in Winchester, Va., Feb. 22, 1827: died 

 there, May 29, 1899. He was graduated at Yale 

 and in law at the University of Virginia, and 

 was practicing law when the civil war broke 

 out. He entered the Confederate service, was 

 appointed aid to Gen. Carson at Harper's Ferry, 

 and was commissioned colonel of the 33d Virginia 

 Regiment. He took part in several battles, and 

 lost an arm at Cedar Mountain. He then retired 

 from the army and was elected to the Confederate 

 Congress, where he served till the close of the 

 war. In 1876 he was a presidential elector at 

 large, and in 1877 was elected Governor of Vir- 

 ginia as a Democrat. He was an enthusiastic 

 traveler, and had gathered a large collection of 

 paintings, curios, and relics in his foreign tours. 



Hopkins, Abel G., educator, born in Avon 

 Springs, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1844; died in Clinton, 

 N. Y., July 27, 1899. He was graduated at Ham- 

 ilton College in 1866 and at Auburn Theological 

 Seminary in 1869, and in the last year was ap- 

 pointed to the chair of Latin, English, and Liter- 

 ature in Hamilton College, which he retained till 

 his death. He was ordained in 1874, was a popu- 

 lar pulpit orator, and received the degree of 

 Ph. D. from Lafayette College in 1887 and D. D. 

 from Hamilton in 1899. 



