OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (HYDK INMAN.) 



son first became conspicuous as a speculator in 

 wheat in 1880, and for five years he dominated 

 that market in Chicago. In 1888 he made a mem- 

 orable " corner " in September wheat. After this 

 his fortunes declined steadily till 1891, when in 

 his last great deal he was on the wrong side of the 

 market for $2,000,000. Ruined financially, he re- 

 moved to New York city, where for a while he 

 conducted a second-hand shop and attracted much 

 attention by his eccentricities. Subsequently he 

 returned to Chicago. He was familiarly known 

 as " Old Hutch." 



Hyde, Henry Baldwin, insurance president, 

 born in Catskill, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1834; died in New 

 York city, May 2, 1899. When sixteen years old 

 he became a clerk in a mercantile house in New 

 York. Two years later he was appointed a clerk 

 in the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of which 

 he subsequently became cashier. In March, 1859, 

 he resigned from this company and organized a 

 new one on an original plan the Equitable Life 

 Assurance Society of the United States. William 

 C. Alexander was elected president and Mr. Hyde 

 vice-president and general manager. In 1874, on 

 the death of Mr. Alexander, Mr. Hyde succeeded 

 to the presidency, and he held the office till his 

 death. For many years he personally appointed 

 all the principal agents and daily examined the 

 reports from every department. He originated 

 the system of sending circular letters periodically 

 to agents. 



Hyde, Thomas W., soldier, born in Florence, 

 Italy, Jan. 15, 1841; died in Old Point Comfort, 

 Va., Nov. 14, 1899. He was graduated at Bow- 

 doin Cqllege in 1861 and later at Chicago Uni- 

 versity. He enlisted in a Chicago regiment which 

 was not accepted, and then went to the East and 

 was empowered to raise the 7th Maine Infantry. 

 He was chosen major of the regiment, and took 

 it to the front. He was present at the siege 

 of Yorktown, at the battles of Williamsburg and 

 Mechanicsville, and at all the seven-day battles 

 before Richmond. He commanded the regiment 

 in the battles of second Bull Run, Crampton's 

 Gap, and Antietam. He was appointed acting 

 inspector general of the Army of the Potomac. 

 Later he served on the staff of Gen. Sedgwick, 

 and with him took part in the battles of Fred- 

 ericksburg, Gettysburg, and Spottsylvania. About 

 this time he was commissioned colonel of the 1st 

 Maine Veteran Volunteers, and though only 

 twenty-three years old he was placed in com- 

 mand of the 3d Brigade, 6th Division, 6th Army 

 Corps. He was mustered out in 1865, with the 

 rank of brevet brigadier general. He settled in 

 Bath, Me., leased the Bath Iron Foundry, and 

 at the expiration of the lease purchased the plant. 

 Later he bought the Goss Marine Works, now 

 the Bath Iron Works, and enlarged it till he had 

 a great iron shipbuilding plant. He was mayor 

 of Bath two terms, State Senator one term, and 

 a delegate to the National Republican Convention 

 in 1896. 



Ing-ersoll, Robert Green, lawyer, born in 

 Dresden, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1833; died in Dobbs 

 Ferry, N. Y., July 21, 1899. He was the son of 

 a Congregational clergyman. When ten years 

 old Robert accompanied his father to the West, 

 where their nomadic life allowed the boy but 

 slight opportunity to acquire an education. When 

 eighteen years old he began studying law, and 

 when twenty-one he was admitted to the bar, 

 and formed a partnership with his brother in 

 Shawneetown, 111. Robert's gift of oratory soon 

 made him conspicuous in the courts, and it was 

 not long before he was recognized as a strong 

 man in Democratic politics. In 1857 the brothers 



removed to Peoria, and in lH(i() Robert was de- 

 feated as the Democratic candidate for Congress. 

 Early in 18(J2 Robert married Miss Kva A. Parker, 

 of Boston, and soon afterward he organized the 

 llth Illinois Cavalry and went to the field as its 

 colonel. Much of the time of his military service 

 was spent in scouting and raiding, lie com- 

 manded his regiment in the battle; of Sliiloh and 

 in the two days' fight at Corinth. On Nov. 28, 

 1862, he was sent with a force of cavalry and 

 artillery to intercept a Confederate raiding body 

 of cavalry under Gen. Forrest that was sup- 

 posed to be heading for Lexington, Tenn. He 

 went into camp near the village at night, and 

 early the next morning his command of (500 men 

 was attacked by a Confederate division 10,000 

 strong. Col. Ingersoll deployed his men in a 

 single rank on each side of the road, where he 

 had planted his artillery, and while he was di- 

 recting his command on foot the Confederates 

 charged six ranks deep. Some of the command 

 escaped, but the colonel was soon compelled to 

 surrender. The Confederates, imagining that a 

 larger National force was behind the unfortunate 

 command, hurriedly paroled their prisoners and 

 pushed forward. Col. Ingersoll was then placed 

 in command of a parole camp at St. Louis, and, 

 after waiting several months for exchange of 

 prisoners, despairing of a return to active service, 

 he resigned his commission. This version of Col. 

 Ingersoll's capture by the Confederates is given 

 by Lieut. John W. Kinsey, of his regiment, who 

 took part in the movement, and differs materially 

 from certain more sensational and ludicrous ac- 

 counts. In 1864 Col. Ingersoll became an ener- 

 getic and aggressive Republican. He was ap- 

 pointed Attorney-General of Illinois in 1866. In 

 the Republican National Convention of 1876 he 

 nominated James G. Elaine for the presidency in 

 a memorable speech, which contained this sen- 

 tence : " Like an armed warrior, like a plumed 

 knight, James G. Elaine marched down the halls 

 of the American Congress and threw his shining 

 lances full and fair against the brazen forehead 

 of every defamer of his country and maligner of 

 its honor." This speech thrilled the great audi- 

 ence, and from the day the convention closed till 

 the end of that memorable campaign its au- 

 thor's political services were in constant demand 

 throughout the country. He took an active part 

 also in the campaign of 1880, and Presidents 

 Hayes and Garfield were anxious to do him honor, 

 but his free expression of agnostic views had 

 raised a barrier against official preferment. By 

 1882, when he removed to New York and was 

 admitted to the bar of the State, he had become 

 a lecturer of wide reputation. His best-known 

 themes were Some Mistakes of Moses, The Fam- 

 ily, The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child, The 

 Gods, and Ghosts. The family, woman, mater- 

 nity, and child life were to him particularly hal- 

 lowed themes, and with death they drew forth 

 his greatest eloquence. He was a student of 

 Shakespeare, whose writings held the place of 

 honor in his library. His- generosity was un- 

 bounded; to aid others he sometimes impover- 

 ished himself. He published Lectures Complete 

 (1883) ; Prose Poems and Selections (1884) ; Great 

 Speeches (1887) ; and several minor works. 



Inman. Henry, author and plainsman, born 

 in New York city, July 30, 1837; died in Topeka, 

 Kan., Nov. 13, 1899. He \vas educated in the 

 public schools and at the Athenian Academy. 

 He went West in 1857 and became an associate 

 of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). He en- 

 tered the army and served through the Indian 

 campaigns till the breaking out of the civil war. 



