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the fall as the weather permitted was engaged in type mapping 
on a very extensive basis in the watershed of the North Fork of 
the Clearwater River with one assistant or guide, a packer and 
five horses.” 
He is a member of the Episcopal church. Concerning politics 
he writes that he believes in tariff for revenue only and in cen- 
tralized government. He is a member of the American Forestry 
Association. 
James O. Hazard 
Business address, Forest Commission, State House, Trenton, N. J. 
Residence, 59 Delaware View Avenue, Trenton, N. J. 
Home address, Westerly, R. I. 
James Ovington Hazard was born October 4, 1884, in Charlestown, R. L., 
the son of Nat Hazard and Harriet Saphia (Warner) Hazard. He is 
of English ancestry. He has a brother, Robert Hazard, and three sis- 
ters: Amey Almira, Natalie Sabra and Beulah Iris Hazard. 
He spent his early life on a farm and attended the public schools, and 
in 1908 received the degree of Ph.B. from Brown University, where he 
was a member of Kappa Sigma. 
He was married June 11, 1913, in Toledo, Ohio, to Miss Emma Eliza- 
beth Backus, daughter of Samuel Reed Backus and Elizabeth Hoagland 
Backus. 
From July to September, 1911, Hazard was instructor in the 
Yale Forest School. Since September 27, 1911, he has been 
assistant state forester for the state of New Jersey. 
He is a member of the First Baptist Church. 
Jesse W. Hough 
Claremont, Calif. 
Jesse Winegar Hough was born October 24, 1885, in Santa Barbara, 
Calif., the son of Theodore Holmes Hough, principal and teacher in the 
public schools, Santa Barbara, and Helen Eliza (Clarke) Hough, 
daughter of a New York State merchant. His father is the son of 
J. W. Hough, a Congregational minister, and brother of W. S. Hough, 
a professor at George Washington University. 
He was prepared at Pomona Preparatory School and in 1908 received 
the degree of B.S. from Pomona College, following which he took a year 
of work in natural science at Leland Stanford, Jr., University. 
He is unmarried. 



