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Rh of Bohemia Manor, b. on St. Augustine's Manor, in New Castle county, near the Delaware river; d. on Bohemia Manor in 1735. He was the son of Casparus Herrman, whom he succeeded in the title and estate in 1704. He was a member of the legislature of Maryland from Cecil county in 1715, 1716, 1728, and 1731.

HERRON, Francis, clergyman, b. near Ship- pensburg, Cumberland co.. Pa.. 28 June, 1774; d. 6 Dec, 1860. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, was graduated at Dickinson in 1794, studied theology under Robert Cooper, and was licensed by the Car- lisle presbytery in 1797. He began his work as a missionary, travelling through the backwoods of Ohio with a guide, preaching in taverns, and en- camping with the Indians. He was pastor of the Rocky Spring church from 1800 till 1811, and of the 1st Presbyterian church from 1811 till 1850. In 1827 he was moderator of the general assembly. He was influential in securing the location of the Western theological seminary at Allegheny City, Pa., and was its president from 1827 till 1860. He was a trustee of Jefferson college in 1817-'49.

HERRON, Francis Jay, soldier, b. in Pitts- burg. Pa., 17 Feb., 1837. He was graduated at the Western university of Pennsylvania in 1853, and about 1856 removed to Dubuque, Iowa, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1861 he organ- ized and commanded the Governor's Grays, with which he served in the 1st Iowa regiment, and was engaged in the battles of Dug Springs, Ozark, and Wilson's Creek. He was promoted lieutenant-colo- nel of the 9th Iowa regiment in September, 1861, commanding it through the campaigns in Mis- souri, Arkansas, and the Indian territory. He was wounded and captured in the battle of Pea Ridge during the second day's engagement, but was soon exchanged. He was appointed briga- dier-general of volunteers. 29 July, 1862, and had command of the Army of the Frontier during the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., for which he was made major-general of volunteers. 29 Nov., 1862. Subsequently he captured Van Buren, Ark. After commanding the left wing of the investing forces at Vicksburg, and of the army and navy expedition that captured Yazoo City, he was in charge of the 13th army corps on the Texas coast till he was assigned to command the northern di- vision of Louisiana during Gen. Banks's opera- tions. In May, 1865, he negotiated, and in June received, the formal surrender of the trans-Mis- sissippi army and all Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, and in July, 1865. was appointed one of the commissioners to negotiate treaties with the Indian tribes. He resigned his commis- sion as major-general and also that of Indian commissioner in August, 1865. He then prac- tised law in New Orleans, was U. S. marshal of the district of Louisiana from 1867 till 1869, sec- retary of state of Louisiana in 1872-'3. and has since practised his profession in New York city. HERSEY, Ezekiel, physician, b. in Hingham, Mass., 21 Sept., 1709 ; d. there, 9 Dec, 1770. He was graduated at Harvard in 1728. After study- ing medicine under Dr. Dalhoude, of Boston, he established himself in his native town. He be- queathed £1.000, and a similar sum at the death of his widow, for the support of a professor of anat- omy and surgery at Harvard, and also left funds for the establishment of an academy at Hingham. — His brother, Abner, physician, b.'in Barnstable, Mass., in 1722; d. there in 1787, acquired some dis- tinction in his profession. His will is one of the strangest documents on record, and the legislature was forced to put an end to his scheme for per : petuating his estate. He added £500 to the fund left by. his brother to Harvard. He railed at peo- ple and at the fashion of the time, and wore a coat made of seven tanned calf-skins.

HERSEY, Samnel Freeman, philanthropist, b. in Sumner, Me. (then Massachusetts), 12 April, 1812 ; d. in Bangor, Me., 3 Feb., 1875. After his graduation at Hebron academy in 1831, he became a bank-clerk, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Bangor in 1844. Subsequently he was interested in the lumber business and banking in Maine, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1842, 1857, 1865, 1867, and 1869, and of the executive council of Maine in 1851-2. Mr. Hersey was a delegate to the national Republican convention at Chicago in 1860, and to that held in Baltimore in 1864. From 1864 till 1868 he was a member of the national Republican committee, and served as a representative in con- gress from 1873 till 1875. He left a large fortune, giving $100,000 to Bangor, which supports a public library, a bequest to Westbrook seminary, Deering, Me., and a sum for a summer retreat on the Penob- scot for the Universalist Sunday-school of Bangor.

HERTEL DE ROUVILLE, Francis, soldier, b. in Three Rivers, Canada, in 1643 ; d. in Boucher- ville, Canada, 29 May, 1722. He adopted the mili- tary profession, and soon distinguished himself both for valor and piety. In 1681 he was made prisoner by the Iroquois, and was led to Agniers, where he endured frightful tortures. A finger of his right hand was burned in the bowl of a calu- met, and the thumb of the left was hacked off. His patience under these afflictions excited the admiration of t>he savages. After a long captivity, the Indians prepared to burn him, but he was res- cued by an aged Iroquois woman, who consented to adopt him after the manner of the tribe. Some time afterward he escaped and rejoined his regi- ment. In 1690 he was placed in command of a body of troops raised in Three Rivers, and on the invasion of the English colonies by Frontenac, he set out from Three Rivers at the head of fifty Canadians and twenty-five Indians, on 28 Jan., and by a long march through snow and ice reached the English village of Salmon Falls, where they massacred thirty or forty of the inhabitants in cold blood. Having learned what was taking place at Salmon Falls, the inhabitants of Dover armed themselves and advanced, over two hundred strong, to succor their countrymen. Hertel, having heard of their march, and fearing that he might be sur- rounded, took possession of the bridge that crossed the river in front of the enemy. Without firing a shot, he allowed them to advance on the bridge, and then charged them, sword in hand, compelling them to retreat. He then united with the troops levied in the district of Quebec. He afterward commanded a part of the forces that besieged Casco Bay. The capture of this place was largely due to his skilful manoeuvres, and he contributed much to the success of Frontenac's campaign against the Iroquois. In return for these services, he was promised letters of nobility from Louis XIV. in 1690, entitling him and his descendants to the privileges enjoyed by the French nobles ; but the letters were not delivered to Hertel until 1716. HESS, George, sculptor, b. in Germany in 1832. He was brought to the United States, and left an orphan without money, but studied in Munich, where he went at the age of twenty-five, and practised his art in New York city. His bust of Mine. Janauschek is well known. His other works include "Echo," "The Water-Lily," and two humorous pieces called " Gold Up " and " Gold Down."