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Rh renderings. Dunlap says " his forte was low com- edy," but he sometimes lowered it to vulgarity. — His wife, Ellen Augusta, actress, b. in England in 1801 ; d. in New York city, 2 April, 1837, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, who for many years performed in the New York theatres. At five years of age she first appeared on the stage, reciting in costume the ballad of " Little ped Kiding-Hood,"and in 1817 she became a member of the company of the Park theatre. In August, 1825, she was married. Mrs. Hilson remained at the Park theatre until the death of her mother in 1830, when she suffered from melancholy, and for a time entirely withdrew from public notice. During the four years succeeding she made occasional appearances in company with her husband. A year after the death of the latter, Mrs. Hilson renewed her connection with the Park theatre; but she was so greatly shattered in health and broken in spirits as to have lost all attraction. In her best days she was an accomplished singer and harpist. Her dramatic ability was moderate.

HIMES, Charles Francis, educator, b. in Lan- caster county, Pa., 2 June. 1838. He was gradu- ated at Dickinson college in 1855, and subsequently studied chemistry under Liebig in the University of Giessen, Germany. Later he taught in the Wyoming conference academy, and then in the Baltimore fe- male college. In 1865 he was appointed professor of chemistry and physics in Dickinson, which chair he held for twenty years, when he ceased to teach chemistry, but continued to give instruction in physics. He has also been secretary of the board of trustees and of the college faculty since 1868. Prof. Himes is a member of scientific societies, and has published "Tables for Qualitative Analysis," translated and edited (Philadelphia, 1866) ; " Leaf- Prints, or Glimpses at Photographv" (1868); "Flame Reactions," translated (1868"); "Total Eclipse of the Sun. 7 August, 1869 " (Gettysburg. 1869); "The Stereoscope" (Philadelphia," 1872) ; " Stereograph- Book " (1876); " Historical Sketch of Dickinson College" (Harrisburg, 1879); and " Lecture on Actinism," which was read at the International electrical exhibition held in Phila- delphia during 1884 (1884), and he has also con- tributed papers to scientific publications.

HINCKLEY, Isabella, singer, b. in Albany, N. Y., 4 Sept., 1840 ; d. in New York city, 5 July, 1862. At the age of fourteen she sang in the choir of the church of " The Holy Innocents." She studied vocal music under George William War- ren, and in Florence, Italy, in 1857-60, under Romani. She made her first appearance in " Nor- ma" on 24 Dec, 1859, at the Grand opera-house in Amsterdam, where she became a favorite. She then went to Brussels and Frankfort, and in No- vember, 1860, returned to the United States, where she appeared on 26 Jan., 1861, in " Lucia di Lam- mermoor," supported by Brignoli and Susini. She appeared in Boston and Philadelphia until the civil war checked all interest in opera, and in the autumn of 1861 made a concert tour in the west, also appearing in " La Juive " in New York in the following spring. In 1861 she married Augustino Susini. Her repertory consisted of thirty-two operas, including " Le Prophete," "Don Giovanni," " Lucretia Borgia," etc., and several oratorios.

HINCKLEY, Thomas, governor of Plymouth, b._in England about 1618 ; d. in Barnstable, Mass., 28 April, 1706. He came to Scituate with his par- ents in 1635, and in 1639 removed to Barnstable, where he soon took an active part in the affairs of Plymouth colony. He was a deputy in 1645, a representative in 1647, and a magistrate and as- sistant from 1658 till 1680. He was deputy gov- ernor in 1680, and governor from 1681, except during the administration of Edmund Andros, un- til the union with the Massachusetts colony in 1692. He was also a commissioner on the central board of the two colonies from 1673 till 1692, when he became a councillor. Among the manuscripts of the old South church library, which in 1866 were deposited in the Boston public library, are three volumes of papers collected by Gov. Hinckley.

HINCKLEY, Thomas Hewes, artist, b. in Mil- ton, Mass., in 1813. He was apprenticed while a lad to a trade in Philadelphia, but obtained some little instruction in art at an evening-school, dur- ing one winter, which was the only training he ever received. At eighteen years of age he went to Boston, and two years later associated himself with a sign and fancy painter, in order to learn the use of colors. He then attempted portraits and landscapes, and, having in 1843 made a successful painting of dogs, determined to devote himself to animal painting, and returned in 1845 to Milton, Mass., where he opened a studio. In 1851 he went to Europe, studied the works of Sir Edward Land- seer and other English and Flemish masters of animal painting, and in 1858 painted two pictures of dogs and game, which were exhibited at the Royal academy of that year, and excited favorable comment. Hinckley rarely exhibits his works in public, but his pictures are popular and numerous.

HINCKS, Edward Winslow, soldier, b. in Bucksport, Hancock co., Me., 30 May, 1830. He is descended from Chief-Justice John Hincks, of New Hampshire, who was the first of the name to arrive in this country. Edward was educated in the common schools of his native town, removed to Bangor in 1845. and from then till 1849 was a printer in the Bangor " Whig and Courier " office. In the latter year lie removed to Boston, and was a member of the state legislature in 1855. On 18 Dec, 1860, he wrote to Maj. Robert Anderson, tendering a volunteer force to aid in the defence of Fort Moultrie. He became lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Massachusetts regiment on 17 April, 1861, and while on the march to Washington com- manded a party, on 21 April, 1860, that saved the frigate " Constitution " at Annapolis, and repaired the bridge and railway at Annapolis junction. He was commissioned 2d lieutenant in the 2d regular cavalry on 26 April, promoted colonel of volunteers, 16 May, 1861, and commanded the 19th Massa- chusetts regiment and a brigade in Sedgwick's division of the Army of the Potomac, from Septem- ber, 1861, till September, 1862, when he was disabled for six months by wounds. He became brigadier- general of volunteers on 29 Nov., 1862, was on court-martial and recruiting duty in 1863-'4, com- manded the camp of prisoners-of-war at Point Lookout, Md., in March and April, 1864, and a division of the Army of the James during the field operations of that year. He commanded the draft rendezvous on Hart's island, N. Y., from October, 1864, till January, 1865, and from that time till the close of the war was chief mustering-officer for the United States in New York city. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers on 13 March, 1865, made lieutenant-colonel of the 40th U. S. infantry on 28 July, 1866, and in 1866-7 was governor of the National soldiers' home. He was retired with the rank of colonel on 15 Dec, 1870, on account of wounds. From 1872 till 1880 he was deputy gov- ernor and treasurer of the National soldiers' homes at Hampton, Va., and Milwaukee, Wis.

HINCKS, William, Canadian educator, b. in Cork, Ireland, in 1801 ; d. in Toronto in July,