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224 in McClellan's campaign, before Richmond, in the Gettysburg campaign, and at Fredericksburg in Grant's advance on Richmond. He was consulting surgeon to many charitable institutions, served as president of the Pathological society, and was a member of various medical associations. He con- tributed freely to medical literature on his original investigations on the subjects of metallic sutures, the treatment of fractures of the thigh by improved apparatus, the drainage of wounds by a solid metal probe, deformities after hip disease, tracheotomy in cases of pseudo-membranous croup, ovariotomy, and excision of the hip-joint.

HODGE, George B., soldier, b. in Fleming county, Ky., 8 April, 1828. He was educated at the U. S. naval academy, Annapolis, Md., became a midshipman, 16 Dec, 1845, and afterward acting lieutenant, but resigned in 1851. He was an un- successful candidate for congress in 1852, was sub- sequently admitted to the bar at Newport, Ky., and was elected to the legislature in 1859. In 1860 he was an elector on the Breckinridge ticket. He entered the Confederate service as a private in 1861, and was soon afterward chosen to represent Kentucky in the Confederate congress. While not at Richmond, he was in the field, and was made captain and assistant adjutant-general in Breck- inridge's division. He was promoted major for gallantry at Shiloh, and colonel in 1864, serving as inspector-general. He became a brigadier-gen- eral, and participated in the battle of Chickamauga, subsequently commanding the districts of east Louisiana and Mississippi until the close of the war. He then resumed practice at Newport, Ky., and was an elector on the Greeley ticket in 1872. He was state senator in 1873-'7.

HODGE, James Thatcher, geologist, b. in Plymouth, Mass., 12 March, 1816 ; d. in Lake Huron, 20 Oct., 1871. He was a descendant of Dr. James Thatcher, the medical historian of the Revolution- ary war, and was graduated at Harvard in 1836. He devoted himself to the pursuit of geology and mineralogy, and his scientific knowledge and zeal soon attracted the attention of professional experts. He was employed on the state geological survey of Maine under Dr. Charles T. Jackson, and on that of Pennsylvania under Prof. Henry D. Rogers, also at times serving on the geological surveys of New Hampshire and Ohio. Mr. Hodge afterward took part in several enterprises for the develop- ment of the United States and the promotion of mechanical inventions. He travelled extensively through this country and England, and wrote valuable papers on scientific and industrial topics, including numerous articles in the " New Ameri- can Cyclopaedia." For some years he had been en- gaged in the explorations of the mining regions of the territories, and for several months before his death was employed on a geological investigation in the Lake Superior region. On his return he embarked on the steamer " R. G. Coburn," which was lost in Lake Huron.

HODGE, Samuel, clergyman, b. in Fork, Sul- livan co., Tenn., 7 June, 1829. lie was graduated at Washington college, Tenn., in 1850, and at Princeton theological seminary in 1853. He was ordained in 1854, supplied New Providence church, Hawkins co., Tenn., in 1855, and in 1857 became a professor in Washington college, where he re- mained until it was disbanded during the civil war. Leaving Tennessee in 1865 he went to Iowa to become professor of languages in Lenox collegi- ate institute in Hopkinton. In 1866 he was ap- pointed president of Lenox institute, but resigned in 1882. He also had charge of the Presbyterian church in this town from 1866 till 1876. He now (1887) resides in Lake Forest, 111. In 1872 he re- ceived the degree of D. D. from Iowa university. He has published " The Centennial of New Bethel Presbyterian Church, Tennessee " (Bristol, 1882). HODGES, Edward, organist, b. in Bristol, Eng- land, 20 July, 1796; d. there, 1 Sept., 1876. He engaged in the stationery business with his father, whom he succeeded in 1818, was appointed organist of St. James's church, Bristol, in 1819. and of St. Nicholas's church in 1821. He entered Sydney Sus- sex college, Cambridge, in May, 1825, and received the degrees of bachelor and doctor in music, 5 July, 1825. He retired from business in 1830, and in 1835 went to Toronto, Canada, and in 1838 to New York, where he was appointed director of the mu- sic in Trinity parish in 1839. In 1846 his duties were restricted to Trinity church, then newly built. For its consecration he composed his " consecration service," first performed on ascension-day, 1846. He retained his place in Trinity church until he was compelled to resign on account of physical disability, and in 1863 returned to his native city.

HODGES, Silas Henry, lawyer, b. in Clarendon, Vt., 12 Jan., 1804; d. in Washington, D. C., 21 April, 1875. His ancestors settled in Bristol county, Mass., in 1630. His grandfather, Dr. Silas Hodges, was a soldier of the Revolution, and his father, Henry, was judge of Rutland county, Vt., from 1821 till 1824. The son was graduated at Middlebury in 1821, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. In 1832 he abandoned his pro- fession, studied theology, and became a Congrega- tional clergyman, preaching till 1841, when he re- sumed his law practice in Rutland, and continued it till 1861. From 1845 till 1850 he was auditor of accounts for Vermont. He was appointed com- missioner of patents on 9 Nov., 1852, and held this office till 25 March, 1853. On 5 April. 1861, he was made examiner-in-chief in the U. S. patent-office, which post he held until his death.

HODGINS, John George, Canadian author, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 12 Aug., 1821. He came to Canada with relatives in 1833, and was educated at Upper Canada college and Victoria college, where he was graduated in 1856. In 1846 he became sec- retary of the board of education for Upper Canada, and in October, 1876, he was appointed deputy minister of education for Ontario, which office he now (1887) holds. He was graduated in the facul- ty of law in Toronto university, from which he re- ceived in 1860 the degree of LL. B., and in 1870 the degree of LL. D., and the same year was ad- mitted to the bar of Ontario. He was secretary of the international congress of educators that met at New Orleans in 1885, became a fellow of the Royal geographical society in 1861, received the decora- tion of the palm-leaf from France in 1879, and was awarded a confederation medal in 1886. Since his first official connection with educational mat- ters, no other person in Ontario has been so in- strumental in perfecting the school system of that province. From 1855 till 1879 he was chief editor of the Upper Canada "Journal of Education." He is the author of " Lovell's General Geography " (Montreal. 1862); "School History of Canada"] (1862); "Canadian School Speaker and Reciter" (1862); "Sketches and Anecdotes of the Queen" (1870); " The School-House and its Architecture a (Toronto, 1872); "School Manual" (1870); "Lec- tures on School Law" (1870); and "Report of the Educational Features of the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia" (1877).

HODGINS, Thomas, Canadian lawyer, b. in Dublin, Ireland, in 1835. He was educated in Dub-