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230 ical seminary in 1812, was also professor of divinity in that institution. In 1820 he was a delegate to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church which met in Philadelphia, and he died during its session. John Randolph said that Dr. Hoge was the most eloquent preacher he had ever heard. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Prince- ton in 1810. He published " Christian Panoply, an Answer to Payne's ' Age of Reason ' " (Philadelphia, 1799); and "Sermons" (1820).— His son, James, clergyman, b. in Moorfield, Va., in 1784; d. in Columbus, Ohio, 22 Sept., 1863, was educated by his father, licensed to preach in 1805, and ordained and appointed missionary to Ohio in 1809. Within the next year he organized a church in Franklinton, Ohio, and was then ordained pastor of the Presbyterian church in Columbus, continu- ing in this charge till 1858, when age and infirmity compelled his resignation. Dr. Hoge was the pio- neer of the temperance movement in Ohio, and an ardent abolitionist, although born in a slave-state. He was instrumental in establishing the state deaf, dumb, blind, and insane asylums, was a trustee of two educational institutions, and a founder of the Ohio Bible society. — Another son, Samuel Davies, clergyman, b. in Shepherdstown, Va., in 1791 ; d. in Athens, Ohio, 10 Dec, 1826, was graduated at Hampden Sidney college, Virginia, in 1810, studied theology there, and was licensed to preach in 1831. Before his licensure he was for a short period vice- president of Hampden Sidney. In 1816 he was installed pastor of Presbyterian churches in Madi- son and Culpeper counties, Va., and, removing to Ohio in 1821, officiated at Hillsborough and Rock Spring. In 1824 he became professor of mathe- matics and natural philosophy in the Ohio uni- versity, Athens, was acting president for several sessions, and pastor of the town and college churches. — His son, Moses Drury, clergyman, b. near Hampden Sidney college, Va., 17 Sept., 1819, was graduated at Hampden Sidney in 1839, and, after taking the course at Union theological semi- nary, was licensed to preach in 1844, and immedi- ately called to Richmond as assistant pastor of the 1st Presbyterian church. Under Dr. Hoge's charge, a colony soon went out from that church, which, in January, 1845, was organized as the 2d Presbyte- rian church. This has been his only charge during a ministry of forty years. During the civil war he ran the blockade to England, in order to pro- cure Bibles and other religious books for the Con- federate army. Among those who cordially fa- vored his application to the British and foreign Bible society was the Earl of Shaftesbury, who was largely instrumental in obtaining for him a grant of £4,000 worth of Bibles and testaments. Dr. Hoge has travelled extensively throughout Europe and the east, was a delegate to the Evangelical al- liance that met in Philadelphia in 1873, and to the Pan-Presbyterian council in Edinburgh in 1877. In 1875 he delivered the oration at the unveiling of the statue of " Stonewall " Jackson, that was presented by English gentlemen to the state of Virginia. He received the degree of D. D. from Union theolog- ical seminary, va., and declined the presidency of Hampden Sidney college. In 1862-7 he was associated with Rev. Thomas Moore, D. D., in the editorship of the " Central Presbyterian." Throughout his ministry he has made numerous addresses before literary and scientific societies, and is regarded as the most eloquent pulpit orator in the southern Presbyterian church. — Another son, William James, clergyman, b. near Hampden Sidney college, Va., in 1821 ; d. in Petersburg, Va., 5 July, 1864, was licensed to preach in 1850, and in 1852 became pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church in Baltimore, Md. In 1856 he was appointed to the chair of Biblical New Tes- tament literature in Union theological seminary, New York city, and after three years of successful work became collegiate pastor of the Brick church in that city. At the beginning of the civil war he went to the south, and after a short service in Charlottes- ville, Va., was called to Petersburg, Va., where his labors during the siege of the city brought on a fever to which he succumbed. He published, be- sides tracts and sermons, il Blind Bartimeus, or the Sightless Sinner " (New York, 1859), which had a large circulation in this country, and was trans- lated into most of the continental languages.

HOGE, Solomon La Fayette, member of congress, b. in Logan county, Ohio, about 1837. He was graduated at the Cincinnati law college in 1859, and practised at Bellefontaine. He entered the army in 1861 as 1st lieutenant of Ohio volunteers, was promoted captain, and was severely wounded at the second battle of Bull Run. He was twice brevetted for gallantry in battle, and on 23 Feb., 1866, received the commission of 2d lieutenant in the 6th regular infantry. He was promoted 1st lieutenant on 28 July, 1866, but resigned in 1868 and removed to South Carolina, where he took an active part in the reconstruction movement. He was elected an associate judge of the state supreme court, and afterward to congress, serving from De- cember, 1869, till March, 1871, and again from 6 Dec, 1875, till 3 March, 1877. He was comptroller- general of South Carolina in 1874-'5.

HOGEBOOM, Henry, jurist, b. in Columbia countv, N. Y., in 1808 ; d. in Hudson. N. Y., 12 Sept.,* 1872. He was graduated at Yale in 1827, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1830, be- gan practice in Hudson, and soon attained emi- nence in his profession. In 1831 he became a mas- ter in chancery and county judge of Columbia county, and in 1839 was elected to the legislature. In 1847 and 1849 he was a candidate for justice of the supreme court, but was defeated. In 1857 he was elected to that office and again in 1865. His written judicial opinions are regarded as elegant in style and accurate in expression. HOGUET, Henry Louis, merchant, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 5 Nov., 1816. He came to the United States in 1834, and was clerk in a commercial house until 1848, when he became a member of the house of Wilmerding, Hoguet and Co., from active participation in which he retired in 1875. It was principally through him that the New York Catho- lic protectory was founded. He has been its presi- dent for over thirteen years, and has done much to make it successful. He has been connected with the emigrant industrial savings-bank for twenty-eight years, and its president for twenty- one. Pope Pius IX. conferred on him in 1877 the title of Knight of St. Gregory the Great. He has been a commissioner of emigration, a member of the state board of public charities, and is active in works of charity and public enterprise.

HOIT, Albert Gallatin, artist, b. in Sand- wich, N. H., 13 Dec, 1809 ; d. in West Roxbury, Mass., 18 Dec, 1856. He was graduated at Dart- mouth in 1829, and became a portrait-painter, buj; he was also successful as a landscape artist. He painted in Portland, then in Bangor and Belfast, and at St. John, New Brunswick, but settled in Boston in 1839. From October, 1842, till July, 1844, he was in Europe.

HOLABIRD, Samuel Beckley, soldier, b. in Canaan, Litchfield co., Conn.,16 June, 1826. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1849.