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Clarolimi

twenty-sixth congress* a» a

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di'iuoi-rat.

James J., railroiMi |ir»'»ithiit, pliihmtliropiat. was born Srpt. t. H3H, in ( anada. The St. I'nul. Minncapoliit and Manitoba company in now Hill,

w t ii tlitfTn ol

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in

in<)fi, in Hiihmond. Va.* Hill, John, congressman, was born in liuckiiigham county, Va. In 183U-41 lie was a representative from Virginia to the twenty-sixth congress. He died in Virginia. Hill, Mrs. Janet McKenzje, le<turcr, au-

die<l .Sept. 21.

thor,

was

lield.

Mass.

of

tie

b«»rn in

Dwember,

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Hill, tor.

He

die»l

North

in

arolina.

John, nuTchant,

senator, ecm•^essman. was Isirn .lune 111. iS-il. in Catskill. N.V. In ISIMI he was dieted to the New Jersey state legislature; was twi«-e re-eleeled and was made speaker of the assembly. In lJSli7-7;{ and IHSl S.J he was n representative from New .lersey t4) the fortieth, forty-second and the fortv-sevenl congresses. He was a state s4>nator He dietl July 24, IHS4, in HiMinton, 78. Hill,

stat«'

N.J.

John Alexander,

l»oni

Feb.

22,

author, near Hennington.

ptihlisher.

18.58.

He ran a hH*omotive eight years. He the autlior of Progressive Examinations for Ix>eomotive Kngineers and Firemen; Stories of the Railroad: and Jim Skeever's V't. is

Object Tysons. Hill,

John Edward,

was horn Nov.

He

is

9.

civil

1864. in

engineer, author,

New York

professor of civil engineering at

university. he

lark

City.

Brown

In

iiigineer of the (^hieago, Milwaukee
 * i^'Ut

railroad

-^t-

company, in 18t>U 'J2 he was professor of ma'.lieinaties

John Fremont, lawyer, state senagoernor, was Ixirn Oct. 29. Kliot, Maine. He was cducate«l in

in

the his

public schools of native town; at

the

South

acail"ii'

of

Berwick Maine and

the .Maine me was a member of the »ta;e st'nate. In 1900 04 lie was gtivernor of Maisie. He is president of the State trust eomp.inx ban.<; an<l has large railnmd I

Ml crests.

Hill,

Nov.

.').

John McCIary, journalist, was born 1821. Ill Concord. N.H. He aided his

publication of Hill's New Patriot until 1847 ; it was then New Hanipsiiire i'atrioi. with wliic'h he was connected until 18.i3. an<l again ii: iSiJS 7."{. He died in New Hampfather

Hill,

was

Ph.D. from

imnkir,

IH,!.!.

Magazine.

is the author of Salads. Sandwicl:es ( hating Dish Dainties; Practical Cook ing and Serving; and Cooking for Two. Hill, John, state legislator, congressman was l»4»rn in I rawftird, N.C. He served manv y«ars in the legislature of the state; and in 1830-41 he was a r«'pres<'ntat ive l«i the

twenty sixth congress.

(

subsethe

rec«'ived

the Higiilend park c<dlege 1805-UO was professor of mathematics in (/olumbia university; and in ISlli) 1JMI4 was professor ot mathematics in the West N'irginia univeisity. Since 1904 he has been as<

took cliarm* of its affairs, tin- railway system has bi'fii t-xti-ndcd from four hundr<-d to nearly Hve thousand milrs. creatinf^ unbrok«>n line, a n through the several state*, from Lake Superior and St. Paul to Puget sound on the i'acilic coast. The company also now owns a superb licet of steamships on the great lakes. He donated a large sum toward establishing a Roman catholic tlu-ological seminary at St. Paul. Minn. Hill, James C, soldier, was born about IH.'{(I. He was the first railway eommis!.ionVirginia, lie served in the civil war "•r in as a general in the confederate army. He

of

Hill, John Ethan, educator, civil engineer, author, was born Oct. 15, 18U.), in Mystic, onn. In ISh,') he graduated from Vale uni-

liii li

Mr. Hill wa> pn

the author

and Shadows and Perspec-

tive.

i

way

15!l

1

in

tin-

l.iiiipsiiire

itieiged in the

-liir*'.

Hill, Joseph Adna, statistician, author, was born May 18»i0, in Stewartstown. N.H. Since 1808 he Iwis been engaged in .statistical work in the United States senate; and resides in Washington, D.C. He