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 IIKHKlNtJSIlAW S MItUAKV Robert

Hill,

H.,

colh'gc pn-piIS.jU, in AlulianiM

»Ml«rator,

dent, was lx)rn April 9, In 1S80 he went to Waco, Texas, and lltiTe opened 11111*8 bu.siness ct»llege, and llii-* eid lej^> ranks with the Hrnt of its kind in (In*

A M KU l« A N UHM HA I'll Y.

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D'.l

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York,

lit-

was founder and

first

president

He of th<- Ni'w ork riiilharmonic society. lied in St ptenilMT. 1875. in l'aters<m, N^I. •

Thomas

e«»nj.'rfhsnian.

Edie, journalist. puhlislM-r, Kdi. 2i», 18;J2, in Sand in the public schisds; anti at the

near Kwinfj. III. Il»' police niagi!«trate. eity att and a nieinb

l>orn in April. IH74,

has

b«'en

l.

was educated

Ill

I'

Robert Thomas, geologist, author, Uifu Aug. 11, 18.'>8. in Nashville. Tenii. Sine** 1S8G he has Ix-en in the nrrviee «>f tinHill,

wait

lie is Hitniled .States gi-ologieal survey, author of On Occurrence of Arte^^ian ami I nderground Waters in Texas. KaHteni N«'« Mexico an«l Indian Territoiy. Hill, Samuel, railroad president, was liorii lUtMay 13, 1857, in North I'arolina. He president of the Kasfern railwjiy of .Minn«> seta, with headquarters in St. I'aul, .Minn.

1 1

Sylvester G., soldier, was horn in In I8G*2 he was ctdonel in Iowa infantry; and 18JJ4 he was hrevetted i>rigadier genera

Hill,

Rhode Island.

thiity-litth regiment

in

I

of volunteers. He was kilh-d IJec. 15, at tiu- ^Kittle of Nashville, Tinn. Hill,

Theophilus Hunter, lawyer, author,

was

poet,

180-1,

iMtni

(M.


 * H,

I8:)(i,

in

llaleigli,

was lil)rarian of North the author of llesper, and Other I'oenis. the first lMH»k ci)pyriglited hy the confederate government; and Passion Klower. and Ollu r I'ts-ms. He died in I'.HII N.C. In

IS7I 72

Carol nia.

in

hi-

He was

l!aleigh, N.C.

neveral nuitheniatical insli imients, one ol >hich is the .K-eultator. He was the author Tlie Tost hues of Religion and Kthies; Tin- Stars and the Earth; The True Order

of

of Studies; Oeonietry anil F.iitli; Curvtitun*; •lesus the interpreter of Nature; Christ-

mas, and I*«»eniH on Slavery; The Natural Sources of Thodogy; and In the Woods and Kl.sewhere. He died Nov. 21, 18*.)1, in Walt ham. Mass, horn Hill, Thomas, painter, artist, was Sept. II, 1821». in Kngland. In 18(7 he 3]>ened a studio in itoston. Muss., hut returned H«H)n t<» San Franeis«'o. spending a portion of each year in tlif Vosi-mile alley His antl at his studi«> in .Mariposa county. principal works are The YosiMuite Valh-y;

White Mountain Not<>li Donner l-sike; Canon of the Si rnis; the Ileiiii of the .Sierras; The Driving of the IjisI Spike; an«l The Yellowstone Canon. H'll, Ureli C, musician, founder, was hin

Tlie

The



tJre.'it

ii

1802 in X<'w York. Having iM'cn engaged as leader of the Sacreut.

I

tliiit

in

i:ilyn.

III.,

which

He made

named. Aurora

he the

silver phile factory a succ«'ss in its early history. He is the author of Hill's Manual of ."Social and business Forms; IlilTs Album an«l Hio-

Condensed IVditical History; (JovOwnership of Hanks; Ways of

^lapiiy eiiiiiieiil

Cruelty; .Modern (Ornamental (Grounds; and Hill's i;uiile

lor

l^ind Se«-kers.

Hill, Walter Henry, clergyman, educati>r. was bnin .Ian. 21, 1822, in I^dMiiion, Ky. He is a lloman catholic clerg^'iuan and cdtic:ilov of St. lx>uis. Mo.; and a prtifessor in St. Louis univer-ity. He is the author of I'ileiiients of l*liilo->opliy Klhics or M«iial I'hiiosophy and Historical Sketch of St. Louis l iiivrsity.



Walter Nickelson, chemist, author,

Hill,

was

Thomas, clergyman, educator, inventor, author, was l»orn .Ian. 7, IS 18, in New [triinswick. N..I. He was president of liar vard university in 18(i2 GS. He invente»l Hill,

I

was mayor of city ill 187ti; and ISS.V sett led in (ilen

III.;

I

llie

<•

.

April 15, 184ti, in lUistoii, .Miiss. he was appointed chemist iit the States torpedo station at New|M>rl, U.l. He was thv* author of Liquid CarlM)nic .Acid; and Notes On Kplosiv«*s, Their Ap plications to Torpeihi Welfare. He was kill ed Mai.li 2t». 1884, at the chemical works Hill, Whitmell, congressman, was Ikmh I'eb. 12. 174.'>, in ertie county, N.C. He wa^ a liclegate t<> the congress, at HillslMiroiigli .ind Halifax in 1775 and 177ti; and w;iiii-iiteiiant-nolonel of the Coventry mililiii III 1778-81 he was a delegate from Noi b C:iridiiia to the continental (H)ngress; iiinl was fn-quenlly u moinber oi the house and senate of N«»rth Carolina pnvious trgyman,

Immii

March

a.

Ill'

.'{.

wa-.

I'lesbyterimi

which

Ire

only the IS5J.

ill

I7''>!>,

in

liistorian,

was

Ciiml>erland county.

engaged on a History of the

Church

in

the

I

nitc*!

Slates,

intendxl to issue in numlM-rs, appeared. He died Nov. W inchester. Va. first

bill

MS.

lawyer, congressman, was lM)rn Oct. 1. ls:>.l, in Nelson county, *a. in |.»^»i(l h" was mayor «>f Springlicid, Ohio; an»l was a rejtresentative in the state leg ishiturc ill ISrJO 15)1. In 1875-78 he was sii pcrintende-it of insurance for the state. In 187!» 81 ai>d 1883 87 he wjws a representa Hill,

William

D.,