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frum Uhio to Ihe lorly-sixth,

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ami forty-ninth cwigreases. Mill, William H., lawyer, jurist, un^n sssluon. in 17UU-7bU;i Ue was u reiireacuuiuvv from North Carolina to the sixth and aovand wa- al-i .ijiju.iiiUil i'Oi!grL':>ht>!s t'lith

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judge of the Lnited suites disinct court lur the district of North Carolina. He died Nm th amliiia. in 1809 Httl^ William Henry, banki i, tuumU-r, finaneier, was bom July 14, isas, in Bostou, Mass. He re<-i ivi d his eiluc.il ion in the pub-

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lic and private t-chooU «»f hi» native slate; and in 18.>5 graduated from Iloxhnry liigh

He entered business life as a clerk in iSoO-Ol was a a publishing lion^e partner in the firm of Chase, Nieliols and Hill; and in 1801 G'J was a bookseller and Since 1860 publi>?lu'r on his own account. he has be n a niemoer of the firm of I'ieli well-kuowu the company, and ardsou, iiUl bankers of Boston, Mass. He is president of the llenfrew manufaet uriii- rtmpany, i<'o8tcr'4 wharf company, and ot uiher comHe is a trustee of estates and a panies. Husf lireetor of the Fir--* ii ilif ii ii ha ik ton, the liostoa insurance coiupany, the Eastern steamship company, the metropolitan -tcaniskip comMiny, the Clyde >-t<'amship company, tlie Mallury etcam-hip e«»iupany, and also of various steamship, munufaetnring :mil otlirr corporations. Tor twt'nty-tive yi-ars he .vas president ar-d manager of ihe lii>sion and HauKor s(eam>liip company, which was then .sold to the Eastern He is a member of steamship eomjiany.

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the Boston chamber -jf eommerec, and various other business, social and patriotic soeieties; and resides in Boston, Mn«B. Hill,

Wilson Shedric,

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bixislutor,

congressman, was horn Jan. 11>, liHi'6, in Choctaw county, Miss. Since 1884 he has prartic-'d

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1903 was district attorney; and in 1887-S>1 was a mamher of the Mississippi state leg* islftfure In lOOIJ OJ) he was a reprex-ntat ive from Missi.ssippi to the tifty eight li, fiftyninth and sixtieth congresses as a democrat.

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George Stillman, lawyer, author, Sept. 22, 1808. in Maehias, Maine.

Tnemher of th?> Massachusetts .1 state senate in 1H50; city sidifitor in 18.14State."* district attorney in 1860-70. He was the author of Life of General McCIellan; Life of George Ticknors and Six Months in Italy. He also published a series of school readers and an edition ui Spencer. He died Jan. 21, 1879. in Boston,

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Mass. Hillebrand, William Francis, chemist, was Dee. 12, 1853, in Hawaiian Islands. In Leadville. lie- (»pened an assay ofliee in Col.; a vear later he cnten-d the service of the United States seologieal survey; and in ]HHO was sent to IV-nvor to cMtabli^Ii a chemical laboratory for llocky 'nountain division of the survey* For five' years he remained

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iu oiiargc oL this laboratory; and then was transferred to the diief laboratory- in Wash-

ington; and since 1907 has been chief ehemthe bureau of standards. He is the author of Some Principles and Methods of ivock .'iKilsis; and other works.

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Hillegaa, Howard Clemens, journalist, author, was bom Dee. 30, 1872, in Peoosburg, I'a. In 18y!> litdO ho Nas a war oorrespon-

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ffillegat, IBchael, United states treasurer, was Ijorn in 172!) in Philadelphia, Pa. the first Lnited Suites treasurer in

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1775. He died Sept. 20, 1804, in Fhiladelphia, Pa. Hillen, Solomon, lawyer, legislator, con-

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gressman, was born in 1813 in Hultimore county, Md. He served in the Maryland legislature in 1834 and 1838; and was mayor of Baltimore in 1842 44. In 1830 41 he was a representutive iroai St.*iyn.t He died in to the twenty-sixth congress. Maryland. HUler, Alfred, iioldier,educator,clergyman, college president, vras bora April 22, 1831, He was edunear Sharon Springs, N Y.

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theological seminary. He iia- lilled pastorates in the Lntl.eran church of Fayette, N.V.; and lor twenty-tliiee years in the Lutheran ehim h of German Valley, N..L Since 1881 he has Ix-en* pr« !-ident of Hartwiek theological sennnary and professegend: and Evening Pray"^liiine. (lerriiaiiy. Wav-i

Dewey, educator and government official of 66 Maiden Lane, New York City, w.i^ li.,rii .Tune 23, 18t;7. in BidUilles, Charles

mont county, Uhio. He was edutate<l at ihe Maryland academy of Oxford. In PMii (»!) he juvev;is sTiperiidendent of the New York nile avlum. In 1JM)9-11 he was assi.stanl secretary of the United States treasury; and in inil-l.'} was secretary to Pre-*id(iit Taft. lie was chairman of the repu!)Iiean national (ommitti-e in 1012. Hillbouse, Augasttis Lucas* hymnist.

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Dee. 0. 1791, in New Haven. Conn. He was the author of the hymn entitled Trembling before Thine Awful Throne. He died March 14. 1850, in Prance. Hillhouse, James, soldier, lawyer, conj{ra<*sman, I'nitcd States senator, was bom Oct. 21, 1754. in Montvilte, <>nn. He was commander of the governor's guards in the

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revolutionary war. In 1791-07 he was a representative to the second, third and fourth congresses: and in ITH." Ifll he was lnited States senator from Connecticut. In 1826 he undertook to conduct the eon-

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