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Uottert pretiii

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inventor

New

in

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ho- entered llie manufacturing

estahlislimcnl of lii^ father hh a partner. From that time to the present, his laUtrs in

connection been

luive ing;.

with it unremitt-

<'ongress as a republican. lifty sixth lie died .June HJ, IDOU, in Smyrna, Del. Hoff, John Van Renssalaer, army surgeon, author, was lN>rn .April 11, 184S, in .Moiinl .Morris, N.Y. In 1874 he was appointed lirst lieutenant and assistant

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l)urin){ the pa^t

twenty yearn he Ium produ»-ed some of the veiy nnct niiia rkahle

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pie«Ts of nicehanisiii of the country. lie was one of the foiiinl the Nfef ro|M»ntaii niUoi iim of art.



>letrop«)litaii

.Mus4'um of

Art

and



works. Hoehling, Adolph August, naval oHicer born March 5, ]HW. m Philadelphia. Pa. In KSGI he was ap|>«iinl0 he was in charge of the naval htispilal in Washington D.C. In 1900 he was relinn} with the rank of rear .uliniral. Hoenshel, Eli J., educator, author. v;is iKirn Oct. 24, 1S4«{. in West morehiihl county. l*a. Since 1865 he has iH'en enpiged in e<lii eational work; and is now teachin*; in To [K'ka, Kan. He is the author of Knplish Jlrammar; Complete firaminar; Klementary ••flier
 * «M)n in the Tnited Slates nay; and was

wa.s

(Grammar; Advanced Craniiiiiir; Kssenliiils of Orthojrraphy and Orthoepy; (iradcd Vote Headers: and Normal Nof«' Kea.ler. Hoey, Josephine, actress, was l»orn in lune. 1824. in Knf,'land. In KS.l'l she ap •

peared in small parts at the ICaHtmal theater in New York; anries: and Miles on the Delaware Hiver.

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Hoffecker, John Henry, civil cncineer. congre.s«4man. was l)orn Sept. 12. 1827, in Symr na. D«d. In 1853-89 he was engaged as a surveyor and cf)nvey.Tnrer in Smyrna. Del In 187tl he was elected a delefirate to the republican national cf>nveiifion at Cineinn;it'. Ohio; and in 1884 was elected to the

of

««tale-% army inani'uvers on four occjisions. He was chief surgel

Spanish'.American war. In I8II81UOO surgeon in Porto Hico; and in was chief surgeon in the China relief expedition. he was an instrucIn 1902 tor in military iiygiene in (he army medical -clhHd and in general service ut the stall t-ollegi'. He is the author of Military Sanitary nrg.mizat ion and other essjiys. Hoff, William Bainbridge, naval otTioer. author, wa* Utrn Feb. 11, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. In l8t{0 he entered the I'nitiKl States naval academy; and served in the the

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Wiis chief

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war

in

pronioteil

to

civil

commander

I8»J3

0(5.

He was

lieutenant;

in

after b«'eame

.soon

1881

was made captain in 1895; was retired for physical dis-

ind in 18l»7 ability. In 1890 lie originated the system of tactics olTicially adopted in the navy. He is the author of The Avoidance of Collisions at Sea; and Klementarj' Naval Tactics. He died in 190.{ in Washington. D.C. Hoffman, Beekman Verplanck, naval ofHcer, was born Nov. 28, 1789, in Poughkeepsie. N.Y. He etder-d the navy as niidsbipiiian in lSi:5; and rea< hei| the grade of cap tain in 1829. He .lied Dec. 10. 1834. in •lamaica, N.Y.

Hoffecker, Walter Oakley, civil engineer, Iwirn Sept. 20. 1854. in

Wallace, journalist, author, was

.Tuiy 7. 1807, in

riached the rank In 1887 he organimi the lirsl rii >:, isr,4. in N.-w York City, lie i^ a successful laiiilscap*- and art crit ic of New York t ity. He is the author of Treasures .Inly

of the

pro-

or-iiurgeon and lieutenant cidonel and in

i

ers

ISl

convention held in Chicago. In 1888 he wat elected a mendn'r of the general assembly; and in 18811 waa chot>en speaker of the housu of representatives. In 1878 '.)H he wa^ prexident «»f the town council. In IS'.Mi IJloO he was a representative from Delaware to the

congressman, was

Smyrna, Del. He was educated in flic Smyrna «.eminary and the l.eliigh university. He has been

ejigaged as a civil engineer, in farmint; and in the canning business. He is president of the Smyrna ami Philadelphia aiisjMirta' ion company. In 1900 0] he was < a representative from D<-laware to the fifty^ixlli congn-ss to fill a vacancy. I

Hoffman,

Charles Frederick, elergynian, author, was lK>rn Nov. IS,

phibintIiroj>i>t.