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 llKHKlNiiSIIAW'S and

MHKAUY UK AMKUICAN UIOURArHV.

he wa» honorably In inu»itfn*d out with thi- rank of ciiptain: ami 1SI5(5 ill bit-Hine captain in the forty-tir>l n'<;iinoiit I'nitod States infantry, wan litB«'rgt*ant.

18fir»

llKfi, wlien he was the rank of brigadier-general. Hood, Charles Ira, nianufaoturer. wan iMirn l)i-c. II, IH4."). in Lowell, .Mat*H. He opened a retail drug store in Ixiwell, Mass.; and in iHT.'i began the preparation of Hood's sarsaparilla and other readynuule niedicines. HiKtd's sarsaparilla laboratory, built in 1SS."{, is one of the largest in the worhl. Hood, George, musician, author, was born alK)ut lSir>. He was a inaiiagi-r of the Academy uf music of Philadelphia. He was the author of a History of Music in New Kngland (lS4«i. He 'died May 18. 1H«0, in

promoted until

ri';;uUirly

retired

with

I'liiladclphia.

I'a.

Hood, James Walker, clergyman, author, was born .May 30, 1831, in Kennett Township. I'a. He was consecratecl bishop ol the African methodist episcopal church in 1872. it; One Hundre4

ffenrral

in

command

of |*ea<'h at Nash-

Tree Creek, .tlaiita. Franklin, and He was the author of Advance and and I'er-onal Kxperienee in the States and ( onfeileratc .Armies, a iiitnl rareful deieiisc of his military moveiiu-nts. II.- dieer

anf|ntsit

IMiiladrlpliia

timore ro.id:

Liine<T t'-ndi-nt

iianx-d

and and

the

and
 * iiid

aUo

i-n-

su|)erin-

of the last railroad in

he was general siiptTof the Florida railroad: in IS7I73 was chief engineer of the l'ea<'li Itottoiii railroad: and in IS73-74 was chief enuiiirer ••1 the Halt iiiior«'. I' liiladelphia and N«'w York railroad. In 1874 he was vice presilent and v""'""'';'! snpcrintemleiit of (InWcsti-rn Maryland railroad: and from 1871 was presiilent ami general manatrer of that

inteiideiit

itions

203

died Dec.

17.

1000.

.Md.

Hood, Samuel, lawyer, author, was imrn IsiNi, ill Ireland. He was thu Hutlior rractical Treatise on the Law t»f l)eeein Pennsylvania. He died about I87ri ill Philadelphia. Pa. Hook, Enos, con);ressinan, whs born in Pennsylvania. In 183M-41 he was a leprex iitative from Pennsylvania to the tweiity•<i.th congress as a denuK-rat. He died in Pennsx Ivania.

bout

A

of

<li-nts

Hook, John Hilliard, e«lueator. government was Imipii .pril 8. 1870, in St. .Mat-

otheial.

He was e<lurated at New York university.

thews. S.C. tollege and

Iscn inspector in

Cleinson

He

iias

Stales navy

I'niteil

the

department at Dry Tortugas. Fla.; and in-pector for the Pennsylvania railroad company on the siibaipn-ous tunnel under Hudson river. He is now professor of mechanics at CUinson coh'ge. S.C. Hook, William Gather, lawyer, jurist, was born S«'pt. 24. 18."i7. in Waynesburg. Pa. In IH78 !H» he practiced law. 'in 181»1»-11M»3 he was judge of the I'niti-d States district court; ami since PMt3 has been district judge of the I'nited .States courts of appeals lor the eighth district.

Hooke, William, clergyman, author, was born

in

Cromwell.

was

for

He was

Uioi, in F.iigland.

clergy man;

and

was

He came

s«»iiie

a puritan Olivci

cousin

a

of

America about liuW: seven years minister at Taunto

lon: ami for twtdve years following pastor New Haven. Heturiiing to Knglaiid in Hi.'it!, he lH*came chaplain to Cromwell. He was the author of New Kngland's Tearel^nglaLtl's Feares. li»r Old He died .March

at

21.

1

1(78.

in

London. Kngland.

Hooker, Ambrose born in New York.

Eugene,

was

siddier.

In 18(13 he was lieu tenant-colonel in the sixth regiment CaliItirnia infantry: and in I8r>.'> was brevetti-d colonel and brigadier-general. He dieorn (Kvenville. Ky. He was a the confeilerate army; and

He

of trust un<l honor.

New

ib* ilied

March

i!).

I8il3.

llnNeli. ('onii.

Hooker, Charles Edward, r-oldier, lawyer. coiigre«.Hiiian. was born in l82.'». in I'nion. S.( He attemled William and .Mary col.

lege.

and

'a.:

siib-

Harvard

se<|nently

Cambridge.

and was

elected

lb-

distriel

attorney in I8."»0. In IS.V.l he was elected a

repr<'seiitative

the lie

ter

army to colonel.

rttsv

was

in

state legislature, resigiwd to enthe confederate iHtil.

in

the In

ele<-ted

rank

and of

he attorneyI8<i.T