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858 presiding

Ik'i'ii

«'1<1»t «»f tin* iiu-tlMMlist cliini-li;

pastor ot cl>e largest congregation in lie lias traveled e htate of Minnesota, lensively in Knrope and the Holy l^imi, ami is also noted as a brilliant leeturer. Humbert, Joseph B., railroad president,

]<iul

tiie

was

Aug. 11, IHIIT. in Knox county, Since ISDl he has been president ol

l)orn

lenn.

Knowille and western railway.

(lie

Missions Kroni the

Modern View.

in

Humes, Thomas William, clergyman, au He llior, was horn in 1S15 in 'J'ennessee. was an episco]ml clergAinan and educator of Tennessee. He was the auihor of llie Ixiyai

He

.Mountjiineers of Tennessee.

dietl

1X92 in Tennessee.

Keadings.

Hummer, George

Pierson, educator, busi ness man. political economist, was Immii Dec. 'J.").

IS.'ii;.

in

.fler gradual North tinIndiana normal 3chf>o|, he then becaiiu* superintendent of |miIi

IJelvidere. X..I. iiig

^

from

em

scliooK of Midi., which lie

tilled

lie

years.

I

for

liillaiid.

pusition

seven

He then mgiin

became he manager of the West Michigan f u r n il lire company, nm- ot the i/ed

and

nited States. He tk a leading part in behalf of bimetallism in the presidential eaiiipaigii of |S!Hi. and beeame a eiiididate liir i«iM;.'ri-.- mi thi- -tate tiekct. Humphrey, Charles, legislator, congresswa- lutiii ill I71H in nruii;rc county. iiiaii. N.V. He moved to Ithaca. N.V. In ISi'S27 lie was a repre«.entativ«- from Niw ori (o the nineteenth c-ongress. In I.s:{4 :lat lire tind -erved as speaker in I



He

di.t». in

Albanv.

N.Y. Charles, congressman, was born alxiut 1712 in Haverford. I'a. Ho was member of the provincial assembly in II 17uisville. Ky. Humphrey, Elizabeth B., painter, artist, wiis born about 18.» in Hopedale, .Mass. In I.SS2 she was awarded two prizes in the coinpeiitive exhibition of L. Prang and company. Her illustrations include landscapes, stilllife, and ligures. She dieil in .Massachusetts. (be

Humphrey, George Scranton, engineer, was Ixirn Aug. 1, 1S.)6, in Ithaca. He attendeil scientific lectures at Cor-

financier,

In 1885 lie b«'came a«sayor superintendent of reduction works in .M.; in 18S7 l>ecanie assistant

nell university.

iind

Carlisle,

manager and treasurer of the Kokonio glass ••oinpany of Indiana; and since 1900 has been treasurer and purchasing agent of the C.. Hunt company of New York City. He has traveled extensively in the I'nited States and Kurope; and ]ittende<l the joint nu'etiiig- of the American and Knglish eng'neering s*M'ieties in Kurope in IHlKt. For many years he was greatly interested in rei»uiilic:in polities; and inns of trust

and honor.

Humphrey,

Harriette

I

lias

tilled

vari«nis other

.

Zephine,

p(}-79. He was the author of Our heohtgy in its Development; and .Sacred

N.V.

Humke, Albert Edward, educator, author, was born Jan. S.i, lsr»4, in Heidelberg. (M-riuany. He was superintendent of city schools of Vineennes, Ind. He lias delivered numy lectures before teachers' institutes; iind'was the |iresi(lent of the Southern InHe is the au(iiitna Teacher-.' association. thor of Schnol

the contiiiental congress from Pennsylvania, lie died in 178t) in Haverford, I'a. Humphrey, Charles Frederick, soldier, wa» l>orn in tlie state of New Vork. In 18t>:{(> he served as private to second lieut'enant in the civil war. In 1898 he wa.s appointed brigadier-general of vohinteers; and assigned t«» duty as chief quartermaster at Havana,

I

Thomas, educat«)r, author, was I'ortsinouth, 'a. He is prolcssor of Knglisli language and literature at tinuniversity ot North Carolina. He is the author of Helps to the Study of Hainlel and Shakespeare's Moral Teaeliing.

Hume,

in

UlOt; IIAIM I Y.

C'liba.

Hume, Robert Allen, niisi^ionary, autlior. was born March IH, 1847, in iioinoay, Indiii. binoe 1874 he has been a missionary in .Aliniednagar, India, lie is the author ot

born

AMKUK'AN

1>1''

I

I.

Loin, lawyer, legislaeongre-ismaii, was iMirn March in Candor, N.Y. He received his edncatitui in the pub' lie schools anil at the aeademy of Cortland.

jurist,

tor,

is:!(t.

—

•

r

N.V. In 1S.>4 he was admitted to the bar.

Maml

the following year

was matle

district

at-

tornev of St. Croix county. Wis. In 18«(» he

was

appointed

cinuily judge,

following

ami the

year

was

elected to that jwsiof tion for a term four years. In I8tn he was elected a ineiniier of the Wisconsin stale senate; and in In 18<5(» lie was electe»l circuit judge of the eighth judicial circuit of Wis(onsin for six years, and received the re-
 * S»»."» was elected mayor of the city of Hudson. Wis.

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