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 HBRRINQSHAW'8 LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. brigadier-gt'iirrat of vohintteiH in 18iJl; Mrt>* pnmioted major-gi>iu>ral 1862; and in

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of tile republic. In 1873-77 he was a representative from Illinois to the fortj-third

and

forty-fourth congr<

He

N^i-»4.

di4*d

March

27, 1882, in B4>1vi(i«n>, 111. Hurley, Denis M., contractttr. onijn snman. wat* horn Maroli 14. 184."}, in Inlaiul. lie was educated in the public schools and he learned the cari

tra»Hful ramlidate of the rejmblicHTt for party uh'uiImt of the asKcinbly from triet

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dis* Kinjrs ccnintv

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in 18lT-8t!nn l^o-Oi» he wa« a repre»^. nta tive from New York to the fifty-fourth and conjjrefisea as a republican, lie died Feb. 17, 181H>, in Hot Spring!*, ^rk. Estelle H., educator, author,

born July In 1884-lM nna in Art;

follege.

Child Life ill of Our Lord in Art; Tortraitn and Pmrtralt Painting; and other works. Hurry, Edmund, architect, abolitionist, was born Sept 17, iHdT, in IMiiladelphia, Pa. In courne of time he built a large num* Imt ot tile (IwcllingH of tile wealtliy rnereiiants: and wa.s ehonen ciuisulting arehipaliir. tect of the Crystal where the World's fair of 18.):{ was ludd. lie was one of the Jir.st abolitionists in New York City, and one of the earlv members of the board Hje died June 4, 1873, on of education. Diner's Island. X.T. Hurry, Edmund Abdy, soldier, lawyer, genealof^ist, was born Aug. 8. 1830. in New York City. In 1860 he graduated from Columbia college; and in IS(V2 graduated from the law school. He was on volunteer picket duty in North Carolina dnrinff the and civil war; served in various cMp.u ities waa bearer of despatches to Farrogut's flagship at PMisftcola harbor. He was wound* ed at Ri'rniuda Hiindreds ami at Chapiii's BiutTs on the James river. In 18(14 he was a volunteer nurse of wounded and siek soldiers in N' W Y'ork City. Knr many year-he practiced law in New York City: and l^ife

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now

T"nit;.'!(i and aemi-historical subjects for New York papers and other publias

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lications.

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April 2, 180o, in Philadelphia, Ta. He of the most successful architects City; and early in life retired with a large fortune. He died Aug. 2* 1803, at Tom's River. Hurst, Joha rtetdier, clergyman, bishop, author. «.is b<trn Aug, 17. IS.U, near Sah-m, Md. He has been president of the Drew theolo^eal seminary; in 1880 was elected a bishop of the niethodist episcopal church of Washington, D.C; and is now chancellor of the .meriean university of Waahingtott, n.C. lie is the author of Literature of Thfulugy; History of Rationalism; Martyrs to the Tract Cause; Life and Literature in the Katlni land Outline of Church History; Our 1 lnulogical Century; Bibliotheea TheohijL^ica; Short Histories of the Church; Short History of the Christian Church; India, the Country and I'eople of India and Ceylon; and Literature of Theology. He is ahso the translator of llageubach's History of the Church in the Kighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; Van Oosterzee's Lec* tures on John's Gospel; and Lange's Com* mentary on the Epistle to the Romans, uitli additi.ms. Hb died May 4, 1909, in

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Washington. H.C

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architect,

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army

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d<-signer,

was one

one of three senerala in com* of battle at Corinth. In 18A6.67 he

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Hurry, William,

Hurst, Samuel H., s«)ldicr, was born in Ohio. In I80I he was captain in the seventy-third regiment Ohio infantry; and in IHft'i was brevetted lieutenant-colonel; and in 18«M attained the rank of brigadier-gen-

He was He died

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1806.

Huateadi^

patriot, statesman, near Phiiad(dphia, Ta. He was a the state legislature of Nortli 'Iiiia: and subsequently was a memlH-r tile I'eunaylvania legialature in 1778. died in 2blareh, UO.*;, in Philadelphia. Vm.

was

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honorably mustered out in in 1908.

Herman,

of

He Hum, William

merdumt, railroad L., was born March 0, 183'), in Danwas president of the Chicago, I'.iducah and .Memphis lailroad pi e<«ident of the I'adueah, Tennessee and Alabama railroad; and president of the Ti-niu-ssee midlantl railroad company. He was president of the Huse and JjOomis ice and transpresident,

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portation comf)any of St. Jjtmw, Mo.; president of the I nion dairy company; and of other corporations. He died about 1U2 in St. Louis, Mo. Huske, Ellis, journalist, autlmr, was born

about 17U0. He became postmaster ol ton in 1734; and was a councilor of

lios-

New

Hampshire in IT.'?.!-."). He publishetl the Boston Weekly I'ost-lloy in 1734-55; and

was the

reput«>d author of The Present state of North America. He died in 1755 in I!<i-fon. Mass. HusSman, George, vineyardist, author, was born Nov. 4. 1827. in (iirniany. lbhas been professor of pomology and forestry in the State university of Missouri at Columbia; and is now state statistical agent for California of the United States