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Berne, N.C.; received the degrees of A.B.and DJ). from Union college; and grad ualed from the gener*! theological aeminary of New York City. In 1891*04 he waa rector of (JiiKc church at I,yoii>. N.Y.; uik! since mU4 bus been rector oi Xrinitv church at Utlca, N.Y. He is president of the board of oxuminiiig cluipl.iins for tho <li(n -•• <»l central New Yorlc; president of the deaf mate commission, dioeese of central New York; and prominent in the nfTiiirs of his church. He baa traveled in the tuite<i States, Canada, and in a dosen countries of Europe. He was the editor of One Uundreu Y'ears of Trinity Church, Utica, N.Y.; and is the author of various other <

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Harding, John William, journalist, authwas bom Oet SO, 1864, in England. He an iniport:i!it jiosition on a New York newspaper. He i» the author of A Bachelor of Paris; The Strolling Piper of BritUny; A Conjuror of Phantoms; The Gate nf tinKiss; and translated The Memoirs of Victor Hugo. Harding, Russell, railroml j)r< sident, wim born in 1866 in Sprinj^field, Mass. In iHTit 1)8 he held various positions; and in 189S1900 was pre«*ident of the St. Ix)uis south western railway of Texas. Tie is now vicepresident and general manager i)f the Missouri Pacific railway at St. Louis, Mo. or,

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Harding, Samuel Bannister, educator, auwas bom July 29, 1866, in IndianapSince 1893 he has !>• as.Hitant professor of history in the Indiana univerHe is the author of Greek Gods, sity. Heroes and Men; aad The Story of the Middle Ages. Harding, Stephen 8., lawyer, Jurist, was horn in Indiana. He removed to T'fah; and was appointed from that territory an asso-

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ciate ju-itice of tlic I'liitt'd Sta(< s court for the territory of Colorado, residing in Denver. He died in Denver, Col. Hardfag. Stephen Selwyn, governor, poet, was horn Feb. 24. 1808, in Ontario counfv, N.Y. In 1861-64 he was governor of T'tal.

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Hardwick, Thomas William, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 9, 1872, in ThomasviUe, Ga. Since 1893 he has practiced law in Sandersville, Ca. In 1895-97 lie was prosecuting attorney for Wasliington county, Ga.;

and

in 1898-99

and

l»01-

02 he was a member of the Georgia state le«ixty- third congresi^e-..

Hardy, Alexander Merrill, journalist, lawwas born Dec. Iti, 1847. Canada. In 1809 73 he was engaged in newspaper work in New Orleans; and in 1873 77 in Natchez, Misu. In 1881 he was assigned to duty as clerk to the superintendent of construction of the government building at Faducah, Ky. and in 1884 located at Washington, Duviess county. Inil., where lie has since resided. In 1895-97 he

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was a representative to the fifty-fourth congress a4 a repuriliran. Hardy, Arthur Sherburne, educator, mathematieian, diplomat, author, was bom Aug. ];?. IK 17, in Andover. .Mass. He was professor of luathematics at Dartmouth college in 1878-03. Tfe has been second lieutenant of the third ri'^xiinent I'niled States artillery: minister redideut to Persia; and now envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Greece, Roumania and Servia. He is the author of Elements of Quaternions; New Methods in Sur>'eying; Elements of AnalytM' Ci'otncirv: Kleraents of Calculus liut Yet a Woman; The Wind of Destiny; Passe

Rone; and Joseph Hardy Neesima, a biography.

Hardy. Benjamin Franklin, physician, anthropist,

was bom Jan.

28.

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1808.

In

Kennehunk. Maine. He was the foiuuh'r of the San Francisco lying-in hospital and foundling asylum, and regarded this as his life work. He died NoiT. 22, 1886, in San Franci«co, Pal.

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Hardy, Caldwell, banker, financier, was born in 1S.')'2. in Camden county. N.C. In 1SS5 he became engaged in hanking business; since 1899 has been president of the Norfolk national bank: and since 1001 has l)ei>n president of the Norfolk bank for sav-

Philadelphia. In 1863-78 he manufac tured paper at the Inquirer paper milU.

ings and trust. Hardy, Charles,

Manayunk. near Philadelphia, where he in trodu( in mv new systems and invention-.

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territory.

Harding.WilliamWhite, journalist, inventmanufacturer, was born Nov. 1, IS.IO.

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May'ir>, 1889 in Philadelphia. Pa.

Hardison, Gabriel L., farmer, merchant, state senator, inventor, was born Aug. 14, 1858. near New Bern, N.C. He has been

postmaster;

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a

successfiil

Thutman, N.C; and own^i farm on the river Nexisc.

merchant

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served as a state senator in the Nortii Carolina legislature; and since 1898 has been assistant auditor of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad company. In 1890 he invented a self oiler for n>!!« «. now extensively used on vehicles of all kinds.

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colonial governor. he was a colonial governor of

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New

lawyer, public ofTieial. was IS.IT. in Athens. Miss. He is lawyer of Waco, Texas; was presidential elector in 1806; and became sec-

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retary of state of Te.xas.

Hardy, Edwin Hoah. clergyman, author. horn March 1. 1861, in Nelson. N.H. is pa«for of the Bethanv congregational church of Quincy, Mass. He Is the author of The Churches and Educated Men; and va5

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other works.

Hardy. Irene, educator, author, poet, was July 22, 1841, in Preble county, Ohio.

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