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Connecticut in 1865, 1873 and 1884; and in the latter year was apealcer of the houae. He was the thirt v'second povernor of Con He died Oct. 29, 1901, ncctieut in 1885-87. in New Haven, Conn. Harrison, Horace H., lawyer, iurist. congressman. Nas l)orn Aug. 7, 1829. in Wilson county, Tenn. He was elected clerk of He was appointed thr «tate senate in 1851. States district attorney for Middle I niteointed I'nited States district attorney in 1872. In 187H 75 he was a representative to the forty He died third congress as a republican. Dec. 20, 188.5, in Nashville. Tenn. Harrison, James, lawyer, jurist. In lC8o he waa chief justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. Harrison, James Albert, edu<'ator. pliilnl ogist, author^ was born Aug. 21, 1848, in l*ass Chriatian. Mias. He is an educator in Virginia; ami since 1870 a professor of languag«>s at Washington anni Nov. 30, 1811, near Pendleton, S.C. In 1861 he was a delegate to the convention of rwid 'outhern :^tat^s in >foii(jxoniery, Ah served also iu the confederate congress during the entire period of its existence. He died Maiy 22. 1879. in C olumbus. Mis^.

Harrison, John, manufacturer, was burn Dee. 17. 1773. in Philadelphia. Pa. He is c"rfdite<l with doiuf.' nmrc to influence the eHlablishment of chemical industries in Philadelphia than any man of his time. The business is imw carried on hy his grandsons. In 1821 24 he held the office of recorder of deeds in Phibulelphia. He died May 10, is:!.!, iti Philadelphia, Pa. Harrison, John Hoffman, physician, surji.iirnalist, author, was l^irn Aug. :{0, i,'r(.i( 1808, in Washington. D.C. In 1845 he established the New Orleans Medical and SurHe publisbeil an F-say togical .Fournal. ward a Correct Theory of the Nervous System; and contributed important articlea to medical journals. He died March 10, 1849, in New Orleans, I..a. Ranriaon, J«l>a Scott, congressman, was In born Oct. 4, 1804, in Vineennes. Tnd. l8.'i:i-.^7 he was a representative from Indiana to th«' thirtylhir.I and thirty fourth congresses. He died May 26, 1878, in North Hend, (Miio. Harriaon, Jmutiiaa Baxter, clergyman,auwas lx)rn in ISS.^i. in Ohio. He was a unitarian elerfninan of New Hampshire. He was the author of Certain Dangerous Tendencies in .American Life; ami The I>ntest .studies on Indian Kes^-rvat ions. He died in IL 1907 in Franklin Falls. Harrison, Joseph, engineer, inventor, author, poet, was bom S< pt. 20, 1810, in Philadelphia, P«. lie W IS a Philadelphia engineer and inventor; and in 1843-52 was emploved in locomotive oonstraction by the thor,

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