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vuriuUH other corporations of Philiidclphia, Pa. He is u membor of the luMtorical society of Pennsylvunia uiid a iiifinlM-r of ilie American bar association and variotH other associations and socit-tii's. of



Harrod, Benjamin Morgan,

civil «n<;iMC<*r.

expert, was born Feb. 19, 18H7, in New Orh'ans, La. He was educated at the Fhishintj; institute of Long Island, N.Y. in 18."»G he graduated from Harvard university: ami in IJ»0(» received the degree of LL.1). from Tulane university of Louiniana. He soon attained note as a successful civil engineer; and in 1897 was president of the American society of civil engineers. In 1S77 SO he was einef state enginei>r of Ixtuisiana iin«l 1K71)1!H)4 was memlKT of the I niled in a States Mississippi river commission. In 1HS8-92 he was city engine«'r of New Or;



leans; was chief engineer of drainage <»f New Orleans; and chairman of the board of advisory engineers, sewerage and wal< r Ixtard of Now Orleans. He is now a nienilM-r of the Isthmian canal commission; and resides in New Orleans. La. Harrod, James, a Kentucky pioneer, was lK)rn in 174U in Virginia. He built (he first log cabin upon the present site of HarrcMlsburg; and was one of the most eilieient of the early military leaders of Kentucky. He •lied in Harrodsburg, Ky.

Harrow, William, in Kentucky.

1820

was born about

soldier,

He was

eng-aged

as

Indiana infantry at the l»attle of Antietam, where more than half of liis regiment were killed or w<»unded. He was conunissioned as briginlier gi neral of volunteeis in 1862, and resigned in 185. He (Med S-pt. 27, 1872. in Indiana. Harsba, David Addison, author, was l>orn He wrote ^.epl. 15, 1827. in Arg>le, N.Y. The Heavenly Token; The Star of Bethle hem: Manual of .^acred Literature; Lives  in -Argjie, N.V. Harshberger, John William, educator, scientist, author, was born -Ian. 1, lS»i!>. in He was educated in the I'hiladelpliia. Pa. colonel of

the

fourteenth

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public sch<Mds of Philadelphia. Pa.'; received tlegn es of B.S. I he and Ph.D. from the university fif IVnnsylvania and was a

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Harvard

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received hi-» preparatorj' education until 1880 in Peekskill military academy of New lie

York; graduated with the degrees of A.B. and A. Si. from Hobart college; and in 1899 received the degree of Ph.D. from Yale unixersity. He was head master of Pe<»kskill military academy and Norwalk military institute; 1809 founded the Harstrom in school; and since that time has been principal of that institution of learning. He in a member of the American philological association; and ha.s contributed extensively to educational and philological literature.

Hart, Abraham, publisher, was born D«»c. ]'), 1810. in Philadelphia, Pa. His house was the first to collect the fugitive essays of Macaulay, JefTrcy, Mackintosh, Carlyle and others, and published them in separate volumes. He died July 22, 188.5, in Long

Branch. X.J. Hart, Albert Bushnell, educator, author. 1, 18.54. in Pennsylvania. He a profes.wr of history in Harvard university. He is the author of IntnHluction to the Study of Federal CJovernment; Formation of the Union. 17.50- 1829; Studies in Kducation Life of Salmon P. Chase; and Practical K>.says on .American Covernment. Hart, Alphonso, lawyer, joiirnalist, lieucongressmaji. was born tenant-govv-rnor. .Fuly 4, 18.30, in Vienna. Ohio. He wa.s editor of the Portage Senw:is born July is



tinel

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in



and

attor-

ney of Portage counin 1861 <U. In 1864 he resigned and

ty'

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was

elected state sen-

at

ator; electe«l

and was again

state senator 1871. In 1872 b» was presidential elector; and in 187.3 was elected lieutvnantin

alifor-

Canada, the West and the eastengaged

Indies,

researches.

18.54-.57

was prosecuting

He

a fellow of the American association for the advancement "f science. He lias formeilv lectured for the society for the exis

lk)tanical and Economic Study of Philadelphia and Their and has edited several works. Harsbman, Samuel Rufus, educator, cler* gyinan, evangelist, was Iwrn Nov. 'M), 1841, in Trumbull county, Ohio. He received hiH education at the Allegheny college of Meadville, Pa., and at the Illinois college of Jacksonville, III. During 18.'>6-(J4 he was engaged in educational work; then for the years was a clergyman of the methodist rpiscopal church; and since 186!) has been an evangelist. He is the author of a volume entitled sermons on Familiar Subjects. Harstrom, Carl Axel, educator, philologist, founder, was Iwrn iX-c. 20, 1863, in Sweden,

Maize, a

The Botanists

Ku-

traveled

iMitanical

He

stu<lent

tension of university teaching; and is now assistant professor of botany at the university of Pennsylvania. He is the author of

govcrnor.

He removed

tnini Ravenna to Cleveland, Ohio: in 1878 settled at Hillsboro; and in 1883-8.5 he was ii representative eighth congress.

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