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neighbors arrived they found the woman posted in the doorway, two men dead on Uie floor, and the others kept at bay. Hart county, Cia., is named for her. She died alwul 1840 in Elbert county, tla. Hart, 0. B., jurist, governor, was born north. He was made associate judge the supreme court in 18U8; and was the ninth governor of Florida in 1873- 1874. He died March 18, 1874, in Florida. in the

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I'rayer Book in Frere's Proctor; and Daily short Trayers for Families.

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Thomas Norton, merchant, banker,

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Jan. 20, 1829, in North Heading.

He founded the mercantile house of Hart, Taylor and company in Boston, Mass. For many years he was president of the Mount Vernon national bank. In 1889, 1890, l!MM) ami llHtl hiwas mayor of Boston,

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Thomas Williams, clergyman,

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the degrees of and D.C.L. 1809 he was ordained deacon: and in 1870 was ordaineil to the priesliMMtd. During 1870 99 he wa.s a professor of Trinity eollvge. In 1892 he was president of the eeivtd

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1894 has b«'en presiof the Conncctitut historical society; since 1900 has lx.'en president of the

Connecticut library association. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He has edited Bishop Seaburj's Coniinurion OfTice, with notes;

university S.C.

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theological S4>minary of New Y'ork. He has

pastorates in the ba(ilist eiiurch at Florence. S.C; was fillfd

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Hart, Roswell, lawyer, congressman,

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born ill 1S24 in Rochester, N.Y. He was a repre^ientative from New York to the thirtyninth and fortieth congresses. He died Aj.ril iO. 1883, in New York. Hart, Samuel, clergyman, educator, author, was Ijorti .Fune 4, 1845. in Saybrook. Conn. In IMH he tfraduated from Trinity college; and has re-

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1847, in Hartsville,

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tjorn July 5, 1723, in Warminster, I'a. He was an active patriot; and was sent with William Tennant by t.ie council of safety

some of the disalTected frontier change in public alfairs cousequent upon the revolution. He was the author of Discourse on the r)t>ath of William Tennant; Dancing Exploded; The Christian Temple; and A tJospel Church I'orlrayeil. He died Dec. 31, 17yj, in Hopewell, N.J. Hart, Orson H., soldier, was born in Connecticut. In 1801 he enli.sted in the civil uar as a private soldi<-r; and in 18U3 was brevetted brigadier-general and colonel of volunteers. He died Aug. 17, 1874, in New York. Hart, Percie William Edward, author.was born iu I870 in Nova Scotia. He is the author of Tale of Nova Scotia; The Flying t'luud; Torpedo Boat Captured; The First Ijive of the Service; Sandals and Sabots; Ye Windmill of Wall Street; Ye Key of Y'e Broadway (Jate; Y'e Battle of Maiden Lane; and The Crimsoning of the High Seas.

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the author of Robert Samlers: and various contributions to .American literature.

Hart, William Henry Harrison, eilm-ator. lawyer, founder, was born Oct. 31, 1807, in Kufaula, Ala. Since 1891 he has l>ecn professor of criminal law, torts, and corporations in Harvard university. In 1893-97 he was assistant librarian of the United States congress. In 1897 he waa dean of the department of agriculture at Howard university. The same year he founded Hart school farm. Hart, William Octave, lawyer, jurist, was !>orn Aug. 19, 1857, in New Orleans, Im. His father, the late Toby Hart, as captain of company E. eighth Ixniisiana battery, planted the first gun at V icksburg, Miss., the spot b«'ing marked by an appropriate tablet. The subject of this sketch is com-

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sons confederate of veterans; and is historian of the LouisSince iana ilivision. 1902 he ha.s lieen treasurer of tlic Cominereial law league of America. For many yeors he has h<'en a member of the committee on uniform -tate laws of the .merican bar asMM-iatioii: since 1903 has been one of the

commissioners on uniform state laws from Louisiana; and in 1903 and 1907 was vicepresident of the national conference. He is the Louisiana historical so1004 was a uieinlK'r of the inti-r-

treasunr of ciety; in