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 HINSl'.U I. IIIXON. 309 commanded the camp of prisoners-of-war, Point Lookout, Md., March and April, 1864, and a division of the army of the James during field operations of that year. He commanded the draft rendezvous on Hart's Island, N. Y., October, 1S64, and until the close of the war was chief mustering officer for the United States, in New York City and Harrisburg, Pa. He was breveted a brigadier-general, U. S. army, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1S64, and major-general of volun- teers for meritorious services during the war, March 13, 1865. He was governor of the National Sol- diers' Home from July 6, 1866, to March, 1867. Having been appointed lieutenant- colonel of the 40th U. S. infantry (regu- lars), July 28, 1 866, he was provost marshal- general of North and South Carolina, in 1867 ; commanded the eastern district of North Carolina in 1868, and, on the reduc- tion of the army, was transferred to the 25th U. S. infantry, March 15, 1S69, sta- tioned at New Orleans. In May, 1870, he was ordered to the southwestern frontier of Texas to oppose the Comanche Indians, then hostile to the United States. He was retired with the rank of colonel, December 15, rS7o, on account of wounds. From 1872 to 'So he was deputy-governor and treasurer of the National Soldiers' Homes at Hampton, Va., and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was wounded at the battle of Glen- dale, Va., June 30, 1862, and again severely — for a time supposed mortally — at the battle of Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862, and received injuries in the assault upon Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864. From the effects of these wounds he still suffers severely. HINSDALE, HENRY, son of Chester and Lucy (Allen) Hinsdale, was born in Monroe, Franklin county, June 25, 1S30. He received the thorough education of the common school, but his father being a poor man with a large family, he was then obliged to assist in the general support, and worked upon the farm for his board and clothes till he was twenty-eight years old. Upon the death of his father the farm fell to him and to his younger brother, and they conducted it together for five years, when his brother died, and he has since carried on the farm alone. On the 31st of August, 1862, in Florida, Mr. Hinsdale married Hannah L., daugh- ter of Joseph and Oratha (Whitcomb) Porter. Their children are : Lvman E. and Eunice M. Hinsdale. His wife died Jan- uary 1, 1884, and on the 3d of April, 1885, he married Isabel A., daughter of Nahum P. and Sarah (Pettingill) Brown. As a philanthropist, Mr. Hinsdale is an active agent in the work of the prevention of cruelty to children. He has held nearly all of the town offices, and he is a man highly respected by all who know him. His church relations are with the Universalists. HITCHCOCK, CALVIN, son of Abner and Susan (Gardner) Hitchcock, was born in Homer, Cortland county, N. Y., March 22, 18 1 7, but was reared in Brimfield, Hampden county, Mass., the native place of his parents. He gleaned his knowledge of books from the public schools of those days, and from a few terms' attendance at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham. After passing through the vicissitudes of a poor New England boy during the hard and oppressive business years between 1825 and '50, he settled in Belchertown, in business with S. D. Greggs, and later with Joel Packard and George Chandler, as partners in the carriage business, with a country store as an annex. In 1S58 he removed to Ware, where he now resides, and where he has carried on a general mercantile business for thirty-one years. Mr. Hitchcock was married in Belcher- town, October 16, 1846, to Delia, daughter of Lemuel and Erepta (Pike) Chandler. Of this union were two children : Charles C. and Julia E. (now Mrs. Webber, Den- ver, Col.). Mr. Hitchcock has been frequently called to serve in the local offices — assess- or, selectman, etc. He is trustee of Ware Savings Bank, and has bee"n director in Ware National Bank for many years, and was representative to the General Court in 18S8. In religion he is nominally an Orthodox, in politics he was originally a Whig, but has been associated with the Republican party from its inception, hav- ing been a member of the first convention called for consultation in the city of Wor- cester in 1S54. HIXON, William Southerland, son of William F. and Eliza (Fancher) Hixon, was born in Cornwall, Orange county, N. Y., November 3, 1848. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town. He re- • moved to Massachusetts in 1868, and in 1872 began business life in the provision business, Washington market, in the city of Boston. In 1879 he opened a wholesale commission business. He continued in