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 HARLAND

HARMONY

"Sidney Liiska " and taking his characters chiefly from the Hebrew race. He was married to a daughter of James S. Merriam, a lawyer of New York citj^. He became editor of the Yellow Book. Among his publisiied works are. As It Was Written (1885); Mrs Feixada (1886); The Yoke of the Thorah (1887); A Land of Love (1887); My Uncle Florimond (1888); il/r. Sonne nschien's Inheritance (1888); Grandison Mather (1889); A Latin Quarter Cottrtship (1889); Two Women or One (1890); Two Voices (1890); Mea Culpa (1891); Mademoiselle Miss {IS^Z); and nmnerous contri- butions to periodicals.

HARLAND, Marion, see Terhune, Mary Vir- ginia Hawe^.

HARMAN, Henry Marty n, educator, was born in Anne Arundel county, Md., March 22, 1822; son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Fairbank) Har- man; and grandson of Andrew and Eva (Martin) Harman, and of John and Charity (Jenning) Fair- bank. His paternal grandfather came from Sax- ony, Germany, in 1753, and his matei'nal gi-and- parents came from Yorkshii-e, England. Henrj- was graduated from Dickinson college in 1848; was professor in the Baltimore female college, 1855-56; one of the principals of the Classical in- stitute of Baltimore, 1859-68; jirofessor of lan- guages in West Virginia university, 1868-69; professor of ancient^ languages in Dickinson col- lege, 1870-79; and of Greek and Hebrew, 1879-96; and professor emeritus of Greek and Hebrew from 1896. He received the degree of D.D. from Dickinson college in 1866, and that of LL.D. f rom Wesleyan universit}', Middletown, Conn., in 1886. He is the author of: Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land (1S~S); Introduction to the Study of the Holy Scriptures (1878, enl. ed., 1881); and of contributions to the 3Iethodist Review, the Meth- odist Review South, and the Journal of the Exe- getical society, of which he was a member.

HARMAR, Josiah, soldier, was born in Phila- delphia, Pa., in 1753. He was captain in the 1st Pennsylvania regiment, 1776; lievitenant-colonel, 1777-82; brevet colonel of the 1st U.S. regiment, 1783-85; lieutenant -colonel of U.S. infantry from Aug. 12, 1784, and in 1787 was brevetted brigadier- general by joint resolution of congress. He was general-in-chief of the U.S. army, 1789-92. He resigned from the army in 1792 and was adjutant - general of Pennsylvania, 1792-99, He served in Washington's army, 1778-80; in Greene's division in the south, 1781-82; was bearer of the ratifica- tion of the definitive treaty to France in 1784; Indian agent for the northwest territory, and a party to the Fort Mcintosh treaty, Jan. 20, 1785; commanded an expedition against the Miami Indians in 1790; and served in fitting out Penn. sylvania troops for the Indian campaign of 1793- 94. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 20, 1813.

HARMER, Alfred Crout, representative, was born in Germantown, Pa., Aug. 8, 1825; son of John W. and Sarah (Reger) Harmer; and grand- son of James and Mary (Weaver) Harmer. He was educated at the public schools and at German- town academy, and engaged in mercantile pvir- suits. He also became prominently identified with railroad enterprises and mining and land operations. He was a member of the Philadelphia city comicil, 1856-60, and recorder of deeds for Pliiladelphia, 1860-63. He was a Republican rep- resentative in the 42d and 43d congresses, 1871- 75, and in the 45th-56th congresses, inclusive, 1877-1900. In the 56th congress, in which he was the " father of the house," he was chairman of the committee on the library. He died at his home in Philadelphia, Pa., March 6, 1900.

HARMON, Judson, cabinet officer, was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1846; son of the Rev. B. F. and Julia (Bronson) Harmon; grandson of David and Delia (Overton) Harmon of Jefferson county, N.Y., and a descendant of John Harmon, one of the founders of Spring- field, Mass. He was graduated from Den- i.son university in 1866, and in law at the Cincinnati col- lege in 1869. He was jvidge of the court of common pleas in 1876 and of the superior court of Cincinnati 1878-87. and U.S. at- torney-general in the cabinet of President Cleveland from June 8, 1895 to March 4, 1897. He was a mem- ber of the law faculty of the University of Cin- cinnati, president of the Ohio bar association 1897-98, aid received the degree of LL.D. from Denison in 1892. After the close of President Cleveland's administration Judge Harmon re- sumed the practice of law in Cincinnati.

HARMONY, David Buttz, naval officer, was born in Easton, Pa., Sept. 3, 1832; son of William J. and Ebba (Herster) Harmony; grandson of Benjamin Harmony, and a descendant of George Harmony, a Huguenot who came from Alsace, France, to New York, about 1720. He was war- ranted a midshipman April 7, 1847; and was promoted passed midshipman June 10, 1853; lieu- tenant, Sept. 16, 1855; lieutenant-commander, July 16, 1862; commander, July 25, 1866; cap- tain, Feb. 4, 1875; commodore, Sept. 23, 1885; rear-admiral, March 26, 1889; and was retired June 26, 1893, after twenty-two years' sea service and seventeen years' land service. He served on