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HAUPT

Cumberland university in 1847; was tutor there, 1847-48: studied iu the law department 1848-49, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. In 1852 he became a law partner of Nathan Green, Jr., at Lebanon. He was married, Dec. 16, 1852, to Sophia K. Reilly of Williamson county. He was a Whig representative in the state legislature 1856, and an elector on the Fillmore and Donelson ticket in the same year. He canvassed the state in 1857 against Isham G. Harris for governor of Tennessee, but was defeated. He was elected by the Whig and American parties for representa- tive in the 36th congress, 1859-61. He svipported Bell and Everett in 1860 and in 1861 raised a company for the Confederate army and was soon elected colonel of the 7th Tennessee regiment C.S.A. He served in Western Virginia under General Lee and under Jackson in the valley. He was promoted brigadier -general. May 23, 1862, and connnanded the 5th brigade, 1st divi- sion, 1st corps of the army of Virginia. In the battle of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, he led a charge after General Johnston had been disabled and Greu. G. W. Smith assumed command and the Tennessee brigade carried the enemy-s works, but were repulsed bj' an overwhelming force amd in their retreat thej' carried with them the dead body of their gallant leader. He died on the battl-field of Seven Pines. May 81, 1862.

HAUQEN, Nils Pederson, representative, was born in Norway, March 9, 1849. He emi- grated to the United States in 1854 and settled in River Falls, AVis. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1874; was stenographic court reporter, 1874-81; a member of the state assembly in 1879 and 1880; state railroad commissioner, 1882-87, and a Re- publican representative from the 8th district of Wisconsin in the 50th, 51st, 52d and 53d con- gresses, 1887-95.

HAUQHERY, Margaret Qaffney, philanthro- pist, was born in Baltimore, Md., about 1825; the only child of Irish emigrants named Gaffney, who both died from yellow fever and left the child to the care of a Welsh couple, companions in the same emigrant ship. She was carefully brought up in an humble walk of life and was married to a workingman named Haughery, who took her to New Orleans, La., where he died, leaving her childless. She determined to help young orphans and entered Poydras orphan asylum and worked both in the care of the children and on the streets in soliciting aid for their support. The food and clothing she ob- tained slie carried to the asylum in a wheelbar- row. Her devotion to the children won the friendship of the superior of the Sisters of Charity and the two women worked together to build a larger asylum which they freed from debt in a

few years. Margaret managed the dairy con- nected with the asylum and sold the surplus milk in the streets. Tnis led her to trust to a consid- erable extent an old established bakery, which eventually fell into her hands in payment for the debt. She continued the sale of milk and the management of the bakery and won the con- fidence of the business community. She became known as "Margaret, the Orphans" Friend." She did not confine her labors and charity to her own Catholic faith, but Protestant, Jew and unbeliever, black or white, were alike objects of her care. This devotion led to the erection of three large asylums and a home for the aged and infirm. In the civil war she fed the needy sol- diers of both armies, and Confederate prisoners had her constant care. The recurrence of want incident to the periodical floods on the Mississippi bottom lands gave her an extended field for her practical charity and she daily visited the sub- merged districts with a boat loaded with bread. Her death was the occasion of universal mourning and the children of eleven orphan asjlums at- tended her funeral, as did ladies of social rank, merchants, lawyers, jiidges and public officials. The citizens of New Orleans erected a monument to her memory in the public square, the first woman in America to be honored by the erection of a marble statue illustrative of her life work. It was unveiled with ceremony, July 9, 1884. She died in New Orleans, La., Feb. 9, 1882.

HAUN, Henry P., senator, was born in Scott county, Ky., Jan. 18, 1815. He studied law at Transylvania university, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and after practising in Scott county, Ky., and serving as county attorney, he removed to Iowa in 1845, where he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1846. In 1849 he removed to Yuba county, Cal., settled in Marys- ville and became county judge in 1851. Subse- quently he was defeated as the Democratic candidate for governor of the state. He was appointed by Gov. John B. Weiler to fiU the vacancy in the U.S. senate caused by the death of David C. Broderiek, Sept. 16, 1859, and served from Dec. 5, 1859, to March 5, 1860. when M. S. Latham was elected by the legislature. He died in Jersey City, N.J., May 6, 1860.

HAUPT, Herman, engineer, was born in Phil- adelphia, Pa., March 26, 1817; son of Jacob and Anna Mai'garetta Havipt ; gi'andson of John Henry Sebastian Haupt ; and a descendant of Sebastian Haupt who came from German}' about 1743 and settled in Bucks county. Pa. He was graduated from the U.S. military academy in 1835 and assigned to the infantiy. He resigned from the army in September, 1835, to engage as assistant engineer of public works in Pennsylvania and 'vas principal assistant engineer in the service