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HAVEN, Joseph, educator, was born in North Dennis, Mass., Jan. 4, 1816; son of the Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth (Simrrovv) Haven; grand- son of the Rev. Joseph Haven and a descend- ant of Richard Haven, who came from England to Lynn, Mass., in 1645. He was graduated at Amherst college, A.B., 1835, A.M., 1838; and was a teacher in the New York deaf and dumb institution, 1835-37. He studied at Union theolog- ical seminary, 1836-37, and at Andover theologi- cal seminary, 1837-39, and was graduated from the latter in 1839. He was ordained to the Con- gregational ministry, Nov. 6, 1839, and was pas- tor of Congregational church, Ashland, Mass., 1839-46, and of Harvard church, Brookline, Mass., 1846-50. He was professor of moral philosophy and metaphysics at Amherst college, 1850-58, and professor of systematic theology in the Chicago theological seminary, 1858-70. He travelled in Germany, Palestine and Egypt, 1870-71; was preacher and lecturer at the University of Chicago, 1871-73, and acting professor of mental and moral philosophy in Chicago university, 1873- 74. He was married Sept. 23, 1840, to Mary, daughter of Professor Ralph Emerson of Andover, Mass. He was president of the Philosophical so- ciety of Chicago. He received the degree of D.D. from Marietta in 1859, and from Amherst in 1862, and that of LL. D. from Kenyon in 1862. He edited Tlie Congregationalist, Boston, 1846-50; contrib- uted to the Bibliotheca Sacra and other reviews, and is the author of: Mental Philosophy (1857); Moral Philosophy (1859); SUidies in Philosophy and Theology (1869); Systematic Divinity (1875); and History of Philosophy, Ancient and Modern (1876). He died in Chicago, 111., May 23, 1874.

HAVEN, Solomon George, representative, was born in Clienango county, N.Y., Nov. 27, 1810; son of Asa Haven; grandson of Asa Haven of Bennington, Vt., afterward of Hoosick, N.Y. , and finally of Butternut, N.Y., and a descendant through Josiah and Esther (Streeter) Haven of Richard Haven, who came from England to Lynn, Mass., in 1645. He was brought up on a farm, attended the district school, studied the classics under a private tutor, and studied medicine which he abandoned for the law. He was pre- pared for the bar in the office of Governor Young of Geneseo and Fillmore & Hall of Buffalo, and was admitted in 1835, becoming a partner with his preceptors the following year. He was district attorney of Erie county, mayor of Buffalo, and a representative in the 32d, 33d and 34th congresses, 1851-57. He died in Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 24, 1861.

HAWES, Joel, clergyman, was born in Med- way. Mass., Dec. 22, 1789. He was graduated from Brown university in 1813, taught in Phillips academy, Andover, 1816-17, and was graduated from Andover theological seminary in 1817. On

March 4, 1818, he was ordained pastor of the First Congregational church, Hartford. Conn., where he became senior pastor in 1860, and pastor emer- itus in 1864. He travelled in Europe and the East in 1844, visiting Turkey, where his daughter was a missionary. Brown universitj^ conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1831. Besides contributions to the religious and secular press he is the author of: Lectures to Young Men (1828); Tribute to the Memory of the Pilgrims (1830); Me- moir of Normand Smith (1839); Character Every- thing to the Young (1843); The Religion of the East (1845); Looking Glass for the Ladies (1845); Wash- ington and Jay (1850); Offering to Home Missionaries (1805). He died in Gilead, Conn., June 5, 1867.

HAWES, Richard, representative, wus born in Caroline county, Va., Feb. 6, 1797. In 1810 he i-emoved with his parents to Kentucky, where he attended Transylvania vmiversity, was subse- quently admitted to the bar, and practised in Winchester. He served in the state legislature, 1828-29, and in 1836, and was a Whig representa- tive in the 25th and 26th congresses, 1837-41. In 1861 he left Kentucky with other adherents to tiie Southern cause, but returned with General Bragg in 1862, and on October 4 was installed at Frankfort as provisional governor of Kentucky, to succeed George W. Johnson, who had met his death at the battle of Shiloh. He retired again from the state a fev/ days later, owing to the ad- vance of the Federal soldiers. He settled in Paris, Ky., after the war, and was county judge from 1866 until his death, which occuiTed in Bourbon county, Ky., May 25, 1877.

HAWKINS, Alvin, governor of Tennessee, was born in Bath county, Ky., Dee. 2, 1821; son of John M. and Polly G. (Ralston) Hawkins; grand- son of John Hawkins, and of English descent. He removed with his parents to Maury county, Tenn., in 1820, and became a resident of Carroll county in 1828. He was employed on a farm in his boyhood and also as a black- smith in the shop of his father, but ac- quired a good educa- tion and taught school, 1841-42. He was admitted to the bar in 1843, and en- gaged in practice at Huntingdon, Tenn. He was married Aug. 17, 1847, to Justina M. Ott. He w^as a member of the gen- eral assemblj' in 1853; an elector on the Bell and Everett ticket in 1860, and in 1862 was elected

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