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and Anna (Knox) Head, and of William Brown, a sea captain, who made several voyages around the world; and a great-grandson of Nathanael Head, who, with his brother, John, emigrated from Wales and settled in Bradford, Mass. His grandfather, Nathanael Head, was one of the pioneer settlers of Hooksett and a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving successively as 2d lieutenant, ensign and captain. His father, John Head (1791-1835), was lieutenant-colonel of the ITth regiment. Xatt was educated at the common schools, and at Pembroke academy, and after the death of his parents he engaged with his brother, William F. Head, in farming, stock raising and brick making. Under the firm name of Head & Dowst, the brothers engaged exten- sively in the lumber and building business at Man- chester, N.H. Mr. Head was married Nov. 18, 1863, to Abbie M. Sanford of Lowell. Mass. He was an officer in the state militia and a prominent member of .several other military organizations; was a representative in the state legislature, 1861- 62; and adjutant, insuecfor and quartermaster- general of the state, 1864-70. He was elected to the state senate in 1875, but upon the technicality of the misspelling of his name his \tes were

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state senate in 1876, re-elected in 1877 and was president of the senate in 1877. In the fall of 1878 Senator Head received the Republican nom- ination for governor of New Hampshire and at the election, Nov. 5, 1878, he received 38,175 votes; Frank A. McKean, Democrat, 31,135; Warren G. Brown, National, 6,507; Asa S. Ken- dall, Prohibition, 91; and scattering 51. He published, while adjutant-general of the state, a record of the career of every officer and enlisted man who served from New Hampshire during the civil war, embi-acing biographical sketches of all the field officers who died in the service, and including a military history of New Hamp- shire from 1623 to 1661 (4 vols. 1865-66). He was a director and for eleven years the president of the New Hampshire agricultural societj'; an officer of the Merrimac county agricultural asso- ciation; a trustee of the New Hampshire college of agriculture and mechanical arts, 1869-71, and a trustee of Dartmouth college, 1879-81. He received the degree of A.M. from Dartmouth in 1879. He died in Hooksett, N.H., Nov. 12, 1883.

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HEADLEY, Joel Tyler, historian, was born in Walton, N.Y., Dec. 30, 1813; son of the Rev. Isaac and Irene (Benedict) Headley; and grand- son of Robert Headley. He was graduated from Union college in 1839, meanwhile attending Auburn theological seminary. 1836-38. He was ordained to the Con- gregational ministry in 1840 and preached in Stockbridge, Mass., 1840-42, but was obliged by illness to leave the ministry and after two years of foi'eign travel he devoted his time to literar\' work. He was a representative in the New York legislature in 1854, and secretary of state of New York, 1856-57. He was for many years a member of the staff of the New York Tribune. He was married in 1850 to Anna A. Russel of New York city. Among his published works are: Xapoleon and His Marshals (2 vols., 1846); Washington and His Generals (1847); Life of Cromwell (1848); Sacred Scenes and Characters ( 1849); Life of Washington (1857); Life of Huve- lork (1859); Chaplains of the Revolution (1861); The Great Rehellion (2 vols., 1864); Grant and Sherman, their Campaigns and Generals (1865); Farragut and, our JVaval Commanders (1867); Sacred Heroes and Martyrs (1865); The Achievements of Stanley and Other African Explorers (1877); and many contributions to current literatHre. His Life of Washington had a sale of over 100,000 copies. He died in Newburg, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1897.

HEADLEY, Phineas Camp, author, was born in Walton, N.Y., June 24. 1819: son of the Rev. Isaac and Irene (Benedict) Headle}^; grandson of Robert Headley, and brother of Joel Tyler Head- ley. He vvas admitted to the bar in Auburn, N. Y. , in 1847, and was graduated from Aubui'n theo- logical seminary in 1850. He was married in 1851 to Dora C. Bartlett of New Bedford, Mass., and in the same year was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry at Adams, N.Y. He was pastor at Adams, 1850-54; at Sandwich, Mass., 1854-57: at Greenfield, Mass., 1857-61; and at Plymouth, Mass., in 1861, afterward supplying various pul- pits, but giving his time chiefly to literary work. He is the author of: The Women of the Bible (18o0); Josephine (1850); Louis Kossuth (1851); Marquis de Lafayette (1852); Mary, Queen of Scots (1853); Xapoleon (1854); Court and Camp of David (1862); Half Hours in Bible La7ids (1863); Boy's Library of American Heroes (Grant, Ericsson, Mitch-