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 HELMUTH

HEMENWAY

HELMUTH, Justus Christian Henry, clergy- man, was born iu Helmstadt, Brunswick, Ger- many, May 16, lT4o. He was educated at the University at Halle and was ordained to the Lu- tlieran ministry in 1769, removing to the United States in the same year. He was pastor at Lan- caster, Pa., 1769-79, and at Philadelphia, 1779- 1820. He was professor of German in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1784-91, and in 1785 established at Philadelphia, with Dr. Schmidt, a private tlieological seminary which they contin- ued until 18U5. He became a. member of the American philosophical society in 1784. He re- ceived the degrees of A.M. in 1780 and D.D. in 1785, from the University of Pennsylvania, and that of A.M. and D.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1787. He published: Taufe und heilige Schrift (1793); and U)Uerhaltu)u/cu mit Uott. He died in Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. o, 1825.

HELPER, Hinton Rowan, author, was born in Davie county, X.C., Dec. 27, 1829, son of Daniel and Sarah (Browne) Helper; and grandson of Jacob Helper, who immigrated into North Caro- lina from Germany in 1752, and of Cannon Browne of Virginia, of English descent. He was prepared for college under the tuition of the Rev. Baxter Clegg, principal of the Mocksville (N.C. ) male academy, and was graduated from the institution in 1848. In 1851 lie went to California by way of Cape Horn, and remained in San Fran- cisco several years. In 1861 he was appointed by President Lincoln U.S. consul at Buenos Ay res, Argentina, where, in 1863, he was married to Maria Luisa Rodriguez. He resigned his consul- ate iu 1866, and after residing in North Carolina and in St. Louis, Mo. , he removed to New York city. He travelled extensively in Europe, Africa and the three Americas and was the projector of the Pan-American railway. He published: The Land of Gold (1855); The Impending Crisis of the South (1857) ; Xojoque, a Question for a Continent. (1867) ; The Negroes in Xegroland, the Negroes in America, and Negroes (re?jera% (1868) ; and The Three Americas Bailway (1881). Although strongly opposed to all forms of slavery, Mr. Helper be- came firmly convinced that the whole world would eventually be peopled and bettered only by the white races of mankind.

HEMENWAY, Abby Maria, author, was born in Ludlow, Vt., Oct. 7, 1828; daughter of Daniel Sheffield and Abigail Dana (Barton), and grand- daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Sheffield) Hem- enway. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812. She resided in Ludlow until 1865, and in Burlington, Vt., 1865-85, removing thence to Chi- cago, 111. She became a publisher as well as author and editor, and was assisted in her work by her sister, Mrs. Carrie E. H. Payne of Bran- don, Vt. Her books include: Poets and Foetry

of Vermont (edited 1858, 2d ed., 1860); Songn of War (1863); liosa JI>jstica (1865); Tiie \ iri.,unt Historical Gasetteer (edited, 5 vols., 1867-90); iio.-^a Immaculata (1867) ; The House of Gold and the Saint of Nazareth (1873); Clarke Papers (1878); Fanny Allen, the First American Nun, a drama in five acts (1878) ; and Notes by the Path of the Gazetteer (2 vols., 1886-89). She died in Chicago, 111., Feb. 24, 1890.

HEMENWAY, Charles Carroll, clergyman, was born in Amber, Onondaga county, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1850 ; son of Seneca Carroll and Lucy (Frances), and grandson of Natlian and Nancy (Carroll) Hemenway and of George and Lucy (Butler) Frances. His ancestor, Ralph Hemenway, set- tled in Roxbury, Mass., in 1634. Charles was edu- cated at the public schools and at Monroe collegiate academ\-, 1868-70, and was graduated from Hamilton college at the head of his class in 1874 and from the Auburn theological seminary in 1879. He was pastor of tlie Central Presby- terian church. Auburn, N.Y., 1879-91; trustee of Auburn theological seiiiinaiy, 1886-91 ; and stated clerk of the presbytery of Cayuga, 1886-91. He was elected president of Pritchett college, Glas- gow, Mo., in 1891. He was married, June 17, 1879, to Ida Eliza Shackelford. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Hamilton in 1892. His ser- mon miy I am a Presbyterian was published in 1882.

HEMENWAY, James Alexander, representa- tive, was born at Boonville, Ind., March 8, 1860; son of William and Sarah (Clelland) Hemenway, grandson of Isrial Hemenway ; and a descendant of Ralph Hemenway. He was educated in the common schools and was admitted to the bar in 1885. and iu 1886 and 1888 was prosecuting attor- ney of tlie second judicial circuit of Indiana. He was a member of the Republican state committee in 1890 ; and a representative from the fir.st tlis- trict of Indiana in the 54th-58th congresses, 1895-1905.

HEMENWAY, Mary (Tileston), philanthro- pist, was born iu New York city, in 1822 ; daugh- ter of Thomas Tileston, a wealthy New York merchant. Her husband, a Boston business man and the owner of extensive silver mines in vSouth America, acquired a large fortune and after his death she came into possession of about §15,000, 000, thus becoming the richest woman in Boston. During her long life Mrs. Hemenway bestowed much thought and money upon charitable and educational objects. She gave the smn of $100,- 000 to found the Tileston normal school. Wil- mington, N.C. In 1876, when the existence of the Old South meeting-house, Boston, was threatened she gave one half of the $200,000 nec- essary to save the historic edifice from being torn down. In 1878 a series of free lectures for children was started at her suggestion in the