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HENCH, George Allison, educator, was born in Centre. IViiy i-omity. Pa., Oct. 4. 1866: son of George and Kebeci-a (Alli.son) Ilencli and grand- son of Peter and Elizal)etli (Ickes) llencli and o{ Jaaies and Mary (Caldwell) Allison. He was a student at Dickinson college, at Carlisle. Pa., 1881-8"i, and was graduated from Lafayette in 1885. He was a graduate student at Johns Hop- kins univei-sit}', 188r)-8".1. studying also at the Uni- versity of Berlin, and inVienna. He was a fellow in German at Johns Hopkins university. 18SS-89, and spent another year in study at Heidelberg and Berlin. He was instructor in German at the University of Michigan. 1890-91: assistant pro- fessor of German, 1891-96, and professor of Ger- manic languages and literatures and head of the German department, 1896-99. He was elected a member of the American Pliilological association and of the Modern I^mgnage association. He re- ceived tiie degree of Pii.D. from Joiuis Hopkins university in 1S89. He edited The Monsee Frag- ments (1890) and Der Althochdeutache Isidor (1893), and is the author of contributions to Germanic philology in Paul nnd Braune's Beitrage zur Ge- schichte der deiituchen Sprache nnd Litteratnr and in the Journal of Germanic Philology, also of re- views for the Modern Language Notes. He died in Boston. Mass.. Aug. 16, 1899.

HENCK, John Benjamin, engineer, was born in Pliiladelpliia, Pa.. Oct. 20. ISlo; son of George Daniel and Caroline (Spiess) Henck. He was pre- pared for college mainly by home study, and was graduated from Harvard, valedictorian, in 1840. He was principal of Hopkins classical school, Cam- bridge. Mass., 1840-41, professor of Latin and Greek in the academical department of the Uni- versity of Maryland, 1841-42. and in Germantown acade'my, Philadelphia. 1843-48. He studied civil engineering in an office in Charlestown, ]Mass., and had practice on several rail roads in New Eng- land, 1848-50. In 1850 he opened an office in Boston for general practice in civil engineering. He was appointed engineer to the Massachusetts state commissioners on public lands, and con- tinued in that position, with an interruption of two or tliree years, until 1881. He was engineer for the Metropolitan an<l other street railroads in Boston and vicinity, 1856-61; and was professor of civil engineering in the Massachusetts Institute of Tecluiology, 1865-81. He is the author of a Field-book for Railroad Engineers (1854; revised and erilarged. 1881 nnd 1S96).

HENCK, John Benjamin, electric engineer, was born in DtiUiani. ^lass., Aug. 14,1854; son of John Benjamin Henck (q.v.). He was graduated at the Massachusetts Institute of Teclmology in 1876. He married, Dec. 1, 1877, Winnifred Wads- worth, of Maiden. Mass. lie was an instructor in the physical laboratory of the Massachusetts In-

stitute of Technology from 1876 till 1880; was en- gaged in expert work and patent-investigation for the Bell Telepiione company in 1880-81, and he represented that comi)any at the Paris Electrical Exposition in the latter year. lie was engaged in experimental and patent work for the London and Globe Telephone Company, of London, England, two years, 1881-83. He subsequently became editor and publisiier of the Repnhlicaii at Long- wood, Florida, 1886, and managed a printing establishment there till 1890. He was secretary to the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Teclmology in 1890-91; and the next year en- tered upon the businessof electrical engineering in railioail work, which he still pursued in 1903.

HENDEE, Mrs., heroine, was born in Vermont in 1754. She married Joshua Hendee, who went to the front with a Vermont regiment, and while he was absent, in 1776, the Indians attacked Royal- ton, where she lived, and burned the village. Seeing the savages carrying off her children, she immediately pursued them. She cro.ssed White River, by wading and swimming, entered the camp of the Indians, and boldly and per.sistently demanded the release of her children. They were surrendered to her, and she managed to get them across the deep river. Then she returned three times, and procured the release of fifteen children belonging to her neighbors. The Indians so ad- mired her courage that the last time they carried her back across the stream. In 1818 she was still living, in Sharon. Vt., with her third husband, Mr. IMosher.

HENDEE, George Whitman, representative. was born at Stowe, Vt., Nov. 30. 1832; son of Jehial P. and Rebecca (Ferrin) Hendee. grand- son of John and Hannah (Jacob.'s) Ferrin and of Roswell and Hopey (Terrill) Hendee, and a descendant of Nicholas Jacobs, who came to America from Hinghain, England, in 1633, bringing with him his wife Mary and two children, John and Elizabeth. They first settled in Watertown, Mass. George W. Hendee was educated at the People's academy at Morrisville, Vt., and in 1853 began the

stuily of law in the office of W. G. Ferrin, of Johnson, Vt. He was admitted to the bar in 1855. and began practice in Waterville. Vt., finally settling in practice in Morrisville. He was su- perintendent of public schools, 1853-58; state's