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the Massachusetts Medical society. He was a member of the national convention for the re- vision of the United States Pharmacopeia, and in 1828 was appointed by the College of Pliysicians one of a committee of three which prepared the draft of the Pliannacojjeia for the press. Harvard collejice conferred upon him the degree of M.D., gratis causa, in 1822. He is the author of many important medical i)apers, prepared reports on meteorology and epidemics for the College of Pliysicians, and translated Swediaur's Syjihilis (181.-)). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17, 1848. HEYWARD, Thomas, Jr., signer of the Decla- ration of lnilei)eiulence. was born at " Old House," St. Luke"s Parish, S.C, July 28, 1746; eldest son of Col. Daniel and Maria (Miles) Hey ward, grandson of Thomas and Hester (Taylor) Heyward, great- grandson of Thomas Heyward, and greats-grand- son of Daniel Heyward, who came from Derbj^, Ejigland, to South Carolina at some time previous to 1G84. His grandfather, Thomas Heyward, was draft- ed into the Provin- cial army for the Yemassee war at the age of fifteen, was promoted captain and finally placed in com- mand of Fort John- son, at that time the principal fortification of Charleston harbor, His father was a colonel of the Provin- cial militia and a wealthy planter. His brother Daniel married Ann Sarah Trezevant, and their daughter, Elizabeth Mathews Heyward, mar- ried Gov. James Hamilton. After completing his early education in the private schools of Charleston, Thomas Heyward, Jr., began the study of law with Mr. Parsons, one of the leaders of the Charleston bar. To complete nis professional education he took a course at the Middle Temple, London, made a tour of Europe and returned to his native state, where he imme- diately became prominent in the patriot cause. He was a member of the last provincial "Com- mons House of Assembly,"' which set the British power at defiance, and was chosen a member of the Committee of Safety. He was a delegate to the Continental congress, 1776-78, and signed the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, and tbe Articles of Confederation July 9, 1778. He commanded a company of the Charleston artillery at the battle of Beaufort, where he was severely wounded; also served at the attack on Savan- nan, and was in command of the Charleston

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artillery during the siege of Charleston in 1780. On the surrender of the city he was imprisoned in the Spanish castle at St. Augustine, Fla., for a year, and then transi)orted to Philadelphia. He returned home in 1782 and was shortly after- ward appointed to the bench of the common pleas, where he served until 1798. He was a mem- ber of the convention which framed the first state constitution in 1798. He was married first to Elizabeth, sister of Gov. John Mathews, of South Carolina, who died in Philadelphia while he was imprisoned at St. Augustine; and second- ly to Elizabeth Savage. He died at " Old House," St. Luke's Parisli, S.C, April 17, 1809.

HIBBARD, Ellery Albee, representative, was born at 8t. Johnsbury, Vt., July 31, 1826; son of Silas and Olive (Albee) Hibbard; grandson of David and Eunice (Talcott) Hibbard and of Zuriel and Anne (Penniman) Albee; great-grandson of David and Elizabeth (Severns) Hibbard and great-- grandson of Robert Hibbard (or Hebard), of Salis- bury, England, who came to America with Gov- ernor Winthrop about 1635. Ellery^ A. Hibbard was educated in the St. Johnsbury common schools and at Derby, Vt., academy. He read law at Haverhill, and later at Exeter, N.H., was admitted to the bar in 1849; practised law at Plymouth, 1849-53, and thereafter at Laconia, N.H. He was married, Dec. 5, 1853, to Mary H. Bell, of Haverhill, N.H. He was clerk of the state house of representatives, 1852-54; a member of that body, 1865 and 1866; a representative from the first district of New Hampshire in the 42d congress, 1871-73; judge of the state supreme court, 1873-74, declining reappointment; a mem- ber of the state constitutional convention in 1889; and was elected a trustee of the state insane asy- lum in 1871.

HIBBARD, Freeborn Garretson, clergyman, was born in New Koclielle, N.Y., Feb. 22. 1811; son of the Rev. Billy Hibbard, a prominent Methodist clergyman. He entered the Methodist Episcoi^al ministry in 1829 and held various pas- torates in New York state. He was editor of the Northern Christian Advocate, at Auburn, N.Y., 1856-60, and in the latter year was appointed a presiding elder of the district. He received the degree of D.D. from Genesee, in 1859. He is the author of: Christian Bajit ism (IS-io); The Geog- raphy and History of Palestine (1851); The Psalms, Chronologically Arranged, icith Histori- cal Introductions (1856); The Religion of Child- hood (1864); Biography of Bishop Leonidas L. Hamline (1880); and History of the Late East Genesee Conference (1887). He died in Clifton Sprin-s. N.Y.. .Tan. 27, 1^(95.

HIBBARD, Harry, representative, was born in Conconl Vt.. June 1, 1816; son of David and Susanna (Streeter) Hibbard; grandson of David