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general of the state militia in 1819, and in 1850 was chosen a member of the convention to form a new constitution for Oliio. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Marietta college in 184.'5 and from Western Reserve university in 1849. He died at the home of his son Reuben, in Painesville, Ohio, March 4, 18.'34.

HITCHCOCK, Phineas Warrener, senator, was born in New Lebanon, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1831; son of Gad and Nancy (Prime) Hitchcock; grandson of Pliineas and Elizabeth (Phillips) Hitchcock, and a descendant in the sixth genera- tion from Luke Hitchcock, 1636. He was grad- uated from Williams college in 1855, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1857. He was married in 1858 to Annie M. Monell. He removed to Nebraska Territory in 1858, and settled in the pi-actice of his profession at Omaha. He was a member of the Republican national convention in 1860, and in 1861 was appointed by President Lincoln nrar- shal of the territory. In 1864 he was elected as a Republican a delegate from Nebraska Territory to the 39th congress; in March, 1867, on the or- ganization of Nebraska as a state, he was ap- pointed surveyor-general; and in 1870 he was elected U.S. senator, serving until 1877. He died in Omaha, Neb., July 10, 1881.

HITCHCOCK, Ripley, author, was born in Fitchburg, Mass.. July 3, 1857; son of Dr. Alfred and Aurilla Phebe (Wellman) Hitchcock, and grandson of David and Hannah (Owen) Hitch- cock and of James Ripley and Phebe (Wyman) Wellman. His ancestors Luke and Elizabeth (Gibbons) Hitchcock came to Hartford, Conn., about 1636, and Thomas and Elizabeth Wellman came to Lynn, Mass., about 1640. He is also a descendant, in two lines, of Elder William Brew- ster and of Governor William Bradford, of the Plymouth colony. He was graduated from Har- vard in 1877, and remained there as a special student in fine arts and philosophy, 1877-79. He went to New York city in 1879, where he engaged in literary work. As special correspondent to the New York Tribunehe travelled in the west, Mexico and the northwest in the summers ofl883-83. He was art critic of the Tribune, 1882-90, and was the literary adviser of D. Appleton and Companj' from 1890 till 1903, and from the latter date was vice- president of the A. S. Barnes Co., publishers. He became a contributor to montldy and weekly magazines; a lecturer on art and literary subjects, and an advocate of municipal reform move- ments in New York. He was married in 1883 to Martha Wolcott Hall, of Washington, D.C. He is the author of: Some Modern Etchings (1884); George Tnness, an American Landscape Painter (1885); Etching in America (1886): The Western Art Movement (1887); The Madonna in Art (1888); Water Color Painting in America (1889);

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Thomas De Quincey, a Study (1899). He edited j The Life of an Artist, by Jules Breton (1890); The Last Words of Thomas Carhjle (1892) ^ Tlie Art of the World (1893); The Story of the West Series (1895-1900).

HITCHCOCK, Robert Bradley, naval officer, was born in Cliesliire, Conn., Sept. 23, 1804; sou of Amasa and Elizabeth (Austin) Hitchcock; grandson of Amasa and Sarah (Bradley) Hitch- cock, and a de- scendant in the seventh genera- tion from Mat- thias Hitch- cock, Boston, 1635. He was appointed mid- shipman in the U.S. navy, Jan. 1, 1825, and serv- ed on the schoon- er S/ia?'A;, West India squadron, 1827, and on the fri- gate Delaicare, 1829-31. He was promoted passed midshipman, June 4, 1831; lieutenant, March 3, 1835, and served on the frigate Savannah in the Pacific squadron. He served on ordnance duty in 1846, and was given command of the store-ship Relief in 1853. He was promoted commander, Sept. 14, 1855, was on ordnance dut}'. 1855-58, and in command of the steam frigate Merrimac, Pacific squadron. He was inspector of ordnance with the rank of captain in 1861; promoted com- modore, July 16, 1862, and placed in command of the steam-sloop Susquehanna; and was senior officer of the blockading fleet at Mobile. He was on ordnance duty, 1864-65; appointed command- ant of the U.S. navy yard at Norfolk, Va., in 1866, and was retired from the service. Sept. 25, 1866. He was on special duty in the ordnance depart- ment at Washington, D.C, 1870-72. He mar- ried Mary Ann. daughter of Sliles Hitchcock. He died in New York city. March 24, 1888.

HITCHCOCK, Rosweli Dwight, educator, was born at East Machias, Maine, Aug. 15, 1817; son of Rosweli and Betsey (Longfellow) Hitchcock. He was prepared for college at the Washington academy, in East Machias, and was graduated from Amherst in 1836. He taught an academy at Jaffrey, N.H., 1836-37; studied Biblical and other subjects under private tutors, 1837-38, and then took a partial course at Andover Theo- logical seminary, 1838-39, meantime teaching in Phillips academy, Andover. He was a tutor in Amherst, 1839-42. and preached at Andover. Mass., and Waterville, Maine, 1842—45. He was married, Jan. 2, 1845, to Elizabeth Anthony, daughter of Israel Brayton, of Somerset, Mass. He was ordainedto the Congregational ministry, Nov. 19, 1845, and became pastor of the First Congrega-