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representative in the 52d congress, 1891-93. He was U.S. attorney for the district of Massa- chusetts, 1893-97, when he resumed his private practice of the law. He was married first, June 2, 1886, to Caroline Prescott Wood, who died in 1891, and secondly, Dec. 6, 1892, to Mary But- trick, of Concord, Mass. He was representative in the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid society at the military camps during the Spanish- American war, and while tluis engaged conti'acted typhoid fever. He died in Concord. Mjiss., Oct. 7. 1898.

HOARD, Charles B., representative, was born in Springfield, Vt., June 28, 1805. He was a mechanic, and for several years in early life a clerk in a private land office at Antwerp, N.Y. He was postmaster of Antwerp under Presidents Jackson and Van Buren, was justice of the peace for several years, and in 1838 was a member of the New York assembly. He was county clerk of Jefferson county, N.Y., in 1844, 1845 and 1846, and was a representative in the 35th and 3Gth congresses, serving, 1857-61. He died in Ceredo, W. Va.

HOARD, William Dempster, governor of Wis- consin, was born in Stockbridge, N.Y., Oct. 10, 1836; son of William B. and Sarah Catherine (White) Hoard, grandson of Enos and Fanny (Perry) Hoard, and of Benjamin and Betsy (Sawyer) White, and a descendant on the maternal side of Capt. Jesse Sawj-er, who was one of the officers of Col. Ethan Allen's Vermont regiment in the Revolutionary war. He received a common school edu- cation, removed to Wisconsin in 1857 and engaged in fann- ing and teaching music. He served in the civil war as a private in the 4th in the 1st New York was in the nursery

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Wisconsin infantrj' and artillery, 1S01-G5." He business at Columbus, Wis., 1865-70; published the Jefferson County Union, at Lake ]ilills. Wis., 1870-73; was justice of the peace in 1871, and sergeant-at-arms of the state senate in 1872. He removed his paper to Fort Atkinson. Wis., in 1873, and began there in 1885 Hoard's Dairy- vian, an organ devoted to dairy interests. He was one of the organizers of the dairymen's associations of Jefferson county in 1871, and Wisconsin in 1872, and of the Wisconsin farm institutes, serving as secrf fary of the Wisconsin association for three years. In 1878 he was

elected president of the Northwestern associ- ation. He was also elected president of the Farmer's National Congress and of tiie National Dairy union, and lectured on dairy and agri- cultural subjects extensively throughout the United States and Canada. He was governor of Wisconsin. 1889-91.

HOBAN, Michael John, R.C. bishop, was horn ill Waterloo, N.J., June 6, 1853; son of Pat- rick and Biigid A. (Ilennigan) Hoban; grandson of Michael and Catharine (Ruddy) Hoban, and of Patrick and Catharine (Walsh) Hennigan, natives of Ireland. His parents resided at Hawley, Pa. He was a student at Holy Cross college, Worcester, Mass., 1868-71, entered St. John's college, Fordham, N.Y., 1874, and in Sep- tember of that year entered the Theological Semi- nary of St. Charles Borromeo, Overbrook, Pa., as an ecclesiastical student. He was sent in 1875 by Bishop O'Hara, of Scranton, to the American College at Rome. He was ordained a priest at Rome, May 22, 1880, by Cardinal Valletta, and then made a tour of Europe. He was assistant pastor at SS. Peter and Paul's cliurch, Towanda, Pa., 1880-82; at St. Johns churcii. Pittston. Pa., 1882-86; at St. John's church, Troy, Pa., 1886-87, and at St. Leo's church, Ashley, Pa., 1887-96, where he erected a large church edifice in 1890, and a rectory in 1892. In 1896 he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Scranton with right of suc- cession, and he was consecrated titular bishop o'f Alalia, March 22, 189G, by Cardinal Satoli and took up his residence at the bishop's house con- nected with St. Peter's catiiedral. Scranton, Pa. On Feb. 3, 1899, he succeeded Bishop O'Hara as bishop of Scranton.

HOBART, Aaron, representative, was born in Abington, Mass.. June 26, 1787: a direct de- scendant of the Rev. Peter Holxut, founder of Hingliam, Mass. He was graduated from Brown imiversity, A.B., 1805, A.M., 1808, and became a lawyer in his native place. He removed to Han- over Four Corners, Mass., in 1811, and to East Bridgewater, Mass., in 1824. He was a repre- sentative in the state legislature in 1814; a state senator in 1819, and in 1820 was elected a repre- sentative in the 16th congress to fill a vacancy, and took his seat, Dec. 18, 1820. He was re- elected to the 17th, 18th and 19tli congresses, serv- ing, 1820-27. He was a member of the governor's council, 1827-31, and judge of probate, 1843-58. He is the author of: Historical Skrtch of Abing- ton, 2Iass. (1839). He died in East Bridgewater, Mass.. Sept. 19, 1858.

HOBART, Garret Augustus, twenty-fourth Vice-Pri'si lent of tlio L'iiit:il Slates, was born in Long Branch. N.J., June 3, 1844; sonof Addison W. and Sophia (Vandeveer) Hobart: and grand- son of Roswell Hobart. a farmer i:i the Columbia