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business, ami in 1f*80 was a tlelejjate to ami a vice- president of the Rei>ul)lican national convention, where he was oneof the;!<>4 sii|i|>i>iters of the can- didacy of GeniM-al Grant for President for a third term. He became int«'rested in railroad business and was elected president of the soutliern division of the Cumberland and Ohio railroad. He was the senior vice-comniander-in-chief of the G.A.R. antl a member of other army orjjjanizations. He died in Cleveland, O., Sept. 14, 1901.

HOBSON, Richmond Pearson, luival oHic er. was born at (Jreensli.MMii ,'h, Ala., Au^^ 17, 1870; sou of Judge James M. and Sallie C. (Pearson) Hobson; and grandson of Sanmel Augustus and Ann (Morehead) Hobson. of North Carolina, and of Judge Richmond jNIumford and Margaret (Williams) Pearson, of Nortli Carolina. His pa- ternal grandfather was for many years, and at the time of his death, chief justice of the su- preme court of North Carolina. His father served in the Confederate army in the civil war. Richmond Pearson Hobson attended a pri- vate school, 1878-S2, studied at Southern univer- sity, Greensborough, Ala., 1882-8"), and was grad- uated from the U. S. naval academy in 1889. He took a post-graduate course at the Ecole d'Ajipli- cation du Genie Maritime, Paris. He was pro- moted assistant naval constructor, July 1, lS9i, and was on duty in the navy department on the bureau of construction and repairs, 1894-95; on the U.S. flagship New York, with the North At- lantic squadron, during the sunimer of 189o; at the navy yard, New York, 1895-96; and at New- port News, Va., in the construction of battle- ships, 1896-97. He organized and conducted a post-graduate course for officers contemplating the construction corps at the U.S. naval acad- emy in 1897-98. He went to sea with the North Atlantic squadron in March, 1898, and took a number of post-graduate students as assistants. He served as a constructor with the fleet and on the llagship Xeiv York, on blockade duty, at the bombardment of Matanzas, April 27, 1898, and at the bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico, May 12, 1898. He originated and carried out the plan, June 3, 1898, of sinking the collier Merri- vuic at the entrance of Santiago liarbor, under fire of the enemy's guns, so that Cervera's escape from the harbor miglitbe impeded, if noteffectu- ally bhxjked. After e.xecuting liis plan he was taken prisoner witii liis .seven companions and lield at Morro castle, and they were exchanged for Spanish prisoners taken by the American forces, July 0. 1892. He received the thanks of congre.ss for his heroic deed in June, 1898, and wa.s promoted to the rank of naval constructor, with the relative rank of lieutenant, June 2:j. 1M98. He was commissioned inspector of the Spanish wrecks in August, 1898, and was in

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charge of the operations to save them for the United States if possible. He succeedeil in sav- ing the Maria Teresa in Santiago harbor. He was ordered to the Asiatic station, Dec. 15. 1898, and superintended at Hong Kong, China, the re- pairing and rehabilitation of the three Spanish vessels raised in Manila, saving the government, after deducting all costs of repairs and recon- struction. $;]00.000. In September, 1900, he re- ported for duty:it Wasliiiigtmi, D.C.

HODGE, Archibald Alexander, educator, was born in Princeton. N.J., July 18. 182:J; the eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Charles and Sarah (Bache) Hodge. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B. in 1841 and A.M. in 1844, and at Princeton Tlieo- logical seminar}' in 1847. He was a tutor ill the College of New Jersey, 1844-46; a missionary in India, 1847-50, and pastor at Lower "West Notting- ham, Md., 1851-55; at Fredericksburg, Va., 1855-61, and at Wil- kesbarre, Pa., 1861- 64. He was prof e.ssor of didactic, historical and polemic theology in Western Theologi- cal seminary and pas- tor of the Nortli Presbyterian church, Allegheny, Pa., 1861-77; associate professor of didactic and l)olemic theology at Princeton Theological semi- nary, 1877-78, and full professor, 1878-86. He re- ceived the degree of D.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1862 and that of LL.D. from the University of Wooster, Ohio, in 1876. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1881-80. He is the author of: Outlines of Theology (1800); The Atonement {\^f^%); A Commentary on Con- fession of Faith (1869); The Life of Charles Hi.dje (1880): Manual of Forms (1888). and Popular Lectures on Tlieological Themes (1887). He died in Princeton. N.J., Nov. 11, 1886.

HODGE, Caspar Wistar, educator, was born in Princeton, N.J., Feb. 21. 1830; second son of the Rev. Dr. Charles and Sarah (Bache) Hodge. He was graduated from the College of New Jer- .sey in 1848, and from Princeton Theological sem- inary in 1853. He was tutor in the College of New Jersey. 18.50-51, and a teaclier in Princeton. N.J.. 18.52-.53. He was ordained by the Presby- tery of New York, Nov. 5. 18.54; and was pastor of the Ainslie Street Presbyterian (!hnrch. Wrl- liamsburgh, N. Y., 18.54-56, and at Oxford. Pa.. 1856-60. He was professor of New Testament literature and Biblical Greek at Princeton Theo-

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