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ent World (1897) ; Beside the Cross (1889) ; Faith and Social Service (1896) ; Hie Battles of Peace (1899), and two catechisms.

HODGES, George T., representative, was born in Clarendon, Vt., Juh' 4, 1789 ; son of Dr. Silas Hodges, a surgeon in the Continental armj^ and a member of the staff of General Washington. George received a good education and settled in Rutland, where he engaged in the mercantile business. He served in both houses of the state legislature, and was a representative in the 34th congress. 1856-57, having been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Meachara. He was a director of the Bank of Rutland, 1825-60, and its president, 1834-60 ; a director and vice- president of the Rutland and Burlington railroad from its organization, and a prominent member of the Vermont Agricultural society. He died in Rutland, Yt., Sept. 9, 1860.

HODGES, James Leonard, representative, was born in Taunton, Mass., in 1790 ; son of James and Joanna (Tillinghast) Hodges.; grandson of Abijahand Jerusha (Leonard) Hodges and of the Hon. Nicholas Tillinghast, of Taunton ; great- grandson of William Hodges ; greats-grand- son of John and Elizabeth (Macy) Hodges, and greats-grandson of William Hodges, one of the first settlers of Taunton, Mass., 1633. He was postmaster of Taunton, 1810-26 ; first cash- ier of the Taunton bank, 1812-27 ; a member of the convention for the revision of the state constitution, 1820 ; state senator, 1823-24 ; town treasurer, 1825 ; and a representative in the 20th and 21st congresses, 1827-31. At the organization of the Bristol County Agricultural society in 1821, he was elected corresponding secretary. He was married, Dec. 25, 1817, to Harriet L., daugh- ter of the Hon. Samuel Fales, of Taunton, and had two sons, William Gray and James Arthur. He died in Taunton, Mass., March 8, 1846.

HODGIN, Cyrus Wilburn, edvicator, was born near Farmland, Ind., Feb. 12, 1842 ; son of Tilnias and Rachel (Hinshaw) Hodgin ; grandson of Joseph and Ruth (Dix) Hodgin, and of Jacob and Phebe (Allen) Hinshaw, and a descendant of Robert Hodgson, a Quaker preacher from Eng- land, who arrived at New York (then New Am- sterdam) in 1657. He was graduated at Illinois State Normal university in 1867 ; was principal of Richmond high school, 1868-69 ; professor of his- tory, Indiana State Normal school, 1872-81 ; acting associate president there, 1878-79 ; super- intendent of city schools, Rushville, Ind., 1882-83 ; principal of the Richmond normal school, 1883- 87 ; and became professor of history and political economy at Earlham college in 1887. He was graduate student in history and political science, University of Chicago. 1892-93. and conductor of Chautauqua College of History, 1896-98. He be-

came a member of the Indiana State Teachers' association, was elected its president in 1886, and was still serving, through continuous re-elections, in 1900. He was elected a member of the Ameri- can Historical association in 1886 and received the degree of A.M. from Earlliam in 1888. He improved the methods of teaching history in the public schools of Indiana, served as instructor in teachers' institutes in most of the counties of his state, and became a frequent contributor to edu- cational journals. He is the author of : Civil Gov- ernment of Indiana (1893) ; History of Indiana (1897) ; History and Government of Indiana pis. 1900) ; joint author of A Study of the American Commomcealth (1893) ; and reviser of Page's Theory and Practice of Teaching (1893).

HODGKINS, Howard Lincoln, educator, was born in Elgin, 111., Jan. 23, 1862; son of David and Harriet (Shears) Hodgkins. He attend- ed the public schools of Chicago and Wash- ington and tlie preparatory school of Co- lumbian university, and was graduated from the Columbian college, A.M., 1883, and Ph.D., 1892. He was a tutor in mathematics at the Columbian college. 1882-84 ; adjunct professor of mathematics, 1884—87 ; professor of mathe- matics, 1887-97 ; dean of the Corcoran Scientific school, 1897-1900 ; and was chosen dean of the Columbian univei'sity in 1900, .He was special computer in the nautical almanac office, U.S. navy department, 1881-92. He was elected a member of the Philosophical Societj^ of Washing- ton, D.C., in 1885 ; the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1892 and fellow in 1895, and a member of the Anthropological and Geographic societies of Wasliington, D.C. He was married June 18, 1890, to Marie Wilkin- son of Washington. He published : Histori- cal Catalogue of the Columbian University 1S21~ 1S91 (1891).

HODGKINS, Louise flanning, author, was born in Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 5, 1846; daughter of Daniel and Mary (Willett) Hodgkins, grand- daughter of Capt. Jolm Hodgkins, and a de- scendant of William Hodgkins, who came to America from England in 1640. Several of her ancestors were Revolutionary soldiers. She at- tended Ipswich seminary, Pennington seminary, N.J., and Wilbraham academy, Mass., and was graduated from the last named in 1870. She spent several years in Europe in studj^ and re- ceived the degree of A.M., from Lawrence uni- versity, Appleton, Wis., in 1876. She was con- nected with Lawrence university as lady princi- pal for a short time, resigning late in 1876 to ac- cept the chair of Englisli literature at Wellesley college, Mass. She resigned this position in 1891 to devote her time to literary work and to lectur-