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ing. Slie received a diploma from the World's Columbian exposition in 1893, and in the san>e year became editor of the Woman's Mixsionari/ Friend. She spent the greater part of the year 1900 in a journey round the world. She is the author of: yineteentJi Century Authors; Web- ster's First Bunker Hill Oration (1889): Study of the English Lanuuafjv (1890). and numerous con- tributions to i>eridical literature. Slie also editf-d Arnold's Poems jukI Milton's Lyrics (1891). HODGSDON, Daniel Bascome, captain, U.S. revenue cutter service, was born in New York city, Feb. 4. 1880: son of George and Catharine (Evans) Hodgsdon. His paternal grandparents were English, his ma- ternal grandfather of Welsh and his mater- nal grandmother of French (Huguenot) descent. He was ed- ucated in ])ublic and private schools, and served in the mer- chant marijie, 18-49- 61; entered the U.S. revenue cutter ser- vice, Nov. 12. 1801, as third lieutenant; and was promoted second lieutenant, July 14, 1863; first lieutenant, July 11. 1804, and captain, Sept. 14, 1868. He passed about twenty-four years on duty on the Atlantic coast; nine years on the lakes, and three years on the Pacific coast. During the civil war lie was on duty on the Chesa- peake bay, the lower Potomac, Rappahannock and York rivers, and at Hampton Roads. In 1865 he made the voyage from Baltimore to San Fran- cisco as first lieutenant and executive officer of the steam cutter Lincoln, and in 1867 was at- tached to the same vessel on the first expedition to Alaska, on the transfer of the territory from the Rassian to the U.S. government. He com- manded the U.S. revenue sailing school-ship S. P. Chase, and made three cruises to Lisbon, and the Madeira and Azore islands, 1887-91; and commanded the U.S. revenue cutter McCulloch, 1897-98, taking her from Norfolk, Va., through the Suez canal to Hong Kong, where he reported to Commodore George Dewey, commanding the U.S. naval forces on the Asiatic station, April 8, 1898. He accompanied Commodore Dewey to Manila, ran the batteries with the fleet and par- ticii)ated in the battle of Manila Bay, May 1 1898, and carried to Hong Kong the first two dispatches from the commodore, announcing the victorj- of the American fleet, where it was cabled to Secretary Long. Captain Hodgstlon

subsequently served on guard and other duties required by Admiral Dewey. He was ordered home, June 17, 1898, and was assigned to the command of the cutter Fessenden, at Detroit, Micii., in September, 1898. He was officially commended to the department for zeal and effi- ciency at the battle of Manila Bay, and received the tlianks of congress and one of the congres- sional medals prepared " as a gift of the people of the United States to the officers and men of the Asiatic squadron under the command of Commo- dore George Dewey." He was several times de- tailed as assistant inspector of life-saving stations while in command of revenue cutters. Under provision of joint resolution of the 50th congress, approved, May 3, 1900, Captain Hodgsdon was re- tired from active duty as an officer of the reve- nue cutter service.

HODGSON, Telfair, educator, was born in Columbia, Va., March 14, 1840. He received his primary education in the schools of Philadelphia and was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1859. He entered the General Theological

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seminary with the class of 1803, but left New York for his native state on the passage of the ordinance of .secession in 1801, and volunteered as a private in the 44th Virginia infantry. He was subsequently transferred to the 1st Alabama cavalry, received regular promotions to the rank of major and served on the staff of Gen. Joseph Wheeler in Tennessee and Kentucky, He was ordained a deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church at Savannah, Ga,, in 1863, and a priest at Columbus, Ga., in 1864, and continued in the Confederate army as chaplain. He was rector of St. Mary's church, Keyport, N.J., 1805-71; was in Europe for .some time, and in 1871 was elected to theciiairof moral philosophy in the University of Alabama. In 1873-74 he was assistant min- ister of Christ church, Baltimore. Md., and went from there to Trinity church, Iloboken, N.J.. as rector, where he remained till 1878, when he was made dean of the theological department, ])ro- fessor of exegesis and moral science and commis-