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HOGE, James, clergyman, was born in ]\Ioor- fiekl. Va.. in 17.s4 ; son of the Rev. Moses and Eliza- beth (Poage) Hoge. He wivs educated chielly by his father, and was licensed to preach, April 17, ISOo, by the Presbytery of Lexington, Ya. The general assembly sent him to organize a church at Frankliiiton, Ohio, November, 1805, and it was in full organization. Feb. 18, 18UG. Ill healtli com- pelled him to visit Virginia in the fall of ISOG, and he was enabled to return to Ohio in Septem- ber, 1807. He soon after crossed the river to Columbus, where lie organized the First Presbj'- terian church of which he was pastor till Feb. 28. 18.j8, when feeble health incident to overwork and age compelled him to resign. He was the father of the presbytery of Columbus, and of the synod of Ohio, a pioneer in the temperance re- form of the state, in the organization of the Bible society in the west, and in establishing the institutions for the care of the deaf, dumb and blind by the state, and the state lunatic asylum. He was a trustee of Ohio university, 1823-52. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Miami in 1827. He died in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 22, 18G3.

HOGE, John, representative, was born near Carlisle. Pa., Sept. 10, 17G0 ; son of David Hoge, grandson of John Hoge, and great-grandson of William and Barbara (Hume) Hoge, who came to America from Scotland and settled in Virginia in 1754. He received the greater part of his educa- tion from a private tutor, and in 1776 joined the army in the Revolution, serving as ensign in the 9th Pennsylvania regiment. He removed to the western part of Pennsylvania in 1783, and with his brother William founded the town of Washington. He was a delegate to the first state constitutional convention in 1789 ; was a state senator, 1 790-95 ; and a representative in the 8th congress to fill the unexpired term of his brother, William Hoge, 1804-05. He became a member of the American Pliilosophical society in 1799. He died in Washington, Pa., Aug. 4, 1824.

HOGE, John Blair, clergyman, was born in Shepherdstown, Va., in April, 1790 ; son of the Rev. Moses and Elizabeth (Poage) Hoge. He was graduated at Hampden-Sidney college in 1808, and was a tutor there and student of law, 1808-09, and a student of theology under his father, 1809- 10. He was licensed to preach by the Hanover presbytery, April 20, 1810. ordained and installed, Oct. 12, ISll, and was pastor over churches in Tascapira. Falling Waters, andMartinsburg, Va., 1811-28. He was married to Nancy, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Pendleton) Hoge. He visited Europe. 181 4-16, and was pastor ofShockoe Hill church, Riclimond, Va., 1822-20. He wrote a MS. life of his father, placed in the library of Union Theological seminary. Richmond, Va. H.- di.,1 i„ T.'ichmond, Va., March 31, 1826.

HOGE, John Blair, jurist, was born in Rich- mond, Va., Feb. 2, 1825; .son of John Blair and Nancy (Hunter) Hoge ; grandson of Moses and Elizabeth (Poage) Hoge, and of D£f\id and Eliza- beth (Pendleton) Hunter, and a lineal descend- ant of Philip Pendleton, who came from England to America at the close of the 17th century and settled in Caroline county, Va. He prepared for college at Martinsburg, Va., and Georgetown, D.C., and was graduated froin Ohio university, Athens, A.B., 1843; A.M., 1845. He practised law with success in Martinsburg until the civil war, and was prominent in state politics, repre- senting his county in the state legislature for several sessions. He was a member of the state convention that passed the ordinance of secession in 18G1, and at the outbreak of the war organized a company of cavahy in which he served with distinction until its close. He was a member of the state constitutional convention at Charleston, W. Va., in 1872, and in that year was elected judge of the judicial circuit of West Virginia, composed of Morgan, Jefferson and Berkeley counties. He resigned this office in 1880 and was a representative in the 47th congress, 1881-83. He was appointed bj' President Cleveland U.S. district attorney for the District of Columbia, serving 1885-89, when he resumed the practice of law. He died in Georgetown, D.C., March 1 , 1896.

HOGE, Moses, educator, was born in that sec- tion of Virginia afterward known as Frederick count}', Feb. 15, 1752 ; son of James and Nancy (Griffiths) Hoge and grandson of William Hoge, a Scotch Presbyterian, who married Barbara Hume, whose grandfather was a brother of the historian. William and Barbara Hoge came to America to escape the persecutions of Charles II., and their son James settled in Virginia in 1754. Moses joined the Continental army and saw .some serv- ice. Determined to enter the ministry, he be- came a i^upil of the Rev. William Graham in November, 1778, at the log college at Timber Ridge, then known as Liberty Hall academy, afterward as Washington college, and finally as Washington and Lee university. He also received theological instruction from the Rev. James Waddel, the " Blind Preacher," made immortal by William Wirt. He was licensed in November, 1781, and ordained in December, 1782. He l)reached, and during a portion of liis pastorate conducted schools in Hardy count}', 1781-87, and Shepherdstown, 1787-1807. In 1794 the synod of Virginia met in llarrisonbui'g, and during the session an animated controversy between Moses Hoge and his former preceptor, William Graham, on tlie questions involved in the whisky insur- rection resulted in the military taking possession of the church. He was elected the sixth presi- dent of Hampden-Sidney college in 1807, to sue-