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1885, and from the General Theological seminary in 1890. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Lyman in St. Stephen's church, Oxford, X.C., in 1890, and priest in Holy Innocents' church, Hen- derson, N.C.,inl891. He was a missionary at Leaksville and Reidsville, N.C.; as- sisted his father in the Oxford Scliool for Boys, and on his fath- er's death succeeded him as associate prin- cipal of the school, 1892-98. He was a delegate from North Carolina to the gen- eral convention of 1898 ; was elected at the same convention as missionary bishoiJ of Asheville, Oct. 24, 1898, and was consecrated bishop in Trinity church, Asheville, N.C., Dec. 28, 1898, by Bishops Cheshire, Watson, Capers and Gibson. He became a member of the Ameri- can Academj' of Political and Social Science.

HORNER, William Edmonds, physician, was born in Warrenton, Va., June 3, 1793; son of William and Mary (Edmonds) Horner, and grand- son of Robert Horner, who emigrated from Eng- land before the Revolution, settled in Maryland, and married a daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown, of Port Tobacco. William E. Horner was edu- cated at a private school and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in

1814. He served in the U.S. army on the frontier of Canada as surgeon's mate, 1812-15. resigned in

1815, and practised medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., 1816-53. He was dissector in the medical department. University of Pennsylvania, under Dr. Caspar Wistar, 1817-19 ; adjunct professor of anatomy under Dr. Philip S. Physick, 1819-31, and full professor, 1831-53. He discovered the Masculus Hornerii in 1824 ; was an active mem- ber of the sanitary board during the cholera epi- demic of 1833 : united with the Roman Catholic church in 1839 ; was one of the founders of St. Joseph's hospital, 1847, and visited Europe, 1848, where he was the guest of celebrated medical men. He left his valuable anatomical collection to the University of Pennsylvania, and his medi- cal library and $10,000 to St. Joseph's hospital. He was married to Elizabeth Welsh of Pliiladel- phia, and their son, Alfred (1834-1891), was a prominent manufacturer. Dr. Horner pub- lished : Sj^ccial Anatomy and Histology (1826- 51) ; United States Dissector ; Anatomical Atlas ; and various contributions to medical jnxirnals. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 13, 1853.

HORR, Roswell Gilbert, representative, was born iu Waitstield, Yt., Nov. 26, 1830 ; son of Roswell and Caroline (Turner) Horr ; grandson of Ralph and Lucy (Carpenter) Turner, of Waitsfield, Vt., and of John and Theodosia (Durkee) Horr, of Pomfret, Yt. ; great-grandson of Elijah and Ann (Paddock) Hoar, of Pomfret, Yt., and a de- scendant on his father's side of Daniel Hoar, of London, England, who settled in Concord, Mass., and in 1677 married Mary Stratton ; and of John and Bridget (Van de Velde) Tilley, May- floicer Pilgrims ; and on his mother's side, of Nathaniel Turner, of Essex county, England, who settled in New Haven in 1638, and of Benjamin Carpenter, who married a sister of Ethan Allen. Roswell G. Horr removed with his parents to Avon, Lorain county, Ohio, in 1834, and was graduated from Antioch college. Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1857, in its first class, when that institu- tion was under the direction of Horace Blann. He was elected clerk of the covirt of common pleas of Loi'ain county, in 1857, and re-elected in 1860, serving until 1863. He studied law in the meantime, and was admitted to the bar in Ohio, in 1863, and practised law in Elyria, Oliio. 1863- 65. He removed to southeastern Missouri in the spring of 1866, and engaged in mining, removing to Saginaw, Mich., in 1872, where he resumed the practice of law, and also engaged in tlie lumber and banking business. He was a Republican representative from the eighth Michigan district in the 46th, 47th and 48th congresses, 1879-85. He was defeated for the 49th congress and re- moved to New Jersey in 1891. HeAvas a member of the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, 1891-96, contributing political and financial ai'ti- cles, the tariff being a special feature of his work, and opposed the free coinage of silver in public debate with the prominent advocates of free silver, 1893-96, notably with Senator Stewart in 1893. He died at Plainfield, N.J., Dec. 18, 1896.

HORROCKS, James, educator, was born prob- ably in Wakefield, England. He was a clergy- man of the established church sent to Yirginia by the Bishop of London to take the position of master of the grammar school connected with the College of AYilliam and Maiy in 1701, and on the death of President William Yates, in 1764, he was elected as his successor, defeating Prof. Richard Graham, who had served the college in the chair of mathematics for twenty years. This promo- tion made Dr. Horrocks minister of Burton Parish church, and on the death of the Rev. William Robinson, of King and Queen county, he was made the deputy or commissary in America to the Bishop of London, who was the first chancellor of the College of William and ^larj-. He served as the sixth president of the college, as deputy to tl:e bishop, and as rector of Burton parish, 1764-71. At