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He was married a second time, Dec. 21, 1797, to Mary, daughter of James and Mary (Darragh) Eddy, of Pliiladelphia. He practised medicine in partnership with Samuel Bard, 1790-1800; at- tended Alexander Hamilton in his duel with Aaron Burr in 1804; and was professor of niid- wiferj- and surgery in the College of Phj-sicians and Surgeons, 1807-26. which also included the chairs of theory and practice of medicine, of obstetrics and of the diseases of women and chil- dren. He established in 1822 a hospital, which afterward became Bellevue, and in 1826 joined with Dr. Valentine Mott and Dr. John W. Francis in founding the medical department of Rutgers college, in which lie was a professor during its existence, 1826-30. He was a founder and fourth president of the New York Historical society, 1820-28; president of the Horticultural, Literary and Philosophical societies, and ori- ginated and in 1801 established the Elgin botanic garden, the second in the United States. He was an editor of the American Medical and Philosojihical Monthly, 1810-14, and was at va- rious times plnsician to the New York hospital and to the Bloomingdale asylum for the insane. He was married a third time, shortly before he retired from practice, to Magdalina, widow of Henry A. Coster, a Holland merchant, and spent his summers on his estate at Hyde Park-on-Hud- son, N.Y.. where he devoted himself to botanical study. He brought from England the first col- lection of minerals, and a duplicate of the her- barium of Linnaeus. He was expert in the treat- ment of yellow fever, his skill being largely due to his having suffered from the disease, and he made an excellent report as to its character. He received the honorary degree ofLL.D. from the College of New Jersey and from Union col- lege in 1818. He published papers on " Conta- gious Disorders" and on " Visions," which were republished by the Royal society of London in 1794. Besides medical and scientific papers, he is the author of: Memoirs of Hugh Williamson, M.D. (1820); Essaijs on Various Subjects of Medical Science (1824-30); System of Practi- cal Nosology (1829); Memoirs of DeWitt Clinton (1829); Lectures on the Theory and Pi^actice of Medicine, edited by Honry W. Ducachet (1838). He .lied in New York city, Dec. 22, 1835.

HOSFORD, Henry Hallock, educator, was born in Hudson, Ohio, July 12, 1859; son of Henry Brown and Mary Eliza (Plant) Hosford; grandson of Stephen and Amy (Brown) Hosford and of Benjamin and Sarah Mason (Plant), and a descendant from William Hosford, one of the earliest settlers of Massachusetts Bay colony, and from Sampson Mason, an ofificer in Crom- well's army, whose son, Phillip Mason, .settled in Rehoboth, Mass., about 1649. Henry was

graduated from Western Reserve college, A.B., 1880, and from Adelbert college of Western Re- serve university, A.M., 1883. He was a teacher in the Western Reserve academ}' at Hudson, Oliio, 1880-83; engaged in stock-raising in Lin- coln county, Nebraska, 1883-80; was again a teaclier in Western Reserve academy, 1886-87; was professor of Latin at Doane college, Crete, Neb., 1887-89, studied and practised electrical engineering, 1889-92, and was appointed profes- sor of chemistry and physics in Doane college in 1893. He was married, Aug. 25, 1892. to Jennie, daughter of Dr. W. I. Chamberlain, of Hudson, Oliio.

HOSKINS, George Gilbert, representative, Mas born in Bennington, N.Y., Dec. 13, 1824; son of George and Lovica (Persons) Hoskins. His father was of English descent and removed from Windsor, Conn., to a farm in central New York in 1808. He was educated in the district school and Alexander seminary and became a teacher. In 1845 he engaged in mercantile business in Bennington and served the town as clerk for several years. He was married, Dec. 30. 1846, to Lois Abigail, daughter of Derrick and Content (Wilmont) Hollenbeck. He was justice of the peace, 1851-67; postmaster and supervisor for several terms; member of the state assembly, 1861, 1866 and 1867, and speaker in 1866. He re- moved to Attica, N.Y., in 1868; was state com- missioner of public accounts, 1868-71; collector of internal revenue for the 29th district of New York, 1871-73; representative in the 43d and 44th congresses, 1873-77, and lieutenant-gov- ernor of New York, 1880-82. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1880, and one of the " 306" voting for General Grant. He died in Attica, N.Y., June 12, 1893.

HOSJIER, Frederick Lucian, clergyman, was born in Framingliam, Mass., Oct. 16, 1840; son of Charles and Susan (Carter) Hosmer; grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Hosmer) Hosmer and of Ejjhraim and Mary (Maynard) Carter; and a de- scendant of James Hosmer from Hawkhurst, Kent county, England, who immigrated to Amer- ica in 1035 and settled in Concord, Mass.; also a descendant of the Rev. Thomas Carter of Woburn, Massachusetts Bay colony, 1035. Mr. Hosmer was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1862; B.D. 1869, and was ordained pastor of the First Congregational (Unitarian) church, Northbor- ough, Mass., Oct. 28, 1869. He was pastor of the Second Congregational (Unitarian) church, Quin- cy. 111., 1872-77; was in Europe, 1877-78; was pastor of Unity church, Cleveland, Oliio, 1878- 92, and of the Church of the Unity, St. Louis, Mo., 1894-99. In 1900 he removed to Berkeley, C;il. He is the author of: The Way of Life (1877); TJie Tliought of Ood: in Hymns and