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HURD, Frank Hunt, representative, was born in Mount Veruou, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1841. He was graduated at Keuyon college in 1858, and became a lawyer in Toledo, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney for Lucas county in 1863; state senator, 1866-68: representative in the 44th congress, 1875-77; defeated for representative in the 45th congress by Jacob D. Cox, Republican; elected a representative in the 46th congress 1877-79; defeated for representative in the 47th congress by James il. Ritchie; elected a representative in the 48th congress, 1883-85, and defeated for representative in the 50th congress by Jacob Romeis. He was a prominent advocate of tariff reform. He codified Criminal Laics of Ohio (1868). He died in Toledo, Ohio, July 10, 1896.

HURD, John Codman, author, was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 11, 1816; son of Jolm R. and Catliarine M. (Codman) Hurd. He entered Co- lumbia college, but was graduated at Yale. A.B., 1836. A.M., 1839. He was an extensive traveller in Egypt, China, Japan and India, and devoted himself to literary pursuits. He was given the honorary degree of LL.D. by Yale in 1877. He is the author of: Topics of Jurisprudence con- nected with Comlitions of Freedom and Bondage (1856); The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States (3 vols., 1858-62); The TJteory of Our Xatiowd Existence as Shoini t>Tj the Action of the Government of the United States since ISOl (1881): The Union-State (1890). He died in Bos- ton. Mass.. June 25. 1892.

HURLBUT, Jesse Lyman, editor, was born in New York city, Feb. 15, 1843; son of Samuel and Evelina (Proal) Hurlbut; grandson of Abiram, a Revolutionary soldier, and Sarah (Clark) Hurlbut, and of Pierre Proal, an emigrant from France during the French revolution; and a descendant of Tliomas Hurlbut, who came to Connecticut from England in 1635, and was wounded in 1637 in the Pequot war. He was graduated from Wesleyan university in 1864, and the same year was teacher of languages in Pennington semi- nary and Female Collegiate institute, N.J. He entered the Newark conference of the Metliodist Episcopal church and was stationed at Roseville, N.J., 1865-06; Montclair, N.J., 1867-08; Market street, Pater.'ion, N.J., 1869-71; Trinity cliurcli, Staten Island, N.J., 1872-73; Plainfield, N.J., 1874-86, and at the First church, Hoboken, N.J., 1877-78. He became principal of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle in 1882: editor of Sunday-school literature and corresponding sec- retary of the Simday-Sclio<^)l Union and Tract Society of the Methodist Episcopal cliurch. 1888, and was general secretary of the Epworth League, 1889-92. On March 5, 1867, he was married to Mary M. Chase, of New York. In 1899 and 1900 he was chaplain of the Empire State Society of

the Sons of the Anierican Revolution. He re- ceived the degree of D.D. from Syracuse univer- sity in 1880. Previous to his election as Sunday- school editor and secretary, lie assisted the Rev. John II. Vincent, D.D., in the preparation of uniform Sunday-school lesson papers and wrote with him: Lesson Compend (1875-78); Notes on the Liternational Lessons (1878-81); The Lesson Commentary on the Liternational Sunday-School Lessons (1880-90); " The Beginners' Intermediate and Senior Lesson Books on the International Lessons" (1881-1900); and alone: The Berean Les- son and Question Books for ISSl-SS; " Number 21 of the Chautauqua Text-book," American History (1881); 2Ianual of Biblical Geography (1882); Outline Normal Lessons (1883); Supplemental Lessons for the Sunday-School (1887); Studies in the Four GosjkIs (18Sd); Outlines in Old Testa- ment History (1890), and Revised Normal Lessons (1893) . He was also assistant editor of the Berean Quarterly (1878-82), a Sunday-school lesson peri- odical. After his election as general Sunday- school editor of the Methodist Episcopal cliurch, he took editorial charge of The Sunday-School Journal, The Classmate, The Sunday-School Ad- vocate and various lesson-periodicals. With R. R. Doherty as assistant, he prepared from 1891 the annual volume: Illustrative Notes on the Liter- national Sunday-School Lessons.

HURLBUT, Stephen Augustus, soldier, was born in Charleston, S.C, Nov. 29,1815; son of the Rev. Martin Luther and Lydia (Bunce) Hurl- but; grandson of Stephen Hurlbut, and a de- scendant in the sev- enth generation from Thomas Hurlbut, of Say brook and Weth- ersfield, Conn., who came to America as early as 1637. His father, a graduate of Williams college in 1804, was a teacher and Unitarian clergy- man. Stephen A. Hurlbut received his education chiefly at liome. He then stud- ied law and practis- ed in Charleston,

1830-45. He served as adjutant in a South Carolina regiment during the Seminole war in Florida. In 1S45 he removed to Belvidere, 111., where lie practised law. He was mar- ried. May 13, 1847, to Sophrona R. Stevens, of Belvidere. He was a member of the Illinois constitutional convention of 1847, a Taylor and Fillmore elector in 1849. and a state representa- tive, 1859-61. He entered the Federal army in