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1914 Biographical Sketches
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Head, James Marshall, lawyer and statesman of 59 Temple Pa., Boston, Mass., was born July 25, 1855, in Summer County, Tenn. In 1880-84 he was a member of the Tennessee legislature; in 1896-1904 he was a member of the Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee; and in 1899-1903 he was mayor of Nashville, Tenn. Since 1904 he has been grand counsel for Warren Bros. Co. of Boston. Head, John B., Judge State Superior Court of Pennsylvania. He is judge of the State Superior Court of Pennsylvania for the term of 1906-16; and resides in Greensburg, Pa.
Healy, William, lawyer and statesman of Silver City, Ida., was born Sept. 10, 1881, in Windham, Ia. He graduated from the Iowa University and from the Iowa University Law School. In 1911-13 he was prosecuting attorney of Owyhee County, Ida.; and in 1913 was a representative from that county to the Idaho State Legislature.
Heard, Arthur Marston, banker, born Sandwich, N.H., Feb. 13, 1S66; son of William A. and Emily M. (Marston) Heard; graduated from Amherst College, A.B., 1888; married Arkansas City, Kan., June 12, 1895, Ora B. Farrar; children: Marston, Carlton Farrar. Was national bank examiner, 1893-95; cashier Merchants' National Bank, Manchester, N.H., 1896-1901; cashier, 1902-05, and president since 1905, Amoskeag National Bank, Manchester, N.H.; president People's Gas Light Co.; director and member Finance Committee New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co.; director Manchester & Lawrence Railroad; trustee Amoskeag Savings Bank and People's Savings Bank. Congregationalist. 32 degree Mason, Knight Templar, member Loyal Legion (Massachusetts Commandery). Clubs: Derryfield, Intervale Country. Residence: 726 Chestnut St. Office: 867 Elm St., Manchester.
Heath, Perry Sanford, journalist and publisher of 2100 S St., Washington, D.C., was born Aug. 31, 1857, in Muncie, Ind. In 1878-80 he was editor and publisher of the Muncie Daily Times; and subsequently established and was connected with various publications in the west. In 1894-96 he was editor and president of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. lie had charge of the McKinley literary campaign; and in 1897-1900 was first assistant and acting postmaster-general. He is now interested in various natural and artificial gas companies and mining and industrial corporations.
Heaton, Augustus George, artist, author Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., born Philadelphia, Pa., April 28, 1844. Pupil of Cabanel at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and of Bonnat in Paris. Member Philadelphia Sketch Club (president, 1867); Salma Club; Lotos Club; American Numismatic Society (president, 1888). Awarded bronze medal, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Work : The Recall of Columbus, U.S. Capitol, Washington; Washington's First Mission, Union League Club, Philadelphia; Baron Steuben at Valley Forge, War College, Washington. Author : Coinage of the U.S. Branch Mints, heart of David, Fancies and Thoughts in Verses. Member of Sons of Revolution, N.Y. Historical Society, Poetry Society, N.Y.; Authors' Club, London.
Hebbard, James Charles Bacon, lawyer, born, Charlestown Village, Province of Quebec, Can., April 11, 1854; son of James Josiah and Charlotte (Bacon) Hebbard. Educated private tuition; 1867-69, Nevada City High School; 1869-72, St. Augustine's College, Benicia, Cal. Married Gertrude E. Gates. Moved to California, 1862. Justice of the peace, San Francisco, 1889-91. Judge Superior Court of San Francisco, 1891-1909. Major N.G.C. and military instructor at San Mateo, 1872-79. First lieutenant Company B, City Guard, N.G.C., 1880-81. Capt. Seattle Rifles, Washington Territory, 1883-84. On editorial staff Seattle Evening Herald, 1883-84. Member B.P.O.E., F. & A.M. Clubs: San Francisco Press, Olympic. Republican. Residence: 3124 Washington St. Office: 714 Mills Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. Hebberd, Robert W., secretary State Board of Charities of Albany, N.Y. commissioner of public charities of the city of New York, 146-10; born N.Y. City, Oct. 31, 1857; son of Gilbert C. and Isabella (Lennox) Hebberd of Revolutionary ancestry; educated Grammar School 37, N.Y. City, and Mynderse Acad., Seneca Falls, N. Y.; married, Seneca Falls, Nov. 29, 1882, Harriet Metcalf. Connected with Charity Organization Society, City of N.Y., 1883-96; was superintendent when appointed secretary State Board Charities of N.Y., Oct. 15, 1906, remaining until Jan. 1, 1906, when appointed commissioner Public Charities; president 5th N.Y. State Conference Charities and Correction, 1904; president 1st N.Y. City Conference Charities and Correction, 1910; president 2d Capital District Conference Charities and Correction in 1913; and president American Association of Officials of Charity and Correction, 1912. Compiler Charity Legislation in N.Y., 1609-1900 (published by the State Board of Charities). Independent in politics; Presbyterian. Member National Conference Charities and Correction, N.Y. State Conference Charities, N.Y. City Conference Charities and Correction, and American Association of Officials of Charity and Correction, Masonic Order (K.T., Scotish Rite, 32 .degree).
Hebert, Alvin S., lawyer and secretary of. State of Baton Rouge, La., was born Jan. 5, 1878, in St. Raphael, La. He received the degrees of A.B., A.M., LL.B. and LL.D. He is secretary of State of Louisiana, and insurance commissioner of Louisiana. He was the first to advocate the abolition of the fee system basis in the public offices of Louisiana and thereby effected a saving to the state of $80,000 in the office of secretary of state.
Heckscher, August, capitalist, miner, manufacturer, of 576 Fifth Ave., New York City, was born, Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 26, 1848; son of G. M. and Antoinette (Brautigam) Heckscher; educated Weinheim, Hamburg, Germany; Neuchatel, Switzerland; married, Pottsville, Pa., Oct. 13, 1881, Anna P. Atkins; children: G. Maurice, born 1884; Antoinette, born. 1888. Engaged in mining anthracite in Pennsylvania, 1868-84; zinc mining and manufacturing, 1881-1904; vice-president Ara. La France Eng. Fire Ins. Co.; director Bank of Huntington; vice-president and director Eastern Steel Co.: director and member executive committee, New Jersey Zinc Co., Central Foundry Co.; director Empire Zinc Co., Central Iron and Coal Co. Republican. Member Am. Inst. Mining Engineers; trustee N.Y. Orthopaedic Hosp. Clubs: Union, Midday, Deutscher Verein, N.Y. Yacht, N.Y. Athletic, Seawanhaka-Corinthian, Riding and Driving, Rittenhouse (Phila.).
Hedemann, Christion J., general manager Honolulu Iron Wks. Co., born Flensburg (then Denmark, now Germany), May 25, 1852; son of F. A. C., and C. A. (Cloos) Hedemann. Educated College in Denmark; passed royal examination for first-class marine engineer; studied at Royal Polytechnic Institution in Copenhagen. Married M. M. Nissen, Oct. 27, 1877, at Copenhagen, Denmark. Went to Hawaii in 1878 as sugar factory engineer. Entered service of Honolulu Iron Wks. Co., as assistant manager, June, 1884; appointed general manager, 1896 (the company does an international business of contracting for the building of complete cane sugar factories; branch offices in New York City and Hilo, Hawaii, Cuba and Manila. Has furnished factories for Formosa, Cuba, 'Porto Rico, Louisiana, Mexico, Philippine Islands and practically all in the Hawaiian Islands; employs about 600 men at Honolulu and Hilo works). Appointed consul of Denmark, July, 1909. Member Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of German Sugar T. Clubs: Engineers (N.Y.); Pacific (Honolulu); Honolulu Engineers (hon. mem.); Honolulu Society Science. Residence : 601 Judd St. Office : Honolulu, Hawaii.
Heflin, James Thomas, congressman, was born April 9, 1869, in Louina, Randolph County, Ala. He was elected secretary of 'state in November, 1912, for a term of four years; resigned that office May 1, 1904; was elected, without opposition, May 10, 1904, to fill an unexpired term in the fifty-eighth congress; also elected to the fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses, and re-elected to the sixty-third congress as a Democrat; and resides in Lafayette, Ala.
Hegel, George White, chief engineer Chicago Junction Ry. Office, Chicago, Ill. Born Dec. 19, 1870, at Peekskill, N.Y. Educated in public and private schools which included an engineering course. Entered railway service May, 1900, as draftsman Baltimore & Ohio Rd. at Cleveland, 0., since which he has been consecutively, January, 1901, to October, 1901, transitman maintenance of way department Pittsburgh division same road, October, 1901, to May 1, 1902, assistant engineer Connellsville division same road; May 1, 1902, to June 15, 1903, assistant chief engineer Indiana Harbor Rd.; June 15, 1903, to Sept. 1, 1911, principal assistant engineer Chicago Junction Ry.; Sept. 1, 1911, to date, chief engineer same road.
Heiland, Theodore, district passenger agent Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ry. Office, Dayton, 0. Born Sept. 27, 1867, at Somerville, Butler County, Ohio. Educated in the public schools. Entered service of Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, January, 1887 as telegraph operator Cincinnati-Dayton district, since which he has been consecutively May, 1903 to Sept. 1, 1909, city ticket agent at Dayton; Sept. 1, 1909 to June 1, 1910, traveling passenger agent; June 1, 1910 to date, district passenger agent same road at Dayton.
Heimrod, George William, 66th St. and Ave. A, New York, N.Y., was born, New York, April 21, 1876. A.B., Harvard, 1898, A.M., 1899, Ph.D., 1901, Parker traveling fellow, 1901; Leipzig, 1901-05. Instr. physical chem., Harvard, 1900; asst. chem., Leipzig, 1902; Rockefeller Inst., 1907-09, assoc., 1909. Chem. Gesell; Bunsen Gesell. Physical chemistry; electrochemical equivalents of copper and silver; accuracy of the improved coulometer; photochemistry; biological chemistry.-Mechanism of oxidation; fermentation and digestion.
Heinemann, Benjamin, banker, born in Germany, June 3, 1850; son of Samuel and Jedda (Berney) Heinemann; educated in public schools of Gruensfeld, Baden, Germany; married, Apple ton, Wis., Nov. 30, 1873, Johanna Ullman; six children. Engaged in merchandise business at Wausau, 1873-95; president National German-American Bank, Wausau, Wis., since 1890, Cisco Lake Lumber Co., B. Heinemann Lumber Co., Wausau, Wis., since' 1900; vice-president Wisconsin Box Co., Wausau, Wis., since 1900; secretary and treasurer Land and Loan Co.; director Great Northern Life Insurance Co. Republican. Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias. Recreations: Automobiling, Traveling. Clubs : Wausau, Wausau Country. Address: Wausau.
Heiskell, Lucius Lamar, public official; born in Shelby Co., Tenn., Feb. 4, 1883; son of F. H. and Augusta (Lamar) Heiskell; father's occupation, chancellor; paternal grandfather Joseph B. Heiskell, maternal grandfather, L. Q. C. Lamar; educated in public schools, Memphis University School and University of Tennessee, graduating from latter, B.S., 1904, LL.B., 1905; entered the practice of law in early life; member S.A.E. fraternity, Knoxville, Tenn., Chickasaw Club, Memphis Country Club and University Club, Memphis, Tenn. Democrat; appointed Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Shelby Co., Tenn., 1906, and is the present incumbent; member of Presbyterian Church; director in Mercantile Natl. Bank of Memphis, Tenn.
Helbig, Oscar Hugh, traffic manager Prescott & Northwestern Rd. Office, Prescott, Ark. Born Nov. 15, 1864. Graduated from high school at La Grange, Mo. Entered railway service, 1887, since which he has been consecutively to 1889, operator and agent St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Rd. at Clarksville, Mo.; 1889 to 1891, agent Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rd. at Gridley, Kan.; 1891 to 1894, clerk general claim office Missouri Pacific Ry. at St. Louis, Mo.; 1894 to 1898, agent St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. at Prescott, Ark.; 1898 to Dec. 10, 1901, general passenger and ticket agent Prescott & Northwestern Rd.; Dec. 10, 1901, to January, 1913, traffic manager same road; Jan. 1, 1913, to date, vice-president and traffic manager.
Helgesen, H. T., congressman, was born June 26, 1857, near Decorah, Ia. He has been engaged in lumber and hardware business; and in 1889 became commissioner of agriculture for the State of North Dakota. He was elected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses as a Republican; and resides in Milton, N.D.
Hellen, Robert Ernest, physician and druggist, born Chestnut Bluff, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1879; English descent; son of Ed and Mary (Carter) Hellen; father, Baptist minister; educated Hellen's Inst., and Alamo, Tenn.; graduated from Memphis Hospital Medical College, M.D., 1903; worked on a farm in early life, paying his way through college under difficulties; is now engaged in the drug business and practicing medicine; member K. of P. Married to Agnes Wickfield Palmer, June 4, 1911. Born Jan. 20, 1913, R. E., Jr.
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