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outlet for his energies in a similar business at Second and Queen streets. In 1858 Mr. Haugh embarked into the dry-goods business on his own account, remaining at it for twenty years in Mana- yunk. While there he was made real estate assessor, having taken quite an interest in the politics of the section. In fact, John Haugh became one of the best-known men in that part of Philadelphia, and not alone as a business leader in Manayunk, but for his clear-sightedness in the political affairs of his district he won recognition. When Andrew Johnson was made President of the United States Mr. Haugh was appointed Postmaster of Mana- yunk, and, in 1857, he held further political office as Receiving Clerk for John M. Malloy, when the latter was Receiver of Taxes in Philadelphia. Thus, before the Civil War began, John Haugh was a man prominently identified with the progress of the city of Philadelphia. During the twenty years in which he was a dry- goods dealer he obtained a wide knowledge of mercantile affairs, and, at the close of the war, he embarked in a new business. In 1876, having closed out his dry-goods business, he opened an office and warehouse for the sale of oils, and it was not long before he became a recognized leader in the oil business of Philadelphia. For more than twenty years John Haugh has been at the front of this line of commercial prosperity, his business being confined to the sale of animal, fish and lubricating oils. His establishment, until six years ago, was at No. 114 Arch Street. Mr. Haugh is eminently a business man, being fitted by natural aptitude for the conduct of large commercial transactions. As a result of his atten- tion to the affairs of the trade, he was compelled, in 1891, to remove to Water Street, where he has warehouses and offices at Nos. III, 113 and 106. Throughout this city and State and in Maryland, New Jersey and adjacent territory Mr. Haugh is widely known by the oil trade. He is a member of the Oil Association of Philadelphia and displays a vast interest in those trade organi- zations which so advantageously operate in the business affairs of Philadelphia.
Not alone through his connection with the oil trade in this State is John Haugh well known, but as an organizer and pro-
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moter of business affairs he is quite prominent as well. Like not a few other men who have carved their own fortunes, Mr. Haugh has never married, having given all his time to the business cares which he lias ever secmed to encounter in his daily life. He is very popular among social organizations, however, and is a mem- ber of quite a number of them. One of his chief connections in this respect is his membership in the Catholic Club, a well-known Philadelphia organization, of which he was practically one of the inceptors. By his own enterprise Mr. Haugh has advanced him- self to a position wherein he is justly entitled to be numbered among the progressive sons of the Keystone State.
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GEORGE HAWKES.
MONG the Philadelphians who have spent years in A public and semi-public positions, few are better known in financial, political and social circles than George Hawkes, the subject of this sketch, and a resident of the Quaker City for sixty years, during which time he has taken a prominent place in the affairs of the municipality, and by his earnestness and progres- siveness has contributed a large share to the advancement of the community.
GEORGE HAWKES was born in the city of New York July 23, I835. His father, George Hawkes, a copper-plate printer, was a native of London, England, where he was born on September 20, 1809. While still living in London he had married Elizabeth, daughter of George Taylor, of the same city, and, turning his face toward the West, had emigrated to the United States in 1832. The first year of the life of the son was spent in New York, the city of his birth. The second in Boston, whither his parents had removed, and a year later the family came to Philadelphia, where the junior Hawkes has since resided. His education was acquired in the public schools of Philadelphia. When a student at the Southeast Grammar School, under Principal Philip A. Cregar, in May, 1848, he took a trip to England with his father and spent several months in London, visiting the Tower, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, the Houses of Parliament, the British Museum and other places of historical interest in that ancient city. On his return to Philadelphia he resumed his studies, having been trans- ferred to the Jefferson Grammar School, of which Zachariah Hopper was principal. Upon the completion of his course in this
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institution he entered the Central High School of Philadelphia in February, 1850, at the time John S. Hart, LL.D., was its President. Here he continued in the pursuit of knowledge until February, 1852, when, on the completion of the English course, he left school, receiving a diploma of graduation in the partial course. He was immediately indentured according to that old English cus- tom, then prevailing to a considerable extent in this country, to the firm of Marshall, Miller & Moore, to learn the art of calico engraving, and remained with this firm for several years after attaining his majority. He then began the study of law and was registered as a student in the office of Thomas Cockran. In 1861 he engaged in book and job printing, and, in 1873, he retired from the business. During the Civil War Mr. Hawkes was enrolled as a private in Company C, Captain Plum, Nineteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania State Militia, July 1, 1863, and remained with his regiment until it was mustered out of the service.
He has always been an ardent Republican, his maiden vote having been cast for John C. Fremont, the first candidate of that party for the Presidency. Although he had always taken a prominent part in political affairs, until his election on November 10, 1891, as a member of the Common Council from the Twentieth Ward for the unexpired term of George W. Boyer, deceased, he had never held any political position beyond that of Assessor for the Sixteenth Ward for three years, from 1868 to 1871. Such good service had he performed as a member of councils that he was re-elected for the term expiring in 1894, and at the city election, held in February, 1896, he received 5,627 votes, or a clear majority of 3,786 for the same position, leading the ticket by 1,700 votes, showing the esteem in which he is held by the community.
Among the financial institutions with which Mr. Hawkes has been connected are the Sepviva Building and Loan Association, in which he was a Director, and the Northeast Building and Loan Association, which he served as Secretary; both have matured, and the Cable Building and Loan Association, of which he was Secretary, and which has matured twenty series of stock. He was a prime mover in the organization in the Building Associa-
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tion League of Pennsylvania, about two decades ago, and has been its Vice-President ever since. For over forty years Mr. Hawkes has been identified with secret societies, and his social temperament and genial manners have made him an adept in the art of good fellowship. He is Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania, having been initiated into Purity Lodge, No. 325, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in 1856, and, since 1868, has served as its Secretary. He is also a member of Fame Castle, No. 89, Ancient Order of Knights of the Mystic Chain. In the Knights of Pythias he has been especially active, having been a Representative in the Grand Lodge of the order since 1867, and having held the honorable post of Grand Keeper of Records and Seals since 1871 and been a Supreme Rep- resentative since 1878. He is a Son of Temperance, and, in 1858, was Worthy Patriarch and Representative to the Grand Division. In May, 1862, he joined the Order of United American Mechanics, and less than a year later was elected Councillor and Representa- tive to the State Council. He is a Mason of high degree and a member. of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. Among the other prominent orders with which he is identified are the Red Men, the Brotherhood of the Union and the Grand Army of the Republic.
That Mr. Hawkes is widely known and universally recognized as a man of sterling integrity is amply demonstrated by the fact that he has acted as executor and administrator in numerous estates, and, since 1858, it is estimated that he has handled annually over fifty thousand dollars of other people's money, and in all that time not a single error has been found in auditing any of his accounts. He was married March 3, 1864, to Martha Ann Cum- mings, of a well known Philadelphia family. Of their children, Martha Cummings, born September 28, 1872, married to Joseph W. Fitzpatrick, a member of the Philadelphia Bar; William M., born April 26, 1876, and John Davis, born July 29, 1879, are still living. Thomas William, born November 27, 1865, died May 6, 1866; Elizabeth, born August 26, 1867, died November 15, 1871, and George, born July 21, 1870, died December 4, 1871.
DAVID C. HENNING.
HE Bar of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, prover- bial for the brilliant force of its master minds for a period extending over four score years, numbers among its present members no stronger or more active practitioner, advocate and trial lawyer than DAVID CALVIN HENNING. For nearly a quarter of a century he has been honorably identified with the legal fraternity of the anthracite coal region and has assiduously labored in the tem- ples of justice of the middle coal field and eastern Pennsylvania section, but principally in Schuylkill and surrounding counties, with his office at the home of his adoption in Pottsville.
Mr. Henning began his career in manhood as a school teacher, after a common school education in Union County, Pennsylvania, and at Bucknell University, formerly the University of Lewisburg. He was born in Union County, November 22, 1847, his parents being David and Margaret Henning, who lived in the fertile farm- ing section along the Susquehanna which has contributed so many prominent men to legislative halls, executive positions and the fields of the church and law. He taught school for a brief period near his home, and in August, 1868, was selected as the principal of the High School of Pinegrove, Schuylkill County, which position he filled with distinction until March 29, 1870, when . he resigned and entered the law office of Lin Bartholomew, who was then at the height of his eminent professional career and stood as a leader of the magnificent Bar of a county which for many years challenged its sister counties in point of ability. After two years of close application Mr. Henning was, on April 2, 1872, admitted to practice, and very soon took a commanding position
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among the most advanced members of the Junior Bar of his county. He marked out a line of conduct from the start which has con- tributed much to his success, for he has never sought political preferment nor permitted ambition to swerve him from the path of his chosen life-work, though he has always evinced great interest in the success and welfare of the Republican party, with which he has ever affiliated. Save in 1886 and 1887, when he satisfactorily filled the position of County Solicitor, he has never been in office, although he has served as County Chairman of his party and in County and State Conventions. While he was still young in his career, Mr. Henning accepted an appointment from the Bench of his county court as one of the Board of Examiners of Students for admission to the Bar, and so well has he demeaned himself, and so conscien- tiously and zealously has he regarded the slightest minutiæ per- taining to the duties of the Examining Board, that students have ever found in him an able helper and the Bar a watchful guardian of its portals. He is now the honored President of the Board.
Mr. Henning's law practice is very large and important. He is particularly bright, alert and thorough in the trial of causes, as well in the criminal as the civil tribunals. Living in the heart of the most active centre of the mining region, Mr. Henning's abili- ties have given him great prominence. The life of a busy lawyer permits of little opportunity for attention to affairs unconnected with professional work. Yet Mr. Henning finds a field of useful- ness and recreation in yielding to the demands of the appreciative community, by which his forensic powers are frequently taxed on occasions when addresses are required to properly fulfill the pro- gramme of important functions, such as military memorials, Masonic celebrations and the like. A member of Pinegrove Lodge, No. 409, Free and Accepted Masons, he is constantly enlisted in the service as orator at annual gatherings of the fraternity, and he has grown to be one of the most erudite speakers in the Schuylkill Valley. With his pen, too, he has become famous in the production of historical gems showing rare literary ability. Notable of his recent essays are the "Tales of the Blue Mountains," in which he has
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portrayed to the present generation the life scenes of aboriginal Indians in that historic locality, making a record of hitherto unwritten and unpreserved history that has attracted wide-spread attention and marked encomiums.
During the War of the Rebellion Mr. Henning was a lad too young and frail to bears arms in defense of the Union, for the protection of which an older brother gave up his life on the Gettys- burg field. But the younger brother at home had the same patriotic blood coursing through his veins, and like the thousands of youth- ful patriots who longed to join the ranks in the field he was growing to be a soldier in spirit as the war progressed. So when duty called him later he proved himself worthy of a post of impor- tance and command. No citizen of the Commonwealth has had to enact a more important part in advancing the National Guard than Mr. Henning. During the labor riots of 1877 he was of the staff of General J. K. Sigfried, whose invaluable services as second in command in Pittsburg are part of the Commonwealth's history. With the rank of Major Mr. Henning proved himself an indispen- sable assistant. Later, from 1883 to 1888, he was Captain of the Washington Artillerists, of Pottsville, a company organization which dated its birth from the Mexican War, and became distinguished as one of the five companies known as "The First Defenders," the survivors of which gallant band of patriots wear badges of honor bestowed by Congress, marking them as the Minute Men of the War of 1861. To-day Mr. Henning's chief interests are found in the practice of the law and the compiling of his erudite literary works. He is a Pennsylvanian of whom his State may well feel proud.
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ROMINENCE and the enviable reputation which * accompanies progress in all branches of public life are often attained in art as well as in com- merce. George Herzog, than whom there is no better decorator in the country, figures prominently in the affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a leader in his field. He has the native refinement which accompanies the inborn love of art, and at the same time the material progressive- ness which is an important part of every-day life.
GEORGE HERZOG was born at Munich, of parents who were desirous of bringing him up with a high purpose in view, and, accordingly, his education, received in the public schools of Munich, was a thorough one. In 1865 he entered the studio of Joseph Schwarzmann, who, under the patronage of Ludwig I., had imme- diate supervision of and designed the decoration for the public buildings and palaces erected by the order of that monarch. While studying under this distinguished preceptor, he received both technical and practical instruction in designing and painting, and became well grounded in historical art. He studied history for art's sake, and the combination of knowledge which he received, together with his natural aptitude for the higher work, soon gained him recognition and advanced him rapidly. He attended faithfully the lectures at the Academy of Arts, given under the auspices of the Bavarian government, by men of acknowledged authority, not only on the subject of historical art, but on archi- tecture and perspective as well. While still a young man, Mr. Herzog was placed in charge of the preparation of designs for the proposed decoration of several important buildings at Munich,
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and later he had the supervision of the execution of this work. In both capacities he demonstrated a practical fitness, and this, proba- bly, was his first step toward the goal of his artistic ambition.
This experience was of great benefit to him in a practical sense. Shortly afterwards he came to the United States, and, in 1873, opened a studio in Philadelphia, becoming the partner of Constantine Kaiser, a prominent decorator of the city, whose acquaintance he made while traveling abroad. After the death of Mr. Kaiser, in 1874, Mr. Herzog opened an office of his own, and has continued in the field ever since. During 1875 and 1876 Mr. Herzog gave to the artistic world some of its most notable pro- ductions in the way of decorative work. His exhibits at the Cen- tennial Exposition gained him two medals, one from the judges of group "seven," and the other from group " twenty-seven," which embodied plastic and graphic art. From that time on he rapidly advanced until he became one of the best known decorators in the United States, and his work began to enjoy an international repu- tation.
In the details of his profession Mr. Herzog has been eminently practical. He enjoys the reputation of carrying out his work as agreed, and of fulfilling in every particular the ideas suggested in his sketches or elaborated in the accepted designs. He is thor- oughly informed upon the traditions of his branch of art, and possesses not only the skill to illustrate his ideas rapidly by pencil, but also to elaborate them with more carefully executed drawing. He is very particular to have his work strictly parallel with the style and character of the building to be decorated. This fact is illustrated especially in the Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, the finest structure of its kind in the world, where he adorned the walls of the three principal lodge rooms, the Egyptian, Ionic and Norman halls, in true historic style and in a most artistic manner. The same is true of his work on the Supreme Court room and the Judges' Consultation room in the City Hall, Philadelphia.
An instance of the superiority of Mr. Herzog's work may be cited in the fact that the Liederkranz Society, of New York city, selected the designs of Mr. Herzog for the decoration of their
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building, and some of his best work is found in the concert halls and stairways there, showing as it does his knowledge of historical and allegorical subjects and skill in representation, the purely decorative features so harmonizing with the pictorial as to justify their being classed among the very finest decorated apartments in New York city. In Philadelphia a number of private buildings bear the mark of Mr. Herzog's successful handiwork. These include the residences of Charles J. Harrah, Thomas Dolan, the late E. H. Fitler, John H. Converse, James Elverson, P. A. B. Widener and W. L. Elkins, all of whom have been quite promi- nently identified with the development of art in the city of Philadel- phia, and have encouraged it in the decoration of their own homes. In the political life of Philadelphia, as well as in the artistic, Mr. Herzog has been quite an active spirit. Although he has never taken any prominent part in politics he has always been identified with the Republican party, aiding it as far as possible. Among the organizations with which he is connected, are Lodge 51, Masonic Order, the German Society, the Union League Club, the Art Club, the Liederkranz Club of New York, and the Fair- mount Park Association, being a life member of the first named two and the last one.
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HENRY MARTYN HOYT.
0 NE of the most steadily progressive careers recorded in the annals of the Keystone State is pictured in a history of the life of Henry M. Hoyt. Endowed with a high order of ability and always a close student, he attained high rank at the Bar and on the Bench, while his patriotic ardor led him into the midst of the fiercest scenes of the fratricidal strife between the North and the South, and won for him a reputation as a soldier and a strategist that will long endure. The peculiar ability which he displayed as a party manager and leader won for him many distinctions, and finally placed him in the Executive Chair of the State. His administration as Governor was noted as having been one of the most successful in the history of the Commonwealth.
HENRY MARTYN HOYT was born in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on the 8th day of June, 1830. He was a descendant of Simon Hoyt, the progenitor of the Hoyts in the United States, the mention of which family is found in the records of the country from the earliest colonial days. He remained at home, working on his father's farm, until he attained the age of fourteen, when he entered the old Wilkes-Barre Academy, subse- quently taking a course in Wyoming Seminary, where he prepared for college. He entered Lafayette College, at Easton, Pennsyl- vania, where he remained for two years. At the end of that time, through the retirement of its President, the college was for a time closed, and Mr. Hoyt entered Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1849. The next year he took a position as teacher in the Academy of Towanda, and the subsequent year was elected Professor of Mathematics in the
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Wyoming Seminary, which position he held for a year. Another year was spent in the graded schools of Memphis, Tennessee. Choosing law for a profession, he became a student in the office of the late George W. Woodward, ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. After the elevation of Judge Woodward to the Bench, Mr. Hoyt continued his studies under Warren J. Woodward, afterwards a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl- vania, and was admitted to the Bar of Luzerne County in 1853. Two years later he was the candidate of the Whig party for Dis- trict Attorney, but was defeated by a small majority. Embracing the newly formed Republican party, he took an active part in the Fremont campaign. In 1861 he was largely instrumental in raising the Fifty-second Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, being promoted, two years later, to the command of the regiment. After serving with credit and gallantry in many important battles, particularly during the Virginia campaign of 1862, and in the operations in and about Charleston Harbor, he was captured by the Confederates, and con- fined in the rebel prisons at Macon and Charleston. After his exchange, he was brevetted Brigadier-General for meritorious con- duct and bravery on the field of battle. After the cessation of hostilities, he resumed the practice of his profession. In 1866 Colonel Hoyt was elected a member of the school board of Wilkes- Barre, and a year later was appointed Additional Law Judge of the County of Luzerne, in which position he made a distinguished record. In the fall of the same year, he received the nomination of the Republican party for the same position, but, though run- ning largely ahead of his ticket, was defeated by his opponent, the county at that time being strongly Democratic. In 1869 he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the counties of Luzerne and Susquehanna, resigning in 1873. In 1875 and 1876 he was Chairman of the Republican State Committee. In 1878 he was nominated by the Republican party for Governor of Penn- sylvania. It was during the campaign that ended in his election that he sounded the keynote of the party by his famous declara- tion, " Professing to be an honest man, and the candidate of an II-17
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honest party, I believe in honest money." He was elected by a large plurality, and entered on the duties of his office in the suc- ceeding January for the term of four years, being the first Gov- ernor who, in pursuance of the new Constitution, served for that period. Governor Hoyt was married on the 25th day of Septem- ber, 1855, to Mary E. Loveland, daughter of Elijah Loveland, a native of Vermont, who had moved to Pennsylvania in the early years of the century. Her mother was a descendant of Thomas Buckingham, one of the Puritan fathers who emigrated to Con- necticut in 1637, and was the progenitor of the American branch of the Buckingham family, so many of whom have won distinction in the professions and in the service of their country. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt left three children living, one son and two daughters. The son, Henry M., after graduating from Yale College, became a student of law in the office of Wayne MacVeagh, and graduated in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. After practicing his profession in Pittsburg for two years in the office of George Shiras, Jr., now Justice Shiras of the United States Supreme Court, he engaged in the banking business, first in New York, and afterwards in Philadelphia, and in the past few years he has returned to the practice of the law.
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