Higginson, Thomas

WENT WORTH, philanthropist and author, was born in Cambridge, Ma ., Dec. 22, 1823; graduated from Harvard (1841), and received the degree of A. M. (1869); studied theology at Cambridge; was ordained minister of the First Religious Society of New bury port, Ma . (1847); became minister of the Free Church, Worcester, Ma . (1852); resigned from the ministry (1858). Previous to the Civil War he took au active part in the anti-slavery movement, and during the war was captain and subsequently colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers (colored); was wounded in August, 1863, and mustered out in October, 1864. He has since devoted himself to literature and social reform, though serving as a member of the House of Representatives of Ma achusetts, and of the Governor's military staff, and for five years as State military and naval historian. He has made earnest efforts to improve the management of Harvard University, and to open all its doors to women. His publications have been varied, and include: Out - door Papers, e ays; Army Life in a Black Regiment, a novel; Malbone; Oldport Days; Young Folks' History of the United States; the memoirs of Lydia Maria Child and Margaret Fuller O oli, in Eminent Women of the Age; Harvard Memorial Biog -ing year participated in the principal battles of the raphies; Child Pictures from Dickens; Women and Men; A Larger History of the U. S.; Concerning All of Us; . Higginsville, in Mi ouri, a post-village of Lafay-Hill, ette co., 12 m. S.E. of Lexington, on Mo. Pac. and C. & A. R. Rs.; has flour mills, brick and tile works. Pop. (1897) about 2,450.