Yale University Law School - Yale Law Reporter Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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Tllli YALE SIIINCZLIC. 35 WILLIAM ST0ek1sR111c1-1 IIASKICLI. was born at Falmouth, Me., April 28, 1870. His father is Rev. Wm. H. Haskell, a minister. His blood is English, traceable to the time of the Norman Kings. He pre- pared for College at Andover, and graduated from Yale in 1892. . fiICORGl'1 Picixiui IIAWKES was born at Portland, Me., November 1, 1868, and has lived there and in New Haven. Chas. M. Hawkes, his father, is a banker and broker, formerly King of Dahomey. He traces his blood until it vanishes in the shadows of the Dark Ages, to the person of some subject of the Kings of ancient Britain. Two admirals, famous in history, Hawke by name, a martyr and the common forefather of us all in Eden, are named as distin- guished relatives. He graduated from Yale in 1891, receiving some merit cards for regular attendance, and a document with foreign intelligence on it which he has been unable as yet to decipher. ROlSPIR'1' CAIRNS PIAYDEN was born in New York, May 30, 1870. His father is Harry H. Hayden. His blood is pure English, traceable to the time of William the conquerer. He went to St. Paul's School, and afterwards to Trinity College. In both places he succeeded in avoiding both honors and dishonors. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HEDIDEN was born in Water- ford, Conn., July 5, 1871, and has since lived in New London. Alanson Hedden, his father, was formerly captain of a ship engaged in whaling. His blood is English and can be traced to the early partiof the

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34 Tllli VALIC SIIINGLI-1. public positions, as that of State Senator, as well as many private offices of trust a11d honor. His family came from Normandy inthe eleventh century, pre- sumably with or after VVilliam the Conqueror, and formerly had the aristocratic territorial prefix de before their name, which was Halle then. '1'hirty of the leading Connecticut pioneers, including Governors and what not, are numbered among his ancestors. His blood is English with one excep- tion, Bacon from Ireland in I64O.H He went to the Meriden High School, and afterwards to Cornell and Columbia, studying languages and belies lvlfzws under a private tutor. lI1f:1us151i'1' W11.1,1,xx1 H1xi11.1N, was born December 3, 1870, at Chicago, Ill. His father, John A. Hamlin, is the proprietor of the Grand Opera House in that city. He traces his ancestry to Hclengone, and Eng- lish, Irish, French and Hot-Scotch blood flows in his veins. Preparing at the Harvard School in Chicago, he graduated from the Shefheld Scientihe School in 1892, with the degree of Ph. B., Hllllfgfllillllu rum fum !azm'c. 'I'11oMAs W1ss'1' HARDY was born at San Jose, Cal., January 22, 1869. His father, W. B. Hardy, is an attorney-at-law and has held the office of city attorney and recorder, and is now ax ojicio treasurer of the Hardy family. He traces his ancestry to the moss- backs, and, on examination of his red corpuscles, Ends traces of Hibernian and Semitic blood. Admiral Hardy and the late lamented Mr. Crowley of Central Park were the most celebrated of his relatives.

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36 THE YALE SIIINGLE. sixteenth century. He was educated under a private instructor. He was elected Justice of the Peace in New London, in November, 1892. Jo RALP11 JAQU15s was born in Cttumwa, Iowa, February 13, 1873. His father, General W. H. C. J aques, is a lawyer. He traces his ancestry three or four generations back, and finds it to be English, Irish and French. He was in the class of 1894 at the Iowa State University, and attended the Law School there for one yea1'. Jo11N W'11.1.1AM IJARKIN was born at Baltic, Conn., January 25, 1869, and now lives in Birmingham, Conn. Ilis father, John Larkin, is a hotel proprietor. His blood is Irish, traceable as far as his great-grandfather. As to distinguished relatives, he says Keep your eye on me. After preparing at the Birmingham High School, he went to Holy Cross College and graduated very creditably. JOSIAII VVoo1.1f Luvv was born in New Haven, May 7, 1868, and has lived there all his life except for six years spent in Hartford, Ansonia, Philadelphia, etc. His father, Woolf Levy, has held various ofhces, such as Justice of the Peace, Constable and Notary Public. His blood is Jewish, and conse- quently can be traced to one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jacob Levi Levinslci, author of the School and Family Bible, is his most distinguished relative. He has engaged in photography for thirteen years.