122 Tfle HAZARD FAMILY

necessary funds, so that the three brothers are connected with the founding of

that institution.” ‘ He married, Oétober 12, 1838, Frances, daughter of Jonas Minturn, of New

York.

CHILDREN

1208. MARY ROBINSON HAZARD, born 1839; died 184.2.

1209. FRANCES MINTURN HAZARD, born 184.1 ; died 1877.

1210. GERTRUDE MINTURN HAZARD, born 1843 ; died 1877.

1211. ANNA PEACE HAZARD, born 1845 ; died 1868.

1212. ESTHER ROBINSON HAZARD, born 1848 ; married Edwin :7. Dunning. 1.213. BARCLAY HAZARD, born Dec. 4., 1852; married Add Blake.

§ 651. ROWLAND GIBSON HAZARD, 7 (Rowland, 6; Thomas, 5; Rob- ert, 4.; Thomas, 3 ; Robert, 2; Thomas, 1) was born in his grandfather’s house on Tower Hill, South Kingstown, October 9, 1801. In early childhood, he Was taken to Bristol, Pennsylvania, to the home of his maternal grandfather, Isaac Peace. He attended school 1n Burlington, New Jersey (across the Delaware), and in Bristol, and in 1813 was sent to West Town school. Here he remained five years, and developed a strong taste for mathematics, discovering some new modes of demonstration 1n conic seétions. This school gave him a thorough training in the branches it taught, and though he lamented his want of a classical educa— tion, yet by reading he early acquired a knowledge of classical history.

In 1819 Mr. Hazard returned to Rhode Island, and, with his brother, Isaac Peace Hazard, took charge of the manufaéturing business at Peacedale, in which their father was engaged. Under the management of the brothers the busi— ness largely increased. From 1833 to 1843 Mr. Hazard made yearly visits to the South, and had an opportunity to see the workings of slavery, an institution he abhorred. In New Orleans, through his eforts, many free negroes unjustly detained in the chain— —gang were released. His speech on the Fugitive Slave Law, in the Rhode Island Legislature, in 1850, while generous and appreciative of the slave— —’owners position, is a powerful denunciation of the institution.

For several years he represented his town in the General Assembly, always taking a prominent position. During the adjourned session of the General As— sembly, 1n the autumn of 1 854, he delivered an address condemning the discrim— inative rates for freight and passengers charged by the Stonington Railroad Company,———- an address that the officials of that corporation regarded as highly offensive. Some time afterwards, in order to test the rights of the Company 1n granting stop— over privileges on through tickets, he was ejected from one of the Company’s trains. This measure excited much indignation, and a set of resolu— tions was adopted by the Town Council of his native town, in which is to be found the germ of the Interstate Commerce Law of 1886.“ But it is as a writer that Mr. Hazard is best known. In his books he will live long after the houses he builded and the fortune he accumulated have become matters of tradition.

I Washington County History (Preston & Co.), New Yerk, 1889. 2 Ibid. In