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He graduated in 184.9, ranking in the first third of the class. In the depart- ment of mathematics he gained the first prize for three years, and a second prize the fourth year. He also took the philosophical prize for the best essay in that department.

He has always been active in village and town afi'airs. In 1854 he organized a Sunday school in the schoolhouse. February 13, 1857, in response to his invi- tation, thirteen people met at his house, and the Second Congregational Church of South Kingstown was organized. In 1872 he built the present stone church, drawing the plans himself. The large worsted mill was built after his plans in 1872. The weaving shed at a later date, and the pi€curesque stone bridges about Peacedale are all of his building. One bridge of a single stone arch, with a span of forty feet, is said to be the largest single arch in the State. He was largely instrumental in“ establishing the Narragansett Library in 1855, and in the or— ganization of the High School— giving the land for the building, and assisting in its maintenance. In the improvement of the village and town he has had an active part. After much study of the distribution of profits and the question of the relation of capital and labor, and after personal inspection of the co—operative establishment of Rochdale, England, and elsewhere, he introduced the system of profit sharing into the Peacedale mills.

Mr. Hazard has always been interested in agriculture and the improvement of breeds of cattle, and is the president of the Washington County Agricultural Society, to which office he was elected at the organization of the society in 1876. Mr. Hazard served the town of South Kingstown as moderator for several years, and the State Legislature as representative in 1863, and as senator in 1867 and 1868. He was the independent candidate for governor in 1875, receiving the plurality of votes, but failed of an election in the Legislature.

Mr. Hazard has been interested in the production of lead, and took charge of Mine La Motte, Missouri, in 1875. His active mind has naturally been awake to all new forms ofindustry. In 1881 he took steps to introduce the manufac— ture of soda—ash into this country. Previously nearly the whole supply had been imported. He was instrumental in organizing the Solvay Process Company, of Syracuse, New York, and became its president. The first soda—ash made by the ammonia process in America was produced by this company, January, 1884.: Mr. Hazard’s large experience and practical wisdom have greatly aided the in~ dustry. He married, March 29, 1854, Margaret Ann Rood, of Philadelphia, daughter of Reverend Anson Rood; she died August, 1895. .

CHILDREN . 2140. ROWLAND GIBSON HAZARD, born Jan. 22, 1855; married, Nov. 16, 1880, Mary Pierpont, daughter of Rev. George Bushnell, of Beloit, Wis. 2141. CAROLINE HAZARD, born June 10, 1856. Miss Hazard inherits her grandfather’s intellectual tastes. She is the editor of a collected edition of his philosophical and economic writings, under the title of Work; of Raw/am! Giana Hazard, in five volumes, and is the author of a biography entitled Tlmma; Hazard, ma 0/“ Robert, rall’d College Tom. .4 Stud} If L572 1'71 Narragamett in the XVIIIt/J tertiary, a book full of early Narragansett history; and of a volume