Hichborn

rd on tin* priU'rnnl >!*!«• from Paul Revere, His
parent* vu'iv Philip and Martha t Gould) Hich-
httrn. Born at Owrh'>iw\nf Mass., he gradu-
ated ;it tin* a^t* uf sixteen from the high school
in HP ttw ami was indrnturt'd to the United
Slate* pivi'rnmt'iU as a shipwright apprentice at
t!u» OiarltMwvn navy yard. His work was of
Mich merit that tin* Secretary of the Xavy or-
ilereii that ht* W ^iven u >pecial course of theoret-
ical training in naval construction* Near the
ouihreak *>f iht* Civil War, lu» wont to the Pacific
< VMS| rt* ship carpenter on the clipper ship Dash"
IK// ffVv, rpim hi* arrival, he attain entered
Km't'rmm'iit einpluy at the navy van!, Marc Isl-
and, Oihim'wa. Here likewise hii work was of
Mich quality that he rapidly arlvanml through
tho vuntnis civilian jittMtiuns and nn June 26,
iW**j, was ;ippMMte*i iiHsiMant naval constructor(
\\iih a CMinini'^iun in the l'niu*d States navy.

lite fullim-ing jvar, he was detached from
Man* Islam! aw! t»nlm-t| to the navy yard at
I'firtsiumith. X, II, In 1^5 he took a cunipcti*
tive t*,\.tmm;iiit*!t and after paving number one,
was t'tiimtii-Mtiut'd na^al t'tw»tnulor on Mar, !2>
1875, In the same year he was transferred to
League Inland navy yard* Philadelphia, From
iHHj t»* iXKo |u* was a member of the Hoard of
iHNfrvtitw and Survey, and in JMIH* 1884, he was
detaclted M* that htMiiinht visit various shipyards
in KWMJH*, make a fhurmigh survey* and report
tin* resulK dit* (nlltiwint; tM«U«r, This task h«
prrfuriitrt! with his iMia] |H*rsjmMcity, prmlucing
a nntrwuithy *bcunu*nt «f nearly out* hundred
patfes, filU'd with plans ant! charts (AY/wf OH
/:iir«i^r*i«i /^Mrt-Fim/jF. iHSfi). This rejjort wa»
uf such >in|***riance th.tt il was tM«d ;IA a text-
(juik hy naval men. Xuvt'inlvr iK^|fmmd Hich-
assistant t«* the chief «f the Bureau of Con*
and Repair in the Navy Department at
Washington, Several >rar* in this position fit*
Ird hint t« t:ikc tivrr the duiirs t*f head t>{ tlic bu-
reau* ami tin Sept /» iXtyH, he ua.s cumniisHioned
chief «if tl«* Hurrau of C'tnMruction and Repair,
and chief ctmstruetur with the rank of commo-
dore* latrr rear admiral* Thi* position he held
until he retired, an Mar, 4, 1901,

After his retirement* Hiehbarn kept actively
in touch with naval cumirueiion and was called
upon frequently l»y the Navy Department to act
in an advisory capacity. He was thus able to
give much valuable aid in building the latest type
of dreadnought. During hi* career he made two
notable invention*: the Franklin life buoy and
the Hichborn balanced turrets for battleships.
The latter was of the utmost importance in naval
construction. Before Hichborn perfected his in*
vention, the position of the heavy guns caused

Hickenl coper
the battleship to roll sideways when all the turret
guns were trained to one side. By shifting the
weight of the gun mounts and recoil apparatus,
Hichborn was able to turn the guns in any direc-
tion and still preserve an even keel. In 1900 he
published Standard Designs for Boats of the
United States Nary; he was the author of a num-
ber of other professional papers ancl was a mem-
ber of various professional and patriotic socie-
ties. He was married in November 1875 to Jen-
nie M, Franklin, of which marriage a son and a
daughter were born. He died in Washington,
D. C
IL. H, Hamtrs!yt The Records of Living Officers of
tlw U. $, Navy and Marine Corps (5th ctj., 1894);
Who's Whn in America* i^io-i i; B. A. Gould/ The
Family of Zaccheus Gmtttl of TopsfiM (1895);
tifie American 5«^., Mar. 2, 1901 ; Army timt
hmr>, May 7, 1910; Washington Post, Kwnittff
(Washington), May -% 1910.] A,R.B.
HICKENLOOPER, ANDREW (Aug. 10,
i837-May 12, 1904), engineer, Union soldier,
was a descendant of Andrew Hickenloopert of
Dutch stock, who in 1693 settled In York County*
Pa, In 1836 a grandson, Andrew the third, re-
moved with his wife, Abigail (Cox), of Irish
MtHKl, from the neighborhood of Grecnslmrg,
Pa,, to Hudson, Ohio, Here Andrew the fourth
was torn. Later changes in his parents* resi-
dence account for his attendance first at the pub-
lic schools of Circlevillc and then at St. Xavier
and Woodward colleges, Cincinnati* In this city,
in 1856, he entered the office of the city engineer;
in 1859 he was made city surveyor. When the
Civil War began he recruited the $th Ohio Inde-
pendent Battery and saw service under Fremont
at Jefferson City, Mo.» in the autumn of 1861-
The following March he was transferred to
Grant's army, He distinguished himself in the
campaign in western Tennessee and was rapidly
advanced to the rank of chief engineer of the
XVII Army Corps, Having won Grant's ad*
miration at Shiloh, he was placed in charge of
engineering operations in the siege of Vicksburg,
and after the city fell the hoard of honor of the
XVII Corps awarded htm a gold medal. He ac-
companied Sherman on the Atlanta campaign
and during the final march through the Caro*
Unas, was present at the surrender of Johnston,
and, on recommendation of Generals Howard,
Sherman, and Grant, was brevetted brigadier*
general on May 20,1865.
In July x866y Hickeniooper was appointed
United States marshal for the Southern District
of Ohio, but quitted this post in 1871 to become
city engineer of Cincinnati* The next year the
president of the Cincinnati Gas Light & Coke
Company selected him as vice-president With-