| affable and pleasant gentleman. I think his son, Arthur
Hoppock, has a full interest in the store and business. I called
on
them in their offices May, 1895, and had pleasant interview.
He
gave me a cordial invitation to his home, where he has a most
wonderful collection of ancient Chinese porcelains and other curios,
consisting at that time of 1,076 specimens. He presented me with
a little book of 177 pages, he had printed, descriptive of them.
The title of his book is, Ancient Chinese Porcelains and other
Curios, Belonging to Mr. George A. Hearn--Descriptions by Hon.
Chester Holcombe, for many years Secretary of Legation, and
acting United States Minister at Peking, China. I copy last page
in book.
Set of Minton China, consisting of tea pot, sugar bowl and cream pitcher, one large bowl, ten tea cups, five coffee cups, twelve saucers, one large plate, and one small plate. Purple and gold, with medallions of roses inside and out; the medallions showing in exact correspondence when held to the light. Presented by Lord and Lady Holmes to
Among the noted Mausoleums in Woodlawn, New York city, is the George Hearn family. The Hearn memorial is an Egyptian obelisk whose shaft is sixty feet high. JOHN L. HEARN, groceryman, lives at 1716 Benton Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo., born at Black Torrington, Devonshire, England, Aug. 8, 1865, married Jennie E. Underwood Sept. 2, 1887. They have one child, Isabella, born June 24, 1897; are members of the Congregational Church. John L.'s father, Lewis Hearn, was born |
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