[Franklin Benjamin]. American author, born at Martinsburg, NY, on the 20th of July 1820. Graduated at Union College (1843); at Cleveland Medical College (1848); practiced medicine in Somerville, NY (1848–52), and in Albany (1852–60). When the Civil War broke out Hough enlisted, served nine months, and then settled in Lowville, NY, and devoted himself to scientific and literary pursuits. He published History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, New York (1853); History of Duryea’s Campaign (1864); Washingtoniana (1865); American Biographical Notes (1875). Also, translated Badan’s Guerre de Crimée. He died on the 6th of June 1885, in Lowville, NY.
