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Chambliss, John Randolph – Chandler, Thomas

Chambliss, John Randolph

soldier, was born Jan. 23, 1833, in Hicksford, Va. He joined the confederate army at the beginning of the civil war as colonel of an infantry regiment, and afterward became colonel of the thirteenth Virginia cavalry. He was subsequently made a brigadier-general, and was killed in action while leading a brigade of cavalry. He died Aug. 16, 1864, in Deep Bottom, Va.

Champe, John

revolutionary soldier, was born in 1752, in Virginia. He entered the army in 1776, and served through the revolutionary war as sergeant-major. He died in Kentucky.

Champion, Epaphroditus

congressman, was born in 1757. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1807 to 1817. He died Nov. 22, 1835, in East Haddam, Conn.

Champlin, George

merchant, was born in 1738. He was a merchant of Newport, R. I.; an officer of the revolution; member of the continental congress from 1785 to 1786, and of the convention that adopted the federal constitution. He died in 1809.

Champlin, James Tifft

clergyman, college president, author, was born June 9, 1811, in Colchester, Conn. He is a baptist clergyman of Portland, Maine, and president of Colby university in 1857- 73. He was the author of First Principles of Ethics; Lessons on Political Economy; Text-Book of Intellectual Philosophy; Scripture Reading Lessons; The Constitution of the United States, with Brief Comments; and a series of classical text-books. He died March 15, 1882, in Portland, Maine.

Champney, James Wells

soldier, painter, was born July 16, 1843, in Boston, Mass. In 1863 he served a short time in the forty-fifth Massachusetts volunteers, and later taught drawing in Lexington, Mass. In 1876 he built a studio in Deerfield, Mass., where he has since spent most of his summers, his winter studio being in New York city. His works include Which is Umpire; Sear Leaf (1874); and Not so Ugly as He Looks.

Chancellor, Eustathius

physician, author. In 1878 he was appointed assistant resident physician in the university hospital of Maryland; in 1885 was founder of the Beaumont Hospital Medical college; and is the author of Researches Upon the Treatment of Delirium Tremens and numerous other works.

Chandler, Charles Henry

soldier, journalist, author, was born Aug. 25, 1840, in Prescott, Mass. He served in the thirty-first Massachusetts infantry. He was connected with the Springfield Republican, and later with the Boston Herald as an editorial writer. He published Attractions of Northampton. He died Jan. 4, 1885, in Boston, Mass.

Chandler, Oliver Phelps

lawyer, banker, legislator, was born May 29, 1807, in Peacham, Vt. He was a member of the Vermont state house of representatives for five years, and state senator for three years. From 1847 to 1868 he was the president of the Woodstock bank, and has held various important positions of honor in his state.

Chandler, Samuel

soldier, state legislator, was born in 1794, in Massachusetts. After being a member of both branches of the legislature, he was, in 1840, elected sheriff of Middlesex, and held that office until 1855. He was also major-general of the state militia for many years. He died July 20, 1867, in Lexington, Mass.

Chandler, Thomas

soldier, congressman, was born Aug. 10, 1772, in Bedford, N. H. He was a justice of the quorum in 1808; and a captain of militia in 1815. He was a member of the New Hampshire legislature in 1827; and a representative in congress from his native state from 1829 to 1833. His brother, John Chandler, was also in congress, and he was the uncle of the senator, Zachariah Chandler. He died Jan. 28, 1866, in Bedford, N. H.