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Chenowith, F. A – Childs, Orville Whitmore

Chenowith, F. A

jurist, was born in Ohio. He was appointed associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Washington.

Cheshire, Joseph Blount

bishop of North Carolina, author, was born March 27, 1850, in Tarborough, N. C. He has published several valuable monographs. Among his works are: Early Conventions of the Church in North Carolina; Fragments of North Carolina Church History; The Church in the Province of North Carolina; Decay and Revival; and Parson Miller and White Haven Church.

Chestnut, James

soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in 1815, in Camden, S. C. He was a member of the state legislature in 1842-52; from 1854 to 1858 was a member of the state senate; and was appointed to the United States senate, taking his seat during the second session of the thirty-fifth congress.

Chetwood, John

lawyer, author, was born April 28, 1859, in Elizabeth, N.

J. He graduated from the law school of the Columbia college, and has attained prominence as a lawyer. He is the author of Immigration Fallacies; and has contributed extensively to current literature.

Chetwood, William

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1769, in Elizabethtown, N. J. He at one time served in the state council of New Jersey; and was elected to congress from that state, to fill a vacancy during the administration of President Jackson. He died Dec. 18, 1857, in Elizabethtown, N. J.

Cheverus, Jean L

Roman catholic bishop, was born Jan. 28, 1768, in France. In 1808 the diocese of Boston was created, and in 1810 he was consecrated first bishop of Boston. In 1818 he purchased and dedicated St. Augustine's, the first catholic cemetery in Boston. In 1823 he returned to France, and in 1836 was proclaimed a cardinal. He died July 19, 1836.

Chew, Benjamin

lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 29, 1722, in West River, Md. In 1774 he became chief justice of the state of Pennsylvania. For several years was speaker in the house of delegates; and in 1790 was appointed president of the high court of errors and appeals. He died Jan. 20, 1810.

Chickering, John White

clergyman, author, was born in 1808, in Massachusetts. He was a congregational clergyman of Portland, Maine, in 1835-65, and the author of What it is to Believe in Christ, a very widely circulated tract; and The Hillside Church.

Childs, Henry Halsey

physician, was born June 7, 1783, in Pittsfield, Mass.

He organized the Berkshire medical institute, which became a college in 1837, and of which he was professor of the theory and practice of medicine, and president until 1863. He represented Pittsfield in the legislature of 1816 and 1827; in the constitutional convention of 1820; state senator in 1837, and was lieutenant governor of Massachusetts in 1843. He died March 22, 1868, in Boston, Mass.

Childs, Henry Warren

lawyer, was born Nov. 24, 1848, in Belgium, N. Y.

In 1887 he was appointed assistant attorney-general and took up his residence in St. Paul, Minn. In 1892 he was elected attorney-general; and in 1894 was reelected to the same office.

Childs, John Lewis

horticulturist, journalist, was born May 13, 1856. He established The Mayflower, which is made up of the prominent floriculturists, horticulturists and agriculturists in the world.

Childs, Orville Whitmore

engineer, was born Dec. 27, 1802, in Stillwater, N. Y. He was chief engineer of the Terre Haute and Alton railroad in 1855-58, and was afterward employed by the state to fix the boundaries of the city and county of New York. He was president of the Central Transportation company and of the Philadelphia car-works. He died Sept. 6, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa.