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Christy, Edwin P – Church, Edward B

Christy, Edwin P

minstrel, was born in 1815. He organized the original Christy's Minstrels, in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1842, and was afterward their manager.

He took the troupe to London, met with great success both here and there, and retired with a fortune in 1854. He died May 21, 1862, in New York city.

Christy, George N

minstrel, was born Nov. 6, 1827, in Palmyra, N. Y. He made his first appearance in Buffalo in 1839, under E. P. Christy's management.

After the organization of the Christy minstrels he was the star of the troupe, and was the original Lucy Long and Cachuca.

He died May 12, 1868, in New York city.

Christy, John H

congressman. He was elected a representative from Georgia to the fortieth congress.

Christy, Samuel W

lawyer, legislator, was born June 20, 1856, in Keokuk, county, Iowa. He was elected a representative of the Nebraska legislature in 1889, and in 1896 was a delegate to the republican national convention at St.

Louis.

Christy, William

soldier, lawyer, author, was born Dec. 6, 1791, in Georgetown, Ky. He served under Harrison in the war of 1812, and became a merchant in New Orleans. He published a Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Chrysler, Morgan Henry

soldier, was born Sept. 30, 1826, in Ghent, N.

Y. He was present at the capture of Mobile, with its surrounding defences, was brevetted brigadier-general in 1864, and made brigadier-general of volunteers and brevet major-general in 1865.

Chubb, Henry Stedman

state legislator, was born March 24, 1858, in Edgerton, Wis. He was director and general manager of the Heather Island Orange company; was president of a building and loan association. He served two years in the state legislature; and has been president of the council and mayor of his town.

Church, Albert Ensign

educator, author, was born in 1807 in Salisbury, Conn. He was a mathematical professor at West Point, 1833-78, and the author of Elements of Differential Calculus; Elements of the Calculus of Variations; Elements of Analytical Geometry; Elements of Descriptive Geometry; and Elements of Analytical Trigonometry. He died March 30, 1878, in West Point, N. Y.

Church, Benjamin

soldier, author, was born in 1639 in Duxbury, Mass. He was a famous colonial soldier, the conqueror of King Philip, and the founder of Little Compton, Rhode Island. Entertaining Passages Relating to Philip's War. is a personal narrative of his adventures.

He died Jan. 17, 1718, in New Compton, R. I.

Church, Benjamin

physician, author, poet, was born in 1734 in Rhode Island. He was a Boston physician of considerable note as a political satirist and poet; and is the author of The Times, a political satire; Elegy on Dr. Mayhew; Address to a Provincial Bashaw; and Elegy on the Death of Whitefield. He died in 1776.

Church, Benjamin Silliman

civil engineer, was born April 17, 1836, in Belvidere. He has had charge of the water supply of the city of New York from time to time during the past thirty years.

His greatest achievement has been the projecting and constructing of the new Croton aqueduct, the source of the water supply of New York city.

Church, Edward B

educator, clergyman, was born Sept. 7, 1844, in Grenville, Miss. In 1880 he established the Irving institute for the higher education of women at San Francisco, Cal.