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Cocke, Zitella

poet, was born in 1836, in Alabama. She is a poet whose contributions to periodicals have been collected in a volume of verse entitled A Doric Reed.

Cocker, William Johnson

educator, author, was born in 1846, in England. He is an educator of Michigan; and the author of Handbook of Punctuation; and The Government of the United States.

Cockerill, John A

journalist, was born Dec. 5, 1845, in Adams county, Ohio.

In 1865 he became owner and editor of the True Telegraph of Hamilton, Ohio; and in 1891 established the Commercial Advertiser of New York city.

Cockerill, Joseph R

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from Ohio. He died Oct. 23, 1875, in West Union, Ohio.

Cockran, James

congressman. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1809 to 1813.

Cockran, William Bourke

educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1.854, in Ireland. He was principal of a public school in Westchester county, N.

Y. He was a member of the fiftieth congress; and was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.

Coddington, William

governor, author, was born in 1601, in Lincolnshire, England. He was the first governor of Rhode Island; and the author of Demonstrations of True Love unto the Rulers of Massachusetts. He died Nov. 1, 1678.

Codington, William R

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 24, 1853, in Somerset county, N. J. He was city judge of Plainfield for three years.

Codman, John

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 3, 1782, in Easton, Mass.

He was a congregational clergyman of Dorchester; and the author of Sermons; and Visit to England. He died Dec. 23, 1847, in Dorchester, Mass.

Codman, John

sailor, author, was born Aug. 16, 1814, in Dorchester, Mass.

He is a noted captain in the merchant marine; and the author of Sailors' Life and Sailors' Yarns; Ten Months in Brazil; The Mormon Country: The Round Trip by Way of Panama; A Solution of the Mormon Problem; and Winter Sketches from the Saddle.

Cody, Claude C

educator, author, was born Nov. 5, 1854, in Covington, Ga.

He is professor of mathematics in the Southwestern university of Georgetown, Tex.; and is the author of a work entitled The Life of Dr. Wood.

Cody, William Frederick

Scout, was born Feb. 26, 1845, in Iowa. He was employed as an Indian scout, and served till the close of the war with the seventh Kansas cavalry. After the Indian war he proceeded to collect Indians, cow-boys, scouts, trappers, and buffaloes, and produced the Wild West show for the first time in Omaha in 1883. Since then he has exhibited in all the principal cities in the world with overwhelming success.

He is known as Buffalo Bill.