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Cogswell, Nathaniel – Coke, Richard

Cogswell, Nathaniel

soldier, was born Jan. 19, 1773, in Haverhill, Mass.

He had a strong desire for military life, offered his services to the patriot army in Mexico, and died holding a general's commission. He died near the Red river, Louisiana.

Cogswell, William

surgeon, was born July 11, 1760, in Haverhill, Mass. He was one of the founders of the New Hampshire Medical society and of Atkinson academy, giving the land on which the academy was built. He died Jan. 1, 1831, in Atkinson, N. H.

Cogswell, William

clergyman, author, was born June 5, 1787, in Atkinson, N. H. He was a congregational clergyman of New Hampshire, among whose works are Manual of Theology and Devotion; Assistant to Family Religion; Christian Philanthropist; Theological Class Book; Harbinger of the Millennium; and Letters to Young Men Preparing for the Ministry. He died April 18, 1850, in Gilmanton, N. H.

Cohen, Jacob Da Silva Solis

physician, lecturer, author, was born in 1838, in New York. He is a Philadelphia physician and medical lecturer of prominence; and the author of Treatise on Inhalations; Diseases of the Throat; Croup in Its Relations to Tracheotomy; and The Throat and the Voice.

Cohen, Louis

railroad president, was born Jan. 7, 1849, in Germany. Since 1894 he has been president of the Sandersville railroad at Sandersville, Ga.

Coit, Henry Augustus

educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 20, 1831.

He entered the ministry of the protestant episcopal church, and on the foundation of St. Paul's school in Concord, N. H., by Dr. George Shattuck, was chosen its first rector. He has published numerous sermons and addresses, and has contributed to periodical literature.

Coit, James Milnor

educator, author, was born Jan. 31, 1845, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was an instructor in chemistry at St. Paul's school, Concord; and the author of Elements of Chemical Arithmetic; and Short Manual of Qualitative Analysis.

Coit, Joseph Howland

educator, author. He was professor of mathematics and natural science in St. James' college, Md., until the closing of that institution in 1865, when he became associated with his brother in St. Paul's school, Concord, of which he is now vice-principal. He has edited a Life of Bishop Kerfoot.

Coit, Joshua

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 7, 1758, in New London, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1793 to 1798; and served a number of years in the legislature of Connecticut.

He died Sept. 5, 1798, in New London, Conn.

Coit, Robert

railroad president, was born April 26, 1830, in New London, Conn. Since 1881 he has been president of the New London and Northern railroad.

Coit, Thomas Winthrop

clergyman, author, was born June 28, 1803, in New London, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman, and professor in Berkeley Divinity school at Middletown from 1872 to 1885. He was the author of Necessity of Preaching Doctrine; Theological Commonplace Book; Puritanism in New England and the Episcopal Church; and Lectures on the Early History of Christianity in England. He died June 21, 1885, in Middletown, Conn.

Coke, Richard

lawyer, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1829 to 1833, and for many years a prominent member of the bar. He died March 30, 1851, in Abingdon, Va.