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Colhoun, John – Collier, Robert Laird
Colhoun, John
naval officer, was born in 1802 in Pennsylvania. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1821, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of commodore in 1867. He died Nov. 30, 1872, in New York city.
Collamore, Davis
merchant, manufacturer, was born Oct. 7, 1820, in Scituate, Mass. In 1842 he established himself in business in New York city, and in 1886 the business was reorganized as a stock company, of which he continued president until the time of his death. He died Aug. 13, 1887.
Collbran, Henry
railroad president, was born Dec. 24, 1852, in London, England. He is president of the Midland Terminal railway at Denver, Colo.
Collens, Thomas Wharton
jurist, author, was born June 23, 1812, in New Orleans, La. He was a well-known jurist of New Orleans, who wrote The Martyr Patriots, a tragedy; Humanics; Views of the Labour Movement; and The Eden of Labour. He died Nov. 3, 1879, in New Orleans, La.
Colles, Christopher
engineer, philosopher, was born about 1738, in Ireland. During the war of 1812 he was the projector and attendant of the telegraph erected on Castle Clinton. He is said to have built the first steam engine in America.
Collier, Charles A
banker, was born July 1, 1848, in Atlanta, Ga. In 1887 he was president of the Piedmont exposition; alderman of that city in 1888; and was engaged extensively in mercantile and banking pursuits.
Collier, George X. M
lawyer, was born Sept. 27, 1838, in Claremont, N. H.
He attended the public schools, and graduated from the university of Michigan. He has attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of Michigan, and practices his profession at Detroit.
Collier, Henry Watkins
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Jan. 17, 1801, in Lunenburg county, Va. He was judge of the circuit court of Tuscaloosa, Ala., district from 1827 to 1837; chief justice of Alabama from 1837 to 1849; and governor from 1849 to 1853. He died Aug. 28, 1855, at Bailey's Springs, Ala.
Collier, John A
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1787 in Broome county, N. Y. He practiced law at Binghamton, was elected to congress as a Clay democrat, serving from 1831 till 1833; was state comptroller in 1845-46, and was commissioner to revise the code in 1847. He died March 24, 1873, in Binghamton, N. Y.
Collier, Joseph Avery
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 26, 1828, in Plymouth, Mass. He was a reformed Dutch clergyman of Kingston, N. Y.; and the author of The Right Way, or the Gospel Applied to the Intercourse of Individuals and Nations; The Christian Home; The Young Men of the Bible; Pleasant Paths for Little Feet; Little Crowns; and Dawn of Heaven. He died Aug. 13, 1864, in Kinderhook, N. Y.
Collier, Peter
chemist, author, was born Aug. 17, 1835, in Chittengo, N.
Y. He is a chemist of distinction for several years attached to the department of agriculture at Washington; and the author of Sorghum, Its Culture and Manufacture Economically Considered; and Investigations of Sorghum as a Sugar Producing Plant.
Collier, Robert Laird
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 7, 1837, in Salisbury, Md. He was a unitarian clergyman who in his later years was a London correspondent of the New York Herald; and the author of Every-Day Subjects in Sunday Sermons; Meditations on the Essence of Christianity; Henry Irving: a Sketch and a Criticism; and English Home Life. He died July 28, 1890, in Salisbury, Md.