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Colton, George Hooker – Comegys, Benjamin Bartis
Colton, George Hooker
poet, was born Oct. 27, 1818, in Westford, N. Y.
He was a noted writer and the author of a poem entitled Tecumseh. He died Dec. 1, 1847, in New York city.
Colton, Walter
journalist, author, was born May 9, 1797, in Rutland, Vt.
He was a journalist and educator who established the first newspaper in California, and built the first schoolhouse there. As chaplain in the United States navy he visited many parts of the world. He is the author of Visit to Athens and Constantinople; Land and Lee in the Bosphorus and Ægean; and other works. He died Jan. 22, 1851, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Columbus, Christopher
discoverer, was born about 1436. He discovered America on Oct. 12, 1492. He died May 20, 1506, in Valladolid.
Colver, Nathaniel
clergyman, was born May 10, 1794, in Orwell, Vt. He was eminent as an anti-mason and abolitionist; was an able preacher and had great power with the masses. He founded and put in successful operation at Richmond, the Colver institute for educating young men of color for the ministry. He died Sept. 25, 1870, in Chicago, Ill.
Colvin, Verplanck
engineer, surveyor, lecturer, author, was born Jan. 4, 1847, in Albany, N. Y. In 1872 he applied to the legislature for aid, and in consequence the Adirondack survey was instituted, with himself as superintendent. His work during that year included the discovery of Lake Tear-of-the-Clouds, the most elevated lake spring and source of the Hudson river. About 1881 he delivered at Hamilton college a series of lectures on geodesy, surveying, and topographical engineering.
Colwell, J. B
clergyman, was born July 19, 1834, in Herefordshire, England.
In 1862 he graduated from the Garret Biblical institute of Evanston, Ill.; has since attained eminence as one of the foremost clergymen of the methodist episcopal church in Illinois, and now fills a pastorate at Ridge Farm.
Colyar, Arthur St. Clair
lawyer, was born June 23, 1818, in Washington county, Tenn. He was self-educated, and achieved success as a lawyer. He opposed secession in 1861, but became a member of the confederate congress and served till 1865. After the war he reorganized the Tennessee Coal and Railroad company, becoming its president, and also engaged in manufacturing; and has done much to develop the resources of the south.
Colyer, Vincent
painter, was born in 1825, in Bloomington, N. Y. His works include Johnson Straits, British Columbia; Columbia River; Pueblo; Passing Shower; Rainy Day on Connecticut • Shore; and Winter on Connecticut Shore.
He died July 12, 1888, in Connecticut.
Coman, Charlotte B
painter, was born about 1845 in Waterville, N. Y. After painting in France and Holland for six years, she returned to the United States, and opened a studio in New York. Her best works are French Village; Sunset at the Seaside, France; Peasant Home in Normandy; Cottage in Picardy; Old Windmills in Holland; Spring-Time in Picardy; and Poppy-Field in Normandy.
Coman, Katherine
educator, author, was born in 1857 in Ohio. She is a professor of history at Wellesley college, and the author of Outlines in Constitutional History of England; Outlines in Industrial History; and The Growth of the English Nation.
Combes, Richard C
underwriter, was born May 17, 1827, in New York city.
He was secretary of the Exchange Fire Insurance company of New York city, and in 1870 was its president. He is the president of the National Switch and Signal company, and of Palmer's Torpedo Machine company.
Comegys, Benjamin Bartis
banker, author, was born in 1819 in Delaware.
He is a banker of Philadelphia, and the author of Tour Round My Library, and Other Papers; Advice to Young Men and Boys; A Primer of Ethics; Talks with Boys and Girls; How to Get On, a Book for Boys; Turn Over a New Leaf; An Order of Worship; and Old Stories with New Lessons.