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Comstock, Charles C – Conaty, Thomas James

Comstock, Charles C

manufacturer, congressman, was born March 5, 1818, in Sullivan, N. H. He was elected mayor of Grand Rapids in 1863, and reelected in 1864. He was the democratic candidate for governor of Michigan in 1870, the people's candidate for congress in 1873, and the greenback candidate for congress in 1878, but was defeated in each instance. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Michigan to the fortyninth congress.

Comstock, Cyrus Ballou

soldier, civil engineer, author, was born Feb. 3, 1831, in West Wrentham, Mass. He is a colonel of the engineer corps in the United States army, and brevet major-general of United States volunteers, who has made a number of important government surveys. He is the author of Notes on European Surveys; Surveys of the Northwestern Lakes; and Primary Triangulation of United States Lake Survey.

Comstock, George Carlton

lawyer, was born May 13, 1856, in New York city. He is manager of several large estates, and carries on an extensive court practice. He is president of the B. S.

Comstock Manufacturing company, and the Penobscot Granite company.

Comstock, George Cary

astronomer, was born Feb. 12, 1855, in Madison, Wis. He received his education at the university of Michigan; has gained prominence as a noted astronomer; and is director of the Washburn observatory of Madison, Wis.

Comstock, John Henry

educator, author, was born Feb. 24, 1849, in Janesville, Wis. He is a professor of entomology and general invertebrate zoology at Cornell university; and the author of Notes on Entomology; Report on Cotton Insects; and Introduction to Entomology.

Comstock, John Lee

author, was born in 1789 in Lyme, Conn. He was an educational compiler of Hartford, among whose many scientific text-books are The Elements of Chemistry; Introduction to Mineralogy; System of Natural Philosophy; History of the Precious Minerals; and Natural History of Quadrupeds. He wrote also A History of the Greek Revolution. He died Nov. 21, 1858, in Hartford, Conn.

Comstock, Oliver C

congressman, was born in 1784. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1810 and 1812; a representative in congress from that state from 1813 to 1819; and subsequently officiated as chaplain of the house of representatives. He died Jan. 11, 1860, in Marshall, Mich.

Conant, Mrs. Helen

journalist, author, was born Oct. 9, 1839, in Methuen, Mass. She is a magazinist of New York city; and the author of The Butterfly Hunters; and Primers of German and Spanish Literature.

Conant, John

manufacturer, legislator, was born in Ashburnham, Mass. He represented the town of Brandon in the legislature for many years, was a member of the convention for revising the constitution of the state, and a presidential elector in 1840. He erected in Brandon a large baptist seminary. He died in 1856 in Brandon, Vt.

Conant, Samuel Stillman

journalist, author, was born Dec. 11, 1831, in Waterville, Maine. He was a journalist of New York, managing editor of Harper's Weekly in 1869-85, and translator of Lermontoff's Circassian Boy. He died in 1885.

Conard, David Rudolph

farmer, surveyor, legislator, was born Feb. 5, 1811, in Lincoln county, N. C. In 1820 he moved to Missouri; became justice of the peace; county court judge during 1854-56; and state senator during 1866-70.

He died in 1890 in Bollinger county, Mo.

Conaty, Thomas James

Catholic priest, was born Aug. 1, 1847, in Ireland.

He came to America with his parents in 1851; and received his education in the public schools of Taunton, Mass. In 1869 he graduated from Montreal seminary, and was ordained priest in 1872. From that time he filled various pastorates, and is now rector of the Catholic university of Washington, D. C. He has filled numerous positions of honor in his church, and has contributed extensively to religious literature.