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Conger, James L – Connelly, Henry

Conger, James L

farmer, congressman, was born in New Jersey. He settled in Belvidere, Mich., as early as 1836; was a successful farmer, and a brilliant writer. He was elected a representative in congress from 1851 to 1853.

Conger, John W

educator, college president, was born Feb. 20, 1857, in Jackson, Tenn. He has been president of the Odd Fellows' college of Humboldt, Tenn.; president of Searcy college of Arkansas; and is now the president of the Ouachita Baptist college of Arkadelphia, Ark.

Conkling, Alfred

jurist, author, was born Oct. 12, 1789, in East Hampton, N. Y. He was a jurist of New York whose son was the noted statesman, Roscoe Conkling. He was the author of Treatise on Organization and Jurisdiction of Superior, Circuit, and District Courts; Admiralty Jurisdiction; Powers of the Executive Department of the United States; and Young Citizen's Manual. He died Feb. 5, 1874, in Utica, N. Y.

Conkling, Alfred Ronald

lawyer, author, was born Sept. 28, 1850, in New York city. He is a lawyer of New York city; and the author of Appleton's Guide to Mexico; City Government in the United States; Handbook for Voters in New York City; and Life of Roscoe Conkling.

Conley, Benjamin

merchant, governor, was born March 1, 1815, in Newark, N. J. In 1869 he was elected state senator and president of the senate; and in 1871-72 was elected governor of Georgia.

He died in 1885 in Atlanta, Ga.

Conley, Eli Philip

educator, was born Aug. 25, 1868, in Smoketown, Pa.

He received his education in the schools of his native county, and graduated from the Cnester State Normal school. He has been successful in educational work, and is principal of schools at Parkesburg, Pa.

Conley, John Dikeman

scientist, was born Sept. 14, 1843, in Rockport, N. Y.

He was elected to the chair of chemistry and natural sciences in Blackburn university, Carlinville, Ill. He has published a series of geological charts of all the ages and epochs, illustrated with two hundred figures of characteristic fossils.

Conley, John E

lawyer, was born Sept. 7, 1868, in Warren, R. I. During 1889-91 he was clerk of committee on corporation in the Rhode Island house of representatives; and in 1894 was clerk of the house. Since 1892 he has been secretary of the democratic state committee; and was a delegate at large to the democratic national convention in 1896. He is a prominent member of various 'secret organizations; and has a successful law practice in his native city.

Conley, John Wesley

clergyman, was born Nov. 20, 1852, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He resigned his pastorate in 1892, to accept the chair of missions in the divinity school of the university of Chicago, and the presidency of city missions. In 1893 he accepted a call to the First Baptist church of St. Paul, Minn.

Conn, Herbert William

educator, scientist, was born in 1859 in Massachusetts. He is a biologist whose specialty is the bacteriology of milk; and has been instructor and professor of biology at Wesleyan university since 1884.

He is the author of Evolution of To-Day; The Living World; and Whence It Came and Whither It is Drifting.

Connelly, Emma M

author, was born in 18- in Kentucky. She is a writer of New York city; and the author of Under the Surface; Tilting at Wind Mills, a Story of the Blue Grass Country; and The Story of Kentucky.

Connelly, Henry

governor, was born in Virginia. He moved to Kansas and in 1861 was appointed governor of the territory of New Mexico, residing in Santa Fe, and remaining in office until 1865.