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Cummins, Hester V – Curren, James E

Cummins, Hester V

educator, poet, was born April 6, 1862, in Crane's Grove, Ill. She has attained success in educational work in primary and kindergarten teaching in Minnesota. She is the author of two volumes of poems, and has contributed extensively to current literature.

Cummins, John

jurist, was born in Indiana. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for Idaho territory, residing at Boise City.

Cummins, John D

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative from Ohio during the thir- He died Sept. 11, 1848, tieth congress. in Milwaukee, Wis.

Cummins, Maria Susanna

author, was born April 10, 1827, in Salem, Mass.

She was a famous novelist of Massachusetts, whose first book, The Lamplighter, enjoyed for a time a phenomenal popu- Her subsequent stories include larity.

El Fureidîs, a Tale of Palestine; Haunted Hearts; and Mabel Vaughan. She died Oct. 1, 1866, in Dorchester, Mass.

Cummins, Mary Stuart

educator, philanthropist, was born May 31, 1854, in Jonesborough, Tenn. For four years she was state president for Montana of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, and is a member of the state board of charities and reforms for Montana. a

Cundell, William

poet, was born in July, 1816, in England. In 1850 he moved to Clinton county, Iowa, which was then quite a wilderness. His poems appear in Poets of America and other standard works..

Cunningham, E. W

lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 31, 1842, in Clarksfield, Ohio. He has served as probate judge of Lyon county, Kas.; has many times been a delegate to republican state conventions; has contributed valuable papers to various legal publications; and is prominently identified with the religious affairs of Emporia, Kas.

Cunningham, Francis A

congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1845 to 1847.

Curline, J. V

educator, college president, was born Nov. 9, 1847, in Union City, Tenn. He received his education at the Kentucky university of Lexington; and has been a college president for a quarter of a century.

Curme, George Oliver

educator, philologist, author, was born in 1860, in Richmond, Ind. During 1884-96 he was connected with Cornell college of Mount Vernon, Iowa, and now fills the chair of Germanic philology in the Northwestern university of Evanston, Ill. He is the author of a work entitled The Historic Grammar of the German Language, the largest and most extensive work of the kind in America.

Curran, Charles Courtney

artist, was born Feb. 13, 1861, in Hartford, Ky. This noted artist has received numerous awards. In 1893 he was awarded a medal at the World's Columbian exposition, and a medal at the Cotton States exposition at Atlanta.

Curren, James E

journalist, was born July 4, 1855, in Dubuque, Iowa. He started in life as a practical printer, and has been the editor and founder of a score of different country newspapers in the west. He is now the editor and owner of The Enterprise, of Clayton, N. M.