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177 lives from Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography (1898), printed on pages 226–233. Each name links to the page it is printed on.

Clifford, Branch Greenleafp. 226educator, clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 1, 1843, in Haverhill, N. H. He received a…
Clifford, John Henryp. 226lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born Jan. 16, 1809, in Providence, R. I. He was a member of the…
Clifford, Nathanp. 227lawyer, jurist, diplomat, congressman, was born Aug. 18, 1803, in Rumney, N. H. He was elected to the…
Clift, Joseph Walesp. 227physician, congressman, was born Sept. 1, 1836, in Marshfield, Mass. He was appointed register of that…
Clifton, Josephinep. 227actress, was born in 1813, in New York city. She was the first American actress to visit England as a…
Clifton, Williamp. 227poet, was born in 1772 in Philadelphia, Pa. During the excitement produced by Jay's treaty, Clifton used…
Clinch, Charles Powellp. 227author, poet, was born Oct. 20, 1797, in New York city. For many years Mr. Clinch was an editorial…
Clinch, Duncan Lamontp. 227soldier, legislator, congressman, was born April 6, 1787, in Edgecombe county, N. C. He was a general in…
Cline, Charles Edwardp. 227journalist, state legislator, was born July 8, 1858, in Danville, Ill. He received his education in the…
Clingan, Williamp. 227congressman. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress from 1777 to 1779, and was…
Clingman, Thomas Lp. 227soldier, lawyer, congressman, author, was born in 1812, in Huntsville, N. C. He was soon elected to a…
Clinton, Charlesp. 227ancestor of the Clintons in the United States, soldier, jurist, was born in 1690 in Ireland. He was…
Clinton, De Wittp. 227lawyer, governor, author, was born March 2, 1769, in Little Britain, N. Y. He was elected to the senate…
Clinton, Georgep. 227congressman, was born in New York. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1801 and 1802; and was…
Clinton, Georgep. 227soldier, statesman, was born July 26, 1739, in Ulster county, N. Y. He was a member of the colonial…
Clinton, James Gp. 227congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1841 to 1845.
Clinton, John Wp. 227journalist, was born in 1836, in Andes, N. Y. He is the editor and proprietor of the Ogle County Press,…
Clinton, Joseph Jacksonp. 227bishop, was born Oct. 3, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was missionary bishop in the south during and…
Clinton, Thomasp. 227congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1827 to…
Clitz, Henry Boyntonp. 227soldier, was born July 4, 1824, in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. He was made colonel of the tenth infantry…
Clitz, John Mellen Bradyp. 227naval officer, was born Dec. 1, 1821, in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. He entered the navy as a midshipman in…
Clodfelter, N. Jp. 227author, poet, was born Dec. 14, 1852, in Alamo, Ind. He is known as The Wabash Poet, and is the author…
Clopton, Davidp. 227congressman, was born in 1820 in Georgia. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the…
Clopton, Johnp. 227congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1795 to 1799, and again from 1801 to…
Close, Fred Jp. 227railroad president, was born March 21, 1849, in Snyder county, Pa. Since 1895 he has been president of…
Clough, Edgar Ep. 227soldier, legislator, clergyman, was born Aug. 23, 1840, in Homer, N. Y. He entered the civil war as a…
Clough, George Lp. 227painter, was born Sept. 18, 1824, in Auburn, N. Y. In 1850 he went to Europe and copied pictures in the…
Clough, John Ep. 228missionary, was born July 16, 1836, in Chautauqua county, N. Y. He was appointed by the American Baptist…
Clough, Milo Mp. 228educator, journalist, poet, was born July 13, 1862, in Carlisle, Iowa. He received his education at the…
Clough, Moses Tp. 228lawyer, was born Nov. 22, 1814, in Hopkinton, N. H. He is a successful lawyer of Troy, N. Y. He was the…
Clover, B. Hp. 228farmer, congressman, was born Dec. 22, 1837, in Franklin county, Ohio. He has twice been chosen…
Clover, Lewis Pp. 228painter, was born Feb. 20, 1819, in New York city. The titles of some of his best known paintings are…
Clowney, William Kp. 228lawyer, congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was commissioner in equity of South Carolina; and…
Clubb, Henry Stephenp. 228journalist, clergyman, was born June 21, 1827, in Colchester, England. During 1862-66 he was assistant…
Cluff, Benjaminp. 228educator, college president, was born Feb. 7, 1858, in Provo City, Utah. He attended the Brigham Young…
Clunie, Thomas Jeffersonp. 228lawyer, congressman, was born March 25, 1852, in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was elected to the…
Cluseret, Gustave Paulp. 228soldier, author, was born June 13, 1823, in France. He served in the civil war and was brevetted…
Clute, Henry Alsonp. 228farmer, merchant, soldier, state legislator, was born March 24, 1840, in Wayne county, N. Y. His…
Clymer, Albertp. 228farmer, poet, was born Dec. 10, 1827, in Fairfield county, Ohio. He was the author of a volume of poems…
Clymer, Georgep. 228signer of the declaration of independence, was born in 1739 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the first…
Clymer, Hiesterp. 228congressman, was born Nov. 3, 1837, in Berks county, Pa. He was a member of the state senate of…
Clymer, Meredithp. 228physician, author, was born in June, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a distinguished physician and…
Clymer, Mrs. Ella Maria Dietzp. 228author, poet, was born in 1856 in New York city. She is a New York writer, once an actress, and for some…
Clymer, Robert Sp. 228lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 23, 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has filled numerous public offices of…
Coal, P. Abramp. 228journalist, born Nov. 28, 1856, in Washington, Pa. He is the editor and owner of The Daily and Weekly…
Coale, Robert Dorseyp. 228chemist, was born Sept. 13, 1857, in Baltimore, Md. During 1883-84 he was lecturer on chemistry, and in…
Coan, Sherwoodp. 228singer, was born about 1830, in New Haven, Conn. He sang with Clara Louise Kellogg, Parepa- Rosa, Zelda…
Coan, Titusp. 228missionary, author, was born Feb. 1, 1801, in Killingsworth, Conn. He is a missionary of note in the…
Coan, Titus Munsonp. 228physician, surgeon, author, was born Sept. 27, 1836, in the Hawaiian Islands. He is an eminent physician…
Coann, Ezra Tp. 228banker, was born March 25, 1829, in Byron, N. Y. During the war he was a military commander under…
Coates, Kerseyp. 228pioneer, was born Sept. 15, 1823, in Salisbury, Pa. He located in Kansas City, and in 1857, when the…
Coates, Kinneyp. 228poet. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled Lyrics of the Ideal and the Real.
Coates, Mrs. Florence Ep. 228poet. She has gained a national reputation as a genuine poet, and as a musician she possesses an insight…
Cobb, Amasap. 228soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1823, in Crawford county, Ill. During the civil…
Cobb, Clinton Lp. 229lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 25, 1842, in Elizabeth City, N. C. He was elected to the forty-first,…
Cobb, Cyrusp. 229artist, author, poet, was born Aug. 6, 1834, in Malden, Mass. He is an artist and sculptor of Boston…
Cobb, Dariusp. 229artist, was born Aug. 6, 1834, in Malden, Mass. In 1879 he painted Christ Before Pilate, and the…
Cobb, Davidp. 229soldier, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 14, 1748, in Attleborough, Mass. He was judge of a county…
Cobb, Emoryp. 229banker, was born Aug. 30, 1831, in Dryden, N. Y. He received his education in the common schools of his…
Cobb, George Pomroyp. 229lawyer, legislator, was born April 13, 1841, in York, N. Y. He graduated from the law department of the…
Cobb, George Tp. 229congressman, was born in October, 1813, in Morristown, N. J. He was elected a representative from that…
Cobb, Howellp. 229farmer, soldier, congressman, was born in 1770, in Granville, N. C. He was a representative in congress…
Cobb, Howellp. 229lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1795 in Savannah, Ga. He was a Georgia lawyer; and the…
Cobb, Howellp. 229lawyer, soldier, congressman, governor, was born Sept. 7, 1815, in Cherry Hill, Ga. He was a…
Cobb, Isaacp. 229journalist, poet, was born April 28, 1825, in Gorham, Maine. Since 1865 he has been connected with the…
Cobb, James Ep. 229soldier, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 5, 1835, in Thomaston, Ga. He was chosen one of the circuit…
Cobb, Jonathan Holmesp. 229manufacturer, author, was born July 8, 1799, in Sharon, Mass. He was a manufacturer of Dedham, who…
Cobb, Joseph Beckhamp. 229author, was born April 11, 1819, in Oglethorpe county, Ga. He was a southern author whose writings…
Cobb, Lymanp. 229educator, author, was born in 1800, in Massachusetts. He was a once prominent educator who, besides many…
Cobb, R. Wp. 229lawyer, state senator, governor, was born Feb. 25, 1829, in Ashville, Ala. He was elected state senator…
Cobb, Seth Wallacep. 229soldier, merchant, congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1838, in Southampton county, Va. In 1861 he joined a…
Cobb, Silas Bp. 229pioneer, merchant, philanthropist, was born Jan. 23, 1812, in Montpelier, Vt. For years he was the…
Cobb, Stephen Alonzop. 229soldier, congressman, was born June 17, 1833, in Madison, Maine. He served through the war, rising to…
Cobb, Sylvanusp. 229clergyman, author, was born in July, 1799, in Norway, Maine. He was a universalist clergyman of…
Cobb, Sylvanusp. 229author, was born in 1823, in Waterville, Maine. He was the author of The King's Talisman; The Patriot…
Cobb, Thomas Read Rootesp. 229soldier, lawyer, author, was born April 10, 1823, in Cherry Hill, Ga. He was a Georgia lawyer who served…
Cobb, Thomas Wp. 229lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1784, in Columbia county, Ga. He was a…
Cobb, Willard Adamsp. 229journalist, was born July 20, 1842, in Rome, N. Y. In 1864 he graduated from Hamilton college of…
Cobb, Williamson R. Wp. 229congressman, was born in 1807, in Ray county, Tenn. In 1845 he was elected to the state legislature,…
Cobbett, Thomasp. 229clergyman, author, was born in 1608, in England. He was a nonconformist English clergyman who came to…
Cobbs, Thomasp. 230lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 5, 1826, in Raleigh, N. C. As early as 1867 he was recognized as one of…
Cobun, Marshal Wp. 230soldier, farmer, legislator, was born March 1, 1838, in Virginia. During the war he served in the…
Coburn, Abnerp. 230merchant, governor, philanthropist, was born March 22, 1803, in Skowhegan, Maine. In 1838 he was elected…
Coburn, Frank Potterp. 230farmer, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1858, in Hamilton, Wis. He was the democratic candidate for…
Coburn, George Francisp. 230lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 29, 1841, in Brown county, Ohio. He received his education in the common…
Coburn, Johnp. 230lawyer, jurist, was born in Philadelphia. He was appointed judge of the territory of Orleans, and held…
Coburn, Johnp. 230lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Oct. 27, 1825, in Indianapolis, Ind. He served as a union soldier…
Coburn, Stephenp. 230congressman, was born in Maine. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirtysixth…
Cochran, Alexander Gp. 230lawyer, congressman, was born March 20, 1845, in Allegheny City, Pa. In 1874 he was elected a…
Cochran, Charles Fp. 230lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1848, in Kirksville, Mo. During 1860-85 he lived in…
Cochran, David Henryp. 230educator, scientist, college president, was born July 5, 1828, in Springville, N. Y. He attended the…
Cochran, Jamesp. 230soldier, congressman. He was a major of militia and represented the state of New York in congress from…
Cochran, Jamesp. 230inventor, was born in 1763, in Batavia, N. Y. He was a brassfounder in Philadelphia, and Franklin…
Cochran, Jeromep. 230physician, was born Dec. 4, 1831, in Moscow, Tenn. From 1868-73 he was professor of chemistry in the…
Cochran, Johnp. 230surgeon, was born Sept. 1, 1730, in Sudsbury, Pa. In 1781 he became director-general of the hospitals of…
Cochran, John Pp. 230statesman. He was governor of Delaware from 1875 to 1879.
Cochran, John Websterp. 230inventor, was born May 16, 1814, in Enfield, N. H. In 1834 he invented a revolving, breechloading rifled…
Cochrane, Aaron V. Sp. 230lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 14, 1858, in Coxsackie, N. Y. In 1887 and 1888 he was police…
Cochrane, Alexander Gp. 230lawyer, congressman, was born March 20, 1845, in Allegheny City, Pa. He was elected to the forty-fourth…
Cochrane, Clark Bp. 230lawyer, congressman, was born May 31, 1815, in New Boston, N. H. He was a member of the New York…
Cochrane, Clark Bp. 230lawyer, poet, was born Feb. 9, 1843, in New Boston, N. H. In 1865 he was admitted to the bar, and ten…
Cochrane, Elizabethp. 230journalist, was born in 1867, in Cochrane's Mills, Pa. She has attained a national reputation as a…
Cochrane, Johnp. 230soldier, surveyor, lawyer, congressman, was born in Palatine, N. Y. He was surveyor of the port of New…
Cochrane, Samuel Bp. 230lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 17, 1860, in Kittanning, Pa. He has attained success in the practice…
Cock, Thomasp. 230physician, was born in 1782, in Glen Cove, L. I. He was visiting physician to the New York hospital from…
Cocke, James Richardp. 230physician, author, was born in 1863. He is a physician of Boston; and the author of Hypnotism; and Blind…
Cocke, Johnp. 231lawyer, congressman, was born in 1772, in Brunswick, Va. He became a member of the first legislature of…
Cocke, Philip St. Gp. 231soldier, was born in 1809, in Virginia. He was made brigadier-general in the confederate army in 1861,…
Cocke, Williamp. 231soldier, state legislator, jurist, was born in 1740, in Virginia. He became a general of militia;…
Cocke, William Mp. 231congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to…
Cocke, Zitellap. 231poet, was born in 1836, in Alabama. She is a poet whose contributions to periodicals have been collected…
Cocker, William Johnsonp. 231educator, author, was born in 1846, in England. He is an educator of Michigan; and the author of…
Cockerill, John Ap. 231journalist, was born Dec. 5, 1845, in Adams county, Ohio. In 1865 he became owner and editor of the True…
Cockerill, Joseph Rp. 231congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from…
Cockran, Jamesp. 231congressman. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1809 to 1813.
Cockran, William Bourkep. 231educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1.854, in Ireland. He was principal of a public school…
Cockrell, Francis Marionp. 231lawyer, United States senator, was born Oct. 1, 1834, in Warrensburg, Mo. He was elected a senator in…
Cockrell, Jeremiah Vardamanp. 231lawyer, congressman, was born May 7, 1832, in Johnson county, Mo. He was appointed district judge by…
Cockrill, Sterling Robertsonp. 231soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 25, 1847, in Nashville, Tenn. At the age of sixteen he was…
Codding, James Hp. 231merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born July 8, 1849, in Bradford county, Pa. Since 1854 he has been a…
Coddington, Williamp. 231governor, author, was born in 1601, in Lincolnshire, England. He was the first governor of Rhode Island;…
Codington, William Rp. 231lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 24, 1853, in Somerset county, N. J. He was city judge of…
Codman, Johnp. 231clergyman, author, was born Aug. 3, 1782, in Easton, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of…
Codman, Johnp. 231sailor, author, was born Aug. 16, 1814, in Dorchester, Mass. He is a noted captain in the merchant…
Cody, Claude Cp. 231educator, author, was born Nov. 5, 1854, in Covington, Ga. He is professor of mathematics in the…
Cody, William Frederickp. 231Scout, was born Feb. 26, 1845, in Iowa. He was employed as an Indian scout, and served till the close of…
Coe, George Simmonsp. 231banker, was born March 27, 1817, in Newport, R. I. In 1860 he became president of the American Exchange…
Coffee, Johnp. 231congressman, was born June 2, 1772, in Prince Edward county, Va. He was a member of congress from…
Coffee, William Bryanp. 231lawyer, jurist, was born April 27, 1863, in Lawrenceville, Va. He received his education in Loganville,…
Coffeen, Henry Ap. 231educator, labor advocate, congressman, was born in 1841, in Gallia county, Ohio. In 1889 he was a member…
Coffin, Abraham Burbankp. 231lawyer, legislator, was born March 31, 1831, in Gilead, Maine. He attended Andover and Phillips academy;…
Coffin, Charles Carletonp. 231journalist, author, was born July 26, 1823, in Boscawen, N. H. He was a Boston journalist who became…
Coffin, Charles Ep. 231manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 18, 1841, in Boston, Mass. He purchased tract…
Coffin, Charles Gp. 232lawyer, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1838 to 1839.
Coffin, Isaac Fosterp. 232educator, author, was born in 1787, in Maine. He was an educator of Roxbury, Mass.; and the author of…
Coffin, James Henryp. 232astronomer, author, was born Sept. 6, 1806, in Williamsburg, Mass. He was a meteorologist who was…
Coffin, John Huntington Cranep. 232mathematician, author, was born Sept. 14, 1815, in Wiscasset, Maine. He was a mathematician of…
Coffin, Joshuap. 232antiquarian, author, was born Oct. 12, 1792, in Newbury, Mass. He was a Massachusetts antiquary…
Coffin, Levip. 232philanthropist, was born Oct. 28, 1798, in New Garden, N. C. He was active in the underground railroad,…
Coffin, Pelegp. 232state senator, congressman, was born in September, 1756. He was a representative in congress from…
Coffin, Robert Allenp. 232educator, author, was born Aug. 23, 1801, in Williamsburg, Mass. He was an instructor in western…
Coffin, Robert Barryp. 232journalist, author, was born July 21, 1826, in Hudson, N. Y. He was a New York journalist whose books…
Coffin, Robert Stevensonp. 232author, was born July 14, 1797, in Brunswick, Maine. He was a poet of Boston who published The Oriental…
Coffin, Roland Folgerp. 232journalist, author, was born March 8, 1826, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a marine reporter in New York…
Coffin, Selden Jenningsp. 232educator, author, was born Aug. 3, 1838, in Ogdensburg, N. Y. He succeeded his father as professor of…
Coffin, Timothy Gardnerp. 232lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 1, 1788, in Nantucket, Mass. He was graduated at Brown in 1813; was…
Coffin, Tristramp. 232colonist, was born in 1605, in England. He was the founder and the first chief magistrate of Nantucket…
Coffinsberry, James Mp. 232jurist, was born May 16, 1818, in Mansfield, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Lucas county for…
Coffroth, Alexander Hp. 232lawyer, legislator, was born May 18, 1828, in Somerset, Pa. He attended the public and the old Somerset…
Coffroth, John Rp. 232lawyer, was born Aug. 11, 1828, in Greencastle, Pa. He has been several times a member of the Indiana…
Coggeshall, Georgep. 232author, poet, was born in 1784, in Connecticut. He was a sea captain, of some prominence as a writer;…
Coggeshall, Henry Jp. 232lawyer, state senator, was born April 28, 1845, in Waterville, N. Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1866;…
Coggeshall, William Turnerp. 232journalist, author, was born in 1824, in Pennsylvania. He was a journalist of Cincinnati, whose…
Coghlan, John Mp. 232lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1835, in Louisville, Ky. He was a member of the California…
Cogswell, Charles Northendp. 232lawyer, congressman, was born in 1797, in South Berwick, Maine. In 1814 he graduated from Bowdoin…
Cogswell, Frederick Hillp. 232lawyer, author, was born March 11, 1859, in New Preston, Conn. He attended the Connecticut Literary…
Cogswell, Jonathanp. 232clergyman, author, was born Sept. 3, 1782, in Rowley, Mass. He was a noted congregational clergyman of…
Cogswell, Joseph Greenp. 233bibliographer, author, was born Sept. 27, 1786, in Ipswich, Mass. He, with the historian Bancroft,…
Cogswell, Mason Fitchp. 233physician, was born Sept. 28, 1761, in Canterbury, Conn. He was chiefly instrumental in founding the…
Cogswell, Mason Fitchp. 233physician, was born Nov. 10, 1807, in Hartford, Conn. He served as assistant surgeon and surgeon in the…
Cogswell, Miltonp. 233soldier, was born Dec. 4, 1825, in Noblesville, Ind. After his retirement with the rank of brevet…
Cogswell, Nathanielp. 233soldier, was born Jan. 19, 1773, in Haverhill, Mass. He had a strong desire for military life, offered…
Cogswell, Thomasp. 233soldier, jurist, was born Aug. 4, 1746, in Haverhill, Mass. He was captain of a company in Col.…
Cogswell, Williamp. 233surgeon, was born July 11, 1760, in Haverhill, Mass. He was one of the founders of the New Hampshire…
Cogswell, Williamp. 233clergyman, author, was born June 5, 1787, in Atkinson, N. H. He was a congregational clergyman of New…
Cogswell, Williamp. 233soldier, law-- yer, congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1838, in Bradford, Mass. He was mayor of the city of…
Cohen, Jacob Da Silva Solisp. 233physician, lecturer, author, was born in 1838, in New York. He is a Philadelphia physician and medical…
Cohen, Louisp. 233railroad president, was born Jan. 7, 1849, in Germany. Since 1894 he has been president of the…
Coit, Elizabeth Greerp. 233lecturer, was born Jan. 10, 1820, in Worthington, Ohio. She received her education in the Worthington…
Coit, Henry Augustusp. 233educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 20, 1831. He entered the ministry of the protestant episcopal…
Coit, James Milnorp. 233educator, author, was born Jan. 31, 1845, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was an instructor in chemistry at St.…
Coit, Joseph Howlandp. 233educator, author. He was professor of mathematics and natural science in St. James' college, Md., until…
Coit, Joshuap. 233lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 7, 1758, in New London, Conn. He was a…
Coit, Robertp. 233railroad president, was born April 26, 1830, in New London, Conn. Since 1881 he has been president of…
Coit, Thomas Winthropp. 233clergyman, author, was born June 28, 1803, in New London, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman, and…
Coke, Richardp. 233lawyer, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1829 to 1833, and for many…
Coke, Richardp. 233soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born March 13, 1829, in Williamsburg, Va. He served…