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169 lives from Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography (1898), printed on pages 233–240. Each name links to the page it is printed on.

Colaw, John Marvinp. 233educator, journalist, lawyer, was born March 16, 1860, in Crabbottom, Va. He received his education at…
Colborn, a. Rp. 233lumberman, was born Dec. 9, 1847, in Canada. In 1863 he enlisted as a volunteer in the thirtieth…
Colburn, Jeremiahp. 233journalist, author, was born in 1815 in Boston, Mass. In 1857 he contributed articles to the Historical…
Colburn, Martha Kp. 233artist, poet, was born Oct. 4, 1846, in Garrettsville, Ohio. She received her education at the Waterford…
Colburn, Warrenp. 233mathematician, author, was born March 1, 1793, in Dedham, Mass. He was a noted mathematician of…
Colburn, Zerahp. 233engineer, author, was born Sept. 1, 1804, in Cabot, Vt. He was a well known mechanical engineer who…
Colby, Anthonyp. 234state legislator, governor, was born in 1793 in New London, N. H. In 1828 he was elected to the state…
Colby, Charles Lewisp. 234capitalist, was born May 22, 1839, in Roxbury, now part of Boston. In 1858 he graduated from the Brown…
Colby, Frederick Myronp. 234journalist, author, was born Dec. 9, 1848, in Warner, N. H. He is a journalist of New Hampshire; and the…
Colby, Gardnerp. 234philanthropist, was born Sept. 2, 1810, in Bowdoinham, Maine. During the civil war he was a large…
Colby, Henry Francisp. 234clergyman, author, was born Nov. 25, 1842, in Boston, Mass. He has been pastor of the First Baptist…
Colby, Leonard Wp. 234soldier, lawyer, was born in Cherry Valley, Ohio. He graduated in the regular, classical and law courses…
Colby, Stoddard Bp. 234United States treasurer, was born in 1816 in Vermont. In 1864 he was appointed register of the United…
Colcleugh, Emma Sp. 234lecturer, poet, was born Sept. 3, 1846, in Thompson, Conn. She has traveled extensively, and her…
Colcock, William Fp. 234lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1823 in South Carolina. He was a member of the state…
Colcord, Edward Johnp. 234educator, poet, was born July 28, 1849, in Parsonsfield, Maine. In 1883 he became a teacher of ancient…
Colcord, Roswell Kp. 234governor, was born April 25, 1839, in Searsport, Maine. He has been engaged in mining and milling in…
Colden, Cadwalladerp. 234physician, governor, author, was born Feb. 17, 1688, in Scotland. He was a colonial physician,…
Colden, Cadwallader Dp. 234lawyer, state legislator, author, was born April 4, 1769, in Springfield, N. Y. He served in the…
Cole, Chester Cp. 234lawyer, jurist, was born June 4, 1824, in Oxford, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in…
Cole, Cordelia Throopp. 234prohibitionist, was born Nov. 17, 1833, in Hamilton, N. Y. She attended the Hamilton academy, now known…
Cole, Corneliusp. 234journalist, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 17, 1822, in Lodi, N. Y. He was…
Cole, Francis Richardp. 234lawyer, orator, author, poet, was born prior to the great fire in Chicago, Ill. He was given thorough…
Cole, George Ep. 234Congressman, was born Dec. 22, 1826, in Oneida county, N. Y. He was a member of the Oregon legislature…
Cole, Joseph Foxcroftp. 234artist, was born Nov. 9, 1837, in Jay, Maine. His professional life has been spent in Paris and Boston.…
Cole, Nathanp. 234banker, congressman, was born July 26, 1825, in St. Louis, Mo. He became vice-president of two leading…
Cole, Orsamusp. 235lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1819, in Cazenovia, N. Y. He was appointed United States…
Cole, Richard Beverlyp. 235surgeon, was born Aug. 12, 1829, in Manchester, Va. He served in 1856 as surgeon-general of the…
Cole, Thomasp. 235artist, was born Feb. 1, 1801, in England. He has painted numerous pictures, and was engaged upon…
Cole, Ulysses Dp. 235lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 19, 1841, in Marysville, Ohio. He served as a captain in the union…
Cole, William Hinsonp. 235journalist, congressman, was born Jan. 11, 1837, in Baltimore, Md. He served on the medical staff of the…
Coleman, a. Ap. 235'legislator, jurist, poet, was born in Camden, S. C. At the age of twenty-seven years he was appointed…
Coleman, Albert Loringp. 235lawyer, state senator, was born in Junius, N. Y. He taught school for a number of years, and is a…
Coleman, Ann M. Bp. 235author, was born May 5, 1813, in Russellville, Ky. She has translated various French works for American…
Coleman, Augustus Lp. 235surveyor, legislator, born May 23, 1855, in Exeter, N. Y. In 1890-91 he served as a member of the first…
Coleman, Hamilton Dudleyp. 235soldier, manufacturer, congressman, was born May 12, 1845, in New Orleans, La. He enlisted in Washington…
Coleman, Johnp. 235clergyman, author, was born Feb. 11, 1803, in Baltimore, Md. He published Faber's Difficulties of…
Coleman, Juliap. 235temperance reformer, philanthropist, was born Feb. 16, in Fulton county, N. Y. For upward of twenty…
Coleman, Lewis Minerp. 235educator, was born Feb. 3, 1827, in Hanover county, Va. At the beginning of the war he raised an…
Coleman, Lucy Newhallp. 235reformer, was born July 26, 1817, in Sturbridge, Mass. She obtained a school in Rochester, N. Y.,…
Coleman, Lymanp. 235clergyman, author, was born June 14, 1796, in Middlefield, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman who…
Coleman, Nicholas Dp. 235congressman, was born in 1800 in Harrison county, Ky. In 1825 he was elected to the state legislature;…
Coleman, Obed Mp. 235inventor, was born Jan. 23, 1817, in Barnstable, Mass. He removed to Saratoga in 1842, and invented…
Coleman, Thomasp. 235banker, state senator, was born June 16, 1808, in Massachusetts. From 1852 to 1863 he was director of…
Coleman, Thomas Moorep. 235civil engineer, poet, was born May 15, 1830, in Parke county, Ind. For seven years he was justice of the…
Coleman, Thomas Wilkesp. 235lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 31, 1834, in Eutaw, Ala. In 1853 he graduated from the…
Coleman, Williamp. 235lawyer, journalist, was born Feb. 14, 1766, in Boston, Mass. He studied law, began practice in…
Coleman, William Emmettep. 236soldier, lecturer, orientalist, was born June 19, 1843, in Shadwell, Va. During 1854- 57 he was…
Colerick, Johnp. 236lawyer, was born Sept. 20, 1837, in Indianapolis, Ind. He was elected district attorney for the…
Colerick, Walpole Gp. 236lawyer, member of congress, was born Aug. 1, 1845, in Fort Wayne, Ind. He received his education in the…
Coles, Abrahamp. 236physician, author, was born Dec. 26, 1813, in Scotch Plains, N. J. He was a New Jersey physician who…
Coles, Edwardp. 236governor, author, was born Dec. 15, 1786, in Albemarle county, Va. He was private secretary to President…
Coles, Georgep. 236clergyman, author, was born in 1792 in England. He was a methodist clergyman who published The Antidote,…
Coles, Isaacp. 236congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1789 to 1791, and again from 1793 to…
Coles, Jonathan Ap. 236physician, was born May 6, 1843. In 1891 he was elected president of the Union Medical society; and has…
Coles, Walterp. 236, congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to…
Colesworthy, Daniel Clementp. 236author, poet, was born July 14, 1810, in Portland, Maine. He was a noted bookseller of Boston, who was…
Coley, William Xenophonp. 236journalist, was born May 7, 1868, in Farmington, N. C. He is the editor and owner of the Times of…
Colfax, Schuylerp. 236journalist, vicepresident of the United States, was born March 23, 1823, in New York city. In 1850 he…
Colfelt, Lawrence Mp. 236clergyman, was born Dec. 22, 1849, in Reedsville, Pa. He is a noted clergyman of Oxford church of…
Colgate, James Boormanp. 236banker, was born March 4, 1818, in New York city. He is a son of William Colgate. who came to America in…
Colgate, Robertp. 236manufacturer, was born in 1812. While long connected with his father's firm, his greatest achievement…
Colgate, Samuelp. 236manufacturer, was born March 22, 1822, in New York city. He is a son of the late William Colgate. At an…
Colgate, Williamp. 236manufacturer, was born Jan. 25, 1783, in England. He emigrated to Maryland in 1795; and in 1804 became…
Colhoun, Edmund Rp. 236naval officer, was born May 6, 1821, in Pennsylvania. In 1863 he commanded the steamer Ladona, and…
Colhoun, Johnp. 236naval officer, was born in 1802 in Pennsylvania. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1821, and was…
Collamer, Jacobp. 236lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1792 in Troy, N. Y. He was a member of the state…
Collamore, Davisp. 236merchant, manufacturer, was born Oct. 7, 1820, in Scituate, Mass. In 1842 he established himself in…
Collbran, Henryp. 236railroad president, was born Dec. 24, 1852, in London, England. He is president of the Midland Terminal…
Collens, Thomas Whartonp. 237jurist, author, was born June 23, 1812, in New Orleans, La. He was a well-known jurist of New Orleans,…
Colles, Christopherp. 237engineer, philosopher, was born about 1738, in Ireland. During the war of 1812 he was the projector and…
Collett, Johnp. 237geologist, state senator, jurist, was born Jan. 6, 1828, in Eugene, Ind. He was state senator in 1871;…
Collier, Charles Ap. 237banker, was born July 1, 1848, in Atlanta, Ga. In 1887 he was president of the Piedmont exposition;…
Collier, George X. Mp. 237lawyer, was born Sept. 27, 1838, in Claremont, N. H. He attended the public schools, and graduated from…
Collier, Henry Watkinsp. 237lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Jan. 17, 1801, in Lunenburg county, Va. He was judge of the circuit…
Collier, John Ap. 237lawyer, congressman, was born in 1787 in Broome county, N. Y. He practiced law at Binghamton, was…
Collier, Joseph Averyp. 237clergyman, author, was born Oct. 26, 1828, in Plymouth, Mass. He was a reformed Dutch clergyman of…
Collier, Mrs. Ada Langworthyp. 237author, poet, was born in 1843 in Iowa. She is a writer of Dubuque, whose Lilith, the Legend of the…
Collier, Peterp. 237chemist, author, was born Aug. 17, 1835, in Chittengo, N. Y. He is a chemist of distinction for several…
Collier, Robert Lairdp. 237clergyman, author, was born Aug. 7, 1837, in Salisbury, Md. He was a unitarian clergyman who in his…
Collier, Thomas Sp. 237naval officer, physician, poet, was born Nov. 14, 1842, in New York city. He entered the American navy…
Collin, John Fp. 237state legislator, congressman, was born April 30, 1802, in Hillsdale, N. Y. He served in the state…
Collins, Charlesp. 237educator, clergyman, author, was born April 17, 1813, in North Yarmouth, Maine. He was a methodist…
Collins, Charlesp. 237merchant, was born April 2, 1817, in Blandford, Mass. In 1842 he established a business in St. Louis,…
Collins, Clarence Lymanp. 237was born Feb. 22, 1848, in Hartford, Conn. In 1878 he conducted a wholesale commission business under…
Collins, David Edwardp. 237banker, poet, was born May 8, 1850, in Scotland. He is a banker of high standing in Oakland, Cal., where…
Collins, Edward Kp. 237shipowner, was born Aug. 5, 1802, in Cape Cod, Mass. He established the Dramatic line of sailing packets…
Collins, Edwin Ralphp. 237explorer, author, was born in 1859, in Newark, N. J. He has traveled extensively and has attained…
Collins, Elap. 237lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 14, 1786, in Meriden, Conn. He was for twenty years district…
Collins, Francis Dp. 237lawyer, congressman, was born March 5, 1844, in Saugerties, N. Y. He was elected a district attorney in…
Collins, Frank Wp. 237lawyer, lecturer, was born Feb. 9, 1860, in Pompey Hill, N. Y. He attended the Dryden Union school and…
Collins, George Jp. 237soldier, was born Oct. 25, 1839, in New York city. He attained the rank of lieutenant in the civil war;…
Collins, George Tp. 237soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 10, 1842, in Scotland county, Mo. During the civil war he…
Collins, Gilbertp. 237lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 26, 1846, in Stonington, Conn. He received the rudiments of his education…
Collins, Holdridge Ozrop. 237lawyer, author, was born Dec. 10, 1844, in Cayuga county, N. Y. He was instrumental in the creation of…
Collins, Isaacp. 237publisher, was born Feb. 16, 1746, in Delaware. In 1770 he was appointed public printer in New Jersey,…
Collins, Jeremiah Buckleyp. 238lawyer, legislator, was born April 2, 1865, at Renovo, Pa. In 1890 he graduated from the northern…
Collins, Johnp. 238governor. He was governor of Delaware from 1820 to his death, which occurred April 15, 1822, in…
Collins, Johnp. 238congressman, governor, was born June 8, 1717. He was governor of Rhode Island from 1786 to 1789. He was…
Collins, Lewisp. 238journalist, jurist, was born Dec. 25, 1797. He was proprietor and editor of the Maysville Eagle for…
Collins, Lorin Warrenp. 238soldier, state legislator, jurist, was born in 1838 in Lowell, Mass. He moved to Minnesota in 1854;…
Collins, Mrs. W. Lesliep. 238poet. She is the author of a volume entitled Sea Waifs and Other Poems.
Collins, Napoleonp. 238naval officer, was born May 4, 1814, in Pennsylvania. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1840,…
Collins, Patrick Ap. 238lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born March 12, 1844, in Ireland. He received the rudiments of his…
Collins, Spencerp. 238lawyer, was born April 10, 1861, near Glenville, W. Va. In 1883 he graduated from the Glenville State…
Collins, Thomasp. 238soldier, jurist, governor, was born in 1732, in Delaware. He was a member of the council for four years;…
Collins, Thomas Whartonp. 238soldier, lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 23, 1812, in New Orleans, La. He was reporter and clerk…
Collins, Truman Dp. 238railroad president, was born March 7, 1831, in Cortland, N. Y. Since 1891 he has been president of the…
Collins, Williamp. 238lawyer, congressman, was born in Oneida county, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from that…
Collins, Zaccheusp. 238philanthropist, was born Aug. 26, 1764, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the society of Friends,…
Collyer, Robertp. 238clergyman, author, was born Dec. 8, 1823, in England. He is a unitarian clergyman of New York and one of…
Colman, Benjaminp. 238clergyman, author, was born Oct. 19, 1673, in Boston, Mass. He was a famous congregational minister of…
Colman, Elihup. 238attorney, legislator, was born May 11, 1841, in Oneida, Wis. He graduated from the Lawrence university…
Colman, Henryp. 238author, was born Sept. 12, 1785, in Boston, Mass. He was an agricultural writer of Massachusetts, who…
Colman, Henryp. 238clergyman, was born May 14, 1834, in Bridport, Vt. He is an eminent clergyman of the methodist episcopal…
Colman, Norman Jp. 238journalist, lawyer, state legislator, was born in 1827, near Richfield Springs, N. Y. He moved to St.…
Colman, Samuelp. 238painter, was born in 1832, in Portland, Me. He began early to sketch from nature in and around New York,…
Colquillard, Alexisp. 238manufacturer, capitalist, was born April 27, 1825, in Detroit, Mich. He kept on increasing his landed…
Colquitt, Alfred Holtp. 238soldier, lawyer, United States senator, governor, was born April 20, 1824, in Walton county, Ga. He was…
Colquitt, Walter Tp. 238soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 27, 1799, in Halifax county, Va. He served as a…
Colson, David Grantp. 238lawyer, congressman, was born April 1, 1861, at Yellow Creek, Ky. In 1887 he was elected to the Kentucky…
Colston, Edwardp. 238congressman, was born in 1788, in Berkeley county, Va. He served for a long time as magistrate of the…
Colt, Le Baron Bradfordp. 238lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born June 25, 1846, in Dedham, Mass. He was a representative in the…
Colt, Samuelp. 239inventor, was born July 19, 1814, in Hartford, Conn. While a sailor, Mr. Colt had whittled out a wooden…
Colton, Calvinp. 239clergyman, author, was born in 1789 in Longmeadow, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of some note in…
Colton, Gardner Quincyp. 239inventor, author, was born Feb. 7, 1814, in Georgia, Vt. He discovered the remarkable properties and…
Colton, George Hookerp. 239poet, was born Oct. 27, 1818, in Westford, N. Y. He was a noted writer and the author of a poem entitled…
Colton, Walterp. 239journalist, author, was born May 9, 1797, in Rutland, Vt. He was a journalist and educator who…
Columbus, Christopherp. 239discoverer, was born about 1436. He discovered America on Oct. 12, 1492. He died May 20, 1506, in…
Colver, Nathanielp. 239clergyman, was born May 10, 1794, in Orwell, Vt. He was eminent as an anti-mason and abolitionist; was…
Colvin, Addison Bp. 239journalist, public official, was born in 1858 in the state of New York. He attended school in the Glens…
Colvin, Verplanckp. 239engineer, surveyor, lecturer, author, was born Jan. 4, 1847, in Albany, N. Y. In 1872 he applied to the…
Colwell, J. Bp. 239clergyman, was born July 19, 1834, in Herefordshire, England. In 1862 he graduated from the Garret…
Colwell, Stephenp. 239merchant, author, was born in 1800 in Vermont. He was an iron merchant of Philadelphia, who wrote much…
Colyar, Arthur St. Clairp. 239lawyer, was born June 23, 1818, in Washington county, Tenn. He was self-educated, and achieved success…
Colyer, Vincentp. 239painter, was born in 1825, in Bloomington, N. Y. His works include Johnson Straits, British Columbia;…
Coman, Charlotte Bp. 239painter, was born about 1845 in Waterville, N. Y. After painting in France and Holland for six years,…
Coman, Katherinep. 239educator, author, was born in 1857 in Ohio. She is a professor of history at Wellesley college, and the…
Combes, Richard Cp. 239underwriter, was born May 17, 1827, in New York city. He was secretary of the Exchange Fire Insurance…
Combs, John Alfredp. 239lawyer, lecturer, was born Jan. 22, 1851, in Canada. He was educated at the public schools of Stony…
Comegys, Benjamin Bartisp. 239banker, author, was born in 1819 in Delaware. He is a banker of Philadelphia, and the author of Tour…
Comegys, Cornelius Pp. 239governor, was born in Delaware. He was governor of that state from 1837 to 1840.
Comegys, Joseph Parsonsp. 239lawyer, United States senator, was born Dec. 29, 1813, in St. Jones's Neck, Del. He was elected a member…
Comer, Johnp. 239clergyman, was born in 1704 in Boston, Mass. He left a diary in manuscript, which contains interesting…
Comer, Thomasp. 239actor, was born Dec. 19, 1790, in England. In 1827 he came to the United States, and was successively…
Comfort, Aaron Ivinsp. 239physician, surgeon, was born March 4, 1827, in Penn's Manor, Pa. He received his education in the public…
Comfort, George Fiskp. 240educator, author, was born in 1833 in New York. He has been a professor at Syracuse university since…
Comfort, Mrs. Anna Manningp. 240physician, author, was born in 1845 in New Jersey. She is a physician of Syracuse, who has written…
Comingo, Abramp. 240lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 29, 1820, in Mercer county, Ky. He was elected a member of the…
Comins, Linus Bp. 240manufacturer, congressman, was born in 1817 in Charlton, Mass. He was a member of the Roxbury city…
Comly, Johnp. 240educator, author, was born in 1774 in Pennsylvania. He was a Pennsylvania educator among the Friends,…
Commager, Henry Sp. 240soldier, was born about 1825. He was a prominent democratic politician in Toledo, Ohio; and in 1864 was…
Commons, John Rogersp. 240educator, author, was born in 1862 in Ohio. He has been a professor of sociology at Syracuse university…
Compton, Barnesp. 240was born Nov. 16, 1830, in Port Tobacco, Md. He was elected a representative in the state legislature in…
Compton, Isaac Mp. 240legislator, was born March 30, 1832, in Hamilton county, Ohio. In 1876 he was elected to the state…
Comstock, Addison Jp. 240pioneer, was born Oct. 17, 1802, in Palmyra, N. Y. In 1826 he built the first log house and sawmill in…
Comstock, Andrewp. 240elocutionist, author, was born in 1795 in New York. He was a professor of elocution, a lecturer on…
Comstock, Andrew Westbrookp. 240pioneer, lumber manufacturer, was born Oct. 5, 1838, in Port Huron, Mich. He has been mayor of Alpena,…
Comstock, Charles Cp. 240manufacturer, congressman, was born March 5, 1818, in Sullivan, N. H. He was elected mayor of Grand…
Comstock, Cyrus Balloup. 240soldier, civil engineer, author, was born Feb. 3, 1831, in West Wrentham, Mass. He is a colonel of the…
Comstock, George Carltonp. 240lawyer, was born May 13, 1856, in New York city. He is manager of several large estates, and carries on…
Comstock, George Caryp. 240astronomer, was born Feb. 12, 1855, in Madison, Wis. He received his education at the university of…
Comstock, George Fp. 240lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 24, 1811, in Williamstown, N. Y. He was appointed reporter of the…
Comstock, Helen Maria Fieldp. 240poet, philanthropist, was born Sept. 3, 1840, in Chesterfield, N. H. She attended the public schools,…
Comstock, John Henryp. 240educator, author, was born Feb. 24, 1849, in Janesville, Wis. He is a professor of entomology and…
Comstock, John Leep. 240author, was born in 1789 in Lyme, Conn. He was an educational compiler of Hartford, among whose many…
Comstock, Oliver Cp. 240congressman, was born in 1784. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1810 and 1812; a…
Comstock, Solomon Gp. 240lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born May 9, 1842, in Argyle, Maine. He was county attorney for…
Comstock, Theodore Bryantp. 240educator, author, was born July 27, 1849, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He is a geologist of distinction,…