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174 lives from Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography (1898), printed on pages 250–258. Each name links to the page it is printed on.

Coray, George Qp. 250educator, librarian, was born in November, 1857, in Provo, Utah. He is a graduate of Cornell and…
Corbett, Henry Winslowp. 250merchant, was born Feb. 18, 1827, in Westborough, Mass. While successful as a merchant he has not…
Corbin, Austinp. 250railroad president, financier, was born July 11, 1827, in Newport, N. H. He is now president of the Long…
Corbin, D. Cp. 250railroad president, was born in 1837 in New Hampshire. He is president of the Spokane Falls and Northern…
Corbin, Henry Clarkp. 250soldier, was born in Ohio. He was the adjutant at the inaugurations of Garfield, Cleveland, Harrison and…
Corbin, Horacep. 250lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born May 21, 1827, in Tioga county, Ind. In 1852 he was elected…
Corbin, Johnp. 250author, was born in 1870 in Illinois. He is the author of The Elizabethan Hamlet.
Corbin, Joseph Carterp. 250educator, college president, was born March 26, 1833, in Chillicothe, Ohio. He graduated in 1853 from…
Corbin, Mrs. Caroline Eliza- Bethp. 250author, was born in 1835 in Connecticut. She is a Chicago writer of fiction and other works, and the…
Corbusier, William Henryp. 250surgeon, ethnologist, was born April 10, 1844, in New York city. He graduated in medicine from the…
Corby, Williamp. 250educator, college president, was born Oct. 2, 1833, in Detroit, Mich. As chaplain of a New York cavalry…
Corcoran, John Williamp. 250lawyer, jurist, public official, was born June 14, 1853, in Batavia, N. Y. He received the rudiments of…
Corcoran, Michaelp. 250soldier, was born Sept. 21, 1827, in Ireland. During the civil war he served with distinction; organized…
Corcoran, William Wilsonp. 251banker, philanthropist, was born Dec. 27, 1798, in Georgetown, D. C. The state department selected him…
Cordley, Richardp. 251clergyman, was born Sept. 6, 1829, in Nottingham, England. During 1850-54 he attended the Michigan…
Cordova, Alfred Dep. 251stock broker, was born Aug. 19, 1848, in Jamaica. First a broker in petroleum, he purchased a seat in…
Core, Jesse Franklinp. 251soldier, clergyman, was born Sept. 15, 1846, in Hillsboro, Pa. He served gallantly as a soldier in the…
Corey, Charles Henryp. 251clergyman, was born Dec. 12, 1834, in Canaan, N. B. In 1867 he was appointed principal of the Augusta…
Corlet, Elijahp. 251educator, was born in 1611 in London, England. He established himself in Cambridge soon after the…
Corlett, William Wp. 251lawyer, congressman, was born April 10, 1842, in Concord, Ohio. He was appointed postmaster at Cheyenne,…
Corley, Manuel Simeonp. 251merchant, legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 10, 1823, in Lexington county, S. C. During 1854-56 he…
Corliss, George Henryp. 251inventor, was born June 2, 1817, in Easton, N. Y. He invented many ingenious devices, among which is a…
Corliss, Guy C. Hp. 251lawyer, jurist, was born July 4, 1858, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar; and in…
Corliss, John Bp. 251lawyer, congressman, was born in Richford, Vt. He was elected city attorney of Detroit in 1881 and…
Corliss, Mrs. Mary Ep. 251was born Dec. 22, 1832, in Great Falls, N. H. Her poems have appeared in the periodical press. She has…
Cornaby, Mrs. Hannahp. 251poet, was born March 17, 1822, in England. In 1881 she published a volume entitled Autobiography and…
Cornelius, Eliasp. 251physician and patriot, was born in 1758 on Long Island. He obtained the appointment of surgeon's mate in…
Cornelius, Eliasp. 251educator, missionary, author, was born July 31, 1794, in Somers, N. Y. He was a missionary to the…
Cornell, Alonzo Bartonp. 251governor of New York during 1880-83, was born Jan. 22, 1832, in Ithaca, N. Y. He received an academic…
Cornell, Ezekielp. 251soldier, congressman, was born in Scituate, R. I. He was a member of the continental congress in…
Cornell, Ezrap. 251pioneer, was born Jan. 11, 1807, in Westchester, N. Y. When congress had appropriated $30,000 to build a…
Cornell, John Blackp. 251manufacturer, inventor, was born Feb. 7, 1821, in Long Island, N. Y. In 1847, with his brother, W. W.…
Cornell, John Henryp. 251musician, composer, was born May 8, 1828, in New York city. He was a musician and organist of New York…
Cornell, John Mp. 252iron manufacturer, was born Aug. 27, 1846, in New York city. He was taken into partnership with J. B.…
Cornell, Thomasp. 252banker, congressman, was born Jan. 27, 1814, in White Plains, N. Y. He was elected a representative from…
Cornell, William Masonp. 252physician, author, was born Oct. 16, 1802, in Berkley, Mass. He was a physician of Boston and elsewhere,…
Cornell, William Wp. 252manufacturer, was born Jan. 1, 1823, on Long Island. He established an extensive business as an…
Corning, Erastusp. 252railroad president, banker, congressman, was born Dec. 14, 1794, in Norwich, Conn. In 1814 he moved to…
Corning, Warren Halmesp. 252was born Feb. 18, 1841, in Painesville, Ohio. In 1887 he sold the Monarch Distilling Co., of Peoria,…
Cornish, Johnstonp. 252manufacturer, state senator, congressman, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J. He entered the Cornish…
Cornwall, Henry Bedingerp. 252mineralogist, author, was born July 29, 1844, in Southport, Conn. He is a professor of mineralogy at…
Cornwallis, Kinahanp. 252journalist, author, was born Dec. 24, 1837, in London, England. He published in London fifteen novels of…
Cornwell, George Rathbunp. 252bookseller, legislator, was born Feb. 24, 1836, in Penn Yan, N. Y., where for over forty years he was…
Cornwell, Henry Sylvesterp. 252physician, author, poet, was born in 1831 in New Hampshire. He was a physician of New London, Conn., who…
Cornwell, William Carylp. 252banker, was born Aug. 19, 1851, in Lyons, N. Y. He organized the City bank of Buffalo in 1893, and was…
Corr, Albert Cp. 252physician, was born Feb. 10, 1840, in Carlinville, Ill. In 1868 he graduated in medicine from the…
Corr, Lucinda Hp. 252physician, was born March 9, 1844, in Carlinville, Ill. She graduated in 1874 from the Woman's medical…
Corrick, Frank Perleyp. 252journalist, was born July 17, 1866, in Appanoose county, Iowa. He is the editor and owner of The Tribune…
Corrigan, Michael Augustinep. 252Roman catholic prelate, was born Aug. 13, 1839, in Newark, N. J. In 1885 Archbishop Corrigan became…
Corrigan, Thomasp. 252capitalist, was born Dec. 31, 1825, in Canada. He was owner of all the street railways, except one, in…
Corse, John Murrayp. 252soldier, was born April 27, 1835, in Pittsburg, Pa. He attended West Point and served through the civil…
Corse, Montgomery Dentp. 252soldier, banker, was born March 14, 1816, in Alexandria, D. C. He was a captain in the Mexican war, and…
Corson, George Normanp. 252soldier, lawyer, lecturer, journalist, poet, was born March 11, 1833, in Montgomery county, Pa. He…
Corson, Hiramp. 252educator, author, was born Nov. 6, 1828, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a Chaucerian and Early English…
Corson, Julietp. 253instructor, author, was born Feb. 14, 1842, in Boston, Mass. She was a cooking instructor of New York,…
Cort, Thomasp. 253manufacturer, was born in 1834 in England. He settled in Newark in 1847, and began business for himself…
Corthell, Elmer Lawrencep. 253civil engineer, author, was born Sept. 30, 1840, in Massachusetts. He is a civil engineer of…
Corwin, Edward Tp. 253clergyman, author, was born July 12, 1834, in New York city. Since 1857 he has filled pastorates in…
Corwin, Franklinp. 253lawyer, congressman, was born July 12, 1818, in Lebanon, Ohio. He served several years in the state…
Corwin, Moses Bp. 253lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 5, 1790, in Bourbon county, Ky. In 1838 and 1839 he was elected to…
Corwin, Thomasp. 253lawyer, statesman, was born July 29, 1794, in Bourbon county, Ky. He was elected to the Ohio legislature…
Corwine, Amos Breckinridgep. 253journalist, was born in 1815 in Maysville, Ky. He served during the Mexican war, being a lieutenant in…
Cory, Sally Morrisp. 253artist, designer, was born Feb. 21, 1863, in New York city. She has attained success as an artist and…
Cosand, Samuel Wp. 253soldier, lawyer, was born June 27, 1843, in Boone county, Ind. In 1860 he graduated from the Thorntown…
Cosby, Fortunatusp. 253journalist, journalist, poet, was born May 2, 1801, in Louisville, Ky. He was a member of the first…
Cosby, Williamp. 253governor of New York, was born about 1695. After serving as a colonel in the army, and being governor of…
Cosgrove, Henryp. 253Roman catholic bishop, was born in 1834 in Williamsport, Pa. He removed with his parents to Dubuque when…
Cosgrove, Johnp. 253lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 12, 1839, in Alexandria, N. Y. In 1865 he removed to Boonville, Mo.,…
Cossett, Franceway Rannap. 253clergyman, author, was born April 24, 1790, in Claremont, N. H. He was a Cumberland presbyterian…
Coster, Charles Henryp. 253banker, was born July 22, 1852, in Newport, R. I. In 1884 he was admitted to partnership in the great…
Coster, Robert Johnp. 253educator, clergyman, was born Oct. 20, 1836, near St. Leonards, Md. He was educated at the College of…
Cotheal, Alexander Isaacp. 253diplomatist, was born in 1804 in New York, N. Y. He was an oriental scholar of New York city who…
Cothran, James Sp. 253soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 8, 1830, in Abbeville county, S. C. He entered the…
Cotteral, J. L. Tp. 253congressman. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1846 to 1847.
Cotting, John Rugglesp. 253scientist, author, was born in 1783 in Acton, Mass. He was a noted Georgia scientist, and the author of…
Cottman, Joseph Sp. 253lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 16, 1803, in Somerset county, Md. He served in the Maryland…
Cottman, Vincendon Lezarep. 253naval officer, was born Feb. 13, 1852, in Ascension Parish, La. In 1884 he was appointed lieutenant of…
Cotton, Aylett Rp. 253educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1826, in Austintown, Ohio. He removed to Iowa in 1844,…
Cotton, Johnp. 254clergyman, author, was born Dec. 4, 1585, in England. He was the foremost clergyman of his century in…
Cotton, Johnp. 254clergyman, was born March 13, 1640, in Boston, Mass. He was minister for thirty years in Plymouth,…
Cottrell, Calvert Byronp. 254manufacturer, inventor, was born Aug. 21, 1821, in Westerly, R. I. He has devoted himself exclusively to…
Couch, Darius Nashp. 254soldier, was born July 23, 1822, in South East, N. Y. He was graduated at the United States military…
Couchman, Wesleyp. 254clergyman, educator, poet, was born Aug. 25, 1853, in Margaretville, N. Y. In 1878 he graduated from the…
Coudert, Frederick Renep. 254lawyer, was born in 1832, in New York city. He was elected president of the Bar Association of New York…
Coues, Elliottp. 254naturalist, author, was born Sept. 9, 1842, in Portsmouth, N. H. He is an eminent naturalist connected…
Couldock, Charles Walterp. 254actor, was born April 26, 1815, in England. His first appearance in this country was at the Broadway…
Coulter, John Merlep. 254botanist, author, was born Nov. 20, 1851, in China. He is a botanist and was president of the Indiana…
Coulter, Richardp. 254jurist, congress- He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1835. At the time…
Councill, William Hooperp. 254educator, college president, was born July 12, 1848, in Fayetteville, N. C. He was brought to Alabama by…
Councilman, William Thomasp. 254physician, author, was born in 1854, in Maryland. He is a physician and instructor at the Harvard…
Courtenay, Austin Matlackp. 254clergyman, lecturer, author, was born April 22, 1850, in St. Louis, Mo. He received the rudiments of his…
Courtenay, Edward Henryp. 254mathematician, author, was born in 1803 in Maryland. He was a civil engineer and was professor of…
Courtright, Samuel Wp. 254lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 9, 1842, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He is a prominent lawyer of…
Cousins, Jamesp. 254agriculturist, legislator, was born March 3, 1849, in England. For many years he was engaged in the…
Cousins, Robert Gp. 254lawyer, congressman, was born in 1859 in Cedar county, Iowa. In 1886 he was elected to the Iowa…
Coutler, John Fp. 254farmer, legislator, state senator, was born Nov. 15, 1840, in Cass county, Mich. In 1870 he was elected…
Covell, Alton Gilesp. 254lawyer, legislator, financier, was born June 8, 1854, in Erie, Pa. He received an academic education and…
Covell, Jamesp. 254clergyman, author, was born Sept. 4, 1796, in Marblehead, Mass. He was a methodist clergyman of New York…
Covert, Georgep. 254physician, surgeon, was born Dec. 7, 1829, in Ovid, N. Y. He is a graduate of the Bennett College of…
Covert, James Wp. 255lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1842, in Oyster Bay, N. Y. In 1867 he was elected school…
Covington, George Wp. 255lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 12, 1838, in Berlin, Md. In 1867 he was elected a member of the…
Covington, Leonardp. 255soldier, congressman, was born Oct. 30, 1768, in Aquasco, Md. He was a member of the legislature of…
Covode, Johnp. 255merchant, congressman, was born March 17, 1808, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He was elected from…
Cowan, Edgarp. 255lawyer, United States senator, was born Sept. 19, 1815, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He was chosen a…
Cowan, Frankp. 255lawyer, journalist, author, was born Dec. 11, 1844, in Greensburg, Pa. He is a Pennsylvania lawyer and…
Cowan, Jacob Pp. 255physician, banker, United States senator, was born March 20, 1823, in Florence, Pa. He was a member of…
Cowardin, James Ap. 255journalist, author, was born Oct. 6, 1811, near Hot Springs, Va. In 1865 he founded the Richmond…
Cowdery, Jacob Ep. 255soldier, architect, builder, poet, was born Dec. 20, 1836, at Adams Mill, Ohio. During the war he served…
Cowdery, Jonathanp. 255surgeon, was born April 22, 1767, in Sandisfield, Mass. He served in the frigate Philadelphia, which was…
Cowdin, Jasper Barnettp. 255poet. He is the author of Esther's Wedding and Other Poems. -
Cowell, Benjaminp. 255lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1781 in Wrentham, Mass. He was a clerk of the federal courts, and…
Cowen, Benjamin Rushp. 255soldier, public official, was born Aug. 15, 1831, in Moorfield, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted in the…
Cowen, Benjamin Sp. 255physician, journalist, congressman, was born in 1793 in Washington county, N. Y. In 1839 he was a…
Cowen, Esekp. 255jurist, author, was born Feb. 24, 1787, in Rhode Island. In 1812 he was one of the founders, in…
Cowen, John Kp. 255lawyer, congressman, railroad president, was born Oct. 28, 1844, in Millersburg, Ohio. He removed to…
Cowen, Patrick Hp. 255author. He was the author of Digest of Criminal Decisions of the Court of New York; Reports of Criminal…
Cowgill, Calvinp. 255lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 7, 1819, in Clinton county, Ohio. He moved to Wabash county, Ind., in…
Cowherd, William Strotherp. 255lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 1, 1860, in Jackson county, Mo. He was appointed assistant…
Cowles, Andrew Dp. 255lawyer, state legislator, was born July 31, 1856, in Elkville, N. C. He has attained success as one of…
Cowles, Augustus Woodruffp. 255clergyman, educator, college president, was born July 12, 1819, in Reading, N. Y. In 1847-56 he was…
Cowles, Edward Pitkinp. 255lawyer, jurist, was born in 1815 in Canaan, Conn. He was admitted to the bar in 1839, and entered into…
Cowles, George Wp. 255educator, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Otisco, N. Y. He was elected a representative from…
Cowles, Giles Hookerp. 255clergyman, was born Aug. 26, 1766, in Farmington, Conn. In 1810 he was appointed by the Connecticut…
Cowles, Henryp. 255clergyman, theologian, author, was born April 24, 1803, in Norfolk, Conn. He was a congregational…
Cowles, Henry Bp. 255lawyer, congressman, was born March 18, 1798, in Hartford, Conn. He served as a member of the New York…
Cowles, W. H. Hp. 256soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 22, 1840, in Hamptonville, N. C. He served in the…
Cowles, William Hutchinsonp. 256lawyer, journalist, was born Aug. 14, 1866, in Evanston, Ill. In 1887 he graduated from Yale college…
Cowley, Charlesp. 256lawyer, author, was born in 1832 in England. He is a lawyer of Lowell, and the author of Memories of the…
Cowley, George Bp. 256physician, journalist, state legislator, poet, was born May 16, 1861, near Rio, Wis. In 1882 he…
Cox, Abraham Siddonp. 256surgeon, was born in 1800 in New York. He had been for many years one of the most eminent medical…
Cox, Albert Hillp. 256lawyer, state legislator, was born Dec. 25, 1848, in Troup county, Ga. He was solicitor-general of the…
Cox, Allen Mp. 256lawyer, public official, was born Sept. 30, 1843, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. For eight years he was…
Cox, Argusp. 256lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 26, 1856, in Van Buren county, Iowa. In 1887 he was elected prosecuting…
Cox, Benjamin Hp. 256lawyer, was born March 16, 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law school, and…
Cox, Christopher Cp. 256physician, lieutenant-governor, was born Aug. 16, 1816, in Baltimore, Md. He was appointed commissioner…
Cox, Edward Traversp. 256geologist, was born April 21, 1821, in Virginia. He is a geologist of New York city who made a number of…
Cox, E. St. Julianp. 256lawyer, jurist, was born. Feb. 21, 1833, in Switzerland, during a temporary sojourn of his father's…
Cox, Hannahp. 256abolitionist, was born in 1796 in Philadelphia, Pa. She joined the first movement in favor of…
Cox, Isaac Newtonp. 256congressman, was born Aug. 1, 1846, in Fallsburgh, N. Y. He has been frequently sent as delegate to…
Cox, Jacob Dolsonp. 256soldier, lawyer, congressman, author, was born Oct. 27, 1828, of American parents, in Montreal, Canada.…
Cox, Jamesp. 256artist, was born in 1751 in England. For many years he was the fashionable drawing-master in…
Cox, Jamesp. 256soldier, congressman, was born in 1753 in Montgomery county, N. J. He was a member of the state…
Cox, James Farleyp. 256marine underwriter, was born Feb. 1, 1830, in Locust Valley, L. I. He originated, established and…
Cox, Josephp. 256lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 4, 1822, in Chambersburg, Pa. In 1830 he moved with his parents to…
Cox, Kenyonp. 256painter, was born Oct. 27, 1856, in Warren, Ohio. He has painted portraits and landscapes, but prefers…
Cox, Leander Mp. 256soldier, congressman, was born in Virginia. Moving to Kentucky, he was elected a representative from…
Cox, Lemuelp. 256master mechanic, was born in 1736 in Boston, Mass. He was the inventor of a machine for cutting.…
Cox, Nicholas Nicholsp. 256soldier, farmer, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 6, 1837, in Bedford county, Tenn. He was confederate…
Cox, Palmerp. 256artist, author, was born April 28, 1840, in Canada. He became famous the world over as the author of a…
Cox, Samuel Hansonp. 257clergyman, author, was born Aug. 25, 1793, in Rahway, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman of the new…
Cox, Samuel Sullivanp. 257statesman, author, was born in 1824 in Ohio. He was a noted democratic congressman from Ohio, and later…
Cox, Thomas Bolinp. 257soldier, lawyer, was born Oct. 14, 1838, in Greensboro, Ala. He attended the Howard college, Alabama,…
Cox, Thomas Lillardp. 257educator, merchant, was born Oct. 18, 1859, in Decatur, Tenn. In 1882 he was elected president of…
Cox, Walter Sp. 257lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 25, 1826, in Georgetown, D. C. In 1879 he was appointed an associate…
Cox, William Ruffinp. 257soldier, planter, legislator, congressman, was born March 11, 1832, in Scotland Neck, N. C. He received…
Cox, Winfred Douglassp. 257clergyman, was born Feb. 12, 1858, in Monroe county, W. Va. After receiving the rudiments of his…
Coxe, Alfred Cp. 257lawyer, jurist, was born in Auburn, N. Y. In 1882 he was appointed United States district judge for the…
Coxe, Arthur Clevelandp. 257bishop, author, poet, was born May 10, 1818, in Mendham, N. J. He was the second protestant episcopal…
Coxe, Eckley Brintonp. 257mining engineer, author, was born June 4, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a Pennsylvania mining…
Coxe, Frankp. 257banker, capitalist, was born Nov. 2, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is president of the Commercial…
Coxe, Frank Morrellp. 257soldier, was born in 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. During the civil war he was promoted to captain, and in…
Coxe, John Redmanp. 257physician, author, was born in 1773 in Trenton, N. J. He was a noted physician who was the first to…
Coxe, Margaretp. 257author, was born in 1800 in Burlington, N. J. She was the author of Claims of the Country on American…
Coxe, Tenchp. 257political economist, author, was born May 22, 1755, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a once noted…
Coxe, Williamp. 257congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1813 to 1815; served in the state…
Coy, Edward Gustinp. 257educator, author, was born Aug. 23, 1844, in Ithaca, N. Y. He was a professor in Phillips academy of…
Coyle, John Henryp. 257lawyer, author, was born. Feb. 5, 1856, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1880, and…
Coyle, John Pattersonp. 257clergyman, author, was born in 1852 in Pennsylvania. He is a congregational clergyman, formerly of North…
Coyner, Charles Lutherp. 257lawyer, jurist, author, was born Feb. 8, 1853, in Long Glade, Va. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar. He…
Cozzens, Frederick Schillerp. 258artist, author, was born Oct. 11, 1846, in New York city. He has published a series of lithographed…
Cozzens, Frederick Swartoutp. 258merchant, author, was born March 5, 1818, in New York city. He was a wine merchant of New York city,…
Cozzens, Issacharp. 258mineralogist, author, was born in 1781 in Newport, R. I. He was a mineralogist who published History of…
Cozzens, Samuel Woodworthp. 258lawyer, author, was born April 14, 1834, in Marblehead, Mass. He was a lawyer of Arizona, and the author…
Cozzens, William Colep. 258merchant, governor, was born Aug. 26, 1811, in Newport, R. I. He became the head of the dry goods firm…