Cessna, John – Chalmers, Lionel
Cessna, John
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Bedford county, Pa. In 1849 he was elected to the state legislature, and on being re-elected was made speaker. In 1861 he was again elected to the legislature, and again made speaker. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-first and forty-third congresses.
Chace, Jonathan
manufacturer, state senator, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 22, 1829, in Fall River, Mass. He was a member of the state senate of Rhode Island in 1876 and 1877; and was elected a representative from Rhode Island to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses. In 1885 he was elected a United States senator to fill a vacancy, and served during 1887-89.
Chadbourne, Paul Ansel
clergyman, college president, author, was born Oct. 21, 1823, in North Berwick, Maine.
He was a congregational clergyman, who was president of Williams college in 1872- 81, and was the author of Relations of Natural History to Intellect, Taste, Wealth, and Religion; Natural Theology; Instinct in Animals and Men; Strength of Men and Stability of Nations; The Hope of the Righteous; and The Public Services of the State of New York. He died Feb. 23, 1883, in New York city.
Chadwick, George W
musician, was born Nov. 13, 1854, in Lowell, Mass.
His overture, Rip Van Winkle, was performed at the Handel and Haydn festival in Boston in 1880, and his symphony in Cin 1882, at a concert of the Harvard musical association.
Chadwick, Henry
the father of baseball, was born in 1824, in New Hampshire. He is an authority on games and sports; and known as the father of baseball. He is the author of Base Ball Players' Book of Reference; Base Ball, How to Learn, Play and Teach It; Base Ball Manual; and Sports and Pastimes of American Boys.
Chadwick, John White
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 19, 1840, in Marblehead, Mass. He is a unitarian clergyman of Brooklyn, prominent among the more radical thinkers of his denomination. He is the author of The Man Jesus; The Faith of Reason; The Bible of To-day; Old and New Unitarian Belief; The Power of an Endless Life; The Revelation of God, and Other Sermons; Thomas Paine: the Method and Value of his Religious Teachings; George William Curtis: an Address; A Book of Poems; and In Nazareth Town, and Other Poems.
Chadwick, Lawrence C
clergyman, was born July 20, 1858, in Chautauqua county, N. Y. He graduated from the Cornell university; and has attained success as a baptist clergyman. He has traveled extensively in Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America, Europe and Africa. For twelve years he has been a member of the public school board of White Pigeon, Mich., and is its director.
Chadwick, Stephen F
lawyer, jurist, governor, United States senator, was born Dec. 25, 1828, in Middletown, Conn. He was a member of the state constitutional convention; at different periods was a probate and county judge; and was a presidential elector in 1864 and 1868. He was secretary of state from 1870 to 1878, two terms; became governor in 1877, and, to fill a vacancy, became United States senator. He died in January, 1895, in Salem, Ore.
Chadwick, Winfield Scott
railroad president, was born March 18, 1848, in Beaufort, N. C. Since 1889 he has been president of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad.
Chaffee, Arthur Billings
clergyman, educator, college president, was born June 19, 1852, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He attended Princeton university, 1874- 76, and Rochester Theological seminary 1877-79. He filled the chair of Latin in Franklin college, Ind., in 1879-89. In 1889 he entered the ministry; and in 1896 became president of Central university of Iowa.
Chaffee, Calvin C
congressman, was born Aug. 28, 1811, in Saratoga, N. Y.
He was elected a representative in congress from Massachusetts to the thirtyfourth and thirty-fifth congresses; in 1859 was appointed librarian of the house of representatives.
Chaffee, Elmer Asahel
farmer, lawyer, was born April 5, 1849, in Stockholm, N. Y. He has attained success as an able lawyer of Anthony, N. M. He has filled the office of county attorney in Nolan county, Texas; and various other public offices of honor. He has written extensively for law journals and the periodical press generally.
Chaffee, James Franklin
clergyman, was born Nov. 5, 1827, in Middlebury, N. Y. He has been presiding elder of the Winona district since 1887, until one year ago, when he was appointed to the Minneapolis district to commence his third term. For the last five years he has been president of the board of trustees of Hamlin university, and is also president of Asbury hospital of Minneapolis, Minn.
Chaffee, Jerome Bunty
miner, congressman, United States senator, was born April 17, 1825, in Niagara county, N. Y. He served in the legislature of Colorado in 1861-63; and served as speaker of the house. In 1865 he was elected as United States senator; was elected to the forty-second and two succeeding congresses as delegate from the territory of Colorado; and in 1876 was elected United States senator from that state for the short term, ending in 1879. He died March 9, 1886, in Salem Centre, N. Y.
Chaffin, William Elmer
educator, was born Nov. 18, 1862, in Claremont, N. H. He graduated from the Stevens high school in 1882, and from Dartmouth college in 1886. He has been principal of grammar schools in several large cities, and since 1890 has been superintendent of schools of towns of Dennis and Yarmouth, Mass.
Chafin, Eugene W
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 1, 1852, in East Troy, Wis.
He attended the common schools of his native county, and in 1875 graduated from the Wisconsin State university. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Waukesha, Wis., where he has taken an active part in the public affairs of his county and state. He is the author of a work entitled Lives of the Presidents, the subject matter of which, by his permission, has been incorporated into the pages of this work. For four years he was grand chief templar of the Wisconsin Independent Order of Good Templars; and is a prominent member of various other fraternal orders.
Chaille-Long, Charles
explorer, author, was born in 1843, in Maryland.
He is an African explorer of French parentage, and the author of Central Africa; the Three Prophets, Gordon, the Mahdi, and Arabi.
Chaille, Stanford Emerson
A.
M., M. D., medical educator, was born July 9, 1830, in Natchez, Miss. He was educated under private tutors until his mother's death in 1844. He then entered Phillip's academy, graduating therefrom three years later; and in 1851 graduated from Harvard college. In 1853 he graduated from the medical department of the university of Louisiana, now known as the Tulane university of Louisiana; in which institution he is now dean and professor of the medical department, and since 1851 has held many other official medical positions. During the war he was a private in the New Orleans light horse, was acting surgeongeneral of Louisiana, and was promoted to surgeon and medical inspector of the army of the Tennessee. His contributions to medical literature were begun in 1853, and have been numerous since that time. His principal works are Yellow Fever in Havana and Cuba; Laws of Population and Voters; Living, Dying, Registering, and Voting Population of Louisiana; Intimidation of Voters in Louisiana; and Origin and Progress of Medical Jurisprudence, 1776-1876.
Chalmers, James Ronald
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born June 11, 1831, in Halifax county, Va., is the son of Joseph W. Chalmers, a noted United States senator from Mississippi. He removed to Mississippi; attended school at Holly Springs, and graduated at the South Carolina college in 1851; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853; was elected district attorney of the seventh judicial district of Mississippi in 1858; was a member of the secession convention of Mississippi in 1861; was promoted brigadier-general in 1862; and was transferred to the cavalry service in 1863. He surrendered in May, 1865, in command of the first division of Forrest's cavalry army corps, composed of Armstrong's, Adams' and Stark's brigades. General Chalmers was a member of the state senate of Mississippi in 1876 and 1877; was elected to the forty-fifth congress, and was re-elected to the fortysixth congress as a democrat, and reelected to the forty-seventh and fortyeighth congresses as a democrat. He died in 1898.
Chalmers, Joseph W
lawyer, United States senator, was born in 1807, in Halifax county, Va. In 1846 he was appointed from Mississippi to a seat in the United States senate to fill a vacancy; served the remainder of the term, but, declining a re-election, and was succeeded by Jefferson Davis. He died in June, 1853, in Holly Springs, Miss.
Chalmers, Lionel
physician, author, was born in 1715 in Scotland. He was a noted physician of Charleston, and the author of Treatise on the Weather and Diseases of South Carolina; and Essay on Fevers. He died in 1777, in Charleston, S. C.