Cheney, Benjamin Pierce – Chesney, Elijah
Cheney, Benjamin Pierce
railroad president, was born April 8, 1866, in Boston, Mass. He is president of the National City and Otay railway. CHARLES CHENEY, EDWARD, clergyman, was born Feb. 12, 1836, in Canandaigua, N. Y. Soon after his ordination he became rector of Christ church, Chicago. Mr. Cheney was elected missionary bishop of the northwest, for the new organization, in 1873.
Cheney, Mrs. Ednah Dow
educator, lecturer, author, was born Jan. 27, 1829, in Boston, Mass. She is a Boston writer, associated in early life with the prominent New England transcendentalists, who has been active in the woman suffrage movement, and whose writing has had more or less to do with philosophical themes. Her principal works comprise Hand-book of American History for Colored People; Faithful to the Light, and Other Tales; Stories of the Olden Time; Gleanings in the Fields of Art; Life of Louisa Alcott, supra; Life of Christian Daniel Rauch, Sculptor; Memoir of John Cheney, Engraver; Memoir of Dr. Susan Dimock; Nora's Return, a sequel to Ibsen's Doll House; Sally Williams; and the Mountain Girl.
Cheney, Emeline Burlingame
missionary, was born Sept. 22, 1836, in Smithfield, R. I. She has been president of the Rhode Island Woman's Christian Temperance union; and president of the Free Baptist Woman's Missionary society.
She is a licensed preacher, and was three times a delegate to the free baptist triennial conference; and was editor of the Missionary Helper for many years.
Cheney, Mrs. Harriet Vaughan
(FOSTER), author, was born in 1815 in Massachusetts. She is the author of Confessions of an Early Martyr; A Peep at the Pilgrims in 1636; The Rivals of Arcadia; Sketches from the Life of Christ; and The Sunday School, or Village Sketches.
Cheney, John Vance
librarian, author, poet, was born Dec. 29, 1848, in New York. He practiced law for a while; and subsequently became librarian of the public library in San Francisco, Cal. In 1.897 he was elected librarian of the Newberry library of Chicago. His poetical works include Thistle Drift; Wood Blooms; and Queen Helen and Other Poems. In prose, his best known works are The Old Doctor, a Romance of Queer Village; The Golden Guess, a series of critical essays; and That Dome in Air, a similar collection of critical studies.
Cheney, Person Colby
manufacturer, governor, United States senator, was born Feb. 25, 1828, in Ashland, N. H.
He was president of the Amoskeag Fibre Ware company; and in 1853 was a representative in the New Hampshire legislature. In 1862 he entered the union army as regimental quartermaster. In 1864 he was elected railroad commissioner, serving three years. In 1871 he was elected mayor of Manchester, N. H.; in 1875 was elected governor of New Hampshire, and was re-elected in 1876; he was appointed United States senator to fill a vacancy, serving from 1886 to 1889.
Cheney, Seth Wells
artist, was born Nov. 26, 1810, in South manchester, Conn. He was one of the earliest American artists in black and white, and excelled in giving spirituality to his portraits and ideal female faces, which are still sought by collectors. Among his works are portraits of Theodore Parker with his wife; and Epnraim Peabody; Rosalie; and A Roman Girl. He died Sept. 10, 1856, in South Manchester, Conn.
Cheney, Simon Pease
musical educator, author, was born in 1818 in New Hampshire. He was a once noted musical educator of Vermont, and the author of The American Singing Book; and Wood Notes Wild, notations of bird music. He died in 1890.
Cheney, Theseus Apoleon
author, was born March 16, 1830, in Leon, N. Y. He was a writer who devoted his attention to the history of the western portion of his native state. He was the author of Report on the Ancient Monuments of Western New York; Historical Sketch of the Chemung Valley; Historical Sketch of Eighteen Counties of Central and Southern New York; Laron; Relations of Government to Science; and Antiquarian Researches. He died Aug. 2, 1878, in Starkey, N. Y.
Cheney, Ward
pioneer manufacturer, was born in 1813, in South Manchester, Conn. His silk thread having been once accepted as excellent in quality, the Cheney factory gained ground every year in spite of many trials. Arthur, Charles and Frank W. Cheney, brothers, successively joined the founder. He died March 22, 1876, in South Manchester, Conn.
Chenoweth, James Q
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 9, 1841, in Louisville, Ky. He was elected a state senator of Kentucky; served three sessions and resigned. In 1875 he was appointed district judge in Texas; and was elected a representative in the seventeenth and eighteenth legislatures of Texas. In 1885 he was appointed first auditor of the United States treasury.
Chenoweth, William J
physician, surgeon, was born Dec. 1, 1823, in Greensburg, Ky. In 1840 he graduated with the degree of A. B. from the Augusta college, Kentucky; and three years later received the degree of A. M. from the same institution. He has attained success in his profession at Decatur, Ill.; and is prominently connected with the leading medical societies and other institutions.
Chenowith, F. A
jurist, was born in Ohio. He was appointed associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Washington.
Cherry, William John
lawyer, author, was born Jan. 25, 1859, in Chester county, South Carolina. He was educated in his native state at Newberry college; and in 1881 began educational work, subsequently adopting law as his profession. Since 1885 he has practiced law in Rock Hill, S. C., where ne has been city attorney for a number of years, and is the legal adviser and attorney for a number of large corporations; and is also very prominent in politics. He has given considerable time to newspaper work, and is the author of a work entitled A Hand- Book of Rock Hill.
Chesebro, Caroline
educator, author, was born about 1820 in Canandaigua, N. Y. She was a writer of stories and sketches who was during the matter part of her life a teacher in the Packer institute of Brooklyn. Her writing displays much individuality, and the novel, The Foe in the Household, her finest work, is a careful study of some unfamiliar phases of Pennsylvania life. Her other works include The Beautiful Gate and Other Sketches; Peter Carradine; The Children of Light; Susan, the Fisherman's Daughter; The Little Cross Bearers; Dream- Land by Daylight; Philly and Kit; Victoria; Amy Carr; and The Glen Cabin. She died Feb. 16, 1873. in Piermont, N. Y.
Chesebrough, Amos Sheffield
D. D., clergyman, author, was born Aug. 22, 1813, in Stonington, Conn. In 1835 he graduated from Yale university; and from Yale Theological seminary in 1840.
He has been pastor of congregational churches in Chester, Glastonbury and Durham, Conn.; and previously was principal of Hadley and Westfield academies, Massachusetts. He is a member of the corporation of Yale university, and author of several works on Church Work and Christian Nurture.
Chesebrough, Ellis Sylvester
civil engineer, was worn July 6, 1813, in Baltimore, Md. In 1855 he became engineer for the Chicago board of sewerage commissioners, and in that capacity planned the sewerage system of the city.
In 1879 he resigned the officer of commissioner of public works. He achieved a high reputation as an authority on the water supply and sewage of cities, and in that capacity was consulted by the officials of New York, Boston, Cambridge, Toronto, Detroit, Memphis, Milwaukee, and other cities. In 1877-78 he was president of the American society of civil engineers. He died Aug. 19, 1886, in Chicago, Ill.
Chesebrough, Robert Augus- Tus
manufacturer, inventor, was born Jan. 9, 1837, in England. As a result of continual experiments in distilling and filtering petroleum, he discovered and patented, in 1870, the substance now known as vaseline. In 1881 he erected the huge office building, which bears his name, in New York city. He introduced heating and ventilating appliances of his own invention into this structure; and these have since attracted wide attention among architects and owners. The Real Estate exchange originated with him.
Cheshire, Joseph Blount
bishop of North Carolina, author, was born March 27, 1850, in Tarborough, N. C. He has published several valuable monographs. Among his works are: Early Conventions of the Church in North Carolina; Fragments of North Carolina Church History; The Church in the Province of North Carolina; Decay and Revival; and Parson Miller and White Haven Church.
Chesney, Elijah
clergyman, lecturer, author, was born May 29, 1842, in Dumfries, Ontario, Canada. He graduated with honors in the classical course from the Woodstock college in 1864; and completed the full theological course of studies in the same institution. He has filled pastorates in Canada and Michigan; he has many times held the position of moderator and president of religious councils, associations and conventions; and by appointment preached sermons and delivered addresses at such assemblies. For twelve years he has been a member of the Michigan state home mission board in connection with the baptist state convention, and was for several years its secretary.