Childs, George William – Chisholm, William
Childs, George William
journalist, author, was born May 12, 1829, in Baltimore, Md. He was a noted journalist of Philadelphia who established the Public Ledger in 1864, and was the author of Recollections of General Grant; and Personal Recollections. For nearly two years, in 1842- 43, he was an apprentice on board the ship Pennsylvania of the United States navy. In 1850 he became a member of the publishing firm of Peterson and Co., which was changed to Childs and Peterson. In 1864 he purchased The Public Ledger of Philadelphia. As a philanthropist he was very liberal; and gave freely of his means to many charitable institutions. He died Feb. 3, 1894, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Childs, Henry Halsey
physician, was born June 7, 1783, in Pittsfield, Mass.
He organized the Berkshire medical institute, which became a college in 1837, and of which he was professor of the theory and practice of medicine, and president until 1863. He represented Pittsfield in the legislature of 1816 and 1827; in the constitutional convention of 1820; state senator in 1837, and was lieutenant governor of Massachusetts in 1843. He died March 22, 1868, in Boston, Mass.
Childs, Henry Warren
lawyer, was born Nov. 24, 1848, in Belgium, N. Y.
In 1887 he was appointed assistant attorney-general and took up his residence in St. Paul, Minn. In 1892 he was elected attorney-general; and in 1894 was reelected to the same office.
Childs, John Lewis
horticulturist, journalist, was born May 13, 1856. He established The Mayflower, which is made up of the prominent floriculturists, horticulturists and agriculturists in the world.
Childs, Orville Whitmore
engineer, was born Dec. 27, 1802, in Stillwater, N. Y. He was chief engineer of the Terre Haute and Alton railroad in 1855-58, and was afterward employed by the state to fix the boundaries of the city and county of New York. He was president of the Central Transportation company and of the Philadelphia car-works. He died Sept. 6, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Childs, Robert A
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 22, 1845, in Malone, N. Y. He enlisted in General Stephen A. Hurlbut's company, which subsequently became a part of the fifteenth Illinois infantry volunteers, and served throughout the war. In 1884 he was presidential elector; and was elected to the fifty-third congress as a republican.
Childs, Thomas
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative from that state during the thirtyfourth congress.
Childs, Timothy
congressman, was born in Massachusetts. He was a member of the assembly of New York in 1828 and 1833; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1829 to 1831, from 1835 to 1839, and again from 1841 to 1843. He died in November, 1847, in Santa Cruz.
Childs, William H
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 4, 1841, in Paris, Ky. This eminent lawyer was a member of the Montana territorial legislature in 1866; and became president of the upper house the following year.
Chiles, Mrs. Mary Eliza
author, poet, was born in 1820, in Kentucky.
Among her writings are Louisa Elton, a reply to Uncle Tom; Bandits of Italy; Oswyn Dudley; and Select Poems.
Chillson, William Deel
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 19, 1825, in Ticonderoga, N. Y. In early life he was steam engineer and steam sawmill builder, and sawed the first board cut by steam power in Minnesota, at St. Paul, in 1850. He has traveled and lectured on Science and the Bible, and is the author of a religious work. He has attained success in the practice of law, and has twice filled the office of county judge.
Chilson, Gardner
inventor, was born in 1804, in Thompson, Conn. He went to Boston in 1837, and engaged in the manufacture of stoves and furnaces at Mansfield, Mass. As early as 1844 he devised a furnace that received a prize medal at the London world's fair in 1851.
Among his numerous inventions are conical radiators, applied to stoves and furnaces. He died Nov. 21, 1877.
Chilton, Horace
lawyer, United States senator, was born in Tyler, Tex.
He was a delegate at large from Texas to the national democratic convention at St.
Louis in 1888; and served one term as assistant attorney-general of Texas by appointment. He was elected to the United States senate without practical opposition, as the successor of Hon. Richard Coke. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.
Chilton, Samuel
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1804, in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845; and after retiring from congress was a member of the state constitutional convention. He died Jan. 14, 1867, in Fauquier county, Va.
Chilton, Thomas
clergyman, was born July 30, 1798, in Garrard county, Ky.
He was a member of the Kentucky state legislature for several sessions, and for four terms a member of congress from Kentucky, during 1829-37. While practicing law with success he became a baptist preacher, and moved to Alabama, and was elected president of the Alabama baptist state convention, and soon abandoned the law. He died Aug. 15, 1854, in Montgomery, Tex.
Chilton, William P
jurist, lawyer, statesman, was born in Kentucky. He was, at different times, a member of each house of the Alabama legislature. In 1848 he was elected to the supreme court of Alabama, serving part of the time as chief justice for a term of ten years. During the existence of the confederate government, 1861-65, he was a member of its congress. He died Jan. 20, 1871, in Alabama.
Chinn, Joseph W
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1831 to 1835. He died Dec. 5, 1840, in Richmond, Va.
Chinn, Thomas W
congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was elected a representative in congress from Louisiana from 1839 to 1841.
Chipman, Daniel
lawyer, congressman, author, was born Oct. 22. 1765, in Salisbury, Conn. He was for many years in the legislature, and was frequently speaker of the house of representatives of his state. He was a member of the last state constitutional convention; was the first reporter of the decisions of the supreme court, and author of an able work on Law Contracts for the Sale of Specific Articles. He was a member of congress from 1815 to 1817. He died April 23, 1850, in Ripton, Vt.
Chipman, Henry
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1785, in Vermont. He was appointed a judge of the United States for the territory of Michigan; removed to Detroit, and from that time until his death was one of the most influential citizens of the state. He died April 27, 1867, in Detroit, Mich.
Chipman, J. Logan
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 5, 1830, in Detroit, Mich. In 1856 he was elected city attorney of Detroit, and held that position till 1861. In 1863 he was elected to the Michigan legislature; and in 1865 was appointed attorney of the police board of Detroit. In 1879 he was elected judge of the superior court of Detroit, to which position he was re-elected at the end of six years. He was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-second congresses as a democrat.
Chipman, John S
congressman, was born in Vermont. He was a representative in congress from Michigan from 1845 to 1847; and subsequently moved to California.
Chipman, Marcellus A
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 27, 1852, in Noblesville, Ind. In 1873 he graduated from the law school of the Indiana state university, receiving the degree of LL. B. In 1882 he was appointed judge of the Madison circuit court, Indiana, which position he filled with distinction for eight years; and out of over twelve hundred cases tried and decided, only two were reversed by the supreme court. He is the grand master of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of the state of Indiana.
Chipman, Nathaniel
lawyer, jurist, educator, author, was born Nov. 15, 1752, in Salisbury, Conn. He was professor of law for twenty-eight years in Middlebury college. In 1786 he was elected a judge of the supreme court; in 1789 was chosen chief justice; and in 1791 was appointed judge of the United States district court. He was subsequently again elected chief justice; and from 1797 to 1803 was a member of the United States senate from Vermont. In 1793 he published Sketches of the Principles of Government; and Reports and Dissertations. He died Feb. 13, 1843, in Tinmouth, Vt.
Chipman, Norton P
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 7, 1834, in Milford Centre, Ohio. At the close of the war he was brevetted brigadier-general; and settled at Washington city, where he had previously been on duty for two years. He was appointed secretary of the territorial government of the District of Columbia at its organization; and was elected a delegate to the forty-second and forty-third congresses as a republican.
Chisholm, Alexander R
soldier, journalist, was born Nov. 19, 1834, in Beaufort, S. C. He served in the civil war as a confederate soldier; and rose to the rank of colonel. In 1869 he removed to New York city, and established The Financial and Mining Record, in connection with a bond and stock brokerage business.
Chisholm, Walter Scott
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 17, 1836, in Columbus, Ga. He was judge of Savannah city court during 1863-78; was president of the Alabama Midland railroad; and director of a number of business corporations. He died Dec. 5, 1890, in New York.
Chisholm, William
manufacturer, inventor, was born Aug. 12, 1825, in Fifeshire, Ohio. He invented machinery for the manufacture of steel shovels, spades and scoops; and established The Chisholm steel shovel works of Cleveland.