Christiansen, Charles – Church, Pharcellus
Christiansen, Charles
clergy- He has attained eminence as a prominent minister in the congregational church, and has filled many important pastorates in Illinois, and now resides in Danway.
Christie, Gabriel
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1793 to 1797, and from 1799 to 1801.
Christie, William H
soldier, physician, was born March 31, 1844, in Bergen county, N. J. In 1868 he graduated from the Rush Medical college of Chicago, Ill. He served as a private soldier during the civil war. In 1884 he was a delegate to the national republican convention.
Since 1890 he has filled the chair of materia medica and principles of therapeutics in the Omaha Medical college, Neb. He is a member of the national, state, district, and other medical societies; and has contributed extensively to medical literature and the periodical press generally.
Christy, Edwin P
minstrel, was born in 1815. He organized the original Christy's Minstrels, in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1842, and was afterward their manager.
He took the troupe to London, met with great success both here and there, and retired with a fortune in 1854. He died May 21, 1862, in New York city.
Christy, George N
minstrel, was born Nov. 6, 1827, in Palmyra, N. Y. He made his first appearance in Buffalo in 1839, under E. P. Christy's management.
After the organization of the Christy minstrels he was the star of the troupe, and was the original Lucy Long and Cachuca.
He died May 12, 1868, in New York city.
Christy, John H
congressman. He was elected a representative from Georgia to the fortieth congress.
Christy, Samuel W
lawyer, legislator, was born June 20, 1856, in Keokuk, county, Iowa. He was elected a representative of the Nebraska legislature in 1889, and in 1896 was a delegate to the republican national convention at St.
Louis.
Christy, William
soldier, lawyer, author, was born Dec. 6, 1791, in Georgetown, Ky. He served under Harrison in the war of 1812, and became a merchant in New Orleans. He published a Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Chrysler, Morgan Henry
soldier, was born Sept. 30, 1826, in Ghent, N.
Y. He was present at the capture of Mobile, with its surrounding defences, was brevetted brigadier-general in 1864, and made brigadier-general of volunteers and brevet major-general in 1865.
Chubb, Henry Stedman
state legislator, was born March 24, 1858, in Edgerton, Wis. He was director and general manager of the Heather Island Orange company; was president of a building and loan association. He served two years in the state legislature; and has been president of the council and mayor of his town.
Chubbuck, Samuel W
inventor, was born in 1800 in Vermont. He made, it is said, the first telegraphic instrument ever manufactured. One of his inventions was that by which the paper on the reel could be used forty times. The circuitcloser attachment to the key, and the famous pony sounder, were also invented by him. He was a collector of coins and scientific instruments, and at one time had a coin collection valued at $30,000.
He died June 28, 1875, in Utica, N. Y.
Church, Albert Ensign
educator, author, was born in 1807 in Salisbury, Conn. He was a mathematical professor at West Point, 1833-78, and the author of Elements of Differential Calculus; Elements of the Calculus of Variations; Elements of Analytical Geometry; Elements of Descriptive Geometry; and Elements of Analytical Trigonometry. He died March 30, 1878, in West Point, N. Y.
Church, Austin
manufacturer, was born Jan. 8, 1799, in East Haddam, Conn.
During the practice of his profession in Ithaca, Rochester, Utica and Cooperstown, N. Y., he originated the notion of substituting bi-carbonate of soda in place of the kindred preparation of potash for baking purposes, and in 1832 established in Rochester the pioneer factory in this line. Success rewarded his enterprise, and, in 1845, he removed the business to New York city, where his firm of Church and Co. rose during the thirty years following to a leading position in the trade. He died Aug. 7, 1879, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Church, Benjamin
soldier, author, was born in 1639 in Duxbury, Mass. He was a famous colonial soldier, the conqueror of King Philip, and the founder of Little Compton, Rhode Island. Entertaining Passages Relating to Philip's War. is a personal narrative of his adventures.
He died Jan. 17, 1718, in New Compton, R. I.
Church, Benjamin
physician, author, poet, was born in 1734 in Rhode Island. He was a Boston physician of considerable note as a political satirist and poet; and is the author of The Times, a political satire; Elegy on Dr. Mayhew; Address to a Provincial Bashaw; and Elegy on the Death of Whitefield. He died in 1776.
Church, Benjamin Silliman
civil engineer, was born April 17, 1836, in Belvidere. He has had charge of the water supply of the city of New York from time to time during the past thirty years.
His greatest achievement has been the projecting and constructing of the new Croton aqueduct, the source of the water supply of New York city.
Church, Edward B
educator, clergyman, was born Sept. 7, 1844, in Grenville, Miss. In 1880 he established the Irving institute for the higher education of women at San Francisco, Cal.
Church, Mrs. Ella Rodman
author, was born in 1831 in New York. She is a popular and prolific writer of miscellaneous works, among which are Flights of Fancy; Grandmother's Recollections; The Catanese; Christmas Wreath; Golden Days; Flyers and Crawlers, or Talks About Insects; Talks by the Seashore; Among the Trees at Elmridge; Flower Talks at Elmridge; Home Animals; Some Useful Animals; How to Furnish a Home; and Money-Making for Ladies.
Church, Francis Pharcellus
journalist, was born Feb. 22, 1839, in Rochester, N. Y. He became one of the editors and publishers of the Army and Navy Journal, and later, with his brother, founded and edited the Galaxy magazine.
He is also a leading editorial writer for New York daily journals.
Church, Frederick E
artist, was born May 4, 1826, in Hartford, Conn. He is well known as a landscape painter, and his View of Niagara Falls, now in the Corcoran art gallery of Washington, D. C., won a prize at the French exhibition in
Church, Frederick S
painter, was born in 1842 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
He paints in oil and water-color, and draws in black and white, and has furnished many illustrations for books and periodicals. His principal works are Sea Princess; Back from the Beach; Muskrat's Nest; Foggy Day; A Willing Captive; Retaliation; Peacocks in the Snow; The Sorceress; and Pegasus Captured.
Church, Irving Porter
educator, author, was born July 22, 1851, in Ansonia, Conn. He is a professor of engineering at Cornell university, and the author of Statics and Dynamics for Engineering Students; Mechanics of Materials; Hydraulics and Pneumatics, three works which were afterwards published as Mechanics of Engineering; and Notes and Examples in Mechanics.
Church, Jarvis S
lawyer, jurist, was born April 2, 1830, in Springboro, Crawford county, Pa. He received his education at the Kingsville academy, Ohio; and the Oberlin college. He was admitted to the bar in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1857, and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Auburn, Neb. For three years he was county judge in Cerro Gordo county, Iowa; and ten years served as county judge of Nebraska county, Neb. His decisions have shown him to possess a clear legal mind, for judicial fairness and justice. He is prominent in the public affairs of his county and state.
Church, John Adams
mining engineer, author, was born April 5, 1843, in Rochester, N. Y. He is the author of The Mining Schools of the United States; Notes on a Metallurgical Journey in Europe; The Comstock Lode; Report on the Striking of Artesian Water; and Arizona.
Church, Leonard C
soldier, state legislator, was born Jan. 31, 1846, in Walworth, Wis. He served during the civil war in company L, third Wisconsin cavalry. He was county treasurer for three terms, and in 1896 was elected a member of the Wisconsin state assembly.
Church, Louis Kossuth
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Dec. 11, 1846, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was the son of Judge Rodney C. Church, a noted jurist of Brooklyn, who died in 1871. He finished his education in the Columbia Law college, and became a noted lawyer in New York city. He served in the state legislature during 1882-85; was a Cleveland reformer, and with Theodore Roosevelt was active in bringing about municipal reforms. In 1885 his name was mentioned for the office of secretary of state, and also for congress, but he accepted from President Cleveland an appointment as associate judge of the supreme court in the fifth judicial district of Dakota territory. He filled this position until December, 1886, when he was appointed territorial governor. In 1889 he resigned, and a year later entered the practice of law in Seattle, Wash., and in 1891 moved to Everett, where he died Nov. 25, 1897.
Church, Pharcellus
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 11, 1801, in Seneca, N. Y. He was the author of Philosophy of Benevolence; Religious Dissensions, their Cause and Cure; Antioch, or Increase of Moral Power in the Church; Mapleton, or More Work for the Maine Law; Seed- Truths; and Theodosia. He died June 5, 1886, in Tarrytown, N. Y.