Church, Samuel Harden – Claiborne, William Charles Cole
Church, Samuel Harden
author, was born in 1858 in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Oliver Cromwell, a careful historical study.
Church, Sanford Elias
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born April 18, 1815, in Milford, N. Y. In 1842 he was a member of the state assembly from Orleans county, and from that time he was active in the support of the democratic party.
He was district attorney for his county in 1846-47, lieutenant-governor in 1851-55, comptroller of the state, 1858-59, and a member of the state constitutional convention of 1867, serving as chairman of the committee on finance. He died May 14, 1880, in Albion, N. Y.
Church, William Conant
soldier, journalist, was born Aug. 11, 1836, in Rochester, N. Y. He received his education at the Rochester Collegiate institute and the Public Latin school at Boston. During the war he served as captain and brevet lieutenant-colonel of the United States volunteers. He served as government inspector of the Northern Pacific Railroad company; was vice-commander of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; chairman of the committee to investigate the care of the insane, and has filled various other public positions of honor. He is now the editor of the Army and Navy Journal of New York city.
Church, William E
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 7, 1841, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He enlisted in the union army in 1862, and was promoted to the rank of captain and assistant adjutantgeneral. In 1883 he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Dakota territory.
Churchill, John Charles
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 17, 1821, in Mooers, N. Y. From 1857 to 1859 he was the district attorney for Oswego county, and was county judge of the same county from 1860 to 1863. In 1866 he was elected a representative from New York to the fortieth congress, and re-elected to the forty-first congress.
Churchill, Thomas J
statesman.
He was governor of Arkansas from 1881 to 1883. was
Churchman, John
author, born in Maryland. He belonged to the Society of Friends, and was noted for his investigations into the causes of the variations of the magnetic needle. In addition to several philosophical treatises, he also published a variation-chart of the Globe, Magnetic Atlas, and Explanation.
He died July 24, 1805.
Churchwell, William M
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1852 to 1855.
Chute, Horatio Nelson
educator, author, was born Dec. 26, 1847, in Canada.
He graduated from the university of Michigan; and since 1873 has been an instructor of science in the Ann Arbor High school. He is the author of Elements of Physics; Physical Laboratory Manual, and Laboratory Work.
Chute, William Edward
educator, author, was born April 24, 1832, in Nova Scotia. He has taught school and given singing lessons for forty years in New York, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan and Maine. He is the author of the Chute Genealogy and other works; and has assisted in the editing of the Baptist Hymn Writer; American Musicians; and other musical and hymnal works.
Cilley, Bradbury
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1813 to 1817.
Cilley, Jonathan
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 2, 1802, in Nottingham, N. H. He was at one time speaker of the house of representatives of Maine, of which he was a member from 1832 to 1837; and was a presidential elector in 1832. He was a member of congress from Maine from 1837 to the time of his death. He died Feb. 24, 1838, in Bladensburg, Md. lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 29, 1835,
Cilley, Jonathan Prince
soldier, in Thomaston, Maine. He attended the Military academy of Pembroke, N. H., and in 1858 he graduated from Bowdoin college, and has since attained prominence as an eminent lawyer of Rockland, Maine.
During the civil war he served in the first
Claggett, Clifton
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1773 in Rockingham county, N. H. He was judge of probate of Hillsborough county from 1823 to 1827; judge of the superior court one or two years; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1817 to 1821. He died in 1829.
Claggett, Thomas John
bishop, George county, Md. He was elected the author, was born Oct. 2, 1742, in Prince first bishop of Maryland, and was consecrated in New York, Sept. 17, 1792, Bishop Seabury joining in the consecration. In 1800 Bishop Claggett was chaplain to the United States senate, this being the first session of congress held in Washington regiment of the Maine cavalry, and be-city. He died Aug. 2, 1816, in Croom, Md. came captain, major, colonel, and brevet brigadier-general. He served as a member of the Maine state legislature, and in 1876-78 was adjutant-general of Maine.
He is the author of a genealogy of the Cilley family.
Cilley, Joseph
soldier, was born in 1735, in Nottingham, N. H. He was a colonel in the first New Hampshire regiment in the revolutionary war, and majorgeneral of militia in 1786. He died Aug. 25, 1799, in Nottingham, N. H.
Cilley, Joseph
United States senator, was born Jan. 4, 1791, in Nottingham, N. H. He was a senator in congress from that state from 1846 to 1847. He died Sept. 16, 1887, in Nottingham, N. H.
Cist, Charles
journalist, author, was born Aug. 15, 1738, in Russia. He began the publication of The American Herald in 1784, and of the Columbian Magazine in 1786. Mr. Cist aided the colonial government during the revolution by endorsing large amounts of continental currency, which later he was compelled to redeem. He was the first person to introduce anthracite coal into general use in the United States. In 1792 he was a member of the Lehigh Coal company.
He died Dec. 2, 1805, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Cist, Charles
journalist, author, was born April 24, 1793, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the editor of Cist's Advertiser in 1844-53, and of three volumes of Annals of Cincinnati in 1841-51 and in 1859, and a work entitled Cincinnati Miscellany. He died Sept. 8, 1868, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cist, Henry Martyn
soldier, lawyer, author, was born Feb. 20, 1839, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a Cincinnati lawyer who served in the federal army during the civil war and became brigadier-general. He is the author of The Army of the Cumberland.
Cist, Lewis Jacob
banker, author, was born Nov. 20, 1818, in Harmony, Pa.
He was known as a banker of St. Louis and Cincinnati who published Trifles in Verse. He died March 30, 1885, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Claflin, Mrs. Mary Bucklin
author, was born in 1825 in Massachusetts.
She was the author of Brampton Sketches; Personal Recollections of Whittier; Real Happenings; and Under the Elms.
She died in 1896.
Claflin, William
business man, state senator, congressman, was born March 6, 1818, in Milford, Mass. He was a representative in the legislature from 1849 to 1852; a state senator in 1860 and 1861, and the last year president of the senate. He was lieutenant-governor from 1866 to 1869; governor from 1870 to 1872, and was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the forty-fifth and fortysixth congresses.
Claggett, William H
state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1838, in Marlborough, Md. He was a member of the legislature of Nevada in 1862, 1863 and 1865, and was elected to the forty-second congress from Montana.
Claiborne, John Francis Ham- Tramck
journalist, congressman, author, was born April 24, 1809, in Natchez, Miss. During three sessions he was a representative of the Mississippi legislature, and during 1835-38 was a representative in congress from that state. He was a successful journalist, and for many years conducted the Natchez Free Trader, and also the Louisiana Courier. He was the author of Mississippi as a Province, Territory and State; Life of General Dale, and Life of Quitnam. He died May 17, 1884, in Natchez, Miss.
Claiborne, John Herbert
physician, author, was born March 16, 1828, in Brunswick county, Va. He is a noted physician of Virginia, and the author of Diphtheria; Dysmenorrhea; and Clinical Reports from Private Practice.
Claiborne, Nathaniel Her- Bert
congressman, author, was born Nov. 14, 1777, in Sussex county, Va. He served many years in the legislature of that state; and was also a member of the executive council. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1825 to 1837. He was the author of Notes on the War in the South. He died Aug. 15, 1859, in Franklin county, Va.
Claiborne, Thomas
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1793 to 1799, and again from 1801 to 1805.
Claiborne, Thomas
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1817 to 1819.
Claiborne, William Charles Cole
was born in 1775 in Sussex county, Va. He was the first governor of the state of Louisiana.
He was a lawyer by profession; was judge of the supreme court of law and equity in Tennessee, and in 1797 was a representative in congress, and reelected to a second term as a member from Tennessee. In 1801 he was appointed governor of the Mississippi territory. In 1803 he was commissioned to accept the transfer of the province of Louisiana to the United States; and was appointed governor-general for three years, and served until 1817. He was twenty years in the public service. He died Dec. 23, 1817, while a representative in the United States senate.