Cobbs, Thomas – Cocke, James Richard
Cobbs, Thomas
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 5, 1826, in Raleigh, N. C. As early as 1867 he was recognized as one of the most distinguished criminal lawyers in the state of Alabama. He practiced law in all its branches until 1880, when he was chosen one of the chancellors of the chancery court of Alabama. He re-elected in 1886, and again in 1892, both times without was opposition. His division until 1895 comprised sixteen counties. In the years he has been upon the bench he has had to decide almost every kind of question known to equity jurisprudence. His written opinions are clear and logical; and his style is terse and vigorous. His contributions to law literature have been extensive, and are conceded to be valuable acquisitions to judicial literature. COBERN, CAMDEN M.. clergyman, theologian, archæologist, author, was born April 19, 1855, in Uniontown, Pa. He is a distinguished clergyman, and is now the popular pastor of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church of Denver, Col. He is the author of an extensive work on Ancient Egypt; a Commentary on Ezekiel and Daniel; and is a constant contributor to the archæological and theological reviews of America and Europe.
Cobun, Marshal W
soldier, farmer, legislator, was born March 1, 1838, in Virginia. During the war he served in the federal army; has served two terms in the Kansas house of representatives, and one term in the state senate. He is a successful farmer of Hoisington, Kan.; and was president of the board of commissioners for Kansas at the World's Columbian exposition.
Coburn, Abner
merchant, governor, philanthropist, was born March 22, 1803, in Skowhegan, Maine. In 1838 he was elected as a whig to the Maine legislature, and again in 1840. In 1860 he was an elector on the Lincoln ticket and chosen governor of Maine in 1862. He died June 4, 1885, in Skowhegan, Maine.
Coburn, Frank Potter
farmer, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1858, in Hamilton, Wis. He was the democratic candidate for congress in the seventh district in 1888, and was defeated; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Coburn, George Francis
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 29, 1841, in Brown county, Ohio. He received his education in the common schools of his county and commenced life as a school teacher, and taught with great success for five years. He then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1867, and has since practiced his profession in Danville, Ill.
In 1889 he was elected justice of the peace; and has since disposed of six thousand cases. He has always taken an interest in the public affairs of his county and state; and has filled many important offices of honor and trust.
Coburn, John
lawyer, jurist, was born in Philadelphia. He was appointed judge of the territory of Orleans, and held his courts in St. Louis. He died in February, 1823.
Coburn, John
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Oct. 27, 1825, in Indianapolis, Ind. He served as a union soldier during the civil war, and was in command of the thirty-third regiment Indiana volunteer infantry; and served with distinction. After the war he was elected circuit judge; and in 1866 was elected to congress, and served for four terms in succession. He took an active part in the important debates of reconstruction, public debt, currency, military affairs, election laws and tariff. He was the author of the measure for printing the rebellion records, and carried through the house the law for soldiers' headstones. He served as one of the supreme judges of the territory of Montana; and has filled various other public positions of honor.
Coburn, Stephen
congressman, was born in Maine. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirtysixth congress to fill a vacancy.
Cochran, Alexander G
lawyer, congressman, was born March 20, 1845, in Allegheny City, Pa. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress.
Cochran, Charles F
lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1848, in Kirksville, Mo. During 1860-85 he lived in Atchison, Kan., where he was engaged as a practical printer, newspaper man, and lawyer; and was four years prosecuting attorney of his county. He is now one of the foremost lawyers of his state at St. Joseph; has been a member of the Missouri senate for four years; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Cochran, David Henry
educator, scientist, college president, was born July 5, 1828, in Springville, N. Y. He attended the Springville academy, and in 1850 graduated from Hamilton college. He has been professor of natural sciences in the Clinton Liberal institute; principal of the Fredonia academy; and professor of natural science in the State Normal school of Albany, N. Y., of which institution he was also principal. In 1864 he accepted the presidency of the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic institute, which has flourished under his able management. He is a brilliant lecturer; and the author of numerous educational and scientific reports.
Cochran, James
soldier, congressman. He was a major of militia and represented the state of New York in congress from 1797 to 1799. He was at one time postmaster of Oswego, N. Y. He died Nov. 7, 1848, in Oswego, N. Y.
Cochran, James
inventor, was born in 1763, in Batavia, N. Y. He was a brassfounder in Philadelphia, and Franklin frequently visited his shop. He invented the art of making cut nails, and also claimed to have made the first copper cents in this country. He died Dec. 31, 1846.
Cochran, Jerome
physician, was born Dec. 4, 1831, in Moscow, Tenn. From 1868-73 he was professor of chemistry in the Medical College of Alabama; was a noted physician of Mobile, Ala.; and has written many articles on yellow fever.
Cochran, John
surgeon, was born Sept. 1, 1730, in Sudsbury, Pa. In 1781 he became director-general of the hospitals of the United States. He died April 6, 1807, in Palatine, N. Y.
Cochran, John P
statesman. He was governor of Delaware from 1875 to 1879.
Cochran, John Webster
inventor, was born May 16, 1814, in Enfield, N. H.
In 1834 he invented a revolving, breechloading rifled cannon, in which the cylinder was automatically rotated by the cocking of the hammer-the same principle that afterward secured the success of the revolving pistol.
Cochrane, Aaron V. S
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 14, 1858, in Coxsackie, N. Y. In 1887 and 1888 he was police justice of Hudson; and was elected district attorney of Columbia county in 1889, and served three years.
He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Cochrane, Alexander G
lawyer, congressman, was born March 20, 1845, in Allegheny City, Pa. He was elected to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Cochrane, Clark B
lawyer, congressman, was born May 31, 1815, in New Boston, N. H. He was a member of the New York legislature in 1843 and 1844; and was a representative in the thirtyfifth congress from New York. He was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress; and again elected to the assembly in 1865.
He died March 5, 1867, in Albany, N. Y.
Cochrane, Clark B
lawyer, poet, was born Feb. 9, 1843, in New Boston, N.
H. In 1865 he was admitted to the bar, and ten years later engaged in mercantile pursuits. He is the author of a volume entitled Minora and Other Poems.
Cochrane, Elizabeth
journalist, was born in 1867, in Cochrane's Mills, Pa.
She has attained a national reputation as a contributor of journalistic work.
Cochrane, John
soldier, surveyor, lawyer, congressman, was born in Palatine, N. Y. He was surveyor of the port of New York for four years; and was elected to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He served as a general of volunteers in the union army in 1861 and 1862; and was subsequently elected attorney-general of the state of New York. In 1864 he was nominated for the office of vice-president of the United States on the ticket with J. C. Fremont.
Cochrane, Samuel B
lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 17, 1860, in Kittanning, Pa. He has attained success in the practice of law in his native city; and since 1889 has been a member of the house of representatives of the Pennsylvania state legislature.
Cock, Thomas
physician, was born in 1782, in Glen Cove, L. I. He was visiting physician to the New York hospital from 1819 till 1834, and consulting physician after that year; became a fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1820; was its vice-president from 1827 until 1855; its president from 1855 till 1858; and president of the New York academy of medicine in 1852. He was also professor of anatomy and physiology in Queen's (now Rutgers) college, N. J., from 1812 till 1826. He died June 14, 1869, in New York city.
Cocke, James Richard
physician, author, was born in 1863. He is a physician of Boston; and the author of Hypnotism; and Blind Leaders of the Blind, a novel.