Cocke, John – Coffin, Charles E
Cocke, John
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1772, in Brunswick, Va. He became a member of the first legislature of the state in 1796; was speaker of the house for many years; and was also a member of the senate. From 1819 to 1827 he was a representative in congress from his adopted state. He died Feb. 16, 1854, in Rutledge, Tenn.
Cocke, Philip St. G
soldier, was born in 1809, in Virginia. He was made brigadier-general in the confederate army in 1861, and commanded the fifth brigade at the first battle of Bull Run. He died Dec. 26, 1861.
Cocke, William
soldier, state legislator, jurist, was born in 1740, in Virginia. He became a general of militia; served. in the state legislature in 1813; and became one of the judges of the circuit court. He was again a senator from 1799 to 1805; and in 1814 was appointed Indian agent for the Chickasaw nation.
Cocke, William M
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1849.
Cocke, Zitella
poet, was born in 1836, in Alabama. She is a poet whose contributions to periodicals have been collected in a volume of verse entitled A Doric Reed.
Cocker, William Johnson
educator, author, was born in 1846, in England. He is an educator of Michigan; and the author of Handbook of Punctuation; and The Government of the United States.
Cockerill, John A
journalist, was born Dec. 5, 1845, in Adams county, Ohio.
In 1865 he became owner and editor of the True Telegraph of Hamilton, Ohio; and in 1891 established the Commercial Advertiser of New York city.
Cockerill, Joseph R
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from Ohio. He died Oct. 23, 1875, in West Union, Ohio.
Cockran, James
congressman. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1809 to 1813.
Cockran, William Bourke
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1.854, in Ireland. He was principal of a public school in Westchester county, N.
Y. He was a member of the fiftieth congress; and was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Cockrell, Francis Marion
lawyer, United States senator, was born Oct. 1, 1834, in Warrensburg, Mo. He was elected a senator in congress from Missouri in 1875, and was re-elected three times. His term expires in 1899.
Cockrell, Jeremiah Vardaman
lawyer, congressman, was born May 7, 1832, in Johnson county, Mo. He was appointed district judge by Governor Ireland, to which position he was elected in 1886, and re-elected in 1890. He was elected to the fifty-third and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Cockrill, Sterling Robertson
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 25, 1847, in Nashville, Tenn. At the age of sixteen he was sergeant of light artillery in the army of the Tennessee, confederate service. At the age of thirty-seven he became chief justice of the supreme court of Arkansas; received the re-election, but resigned to give his attention solely to the practice of his profession at Little Rock, Ark.
Codding, James H
merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born July 8, 1849, in Bradford county, Pa. Since 1854 he has been a resident of Towanda, and was educated at the Susquehanna Collegiate institute. For ten years he was engaged in the hardware business; and since 1878 has been engaged in the practice of law. He has taken an active part in public affairs; and was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican. He is also one of the foremost lawyers of Pennsylvania at Towanda.
Coddington, William
governor, author, was born in 1601, in Lincolnshire, England. He was the first governor of Rhode Island; and the author of Demonstrations of True Love unto the Rulers of Massachusetts. He died Nov. 1, 1678.
Codington, William R
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 24, 1853, in Somerset county, N. J. He was city judge of Plainfield for three years.
Codman, John
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 3, 1782, in Easton, Mass.
He was a congregational clergyman of Dorchester; and the author of Sermons; and Visit to England. He died Dec. 23, 1847, in Dorchester, Mass.
Codman, John
sailor, author, was born Aug. 16, 1814, in Dorchester, Mass.
He is a noted captain in the merchant marine; and the author of Sailors' Life and Sailors' Yarns; Ten Months in Brazil; The Mormon Country: The Round Trip by Way of Panama; A Solution of the Mormon Problem; and Winter Sketches from the Saddle.
Cody, Claude C
educator, author, was born Nov. 5, 1854, in Covington, Ga.
He is professor of mathematics in the Southwestern university of Georgetown, Tex.; and is the author of a work entitled The Life of Dr. Wood.
Cody, William Frederick
Scout, was born Feb. 26, 1845, in Iowa. He was employed as an Indian scout, and served till the close of the war with the seventh Kansas cavalry. After the Indian war he proceeded to collect Indians, cow-boys, scouts, trappers, and buffaloes, and produced the Wild West show for the first time in Omaha in 1883. Since then he has exhibited in all the principal cities in the world with overwhelming success.
He is known as Buffalo Bill.
Coe, George Simmons
banker, was born March 27, 1817, in Newport, R. I.
In 1860 he became president of the American Exchange bank, which office he held until 1894. It was Mr. Coe who conceived the idea of combining the local banks in the clearing house, and of making use of clearing house certificates. Clearing house certificates have since been resorted to in the years 1873, 1884, 1890 and 1893, on each occasion with good results.
Coffee, John
congressman, was born June 2, 1772, in Prince Edward county, Va. He was a member of congress from Georgia from 1833 to 1837. He did good service in the war of 1812 as a general, and in the subsequent campaigns among the Indians. He died Sept. 25, 1836, in Telfair county, Ga.
Coffee, William Bryan
lawyer, jurist, was born April 27, 1863, in Lawrenceville, Va. He received his education in Loganville, and at the university of Nashville. He is a prominent lawyer of El Dorado, Ark.; and special judge of the circuit court. He has attained a wide reputation as one of the rising and foremost lawyers of the west at El Dorado, Ark.
He has contributed valuable articles to current and judicial literature.
Coffeen, Henry A
educator, labor advocate, congressman, was born in 1841, in Gallia county, Ohio. In 1889 he was a member of the constitutional convention that framed the present constitution of the new state of Wyoming; and in 1885 he organized at Big Horn and presided over the first agricultural fair ever held in the state. He was elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat.
Coffin, Abraham Burbank
lawyer, legislator, was born March 31, 1831, in Gilead, Maine. He attended Andover and Phillips academy; and in 1856 graduated from Dartmouth college.
In 1858 he was admitted to the bar; and has a law office in Boston, Mass. He has held various public offices in Winchester, Mass.; in 1875 was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives; and in 1877-78 was a member of the state senate. In 1886-87 he was a member of the governor's council; and for four years was chairman of the Massachusetts state board of gas, fuel, electric commissioners.
Coffin, Charles Carleton
journalist, author, was born July 26, 1823, in Boscawen, N. H. He was a Boston journalist who became famous as the war correspondent of the Boston Journal during the civil war, over the signature Carleton. His writings, mainly though not exclusively for young people, include My Days and Nights on the Battlefield, a narrative of personal experience; Following the Flag; Winning his Way; Building the Nation; Old Times in the Colonies; The Boys of '76; The Story of Liberty; The Drumbeat of the Nation; Marching to Victory; Redeeming the Republic; Our New Way Round the World; and Daughters of the Revolution. He died March 2, 1896, in Brookline, Mass. a
Coffin, Charles E
manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 18, 1841, in Boston, Mass. He purchased tract of land in Muirkirk, Md., on which he found iron ore. In 1864 he took charge of the iron works, which were built by the Ellicotts in 1847.
In 1884 he was elected to the house of delegates of Maryland; and in 1890 was elected a member of the Maryland state senate, serving four years. He was elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses as a republican.