Coleman, William Emmette – Collbran, Henry
Coleman, William Emmette
soldier, lecturer, orientalist, was born June 19, 1843, in Shadwell, Va. During 1854- 57 he was assistant librarian of the Richmond library.
He was president of the board of registration of Bland county, Va., under the federal struction law; a member of three state conventions; and vice-president of the Virginia state Woman's Rights Asrecona sociation in 1870. He is now chief of the quartermaster's office, United States army, San Francisco, Cal. During 1862-1874 he was an actor and stage manager; and adapted several novels for the stage, notably that of East Lynne, in 1864. He is the author of a number of government publications; has lectured on Evolution, Darwinism, Spectrum Analysis; and for thirty years has been an active writer and speaker for higher spiritualism. For many years he has been student of Orientalism, and has written numerous treatises on Oriental subjects, Mythology, Philology, Archæology, and kindred subjects; and is a member of the principal Oriental societies of America and Europe.
Colerick, John
lawyer, was born Sept. 20, 1837, in Indianapolis, Ind. He was elected district attorney for the twentieth common pleas district of Indiana. In 1870 he was unanimously put in nomination as the democratic candidate for congress in the ninth congressional district. He died March 7, 1872, at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Colerick, Walpole G
lawyer, member of congress, was born Aug. 1, 1845, in Fort Wayne, Ind. He received his education in the public schools of his native city; and has attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of Indiana.
He served with distinction as a member of the house of representatives of the United States in the forty-sixth and forty-seventh gresses in 1879-83. con- In 1883 he became one of the supreme court commissioners of the state of Indiana, and served until the expiration of the commission by limitation of law creating the court.
Coles, Abraham
physician, author, was born Dec. 26, 1813, in Scotch Plains, N. J. He was a New Jersey physician who published a volume containing thirteen original translations of the Dies Irae. His other works include Stabat Mater Dolorosa; Stabat Mater Speciosa; Old Gems in New Settings; The Microcosm, a psychological poem; The Evangel in Verse; The Light of the World; and The Psalms in Verse, with notes. He died May 3, 1891, in Monterey, Cal.
Coles, Edward
governor, author, was born Dec. 15, 1786, in Albemarle county, Va. He was private secretary to President Madison, who sent him on a mission to Russia in 1817. On his return in 1818 he removed to Illinois, taking with him his slaves, whom he had liberated. He was governor of that state from 1823 to 1826. He died July 7, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Coles, George
clergyman, author, was born in 1792 in England. He was a methodist clergyman who published The Antidote, or Revelation Defended; Concordance of the Scriptures; and Heroines of Methodism.
Coles, Isaac
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1789 to 1791, and again from 1793 to 1797.
Coles, Jonathan A
physician, was born May 6, 1843. In 1891 he was elected president of the Union Medical society; and has filled various offices of responsibility and trust both in and out of his profession in Newark, N. J.
Coles, Walter
, congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to 1845.
Colesworthy, Daniel Clement
author, poet, was born July 14, 1810, in Portland, Maine. He was a noted bookseller of Boston, who was also a writer. Some of his poems for children, like Don't Kill the Birds, and Little Words of Kindness, have been extremely popular. He is the author of Sunday School Hymns; Advice to an Apprentice; Opening Buds; Chronicles of Casco Bay; A Group of Children, and Other Poems; School is Out; The Year; and A Day in the Woods, in verse, comprise the most of his writings. He died in 1893.
Coley, William Xenophon
journalist, was born May 7, 1868, in Farmington, N. C. He is the editor and owner of the Times of Mocksville, N. C., of which city he is mayor; and he has filled many important offices in his town, county and state.
Colfax, Schuyler
journalist, vicepresident of the United States, was born March 23, 1823, in New York city. In 1850 he was a member of the state constitutional convention; in 1848 and 1852 a delegate to the whig national conventions of those years, and secretary to each; and was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-fourth congress, and to successive congresses, was including the fortieth, serving as chairman of the committee on postoffices, and as regent of the Smithsonian institution.
He was chosen speaker during the thirtyeighth congress, and was twice re-elected to the same position. In 1868 he was elected to the office of vice-president of the United States on the ticket with Gen.
Grant for president. After the close of his term he devoted himself to lecturing.
He died Jan. 13, 1885, in Mankato, Minn.
Colfelt, Lawrence M
clergyman, was born Dec. 22, 1849, in Reedsville, Pa.
He is a noted clergyman of Oxford church of Philadelphia, and in 1885 Hampden Sidney college gave him the degree of D. D.
Colgate, James Boorman
banker, was born March 4, 1818, in New York city. He is a son of William Colgate. who came to America in 1798, settled in Harford county, Md., and in 1804 removed to New York, where he established the now widely known industry of manufacturing Colgate's soaps. James B. Colgate has been for many years a banker and dealer in securities and bullion. He has given large sums to Colgate university; and built and liberally endowed Colgate academy.
Colgate, Robert
manufacturer, was born in 1812. While long connected with his father's firm, his greatest achievement was the manufacture of white lead by corrosion for use in paints.
About 1845 he organized the firm of Robert Colgate and Company, and built works in the city of Brooklyn under the name of The Atlantic White Lead and Linseed Oil company. He died July 4, 1885.
Colgate, Samuel
manufacturer, was born March 22, 1822, in New York city. He is a son of the late William Colgate. At an early age he took a position in the works of Colgate and Company, manufacturers of soap, and has since devoted his business life to this industry, now being senior partner in the concern.
In conjunction with his brother, James B. Colgate, he erected the Colgate academy building, in Hamilton, N. Y., at an expense of $60,000. He is president of the New York Baptist Education society, and of the Society for the Suppression of Vice.
Colgate, William
manufacturer, was born Jan. 25, 1783, in England. He emigrated to Maryland in 1795; and in 1804 became apprentice to a soap boiler of New York city, whose business he subsequently followed with success. He died March 25, 1857, in New York city.
Colhoun, Edmund R
naval officer, was born May 6, 1821, in Pennsylvania.
In 1863 he commanded the steamer Ladona, and afterward the monitor Weehawken, of the south Atlantic blockading squadron, in her various engagements with Forts Sumter, Wagner and Beauregard, in the summer of 1863. He was commandant at Mare Island navy-yard, Cal., in 1879-80, and inspector of vessels in California at the time of his retirement.
Colhoun, John
naval officer, was born in 1802 in Pennsylvania. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1821, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of commodore in 1867. He died Nov. 30, 1872, in New York city.
Collamer, Jacob
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1792 in Troy, N. Y. He was a member of the state legislature, and from 1833 to 1841 was judge of the supreme court of Vermont; and in 1843 took his seat as a representative in congress from Vermont, serving by re-elections until 1849. In March of that year he was appointed postmastergeneral in the cabinet of President Taylor, and was soon afterward appointed on the supreme bench of his state, which office he held until 1854, when he was elected a senator in congress from Vermont for six years from 1855. In 1861 he was re-elected for the term ending in 1867. He died Nov. 8, 1865, in Woodstock, Vt.
Collamore, Davis
merchant, manufacturer, was born Oct. 7, 1820, in Scituate, Mass. In 1842 he established himself in business in New York city, and in 1886 the business was reorganized as a stock company, of which he continued president until the time of his death. He died Aug. 13, 1887.
Collbran, Henry
railroad president, was born Dec. 24, 1852, in London, England. He is president of the Midland Terminal railway at Denver, Colo.