Cookins, James – Cooper, George B
Cookins, James
artist, was born about 1835 in Terre Haute, Ind. He has much talent as a landscape painter, and his illustrations of fairy tales show great power of invention.
Cookman, Alfred
clergyman, author, was born in 1828. He was a methodist clergyman who published Stayed on God. He died Nov. 13, 1871, in Newark, N. J.
Coolbrith, Ina Donna
poet, was born in Illinois. She is a California poet, and formerly librarian of the Oakland Public library. Her work is nearly always musical. She is the author of The Perfect Day and Other Poems; and Songs of the Golden Gate.
Cooley, Abiel A
inventor, was born in 1782. He was a physician, and invented improvements in friction matches, an ingenious shingle machine, and one of the first power presses in use. He was also the first to apply the cam movement to pumps. He died Aug. 18, 1858, in Hartford, Conn.
Cooley, Alice Kingsbury
actress, author, poet, was born Dec. 31, 1840, in England. For several years she was an actress in such plays as Fanchon, Juliette and others, and starred over the United States and Canada. She is the author of a child's book entitled Ho for Elfland; and a work for adults entitled Asaph, an historical novel of ancient Jerusalem.
Cooley, Le Roy Clark
educator, author, was born Oct. 7, 1833, in Point Peninsula, N. Y. He is a professor of physics at Vassar college, and the author of a series of text-books entitled Text- Book of Physics; Text-Book of Chemistry; Easy Experiments in Physical Science; Natural Philosophy; Elements of Chemistry; Students' Guide Book; Beginners' Guide to Chemistry; and Laboratory Studies in Elementary Chemistry.
Cooley, Thomas Mcintyre
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Jan. 6, 1824, in Attica, N. Y. He is a jurist of prominence in Michigan, and professor of history in the university of Michigan. He is the author of Law of Taxation; Law of Torts; General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States; Treatise on Constitutional Limitations of the Legislative Power in the Several States; annotated editions of Blackstone's Story's Commentaries; and Michigan, a History of Governments. He died in September, 1898.
Coolidge, Carlos
lawyer, state senator, governor, was born in 1792 in Windsor, Vt. He was state attorney for the county from 1831 to 1836; representative from 1834 to 1837, and from 1839 to 1842; and was speaker in 1836, and during the last term. He was governor of Vermont from 1849 to 1851; and was a state senator from 1855 to 1857. He died Aug. 15, 1866, in Windsor, Vt.
Coolidge, Frederick Spauld-
was ING, manufacturer, congressman, born Dec. 7, 1841, in Westminster, Mass.
He is a manufacturer of chairs and chair cane, and is the manager of the Boston Chair Manufacturing company and of the Leominster Rattan works. He was democratic elector in 1888; and was representative to the general court of Massachusetts in 1875. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Coolidge, Sidney
scientist, was born in 1830 in Boston, Mass. After working in the nautical-almanac office and in the Cambridge observatory, he was appointed in 1853 assistant astronomer to Commodore Perry's Japan exploring ex- . pedition. Being in Mexico in 1858, he took part in the civil war of that year.
He took part in an Arizona land survey in 1860, and in 1861 became major in the sixteenth United States infantry. He was superintendent of the regimental recruiting service in 1862, commanded regiments at different posts and camps, and was engaged at the battles of Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga, where he was killed. For his services in the latter figut he received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel. He died Sept. 19, 1863, near Chickamauga, Ga.
Coombe, Thomas
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 21, 1748, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1772 he was assistant rector of Christ's church in Philadelphia, being transferred later to St. Peter's. He went to England, and in 1794 was made prebendary of Canterbury and chaplain-inordinary to the king. He was the author of a volume entitled Peasant of Auburn.
He died Aug. 15, 1822, in London, England.
Coombs, Annie Linmere
poet, was born Nov. 7, 1844, in Frederick, Ohio.
She received her education in the Pittsburg high schools and seminary. She has written over five hundred poems for the leading magazines and newspapers.
Coombs, Mrs. Annie Sheldon
author, was born in 1858 in New York. She was a novelist of New York city, and the author of As Common Mortals; A Game of Chance; and The Garden of Armida. She died in 1890.
Coombs, William J
merchant, congressman, was born Dec. 24, 1833, in Jordan, N. Y. He is one of the pioneers in the business of exporting American goods, having been engaged in that business over thirty-five years. He was the unsuccessful independent and democratic candidate for congress in 1888; and was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat.
Coon, John Henry
manufacturer, financier, was born March 24, 1831, in Johnstown, N. Y. In 1889 he helped to organize the Coon, Cluett and Company, manufacturers of collars and cuffs, which developed into immense proportions. He is also a director of several business corporations of Buffalo, N. Y.
Cooney, James
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1848 in Ireland. He was educated in the public schools and at the state university of Missouri; taught school for a few years after he left the university, and in 1875 located in Marshall, Mo., and engaged in the practice of law. He was elected to the office of probate judge of his county; in 1882, and again in 1884, was elected prosecuting attorney of his county; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Coons, Alonso B
lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 3, 1841, in Montgomery county, N. Y. He has filled the office of district attorney of Schoharie county, N.
Y., and during 1888-90 was a member of the New York state assembly.
Cooper, Benjamin
naval officer, was born in 1793 in New Jersey. He was appointed to the United States navy as midshipman in 1809, and served with distinction during the war of 1812. He was promoted and attained the grade of captain in 1828. He died June 1, 1850, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cooper, Charles
poet, was born April 23, 1822, in England. He is the author of Signs of the Day, and other poems of merit. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he has taken an active part in public affairs.
Cooper, Charles M
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 16, 1856, in Athens, Ga. He was elected to the lower house of the legislature in 1880, and was elected to state senate in 1884.
He was appointed attorney-general of the state in 1885 for term of four years, and was appointed in 1889 one of three commissioners to revise the statutes of the state. He was elected to the fifty-third congress and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Cooper, David
jurist. He was appointed a judge of the United States court of Minnesota in 1850.
Cooper, Edmund
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 11, 1821, in Franklin, Tenn. He was elected to the Tennessee legislature, was elected a union delegate to the state convention proposed in 1861, and was again elected to the state legislature in 1865, but resigned on being elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-ninth congress. In 1867 he was appointed assistant secretary of the treasury.
Cooper, Edward
manufacturer, was born Oct. 26, 1824, in New York city.
The success of the Trenton iron-works and of the New Jersey iron and steelworks is largely due to his painstaking and careful study of the subject. He was an active member of the committee of seventy, through whose efforts the Tweed ring was overthrown. In national politics he has served as a delegate to the Charleston convention of 1860, and to the St. Louis convention of 1876. He is a trustee of the Cooper union, and is a member of various corporations.
Cooper, Elias Samuel
surgeon, was born in 1821 in Butler county, Ohio.
He took an active part in the organization of the medical department of the university of the Pacific, the first medical school on the Pacific coast; and at the time of his death was professor of surgery and president of the medical faculty. He established the San Francisco Medical Press, and was a contributor to eastern medical journals. He died Oct. 13, 1862, in San Francisco, Cal.
Cooper, Ellwood
horticulturist, author, was born May 24, 1829, in Sadsbury, Pa. He is a horticulturist of southern California, president of the state board of horticulture; and the author of Statistics of Trade with Hayti; Forest Culture and Eucalyptus Trees; and Treatise on Olive Culture.
Cooper, George
poet, composer, was born May 14, 1840, in New York city.
He studied law in the office of Chester A.
Arthur, was admitted to the bar, but never practiced to any extent. He is the author of the words of many popular ballads, such as Beautiful Isle of the Sea; Sweet Genevieve; Mother Kissed Me in My Dream; Must We then Meet as Strangers; and While the Days Are Going By. He is the author of The Chaplet, and Gospel Melodies, two volumes of hymns.
Cooper, George B
congressman, was born June 6, 1808, in Long Hill, N. J.
He served in the two houses of the Michigan state legislature; served two terms as state treasurer of Michigan; and was elected a representative from Michigan to the thirty-sixth congress. He died in 1866 in Shark river, N. J.