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ican Philosophical Society, and in 1863 became one of 

 the corporate members of the National Academy of 

 Sciences, named by act of Congress, of which organ- 

 ization he was 

 for several terms 

 the treasurer. 

 Besides many 

 ' shorter articles 

 and certain con- 

 tributions to cy- 

 clopaedias. Pro- 

 fessor Coffin pub- 

 lished " Obser- 

 vations with the 

 Mural Circle at 

 the United States 

 Naval Observa- 

 tory, with Ex- 

 planations, For- 

 mulas, Tables, 

 and Discussions,, 

 1845-'49," in the 

 volumes of the 

 Observatory for 



' i / ' those years ; 



"The Compass" 



(1863); " Navigation and Nautical Astronomy" (New 

 York, 1868) ; the last two were prepared for use in 

 the United States Naval Academy ; " The American 

 Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac." edited (1868 till 

 1879) ; also " Personal Errors in Observations of the 

 Declination of Stars," in Dr. Benjamin A. Gould's 

 "Astronomical Journal" (1850), and " Observations 

 of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August, 1869," made 

 at Burlington, Mount Pleasant, and elsewhere in Iowa, 

 under his direction (Washington, 1884). 



Collier, Eohert Laird, clergyman, born in Salisbury, 

 Md., Aug. 7, 1837 ; died near that place, July 27, 

 1890. He was graduated at Boston University in 

 1858, studied theology in Concord, IN. H., entered the 

 ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was 

 pastor of the Church of the Messiah in Chicng9 in 

 1861-'64, and became a Channing Unitarian in 1866. 

 He was pastor of the Second Church in Boston in 

 1876-'80 ; supplied pulpits in Leicester, Bradford, 

 and Birmingham. England, in 1880-'85 ; was ap- 

 pointed United States consul at Leipsic, in 1885, and 

 afterward a special commissioner with Dr. Gould^of 

 Johns Hopkins University, to collect labor statistics 

 in Europe. After holding a pastorate in Kansas City, 

 Mo., he returned to his birth-place. lie bad lectured 

 and written in the United States and Great Britain 

 on literary and social topics, and had published 

 " Every-day Subjects in Sunday Sermons " (Boston, . 

 1874) ; " Meditations on the Essence of Christianity " 

 (1878); and "English Home Life" (1885). He re- 

 ceived the degree of D. D. from Iowa University. 



Cornell, Thomas, capitalist, born in White Plains, 

 N. Y., Jan. 27. 1814 ; died in Rondout, N. Y V March 

 30, 1890. He received a public-school education, and 

 in 1843 engaged in the steamboat transportation busi- 

 ness between Rondout and New York city. From a 

 humble beginning with small capital, he developed 

 this business till it culminated in the large interests 

 now controlled by the Cornell Steamboat Company, of 

 which he was president until his death. He also was 

 the founder and president from its organization of the 

 First National Bank of Rondout, President of the 

 Rondout Savings Bank, and principal owner of the 

 Ulster and Delaware and the Kaaterskill Railroads, and 

 of the Rhinebeck and Kingston ferry. The Wurts 

 Street Baptist Church, in Rondout, was erected and 

 supported chiefly by his efforts. Mr. Cornell was an 

 active Republican, and was elected to Congress from the 

 Fourth New York District in 1866 and 1880, and was 

 also a_ delegate to the National Republican Convention 

 at Chicago in 1884. and a presidential elector in 1888. 

 Corrigan, James Henry, educator, born in Newark, 

 N. J., in 1844 ; died in Elizabeth, N. J., Nov., 26, 1890. 

 He was a brother of Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan, 

 of New York ; studied for the ministry of the Roman 



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Catholic Church in St. Mary's College, Emmettsburg, 

 Md., in the College of the Propaganda, Rome Italy 

 and in Seton Hall College, South Orange, N. J. and 

 was ordained a priest in 1867. Immediately after his 

 ordination he was appointed Professor of Philosophy 

 and Ethics in Seton Hall College, and was subsequently 

 made director of the seminary and vice-president of 

 the institution. In 1876, when his brother resigned 

 the presidency of the college to assume the office of 

 Archbishop ot New York, he succeeded him as presi- 

 dent, and held the office, together with the chair of 

 English Literature, till 1888. He then resigned to seek 

 more active labor, and, after making a tour of Europe 

 accepted the pastorate of St. Mary's"Church;in Eliza- 

 beth, where be remained until his death. 



Cowles, Edwin, journalist, born in Austinburg, Ashta- 

 bula County, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1825 ; died in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, March 4, 1890. He was a descendant of the Rev. 

 Thomas Hooker, the pioneer clergyman of Connecti- 

 cut, and son of E. W. Cowles, M. D. At an early age 

 he was apprenticed to the printer's trade with Timothy 

 Smead, and from 1844 till 1853 they were partners in 

 the printing business in Cleveland. Mr. Cowles then 

 became a member of the firm of Medill, Cowles & Co., 

 publishers of the " True Democrat " In 1854 his part- 

 ners removed to Chicago and bought the " Tribune " 

 newspaper, and in the following winter a number of 

 Whigs and Free-Soilers met in the editorial room 

 of the old "Democrat" whose name had been 

 changed .to the " Leader "and formed the prelimin- 

 ary plans for a new political organization, which became 

 the Republican party of Ohio. Mr. Cowles was an 

 early and constant abolitionist, an aggressive Protest- 

 ant, and the first champion of several reformatory 

 measures that have since become laws of the land. 

 He was postmaster at Cleveland from 1861 till 1866, 

 and at the same time gave the national cause valuable 

 editorial aid. He continued to be editor and proprietor 

 of the " Leader" till 1866, when the uaper was made 

 a stock interest, with himself as business manager and 

 subsequently as editor-in-chief. One of his editorials, 

 "Now is the Time to abolish Slavery," written after 

 the Battle of Bull Run, produced a wide sensation. 



Cowles, John Philh'ps, educator, born in Colebrook, 

 Conn., in 1805; died in Boston, Mass.. March 11, 

 1890. t He was graduated at Yale College in 1826, and 

 for thirty -two years was principal of the Female Sem- 

 inary at Ipswich, Mass., where among his pupils were 

 Abigail Dodge ( u Gail Hamilton ") and Mrs. James 

 G. Blaine. He was eminent as a classical scholar; 

 was well versed in ancient Greek and Hebrew, as well 

 as the Arabic, Italian, Spanish, and French languages ; 

 and, besides a large number of theological pamphlets 

 and other works, published many articles in vari- 

 ous magazines. 



Crandall, Prudence, See Philleo, Prudence Crandall. 



Crebs, John M,, lawyer, born in Middleburg, Lou- 

 don County, Va., April 9, 1830; died in Carmel, 

 111., June 26, 1890. He removed with his parents to 

 Illinois in 1837, received a common-school education, 

 studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. 

 Removing to White County, 111., he practiced his pro- 

 fession there till 1862, when he entered the national 

 service as a lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the 

 Mississippi, Vicksburg, and Arkansas campaigns, 

 commanded a brigade of cavalry in the Department 

 of the Gulf, and after the close of the war resumed 

 practice. In 1868 and 1870 he was elected to Con- 

 gress from the Thirteenth Illinois District as a Demo- 

 crat, and he served as a member of the committees on 

 Agriculture and on the District of Columbia. 



Crocker, John Simpson, military officer, born in Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y., March 4, 1820 ; died in Washington, 

 D. C., Sept. 14, 1890. He was admitted to the bar 

 when twenty-one years of asre, and began practicing 

 in Cambridge, Washington County, N. Y. He served 

 in the State Legislature, became an intimate friend of 

 Gov. Edwin D. Morgan, and at the outbreak ot I 

 civil war organized a regiment, which he named the 

 Monran Rifles, and which was mustered into the na- 

 tional service as the Ninety -third New York V olun- 



