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in 1854. The strength of his own position he 

 never doubted, and perhaps it was mentally impos- 

 sible for him to do so. In any case, he never re- 

 treated from ground once taken by him, however 

 urgent the necessity for so doing might seem to 

 others. In his extreme dislike (to call it by no 

 harsher term) of the Roman Church, in his active 

 opposition to Scripture revision, and in the various 

 other ways in which Bishop Coxe set himself 

 against the feelings and opinions of hi^ age, the 

 note of absolute sincerity was very firmly struck. If 

 he fought the Roman Catholic Church with unflag- 

 ging zeal for a whole life long, it was because he 

 believed that Church to be a very citadel of error; 

 if he opposed revision of the Scriptures, it was be- 

 cause he honestly feared such revision would weaken 

 their hold upon men's minds; and all his other 

 controversies were inspired by reasons that ap- 

 peared to him equally unanswerable. In the gen- 

 eral administration of his diocese, in matters affect- 

 ing the Church at large, his course was marked by 

 ability and judgment, When the wishes or needs 

 of sep'arate parishes or individual clergy came to be 

 considered, he was more than once at fault. A 

 naturally quick temper sometimes found an outlet 

 in impatient expression ; an imperious will now 

 and then spurred him on to override opposition be- 

 fore examining the grounds of that opposition. 

 Bishop Coxe was a man of great activity, and, in 

 addition to the cares of a rapidly growing diocese, 

 found time for a large amount of literary work both 

 in the way of frequent contributions to periodicals 

 and in published volumes. His latest important 

 work was an American edition, with extensive ad- 

 ditions and many notes, of the Edinburgh ' Trans- 

 lation of the Ante-Nicene Fathers," a labor the 

 extent of which can hardly lie appreciated except 

 by scholars. It appeared in 1885-'86. Of his many 

 other works not already named, the following are 

 the more important: "Sermons on Doctrine and 

 Duty" (1855); "Impressions of England" (1856); 

 " Thoughts on the Services " (1859) ; " Ritualism : A 

 Pastoral Letter" (1867): '"Moral Reforms with Re- 

 marks on Practical Religion " (1869) ; " Signs of 

 the Times" (1870); "The Bible Rhyme" (1873); 

 "Apollos. or the Way of God" (1873); "Covenant 

 Prayers" (1875); "The Penitential" (1882); "In- 

 stitutes of Christian History " (1887) ; " Holy Writ 

 and Modern Thought " (1893). 



Crisp, Charles Frederick, jurist, born in Shef- 

 field, England, Jan. 24, 1845 ; died in Atlanta, Ga., 

 Oct. 23, 18!)6. His parents, who were Americans and 

 active in the dramatic profession, were on a visit to 

 England at the time of his birth. When he was a 

 few months old they returned to the United States 

 and settled in Georgia. lie received a common- 

 school education in Savannah and Macon ; entered 

 the Confederate army in May, 1861, and served till 

 May 12, 1864, when he was taken prisoner ; and on 

 his release in June, 1865, began studying law in 

 Americus, Ga. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar ; 

 in 1872 was appointed solicitor general of the South- 

 western Judicial Circuit of Georgia ; in 1873 was re- 

 appointed for a term of four years ; in 1877 was ap- 

 pointed judge of the Superior Court of the same 

 circuit ; and in 1878 and 1880 was elected to the 

 same office by the General Assembly. He resigned 

 from the bench in 1882 to accept the Democratic 

 nomination for Congress in the 3d District ; was 

 elected, and held his seat till his death. In 1891 and 

 1893 lie was elected Speaker of the House of Rep- 

 resentatives, succeeding Thomas H. Reed, who in 

 turn succeeded him in 1895. On I lie organization 

 of the 54th Congress, in December. 1S95, he was ap- 

 pointed a member of the Committees on Ways and 

 Means and on Rules. At the time of his death he 

 was a candidate for the United States Senate, and 



within a week would have been elected. (See por- 

 trait in "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 1891, page 242.) 



Crouch. Frederick William Nicholls, com- 

 poser, born in London, England, July 31, 1808 ; died 

 in Portland, Me., Aug. 19, 1896. He was the son of 

 a musician ; received his first instruction in music 

 from his mother ; and began his professional career 

 in the Royal Coburg Theater when nine years old. 

 Subsequently he sang with several traveling opera 

 and concert companies ; took a course at the Royal 

 Academy of Music ; and became a violoncellist" in 

 the orchestra of Drury Lane Theater and a member 

 of the Queen's private orchestra. In 1849 he made 

 a musical tour of the United States, and his first 

 notable appearance was at the opening of the Astor 

 Opera House in New York city. From New York 

 he went to Boston, and thence to Portland, Me., 

 where he remained seven years and was director of 

 the Sacred Philharmonic Society. Afterward he 

 was musical director of St. Matthew's Church. Wash- 

 ington, I). ('., and chorister of St. Paul's Church, 

 Richmond, Va., besides engaging in teaching music 

 in those cities and in lecturing. He served through 

 the civil war in the Richmond Grays, and at its 

 close, having lost all his property, books, music, and 

 manuscript, he engaged in service as a gardener at 

 Buckingham Courthouse. While so employed he 

 was recognized by old army friends and was aided 

 in establishing himself in Baltimore as a teacher. 

 His compositions included " Zephyrs of Love " ; 

 "Swiss Song of Meeting"; "O'Donnel's Farewell"; 

 " The Emigrant's Lament " ; " Sing to me, Nora " ; 

 " Dermot Asthore " ; " The Soldier's Grave " ; " The 

 Widow to her Child"; "Would I were with Thee"; 

 " My Heart is like a Silent Lute " ; " Twenty Years 

 Ago " ; " Her 1 Love " ; and " Friendship." His 

 best-known composition is " Kathleen Mavourneen." 

 the melody of which he wrote while in London from 

 words sent him by their author, Mrs. Crawford. 



Dawson, Andrew Rayzina, military officer, born 

 near Hayesville, Ohio, May 10, 1835 ; died in Dead- 

 wood, S. D., July 19, 1896. He was educated at 

 Xew Wilmington (Pa.) College. On April 19, 1861, 

 he enlisted in the loth Ohio Infantry, and he served 

 with it as 1st lieutenant in West Virginia during the 

 three months' campaign. When the regiment was re- 

 organized for the three years' service, he was elected 

 to a captaincy, and subsequently was commissioned 

 colonel of the 187th Ohio Infantry. He took part 

 in every battle, skirmish, and march of the army, 

 corps, division, or brigade to which his regiment was 

 attached, from Philippi, W. Va., in June, 1861, till 

 the surrender of the Confederates under Gen. Wo- 

 ford at Kingston. Ga., May 12, 1865 ; and was mus- 

 tered out with the brevet of brigadier general of 

 volunteers, Jan. 20, 1866. After the war he went to 

 Yankton, Dakota. In 1876 he was appointed dep- 

 uty collector of internal revenue at Deadwood, and 

 in the following year became clerk of the newly es- 

 tablished United States district court there. He 

 held this office four different times and was its in- 

 cumbent at the time of his death. 



l)e Fontaine, Felix, journalist, born in Boston, 

 Mass., in 1832 ; died in Columbia, S. C., Dec. 11, 1896. 

 He became a journalist, and when the civil war began 

 he was living in South Carolina and furnished the 

 North with the first account of the attack on Fort 

 Su inter. He wrote war letters for the " Charleston 

 Courier" from the principal battlefields. After the 

 war he removed to New York and was connected with 

 the " Herald " almost continuously till his death, be- 

 sides corresponding for several other periodicals. He 

 was author of a " Cyclopaedia of the Best Thoughts 

 of Charles Dickens," " Gleanings from a Confederate 

 Army Notebook," and " Birds of a Feather flock 

 together." He began the publication of his war let- 

 ters under the title of " Army Letters of Personne, 



