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lished in book form include " Leatherstocking 

 and Silk; or Hunter John Myers and his Times" 

 (New York, 1854); " The Virginia Comedians ; 

 or Old Days in the Old Dominion," a picture of 

 society in the planter class, just before the Rev- 

 olution (2 vols., 1854) ; " The Youth of Jeffer- 

 son" (1854); "Ellie," a novel of town life (Rich- 

 mond, 1855); "The Last of the Foresters" 

 (New York, 1856) ; " Henry St. John, Gentle- 

 man ; a Tale of 1774-75," a sequel to the 

 "Comedians" (1859); "Life of Stonewall 

 Jackson" (Richmond, 1863); " Stonewall Jack- 

 son; a Military Biography," enlarged from the 

 foregoing (1866); "Surrey of Eagle's Nest; 

 or Memoirs of a Staff -Officer serving in Vir- 

 ginia" (1866); "Mohun; or the Last Days of 

 Lee and his Paladins," a sequel to the preced- 

 ing (1868); "Wearing of the Gray" (1867); 

 "Fairfax," a novel, introducing Lord Fairfax 

 and George Washington (1868) ; u Hilt to Hilt " 

 (1869) ; " Out of the Foam," a sensational fic- 

 tion (1869) ; " Hammer and Rapier: the Bat- 

 tles of Virginia" (1870); "The Heir of Gay- 

 mount," a story (1870); "Life of Gen. Robert 

 E. Lee," written with his concurrence (1871); 

 "Dr. Vandyke," a tale (1872); "Her Majesty 

 the Queen," an historical romance of the Eng- 

 lish Revolution of 1640 (Philadelphia, 1873) ; 

 " Pretty Mrs. Gaston, and other Stories " 

 (New York, 1874); "Justin Harley" (Phila- 

 delphia, 1874) ; " Canolles," a tale of the cam- 

 paign between Lafayette and Cornwallis (De- 

 troit, 1877 ; " Prof. Pressensee, Materialist and 

 Inventor " (New York, 1878) ; " Mr. Grant-ley's 

 Idea " (1879) ; " Stories of the Old Dominion " 

 (1879); "Virginia Bohemians "(1879); "Vir- 

 ginia ; a History of the People " (Boston, 1883) ; 

 "My Lady Pokahontas" (1884); and "The 

 Maurice Mystery " (1885). 



Cooper, James, an American clergyman, bora 

 in Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1826; died in De- 

 troit, Mich., April 1, 1886. He removed to 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1832; united with the 

 Ninth Street Church in that city by baptism 

 early in 1840, and in the same year entered 

 Woodward College. At the end of two years 

 his health compelled him to suspend his stud- 

 ies, and he temporarily engaged in business. 

 In 1847 he resumed his studies in the prepara- 

 tory department of the Western Theological 

 Institute at Covington, Ky., and in the follow- 

 ing year he went to Granville College (now 

 Denison University), where he was graduated 

 in 1850. He spent the next three years in 

 Newton Theological Institution, and finished 

 the usual course of study. After devoting fif- 

 teen months to missionary work in Cincinnati, 

 he was ordained in December, 1854. He was 

 successively pastor at Madison, Wis. ; Wauke- 

 sha, Wis. ; Melrose, Mass. ; West Philadelphia, 

 Pa. ; Rondout, N. Y. ; and Flint, Mich. ; resign- 

 ing the latter charge at the call of the Ameri- 

 can Baptist Home Mission Society, to become 

 its district secretary for Ohio, Indiana, and 

 Michigan. In 1880 he received the degree of 

 D. D. from Denison University. 



Croswcll, Charles M., an American lawyer, born 

 in Newburg, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1825 ; died in Adri- 

 an, Mich., Dec. 13, 1886. In 1837, upon the 

 death of both parents, he was taken by an un- 

 cle to Adrian, and placed at the carpenter's 

 trade. When twenty years old he was elected 

 deputy 'county clerk, and began the study of 

 law. Three years later he was defeated as the 

 Whig candidate for county clerk. In 1850 he 

 was elected county register, and in 1852 was 

 re-elected. He identified himself with the 

 Republican party in its first days, and was an 

 adherent of it throughout his life. In 1855 he 

 formed a law partnership with Judge Thomas 

 M. Cooley, which continued until 1859, when 

 the latter moved to Ann Arbor. Mr. Croswell 

 was elected Mayor of Adrian in 1862, and in 

 the autumn of that year was elected a State 

 Senator, subsequently serving as chairman of 

 the Judiciary Committee, and as president pro 

 tern. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864 

 and 1866, was President of the Constitutional 

 Convention in 1867, was an elector-at-large on 

 the Republican ticket in 1868. He was Speak- 

 er of the lower house of the Legislature in 

 1874, and elected Governor in 1876 and 1878. 



Cammings, Ebenezer Edson, an American clergy- 

 man, born in Claremont, N. H., Nov. 9, 1800 ; 

 died in Concord, N. H., Feb. 22, 1886. His 

 father was a small farmer, and in the town 

 schools he received his preparatory education. 

 In 1821 he united with the Baptist Church, 

 with a purpose of fitting for the ministry, and 

 he was graduated at Waterville College, Me., 

 in 1828. In September of that year he was 

 ordained pastor of the Baptist Church in Salis- 

 bury, N. H., remaining there until called to be 

 pastor of the Baptist Church in Concord, in 

 March, 1832, and there remained until June, 

 1850. During this pastorate 513 persons united 

 with the church, and the Sunday-school in- 

 creased from 123 to 292 members. He labored 

 a few months in Newark, N. J., and from No- 

 vember, 1850, his work was pursued at Spring- 

 field, Mass., till April, 1852; then to Pittsfield, 

 N. H., till 1854. On Jan. 11, 1854, he was in- 

 stalled over the Pleasant Street Baptist Church 

 in Concord a new organization of thirty mem- 

 bers. He was its first pastor, and remained 

 until April, 1868, during which time there 

 were added 182 members. To the latter date 

 he had accomplished forty years of pastoral la- 

 bor; later he supplied vacant pulpits in New 

 Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, until 

 1881, laboring with sixteen churches, as stated 

 supply, five of which, through his efforts, erect- 

 ed new houses of worship, and thirteen had 

 the way prepared for pastoral settlements, 

 among which were Lebanon, Suncook, Frank- 

 lin, and Burlington, Vt. The degree of D. D. 

 was given to him in 1855 by Dartmouth Col- 

 lege. He was President of Colby Academy, 

 New London, for many years, and was also a 

 trustee of Colby University, Waterville, Me. 



Cntter, Stephen, an American philanthropist, 

 born in Woodbridge, N. J., in 1809; died in 



