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Rh COLE, Azel Dow, educator, b. in Sterling, Conn., 1 Dec, 1818; d. in Nashotah, Wis., 15 Oct., 1885. He was graduated at Brown in 1838, and at the General theological seminary, in New York, in 1841, and was ordained by Bishop Griswold. In November of the same year he became rector of St. James's parish in Woonsocket, R. I. After nearly four years' service in this parish, he went in 1845 to Kalamazoo, Mich., where also he remained four years. In December, 1849. he removed to Racine, Wis., and in May, 1850, was elected president of Nashotah theological seminary. In this place he labored until his death, a period of thirty-five years, being also rector of St. Sylvanus's parish, and making regular visitations to the stations in the neighboring villages and country districts, where services were regularly maintained by the students. In several of these places the results of his efforts culminated in the erection of substantial churches. He was nomi- nated to the vacancy in the bishopric made by the death of Bishop Armitage in 1878, and, although not elected, wielded an influence in the affairs of the diocese unequalled by that of any other church- man. In 1852 the degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Norwich university, Vt.

COLE, Cornelius, senator, b. in Lodi, N. Y., 17 Sept., 1833. He was graduated at Wesleyan university, Middletown. Conn., in 1847, and, after studying law in the office of William H. Seward, was admitted to the bar. In 1849 he crossed the plains to California, and, after working a year in the gold mines, began the practice of law. He was district attorney of Sacramento city and county from 1859 till 1863, was a member of the National republican committee from 1856 till 1800, and dur- ing the latter year edited a newspaper. He then removed to Santa Cruz, and was a representative from California in the 38th congress as a union republican, serving from 7 Dec, 1863, till 3 March, 1865. He was elected U. S. senator to succeed James A. McDougall, democrat, serving from 4 March, 1867, till 3 March, 1873.

COLE, Joseph Foxcroft, artist, b. in Jay, ]\Ie., 9 Nov., 1837; d. in Boston, Mass., 3 May, 1893. He was a pupil of Lambinet from 1860 till 1863, and of Charles Jaeque in 1867. His professional life was spent in Paris and Boston. Among his paintings are " The Ram and Ewe," " New Eng- land Farm," " The Shepherdess," " Willow Brook," " The Weakest goes to the Wall," " Pastoral Scene in Normandy," exhibited in the Paris salon of 1875 ; " Norman Farm," and " Sheep- washing in Normandy," sent to the London Royal academy exhibition of 1877; and "Twilight, Melrose High- lands," "Cows Ruminating," and "Coast Scene in Normandy," shown at the Centennial exhibition of 1876, where he received a medal and diploma. His landscapes contain delicate gradations of color, and show "quiet, slumberous distances, indicative of the mysterious tenderness and repose of nature."

COLE, Orsamus, jurist, b. in Cazenovia, Madison CO., N. Y., 23 Aug., 1819. He was graduated at Union in 1848, studied law, and removed to Potosi, Grant co.. Wis., where he practised his pro- fession. He was a prominent member of the constitutional convention of 1847, and elected to congress as a whig in 1848, serving one term. He vigorously opposed the compromise measures of 1850, including the fugitive-slave law, was the whig and free-soil candidate for attorney-general of Wisconsin in 1853, and in 1855 elected by the republicans to the supreme bench of the state. He was reelected in 1861, 1867, and 1873, and in 1879 for a term of ten years.

COLE, Thomas, painter, b. in Bolton-le-Moor, England, 1 Feb., 1801; d. near Catskill, N. Y., 11 Feb., 1848. His father emigrated to the United States in 1819, and settled in Ohio, where Thomas took lessons in art from a mediocre portrait-painter named Stein. In 1835 he removed to New York, became intimate with Durand and Trumbull, and turned his attention to depicting the autumn scenery of the Hudson, with such success that he soon became known as one of the best of American landscape-painters. He made several professional visits to Europe, and sketched and painted in England, France, and Italy; but his most attractive works were executed in this country. In 1880 he exhibited at the Royal academy, London, a " View in New Hampshire " and " The Tomb of General Brock," and in 1881 a "View in the United States." Among his most popular works are the "Voyage of Life," a series of allegorical pictures, familiar through engravings, and the "Course of Empire," a similar series, representing a nation's rise, progress, decline, fall, and desolation, now owned by the New York historical society. Among his other works are "Dream of Arcadia," "Departure, Return," "Garden of Eden" (1828); "Expulsion from Paradise" (1838, Lenox library, New York); "Titian's Goblet " (1883) ; " Mount Etna," "White Mountains" (Wadsworth athenteum, Hartford); "Angel appearing to the Shepherds " (Boston athenæum); "Primitive State of Man," " View on the Thames," "Cross in the Wilderness," "L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," "Mountain Ford," " Cross and the World." "Vale of Segesta," "Choeorua Peak," and "Catskill Creek." Mr. Cole was a modest, sweet-tempered, thoughtful man, whose love of nature was as deep as that of his friend Bryant. They found great pleasure in wandering among the Catskills, which is pleasantly commemorated in one of Durand's finest pictures, in which the poet and painter are seen standing together on a mountain ledge. After the death of Mr. Cole a memorial address was delivered by Mr. Bryant before the New York historical society.

COLEMAN, Charles Caryll, painter, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1840. He went to Europe when nineteen years old to study art, but returned at the beginning of the civil war, and served in the national army three years. In 1866 he returned to Europe, and has since resided there, painting chiefly in Paris, London, and Rome, where his studio was in 1886. He is a member of the London art club, and has been an associate member of the National academy. New York, since 1881. His principal works are " Troubadour," " Nuremberg Towers" (1876); "Bronze Horses of St. Mark's" (1877); "Venice, Ancient and Modern" (1880); " Remote Quarter of Paris in 1878 " (1881) ; " Capri Interior," "Capri Grainfield," "Capri Reapers," and " Head of Capri Girl " (1886).

COLEMAN, John, editor, b. in Baltimore, Md., 11 Feb., 1803 ; d. in St. Louis, Mo., 16 Sept., 1869. He was a Methodist till 1884, when he was confirmed in the Protestant Episcopal church, was ordained priest in Frederick, Md., 27 May, 1836, and for twenty years was rector of Trinity church, Philadelphia, lie became editor of the "Banner of the Cross," Philadelphia, with Rev. F. Ogilby, and edited Faber's "Difficulties of Romanism," with an introductory essay (Philadelphia, 1840), and Dr. Wilmer's "Episcopal Manual" (1841).— His son, Leighton, P. E. bishop, b. in Phihulelpliia, 3 Mav, 1887, was graduated at the General theological seminary, New York, in 1861. and. after holding pastorates in Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del., and Mauch Chunk, Pa., became rector of