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Rh profitable tour. Though somewhat pompous in manner, Mr. Conway was a good actor, with a fine personal appearance and a commanding delivery. &mdash; Sarah Crocker, wife of Frederick, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., in 1834; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in April, 1875, was a sister of Mrs. D. P. Bowers. (See ../Bowers, Elizabeth Crocker). She made her début in Baltimore in 1849, playing Parthenia and other leading parts. She possessed a tall and graceful figure and an expressive countenance, and was a versatile actress and a popular manager. In 1864 she leased the Park theatre in Brooklyn, and subsequently the new Brooklyn theatre, in which for nine years Mr. Conway played leading parts.

CONWELL, Henry, R. C. bishop, b. in Armagh, Ireland, in 1748; d. in Philadelphia in 1842. He was ordained in 1776. When vicar-general of Ar- magh he received notice of his appointment to the see of Philadelphia in 1820, and was consecrated in London. Shortly after his arrival in Philadelphia he had difficulty with the trustees of the cathedral church of St. Mary's, who insisted on retaining a priest of doubtful character, contrary to the de- sire of the bishop. The result was a schism. Dr. Conwell and the clergy of his household were obliged to abandon the cathedral, and retired to the church of St. Joseph's in the neighborhood. The efforts of Bishop England and other prelates, who offered themselves as mediators, were unavail- ing, and in 1828 Dr. Conwell went to Rome. The papal authorities endeavored to dissviade him from returning to the United States, and, fearing he might be detained in Rome, he suddenly went to Paris. Here the papal nuncio used every effort to prevail on him to resign his see, but only with the result of alarming the aged prelate still further, who forthwith sailed for New Yoi'k. He was present at the council of Baltimore in 1829, but took no part in its deliberations. He was per- suaded by the assembled bishops to accept the Rev. Francis P. Kenrick as a coadjutor, and spent the remainder of his life in retirement.

CONY, Samuel, jurist, b. in Augusta, Me., 27 Feb., 1811 ; d. there, 5 Oct., 1870. He was gradu- ated at Brown in 1829, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and engaged in practice at Old- town, Me. He was elected to the legislature in 1835, in 1839 was chosen a member of Gov. Fair- field's executive council, and from 1840 till 1847 was judge of probate for Penobscot county. In 1847 he was appointed land-agent, and in 1850 elected state treasurer, an office which he retained for five years. In 1850 he removed to Augusta. Up to 1861 he acted with the democratic party, but, being rejected by the section of his party that was opposed to the war, he was in 1862 elected to the legislature as a war democrat, and in 1863 chosen governor. His administration was so admirable and efficient that he was twice re-elected by large majorities. He was offered a renomina- tion in 1867, but the impaired state of his health forced him to decline.

CONYNGHAM, John Butler, soldier, b. in 1827 ; d. in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 27 May, 1871. He was graduated at Yale in 1846, subsequently stud- ied law, and practised in Wilkesbarre and St. Louis. At the first call for troops in 1861 he vol- unteered in the three-months' service, and on his return joined the 52d Pennsylvania volunteers, of which he was appointed major on 5 Nov., 1861. He participated in the peninsular campaign of 1862, and in the winter of 1863 was sent with his regi- ment to Port Royal, S. C, was present at the naval attack on Fort Sumter in April, 1863, and partici- pated in the subsequent assault and siege operations against Fort Wagner. Upon the reduction of that fort, Maj. Conyngham was placed in com- mand of the defences of Morris island. He was detailed by Gen. Terry to make a night recon- noissance of Sumter, and subsequently engaged in the night assault on Fort Johnson, across Charleston harbor. In this assault he was cap- tured and detained as prisoner for several months. While a prisoner at Charleston he was one of the number selected as hostages to be shot in case of a bombardment of the city by our forces. In No- vember, 1863, he was promoted to the lieutenant- colonelcy, and in March, 1865, to the colonelcy of his regiment. In March, 1867, Col. Conyngham was appointed captain in the 38th infantry, U. S. army, and transferred to the 24th infantry, Novem- ber, 1869. In 1871 he was brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel for gallant service in the field. During his term of service in the regular army he was mostly employed on the Indian frontier.

CONYNGHAM, Redmond, antiquarian, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 19 Sept., 1781 ; d. in Lancaster county, Pa., 16 June, 1846. He inherited from his paternal grandfather an estate in the county Done- gal, Ireland, yielding £2,000 a year, and subsequent- ly spent some time in Ireland. During his stay abroad he became intimate with Curran, Grattan, and other prominent Irishmen, including his cous- in, William Conyngham Plunket, afterward lord- chancellor of Ireland. On his return to the United States he settled m Luzerne county, Pa., and for several years represented that district in the state legislature. He then removed to Lancaster county, where he resided until his death. Mr. Conyngham devoted much of his leisure to antiquarian re- search, and contributed valuable papers of historical interest to the American philosophical society and to the Historical society of Pennsylvania, of which he was a member. He made a specialty of the early history of Pennsylvania and the aborigines of Lancaster county.

COOK, Albert John, naturalist, b. in Owasso, Mich., 30 Aug., 1842. He was graduated at the Michigan agricultural college in 1862, and then studied at Harvard. In 1867 he was appointed instructor in mathematics at the Agricultural col- lege, and in 1869 succeeded to the professorship of zoology and entomology. Prof. Cook has been for many years agricultural and entomological correspondent, and, in some cases, editor of those departments, to the New York " Tribune," Phila- delphia " Press," " Rural New Y'orker," '• New England Homestead," "Country Gentleman," and other journals. He has published " Injurious In- sects of Michigan" (Lansing, 1873), and "Bee- keeper's Guide " (1876 ; 14th ed., 1886).

COOK, Clarence Chatham, journalist, b. in Dorchester, Mass., 8 Sept., 1828. He was graduated at Harvard in 1849, and, after studying architecture, was employed for many years as a teacher. In 1863 Mr. Cook wrote a series of articles on American art for the New York " Tribune," and continued such contributions until 1869, when he went as the " Tribune " correspondent to Paris. He resigned that place at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian wax-, and subsequently passed some time in Italy. On his return to New York he renewed his former connection with the "Tribune." Mr. Cook has published "The Central Park" (New York, 1868); the text to accompany a reproduction, by heliotype, of Dürer's "Life of the Virgin" (Boston, 1874): "The House Beautiful" (New York, 1878): and edited, with notes, a translation of the 7th German edition of Wilhelm Lubke's "History of Art" (2 vols., 1878).