Page:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1900, volume 1).djvu/796

752 COSGROVE, Henry, R. C. bishop, b. in Wil- liamsport, Pa., in 1834. He removed with his parents to Dubuque when eleven years old. He was ordained in 1857, and appointed assistant pastor of St. Mary's, Davenport. He became pastor in 1862, and shortly afterward erected a church and school. He was appointed vicar-general of the diocese in 1883. On the death of Bishop McMullen he was selected as administrator; and in 1884 was pro- posed to the holy see as his successor in the bish- opric of Davenport. Dr. Cosgrove is the first na- tive of the United States that has been appointed bishop west of the Mississippi.

COSSETT, Franceway Ranna, clergyman, b. in Claremont, N. H., 24 April, 179U ; d. in Lebanon, Tenn., 3 July, 1863. He was graduated at Middle- bury in 1813, and, after teaching school for several years, studied theology, intending to take orders in the Protestant Episcopal church. Going to Tennessee, he became interested in the Cumber- land Presbyterians, and was ordained by Anderson presbytery in 1822. He was first president of Cumberland college, Princeton, Ky., in 1825-'42, and of Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn., till 1847. Middlebury gave him the degree of D. D. in 1839. Dr. Cossett was the founder of the Nash- ville " Banner of Peace," and edited it from 1839 till 1850. Ho published " Life and Times of Ew- ing,"' containing a history of the early years of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

COSTIGAN, John, Canadian statesman, b. in St. Nicholas, province of Quebec, 1 E'eb., 1835. He was graduated at St. Ann's college, went to New Brunswick, and, after engaging in various pursuits, was appointed a judge of the superior court of common pleas. In 1861 he was elected for Vic- toria county, and sat in the New Brunswick assem- bly till 1866. He was returned for the same county at the general election that followed confederation in 1867, and has represented it ever since in the Dominion house of commons. On 23 May, 1882, lie was sworn of the privy council, and became min- ister of inland revenue, a portfolio which he still retains. To his efiiorts in parliament the Roman Catholics of New Brunswick are largely indebted for now possessing separate schools, on a similar basis to that prevailing in Ontario and Quebec. In 1882 he submitted in parliament the famous " Costigan Irish resolutions," praying the British government to grant home rule to Ireland on the colonial plan of self-government. The resolution was adopted by the Canada house of commons.

COTABANAMA (co-tah-ban-nah'-mah), Indian cacique, the last of the five kings of Hayti, d. in 1504. He ruled in the district of Higuey. Cota- banama made war against the Spaniards, who had taken possession of the island, but at last was de- feated by Juan de Esquibel, Ovando's lieutenant, and taken to Santo Domingo to be executed. His death was followed by the surrender and submis- sion of the people that had been under his rule.

COTTINEAU, Denis Nicholas, naval officer, b. in Nantes, Prance, in 1746 ; d. in Savannah, Ga., 29 Nov., 1808. He was formerly a lieutenant in the French navy. He commanded the " Pallas " in the battle of Paul Jones with the British squad- ron under Sir Richard Pearson. James Fenimore Cooper, in his " History of the Navy of the United States," says that Jones appears to have had much respect for Cottineau's judgment, and abandoned a difficult and daring enterprise, whose nature is not known, at his advice.

COTTING, John Ruggles, scientist, b. in Ac- ton, Mass., in 1783; d. in Milledgeville, Ga., 13 Oct., 1867. He was educated at Harvard and at Dartmouth medical school, and was ordained as a Congregational minister about 1810, He then de- voted himself to the study of chemistry and the allied sciences, and during the war of 1812 was em- ployed by a Boston firm to manufacture chemical compounds never before made in this country. After holding several professorships of chemistry, he removed, in 1835, to Augusta, Ga., having been induced by cotton-planters of that state to make an agricultural and geological survey of Burke and Richland counties. His report, published in 1836, contains valuable analyses of cotton lands and a table of fifty-seven genera of fossils. He af- terward entered on a similar survey of the whole state, but it was suspended in 1837 from lack of financial support, and the fine collection of plants, minerals, and fossils that he had made were dis- tributed among various colleges. The maps of the survey were finely executed, and the emperor of Russia requested copies for the Royal library at St. Petersburg. Dr. Cotting published an " Introduc- tion to Chemistry," used for several years at Har- vard (Boston, 1822), " Synopsis of Lectures on Geology " (Trenton, N. J., 1825), and a work on " Soils and Manures."

COTTON, John, clergyman, b. in Derby, Eng- land, 4 Dec, 1585 ; d. in Boston, Mass., 23 Dec, 1652. His father was Roland Cotton, a lawyer. John entered Trinity college, Cambridge, when only thirteen years old, and afterward removed to Emmanuel college, where he obtained a fellowship. Pie soon became head lecturer, dean, and then catechist, and gained a high reputation for learn- ing and brilliancy. While connected with the col- lege he imbibed Puritan opinions, and about 1612 became minister at Boston, in Lincolnshire. While here he was convinced that many of the ceremonies of the established church were unscriptural, and was suspended for some time by his bishop for re- fusing to conform to them ; but, as the majority of his people were with him, he was restored, and kept his place for more than twenty years, educat- ing many young men for the ministry, and effect- ing a general reformation in the town by his labors. After Bishop Laud obtained control of the church, dissensions arose among Mr. Cotton's parishionei's, and, hearing that he was to be summoned before the high commission court, he fled to London, where he remained some time in concealment, and then embarked for Boston, in New England, where he arrived on 3 Sept., 1633. Within a fortnight after his arrival he was chosen by the magistrates to be a teacher in the first church, in Boston, of which John Wilson was pastor. He retained his connection with this church till his death. When the noted Anne Hutchinson began to propagate her Antinomian doctrines, Mr. Cotton for a time gave her countenance, but soon opposed her, find- ing that he had been led away by false represen- tations. In 1642 he was invited, together with Hooker and Davenport, to assist at the celebrated assembly of divines in Westminster, but was dis- suaded from accepting by Hooker, who wished to form for himself a system of church government for New England. His death was the result of ex- posure in crossing the ferry to Cambridge, when on his way to preach. Mr. Cotton had a reputation for profound learning. He was accustomed to study twelve hours a day, and loved, as he said, " to sweeten his mouth with a piece of Calvin " be- fore going to sleep. He was a critic in Greek, wrote Latin with elegance, and could discourse in Hebrew. His pulpit oratory was distinguished by simplicity. Notwithstanding his own experience in England, he was extreme in his views as to the