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and seventeenth congresses. the seventh governor of Tennessee in 1835-39. He died Sept. 39, 1842, in Har-

was president of the

New

Orleans

teenth, sixteenth

in 1894

He was

Bee publishing company. Capehait, Henry, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1861 he was sergeant in the first regiment West Virginia cavalry; and in

peth, Tenn.

Cannon, Marion, congressman, was bom on Oct. 30, 1834, in Morgantown, W.V. He was county recorder of Nevada county in

When

Farmers' alliance was

drowning soldier when under fire and was awarded a medal of honor. He died April

mtroduced into

15, 1895.

1869-71.

the Cali-

fornia he joined that order; and was unanimously elected as its first state president in 1890. He organized the people's party of California during 1891 was chosen a representative to the supreme council at Indianapolis in 1891; and was selected by that body to represent California in the industrial conference at St. Louis in 1893, and was chosen temporary chairman over that body. He was selected chairman of the California delegation to the national convention of the people's party at Omaha in 1892. In 1893-95 he was a representative from California to the fifty-third congress. Cannon, William, state legislator, governor, was born in 1809, in Bridgeville, Del. He was for some years in the state legislature of Delaware; and was state treasurer and member of the peace congress of 1861. He was the twenty-fourth governor of Delaware in 1863-65. He died March 1, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa. Canon, John W., educator, was born Feb. 11, 1844, in Mercer county, Pa. He graduated from the state normal school of Edinboro. Pa; and taught there for several years. He has been principal of the high schools of Franklin, Pa. and is superintendent of publie schools in Sharon, Pa. Cant, William A., lawyer, state legislator, jurist, was born Dec. 23, 1863, in Westfield, Wis. In 1894 he was elected a member of the Minnesota state house of representatives; was city attorney of Duluth in 1895; and was a .iudge of the district court of Minnesota in l'89'6-1902.

Cantine, John, congressman. He was elected a representative from New York to the eighth congress, but resigned soon after taking his seat. He died in New York. In Cantrill, J. Campbell, congressman. 1907-11 he was a representative from Kentucky to the sixty-first congress. Canty, Thomas, lawyer, jurist, was born April 25, 1854, in London, England. In 188190 he practiced law in Minneapolis, Minn. He served three years as judge of the district court. In 1890-1900 he was an associate-justice of the supreme court of Minnesota.

Capdevielle,

Armand,

editor, publisher,

was

Aug. 17, 1851, in New Orleans, La. In 1871 he began his career as a journalist; and

bom

1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1864 he saved the life of a

Capehart, James, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born on March 7, 1847, in Mason county, Va. He was president of the county court of Mason county in 1871-72 and in 1880-85. He was a delegate to the national

democratic convention in 1888. In 1891-95 he was a representative from West Virginia to the fifty-second as a democrat.

and

fifty-third congresses

Capen, Edward, librarian, was born Oct. 1831, in Dorchester, Mass. He was librarian of the Boston public library for twenty -two years; and in 1874 was elected to the olfice of librarian of the public library at Haverhill, Mass. Capen, Elmer Hewitt, clergyman, legislator, college president, was born April 5, 1838, in Stoughton, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1859. He has filled pastorates in St. Paul, Minn.; in Providence, R.I.; and in 1875-1905 was president of Tufts college. He died March 33, 1905, in Medford, Mass. Capen, Francis L., astronomer, meteorologist, was born March 17, 1817, in Sterling, Mass. He made many astronomical discoveries and remarkable weather predictions, the latter gaining for him prominence on both sides of the Atlantic. Died July 31, 1889. Capen, John L., phrenologist, physician, was born June 13, 1833, in Dorchester, Mass. In 1875 he began the practice of medicine; and has made a specialty of phrenology. Capen, Nahum, journalist, publisher, anther, was born April 1, 1804, in Clinton, Mass. He was a Boston publisher. He was postmaster in 1857-61; and introduced the cus20,

tor of street letter-box collections. He was the author of The Eepublic of the United States; Reminiscences of Spurzheim and Combe ; and History of Democracy, or Political Progress Historically Illustrated. He died Jan. 8, 1886, in Dorchester, Mass. Capen, Oliver Bronson, journalist, author, was born on June 28, 1878, in Binghamton, N.Y. In 1900-07 he was engaged on the Binghamton Republican and ever since 1907

he has been with the Crowell publishing company. He is the author of Country Homes of Famous Americans. Capen, Samuel Billings, merchant, philanthropist, was born Dec. 13, 1843, in Boston, Mass. In 1858 he entered the employ of Wentworth and Bright, carpet dealers; and in 1864 was admitted to partnership. In 1889-93 he was president of the Boston municipal league.