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Challen, James, clergyman, author, poet, in 1802 in New Jersey. He was once a prominent clergyman of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the author of The Gospel and Its Elements; Christian Evidences; Baptism in Spirit and in Fire; The Cave of Machpela-

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hand and Other Poems; The Island of the Giant Fairies; and other works. He died about 1860 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chalmers, James Ronald, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born June 11, 1831, in Halifax county, Va., is the son of Joseph W. Cbalmers, an eminent United States senator from Mississippi. He

removed to Mississipattended school at Holly Springs, and he graduated at the South pi;

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Carolina college in 1851; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853; was elected district attorney of the seventh judicial district of Mississippi in 1858. He was a member of the secession convention of Mississippi in 18G1; was promoted brigadier-general in 1862; and was transferred to the cavalry service in 1863. He was a member of the state senate of Mississippi in 1876-77; and in 1877-83 he was a representative to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat He died April 9, 1898. Chalmers, Joseph W., lawyer. United States senator, was bom in 1807, in Halifax county, Va. In 1840 he moved to Holly Springs, Miss.; and in 1842-43 was vice-chancellor. In 1846-47 he was United States senator from Mississippi to fill a vacancy; but declining a re-election, was succeeded by Jefferson Davis. He died in June, 1853, in Holly Springs, Miss. Chalmers, Lionel, physician, author, was bom in 1715 in Scotland. He was a noted physician of Charleston; and the author of Treatise on the Weather and Diseases of South Carolina; and Essay on Fevers. He died in 1777 in Charleston, S.C. Chalmers, Thomas, manufacturer, inventor, was bom in 1815 in Scotland. In 1871 the firm of Eraser and Chalmers started in Chicago, 111. He invented and patented improved machines for milling and smelting and refining ores, which soon came into general de-

mand. Chalmers, William James, manufacturer,

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10, 1853, in Chicago, 111.; and a son of Thomas Chalmers. In 1871, when Fraser and Chalmers succeeded to the Eagle works, William J. Chalmers took charge of the finances; and has since steadily risen through intermediate grades to the presidency of the concern. He is a director in the Commercial national bank, and of the Field Columbian museum of Chicago, 111. is

Chamberlain,

Abiram, banker, governor,

was born Dec. 7, 1837, in Colebrook, Conn. He was educated at Williston seminary of Easthampton, Mass.; and received the degre of LL.D. from Wesleyan university. Since 1863 he has been a successful banker; and is president of the Home national bank of Meriden, Conn. He has always been prominently identified with the business and public affairs England; and in 1904-05 served as of governor of the. state of Connecticut.

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Chamberlain, Alexander Francis, anthrowas born Jan. 13, 1866, in England. He is now lecturer on anthropology at Clark university of Worcester, Mass. He is the author of The Child and Caiildhood in Folk-Thought. Chamberlain, Daniel Henry, soldier, lawyer, governor, author, was born June 23, 1835, in West Brookfield, Mass. He served in the fifth Massachusetts cavalry in 1863-65; and in 1866 settled in Charleston, S.C. He was elected attorney-general of South Carolina in 1868; and in 1875-77 was the forty-second governor. He is the author of Counting a pologist, author,

Quorum. Chamberlain, Ebenezer M., congressman,

was born Aug. 20, 1805, in Maine. In 185355 he was a representative from Indiana to the thirty-third congress.

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Chamberlain, Frank, soldier, manufacturer, in December, 1826, in Seneca county, N.Y. During the civil war he attained the rank of brigadier-general. He is a successful miller of Albany, N.Y. He was one of

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bank and has been president of the board of

trade of Albany, N.Y.

Chamberlain, George Earle, lawyer, legislagovernor, was bom Jan. 1, 1854, near Natchez, Miss. In 1876 he graduated from the Washington and Lee universities with the degrees of A.B. and B.L. In 1876 he moved to Oregon; and in 1880 was elected a representative to the Oregon legislature. In 1884-86 he was district attomey; in 1891-94 was attorney-general of Oregon; and in 1900-02 was district attorney for the fourth judicial district of Oregon. In 1903-06 he was governor of Oregon and is now serving his second term of four years ending in 191Q, Chamberlain, Henry, farmer, founder, statesman, was born March 17, 1824, in Pembroke, N.H. In 1849 he was a member of the Michigan state legislature; and in 1850 he founded the village of Three Oaks, Mich. In 1872 he was grand master of masons in Michigan. He has received the votes of the democratic party three times for congress, three times for United States senator and once for tor,



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Chamberlain, Henry Richardson, journalauthor, was born Aug. 25, 1859, in Illinois. Since 1892 he has been London correspondent of the New York Sun. He is the author of Six Thousand Tons of Gold. ist,