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was early appointed a brigadier-general and

Cheever, George Barrell, clergyman, author,

subsequently to major-general. He devoted himself chiefly to agriculture after the war, but served four years as superintendent of state prisons; and in 1885 became postmas-

was born April 17, 1807, in Hallowell, Maine. In 1832 he was ordained pastor of Howard



ter of Nashville. Nashville, Tenn.

He

died Sept.

3,

1886, in

Cheatham, Henry Pliunmer, educator, congressman, was born Dec. 37, 1857, in Granville, N. C. He was the only colored representative in the fifty-first congress. In 188993 he was a representative from North Carolina to the fifty-first and fifty-second congresses as a republican. In 1897 he was appointed recorder of deeds for the District of

Columbia.

Cheatham, Richard, congressman, was born Springfield, Tenn. In 1837-39 he was a representative from Tennessee to the twenty-fifth congress. He died in September, in

1845 in Tennessee. Checkley, Henry, colonial governor. In 1678-80 he was colonial governor of Virginia. Checkley, John, clergyman, author, was born in 1680 in Boston, Mass. He was the author of Choice Dialogues About Predestination. He died in 1753 in Providence, R.I.

Cheesman, John Cummings, physician, surwas born July 20, 1788, in New York City. He was surgeon to the Charity hospital on Blackwell's island; and surgeon to B'ellevue hospital. For forty years he was professionally connected with the New York hospital. He died Oct. 11, 1863, in New York. Cheetham, James, journalist, author, was born in 1773 in England. He became editor of the American Citizen. He was the author of Nine Letters on Burr's Defection; Reply to Aristides; and Life of Thomas Paine, a work written from a hostile point of view. geon,

died Sept. 10, 1810, in New York City. Cheever, Alonzo W., farmer, lecturer, journalist, was born Feb. 37, 1831, in Wrentham.

He

He was

state cattle commissioner in 1885-92; and has lectured on agriculture in all the northeastern states, state institute service. Since 1873 he has been agricultural editor of the New England Farmer. Cheever, David Williams, physician, surgeon, author, was born Nov. 10, 1831, in Portsmouth, N.H. He began practice in Bos-

Mass.

ton in 1858; has been connected with Harvard university since 1860 as professor of chemical surgery; and in 1893 was made professor of surgery emeritus. He has contributed extensively to medical journals; and has edited three volumes of the Medical and Surgical Reports of the Boston City Hospital. Cheever, Ezekiel,

educator,

author,

was

born Jan. 25, 1614, in London, England. He was master of the Latin school of Boston for many years. He was the author of Scripture Prophecies Explained, an essay on the millennium; and Latin Accidence, for a century a standard introductiory latin textbook in New England. He died Aug. 21, 1708, in Boston, Mass.

street congregational church of Boston, Mass. the author of Deacon Giles's Distillery; Studies in Poetry; Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc; Lectures on Pilgrim's Progress; Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; God Against Slavery; Incidents and memories of the Christian Life; The Guilt of Slavery; The Republic or the Oligarchy, Which; Faith, Doubt, and Evidence; God's Timepiece for Man's

He was

Eternity; Lectures on Cowper; and Windings of the River of the Water of Life. died Oct. 1, 1890, in Englewood, N.J.

He

Cheever, Harriet A., litterateur, author, in Boston, Mass. She is the author

was bom

of Little Miss Boston; Jacky Lee; A Rescued Madonna; The Rock Frog; Josie Bean; Flat Street;

and other works.

Henry Theodore, clergyman, auwas born Feb. 6, 1814, in Hallowell, Maine. In 1859-64 he was secretary and agent for the church anti-slavery society. He was the author of Way Marks in the Moral War with Slavery; Correspondences of Faith and Views of Madame Guyon; The Island World of the Pacific Life in the Sandwich Islands The Whale and his Captors; The Pulpit and the Pew; Life of Nathaniel Cheever; Life of Walter Colton; and Captain Caugar. He died Cheever,

thor,



Feb. 13, 1897, in Worcester, Mass.

Chenery, Winthrop Holt, educator, author, was born March 8, 1872, in Belmont, Mass. In 1901-04 he was an instructor of Spanish in the university of Michigan; and since 1907 has been a professor in Washington university of St. Louis, Mo. He is the author of Object Pronouns in Dependent Clauses; A Study in Old Spanish Word Order; and other

works.

Cheney, Arthur, dramatist, theatrical manager, was bom Jan. 14, 1837, in South Manchester, Conn. He interested himself in the drama; and built the Globe theater of Boston, originally called Selwyn's theater, for the purpose of giving the best plays in a thorough and artistic way. He died in December, 1878, in South Manchester, Conn. Cheney, Benjamin Pierce, pioneer, philanthropist, was born Aug. 13, 1815, in Hillsboro, N.H. In 1880 he merged his business into that of the American express company, taking stock in payment. He was promptly made a director of the American express

company; and remained such the

rest of his

being the largest individual stockholder company. He left a fortune of nine million dollars; and bequeathed sums to various Boston charities. He died July 23, 1895, in Wellesley, Mass.

life,

in the

Cheney, Charles, manufacturer, founder,

was bom in 1804 in South Manchester, Conn. With his brothers he established a silk fac-