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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. tory in South Manchester, Conn. He died 20, 1874, in South Manchester, Ctonn. Cheney, Charles Edward, clergyman, bishop, was born Feb. 12, 1836, in Canandaigua, N.y. Soon after his ordination he became rector of Christ church, Chicago. He was elected missionary reformed episcopal bishop of the northwest in 1873 for the new organization; and has remained in charge of the same parish for over forty years.

June

and

his

many

years.

Cheney, Frank Woodbridge, soldier, manwas born June 5, 1832, in ProviHe volunteered for the civil war in 1862; and became lieutenant-colonel of the sixteenth regiment Connecticut volunteers. He led his regiment of recruits in a skirmish that proved preliminary to the battle of Antietam, in which engagement he was ufacturer, dence, R.I.

severely wounded, which obliged him to retire from service. He traveled in Europe, China and Japan, studying the silk industries of those countries; and became a member of the house of Cheney brothers, and its treasurer. Cheney, Mrs. Harriet Vaughan, author,

was born in 1815 in Massachusetts. She is the author of Confessions of an Early Martyr; A Peep at the Pilgrims in 1636; The Rivals of Arcadia; Sketches from the Life of Christ; and The Sunday School, or Village Sketches. Cheney, James Wyiiam, educator, librarian, organist, was born Jan. 22, 1849, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1870 he graduated from

Dartmouth

college



and subsequently

re-

ceived the degree of A.M. from that institution. In 1870-87 he taught school; and since 1864 has been a church organist and choirmaster. He is also librarian of the war department library at Washington, D.C.

Cheney, John, engraver, artist, was born 20, 1801, in South Manchester, Conn. He was one of the first noted American engravers. He engraved many master-pieces; Oct.

works are now eagerly sought by He died Aug. 20, 1885, in South

collectors.

Manchester, Conn.

Cheney, poet,

N.Y.

John

Vance,

librarian, author, 29, 1848, in Groveland, practiced law for a while; and sub-

was born Dec.

He

—



sequently became librarian of the public library of San Francisco,

and

Cal.;

in

1897-1908 was librar-

Cheney, Mrs. Ednah Dow, educator, lecturer, author, was born June 27, 1824, in Boston, Mass. She has been active in the

woman suffrage movement. She is the author of Hand-book of American History for Colored People; Faithful to the Light, and Other Tales; Stories of the Olden Time; Rauch, Sculptor; Memoir of Seth W. Cheney; Memoir of John Cheney, Engraver; Memoir of Dr. Susan Dimock; Nora's Return, a sequel to Ibsen's Doll House; Sally Williams; and The Mountain Girl. She died in 1904 in Boston, Mass. Cheney, Emeline Burlingame, clergyman, Missionary, was born Sept. 22, 1836, in Smithfleld, R.I. She has been president of the Rhode Island woman's christian temperance union; and president of the Free baptist woman's missionary society. She is a licensed preacher; was three times a delegate to the free baptist triennial conference; and was editor of the Missionary Helper for

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ian of the Newberry library Chicago. of His poetical works include Thistle Drift; Wood Blooms; Out of the Silence Queen

Helen and Other Poems; and The Time of Roses. In prose, his

known works are The Old Doctor, a Romance of Queer Village; The Golden best

Guess, a series of critical essays; and That Dome in Air, a similar collection of critical studies.

Cheney, Person, Colby, manufacturer, governor, United States senator, was born Feb. 25, 1828, in Ashland, N.H. He was president of the Amoskeag fibre ware company; and in

1853 was a representative in the

New Hamp-

shire legislature. In 1862 he entered the un-

army as regimental quartermaster. In 1864-67 he was railroad commissioner. In 1871 he was elected mayor of Manchester, N. H. and in 1875-77 he was the thirty-third governor of New Hampshire. He was United States senator in 1886-89 to fill a vacancy. He was president of the People's savings bank of Manchester, N. H. He died June 19, 1901, in Dover, N.H. ion



Cheney, Seth Wells, painter, artist, was born Nov. 26, 1810, in South Manchester, Conn. He was one of the earliest American artists in black and white; and excelled in giving spirituality to his portraits and ideal female faces. Among his works are portraits of Theodore Parker_ and his wife Ephraim Peabody; Rosalie; and A Roman Girl. He died Sept. 10, 1856, in South Manchester, Conn. Cheney, Sherwood Alfred, soldier, was born in Connecticut. He is a graduate of the United States military academy; and is now a captain on the engineer's staff. Cheney, Simon Pease, musician, composer, author, was born in 1818 in New Hampshire. He was a once noted musical educator of Vermont. He was the author of The American Singing Book; and Wood Notes Wild, notations of bird music. He died in 1890 in Vermont. Cheney, Theseus Apoleon, historian, author, was born March 16, 1830, in Leon, N.Y. He devoted his attention to the history of the western portion of his native state. He was the author of Report on the Ancient Monuments of Western New York; Histor;