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Sketch of the Chemung Valley; HistorSketch of Eighteen Counties of Central and Southern New York; Laron; Relations of Government to Science; and Antiquarian Researches. He died Aug 3, 1878, in Starkey, N.Y. Cheney, Ward, pioneer manufacturer, founder, was born in 1813 in South Manchester, Conn. His silk thread having been once accepted as excellent in quality, the Cheney factory gained ground every year in spite of many trials. Charles, Rush, and Frank Cheney, brothers, successively joined the founder. He died March 23, 1876, in South Manchester, Conn. Cheney, Warren, journalist, auChor, poet, was born Sept. 3, 1858, in Canandaigua, N.Y. In 187S he graduated with the degree of Ph. ical ical

D. from the university of California; graduated from Hastings law school in 1881. In 1882-83 he was editor and owner of the Overland Monthly; and for some years was engaged in journalism. In 1893 he had charge of the California educational exhibit at the

World's Columbian exposition. Since 1894 he has been engaged as a real estate dealer at Berkeley, Cal. He is the author of Yosemite in Color and Other Poems ; The Challenge; and numerous short stories contributed to periodical literature.

Chenoweth, Alexander Crawford, consulting was born June 5, 1849, in Baltimore, Md. In 1884 he prepared the foundation for the Bartholda statue of liberty on Bedloe's Island. He is a consulting engineer of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and is the inengineer, inventor,

ventor of the Chenoweth steel-concrete pile for pier and foundation work. Chenoweth, Mrs. Caroline Van Dusen, journalist, founder, author, was born Dec. 29, 1846, near Louisville, Ky. She founded two chapters of the society of daughters of the revolution and daughters of the American revolution; and has been regent for seven years. She is the author of Stories of the Saints; Child Life in China; and School History of Worcester. Chenoweth, James Q., lawyer, jurist, government official, was born Feb. 9, 1841, in Louisville, Ky. He served three sessions as a state senator of Kentucky. In 1875 he was appointed district judge in Texas; and was elected a representative in the seventeenth and eighteenth state legislatures of Texas. In 1885 he was appointed first auditor of the United States treasury. Chenowith, Catherine Richardson, founder, philanthropist,

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of Holland and other countries; and founded the society of the daughters of Holland dames. She collected funds for tha hospital ship Maine, for the wounded in the South African war; and is a member of the Red Cross society. In 1907 she was a delegate to the international peace conference. She is the wife of Alexander Crawford Chenowith on New York City. ple

Chenowith, F. A., lawyer, jurist, was born He was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Washington. Cherrie, George Kruck, naturalist, author, was bom Aug. 23, 1865, in Knoxville, la. Since 1899 he has been curator of ornithology and mammalogy in the Brooklyn institute of arts and sciences. He has written on Central American Birds; and other ornithological works. Cherry, Henry Hardin, educator, was born Nov. 16, 1864, in Bowling Green, Ky. Since 1893 he has had charge of the Southern normal school and Bowling Green business university, now known as the Western Kentucky normal school, of which he is presiin Ohio.

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Cherry, William John, lawyer, journalist author, was bom Jan. 23, 1859, in Chester county, South Carolina. Since 1885 he has practiced law in Rock Hill, S.C; has been city attorney for a number of years; and is the legal adviser and attorney for a number of large corporations. He is the author of Hand-Book of Rock Hill. Chesebro, Caroline, educator, author, was

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born about 1820 in Canandaigua, N.Y. During the latter part of her life she was a teacher in the Packer institute of Brooklyn, N.Y. She was the author of The Foe in the Household; The Beautiful Gate and Other Sketches; Peter Carradine; The Children of Light; Susan, the Fisherman's Daughter; The Little Cross Bearers; Dream Land by Daylight; Philly and Kit; Victoria; Amy Carr; and The Glen Cabin. She died Feb. 16, 1873, in Piermont, N.Y. Chesbrough, Amos Sheffield, educator, clergyman, author, was bom Aug. 22, 1813, in Stonington, Conn. In 1835 he graduated from Yale university; and graduated from Yale theological seminary in 1840. He has been pastor of congregational churches in Chester, Glastonbury and Durham, Conn.;

and previously was principal of Hadley and Westfield academies. Massachusetts; and is a member of the corporation of Yale university. He is the author of several works on Church Work and Christian Nurture. Chesebrough, Ellis Sylvester, civil engineer, was bora July 6, 1813, in Baltimore, Md. In 1855 became engineer for the Chicago board of sewerage commissioners; in that capacity planned the sewerage system of the city; and was also commissioner of public works. He was an authority on the water supply and sewage of cities. In 1877-78 he expert,