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 HliRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Couch,

was born

Edward

J.,

soldier, farmer, jurist,

Oct. 14, 1833, near

Havana, N.Y.

He graduated from

the Alfred university of New York. During the civil war he served as a soldier in the union army; and participated in numerous battles and skirmishes. For many years he was a » member of the grand ^1^ army of the republic at Jefferson City, la.; and since 1903 he has been member of the John A. Logan post -.^BBHHI number three hundred and fifty-three, grand army of the republic of Boyd county. Neb. For over twenty years he was a weather observer in the United States weather bureau for Iowa; and made predictions of weather in the time of Tice and Vennor. For many years he was a correspondent for the Chicago Herald and the Chicago Record, in their early days. For four terms he filled the office of justice of the peace; he held numerous minor positions of trust and honor; and is now a retired farmer of Gross, Boyd county. Neb.

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Couden, Albert Reynolds, naval officer, was born Oct. 30, 1846, in Michigan City, Ind. In 1862 he joined the United States army; and in 1907 attained the rank of rear admiral. He has commanded the Pinta, Wheeling and the Louisiana; and has had charge of the naval station at Cavite. Coudert, Amalia Kussner, painter, artist, was bom March 26, 1873, in Terre Haute, Ind. In 1892 she began her artistic career in New York City. She has painted photographs of the King of England, the Emperor and Empress of Russia; and Hon. Cecil Rhodes. Coudert, Frederick Rene, lawyer,

New

in 1832 in York City. of the bar association of

He was

was

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president New York City; and represented the Chamber of commerce at the international congress at Antwerp, for the framing of international rules of general average. He also duly represented the United States as one of its counsel before the international tribunal appointed to determine the Behring Sea controversy. He was president of the United States catholic historical society. He died Dec. 20, 1904, in Washington, D.C. Coudin, Robert, soldier, was born Sept. 18, 1805, in Jamaica, Vt. At the battle of Bull Run, his horse being shot under him, he marched at the head of his men, loading and firing with them. For bravery he received his brigadier-general's commission in 1862. His appointment expired in 1863. At the close of the war he became captain of the Ancient and honorable artillery company of Boston, and was director in various public institutions. He died July 9, 1874, in Boston, Mass. Coudrey, Harry Maicy, banker, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1867, in Brunswick,

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Me. In 1878 he removed to

St. Louis; attended the public school of that city; and graduated from the manual training school. He at once entered the insurance business and is now the owner of the insurance firm

of Harry M. Coudrey and company of St. Louis, Mo. In 1897-99 he was a member of the St. Louis municipal assembly. He is a member of the merchants exchange and the business men's league; and a director of the Commonwealth trust company. He is a member of the loyal legion, secretary of the StLouis club, and a member of various other clubs and societies. He is vice-president of the Washington national bank; president of the St. Louis fire insurance agents' association; president of the national association of casualty and surety agents; and a director of the universal adding machine company. In 1906-11 he was a representative from Missouri to the fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a republican. Coues, Elliott, naturalist, author, was born Sept. 9, 1842, in Portsmouth, N.H. He is an eminent naturalist connected with the Smithsonian institution. He was the author of Key to North American Birds Field Ornithology; Birds of the Northwest; Fur-Bearing Animals; Check List of North American Birds; Birds of the Colorado Valley; New England Bird Life, with W. A. Sterns; Biogen, a Speculation on the Origin of Life; The Dsemon of Darwin; and Our Native Birds. He died Dec. 25, 1899, in Washington, D.C. Coues, Samuel Franklin, naval offijcer, was born Sept. 17, 1825, in New Hampshire. In 1851 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States navy; and in 1906 was retired with the rank of rear admiral. Coughlin, John, soldier, was born in Vermont. In 1862 he was lieutenant -colonel in the tenth regiment New Hampshire volunteer infantry; in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. Couldock, Charles Walter, actor, was born April 26, 1815, in England. His first appearance in this country was at the Broadway theater. He subsequently supported Charlotte Cushman; and was successful as Jacques in As You Like It, and as Luke Fielding in The Willow Copse. He died Nov. 27, 1898, in New

York

City. Coulter, John Merle, botanist, author, was bom Nov. 20, 1851, in China. He was president of the Indiana state university in 189193 and since 1896 has been head professor of botany in the university of Chicago. He is the author of Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado, with T. C. Porter; Manual of Rocky Mountain Botany; Manual of Texan Botany; Textbook of Western Botany; a Textbook of Botany; and other works. Coulter, Richard, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Westmoreland county. Pa. In 1827-35 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second and twenty-third congresses. In 1846-53 he was associate justice of the