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 HEKRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Cowdin, Robert, soldier, was born in Ver-. mont. In 1862 he was colonel in the first regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry; and in 1863 was brevetted brigadier-general of volxmteers. He died July 8, 1874. Cowell, Benjamin, lawyer, jurist, author, was bom in 1781 in Wrentham, Mass. He was a clerk of the federal courts; and for a time chief justice of the court of common pleas in Providence, R.I. He was the author of The Spirit of '76, an historical work. He died May 6, 1860, in Providence, R.I. Cowell, David, clergyman, founder, college president, was born Dec. 12, 1704, in Wrentham, Mass. In 1737 he was ordained to the ministry and may be counted one of the founders of the college of New Jersey. In 1757-58 he was acting president of that institution. He died Dec. 1, 1760, in Trenton, N.J. Cowen, Benjamin Rush, soldier, journalist, public official, was born Aug. 15, 1831, in Moorfield, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted in the volunteer army; afterwards became an additional paymaster, serving under McClellan, Rosecrans and Fremont; and in the same year was elected secretary of state, which position he resigned in 1862. He was appointed adjutant -general of Ohio in 1864, and served as such for four years; and was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1865. He was also an inspector of military prisons, and subsequently went into the iron and coal business at Bellaire. He was a delegate to the republican national conventions of 1856 and 1868, of which latter he was secretary. He was also delegate to the Southern loyalists' convention of 1866. In 1871-76 he was assistant secretary of the interior department, and was also a leading member of the republican national committee of Ohio in 1866-76; and in 1866-67 chairman of the state committee. In 188384 was editor of the Ohio State Journal and in 1884 was appointed clerk of the United States circuit and district courts for the southern district of Ohio. He died Jan. 39, 1908, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Cowen, Benjamin Sprague,

soldier,

lawyer,

journalist, jurist, congressman, was born on Sept. 27, 1793, in Washington county, N.Y. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; emigrated to Ohio in 1824; and came to the bar in 1832. In 1839 he was a delegate to the convention that nominated General Harrison for president; and in 1841-43 he was a representative to the twenty-seventh congress. During 1845-46 he was a member of the Ohio legislature; in 1847-53 was presiding judge of the court of common pleas; and was a commissioner to investi-

physician,

gate militarv prisoners during the civil war. He died Sept. 27, 1869, in St. Clairsville,

the author of Civil Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in New York; New York Reports, 1833-28; and a Digested Index of Reports; and edited Phillipps on Evidence. He was a member of the court of appeals of New York. He died Nov. 11, 1844, in Saratoga, N.Y. Cowen, John King, lawyer, congressman, railroad president, was born Oct. 38, 1844, in Millersburg, Ohio. He removed to Baltimore in 1873, and has been practicing law in that city since that date. He was a member ot congress in 1885-86; and in 1895-97 he was a representative to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat. In 1896 was president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He died April 26, 1904, in Chicago, 111. Cowen, Patrick Henry, soldier, lawyer, author, was born in Saratoga, N.Y. He was a major of volunteers in the civil war; and the author of Digest of Criminal Decisions of the Courts of New York; Reports of Criminal Cases; and The Poor Laws of the State of New York. He died in Saratoga, N.Y. Cowgill, Calvin, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was bom Jan. 7, 1819, in Clinton county, Ohio. In 1846 he moved to Wabash county, Ind; and was a representative in the state legislature in 1851. He was county treasurer in 1855-59; was provostmarshal in 1862-65; and again in the legislature during the special session of 1865. In 1879-81 he was a, representative from Indiana to the forty-sixth congress as a republican. He died Feb. 10, 1903, in Wabash, Ind. Cowherd, William Strother, lawyer, congressman, was bom Sept. 1, 1860, in Jackson county. Mo. He was assistant prosecuting attorney of Jackson county in 1885-89; and was first assistant city counselor of Kansas City in 1890-93. He was mayor of Kansas City in 1893-94. In 1897-1905 he was a representative from Missouri to the fiftyfifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fiftyeighth congresses as a, democrat. Cowin, John Clay, soldier, lawyer, was born Jan 11, 1846, in Warrensville, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted in the twenty-third regiment Ohio infantry. He practiced law; and in 1868 became district attorney. Cowles, Alfred Abemethy, manufacturer, founder, was born Sept. 38, 1845, in Torrington, Conn. In 1867 he entered the employment of the Ansonia brass and copper company; gave close attention to the business; took charge of the New York office; and has risen to be vice-president and executive manager of the company. The Ansonia clock company, which he took an active part in organizing in 1879, is now the largest establishment of its kind in the world. He is also president of the Birmingham water power fifth,

company.

Andrew Duval, lawyer, state legwas born July 31, 1856, in Elkville, He was postmaster of Statesville, N.

Cowles,

Ohio.

Cowen, Esek, 24, 1787, in


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was born Feb. In 1835-44 he was

jurist, author,

Rhode

Island.

a judge of the supreme court. In 1812 he was one of the founders of the first temperance society in the United States. He was

islator,

N.C.

held a position in the revenue service; of the In 1898 he organized the Iredell Blues. C.



and was lieutenant and then captain