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the university of Chicago, 111. Culver, William Wallace, manufacturer, was born July 30, 1835, in Franklin county, Ohio. In 1861 he established himself as a traveling stove merchant at Connersville, Ind. In 1880 he organized the Wrought iron range company of St. Louis with a capital stock of thirty thousand dollars ; and in time the business increased until it equalled those of any two concerns of its kind in the world. In 1903 he organized and established the Asbestos roofing and covering company; and has since been its president. Culwer, Daniel, pioneer, founder, was born in 1793 in Maryland. He was the first American that went to upper California; and the first that built a house in San Francisco. He was also the founder of the town of Santa Barbara. He died in 1857 in California. ies for

Culyer, John Yapp, civil engineer, landscape architect, was born May 18, 1839, in

New York

City. He has been associate engineer to the Albany parks; the South side parks of Chicago; to the state capitol grounds in Nashville; and parks in Pittsburg, Albany and other cities. He has invented implements for improved road construction and for the transplanting of large trees. For twenty-five years he was a member of the Brooklyn board of education. Cumback, Will, soldier, educator, lawyer, lecturer, congressman, poet, was born March 24, 1829, in Franklin county, Ind. In 185557 he was a representative from Indiana to the thirty-fourth congress. He was a presidential elector in 1861; and during that year was appointed an additional paymaster in the army. In 1868 he was elected lieutenantgovernor of Indiana. He died Aug. 1, 1905, in Greensburg, Ind. Cumberland, George W., actor, founder, was bom in 1836. He is said to have founded the order of Elks. He died June 6, 1901, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Cumings, Edgar Roscoe, paleontologist, scientist, was born Feb. 20, 1874, in Madison, Ohio. In 1898-1903 he was an instructor of paleontology; and since 1903 has been associate professor and head of the department of geology in the Indiana university. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. Cummer, Wellington Willson, lumberman, public official, donor, was born Oct. 21, 1846, in Toronto Canada. He was educated at the high school of Waterdown, Canada; and is a prominent lumberman of Jacksonville, Fla. He has been mayor of Cadillac, Mich.; was a republican presidential elector and a member of the school board in 1888 He made extensive investfor ten years. ments in pine and cypress lands in Florida; owns over one-half of the stock in the Cum;

mer lumber company of Jacksonville, Fla.; is a large owner of stumpage in Michigan; and a member of the firm of Cummer, Diggins and company of Cadillac, Mich. He is

interested in the Young men's christian association; and also in library work; and gave sixty thousand dollars to the former, and three thousand dollars to the latter.

Cumming, Alexander, pioneer, clergyman, was born in 1726, in Freehold, N.J. He was the first presbyterian minister that preached within the bounds of Tennessee. In 176163 he was pastor of the Old South church of Boston, Mass. He died Aug. 25, 1763, in Boston, Mass. Cumming, Alfred, governor, was born about 1802. He was governor of the territory Utah in 1857-61. He died Oct. 9, 1873, in Augusta, Ga.

Cumming,

Alfred, soldier,

was bom Jan.

Augusta, Ga. He was aide to General Twiggs at New Orleans in 1851-53; 30, 1829, in

was made

first lieutenant in 1855; and captain in the tenth infantry, in 1856. In 1861 he resigned and was soon commissioned lieutenant-colonel in the confederate army. He rose to the rank of brigadier-general, and served until disabled by wounds received at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 31, 1864.

Cumming, Gilbert W., soldier, lawyer, was born in 1817 in Delaware county, N.Y. In 3 861 he raised the fifty-first Illinois regiment and was appointed its colonel. He was afterward assigned to the command of a brigade; and did good service in Island num;

ber ten.

New Madrid and

Corinth.

He

died

New

York. Cumming, Kate, author, was born in 1835 in Alabama. She is a resident of Mobile ; and prominent during the civil war as an organizer of field hospitals in the confederate army. She is the author of Hospital Life in Tennessee from the Battle of Shiloh to the End of the War. Cumming, Thomas W., congressman, was bom in Maryland. In 1853-55 he was a representative from New York to the thirtythird congress. He died in New York. Cumming, William, congressman, was born in Edenton, N.C. In 1784 he served as delegate from North Carolina to the continental congress. In 1788 he was elected to the house of commons. He died in North Csiroin

lina.

Cummings, Alexander, governor, was bora was governor

in Pennsylvania. In 1865-67 he of the territory of Colorado.

Cummings, Alexander,

soldier, was born 1863 he was captain in the nineteenth regiment Pennsylvania cavalry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He died in 1905 in Pennsylvania.

in Pennsylvania. In

Cummings, Alfred,

soldier, was born Jan. 1829, in Augusta, Ga. He was on the Utah expedition of 1859-60; and in 1861 resigned and was soon commissioned lieu30,

tenant-colonel in the confederate army. He rose to the rank of brigadier-general; and served until disabled by wounds received at the battle of Jonesboro in 1864.