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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Cummins, John, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born May 13, 1838, in Angola, Xnd. In 1863 he was a representative in the Iowa state legislature; and in 1864-65 was member and president of the Idaho territorial council. In 1866-68 he was associate justice of the supreme court of Idaho. Since 187a he has practiced law in New York City; and in 1901-04 was mayor of Roselle Park, N.J. Cummins, John D., congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1845-49 he was a representative from Ohio to the thirtieth congress.

He

died Sept. 11, 1848, in Milwaukee,

Wis.

Cummins, Maria Susanna,

litterateur, au-

was born April 10, 1837, in Salem, Mass. She was the author of The Lamp-

thor,

El Fureidis, a Tale of Palestine; Haunted Hearts; and Mabel Vaughan. She died Oct. 1, 1866, in Dorchester, Mass. Cunard, Samuel, founder of the C'unard steamship line, was born Nov. 15, 1787, in Halifax, N.S. He became a successful merchant in several kinds of business. In 1838 he formed the Cunard company. He died April 38, 1865, in England. Cundall, Joseph, lawyer, jurist. In 181011 he was an associate justice of the sulighter;

preme court of Khode Island. Cunfort, Tiffany Charles, clergyman, author, was bom Oct. 5, 1839, in Baltimore, Md. He is a clergyman of New York City. He is the author of History of the Protestant Episcopal Church; and the Prayer-Book and the Life. Cunningham, Albert Baxter, journalist, author. He is editor of the Cumnock School of Oratory at Northwestern university of Evanston, 111. He is the author of Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment; and School Speaker.

Cunningham, Andrew Oswald, civil engiwas born July 8, 1866, in India. In

neer,

1899-1900 he was in the general consulting and civil engineering business. Since 1905 he has been chief engineer of the Wabash railroad.

Cunningham, Arthur, educator, librarian, was born Feb. 31, 1865, in Richmond, Ind. He graduated from Depauw university in 1887; was assistant librarian and instructor in latin in that institution; and was subsequently appointed librarian and professor of library science in the Indiana state normal school at Terre Haute. He was appointed one of the founders of the Indiana library association, of which he served as president. Cunningham, David West, civil engineer, was born Dec. 24, 1829, in Boston, Mass. He was engaged in the construction of the waterworks in Charleston and Lowell, Mass. He built the Tarkio valley railroad.

Cunningham, Edwin W., lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 31, 1842, in Clarksfield, Ohio. served as probate judge of Lyon county, Kan.; has many times been a delegate to republican state conventions; and in 1901 became a judge of the supreme court

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of Kansas.

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Cunningham, Francis A., congressman, wa» born in isouth Carolina. In 1845-47 he was a representative from Ohio to the twentyninth congress. He died in Ohio. Cunningham, James, manufacturer, was born in Dec, 1815, in Ireland. In 1838 he formed a copartnership with J. W. Kerr and Blanchard Dean under the name of Kerr, Cunningham and company. He died May IS, 1886, in Rochester, N.Y. Cunningham, James Adams,

soldier,

was

born in Massachusetts. In 1861 he was first lieutenant in the thirty-second regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died July 17, 1893.

Cunningham, John Daniel, lawyer, jurist, was born March 28, 1840, in Oak Bowery, Ala. In 1868 he was appointed judge of a state court of unlimited jurisdiction in Montgomery county, Ala. He became one of the leading fruit planters in Georgia.

Cunningham, John F., clergyman, bishop, was bom in July, 1842, in Ireland. In 1898 he was consecrated Roman catholic bishop of Concordia, Kan.

Cunningham, Russell McWhorter, physiwas born Aug. 25, 1855, in Mt. Hope, Ala. In' 1880-81 he was a member cian, governor,

of the Alabama house of representatives; and in 1896-1900 was a member of the Alabama state senate. In 1903-07 he was lieutenant governor of Alabama. Cunningham, Thomas Davis, soldier, business man, banker, was born Aug. 17, 1839, in Blairsville, Pa. He received a thorough education; and in 1864 graduated from Jefferson college of Pennsylvania. In 1861 he enlisted in the army as a member of Company B, fifty-sixth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers. He was promoted to sergeant, second lieutenant and first lieutenant; and participated in all the engagements of the army of the Potomac from the second battle of Bull Run to the battle of Gettysburg. He led his company in the battle of Gettysburg; and was severely wounded. He has been a successful coal operator and banker; and is president of the First national bank of Blairsville, Pa. Cupp, Walter Roberts, lawyer, public official, was born Nov. 20, 1879, in Carthage, Mo. He was educated at the college of Idaho at Caldwell. He is a lawyer by profession, with real estate interests. He was a delegate to state conventions of various organizations; was a delegate to the national live stock and to the national wool growers conventions; and was honored with the appointment as a special delegate to the national forest congress which met in 1905 in

Washington, D.C. He is now United States commissioner for the district of Idaho; referee in bankruptcy for the central division district of Idaho; and resides in Caldwell, Idaho.

Cuppy, Hazlitt Alva, journalist, author, Oct. 3, 1863, in Shelbura, Ind. In 1893-95 he was editor of the Altmistio Re-

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