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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Clearwater, Alphonso Trumpbour, lawyer, author, was born Sept. 11, 1848, in West Point, N.Y. In 1877-86 he was district attorney of Ulster county, N.Y.; and in 1889-93 was county judge of Ulster county, N.Y. Since 1898 he has been justice of the state supreme court of New York; and chief justice of the court of appeals. Cleary, Peter Joseph Augustine, army surgeon, was born Nov. 17, 1839, in Malta, N.Y. In 1862 he was appointed from New York assistant surgeon of the United States volunteer infantry; and in 1863 he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel. In 1867 he became assistant surgeon of the United States army; in 1883 became major surgeon; in 1897 became lieutenant -colonel and deputy surgeon-general; and in 1903 attained the jurist,

rank of brigadier-general. Cleaveland, J. F., merchant, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Georgia in 1836-39. He subsequently removed to Charleston, where he became a merchant. He died May 19, 1841, in Georgia. Cleaveland, John, clergyman, author, was born April 22, 1722, in Canterbury, Conn. He was a congregational minister of Ipswich, Mass. He was the author of Essay to Defend Christ's Sacrifice and Atonement against Aspersions Cast on the Same by Dr. Mayhew; Reply to Dr. Mayhew's Letter of Reproof; and Treatise on Infant Baptism. He died April 22, 1799, in Ipswich, Mass. Cleaveland, Moses, pioneer, was born Jan. 29, 1754, in Canterbury, Conn. He was commissioned captain of a company of sappers and miners in 1779, served for several years, and then resumed legal practice. He was times elected to the legislature; 1796 was commissioned brigadiergeneral of militia. He died Nov. 16, 1806, in Canterbury, Conn. several

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Cleaveland, Nehemiah, educator, author, in 1796 in Topsfield, Mass. He was the author of a History of Bowdoin College, with Biographical Sketches of Its Graduates, 1806-79, which was edited and completed by A. S. Packard. He died in 1877 in Massachusetts. Cleaveland, Parker, educator, scientist, author, was born on -Jan. 15, 1780, in Rowley, Mass. In 1799 he graduated from Bowdoin

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lectured extensively on sciences of chemistry and mineralogy. He was the author of a Work on Mineralogy; and contributed extensively to scientific journals. He gained the title of the father of American mineralogy. He died Oct. 15, 1858, in Brunswick, Maine.

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Henry Bradstreet, lawyer, legiswas born in 1840 in BridgMaine. He was educated in the common

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schools of Maine, and at Bridgton and Lewiston Falls academies.

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served under Grant and Sheridan in the war for the preservation of the union, and at its close was offered a commission in the regular army by secretary of war Stanton, which was de-

clined. He served as city solicitor of Portland, Jlaine, and represented that city in the state legislature two terms. He served five years as attorney-general of Maine. In

1895-97 he was the thirty-second governor of Maine.

Cleborne, Christopher James, naval officer, 16, 1838, in Scotland. In 1860 he graduated from the university of Pennsylvania. In 1861 he became assistant surgeon to the United States navy; served throughout the civil war; and in 1865 was judge advocate of the naval retiring board. In 1878 he was commissioned medical inspector; and in 1887 became medical director. In 1894-99 he was director of the naval hospital at Norfolk; was then retired with rank of rear admiral; and resides in Atlanta, Ga. Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne, was born on March 17, 1S28, in Ireland. He joined the confederate army as a private, planned the capture of the United States arsenal in Arkansas in 1861, was made captain, and soon afterward promoted to colonel. In 1862 he was made a brigadier-general; and at Shiloh commanded the second brigade of the third corps, and was commended for valor and ability. He was made a major-general in December, 1862. He was a favorite with the Irish brigade, and was called the Stonewall of the West. He instituted the Order of the Southern cross, and was among the first to advise the use of colored troops in the armies of the Confederacy. He died Nov. 30, 1864, in Franklin, Tenn. George, founder of Portland, Cleeve, Maine. In 1642 he was commissioned deputy governor of the province of Lygonia. In 1658, when the province came under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, he was appointed a commissioner for Falmouth, now Portland. He died in 1666.

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Clegg, John, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 11, 1852, in Ireland. He constructed the Louisiana western railroad. In 1874 began the practice of law in Lafayette, La. In 1881 he was appointed to the bench of the district court to fill a vacancy. In 187781 he was secretary of the Louisiana state senate. In 1884 he was judge of the court of appeals.