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stacy and Other Dramatic Disorders of the Nei-vous System; Hereditary Genius; Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis; and Legitimate Influence of Epilepsy on Criminal Responsibility. He died in 1902 in New York City.

one hundred and sixty acres. He has traveled the world over; and during the Spanish-American war was a gun corporal in the United States troops in Porto Rico.

Clym.er, Robert S., lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 33, 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa. He Is a noted lawyer of Woodbury; and president law judge of Gloucester county, N.J.

was born Nov.

Coakley, Cornelius Godfrey, physician, auwas born Aug. 14, 1S63, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1887 he began the practice of medicine; and has made a specialty of diseases of the nose and throat. He is now a professor of laryngology in the university and in the Bellevue hospital medical college. He is the author of Diseases of the Nose and Throat; and other medical Monographs. Coale, Isaac, author, philanthropist, was born June 2, 1861, in Baltimore, Md. He is an insurance agent of Baltimore, Md. He is the author of the Sambo Books. Coan, Sherwood, singer, was born about 1830 in New Haven, Conn. He sang with Clara Louise Kellogg, Parepa-Rosa, Zelda Harrison, William Castle and other wellknown singers; and went with the Rosas to England, where he attracted much attenthor,

He died Nov. 35, 1874, in Chicago, 111. Coan, Titus, missionary, author, was born Feb. 1, 1801, in Killingworth, Conn. He was a missionary of note in the Hawaiian Islands. He was the author of Life in Hawaii; and Adventures in Patagonia. He died Dec. 1, 1882, in Hawaii. Coan, Titus Munson, physician, surgeon, author, was born Sept. 27, 1836, in Hilo, Hawaii. He served for two years in the West gulf squadron as assistant surgeon under Admiral Farragut. He is a graduate of Williams college and of the New York college of physicians and surgeons. He is tion.

director of the New York bureau of revision. He is the author of Ounces of Prevention; and Topics of the Times. Coann, Ezra Titus, banker, was born on March 25, 1829, in Byron, N.Y. During the war he was a commander under appointment of Governor Morgan. He was director and vice-president of the Niagara Falls international bridge company; a merchant in 1850-68; and then traveled extensively in foreign countries. In 1870 he established Coann's bank of Albion, N.Y., which merged into the Citizens' national bank in 1895, of which he is president.

Coates, Benjamin Franklin, soldier, was in Ohio. In 1862 he was liteutenantcolonel in the ninety-first regiment Ohio volunteeer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died May 6, 1899. Coates, Crawford, architect, ranch owner, was born May 24, 1866, in South Africa. He practiced architecture in Philadelphia, Pa.; and in 1906 moved to Coates, Latah county, Ida;ho, where he has a timber ranch of

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Edward Horner,

founder, of the founders of the Contemporary club of Philadelphia, Pa. He is president of the Gilbert Stuart memorial association; and since 1890 has been president of the Pennsylvania Coates,

academy

12, 1846.

artist,

He was one

of fine arts.

Coates, Edwin Morton, soldier, was born Jan. 29, 1836, in New York City. In 1861 he was first lieutenant in the eleventh New York infantry; and in 1865 attained the rank of captain. In 1898 he was promoted to colonel. In 1900 he was retired as brigadier-general United States army. Coates, Mrs. Florence Earle, poet, was born in 1850 in Philadelphia, Pa. She has gained a national reputation as a genuine poet; and as a musician she possesses an insight and power of interpretation of the great masters. She is the wife of Mr. Edward Horner Coates, president of the Penn-

sylvania academy of fine arts; and is president of the Browning society of Philadelphia, Pa. Coates, George Morrison, physician, pathwas born March 24, 1874, in Philadelphia, Pa. He attended the Haverford grammar school and received the degrees of A.B. and M.D. from the university of Pennsylvania. He served during the SpanishAmerican war as assistant surgeon in the ologist,



United States navy; and took part in numerous bombardments. Until 1901 he was resident physician in the

Pennsylvania hospital and since the has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1903 he became major and surgeon in the Pennsylvania national guard. He is also associate professor of diseases of the throat and nose in the Philadelphia polyclinic and college for graduates in medicine. Coates, Henry Troth, journalist, author, was born Sept. 29, 1843. He has been a publisher since 1868. He has edited Compre-

hensive Speaker; Fireside Encyclopsedia of Poetry; and Children's Book of Poetry. He is the author of Short Stories of the American Trotting and Pacing Horse. Coates,

James Henry,

soldier,

was born

Pennsylvania. In 1861 he became captain in the eleventh regiment Illinois volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted in

brigadier-general of volunteers.

Coates, Kersey, pioneer, was born Sept. 1823, in Salisbury, Pa. He located in

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