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of New York City. He is the author of Municipal Government. Colerick, Walpole G., lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 1, 1845, in Fort Wayne, Ind. He has attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of Indiana. In 1879-83 he

was

a

representative

to the forty-sixth

and

the forty-seventh congresses. In 1883 he became one of the supreme court commissioners of the state of Indiana, and served until the expiration of the commission by the limitation of the law ci'eating the court. Coles, Abraham, physician, author, was born Dec. 26, 1813, in Scotch Plains, N.J. He was the author of Old Gems in New Settings; The Sticrocosm, a psychological poem; The Evangel in ^'erse The Light of the World; The Psalms in Verse, with notes; and other works. He died May 3, 1891, in

Monterey,

Cal.

Edward, diplomat, governor, was born Dec. 15, 1786, in Albemarle county, Va. He was private secretary to President Madison, who sent him on a mission to Russia in 1817. On his return in 1818 he removed to Illinois, taking with him his slaves whom he had liberated. He was the second goverColes,

nor of Illinois in 1823-26. He died July 7, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa. Coles, George, clergyman, author, was. born in 1792 in England. He was the author of The Antidote, or Revelation Defended; Concordance of the Scriptures; and Heroines of

Methodism. Coles, Isaac, congressman, was born in Virginia, In 1789-91 and 1793-97 he was a representative from Virginia to the first, third and fourth congress. Died in Virginia. Coles, Jonathan Ackerman, physician, philanthropist, was born May 6, 1843, in Newark, N.J. In 1891 he was elected president of the Union medical society of Newark, N.J. He gave a magnificent colossal bronze bust of his father. Dr. Abraham Coles to Washington Park, Newark, N.J. Coles, Walter, congressman, was born in 1789, in Pittsylvania county, Va. In 183545 he was a representative from Virginia to the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twentysixth,

twenty-seventh,

and twenty-eighth

congresses. He died Nov. 9, 1857, in Robersons Store, Va. Colesworthy, Daniel Clement, bookseller, author, poet, was born July 14, 1810, in Portland, Maine. He was a noted booksellerof Boston. Some of his poems for children, like Don't Kill the Birds, and Little Words of Kindness, have been extremely popular. He was the author of Sunday School Hymns Advice to an Apprentice; Opening Buds; Chronicles of Casco Bay; Group of Children, and Other Poems; School is Out; The

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Day in the Woods. He died April 1893, in Chelsea, Mass. Coley, William Bradley, physician, surgeon, author, was born Jan. 12, 1862, in Westport, Conn. Since 1888 he has practiced his profession in New York City. He is the author of Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine. Colfax, Schuyler, vice-president of the United States, was born March 23, 1823, in Year; and 1,

New

l''ork City.

In 1850 he was a

member

of the state constitutional convention; and in 1848 and 1852 a delegate to the whig

national conventions In 1855.-69 he was a representative from Indiana to the thirtyfourth to the fortieth congresses; and also in 1853-69 he Was the speaker of the house to the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fourtieth congresses. In 1869-73 .he was vicepresident of the United States with Gen. Grant for president. He died Jan. 13, 1885,

Mankato, Minn. James Boorman, banker, philanthropist, was born March 4, 1818, in New York City. He is a son of William Colgate, who came to America in 1798, settled in Harford county, Md. and in 1804 removed to New York, where he established the now widely known industry of manufacturing Colgate's soaps. James B. Colgate was for many years a banker and dealer in securities and bullion. He has given large sums to Colgate university; and built and liberally endowed Colgate academy. He died in 1904 in

Colgate,



in Yonkers, N.Y.

Colgate, Robert, manufacturer,

was born

in 1812. While long connected wtih his father's firm, his greatest achievement was the

manufacture of white lead by corrosion for use in paints. About 1845 he organized the firm of Robert Colgate and company, and built works in the city of Brooklyn under the name of the Atlantic white lead and linseed oil company. He died July 4, 1885. Colgate, Samuel, manufacturer, philanthropist, was born March 22, 1822, in New City. He was a son of the late William

York

Colgate. In conjunction with his brother, James B. Colgate, he erected the Colgate academy building, in Hamilton, N.Y., at an expense of sixty thousand dollars. He was president of the New York baptist education society; and of the Society for the suppression of vice. He died April 23, 1897, in

Hamilton, N.Y. Colgate, William, manufacturer, was born Jan. 25, 1783, in England. He emigrated to Maryland in 1795; and in 1804 became apprentice to a soap boiler of New York City, whose business he subsequently followed with success. He died March 25, 1857, in

New York

City.