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and he was the first secretary ment of agriculture in 1889.

of the depart-

Colman, Samuel, painter, artist, was born 4, 1832 in Portland, Maine. He began early to sketch from naturfe in and around New York, where his father was a publisher; and became a pupil of Asher B. Durand. In 1862 he became a member of the national

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academy

of design. He was the first president of the American water color society. His pictures include Bay of Gibraltar; Misty Afternoon in Venice; Ruins of Mosque in Algeria; and Tower of Giralda. Colquitt, Alfred Holt, soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, governor, was born April 20, 1824, in Walton county, Ga. In 1853-55 he was a representative from Georgia to the thirty-third congress; and was a presidential elector in 1860. He entered the confederate army as colonel; and became major-general. He was the twentyninth governor of Georgia in 1877-82. In 1883-94 he was a United States senator. He

died March 26, 1894, in Washington, D.C. Colquitt, Walter T., soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 27, 1799, in Halifax county, Va. He served as a brigadier-general of militia in 1820. In 1826 he was appointed a district judge, and held the first court ever held in Columbus. He was appointed to the same office in 1829; and was a member of the state senate in 1834-37. In 1839-43 he was a representative from Georgia to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh congresses; and in 1843-49 he was United Seates senator. He died May 7, 1855, in Macon, Ga. Colson, David Grant, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 1, 1861, at Middlesboro, Ky. In 1887-88 he was a member of the Kentucky house of representatives; and was the republican nominee for state treasurer in 1889. He was elected mayor of Middlesboro in 1893-96. In 1895-99 he was a representative to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican. During the SpanishAmerican war he was colonel of fourth regiment Kentucky volunteer infantry. He was wounded by Lieut Scott of his own regiment, whom he killed subsequently, and was exonerated. He served in the SpanishAmerican was as a colonel. He died in 1904 in Middlesboro, Ky.

Colson, Harold Eoy, astronomer, scientist, 21, 1876, in Batchellerville, N.y. Since 1895 he has been assistant in Harvard college the observatory. He is a member of the Astronomical and astrophysical society; and an associate of the Ornithological union. He has made valuable researches in astronomical photography. Colston, Edward, jurist, congressman, was bom in 1788 in Berkeley county, Va. He served for a long time as magistrate of the county; and in the capacity of high sheriff. He was frequently a member of the state legislature; and in 1817-19 he was a representative from Virginia to the fifteenth congress. He died April 23, 1851.

was born Feb.

Colston, Raleigh Edward, soldier, was born Oct. 31, 1825, in Paris, France. He attained the rank of general. He died July 29, 1896, in Richmond, Va. Colt, James Denison, lawyer, jurist. In 1865-66 and 1868-81 he was an associate

supreme court of Massachudied in 1881 in Massachusetts.

justice of the setts.

He

Le Baron Bradford, lawyer, legislawas born June 25, 1846, in Dedham, Mass. He was a representative in the Colt,

tor, jurist,

Rhode Island in 1879-80. In 1881-83 he was United States district judge for the district of Rhode Island; and in 1884-1902 was United States circuit judge state legislature of

for the first judicial district of

Rhode

Island.

Samuel, inventor, was born July 19, 1814, in Hartford, Conn. While a sailor he had whittled out a wooden model of a pistol which should fire several shots before reloading; and in 1835 obtained a patent for this Colt,

weapon ,both

in

America and

in

England and

France. A new plant was created in 1833 upon a tract of two hundred and fifty acres in Hartford; and in 1855 the Colt patent fire arms company was organized to carry on the business. He died Jan. 10, 1862, in Hartford, Conn.

Coltman, Robert, physician, surgeon, author, was born Aug. 19, 1862, in Washington, D.C. In 1896-1900 he was professor of

surgery at the Imperial university at Pekin, China. He is the author of The Chinese, Medical, Political and Social; and The Yellow Crime. Colton, Arthur Willis, educator, author, was born on May 22, 1868, in Washington, Conn. He was prepared for college at the

Gunnery of Washington, Conn.; in 1890 he graduated from Yale college; inl890-93 held the Foote scholarship; and in 1893 received the degree of Ph.D. from Yale university. In 1893-95 he was instructor in English literature at Yale uni-

He is the author or Benny Ben Cree; The Delectable Mountams; The Debatable Land; Tlobi; The Belted Seas; and The Cruise of the Vioversity.

letta.

Colton, Calvin, clergyman, author, was born m 1789 in Longmeadow, Mass. In 1853 he became professor of political economy in Trinity college of Hartford, Conn. He was the author of Manual for Emigrants to America; History of American Revivals; Protestant Jesuitism; Public Economy for the United States, a plea for protection; Life of Henry Clay; and Junius Tracts. He died March 13, 1857, in Savannah, Ga. Colton, Charles Henry, clergyman, bishop was born Oct. 15, 1848, in New York. In 18761903 he was connected with St. Stephen*