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the author of The Show at Washington; and Klondike and the Yukon Country. Coolidge, Mary Elizabeth Burroughs Roberts, educator, author, was born Oct. 28,

is

1860, in Kingsbury, Ind. In 1896-1903 she assistant and associate professor of sociology in the Sanford university. She is the author of History of Chinese Immigra-

was

tion.

Richard

Coolidge,

H.,

military

surgeon,

was born in 1816 in New York City. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States army from New York state in 1841. In 1860 he was promoted surgeon. He was made medical inspector of the northern department and of the department of Pennsylvania in 1865; and subsequently promoted to a brevet lieutenantcolonelcy for faithful and meritorious services during the civil war. He was medical director of the department of North Carolina at the time of his death. He died Jan. 23, 1866, in Raleigh, N.C.

Sidney,

Coolidge,

soldier,

scientist,

was

born about 1830 in Boston, Mass. In 1853 he was appointed assistant astronomer to

Commodore

Perry's Japan exploring expedi-

Being in Mexico in 1858, he took part in the civil war of that year. He took part in an Arizona land survey in 1860; and in 1861 became major in the sixteenth United

tion.

States infantry. He was superintendent of the regimental recruiting service in 1862, commanded regiments at different posts and camps, and was engaged at the battles of Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga, where he was killed. For his services in the latter fight he received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel. He died Sept. 19, 1863, near Chickamauga. Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, merchant, diplomat, was born Aug. 26, 1831, in Boston, Mass. He began business as an East India

merchant; later becoming interested in

New

He was

president and is now a director of the Chicago, Burlington In 1892 President and Quincy railway. Cleveland appointed him minister to France, where he remained for four years. In 1899 he was made a member of the commission to adjust disputes between the United States

England cotton

mills.

and Canada.

Thomas Jefferson, banker, finanwas born March 16, 1863, in Boston,

Coolidge, cier,

Mass. In 1890 he started the Old colony trust .company and was the first president. He is now chairman of the board of directors; and is director of several other corporations in Boston, Mass. Coolridge, Charles Allerton, designer, archwas born Nov. 30, 1858, in Boston,

itect,

Mass. In 1899 he was appointed American architect of the United States commission to the Paris exposition. He has designed many buildings throughout the United States. Among them are the Harvard medical school; the Boston chamber of commerce; the Art institute of Chicago; and the Leland Stanford university of California.

Coom, Charles Sleeman, manufacturer, inwas born Jan. 9, 1853, in England. In 1888-1905 was a hat manufacturer and an inventor in Baltimore, Md., and at Richmond, Va. He is the author of The Baronet Rag-Picker; Owl Tower; and ventor, author,

Syndonia.

Coombe, Thomas, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 21, 1748, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1772 he was assistant rector of Christ's church in Philadelphia, being transferred later to St. Peter's. He went to England; and in 1794 was made prebendary of Canterbury and chaplain-in-ordinary to the king. He was the author of a volume entitled Peasant of Auburn. He died Aug. 15, 1822, in London, England. Coombs, Annie Linmere, author poet, was born Nov. 7, 1844, in Frederick, Ohio. She received her education in the Pittsburg high schools and seminary. She has written five hundred poems for the leading magazines and newspapers; also dramas, librettos; Stories and Sketches; and is a successful translator from the French. Her poem. In Memoriam, was delivered at the memorial service of Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of the president of the United States. Coombs, Mrs. Annie Sheldon, novelist, author, was born in 1858 in New York. She was tlie author of As Common Mortals A Game of Chance and The Garden of Armida. She died in 1890 in New York City. Coombs, Charles Whitney, musician, composer, -was born Dec. 25, 1859, in Bucksport, Maine. In 1892 he took charge of the music in the church of the holy communion of New York City. He is the author of The Vision of St. John; Hymn of Peace; and



Song of Judith. Coombs, Frank L. lawyer, diplomat, congressman, was born Dec. 27, 1853, in Napa, Cal. In 1879-84 he was district attorney of Napa county, Cal. In 1887-91 he was a member of the California state legislature; and was speaker of assembly in 1891. In 1901-03 he was a representative from California to the fifty-seventh congress as a republican. Coombs, Leslie, soldier, lawyer, was born Nov. 28, 1793, in Boonesboro, Ky. In 1836 he raised, at his own expense, a regiment to aid Texas in her struggle for independence,

and was commissioned colonel. He was terms state' auditor; and was

for several

many times elected to the legislature. At the beginning of the Mexican war he aided largely in raising volunteers in Kentucky. He died Aug. 21, 1881, in Lexington, Ky. Coomhs, William, Jerome, merchant, congressman, was born Dec. 24, 1833, in Jordan, N.Y. He is one of the pioneers in the business of exporting American goods; and is president of the Manufacturers trust company of Brooklyn, N.Y. He was the unsuccessful independent and democratic candidate for congress in 1888; and in 1891-95 he was a representative from New York to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses