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ing, of Cliickering Hall, Hoxne, Suffolk, Eng- land, 1311. His paternal ancestors for live gen- erations -were clergymen. He attended the public schools of Portland, Me., was graduated at Bowdoin college in 1852; was occupied in teaching school and in editing until 1858, and was graduated at the Bangor theological sem- inary in 1860. He was pastor of the Congrega- tional church, Springfield, Vt., 1860-"63; .secretary of the Vermont Bible society, 1863-"65, and pastor at Exeter, N. H., 1865-'70, resigning this charge to accept the chair of natural science at Gallaudet college, Washington, D. C. He was elected a member of the American association for the advancement of science, and of the anthropologi- cal, biological, philosophical and geographical societies of Washington, and of the Appalachian mountain club.

CHICKERINQ, Jonas, manufacturer, was born in New Ipswich, N. H., April 5. 1797. He was educated in the schools of his native place, and learned the trade of cabinet - making. In 1818 he removed to Boston, and obtained employ- ment in a piano factory. In 1823 he established himself in business as a piano manufacturer, later becoming associated with John Mackay, a retired shipmaster, who undertook the importa- tion of fine woods for the making of piano cases. He made improvements in a cast-iron frame for pianos which he patented in 1840, and he exhib- ited at the London exhibition, 1851, a frame for grand pianos in one cast ing. The system of over- stringing was adopted by him in 1853. He made many improvements in pianos. He died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 8, 1853.

CHICKERINQ, Thomas Edward, manufac- turer, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 22, 1824; son of Jonas Chickering. He was educated in Boston, became a member of his father's firm in 1845 and senior partner in 1853. In 1862 he went to New Orleans in command of the 41st Massa- chusetts volunteers. April, 1863, he was made military governor of Opelousas, La., and was brevetted brigadier-general at the close of the war for his efficient services. He died in Bos- ton. Mass.. Feb. 14, 1871.

CHILCOTT, George Miles, lawyer, was born in Huntingdon county. Pa., Jan. 2, 1828. In 1844 liLs pai-ents settled in Jefferson county, iowa, where he studied medicine and taught school until 1850. In 1853 lie was elected sheriff, and in 1856 remoA'ed to Burt county. Neb., where he was elected to the territorial legislature on the Republican ticket. He removed to Colorado in 1859, was elected to its legislature in 1861- '62. and was also a member of the constitu- tional convention. He was admitted to the bar in 1863 and appointed register of the I'nited States land office for Colorado. In 1864 he was

elected as a delegate to Congress by a state oi- ganization, but his election was not recognized. In 1866 he was regularly elected a delegate to the 40th Congress. During 1872 he was a member and president of the territorial coun- cil, was re-elected a member of that body in 1874, and was elected to a seat in the state legislature in 1878. On April 11, 1882, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States senate, caused by the appointment of Senator Henry 31. Teller as .secretary of the interior, and served one 3^ear. He died in St. Louis, Mo., March 6, 1891.

CHILD, Calvin Qoddard, lawyer, was born in Norwich, Conn., April 6, 1834; son of Asa and Alice Hart (Goddard) Child, and grandson of Rensselaer Child. His maternal grandfather was Judge Calvin Goddard, and he was lineallj' descended from Dr. Joseph Bellamy, the noted Puritan divine. His preparatory education was obtained at the university grammar scliool in the city of New York, and he was graduated in 1855 at Yale college, which later conferred on him the degree of M.A. He was admitted to the bar and practised law at Norwich, Conn. In May, 1862, he was appointed secretary executive of Governor Buckingham, and in the August follow- ing aid-de-camp on his staff. In 1864 he removed to New York city, and entered into partnership with Thomas E. Stuart. Returning to Connecti- cut in 1867 he formed a partnership with Joshua B. Ferris at Stamford, Samuel Fessenden being admitted in 1870, and the firm dissolving in 1873. In 1870 he was appointed United States district attorney for Connecticut, and he held the office up to the time of his death. He was counsel for the New York and New Haven rail- road company, and had a large private practice. He died at Stamford. Conn., Sept. 28, 1880.

CHILD, David Lee, journalist, was born at West Boylston. Mass.. July 8, 1794; son of Zacha- riah and Lydia (Bigelow) Child. He was gradu- ated at Harvard in 1817, and for a short time held a sub-mastership in the Boston Latin school. In 1819 he was appointed bj^ President Monroe secretary of legation at Lisbon, Spain, under Min- ister John Forsyth, but he soon resigned, and participated in the insurrection headed by Riego and Quiroga, which resulted in the acceptance of the constitution by Ferdinand VII. from 1820 to 1823. In 1824 he returned to the United States, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He introduced the manufacture of beet sugar into the United States, specially visiting Belgium in 1836 to learn the process of its manufacture. He edited the Massachvaetts Journal about 1830, was also a member of the state legislature, and in both tliese capacities condemned the annexation (if Texas, which lie also denounced in a pam- plilet entitled yaboth's Vineyard. He was an