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CHUBB, Thomas, mariner, was born in Charlestown, Mass., June 13, 1809. He left home in 1818 and engaged for service on board a U.S. frigate. He was employed in the navy until 1823. Some years afterward he entered into trade for liimself, acquiring considerable wealth. In 1836 he sailed to Galveston with a schooner fully armed and equipped, and was appointed admiral of the navy of the Texas republic. He remained in Galveston until 1801 when lie joined the Con- federate navy, having command of the Royal Yacht. He was captured, imprisoned and con- demned to death. President Davis's threat to avenge his death by the execution of ten men prevented the United States from carrying out the sentence. In 1882 he was made harbor- master of Galveston, holding the office until his death, at Post Mills Village, Vt., Aug. 26, 1890.

CHURCH, Albert Ensign, educator, was born at Salisbury, Conn., in 180r; son of Samuel Church, jurist, and grandson of Nathaniel and Lois (Ensign) Church. He was graduated from the U.S. military academy, West Point, July 1, 1828, and from 1828 to 1831 and in 1833 was as- sistant professor of mathematics, from 1837 until his death. He published several valuable text- books in mathematics. He died at West Point, N.Y., March 30. 1878.

CHURCH, Alonzo, educator, was born in West Brattleboro. Vt., April 9, 1793; son of Lieut. Reuben and Elizabeth (Whipple) Church. He was graduated at Middlebury college in 1816 and took charge of a classical school at Eatonton, Ga., and where in 1818 he married Sarah Trippe. He was professor of mathematics in Franklin college, Athens, Ga., 1819-29; ordained a minister of the Presbyterian church. April 28, 1824, and preached witiiout pay for thirty-five years; president of Franklin college, (afterward the University of Georgia) in 1829 when he retired to a farm near Athens. Under his administration New College was erected in 1831, Ivy Building and a chapel in 1832, and Phi Kappa Hall in 1834, Middlebury college conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1830. He died at Athens, Ga., May 18, 1862.

CHURCH, Alonzo Webster, librarian, was born in Athens, Ga., Feb. 16. 1829; son of Presi- dent Alonzo and Sarah (Trippe) Church; grand- son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Wliipple) Church; and great-grandson of Col. Timothy Church. The family originally settled in Groton, Conn., removed to Hadley, Mass., to West Brattleboro, Vt., and thence to Athens. Ga. Alonzo W. was graduated at Franklin college (University of Georgia) in 1847, and received his master's degree in 1850. He attended the law school at Augusta, Ga., and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He was teacher of mathematics in Richmond acad- emy. Augusta, 1852-53; practised law in Georgia

and subsequenth^ in Davenport. Iowa, 1860-62 5 was general solicitor of the Chicago and Alton railroad company until disabled by paralysis, when he removed to Washington, D.C., in 1873, as librarian of the U.S. senate, which position he still held in 1899.

CHURCH, Benjamin Silliman, engineer, was born at Belvidere, Allegany count}', N.Y., April 17, 1836; son of John B. and Marie Trumbull (Silliman) Church, and great-grandson of John B. Church, a member of parliament in England, who came over with Lafayette, served witii the French army, was commissary general in the Revolutionary war, and was married to Angelica, daughter of Gen. Philip Schuyler, and sister of Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. The mother of Benjamin Silliman Ciiurch was the daughter of Prof. Benjamin Silliman of Yale, and grand- daugliter of Jonathan Trumbull (" Brother Jona- than"). Benjamin S. Ciiurch was graduated at the Ciiandler school of science and the arts, Dartmouth college, in 1856, and entered upon the profession of civil engineering. He was emploj'ed for a time on the New Haven railroad, then in making the original topograjihical survey of Central park, and later was appointed topograph- ical engineer of the hydrographic survey of the Croton river and basin. He was afterward placed in charge of the Croton aqueduct as resident en- gineer. Tills position he held continuously until 1883 when he was appointed chief engineer de- signing and constructing the new aqueduct of New York city. Excepting for a short period during the civil war, when in the army as captain in the 12th New York regiment, and as topographical engineer in the army of the Potomac, he was connected with the water supply of New York until 1889. He received the degree of M.S. from Dartmouth college in 1884.

CHURCH, Francis Pharcellus, journalist, was born in Rochester, N.Y. Feb. 22, 1839; son of the Rev. Pharcellus and Chara Emily (Conant) Church. He was graduated an honor man at Columbia college in 1859. During the civil war he was a correspondent for the New York Times. He also wrote editorially for that paper, studied law, and in 1863 became associated witii his brother, William Conant Cluirch, as editor and proprietor of the Army and Navy Journal; and was editor of the (?a/a.t7y magazine from 1866 to 1876, and in 1876 became one of the principal edi- torial writers on the New York Sun. He was elected a member of the society of the sons of the Revolution in 1895 and of the Century asso- ciation in 1868.

CHURCH, Frederick Ewin, printer, was born at Hartford, Conn., May 4, 1826. His early instruction was obtained from Thomas Cole at