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Catskill, X.Y., and in 1848 he opened a studio in New York city. In 1849 be was elected a mem- ber of the National academy of design, New York. He made sketching tours through South America in 1853 and 1857; on the coast of Labra- dor in 1862; and in Jamaica, West Indies, in 1866. He first visited Europe in 1868, going later to Palestine. His " Niagara,'" painted from the Canadian side, attracted attention and was exhib- ited throughout the United States and Europe. It was afterward purchased by John Taylor Johnston and added to his collection, and at the sale of his gallery in New York city in 1878 it was purchased for the Corcoran art gallery, Washington, D.C., at a cost of §12,500. Among his more important paintings are Andes of Ecua- dor (1855'!; Great Falls of Xiagara (1857) ; Heart of the Andes (1859) ; Icebergs (1881) ; Cotopaxi (1862); Chimborazo (1864); Hainy Season in the Tropics (1867) ; A South American Landscape (1869); Damascus (1869); The Parthenon (1871); The Afterglow (1874); Evening on the Sea (1878); Morning in the Tropics (1878); T7ie Jloyiastery (1878). He died in New York city, April 7, 1900. CHURCH, Frederick Stuart, painter, was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 1, 1842; son of Thomas B. and Mary Elizabetii (Stuart) Church, and a descendant from the Churches of Little Compton, R.I., and from the Stuarts of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. He was educated at the public schools, and in 1855 entered the employ of the American express company at Chicago, 111., re- maining there until the breaking out of the civil war, when he volunteered in the Union army and ser^-ed as a private for more than three years. In 1868 he became a draughtsman of machinery for a wood engraver, and it is said was consid- ered by bis employer the poorest draughtsman in the establisliment. He then entered the Acad- emy of design in Chicago and later studied in the National academy of design and the Art students" league, New York, supporting him- self by making comic sketches for Harj^er's pub- lications. In 1873 be received a contract from the Elgin watch company to illustrate an almanac, the work occupying him several years. In 1875 he produced his first serious drawing in black and white, entitled "Up in the Crow's Nest." In 1885 he was elected a National aca- derhician and in 1890 a member of the Society of American artists. He devoted himself chiefly to genre and animal painting, and became well known as an illustrator. His principal paint- ings include Back from the Beach (1879) ; 2Iuskrat's Nest (1880) ; Foggy Day (1881), A Willing Captive (1883); The Mermaid (1883); Setaliation (1884); Peacocks in the Snore (1885) ; The Sorceress ^^886) ; Pegasus Captured (1886) ; The Viking's Daughter (1887) ; Una and the Lion (1894) ;

Saint Cecilia (1897); The Madonna and the Sk." Grills (1898). In 1897 he exhibited The Chafing Dish at the National academy.

CHURCH, Irving Porter, educator, was born at Ansonia, Conn., July 22, 1851; son of Dr. Samuel P. Church, grandson of Judge Samuel Church, and a nephew of Prof. Albert E. Church of West Point. He acquired his preparatory education in the schools of Newburgh and Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and was graduated a B.C.E. at Cornell imiversity in 1873, receiving the degree of C.E. in 1878. From 1874 to 1876 he was assistant master at the Ury House school, Phila- delphia. Pa., and in 1876 returned to Cornelias assistant professor of civil engineering. He was made associate professor in 1891, and in 1892 was advanced to the chair of applied mechanics. He is the author of Statics and Dynamics for Engi- neering Students (1886) ; Mechanics of Materials (1887) ; Xotes and Examples in Mechanics (1892).

CHURCH, John Adams, engineer, was born at Rochester. N.Y.. April 5. 1843; son of the Rev. Pharcellus and Chara Emily (Conant) Church. He was graduated at the Columbia college school of mines in 1867, and served there as professor of mineralogy and metallurgy, pro tempore, in 1872. He was also professor in the State universities of Michigan and Ohio, spent 1868 and 1870 in profes- sional study and travel in Europe, and edited the Engineering and Mining Journal, New York, 1872- 74. In 1878 he was attached to the U.S. geo- graphical and geological survey west of the lOUtli meridian, examined the Comstock silver lode in Nevada, and published a volume descriptive of it in 1880. He became superintendent of tiie Tombstone mill and mining company in Arizona in 1881 ; was appointed a commissioner to deter- mine the possibility of procuring water by arte- sian wells in Arizona Territory, publishing his report in 1883, and was appointed mining engi- neer to Li Hung Chang, Viceroy of China, in 1887. He received the degree of Ph.D. from the Columbia college school of mines in 1879. He published The Mining Schools of the United States (1871) ; Xotes on a Metallurgical Journey in Europe (1873); The Comstock Lode (1880).

CHURCH, Louis Kossuth, governor of Dakota Territory, was born in Brooklyn. N.Y.. Dec. 11, 1846 ; son of Rodney F. Church ; grandson of Capt. Samuel Church of the Continental army : and great-grandson of Timothy Churcli, a colonel in the Continental army. He was educated in the public schools of BrookljTi and at the Hudson river institute, Claverack, N.Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1868, and engaged in tlie practice of liis profession in Brooklyn. N.Y. He was a mem- ber of the New York assemblv in 1883, 1884 and