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CILLEY, Bradbury, representative, was born in Nottingham, N.H., Feb. 1, 1760; son of Gen. Joseph and Sarah (Longfellow), grandson of Capt. Joseph and Alice (Rasvlins), and great- grandson of Thomas and Ann (Stanyan) Cillej, who settled in Hampton, X.H., about 1694. He attended the public schools, and as a young man took a prominent part in tlie government of his native town. In 1790 he was elected a represen- tative in the state legislature and served as a representative in the 13th and 14th congresses, 1813-17. He was on the staff of Governor Gilman in 1814, and in 1817 was appointed by President Monroe U.S. marshal. He was married on Nov. 19, 1782, to Martha, daughter of Gen. Enoch Poor of Exeter, N.H. He died at the Cilley homestead, Nottingham, N.H., Dec. 17. 1881.

CILLEY, Bradbury Longfellow, educator, was born in Nottingham, N.H., Sept. 6, 1838; son of Joseph Longfellow and Lavinia Bayley (Kelly) Cillej' ; and grandson of Jacob and Harriet (Poor) Cilley. He was prepared for college at Phillips Exeter academy, Avas graduated from Harvard in 1858, and was tutor in Albany academy, 1858- 59. In the latter year he was made assistant master and professor of ancient languages at Phillips Exeter academj-. He was elected a member of the New Hampshire historical society, corresponding member of the NeAv York histori- cal society, member of the Webster historical society and of the American philological associa- tion. He died at Exeter, N.H., March 31. 1899.

CILLEY, Qreenleaf, naval officer, was born in Thomaston, Maine, Oct. 27, 1829; son of Jonathan and Deborah (Prince) Cilley. He was appointed a midihijjman on the frigate Cumberland in 1841, and in August, 1847, was promoted passed mid- shipman, .serving at the U.S. naval academy in 1848, and on the ships Earitan, Lexington, Jeffer- son, Belief and Legare, from 1849 to 1855. He was on the coast survey in 1851-52, in Pacific squadron 1852-55, and in September of the latter year was commissioned lieutenant, serving on the Saratoga 1856-58. In July, 1862, he was appointed Lieu- tenant-commander and was in command of the UnadtUa, and the monitor Catskill, thence to the Xew Hampshire and to the Colorado, until 1865. He was retired March 18, 1865, and commissioned commander March 12, 1867. He took ujj his resi- dence in South America and married Malvina. a daughter of Gov. Louis and Maria (Saez) Vernet. He <lied at Buenos Aj-res. S.A., March, 1899.

CILLEY, Jonathan, representative, was born in Nottingliam, N.H., July 2, 1802; son of Green- leaf and Jennie (Nealley) Cilley; and a grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Longfellow) Cilley. He was graduated from Bowdoin m 1825, and was admitted to the bar in 1829. He was married April 2, 1829, to Deborah, daughter" of Hezekiah

and Isabella (Coombs) Prince. He was editor of the Thomaston Begister, 1829-31, and was elected to the state legislature in 1832, serving in the same year as presidential elector. He was re- turned as a state representative each year until 1837, and served as speaker in 183.5-36. The latter year he was elected, as a Van Buren Demo- crat, a representative in the 25th congress. In 1838 an attack on the moral character of a congres.sman was made in the columns of the New York Courier and Enqtdrer, edited by Gen. James Watson Webb. A speech, condemning the article, made in the house by Mr. Cilley, was resented by General Webb, who, through Repre- sentative William J. Graves of Kentucky, challenged ^Ir. Cilley to a duel. The latter refused to accept the challenge, claiming that no censure had been cast on General Webb's personal cliaracter. Thereupon Mr. Graves challenged Mr. Cilley through Henry A. Wise of Virginia. The challenge was accepted through Representa- tive Jones of Iowa, Mr. Cilley choosing rifles for weapons. They met two miles fi-om the national capitol, and in the third round Mr. Cilley was mortally wounded, dying on the field at Bladens- burg, Md., FeV). 24, 1S38.

CILLEY, Jonathan Longfellow, physician, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1838; son of Jonathan and Sarah (Lee) Cilley. He was grad- uated at Harvard in 1858 and studied medicine with Dr. W. H. Mussey, in Cincinnati. In 1864 he served in the 7th Ohio militia, and afterward on the Mississippi river gunboats. He took his medical degree from the Miami medical college of Cincinnati in 1866, and was appointed physi- cian in the Commercial hospital of that city. He became demonstrator of anatomy in the Miami medical college in 1871, and i)rofessor of physi- ology and histology in the Ohio college of dental surgery in 1873. Professor Dwight in " Frozen Sketclies," gives him the credit of being the first in English writings to describe correctly what medical men understand as the main fissure of the lungs. He severed his connection with the Miami medical college in 1878, and became dem- onstrator of anatom}- in the Medical college of Ohio, where he was made adjunct professor of anatomy in March, 1887. He was lecturer in osteology from 1882, and in 1887 he was appointed