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 CILLEY

CIST.

lecturer on artistic anatomy in the Cincinnati museum association art academy. He was mar- ried April 2Q, 1869, to Mary P. Hubbard of Sunnj-- side, Ky.

CILLEY, Jonathan Prince, soldier, was born at Thomaston. Me., Dec. ~9, 1835; son of Jonathan and Deborah (Prince) Cilley. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1858, and was admitted to the bar in 1860. "When the war broke out he enlisted a battery for light artillery, but as there was no call for such a battery, he enlisted a company for the 1st Maine cayalry and was commissioned captain. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Middleton, Va., May 24, 1862, during the retreat of General Banks. Later in the same year he was promoted to major, and as he was still suffering from his wounds, was assigned to duty as judge-adyocate and examining officer at Washington, D.C. In 1863 he returned to his regiment in the field and in the following year was made lieutenant - colonel, commanding his regiment until mustered out in 1865, receiying breyet of brigadier-general June 12, 1865, for distinguished seryices at Fiye Forks, Farmyille, and Appomattox Covu't-House. He had the distinction of being the first man enlisted, the first wounded and nearh' the last mustered out in his regiment, which had upon its battle flags the names of three more battles than were on the flag of any other regiment in the army of the Potomac. After the war he returned to Maine where he was married to Caroline Abigail, daughter of Warren and Sophia (Thurber) Lazell of Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 10, 1866, and resmned practice at Rockland. He was a member of the state legislature in 1867 ; dejiuty collector of customs, 1867-71 ; adjutant-general of Maine, 1875-77; and commissioner of the U.S. cir- cuit court. His published works include orations and addresses, and a genealogy of the Cilley Family (1893). He was elected a member of the Maine historical society and a corresponding member of the Xew Hampshire historical society.

CILLEY, Joseph, soldier, was born in Notting- ham, X.H., in 1735; son of Capt. Joseph and Alice (Rawlins) Cilley. When a j'oung man he practised law in his natiye place. On Noy. 4, 1756, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Jona- than and Marj' (Clark) Longfellow. In 1758 he enlisted as a priyate in Major Rogers's battalion of rangers, marched to the northern frontiers in Canada, and was then aj^pointed a sergeant. He continued in the seryice for more than a year. In Dec3mber, 1774, lie aided in stripping the fort at Portsmouth of its equipments. The following year lie enlisted a company and marched to Boston, receiying a major's commission in May, 1775. He was promoted colonel in the 1st New

Hampshire regiment in Api-il. 1777, and served in this capacity at Ticonderoga, Bemis Heights, Monmouth, and with ".Mad'* Anthony Wayne at Stony Point in July, 1779. He was also engaged with SuUiyan in his operations against Brant and Johnson in the same year. On March 27, 1779, the New Hampshire house of representa- tiyes presented him with an elegant pair of pistols, " as a token of the intention of the state to reward merit in a braye officer." He was appointed major-general of the state militia, and was treasurer, yice-president and president of the Society of the Cincinnati in New Hampshire. He also seryed as state representatiye, senator, councillor, and in 1791 was appointed a member of the state constitutional conyention. He died at Nottingham, N.H., Aug. 25, 1799.

CILLEY, Joseph, senator, was born in Notting- ham, N. H.. Jan. 4, 1791; son of Greenleaf and Jennie (Nealley) Cilley; and grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Longfellow) Cilley. He was educated at Atkin.son academy; was com- missioned ensign in the 18th New Hampshire regiment Oct. 17, 1811; in the 11th U.S. infantry March 12, 1812 ; was promoted lieutenant in the 21st infantry March 7, 1814; was engaged in the battle of Chippewa July 4, 1814; and at Lundy's Lane July 25, 1814, where his gallant action won him the breyet rank of captain. He resigned July 30, 1816, and returned to his home, wliere he was made quartermaster-general of the state in 1817; diyision inspector in 1821; and an aide on the staff of Goy. Benjamin Pierce in 1827. He was married to Elizabeth Williams of Not- tingham, N.H., Dec. 15, 1824. He was elected L^.S. senator as a Democrat to flU the unexpired term of Leyi Woodbury, resigned, taking his seat June 22, 1846, and serying until March 3, 1847, when he retired from public life. He died at Nottingham, N.H., Sept. 16, 1887.

CIST, Charles, publisher, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 15, 1738; son of Jacob and Anna Maria (Thomassen) Cist. He was grad- uated at Halle as doctor of medicine and im- migrated to the United States in 1773, settling in Philadelphia, Pa., where he formed a copart- nership with Melchior Steiner, and set up a pub- lishing and printing business. Among other documents issued by this firm during the Reyolu- tionary war was Paine's "American Crisis." During the war he was enrolled as a member of the 3d battalion of Pennsylyania militia. He began the publication of the American Herald in 1784 and of the Columbian magazine in 1787. He was appointed April 11, 1778, by resolution of congress sitting at Yorktown. one of the com- missioners to sign the continental currency, some of which he was afterward obliged to redeem. He was the discoyerer of anthracite coal and