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removed to Iowa in 1849 and crossed the plains to California and thence to Oregon in 1850. He settled in what was subsequently Corvallis, Ore., and served in the territorial legislature, 1851-53. He was married in 1853 to Mary, daugh- ter of W. L. Cardwell of Corvallis, Ore. He engaged in steamboating, 1854-55; was post- master at Corvallis in 1858, and was clerk of the U.S. district court at Portland, Ore., 1859-60. In

1861 he removed to Washington Territory and engaged in trade, residing at Walla Walla. In

1862 he was in the storage and commission busi- ness at Lewiston, retui-ning to his home in Walla Walla in the following year. In 1863 he was elected as a Union Democrat, a delegate from Washington Territory to the 38th congress. In November, 1866, he was appointed and commis- sioned governor of the territory and served till March 4, 1867, when he retired. He returned to Oregon and engaged in constructing the Ore- gon and California railroad. He was appointed postmaster of Portland, Ore., by President Grant in 1873, was reappointed by President Hayes in 1877 and declined reappointment from President Garfield in 1881. He was engaged in constnucting the Northern Pacific railroad, 1881-82, and in 1883 purchased a section of railroad land near Chenej', Spokane county, Wash., where he made his home.

COLE, George Watson, librarian, was born in Warren, Conn., Sept. 6, 1850; son of Munson and Antoinette Fidelia (Taylor), grandson of Heze- kiah and Jerusha (Beers), great-grandson of Jonathan and Lois (Squires) and great ^ grandson

of John Cole, sup- posed to have emi- grated from Scotland and settled in New Milford, Conn., prior to 1745. He received his early education at Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., stud- ied law and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1876. He gave up the practice of law in 1885 to enter library work. He was gradviated at the library school of Columbia college in 1888; was cataloguer of the jjublic library, Fitchburg, Mass., 1885-86; librarian of the Pratt institute free library, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1886-87; assistant in the Newberry library, Chicago, 111., 1888-90; and librarian of the Free public library, Jersey City, N.J., 1891-95, when he resigned to devote himself to bibliographical work. He served as a member of the committee on library

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schools, of the American library association, 1892-93; as treasurer of the association, 1893-95; as vice-president and president of the New Jersey state library a.ssociation, 1891-95; secretary of the New York (city) library club, 1892-93; and as president of the last named, 1893-94. He was elected a life member of the American library association, a member of the Bibliographical so- ciety of London, England, and an associate mem- ber of the Institut international de bibliographie, Brussels.

COLE, Joseph Foxcroft, painter, was born at Jay, Maine, Nov. 9, 1837. In his seventh year he was taken by his parents to Boston and was educated in the schools of that city. After leaving school he entered a lithographing estab- lishment where he remained until 1860, starting in that year for Paris. There he studied art for three years in the government schools, and after a year in Italy he returned to Boston, opened a studio and won success as a landscape painter. On June 1, 1865, he was married to Irma De Pelgrom, a native of Neville, Belgium, and the same year returned to Paris and became a pupil of Charles Emile Jacque. He exhibited in Paris in the salon of 1866, and again in 1867, and also in the International exposition of that year. He returned to Boston and in 1872 revis- ited France, remaining there five j-ears and exhibiting at the Salons of 1873, 1874 and 1875. He also exhibited frequently at the Royal academy in London. He was elected a member of the Society of American artists in 1880. His principal works include Willow Brook ; The Weak- est goes to the Wall ; A Pastoral Scene in Normandy (1875) ; A Norman Farm (1877) ; Cov-s Buminatiny ; Coast Scene in Normandy, and manj- paintings of New England scenery. He died in Boston, Mass., May 2, 1892.

COLE, Orsamus, jurist, was born in Caze- novia, N.Y., Aug. 23, 1819; son of Hymeneus and Sarah (Salisbury) Cole, and grandson of Aaron and Phebe (Pierce) Cole. He was gradu- ated from Union college in 1843. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1845, and removed to Potosi, Wis., in 1845. He was a member of the convention which met at Madison in 1847 to frame the state constitution, and represented his district in the 31st U.S. congress, 1849-51. From June 1, 1855, to Nov. 11, 1880, he was associate justice of the Wisconsin supreme court, succeeding to the chief justiceship on the latter date and holding the office until January, 1892, when he was suc- ceeded by William P. Lyon. He was professor of law in the University of Wisconsin, 1868-78, and received from that institution the degree of LL.D. in 1869.

COLE, Thomas, painter, was born at Bolton- le-Moor, Lancashire, England, Feb. 1, 1801 ; sou