Congregational church in Ware, Mass. He removed to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1836, and a few months afterward became pastor of the 1st Con- gregational church in Lynn, Mass., where he re- mained until his death. The financial embarrass- ment of his congregation, occasioned by the build- ing of a new church, led him to undertake, in 1840, the editorship of the " New England Puri- tan," published in Boston, and he continued in journalism from the conviction that he could be useful in that work. The " Puritan " was subse- quently united with the " Recorder," of which Dr. Cooke became senior editor, retaining the place until his death. Dr. Cooke was strongly Calvin- istic in his views, constantly opposed the new- school or moderately Calvinistic Congregational- ists, and occasionally became involved in discus- sions with other denominations. As a preacher, he was doctrinal rather than hortatory. Williams college gave him the degree of D. D. in 1849. His publications include a sermon on "The Exclu- siveness of Unitarianism," the cause of his first controversy (1839) ; a " History of German Ana- baptism " ; "A Century of Puritanism and a Century of its Opposites " (Boston, 1857) ; and oc- casional sermons and addresses.
COOKE, Rose Terry, author, b. in West Hart-
ford, Conn., 17 Feb., 1827; d. in Pittsfield, Berk-
shire CO., Mass., 18 July, 1893. She was married
to R. H. Cooke, of Winsted, Conn., in 1873. She
published "Poems by Rose Terry" (Boston, 1860);
"Ilapjiy Dodd"(1879); "Somebody's Neighbors"
(ISSl); and "Root-Bound" and "The Sphinx's
Children " (1886). She wrote many short maga-
zine stories, some of them humorous, mainly de-
scribing New England life. " The Two Villages "
is her best-known poem.
COOKINS, James, artist, b. in Terre Haute,
Ind., about 1835. After studying two years in
Munich, he opened a studio in Cincinnati in 1861.
He studied again in Munich from 1865 till 1870,
and then settled in Chicago, 111. He has much
talent as a landscape-painter, and liis illustrations
of fairy tales show great power of invention.
COOKMAN, George Grimston, clergyman, b.
in Hull, England, 21 Oct., 1800 ; lost at sea in
March, 1841. He came to the United States on
business in 1823, and while here became convinced
that it was his duty to preach the gospel. One of
his objects in coming to this country was to bear
some humble part in the emancipation of the slaves
of the south. His father settled him in business
in England and was anxious to detain him at
home ; but he came again to tliis country in 1825,
officiated for a few months as a local preacher in
Philadelphia, and at the ensuing session of the
Philadelphia conference in 1826 was admitted into
the Methodist ministry. He was transferred to
Baltimore in 1833, and was twice chosen chaplain
to congress. He preached every Sunday morning
in the hall of representatives, and attracted great
crowds, among whom were all the prominent states-
men of the day, including John Quincy Adams,
Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay. He sailed for
England, 11 March, 1841, on the steamship "Presi-
dent," which was never lieard.from again. His
style of pulpit oratory was nervous, elegant, and
richly imaginative.. — His son, Alfred, clergyman,
b. in 1828 ; d. in Newark, N. J., 13 Nov., 1871, was
educated in the schools of Baltimore and Wash-
ington, and under his father's care, and began
preaching in Baltimore when only sixteen years
old. He afterward joined the Philadelphia con-
ference, and held pastorates in Philadelphia, Har-
risburg, Wilmington, New York, and other cities.
See " Life of Alfred Cookman," by Henry B.
Ridgaway (New York, 1871). — Another son, John Emory, b. in Carlisle, Pa., 8 June, 1836 ; d. in
New York city, 29 March, 1891. He was graduated
in Boston, joined the New York conference in 1861,
and spent his ministry mostly in the vicinity of
New York, with the exception of three years as pas-
tor of Tremont sti'eet church, Boston. He received
the degree of D. D. from Illinois Wesleyan uni-
versity in 1876. In 1891 he joined the Episcopal
church, and was employed in New York city.
COOLEY, Abiel A., inventor, b. in 1782 ; d. in
Hartford, Conn., 18 Aug., 1858. He was a phy-
sician, and invented improvements in friction-
matches, an ingenious shingle-machine, and one of
the first power-presses in use. He was also the first
to apply the cam-movement to pumps.
COOLEY, Le Roy Clark, chemist, b. in Point
Peninsula, N. Y., 7 Oct., 1833. He was graduated
at Union in 1858, whei-e he followed a scientific
course. From 1801 till 1874 he was professor of
natural sciences in the New York state normal
school, when he became professor of physics and
chemistry in Vassar college. He has devised vari-
ous forms of apparatus to facilitate laboratory in-
struction in physics and chemistry, and in 1868
invented an electric register by which piano-wires
and tuning-forks leave an imprint of their vibra-
tions, which was the first successful application of
electricity to the purpose of recording swift periodic
impulses in permanent characters. Prof. Cooley has
contributed frequently to educational and scientific
journals, and has published " A Text-Book of Phvs-
ics " (New York, 1868) ; " A Text-Book of Chem'is-
try " (1869) ; " Easy Experiments in Physical Sci-
ence " (1870) ; " Natural Philosophy for High
Schools " (1871) ; " Elements of Chemistry for
High Schools" (1873); "The Student's Guide-
Book and Note-Book " (Poughkeepsie, 1878) ; " The
New Text-Book of Physics" (New York, 1880);
" The New Text-Book of Chemistry " (1881) ; " The
Beginner's Guide to Chemistry " (1886).
COOLEY, Thomas McIntyre, jurist, b. in
Attica, N. Y., 6 Jan., 1824; d. in Ann Arbor, Mich.,
12 Sept., 1898. He began the study of law, and,
removing to Michigan, completed his legal studies
at Adrian, where he was admitted to the bar in
January, 1846. He practised his profession for the
two following years at Tecumseh, after which he
settled in Adrian. For a time he edited a
newspaper, “The Watch-Tower,” and in 1857 the state
senate assigned to him the work of compiling the
general statutes of Michigan, which were published
in two volumes. In 1858 he was appointed reporter
of the supreme court, an office which he retained for
seven years, during which time he published eight
volumes of reports. In 1859 he was made professor
of law in the University of Michigan. In 1864 he
was elected a justice of the supreme court of the
state to fill a vacancy, and in 1869 was re-elected
for the full term of eight years. In 1868-'9 he
was chief justice, and in 1885 retired permanently
from the bench. In 1881 a School of political
science was established in the University of Michigan,
and he assumed the professorship of constitutional
and administrative law. He long occupied
the chair of American history in the University
of Michigan, and was lecturer on constitutional
law, and dean of the School of political science.
He published a “Digest of Michigan Reports”
(1866); “The Constitutional Limitations which
Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of
the American Union” (Boston, 1868; enlarged
ed., 1871); and editions, with copious notes, of
Blackstone's “Commentaries” (1870) and Story's
