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In 1848:58 he was a the supreme court of Alabama serving part of the time as chief justice. During the existence of the confederate government he was a member of its congress. He died Jan. 30, 1871, in Alabama. Chiniquy, Charles, clergyman, author, was born July 30, 1809, in Canada. In 1833 he was ordained to the roman catholic priesthood in justice
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Canada. He was an ardent worker in the cause of temperance. ^^ 1851 he moved to Illinois and united settlers from France, Belgium and Austria. In response to the invitation over fifty-thous-
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and immigrants settled in Illinois. He called his settlement St. Ann's and built churches and then colleges
and contributed to the Chicago church. He became a protestant and is said to have turned twenty thousand people from the church of Rome. He was the author of Fifty Years in the Church of Rome; and other works. Chinn, Joseph W., congressman, was born in Nuttsville, Va. In 1831-35 he was a representative from Virginia to the twenty-second and twenty-third congresses. He died Dec. 5, 1840, in Richmond, Va. Chinn, Thomas W., congressman, was born in Kentucky. In 1839-41 he was a representative from Louisiana to the twenty-sixth
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died in Louisiana.
Chipman, Charles Phillips, litterateur, author, was born Jan. 10, 1878, in New Kingston, R.I. He is the author of An Aerial Runaway; The Last Cruise of the Electra; and Through the Unknown Isle; and Two Boys and a Dog. Chipman, Dewitt C, lawyer, legislator, author, was born Sept. 21, 1824, in Middleboro, N.Y. He was educated at the Middlebury academy; at Bethany academy; and at the National law school of Balstop Spa, N.Y. He has been school trustee and mayor of Noblesville, Ind.; and served as a member of the Indiana state legislature.
He has been
prosecuting
attorney
for Hamilton, Tipton, Howard, and of Madison, Marion, Johnson
and Hancock counties. He has been
collector of internal revenue for the eleventh district of Indiana and was receiver of commutation money for the same district. He has also attained success as an attorney at law and patent solicitor of Anderson, Ind. He is the
author of Beyond the Verge; Halycon Isle; and Angels Visit. Chipman, Daniel, lawyer, congressman, author, was born Oct. 22, 1765, in Salisbury, Conn. He was for many years in the Connecticut state legislature; and was frequently speaker of the house. He was a member of the last state constitutional convention. In 1815-17 he was a representative to the fourteenth congress. He was the first reporter of the decisions of the supreme court. He was the author of Law Contracts for the Sale of Specific Articles. He died April 23, 1850, in Ripton, Vt.
Chipman, Henry, lawyer, jurist, was born 1785 in Vermont. He was appointed a judge of the United States for the territory of Michigan; and in 1837-32 was an associate justice of the supreme court of that territory. He died on April 37, 1867, in Detroit, in
Mich.
Chipman, Henry Laurens, soldier, was bom Michigan. In 1861 he was lieutenant-colonel in the second regiment Michigan infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadierin
general of volunteers.
Chipman, J. Logan, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 5, 1830, in Detroit, Mich. In 1856-61 he was city attorney of Detroit. In 1863 he was elected to the Michigan state legislature; and in 1865 wai: appointed attorney of the police board o' Detroit. In 1879 he was elected judge of thp superior court of Detroit, to which position
he was re-elected at the end of six years. Ir 1887-93 he was a representative from Michi
gan to the fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-sec ond congresses as a democrat. He died Aug 17, 1893, in Detroit,
Chipman, John
Mich.
congressman. In 1845 47 he was a representative from Michigan to the twenty-ninth congress. He subsequently moved to California. He died in CalS.,
ifornia.
Chipman, Marcellus A., lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 37, 1853, in Noblesville, Ind. In 1882-90 he was judge of the Madison circuit court of Indiana; and out of over twelve hundred cases tried and decided, only two were reversed by the supreme court. He is the grand master of the grand lodge of odd fellows for the state of Indiana. Chipman, Nathaniel, lawyer, jurist, United
States senator, author, was born Nov. 15, 1753, in Salisbury, Conn. He was professor of law for twenty-eight years in Middlebury
In 1786 he was elected a judge of the supreme court; in 1789 was chosen chief justice; and in 1791 was appointed judge of the United States district court. He was college.
subsequently again elected chief justice: 1797-1803 he was a United States senator from Vermont. He was the author of Sketches of the Principles of Government; and Reports and Dissertations. He died
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13, 1843, in
Tinmouth, Vt.
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