profitable tour. Though somewhat pompous in manner, Mr. Conway was a good actor, with a fine personal appearance and a commanding delivery. — Sarah Crocker, wife of Frederick, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., in 1834; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in April, 1875, was a sister of Mrs. D. P. Bowers. (See Bowers). She made her début in Baltimore in 1849, playing Parthenia and other leading parts. She possessed a tall and graceful figure and an expressive countenance, and was a versatile actress and a popular manager. In 1864 she leased the Park theatre in Brooklyn, and subsequently the new Brooklyn theatre, in which for nine years Mr. Conway played leading parts.
CONWELL, Henry, R. C. bishop, b. in Armagh,
Ireland, in 1748; d. in Philadelphia in 1842. He
was ordained in 1776. When vicar-general of Ar-
magh he received notice of his appointment to the
see of Philadelphia in 1820, and was consecrated in
London. Shortly after his arrival in Philadelphia
he had difficulty with the trustees of the cathedral
church of St. Mary's, who insisted on retaining a
priest of doubtful character, contrary to the de-
sire of the bishop. The result was a schism. Dr.
Conwell and the clergy of his household were
obliged to abandon the cathedral, and retired to
the church of St. Joseph's in the neighborhood.
The efforts of Bishop England and other prelates,
who offered themselves as mediators, were unavail-
ing, and in 1828 Dr. Conwell went to Rome. The
papal authorities endeavored to dissviade him from
returning to the United States, and, fearing he
might be detained in Rome, he suddenly went to
Paris. Here the papal nuncio used every effort to
prevail on him to resign his see, but only with the
result of alarming the aged prelate still further,
who forthwith sailed for New Yoi'k. He was
present at the council of Baltimore in 1829, but
took no part in its deliberations. He was per-
suaded by the assembled bishops to accept the
Rev. Francis P. Kenrick as a coadjutor, and spent
the remainder of his life in retirement.
CONY, Samuel, jurist, b. in Augusta, Me., 27
Feb., 1811 ; d. there, 5 Oct., 1870. He was gradu-
ated at Brown in 1829, studied law, was admitted
to the bar in 1832, and engaged in practice at Old-
town, Me. He was elected to the legislature in
1835, in 1839 was chosen a member of Gov. Fair-
field's executive council, and from 1840 till 1847
was judge of probate for Penobscot county. In
1847 he was appointed land-agent, and in 1850
elected state treasurer, an office which he retained
for five years. In 1850 he removed to Augusta.
Up to 1861 he acted with the democratic party,
but, being rejected by the section of his party that
was opposed to the war, he was in 1862 elected to
the legislature as a war democrat, and in 1863
chosen governor. His administration was so admirable and efficient that he was twice re-elected
by large majorities. He was offered a renomina-
tion in 1867, but the impaired state of his health
forced him to decline.
CONYNGHAM, John Butler, soldier, b. in
1827 ; d. in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 27 May, 1871. He
was graduated at Yale in 1846, subsequently stud-
ied law, and practised in Wilkesbarre and St.
Louis. At the first call for troops in 1861 he vol-
unteered in the three-months' service, and on his
return joined the 52d Pennsylvania volunteers, of
which he was appointed major on 5 Nov., 1861.
He participated in the peninsular campaign of 1862,
and in the winter of 1863 was sent with his regi-
ment to Port Royal, S. C, was present at the naval
attack on Fort Sumter in April, 1863, and partici-
pated in the subsequent assault and siege operations against Fort Wagner. Upon the reduction
of that fort, Maj. Conyngham was placed in com-
mand of the defences of Morris island. He was
detailed by Gen. Terry to make a night recon-
noissance of Sumter, and subsequently engaged
in the night assault on Fort Johnson, across
Charleston harbor. In this assault he was cap-
tured and detained as prisoner for several months.
While a prisoner at Charleston he was one of the
number selected as hostages to be shot in case of a
bombardment of the city by our forces. In No-
vember, 1863, he was promoted to the lieutenant-
colonelcy, and in March, 1865, to the colonelcy of
his regiment. In March, 1867, Col. Conyngham
was appointed captain in the 38th infantry, U. S.
army, and transferred to the 24th infantry, Novem-
ber, 1869. In 1871 he was brevetted major and
lieutenant-colonel for gallant service in the field.
During his term of service in the regular army he
was mostly employed on the Indian frontier.
CONYNGHAM, Redmond, antiquarian, b. in
Philadelphia, Pa., 19 Sept., 1781 ; d. in Lancaster
county, Pa., 16 June, 1846. He inherited from his
paternal grandfather an estate in the county Done-
gal, Ireland, yielding £2,000 a year, and subsequent-
ly spent some time in Ireland. During his stay
abroad he became intimate with Curran, Grattan,
and other prominent Irishmen, including his cous-
in, William Conyngham Plunket, afterward lord-
chancellor of Ireland. On his return to the United
States he settled m Luzerne county, Pa., and for
several years represented that district in the state
legislature. He then removed to Lancaster county,
where he resided until his death. Mr. Conyngham
devoted much of his leisure to antiquarian re-
search, and contributed valuable papers of historical
interest to the American philosophical society and
to the Historical society of Pennsylvania, of which
he was a member. He made a specialty of the
early history of Pennsylvania and the aborigines
of Lancaster county.
COOK, Albert John, naturalist, b. in Owasso,
Mich., 30 Aug., 1842. He was graduated at the
Michigan agricultural college in 1862, and then
studied at Harvard. In 1867 he was appointed
instructor in mathematics at the Agricultural col-
lege, and in 1869 succeeded to the professorship of
zoology and entomology. Prof. Cook has been
for many years agricultural and entomological
correspondent, and, in some cases, editor of those
departments, to the New York " Tribune," Phila-
delphia " Press," " Rural New Y'orker," '• New
England Homestead," "Country Gentleman," and
other journals. He has published " Injurious In-
sects of Michigan" (Lansing, 1873), and "Bee-
keeper's Guide " (1876 ; 14th ed., 1886).
COOK, Clarence Chatham, journalist, b. in Dorchester, Mass., 8 Sept., 1828. He was graduated at Harvard in 1849, and, after studying architecture, was employed for many years as a teacher. In 1863 Mr. Cook wrote a series of articles on American art for the New York " Tribune," and continued such contributions until 1869, when he went as the " Tribune " correspondent to Paris. He resigned that place at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian wax-, and subsequently passed some time in Italy. On his return to New York he renewed his former connection with the "Tribune." Mr. Cook has published "The Central Park" (New York, 1868); the text to accompany a reproduction, by heliotype, of Dürer's "Life of the Virgin" (Boston, 1874): "The House Beautiful" (New York, 1878): and edited, with notes, a translation of the 7th German edition of Wilhelm Lubke's "History of Art" (2 vols., 1878).
