Conway, James L., 113 Worth Street, New York City.
Conway, James P., 296 East Third Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.; attorney at law and assistant chief examiner, Municipal Civil Service, New York City.
Conway, Patrick J., 159 East Sixtieth Street, New York City. President of Irish American Athletic Association and greatly interested in international athletics.
Cooke, Rev. Michael J., Fall River, Mass. (Life member of the Society.)
Cooney, Brig.-Gen. Michael, U. S. A., retired, 500 T Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.; born in Ireland; private, corporal and sergeant, Company A, First United States Cavalry, December 4, 1856, to December 4, 1861; quartermaster-sergeant, Sixth Cavalry, December, 1864; first lieutenant, Ninth Cavalry, July 28, 1866; captain, January 1, 1868; major, Fourth Cavalry, December 10, 1888; lieutenant-colonel, Seventh Cavalry, June 2, 1897; colonel, Fourth Cavalry, June 9, 1899; brigadier-general, retired, April 23, 1904.
Cooney, Terrence, Jr., Pittsfield, Mass.
Corbett, Michel J., Wilmington, N. C., born in Lismore, County of Waterford, Ireland, August 4, 1856, the son of John Corbett, a small farmer and contractor; was educated in the national schools and remained in Ireland until his eighteenth year, arriving in Wilmington, N. C., March 28, 1878, where he has since resided. He entered the commission business, and in due course became a partner in the firm of W. I. Gore & Company; later, on the withdrawal of Mr. Gore, the commission business, which had largely increased, was incorporated under the name and style of The Corbett Company, under which the business is now conducted. Mr. Corbett is one of the most potent factors in the industrial life of Wilmington, and, in addition to the successful conduct of his regular business, has been largely instrumental in the promotion, organization and management of many important and flourishing enterprises in Wilmington; is Vice-President and one of the original directors of the People’s Savings Bank; one of the original directors of the Murchison National Bank; President of the Wilmington, Southport & Little River Company; member of the firm of Stone & Company, and one of the Board of Managers of the James Walker Memorial Hospital; is a member of the Cape Fear Club, Carolina Yacht Club and Cape Fear Golf Club. In 1884 Mr. Corbett was married to Miss Mary Josephine Deans, and to her inspiration and counsel attributes in a large measure the credit for his success in life. The union has been signally blessed, ten children having been born to them, nine of whom are still living. Is Vice-President of the Society for North Carolina.
Cosgrove, Hon. James, was born at Charleston, S. C., Aug. 28, 1861. His father, a native of Bally Connell, County Cavan, Ireland, settled in Charleston in February, 1839; became a prosperous merchant; was one of the aldermen of the city for two terms and one of the Representatives from Charleston County in the General Assembly of South Carolina in 1874–’75. His mother was Catherine Daily. The family have been Charlestonians for over seventy years and during this period father and son have been closely identified with the commercial and political life of the community. Mr. Cosgrove attended first a private school, then the parochial school attached to St. Finbar’s Cathedral and later the high school of Charleston, where he was graduated at the age of sixteen years. He then went into his father’s office and later established himself in the real estate and general insurance business, which he still successfully conducts. About twenty years ago he became interested in the experiments conducted by Sir Patrick Manson, an Irishman, Leveran, a Frenchman, and the Italians Celli, Golgi and Bignam, concerning the inoculation of the human body with the virus of malaria fever by the bite of a species of the mosquito known as the “Anopheles.” He followed the investigations closely and as a result of what was proven commenced agitation for the drainage of wet and low lands of the United States, to remove breeding places of this species of insect. At that time there was a “death line” around the coastal section of the Southern States and many other sections of the United States, within which line it was thought to be dangerous to live in the summer for fear of malarial fever. At first his efforts met with poor success, and in 1898 he determined to become a candidate for the State Legislature to have enacted legislation necessary for the proper and systematic drainage of the wet lands of South Carolina. He was re-elected in 1900, but such was the opposition to the new movement that not until 1902 did he succeed in having created for Charleston County “The Sanitary and Drainage Commission.” Indeed, it required a man of the most untiring industry and indomitable will to have successfully carried his purpose during these four years of antagonism. The work of sanitary drainage in Charleston County was commenced under the direction of this commission, but it was soon found that it absolutely required some one to take the direction of the work who would be willing to sacrifice his self-interest for the good of the public. The commissioners, comprising some of the best citizens of the city, with one accord turned to Mr. Cosgrove and requested him to take entire direction. He did so, and has since remained in charge. The result is that thousands of acres of fertile lands have been made habitable, affording dwelling places, and manufacturing enterprises have been inaugurated, affording employment to thousands on land, which a few years ago was worthless. In 1902 Mr. Cosgrove was defeated for re-election by a small majority, owing to opposition to the idea of drainage. He determined to retire from politics, but in 1906, answering the call of his people as voiced in leading editorials in the press of Charleston, he consented to again become a candidate and was elected by a flattering vote and re-elected by a still larger vote in 1908. He is chairman of the Charleston Delegation in the House of Representatives and chairman of the Committee on Banking and Insurance. Mr. Cosgrove’s efforts in behalf of the drainage of the low lands of the United States have been recognized by his appointment as member of the Executive Committee of the National Drainage Congress and Honorary Vice-President of the Seventeenth National Irrigation Congress. As a corollary of his drainage work, Mr. Cosgrove has been giving much attention to the subject of good roads, and has now on the calendar of the Legislature a measure providing for state aid to the building of good roads. In 1885 Mr. Cosgrove was married to Miss Mathilde Griffith Forsythe, daughter of a prominent and wealthy dry goods merchant of Charleston.
Coughlin, John, 177 Water Street, Augusta, Me.
Cox, Hugh M., M. D., 285 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York City.