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Charles Cist was born on April 24, 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of Charles and Mary (Weiss) Cist.
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Title: The Cincinnati miscellany, or, Antiquities of the West and pioneer history and general and local statistics. Author: Charles Cist Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP05407401 CollectionID: CTRG05-S10039 PublicationDate: 18450101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Vol. 2 has imprint: Cincinnati : Robinson & Jones, 1846. Two columns to the page. Includes indexes. Collation: 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm
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Charles Cist was born on April 24, 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of Charles and Mary (Weiss) Cist.
Cist received his education in the public schools of Philadelphia.
Cist served in the United States army during the War of 1812. At the close of this conflict he moved to Pittsburgh and later on to Harmony, Pennsylvania. In 1827 he removed to Cincinnati and until 1840 was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He soon displayed, however, an interest in movements of social welfare by opening and superintending the first Sunday-school in Cincinnati which he managed until its growth necessitated its division among the churches.
His connection with the taking of the census of 1840 in his district gave him an opportunity to collect a mass of valuable statistical information about Cincinnati which he determined to utilize in book form. He had acquired a taste for literary work and the publishing business owing to his association with his father’s printing establishment; and in 1841 appeared his first book based upon his census data entitled Cincinnati in 1841 (1841), which drew heavily upon Daniel Drake’s Natural and Statistical View, or Picture of Cincinnati and the Miami Country (1815). This was followed by Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1851 (1851) and Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1859 (1859). These three works are valuable as they disclose the growth of the city during these years and recount many events “of a local and statistical nature. ”
In 1843 Cist began The Western General Advertiser which recounted the early pioneer history of the West and included statistics pertaining to the state of Ohio and to Cincinnati. Two years later the name was changed to Cist’s Advertiser and though the enterprise was never profitable to himself “he labored assiduously to make it so to his patrons and to promote the reputation of the city abroad”. It was a gossipy paper but it breathed the kindly personality of the editor and his love for his adopted city. In 1845 and 1846 historical sketches from this paper were published in Cincinnati under the title of The Cincinnati Miscellany, or, Antiquities of the West. In 1853 the paper was discontinued and Cist retired from active affairs.
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Cist was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Cist was originally a Democrat in politics but like many other northern Democrats he ultimately found himself within the Republican fold.
Cist was one of the most earnest advocates of the free-school system.
On November 18, 1817, Cist married Janet, daughter of Edward and Sarah White of Whitestown, Pennsylvania, by whom he had thirteen children.