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118 '''GOODSELL. Daniel Ayres,''' M. E. bishop, b. in Xewburg, N. Y., 5 Nov.. 1840. lie was edii- cateil at the University of the city of New York, but left before graduation to enter the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a dele- gate to every general conference from 1876 till 1888, and at the one in New York city in May, 1888, he was elected bishop. Wesleyan university conferred on him the degree of S. T. I), in 1880. Bisliop Goodsell lias been literary editor and edito- rial contributor of the New York " Christian Ad- vocate" since 1880, and was an editorial contribu- tor of the "Methodist Review" until May, 1888.

GOODWIN, Isaac, author, b. in Plymouth, Mass., 28 June, 1786; d. in Worcester, Mass.. 16 Sept., 1833. He was educated in Plymouth, studied law there, practised his profession, and held local offices in Stirling and Worcester, Mass. From 1813 till 1832 he was a member and councillor of the American antiquarian society of Worcester. Besides many addresses and orations, he published "History of the Town of Stirling, Mass. (Worces- ter, 1815); "The Town Officer" (1824); and "The New England Sheriff" (1830). — His son, John Abbott, author, b. in Stirling, Mass., 21 Mav, 1824; d. in Lowell, Mass., 21 Sept., 1884, was edu- cated at the Rensselaer polytechnic institute in the class of 1847, but was not graduated, lie was in the Massachusetts legislature in 1854-'7 and 1859-'61, serving in the last years as speaker of the house, held local offices in Lowell, and de- livered many speeches. Among his principal pub- lications are " The Pilgrim Fathers neither Puri- tans nor Persecutors" (Lowell. 1875) and "The Pilgrim Republic " (Boston, 1888).

GORDON, Ambrose, soldier, b. in Monmouth, N. J., 31 May, 1750; d. in Augusta, Ga., 28 -lune, 1804. He joined a regiment of cavalry of which William Washington was a field officer, and ac- companied Col. Washington as a captain when the regiment was sent as escoi't to Gen. Nathanael Greene on his succeeding Gen. Horatio Gates in command of the southern Continental army. At the termination of the war Capt. Gordon accepted grants of land from the state of Georgia for mili- tary services, and went into business in Augusta, Ga., with Col. Washington as his partner. — His son, William Washington, mayor of Savannah, x in Augusta, Ga., 17 June. 1796; d. in Savannah, 20 March, 1842. Me was graduated at the U. S. mili- tary academy in 1815, appointed 3d lieutenant of ordnance, and served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Gaines. He then resigned from the army, and prac- tised law in Savannah from 1818 till 1836. He was mayor of the city of Savannah from 1833 till 1835, and member of the state house of representatives from 1835 till 1836. He procured a charter for the Georgia central railroad, superintended the build- ing of the road, and was president of the Central railroad and banking company from 1836 until his death. A monument was erected to his memory in one of the pnlilic squares of Savannah. — His son. William Washington, soldier, b. in Savannah, 14 Oct., 1834. He was graduated at Yale, and served in the Confederate army during the civil war, be- ing 1st lieutenant of the Georgia hussars and ad- jutant and captain on the staffs of Gens. Henry W. Mercer and Robert II. Andcrscm. commanding in- fantry brigades. Has since its close been engaged in the cotton business in Savannah, and for si.x years he was a member of the Georgia legishiture. He is the senior officer in command of the state militia, and as such has suppressed several riots, and was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in the Spanish-American war. Gen. Gordon has been president of the Savannah cotton exchange, and was a member of the evacuation commission for Puerto Rico appointed by the President.

GORHAM, Shubacl, soldier, b. in Barnstable, Mass., 2 Sept., 1686; d. at Louisburg, 20 Feb., 1746. He took an active and efficient part in ob- taining the grants made by the legislature of Ma.s- sachusetts to the officers and soldiers of King Philip's war. He was the chief promoter of the settlement of Gorhanitown, Me., and gave much time and money to this purpose. On 8 Feb., 1745, he was commissioned colonel of the 7th Mas.sachu- sctts regiment in the Louisburg expedition, being also captain of the first company. He died in the service. — John, his eldest son, b. in Banistable, Mass., 13 Dec, 1709; d. in London about 1753. He removed to Falmouth (now Portland), Me., in 1742, and for a time resided in Gorham, where he built the first mills in the town and owned much land. In 1744 he was at Anna|)olis, Nova Scotia, commanding a company of Indian rangers. This fort being threatened by the French and Indians in 1745, he was sent to Boston for succor, and while there was invited to raise a number of men to join the expedition against Louisburg. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel in his father's regi- ment, 30 Feb., 1745, and was also made captain of the second company. Upon the death of his father he became colonel, and. returning to An- napolis, was placed in command of the Boston troops sent to Minas with Col. Arthur Noble. In 1748 he commanded Gorham 's indeficndent com- pany of rangers, stationed in Nova Scotia. He visited England in 1749, being sent by Gov. Shirley to explain the condition of military affairs in the colonies, and, it seems, also to pro.secutc his claims for recognition and recompense for expenses in- curred in the Louisburg expedition.

GORRIE, John, inventor, b. in Charleston, S. (L'..30ct., 1803; d. in Appalachicola, Fla., 16 June, 1855. He was educated in his native city, and graduated at the College of physicians and sur- geons. New York. Removing to Appalachicola in 1833. he practised his profession there for about twenty years. In 1850 tie patented a machine for making ice, which is now widely used in the south- ern states. Dr. Gorrie is unquestionably the orig- inal inventor of the artificial production of ice. The first machine known in Europe was exhibited in London in the summer of 1862.

GOTTHEIL, Gustave, clergyman, b. in Pinne, Poland, 28 May, 1827. He is of Jewish parentjige, was educated according to the rabbinical code, at- tended lectures in the University of Berlin and at the institute for Hebrew literature, and in 1855 became assistant minister to the celebrated Dr. Samuel Holdheim, of the Berlin reform temple. He was called to Manchester, England, in 1860, and to Temple Emanu-El, New York city, in 1873, resigning in October, 1899. Dr. Gottheil is a lib- eral in his religious opinions, and a leader in the reform branch of the Hebrew church. He has been active in social and charitable reforms, con- tributing many papers on these subjects to the re- views, and is the author of " Hvmnsand Anthems" (New York, 1887). In August. 1899, his son. Prof. Gottheil, made an important address at the Zionist congress held in Basle. Switzerland, describing the great progress of Zionism in the United States.

GOULD, George, jurist, b. in Litchfield. Conn., 2 Sept., 1807; d. in Troy. N. Y.. 6 Dec. 1868. He was the eldest son of Judge James Gould (</. v..) He was graduated at Yale in 1827, studied law in his father's law-school, and, after his admission to the bar in 1830, removed to Trov, where he attained