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Rh eminence in his profession. He was msyor of the city in 1852, anil in 185o-'63 was a judge of the state supreme court. Judge Gould edited his father's work on i)lea<ling, and adapted it to the new code of procedure (1860). An interesting me- moir of him was printed privately by his widow (Troy, 1871), who died in August, 1899.

GOULD, George Jay, capitalist, b. in New York, 6 Fel)., 1864. He was privately educated and became an assistant of iiis father. Jay Gouhl (q. I'.), in his many financial affairs. Since April, . he has been president of the Little Kock and Fort Su)ith railway, and since 1893 also president of Texas and Pacific railway, of the International and Great Northern railway, of the Missouri Pa- cific railway, and of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railway. Since 1892 Mr. Gould has also been the president of the JIanhattan elevated railway of New York. — His brother. Edwin, b. in New York. 25 Feb., 1866, was grail uated at C't>- lumbia, and is president of the St. Louis and Sfiuthwestern railway. — Their eldest sister. Helen Miller, b. in New York, 20 June, 1868, is iden- tified with charitable work in her native city. When the war with Spain liegan she gave the U. S. government iflOO.OOO; was an active mem- ber of the Women's national war relief associa- tion, contributing freely to its work; [)ersonally oared for sick and convalescent soldiers at Fort Wykoff. Long Island, giving |i35,000 for neeiled supplies; and at the Windsor hotel fire, in March, 1899, opened her house on the F'ifth aveimc for the relief of the dying and injured. Miss Gould has also been a generous donor to the University of the citv of New York and to various charities.

'''GRACE. Thomas''', R. C. bishop, b. at W.-xford, Irelaiiil, 2 Aug., 1H41. He received his education at St. Peter's college, Wexford, made his ecclesias- tical studies at All Hallows college, Dublin, and was ordained a priest, 11 June, 1867. In this year he went to California and |)erformed his first paro- chial work at KeillilufT. Tehama county, where he built the convent of mercy, and wils afterward pastor for eight years at St. Marysville. For twelve years prior to 1876 he was pastor of the cathedral at Sacramento, and on the death of Bishop Manoguc he was appointed bishop of Sac- ramento, being eonsecrated in June, 1896. uy Arch- bishop Hlonlan of San Francisco.

GRADY, Henry Woodfern, journalist, h. in Atliens. (ia.. in 18.">1; d. in Atlanta. Ga., 23 Dec, . He studied at the Universities of (Jeorgia and Virginia, and entered journalism as corre- sfiondent of the " Con.«titution," Atlanta, to which he contributed a scries of letters on the resources of Georgin. Then he became Georgia corresiH)nil- ent of the "New York Herald," and In 1870nc es- tablished the "Daily Commercial" in Koine, (>a. This venture was unsuccessful, as were also liis purchase In 1872 of an interest In the Atlanta " Herald " and his subsequent estatilishment of the "Courier" in that city. In 1880 he bought a quarter Interest in the "Constitution." to which he contributed a noteworthy series of articles on the condition of the south. In 1889 he made, at a dinner of the New Kngland sm'iety, an address that attracted wide attention by its oratory and Its expression of friendly feeling toward the north. P^xtracts from this aililress were published in all parts of the United States, ami Mr. Grady became Known as a representative of the younger and more progressive element In the southern states, or of what tnen came to U' called "the New South." He dieil of pneumonia that was the result of a cold contracted in Boston, where he hail gone to deliver an address on " The Future of the Negro " before the Merc^hants' association. His life has been writ- ten by James W. Lee (New York, 1896).

GRANT, Edward Maxwell, civil engineer, b. in Dean's Corners, Saratoga, N. Y., 21 Nov., 1839; d. in Belgrade, Servia, 21 Oct., 1884. He was grad- uated at Rensselaer polytechnic institute in 1860. adopted the profession of civil engineering, and during the civil war he was captain of an engineer corps. He engaged in his profession in the south In 1865, built all the bridges on the Flast Tennes- see and Virginia railroad and the East Tennes- see and Georgia railroad, the iron-wrought bridge over Alaljama river, which was the only structure of its kind then in existence, and a narrow-gauge railroad in Alabama. He went abroad in 1874, built iron furnaces in England and Finland, and at the beginning of the Russo-Turkish war was ap- pointed brigailier-general in the Bulgarian army, at the same time acting as war correspondent for the " London Daily News " from Belgrade, Servia. He was subsequently staff correspondent of the " liondon Times," and after the battle of Plevna crosseil the Balkan mountains in midwinter on horseback to Adrianople. Afterward lie returned to Belgrade, and was U. S. vice-consul-geneial there until his death. His personal Infhience with King Milan of Servia enabled him to procure con- cessions for developing the country, and he was decorated with the cross of the conimandery.

GRASETT, Henry James, Canadian clergy- man, b. In (ribraltar. Spain, in 1808; d. in Toron- to. Canada. 26 March, 1882. lie went to Canada in 1813 with his father. Dr. Henry Grasett. a sur- geon in the British navy, was sent to England to be educated, and was graduated at Cambridge in 1834. He then returned to Quebec, and was or- dained to the ministry of the Church of England. He was a.sslstant at St. James's cat hedrnl, Toronto, in 183.5-'47, rector In 1847-'67, and dean from the latter year until his death. Dean Grasett was identifitHl with the low church or evangelical party, a vice-president of the p'vangelical association of the illocese of Toronto, a promoter of the Protes- tant P^plscopal divinity school, president of the Upi>er Canada tract society, and a vice-president of the Upper Canada Bible siK-iety. From 1847 till 1875 he was a member of the council of public instruction, serving thirteen years as Its chairman, and for many years he was chairman of the hlgh- schixil Ixiarii of Toronto. As a preacher he was concise, clear, and exhaustive, without oratorical effort.— His son. Frederick Le Maitre, physi- cian, b. in Toronto, 1 April, 1851, was eilucateil at London university, Dublin, and Edinburgh, re- turneil to Toronto, and established himself as a pliyslcian. He is a fellow of tlic Royal college of Edinburgh and a member of the Royal college of surgeons of England. In 1895 he was elected president of the Ontario medical association.

GRATZ, Hynian, founder, b. In Philadelphia, 23 Sept., 1776: d. there, 29 Jan., 1857. He was educated in his native city, of which he liecnme a prominent and public-spirited citizen. He was a director of the Academy of fine arts and for six- teen years its trea-surer. One of the founders, in 1818. of the Phllailelphia company for insurance on livesand granting annuities, of which he was presi- dent from 1837 to 1857. Treasurer (1824-'5fl) of the .Mlckvch Israel congregation (the oldest Jewish synagogue in Philadelphia), and an incorfxirator of the Phihulelphia club in 1850. By his will he left a " trust," which became available in 1893, "to establish a college for the instruction of Jews ic Philadelphia." The Gratz college was opened in