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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRAKT OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Cummington, Mass. He was educated in public schools and academies of New England; and then studied law and was ad-

in

tlie

mitted to the bar. He has attained sucas an eminent lawyer of Springfield, Mass.; and is identified with the public and business affairs of his community. In 187576 he was a representative to the Massachusetts state legislature; in 1878-79 was a member of the Massachusetts state senate; and was a member on various important committees. He has been United States revenue assessor; and since 1892 has filled the office of district attorney at Springfield, Mass. Gardner, Dennis Joseph, educator, lawyer, banker, was born Feb. 26, 1853, in PlatteHe has been vice-president of ville, Wis. board of regents of normal schools of Wis-

cess

consin; and president of the state

bank

of

Platteville.

Gardner, Dorsey, journalist, author, was born Aug. 1, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. He

was a

New York

journalist of

City



and was

one of the revisers of the Webster InternaHe was the author of tional Dictionary. Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo; and Condensed Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Died in 1894 in N.Y. City. Gardner, Elizabeth Jane, painter, artist, was born in 1842 in Exeter, N.H. She has spent most of her professional life in Paris. .

Her

specialty

is

ideal figure-pieces.

Gardner, Henry, statesman, was born about 1730 in Stowe, Mass. He served in the congresses of February and May, 1775, which met in Watertown, Mass.; and was

chosen treasurer of the province by the first congress. He died in 1783 in Boston, Mass. Gardner, Henry Brayton, educator, author, was born Jlarch 26, 1863, in Providence, R.I. He is professor of political economy in Brown university. He is the author of Statistics of Municipal Finance. Gardner, Henry J., governor. He was the twenty-second governor of Massachusetts in 1855-58. He died July 21, 1892, in Milton. Gardner, John, lawyer, jurist. In 175661 he was chief justice of the supreme court of

Rhode

Island.

He

is

an architect of

Springfield,

Mass.

He

is

was born Oct. 8, 1828. in In 1876-78 he was pastor of the First baptist church in Cleveland, Ohio; and in 1881-85 was president of the Central university of Iowa. In 1870 he visited Europe, extending his travels to Egypt, Paleslege

president,

Pomfret, Vt.

tine

and Greece.

Gardner, Gideon, congressman, was born in Massachusetts. In 1809-1811 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the eleventh congress. He died in Massachusetts. 35

Rhode

Island.

volunteers. He is a successful farmer of Atlantic City, N.J.;

her important works are Cornelia and Her Jewels; Cinderella; Corinne; Moses in the Bulrushes; and Maud MuUer. The Fortune Teller and Corinne received a medal at the

the author of Homes and All About Them; The House that Jill Built; Homes and How to Make Them; Illustrated Homes; Home Interiors; Common Sense in Church Building; and Town and Country School Buildings. Gardner, Ezekiel, lawyer, jurist. In 179094 and 1799-1801 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Khode Island. He died in Rhode Island. Gardner, Francis, congressman, was born on Dec. 27, 1771, in Leominster, Mass. In 1807-09 he was a representative from New Hampshire to the tenth congress. He died June 25, 1835, in Eoxbury, Mass. Gardner, George Warren, clergyman, col-

died in

Gardner, William Sewall, lawyer, jurist. In 1885-87 he was an associate justice of He the supreme court of Massachusetts. died in 1888 in Massachusetts. Gardner, John J., soldier, state senator, congressman, was born on Oct. 17, 1845, in Atlantic City, N.J. He was brought up as a waterman until six^ teen years of age. He served three years until 1865 in the New Jersey volunteers; and then enlisted in the United States veteran

Among

Philadelphia exhibition of 1876. Gardner, Eugene C, architect, author, was born March 28, 1836, in Ashfield, Mass. He

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has been alderman of his city; was its yor in 1866, and

mare-

ceived the election seven times. In 1878-93 he was a member of the New Jersey state senate for fifteen years; and served on important committees. In 1893-1911 he was a representative from New Jersey to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth,

eighth,

fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fiftyfifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first

congresses as a republican. Gardner, Mrs. John L., founder, philanthropist. She was the founder of the Gardner museums in Boston, Mass. She owns one of the finest private art galleries in the United States; and it has been opened to the public. Gardner, John Lane, soldier, was born Aug. 1, 1793, in Boston, Mass. In 1813 he was appointed lieutenant of infantry; was brevetted colonel; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general. He died Feb. 19, 1869, in

Wilmington, Del.

Gardner, Joseph, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1752 in Chester county. Pa. In 1784-85 he was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress. He died in 1794 in Elkton, Md. Gardner, Samuel Jackson, lawyer, journalist, was born in 1788 in Brookline, Mass. He was a lawyer of Boston; and subsequently a journalist of Newark, N.J. His essays over the signature Decius were issued in