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He is the author of Garland Genealogy. Garland, John, soldier, was born in 1793 in New York. He served through the war with Great Britain; and attained the full rank of major in 1836, and that of lieutenant-colonel in 1839. He died .June 5, 1861, in

New York

City.

Garland, Landon Cabell, educator, mathematician, author, was born March 31, 1810, in Nelson county, Va. He held professorships in several southern colleges. He was the author of Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical. He died in 1895. Garland,

Bice,

lawyer,

congress-

jurist,

man, was born in Virginia. He removed to Louisiana, and in 1833-41 he was a representative from Louisiana to the twentythird, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth congresses. He resigned to become judge of the superior court of Louisiana. He died in Louisiana. Garland, Samuel, soldier, was born Dec. He was chosen 16, 1830, in Lynchburg, Va. captain of a volunteer company that was organized in 1859; was comissioned a colonel by the governor of Virginia on the secession of the state; and was engaged at the first battle of Bull Run. He died Sept. 14, 1862, in South Mountain, Md. Garlington, Ernest A., soldier, author, was born Feb. 20, 1853, in Newberry Court House, S.C. He commanded the Greely relief expedition in 1883; in 1890 was severely wounded in battle with hostile Indians at Wounded Knee post office; and was awarded a congressional medal of honor for distinguished gallantry in that action. In 1898 he was inspector-general in Cuba; and was present at the battle, siege and surrender of Santiago de Cuba. He is the author of Historical Sketches of the Sev'

enth Cavalry Regiment; A Catechism; and Cavalry Outposts, Advance and Rear Guards, Reconnoissance. Garman, Harrison, educator, naturalist, was born Dec. 37, 1858, in Lena, 111. He was educated in the public schools of Normal, 111.; at the Illinois state normal university; and at Johns Hopkins university. In

1883-89

he

was

first

assistant in the Illinois state laboratory of natural history; in 1883-85 was assistant to the Illinois state

entomologist and in 1885-89 was assistant professor of zoology in the university of Illinois. Since 1889 he has been entomologist and botanist at the agricultural experiment station of the KentucKy state college; and in 1893-96 was also professor of zoology and entomology in the latter institution. Since 1897 he has been state entomol;

ogist

Kentucky;

of

arid

entomologist and

botanist of the state university experiment station. He has written numerous articles on botany, entomology and zoology.

Garman, Samuel, naturalist, author, was

He 5, 1846, in Indiana county. assistant in the Agassiz museum at Cambridge, Mass. He is the author of The Reptiles and Batrachians of North America; and Reptiles and Batrachians of Bermuda. born June

is

Gamer, Alfred Buckwalter, lawyer, congressman, was born March 4, 1873, in Ashland, Pa. He was educated in the public schools at Ashland, Pa.; and for many years has been engaged in the practice of law. In 1900-07 he was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. In 1909-11 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the sixty-first congress as a republican. Garner, James Wilford, educator, lecturer, author, was born Nov. 23, 1871, in Pike county. Miss. In 1893-96 he taught school in Mississippi. In 1903-03 he was lecturer in history

at Columbia university of

New

In 1903-04 he was instructor of political science in the university of PennYork.

sylvania; and is now assistant professor of political science in the university of Illinois. He is the author of Reconstruction in Mississippi.

Garner, John Nance, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1869, in Red River county, Texas. He is a successful lawyer of Uvalde, Texas; and was a member of the twenty-sixth and twentyseventh Texas state legislatures. In 190311 he was a representative from Texas to the

fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth sixty-first congresses as a democrat.

and

Garner, Peter M., abolitionist, educator, 4, 1809, in Lancaster county. Pa. In 1847-60 he taught in the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus; and during the war had charge of the military prisoners. He died June 12, 1868, in Columbus, Ohio. Garner, Richard Lynch, soldier, philologist, author, was born Feb. 19, 1848, in Abingdon, Va. In 1864-65 he served in the confederate army in the third Tennessee cavalry. He studied divinity and medicine; traveled in Central America in scientific research and is best known for his researches upon the speech of apes and monkeys. He is the author of The Speech of Monkeys;

was born Dec.



Gorillas

and Chimpanzees;

and Apes and

Monkeys. Garner,

Wightman

Wells, educator, chem15, 1875, in Timmonsville, S.C. In 1896 he received the degree of A.B. from the university of South Carolina; and in 1900 received the degree of Pn.D. from Johns Hopkins university. In 1903 he was instructor in chemistry at Tufts college; and since 1903 has been assistant chemist in the bureau of chemistry at Washington, D.C. He has made valuable researches in chemistry. ist,

scientist,

was born July