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Garner,

Scott,

journalist,

publisher,

was born Jan. 16, 1848, in Hazelton, W.Va. He was educated in the public

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state senate Virginia.

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has been president of the Local history publishing company, hisand biographical publishers of Tunnelton, W.Va. He has established and edited several newspapers. He is the author of a volume of poems; and has also contributed to many of the leading newspapers and magazines of America. Gamett, Alexander Yelverton Peyton, physician, was born Sept. 20, 1820, in Essex county, Va. In 1861 he left Washington and became a member of the examining board of surgeons for the confederate army; and afterward was surgeon in charge of the two military hospitals in Richmond. He died July 11, 1888, in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Gamett, James Mercer, agriculturist, congressman, was born June 8, 1770, in Elmwood, Va. He was a. member of the legislature of his native state; and in 1805-09 he was a representative from Virginia to He was the ninth and tenth congresses. torical

president of the society of Fredericksburg for more than twenty years; and toiled laboriously for the formation of a national agricultural society. He died in May, 1843,

Elmwood, Va. Gamett, James Mercer, soldier, philologist, author, was born April 24, 1840, in Aldie, in

Va. He served in the confederate army in 1861-65, becoming captain of artillery. In 1882-96 he was professor of English language and literature at the university of Virginia. He is the author of Translation of Beowulf; and Elene and Other Anglo Saxon Poems. Gamett, Muscoe Russell Hunter, lawyer, congressman, was born in Essex county, Va. He was a member of the Virginia house of delegates in 1853-56. In 1855-61 he was a representative from Virginia, to the thirtyfourth, gresses.

and thirty-sixth condied about 1863 in Virginia.

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Gamett,

Richard

Brooke,

soldier,

was

He became a capin 1819 in Virginia. tain in 1855; was engaged in Kansas in 1856-57; and in the Utah expedition of 1858; and resigned in 1861 to join the confederate army. He died July S, 1863, in

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Gettysburg. Garnett, Robert Selden, lawyer, congressman, was born in Essex county, Va. In 1817-27 he was a representative from Vir-

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ginia to the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth congresses. He died July 13, 1861, in Virginia.

Gamett, Theodore Stanford, lawyer, solwas born Oct. 38, 1844, in Richmond, Va. Since 1873 he has practiced law in dier,

Norfolk, Va. In 1861-65 he served in the confederate states army; and in 1900 was appointed major-general of the Virginia division, commanding the united confederate veterans. Gamsey, Daniel G., congressman, was born in Saratoga county, N.Y. In 1835-29 he was a representative from New York to the nineteenth and twentieth congresses. He died in Rock Island, 111. Garoutte, Charles H., lawyer, jurist. In 1890-1902 he was associate justice of the state supreme court of California. Garrard, Israel, soldier, was born in 1825 In 1862 he was colonel in the sevin Ohio. enth regiment Ohio cavalry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Sept. 23, 1901. Garrard, James, soldier, state legislator, governor, was born Jan. 14, 1749, in Stafford county, Ky. He was an officer of the revolution; and afterward a member of the state legislature of Virginia, where he was an advocate of the religious freedom bill. He was, for several terms, a member of the Kentucky state legislature; and was the second governor of Kentucky in 1796-1804. He died Jan. 9, 1823, in Mount Lebanon, Ky. Garrard, Jeptha, soldier, was born in Ohio. In 1861 he became captain in the third regiment New York cavalry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. Garrard, Joseph, soldier. In 1903 he became lieutenant-colonel in the U. S. army. Garrard, Kenner, soldier, was born in Kentucky. He served in the civil war; and in 1863 attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. He died May 15, 1879.

Garrard, Kenner, soldier, was bom in 1830 Columbus, Ohio. He served as instructor and commandant of cadets at West Point. He served in the civil war; and was brevetted major-general of the United States in

army. soldier, Theophilus Toulmin, was born June 7, 1813, near Manchester, Ky. He was a member of the lower house of the Kentucky state legislature in 1843-44. He served through the Mexican war; was appointed colonel of the third Kentucky United States volunteer in-

Garrard,

state senator,

fantry; and promoted brigadier-general in 1863. He was elected to the state senate. Garretson, Abraham Quick, lawyer, jurist, was born March 11, 1843, in Somerset counIn 1863 he graduated from Rutty, N.J. gers college; and in 1865 from Harvard law In 1865-1900 he practiced law in school. Jersey City, N.J.; and has been director of many corporations. In 1900-07 he was an associate justice of the state supreme court