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 HBKRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; he was elected one of its directors in 1857; and its president in 1858-84. He died Sept. 36, 1884, in Deer Park, Md. Garrett, Robert, railroad president, was born April 9, 1847, in Baltimore, Md. For many years he was president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, resigning in 1887. He died July 29, 1896, in Baltimore, Md. Garrett, Thomas, abolitionist, was born Aug. SI, 1783, in Upper Darby, Pa. He assisted all fugitive slaves who applied to him on their way to freedom. He died Jan. 20, 1871, in Wilmington, Del. Garrett, William Ifobertson, soldier, educator, author, was born April 12, 1839, in

Williamsburg, Va. During the civil war he attained the rank of captain. In 1868-73 he was superintendent of schools of Giles .county, Texas; in 1891-98 was state superintendent of public instruction; and in 1899 became dean of Peabody normal college. He was the author of Garrett and Goodpasture's History of Tennessee; Geography of Tennessee; and other works. He died Feb. 12, 1904, in Nashville, Tenn. Garrido, Joaquin Diaz, treasurer of Guam, was born in Oct., 1846, in Agana, Guam. He received a thorough education; and graduated from the Agana seminary of Guam. He has filled numerous positions of trust and honor.

He

is

now

treasurer of

Guam

for

an indefinite term; and resides in Pago' Pago,

Garrigan, Philip Joseph, clergyman, bishop, was born in Ireland. He was educated in the public schools; at St. Charles college in Maryland; and in philological and theological studies at the

Provincial seminary at

Troy, N.Y. In 1870 he was ordained priest; and in 187275 was a director of the Troy seminary. In 1875-88 he was pastor of St. B e r n a r d's church of Fitchburgh, Mass, He was called to assist as vice-rectestablishing a catholic university in Washington, D.C. In 1902 he was consecrated Roman catholic bishop of the diocese of

or in

Sioux City, Iowa. Garrigues, Henry Jacques, educator, phyauthor, was born June 6, 1831, in Denmark. Since 1886 he was been professor of practical obstetrics in the post-graduate medical school of New York City. He and is the author of Gastro-Elytrotomy; Practical Guide in Midwifery; and numerous contributions to medical literature. Garrison, Charles Grant, physician, law1849, in yer, jurist, was born Aug. 3, Swedesboro, N.J. He was made judge advocate general of New Jersey in 1884; and in 1882 he was made chancellor of the sician,

southern diocese of the protestant episcopal church of New Jersey. Since 1888 he has been an associate justice of the supreme court of New Jersey. Garrigus, Milton, soldier, educator, lawyer, statesman, was_ born on Sept. 27, 1831, in Wayne county,' Ind. For seventeen terms he taught school, and in 1859-60 was school examiner, and he was postmaster at Greentown. During the war he served as captain and acting adjutant on the staff of General Mason of the regular army during also

1864-65.

He was

ad-

mitted to the bar in 1859, and since 1889 has been president of the Howard county bar association. For three years he was superintendent of schools, and in 1878 was elected state senator, serving with distinction for four years. He was twice elected county auditor, his second term of four years expiring in 1900. He has been chairman of the republican county committee for fifteen terms. He is one of the Indiana commissioners to erect monuments for Indiana troops on Chickamauga, Mission Eidge and

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Guam.

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Mountain commander of

battlefields.

He

was

his post of the Grand army of the republic, and has been inspector-general of Indiana. Garrison, Cornelius Kingsland, capitalist, was born March 1, 1809, at Fort Montgomery, N.Y. He was one of the founders of the Gas light company of Chicago; chief organizer of the Equitable gas light company of Baltimore; and president of the Missouri, pacific railroad. He died May 1, 1885, in New York City.

Garrison, Daniel, congressman, was born Salem county, N.J. In 1823-27 he was a representative from New Jersey to the eighteenth and nineteenth congresses. He died in New Jersey. in

Garrison, Francis Jackson, publisher, auwas born Oct. 29, 1848, in Boston, Mass. He is part author of William Lloyd Garrison; and The Story of His Life Told by His Children. thor,

Frank Lynwood, geologist, auwas bom Jan. 12, 1862, in Philadelphia, In 1889 he was a commissioner to the

Garrison, thor,

Pa. Paris exposition. He is a noted geologist; and has practiced his profession in Russia, China and Canada. Since 1902 he has been chief engineer of the Empire lumber and mining company of Johnson county, Tenn. Garrison, George Pierce, educator, author, 19, 1853, in C'arroUton, Ga. Since 1897 he has been professor of history He is the auin the university of Texas. thor of The Civil Government of Texas.

was born Dec.