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the Indian war in Oregon. He was a representative in the state legislature in 185353. In 1862-66 he was the second governor of Oregon. He was twice elected district attorney; was deputy United States district attorney for four years; and United States district attorney for two years. Gibbs, Alfred, soldier, was born April 22, 1823, in Sunswick, N.Y. In 1864 he became brigadier-general of volunteers. He commanded a cavalry brigade in the final attack and pursuit of' the army of northern Virginia; and in 1865 received all the brevets up to and including that of major-general United States army for his services during the civil war. He died Dec. 26, 1868, in Fort

Leavenworth, Kan.

beginning with the session of 1864; was speaker of the house of representatives in 1877 and 1885. He was appointed railroad commissioner in 1887, and served four years. In 1896 he was elected lieutenant-governor He is known all over the of Minnesota. state as an enthusiastic advocate of co-operative dairying, and he has himself one of the largest dairy interests in the state. Gibbs, Heneage, physician, author. He is professor of pathology at the university of Michigan. He is the author of Practical Pathology and Morbid Histology. Gibbs, John Blair, army surgeon, was bom Sept. 25, 1858, in Richmond, Va. When the war with Spain began he enlisted as a surgeon was commissioned and sent on a transport with troops to Cuba. He died June 12, 1898, in Cuba. Gibbs, Josiah Willard, philologist, educator, author, was bom April 30, 1790, in Salem, Mass. He was a philologist who was professor of sacred literature at Yale university in 1824-61. He was the author of Philological Studies; New Latin Analyst; Teutonic Etymology, and several transla;

Gibbs, George, mineralogist, was born Jan. He spent several 7, 1776, in Newport, R.I. years while a young man in travel abroad; and on his return to Rhode Island he brought with him the most extensive and valuable collection ever seen in the United States up to that time. It consisted of the collection of Gigot d'Orcy, containing four thousand specimens and that of Count Gregoire de Razamowsky, containing six thousand specimens. He died Aug. 6, 1833, in Sunwick,

N.y. Gibbs, George, lawyer, antiquarian, author,

was born July 17, 1815, in Astoria, L.I. He was attached to the United States government foundary commission, where his knowledge of natural history made his services of great value. He was the author of The Judicial Chronicle; Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Trade Language of Oregon;

Comparative Vocabulary; Research Relative and Philology of America; and Suggestions Relating to Scientific Observation in Russian America. He died April 9, 1873, in New Haven, Conn. to the Ethnology

Gibbs, George, illustrator, artist, author, was bom March 8, 1870, in New Orleans, La. He is the author of American Sea Fights; Portfolio of Drawings; The Love of Monsieur; In Search of Mademoiselle; and Pike and Cutlass. Gibbs, John L., farmer, lawyer, lieutenantgovernor, statesman, was born May 3, 1838, in Bradford county. Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools of South Hill, Pa., and attended the Le Raysville academy and the Susquehanna

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collegiate institute. In

1861 he graduated from the Ann Arbor law school; and has taught school in Pennsylvania,

Iowa

and

Minnesota. In 1863 he was elected county attorney of Freeborn county; and has served six terms in the legislature of Minnesota.

He died March 25, 1861, in New Haven, Conn. Gibbs, Josiah Willard, educator, scientist, author, was bom Feb. 11, 1839, in New Haven, Conn. He has been professor of physics at Yale university since 1871. He was the author of scientific papers and monographs. He died in 1903 in New Haven, tions.

Conn. Gibbs, Mifflin Wister, jurist, diplomat, was horn April 17, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1872 he was a delegate to the national convention of colored men at New Orleans; was presidential elector in 1876 and the

same

year was

appointed register of the United States land office by President Hayes, being re -appointed to the same office in 1881 by President Arthur. In 1884 he was delegate at large to the national republican convention, and also in 1892 and 1896. He was appointed receiver of public moneys at Little Rock in 1890; and was appointed a commissioner to sell government reserve lands at Hot Springs in 1893; and in 1897 was appointed by President McKinley United States consul to Tamative, Madagascar. Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott, chemist, scientist,

was born Feb. 21, 1822, in New York City. He was one of the most popular lecturers at Harvard; and for twenty-four years

filled

the Rumford chair of the application of science to the useful arts in that institution. In 1897 he was president of the American association for the advancement of science;