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 HERRIXGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. dean of Barnard, college of New York City. She is president of the national association of collegiate alumnae; and president of the

Women's

national organization in the na-

tional education association. Gill, Moses, lieutenant-governor. He was elected lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts in 1797; and was acting governor in 17991800. He died in Massachusetts.

Patrick

Gill,

was born Aug. Mo. He was

F.,

16, left

merchant, congressman, 1868, in Independence,

fatherless when three of age; and then moved with his mother to St. Louis, Mo. He was educated in the parochial schools; and at the St. LouFor over twenty-two years he is university. has been engaged in business in St. Louis, Mo.; and is secretary of the Gill brothers

years

grocery company. For four years he was clerk in the circuit court; and has held vaIn 1909rious positions of trust and honor. 11 he was a representative from Missouri to the sixty-first congress as a democrat. Gill, Rosalie Lorraine, painter, artist, was born Sept. 2, 1867, in Elmira, N.Y. She paints landscapes and still life, as well as portraits.

Theodore Nicholas, educator, naturwas born March 21, 1837, in New York City. Since 1884 he has been professor of zoology in the Columbian university of Washington, D.C. He is the author of Arrangement of the Families of MolGill,

author,

alist,

Arrangement of the Families of FishArrangement of the Families of Mam-

lusks es;



mals; Catalogue of the Fishes of the East Coast of North America; and Scientific and Popular Views of Nature Contrasted. Gill, Thomas Augustus, naval officer, was born Feb. 8, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1868-71 he filled a pastorate in PhiladelHe served in the civil war; and phia, Pa. was duly appointed chaplain of the United States navy. In 1902 he was retired with the rank of rear-admiral. Gill, William Fearing, journalist, author, was born in September, 1844, in Boston, Mass. He is the author of The Martyred Church; Home Recreations; and Life of The Poe Park of Fordham was foundPoe.

ed through his efforts.

William Hugh, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 27, 1841, in Ireland. He is Gill,

pastor of the Evangelical church of PhiladelHe was the author of The Temple phia, Pa. Opened; What Presbyterians Do Believe; Catechism for Youth; The Junior's Jesus; and The Bible Cateehist. He died in 1904 in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the Gill, William Ireland, author. author of Evolution and Progress; Analytiand cal Processes; and Christian Conception

A

Experience. was Gillam, Bemhard, cartoonist, artist, born Oct. 10, 1858, in England. He connectdured himself with Frank Leslie's Weekly position ing the Garfield campaign; and his Latas a cartoonist was at once established.

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went to Harper's Weekly, and subsequently to Puck, where his Tattooed Man in the Blaine campaign of 1884 gave him a national reputation. He finally joined in establishing Judge. He died Jan. 19, 1896, at Canajoharie, N.Y.

er he

CuUem, soldier, state legiswas born July 29, 1830, in Jackson county, Tenn. He was a member of the Gillem, Alvan

lator,

Tennessee. He served on the Texas frontier and in California; and led the troops in the Modoc campaign. He died Dec. 2, 1875, in Nashville, Tenn. Gillespie, Eliza Maria, mother superior, founder, was born Feb. 21, 1824, In West Brownsville, Pa. She laid the foundation of the present conservatory of music in St. Mary's, Ind. and established the future of the institution on a firm foundation. She then founded other academies in different parts of the United States, until at her death she had established nearly thirty, including those of Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas. During the civil war she estabfirst legislature of



hospitals, both temporary and permanent, and, when generals failed to secure needed aid for the sick and wounded soldiers. She died March 4, 1887, in Notre

lished

Dame,

Ind.

Gillespie, Mrs. Elizabeth Duane, litterateur, author, was born in 1821 in Pennsyl-

She was the author of A Book of Remembrances. She died in 1901. Gillespie, Eugene P., lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 24, 1852, in Greenville, Pa. He was educated at the Allegheny college of Meadville, Pa.; and at the university of Toronto. He was a successful lawyer of Greenville, Pa.; and president of a bank and oth-

vania.

In 1891-93 he was a, reper corporations. resentative from Pennsylvania to the fiftysecond congress as a democrat. He died Sept. 17, 1899, in Greenville, Pa. Gillespie, George, clergyman, author, was born in 1683 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1713 he was ordained minister of the church at White Clay Creek, Del. He was the author of Treatise Against Deists and Free Thinkers; Letters to the Presbytery of New

York; and Remarks upon Mr. George Whitedied Jan. 2, 1760, in Delaware. George Cuthberth, merchant, author, was born Sept. 14, 1858, in Philadelphia, Pa. He studied in the university of Pennsylvania. He is a successful merchant; and a member of the historical society of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Early Fire Protection; Fire Insurance Companies; Use of the Fire Box; and other works. field.

He

Gillespie,

Gillespie, George De Normandie, clergyman, author, was born June 14, 1819, in Goshen, N.Y. In 1875 he became protestant episcopal bishop of Western Michigan; he Annals of the is the author of Manual and

Diocese of Michigan. Gillespie, George Lewis, soldier, was born During the civil in 1841 in Kingston, Tenn. war he was chief engineer in the army of the