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Shenandoah; was twice brevetted for gallantry; and received the congressional medal for bravery. During the Spanish-American war of 1898 he was made brigadier-general of the United States army. Gillespie, Henry La Fayette, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 4, 1863, in Delaware county, Iowa. In early days he was a carpenter and joiner; and became a skilled and expert mechanic. In 1894 he received the degree of B.D. from Lombard university of Illinois. He has held responsible ofi&ces in the universalist church

he was appointed post-master of Ogdensburg, N.Y., which office he filled three years. In 1833-37 he was a representative to the twenty-third and twenty-fourth congresses. In 1845-47 he was register for the treasury; and in 1847-49 was solicitor of the treasury. In 1855-58 he was assistant to the attorney-general of the United States. He was the author of History of the Democratic Party; The Federal Government; and Life of Silas Wright. He died Oct. 24, 1876, in

Washington, D.C. Gillespie, Oscar William, lawyer, congressman, was born June 20, 1858, in Clarke county, Miss. Since 1886 he has practiced law in Fort Worth, Texas; and in 1890-94 was prosecuting attorney of Tarrant county.

now

In 1903-05 he was a democratic representa-

a member of the board of deacons of

tive from Texas to the fifty-eighth, fiftyninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as

St. Paul's universalist

a democrat.

in

Iowa; and

is

church of Chicago, 111. He is an eminent clergyman of Manchester, Iowa; and has been prominent in the work of a missionary and reformer. He is the au-

Gillespie, William Mitchell, educator, author, was born in 1816 in York. He was a professor of civil engineering at Union college in 1845-68. He was the author of

thor of numerous contributions to religious literature.

Rome

Gillespie, James, congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was a member of the provincial congress of North Carolina; and in 1793-99 and 1803-05 he was a. representative to the third, fourth, fifth and eighth congresses. He died Jan. 10, 1805, in North

Carolina. Gillespie, Neal Henry, educator, clergyman, college president, was born in 1832 in

Brownsville, Pa. In 1859 he was made president of the College of St. Mary of the Lake of Chicago. He was for several years editor of The Ave Maria; and was also spiritual director of several religious

and

lit-

erary societies connected with the university of Notre Dame. He died Nov. 12, 1874, in St. Mary's, Ind. Charles William, soldier, congress26, 1840, in Addison, He enlisted as a private in the eightysixth regiment New York volunteers in 1861; was made adjutant of the regiment in 1861; and served as an adjustant until discharged from the ser-

Gillet,

man, was born Nov. N.Y.

vice for disabilities in 1863. In 1893-1905 he

was a representative from New York to the fifty-third,

and

the

fifty-

fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh fifty-eighth congresses as a republican.

Ransom

lawyer, congressman, author, was born Jan. 27, 1800, in New Lebanon, N. Y. In 1827 "he was appointed brigade-major and inspector of militia. In 1830 Gillet,

H.,

New

as seen by a New Yorker; Roads and Railroads; Manual for Roadmaking; Principles and Practice of Land Surveying; Level-

Topography and Higher Surveying; and Philosophy of Mathematics. He died Jan.

ling; 1,

1868, in

New York

City.

Charles Ripley, clergyman, librarian, author, was born Nov. 29, 1855, in New York City. He is a presbyterian clergyman has been librarian since 1883; was instructor in 1893-1900; and since 1898 has also been register of the Union theological seminary. He is the author of Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of New York. Gillett, Charles William, soldier, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1840, in Addison, N.Y. He graduated from Union college of Schenectady, N.Y. In 1861 he enlisted in the civil war as a private; and served as adjutant until discharged in 1863. In 18931905 he was a representative from New York to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fiftyGillett,

fifth,

fifty-sixth,

fifty-seventh,

and

fifty-

eighth congresses as a republican. Gillett, Ezra Hall, educator, clergyman, author, was born July 15, 1823, in Colchester, Conn. He was professor of political economy in the university of New York in 186875. He was the author of History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States;

John Huss; God in Human Thought; System; Life Lessons in the School of Christianity; and Ancient Cities and Empires. He died Sept. 2, 1875, in HarLife of

The Moral

lem, N.Y. Gillett,

Francis Morello, railroad president,

was bom Feb.

14, 1850, in Upper Sandusky, president of the Stuttgart and Orleans river railroad; and also president of the Pine Bluff and eastern railroad of Arkansas.

Ohio.

He

is