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composed music for the piano, violin, viola and cello; and also many songs. Goldsborough, Charles Washington, congressman, governor. In 1818-19 he was the thirteenth governor of Maryland; and in 1805-17 he was a representative in the ninth to the fourteenth congresses. He died Dec. 13, 1834, in Shoal Creek, Md. Goldsborough, John Rodgers, naval officer, was born July 2, 1808, in Washington, D.C.

He became midshipman

in 1834; lieutenant 1837; commander in 1855; captain in 1862; and commodore in 1867; and was retired from active service in 1870. He died June 22, 1877, in Washington, D.C. Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, naval ofBeer, was born Feb. 18, 1805, in Washington, D.C. He entered the navy in his youth;

in

and was

made

Boston, Mass. He edited a newspaper; and served in the Alabama state legislature several terms.' In 1839-47 he was a judge of the supreme court of Alabama. He died in 1847, in Mobile, Ala. Goldzier, lawyer, congressman, Julius, was born On Jan. 20, 1854, in Austria. In 1890-92 he was a member of the city council of Chicago; and in 1893-95 he was a representative to the fifty-third congress as a democrat. Golladay, Edward L., soldier, educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 9, 183,1, in Lebanon, Tenn. He was educated in the

public

rear-

ied law,

He commanded a night admiral in

1862.

mitted

which

in

had been

five

With thirtymen he succeeded

in rescuing the Comet, killing ninety of the pirates. At the time of his death he had in the service

been

longer

than

any other naval

officer

then

He took an

active part in all the principal naval battles of the civil war. He died Feb. 20, 1877, in Washington, D.C. Goldsborough, Robert, physician, congressman, was born in 1733 in Cambridge, Md. He was attorney-general of Maryland in 1768; and in 1774-75 he was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress. He died Dec. 31, 1788, in Cambridge, Md. living.

Goldsborough, Robert Henry, United States senator, was bom in 1780 in New Easton, Md. In 1815-19 and 1833-37 he was United States senator. He died Oct. 5, 1836, in New Easton, Md. Goldsmith, Milton, publisher, author, was born May 22, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is an art publisher of New York Qty. He is now in charge of the book department of the Ullman manufacturing company of New York City. He is the author of Rabbi and Priest; Victim of Conscience; and several volumes of short stories and several comic

was born

in 1798, in

and was a

Golladay, Jacob S., state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 19, 1819, in Lebanon, Tenn. He was a member of the Tennessee state legislature in 1850, 1851 and 1853; and state senator in 1853-55. In 1867-70 he was a representative to the fortieth and forty-first congresses to fill a vacancy.

Gompers, Samuel, labor organizer, foundwas born Jan. 27, 1850, in England. He a eigarmaker by trade; and since his youth has been an ad-

er, is

vocate of the rights of labor. He was one of the founders of the American federation of labor;

and

editor

of

magazine. In 1882-1909 he w a its

official

president of the American federation of labor. For over twenty years he has been

prominently identified with labor movements the author of numerous

operas.

jurist, state legislator,

1857;

the confederate army as colonel, and participated in several important engagements. In 1871-73 he was a representative to the forty- second congress as a democrat.

A

Goldthwaite, George, lawyer, jurist. United States senator, was born Dec. 10, 1809, in Boston, Mass. In 1826 he moved to Montgomery, Ala.; and was on the bench of the circuit court, of which he was chief justice for some years. He was adjutantgeneral of Alabama during the civil war. In 1871-75 he was United States sesator. He died March 18, 1879, in Montgomery, Ala. Goldthwaite, Henry, journalist, lawyer,

and was ad-

to.

presidential elector in 1860. He served in

captured by Greek pirates.

and

the bar in 1853. He was elected to the state legislature

expedition to recover the English brig Comet,

schools ;

graduated from Cumberland university. He taught school ; stud-

America. He is pamphlets on the labor question and the in

labor movement.

G'ongwer, Lillian

was born Aug. Since

3,

May, litterateur, author, 1871, in Nimisilla, Ohio.

1895 she has been a stenographer. She is the author of Animal Life in Rhymes and Jingles; Baby's Friends; Animal Book; Flower Babies; and other works. Gonzalez, Jose Maria, clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 21, 1803, in Mexi-