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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Waynesburg, Pa. He was a missionary to Japan; and subsequently a professor in Doshisha university, Kyoto. He was the author of An American Missionary in Japan.

Gordon, Thomas, lawyer, jurist, was

He

died in 1900 in Japan. Gordon, Merritt J., lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born March 17, 1857, in Canada. Por ten years he resided in Dakota, where he served as district attorney

and as a member of the

legislature. Since

1889 he has resided in Olympia, Wash.; was elected in 1892 to the superior bench of Thurston county; and in 1894 was an associate justice of the supreme court. Gordon, Patrick, soldier, colonial governor, author, was born in 1644 in England. In 1736-36 he was colonial governor of Pennsylvania; and in 1728 he published Two Indian Treaties at Conestogo. In 1726-38 he was colonial governor of Delaware. He died Aug.

5,

1736, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Gordon, Robert Bryarly, merchant, congressman, was born Aug. 6, 1855, in Auglaize county, Ohio. He succeeded his father in the general grain business. He was auditor of Auglaize county in 1889-95. In 1899-1903 he was a representative from Ohio to the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses as a democrat. Gordon, Samuel, congressman, was bom in New York. He served in the New York state assembly in 1834; and in 1841-43 and 1845-47 he was a representative from New York to the twenty-seventh and twenty -ninth congresses. In 1863 he was appointed provost-marshal for the nineteenth district of New York. He died in New York. Gordon, Samuel Dickey, lecturer, author, was bom Aug. 12, 1859, in Philadelphia, Pa. Ln 1884-95 he was secretary of the Young men's christian association of Philadelphia and Ohio. Since 1895 he has been a public speaker. He is the author of Quiet Talks on Power; Quiet Talks on Personal Problems; and other works. Gordon, Seth Chase, physician, surgeon, political economist, was born Aug. 17, 1830, in Fryeburg, Maine. He was educated in the public schools of New England; attended Fryeburg academy; and in 1885 graduated from Maine medical school. He soon attained success as an eminent physician and surgeon of Portland, Maine; and was a member of the common council and school committee of his city. He has been lecturer on diseases of women at the Portland school for medical instruction. He has been president of the Cumberland county medical society; president of the Maine medical association and Maine academy of medicine; and vice-president of the American medical association. He has been commander of the Maine commandary loyal legion of the United States; for four years was a member of the democratic national committee for Maine; and is one of the vice-presidents of the anti imperialist league for Maine. '

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in Scotland. He came to New Jersey in 1684, and settled in Scotch Plains. He was elected attorney-general of the eastern district in 1698; chief secretary and register in 1702; and was elected to the legisltiture, and became speaker of the assembly. In 1709 he was chief justice of the supreme court of New Jersey; and was afterward receiver-general and treasurer of the province. He died in 1722 in Amboy, N.Y.

Gordon, author,

Thomas

F.,

lawyer, antiquarian,

was born

in 1787 in Pennsylvania. the author of Digest of the Laws of the United States; History of Pennsylvania to 1776; History of New Jersey to 1789; History of America; Cabinet of American History; History of Ancient Mexico; and Gazetteers of New York, New Jersey and Penaiylvania. He died Jan. 17, 1860, in Beverly, N.J. Gordon, Walter Scott, inventor,, founded, was born Aug. 21, 1742, in Greenwich, R.I. In 1883 he founded the city of Sheffield, Ala. He invented a coal mining machine and a cotton screw. He died Oct. 16, 1886, in New York City.

He was

Gordon,

William,

was born for the

in 1763. state of

1797-1801 he

lawyer, congressman, attorney-general

He was

New

Hampshire; and

in

was a

representative from to the fifth and sixth condied in May, 1802, in Boston,

New Hampshire gresses.

He

Mass. ) Gordon, William, lawyer, statesman, iwas born Dec. 15, 1862, near Oak Harbor, Ohio. He graduated from the university of Michigan in 1891; and in 1894 was elected prosecuting attorney of his county; he was appointed a, member of the board of county school examiners, and in 1895 removed to Port Clinton, the county seat. In 1896 he was elected a delegate to the democratic national convention.

Gordon, William F., born in Albermarle, Va.

congressman, was In 1829-35 he was a representative from Virginia to the twenty-first, twenty-second and twenty-third congresses. He is said to have been the originator of the sub-treasury system. He died July 2, 1858, in Lindseys Store, Va. Gordon, William Robert, clergyman, au-

was born March 19, 1811, in New York He was a clergyman of the Dutch reformed church of New York and New Jersey. He was the author of Supreme Godhead of Christ; Particular Providence, thor, City.

A

Three-fold Test of

Modem

Spiritualism;

The Peril of Our Ship of State; Revealed Truth Impregnable; The Reformed Church America; and Christocracy. He died on 30, 1896, in Manhasset, N.Y. Gordon, William Washington, soldier, merchant, legislator, was born Oct. 14, 1834, in Savannah, Ga. He served in the confedin

March

army during the civil war. Since 1868 he has been in the cotton business in Savannah, Ga. For six years he was a memerate