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York; and after leaving the navy engaged shipbuilding. He was the author of Egyptian Obelisks. He died July 7, 1885, in New York City. in

Gorshire, William R., lawyer, jurist, was in New York. He moved to Colorado; and was appointed United States judge for the territory of Colorado, residing at Denver. He died in Denver, Col.

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Gortner, John Narver, clergyman, poet, was born Feb. 16, 1874, Charles, 111. He is the author of a of poems entitled Dust From the er,

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Wheels. Gortner, Joseph Ross, clergyman, missionary, poet, was born Jan. 24, 1846, in

Williamsport, Pa. He graduated from the Dickinson seminary; and became an eminent clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. He went as a missionary to Africa during the latter part of his life, and died March 8, 1888, on the west coast of Africa. Gorton, David AUyn, physician, author, was born Nov. 23, 1833, in Broadalbin, N.Y. He is the author of The Monism of Man, or the Unity of the Divine and Human;

The Principles of Mental Hygiene; The Drift of Medical Philosophy; and Neurasthenia. Gorton, Othniel, lawyer, jurist. In 178891 he was chief justice of the supreme court of Rhode Island. Gorton, Samuel, founder of a sect, author, was bom in 1592 in England. He was the founder of a small sect sometimes called Nothingarians, which survived him for about a century. He was the author of Defence Against Seven-HeadSaltmarsh Returned from the Dead; An Antidote Against the Common Plajjue of the World; and Certain Copies of Letters. He died in 1677 in Rhode Island. Gorton, William Washington, soldier, lawSimplicitie's

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as first lieutenant of the United States colored troops; and lost a leg in the war. He was president of the city council of Lincoln, Neb.; and secretary of state of Nebraska in 1873. Gosper county. Neb., was named for him. In 1877-82 he was secretary of Arizona territory.

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Frederic, clergyman, au14, 1852, in Meridian, N.Y. In 1885-90 he was pastor of the Moody church of Chicago, 111.; and since 1894 has been pastor of the Avondale presbyterian church of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of The Optimist; The Philopolist; and Hits and Misses.

Goss, Charles

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was born June

Goss, Elbridge Henry, banker, legislator, author, was born Dec. 22, 1830, in Boston, Mass. He has served as a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature. He was the author of Life of Colonel Paul Revere; Melrose Memorial; and History of Melrose. He died in 1908 in Melrose, Mass. Goss, Frederick Llewellyn, manufacturer, inventor, was born July 6, 1847, in Wales. For ten years he was superintendent of the J. M. W. Jones printing company of Chicago, 111. In 1885 he became manufacturer of printing presses; has taken out numerous patents; and is now vice-president of the Goss perfecting press company.

Goss, J. T., soldier. He served through the civil war; and in 1905-06 was department commander of the grand army of the republic for Washington and Alaska. In

1906 he was appointed by Governor

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banker,

railroad

president,

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June 17, 1796, in Augusta, Ga. He resigned from the army; and practiced law in Savannah in 1818-36. He was mayor of the city of Savannah in 1833-35; aiid member of the state house of' representatives in 1835-36. He procured a charter for the Georeia central railroad; superintended the building of the road; and was president of the Central railroad and banking company in 1836-43. monument was erected to his memory in one of the public squares of Savannah. He died March SO, 1842, in

Gosgrove, S. G., governor. In 1909-13 he was governor of the state of Washington. Gosper, John J., soldier, orator, was born April 8, 1841, in Knox county, Ohio. During the civil war he served in the union

Vancouver, Wash.

James

merchant, congressman, 1830, in Union Court House, S.C. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1867; and in 1807-69 he was a representative from South Carolina to the fortieth congress. He died in South Carolina. Goss,

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Goss, Warren Lee, soldier, civil engineer, historian, author, was born Aug. 19, 1838, in Brewster, Mass. He was educated in the public schools;' at-

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Pierce acadeMiddleboro, Mass.; and in 1860-61 attended the Harvard la-iv school. In 186162 he was a private in the United States engineers; then re-en-

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Savannah, Ga. Gosack, George Mechlin, lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 7, 1866, in Dayton, Pa. He is a successful lawyer of Pittsburg, Pa.; and in 1897 was elected a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives.

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as paymaster-general of the Washington national guard, with the rank of colonel;

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listed,

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in 1863 be-

came sergeant in company H, third regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry. He prisoner of war at Libby and Andersonville and other places; and was honorable discharged in 1865. Since the civil war he has been principally engaged in editorial work. In 1873-76 he was presi-

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