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Gowen, Franklin Benjamin, lawyer, railroad manager, was born on Feb. 9, 1S36, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1862 he was elected district attorney of Schuylkill county. He was counsel for the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, and of the Girard coal trusts, in connection with their large interests in the mining region. He conceived and established the Philadelphia and Reading coal and iron company, which is probably the largest land and mining company ever organized in this country. He died Dec. 14, 1889, in Washington, D.C.

Gowen, George Washington, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1861 he became first

lieutenant

in

the

forty-eighth

regi-

ment Pennsylvania infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He was killed April 2, 1865, in Petersburg, Va. Gower, Cornelius Albert, educator, manufacturer, was born in 1845 in Abbott, He was superintendent of public Maine. instruction of Michigan in 1878-81; and the succeeding eleven years was superintendent of the state reform school at Lansing, Mich. He is president and general manager of a building and loan association at Lansing;

and

is

engaged in manufacturing; and is Bements sons company.

vice-president of E.

Grace, Francis Mitchell, educator, clergycollege president, was box'n Feb. 28, In 18.S2, in what is now Birmingham, Ala. 1853 he was ordained to the ministry of the methodist episcopal church south. In 187172 he was professor at Hiawassee college; in 1883-88 was president of Mansfield female college of Louisiana; and was professor in the north Alabama conference college. He died in 1904 in Louisiana.

man,

Grace, Thomas, clergyman, bishop, was born Aug. 2, 1841, in Ireland. Since 1896 he has been Roman catholic bishop of Sacramento, Cal. Grace, Thomas L., clergyman, bishop, was born Nov. 16, 1814, in Charleston, S.C. He attained eminence in the Roman catholic church; and for many years was archbishop of St. Paul, Minn. He died Feb. 22, 1897, in St. Paul, Minn. Grace, William, contractor, builder, was born Sept. 11, 1847, in England. He has been engaged in building since 1872. He rebuilt the New York central depot; and built the La Salle street station and the court house of Chicago, 111. Grace, William Russell, merchant, founder, was born May 10, 1832, in Ireland. In 1881 he established the New York and Pacific steamship company. In 1881-86 he was

New York City. He New York City.

first

invented

mayor

and obtained a patent for making

artificial

21, 1904, in

Gowie, John, inventor.

He

ice.

Grabau, Amadeus William, geologist, author, was born Jan. 9, 1870, in Cedarsburg, Wis. He is professor of biology at RensHe is the auselaer polytechnic institute. thor of Geology and Palentology of Eighteen Mile Creek and the Lake Shore of Erie County, N.Y.; and Guide to the Geology and Palentology of Niagara Falls. Grabau, Mrs. Mary Antin, litterateur, auwas born in Russia. She is the author of From Plotzk to Boston; and sevthor,

works in Yiddish. Grace, John Walker, physician, surgeon, clergyman, was born Feb. 1, 1850, in Boles, eral

Ky.

He graduated from

the medical deof the uni-

partment versity

of

Nashville,

For a number of years he was a Tenn.

practicing

physician;

and a member of the American medical association.

He

is

now

a minister of the missionary baptist church. He has been pastor of the first baptist church of Crowell,

Texas; and now fills a pastorate in Quanah, Texas. At various times he has contributed educational, medi-

and religious articles to current publications, which have been a valuable acquisition to American literature. cal

of

died

March

Gracey, John Talbot, clergyman, lecturer, author, was born Sept. 16, 1831, in Delaware county, Pa. For eight years he was a missionary to India. He is a noted lecturer; and editor of The Missionary Review of the World. He is the author of India; China; and History of Methodist Episcopal Missions, in three volumes. Gradle, Henry, physician, author, was born Aug. 17, 1855, in Germany. He was professor of physiology and is now professor of diseases of the eye and ear at the Northwestern university medical school. He is the author of Bacteria and the Germ Theory of Disease. Grady, Benjamin F., soldier, educator, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1831, in Dublin county, N.C. In 1881-88 he was superintendent of public schools of Dublin county, Texas; and justice of the peace in 1879-90. He was one of the trustees of the North Carolina state university in 1873-90. In 1891-95 he was a representative to the fiftysecond and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.

Grady, Henry Woodfem, journalist, orawas born May 24, 1850, in Athens, 6a. In 1880 he bought an interest in the Atlanta Constitution; and remained a part owner and editor of that paper until his death. He died Dec. 23, 1889, in Atlanta, Ga. Grady, John C, lawyer, government official, statesman, was bom Oct. 8, 1847, in Eastport, Maine. In 1871 he began the practice of law in Philadelphia, Pa. In tor,