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duct at Gettysburg; and retired with the rank of brigadier-general for gallant conduct in the field during the civil war. He organized and commanded the second army corps for service against Spain.

Gramm, William, manufacturer, author, was born in 1818 in Prussia. He was the author of Phantasy and Life. He died in 1901.

Grammer, Julius E., clergyman, theologian, was born Oct. 6, 1831, in Washington, D.C. For twenty-seven years he was pastor of St. Peter's protestant episcopal church; and is now rector of Trinity church of Baltimore,

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Cranberry, John Cowper, educator, clergyman, bishop, author, was born Dec. 5, 1829, in Norfolk, Va. He served as a chapIn 1887 he lain in the confederate army. was elected bishop of the methodist episHe is the author of copal church south. a Bible Dictionary; and a volume of sermons. He died April 1, 1907, in Ashland, Va. Grandgent, Charles Hall, educator, author, was born Nov. 14, 1863, in Dorchester, Mass. Since 1896 he has been professor of romance languages and chairman of the romance department since 1899 at Harvard university. He is the author of Italian Grammar; Italian Composition; and Materials for French Composition. Grandin, Egbert Henry, physician, surgeon, author, was born Sept. 6, 1855, in Trenton, N.J. He limits his practice to gynecology in New York City; and has been president of the New York obstetrical society. He is the author of Electricitj^ in Gynecology; and Practical Obstetrics. Granger, Amos Phelps, soldier, farmer, merchant, congressman, was born in June, 1789, in Suffield, Conn. He served as a captain of militia at Sackett's Harbor in 1812; and subsequently became a general In 1855-59 he was a represenof militia. tative from New York to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. He died Aug. SO, 1866, 'in Syracuse, N.Y.

Granger, Arthur Otis, soldier, manufacauthor, was born Feb. 14, 1846, in In 1858 he was a cash Providence, E.I. boy in a dry goods store in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in the fifteenth regiment Pennsylvania cavalry; and in 1865-66 was military secretary to General Sherman. In 1880-84 he was president of the Granger water gas company; and in 1888 was president of the Welsbach light company; and is now president of the American gold dredging company. He is the author of Water Gas, What Is It ? Granger, Bradley F., lawyer, congressman, was bom in New York. In 1861-63 he was a representative from Michigan to the thirty-seventh congress. He died in Michigan. " Granger, Charles Trumbull, soldier, educator, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 9, 1835, in Monroe county, N.Y'. He served in comturer,

pany K, twenty-seventh regiment Iowa infantry; and was its captain to the close of In 1869-72 he was district attorjudicial district of Iowa. He was circuit judge in 1872-86; and district judge after the change of the judicial system in 1886-89. In 1888-94 he was associate justice of the state supreme court of Iowa; and in 1894-1900 was chief justhe war.

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Granger, Daniel Lamed Davis, lawyer, congressman, was born May 30, 1853, in Since 1877 he has pracProvidence, E.I. In 1890-1901 ticed law in Providence, E.I. he was city treasurer of Providence; and in 1901-03 was mayor of that city. In 190311 he was a representative from Rhode Island to the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth

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congresses.

Granger, Daniel Tristram, lawyer, jurist, was born July 18, 1807, in Saco, Maine. In 1854 he was appointed a judge of the suHe was distinpreme bench of Maine. guished throughout the state for his profound legal learning, his sagacity as a counsellor. He died Dec. 27, 1854, in Bastport, Maine. Granger, Francis, congressman, cabinet officer, was bom Dec. 1, 1792, in Sufiield, Conn. In 1826-31 he was a member of the New Y'ork general assembly. In 1835-37 and 1839-43 he was a representative from New Y'ork to the twenty-fourth, twentysixth and twenty-seventh congresses; and in 1841 he was postmaster-general. He was a member of the peace convention of 1861.

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died Aug. 28, 1868, in Canandaigua, N.Y.

Granger, George Frederick, soldier, was bom in Maine. In 1861 he became first lieutenant in the ninth regiment Maine infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Feb. 10, 1883.

Gideon, lawyer, state senator, philanthropist, was born July 19, 1767, in Suffield, Conn. In 1793 he was elected a member of the Connecticut state legislature, and continued in that body several years. In 1801-14 he was postmaster-general of the United States. In 1819 he was elected to the New York state senate. He gave one thousand acres of land in aid of the canal. He died Dec. 21, 1822, in Canandaigua, N.Y.

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Granger, Gordon, soldier, was bom in 1821 in New York. During the civil war he became a colonel; and was placed in command of the army of Kentucky. He died Jan. 10, 1876, in Santa Fe, N.M.

Granger, Miles Tobey, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 12, 1817, in New Mai-lborough, Mass. He was elected judge of the superior court of Connecticut; and in 1876-87 was judge of the supreme court. He was a member of the Connecticut house of representatives in 1857; and of the state senate in 1866-67. In 1887-89 he was a