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City. In 1882-88 was college, Wis. He was the

warden of Racine author of Racine and Her Labor of Love; The Land and the Life; Jesus Only, and Other Devotional Poems; and Mexico as 16, 1889, in Chicago,

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Gray, Alfred G., naval officer, was born in 1818, in Norfolk, Va. In 1865 he entered the service of the Pacific mail steamship company, by whom he was made commodore in 1874. Died Nov. 10, 1S76, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Gray, Alonzo, educator, author, was born Feb. 21, 1808, in Townsend, Vt. In 1845 he became a teacher in the Brooklyn heights female academy ; and six years later founded the Brooklyn heights female seminary, of which he was principal until his death. He was the author of Elements of Chemistry; Elements of Scientific and Practical Agriculture; and Elements of Natural Philosophy. He died March 10, 1860, in Brooklyn,

N.Y. Gray, Asa, educator, botanist, author, was born Nov. 18, 1810, in Paris, N.Y. He was professor at Harvard university in 1842-88; and was in charge of the botanical garden at Cambridge. He was the author of Elements of Botany, now called Structural and

Systematic Botany; How Plants Grow; A Free Examination of Darwin's Origin of Species; Darwiniana; Natural Science and Religion; Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States; Synoptical Flora of North America; How Plants Behave; Field, Forest and Garden Botany; Lessons in Botany; School and Field Book of Botany of the United States Pacific Exploring Expedition; and Scientific Papers selected by C. S. Sargent.

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died Jan.

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1888, in

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bridge, Mass.

Gray, Baron DeKalb, educator, clergyman, college president, was born June 18, 1855, in Waynesboro, Miss. In 1893-1901 he was pastor of the first baptist church of Birmingham, Ala. In 1898-1901 he was president of the board of trustees of Howard college; and since 1901 has been president of Georgetown college of Kentucky. Gray, David, journalist, poet, was born Nov. 9, 1836, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a journalist of Buffalo; and on the editorial staff of The Courier in 1856-82. He was the author of a volume of poems. He died March 18, 1888, in Binghamton, N.Y. Gray, David, journalist, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 8, 1870, in Buffalo, N.Y. In 1897 he was managing' editor of Buffalo Center. He is the author of The Sphinx; and Gallops, a volume of sketches.

Gray, Edgar Harkness, clergyman, chapwas born Nov. 28, 1815, in Bridgeport, Vt. After the beginning of the thirty-ninth congress he was elected chaplain of the United States senate; and continued in that He was one of the ofiice for four years. four clergvraen who officiated at the funlain,

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eral services of President Lincoln in Washington. He died in Washington, D.C.

Gray, Edward, congressman, was born in 1769 in Virginia. In 1799-1813 he was a representative from Virginia to the si^th, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth congresses. He died in Virginia. Gray, Elisha, electrician, scientist, inventor, author, was born Aug. 3, 1833, in Barnesville, Ohio. He was an electrician and inventor of the telephone and telautograph. He was the author of Experimental Researches in Electric Harmonic Telegraphy; Elementary Talks on Science; and Nature's Miracles. He died Jan. 21, 1901, in

NewtonviUe, Mass. Gray, Francis Calley, lawyer, author, was born Sept. 18, 1790, in Salem, Mass. He was a Boston lawyer; and prominent as an enlightened patron of arts and education. He was the author of Discipline. He died Dec. 29, 1856, in Boston, Mass. Gray, French Strother, soldier, was born In 1817 he attained the rank in Virginia. of captain in the United States army. He died June 15, 1819, in Kentucky. Gray, George, was born Oct. 26, 1725, in Philadelphia, Pa. He took an active interest in the affairs of the colony; and served in the assembly as delegate from Philadelphia in 1772-75. He died in 1800 in Whit-

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hall, near Philadelphia, Pa. Gray, George, lawyer, jurist and United States senator, was born May 4, 1840, in New Castle, Del. He was attorney-general of the state of Delaware in 1879-85. In 1885-99 he was United States senator. In 1899-1901 he was judge of the United States circuit court for the third district of Delaware. Gray, George W., clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 6, 1834, in Dayton, Ohio. He attended the common schools; and in 1854 entered '

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then elected professor of mathematics at the Quinoy college, and of which institution he

was elected president the following year. At the end of five years he resigned the presidency and resumed the work for the ministry preaching for a long time at Lincoln, 111. Gray; George Edward, civil engineer, was born Sept. 12, 1818, in Verona, N.Y. He has been chief engineer of the Southern Pacific railroad of Arizona; of the Southern Pacific railroad of New Mexico; and directed the location and construction of the Gal;