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and since 1888 rector of St. Bartholomew's church. He is the author of The Preacher and His Place; and From Things to God. Greer,

James Augustin, naval

officer,

was

38, 1833, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1848; became lieutenant in 1855; and lieutenant-

born Feb.

commander

in

He was promoted

1862.

to

the grade of captain in 1876; in 1886 served as president of the examining board; and in the same year was made commodore; and afterward promoted to rear-admiral. He retired from the navy in 1895. He died June 17, 1904, in Washington, D.C. Greey, Edward, merchant, author, was born Dec. 1, 1835, in England. He was an English writer of French descent; came to America in 1868; and was for many years a dealer in Japanese curios in New York City. He was the author of the dramas Vendome, and Mirah; Blue Jackets, a novel; The Golden Lotus ; the juvenile tales. Young Americans in Japan; The Wonderful City of Tokio; The Bear Worshippers of Yezo; and translations from the Japanese of the novels, The Loyal Ronins; and The Captive of Love. He died Oct. 1, 1888, in England. Gregg, Alexander, clergyman, bishop, auwas born Oct. 8, 1819, in Society Hill, He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Texas in 1859. He was the author of History of the Old Cheraws, an Account of the Indian Tribes in the Valley of the Pedee. He died July 10, 1893, in Austin, Texas. Gregg, Alexander White, congressman. He is prominent in the public affairs of Palestine, Texas. In 1903-11 he was a representative from Texas to the fifty-eighth, fiftyninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a democrat. Gregg, Andrew, educator, congressman, United States senator, was born June 10, 1755, in Carlisle, Pa. In 1791-1807 he was a representative from Pennsylvania in the second to the ninth congresses. In 1816 he was appointed secretary of state of Pennsylvania. He died May 20, 1835, at Bellefonte. Pa. Gregg, David, clergyman, author, was born March 25, 1846, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He has filled pastorates in the presbyterian churches in Iowa, Massachusetts and New York. He is the author of From Solomon to the Captivity; Studies in John; Facts that Call for Faith; The Hollander and Makers of America; Our Best Moods; Ideal Young Men and Women; and other works. thor, S.C.

Gregg, David McMurtrie, soldier, diplomat, 10, 1833, in Huntingdon, Pa. He served in the campaign of 1858-60 against the Indians and in the civil war attained the rank of brigadier-general. He subsequently was made adjutant-general of Pennsylvania at Reading. In 1874 he was United States consul at Prague; and in 1891 was auditor-general of Pennsylvania.

was born April



Gregg, James, soldier, educator, lawyer, statesman, was born July 4, 1787, in Marion district, S.C. In 1822-30 he was a member of the general assembly of South Carolina; and was a member of the state senate in 1830-47. He died Oct. 34, 1853, in South Carolina.

Gregg, James M., farmer, lawyer, congressman, was born June 26, 1806, in Patrick county, Va. In 1834-37 he was surveyor of Hendricks county, Ind. He was then chosen clerk of the circuit court, serving until 1845. In 1857-59 he was a repreHe sentative to the thirty-fifth congress. died in Hendricks county, Ind. Gregg, John Irvin, soldier, was born July In 1863 he was 19, 1826, in Bellefonte, Pa. one of two generals in command at Beverly Ford. For gallant and meritorious services during the war he was brevetted majorgeneral of volunteers; and brigadier-general United States army at its close. In 1879 he was retired for disability incurred in line of duty. Gregg, John Newton, soldier, physician, surgeon, was born Aug. 28, 1836, in Bethlehem, Orange county, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools and in 1862 he graduated from the medical department of the university of Michigan. He served in the civil war; and was assistant surgeon of the twenty-fifth regiment Michigan volunteer infantry. He has become prominent in his profession at Whittaker, Mich.; and has taken a prominent part in the business and public affairs in his city, county and state He is a member of several medical and scientific societies; and examining physician for various insurance, fraternal and patriotic orders.

Gregg, John Robert, was born June 17, 1867,

publisher, author, Since in Ireland. 1888 he has devoted his entire attention to the diffusion of shorthand; and the Gregg

system schools.

now used in nearly one thousand He is president of the Gregg school

is

111.; and president of the Gregg publishing company. Gregg, John Warner, philanthropist, was born about 1819. He left $117,000 to various charities in Philadelphia, Pa. He died in August, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pa. Gregg, L., lawyer, jurist. He was an associate justice of the supreme court of Ar-

of Chicago,

kansas in 1868. Gregg, Maxey, was born in 1814 in Columbia, S.C. He served as mayor. He was a member of the South Carolina state convention in 1861; and of the committee that prepared the ordinance of secession. In the civil war he commanded the first South Carolina regiment; and was afterward made a brigadier-general. He died Dec. 13, 1862, near Fredericksburg, Va. Henry, manufacturer, Gregg, William founder, was bom March 24, 1831, in Palmyra, N.Y. In 1869 he was one of the or-