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He was

president of Kalamazoo college in 1863; and of the Illinois industrial university in 1867-80. He was the author of Handbook of History; New Political Economy; and The Seven Laws of Teaching. He died Oct. 19, 1898, in Washington, D.C.

Gregory,

Samuel,

educator,

philanthro-

lecturer, author, was born April 19, 1813, in Guilford, Vt. In 1848 he founded in Boston the England female medical college, said to have been the first institution in the worM for the exclusive medHe died March ical education of women. pist,

New

Boston, Mass. Strong, lawyer, was born Nov. 16, 1849, in Unadilla, N.Y. In 1871-74 he practiced law in Madison, Wis.; and since then has practiced in Chicago, 111. He was special counsel for the city of Chicago before the supreme court of the UnitHe deed States in the lake front case. fended and successfully maintained the constitutionality of the law creating the sanitary district of Chicago; and other important cases. For two years he was commissioner of Chicago, 111. Gregory, William, manufacturer, governor, was born Aug. 3, 1849, in Astoria, N.Y. He was educated at Westerly, R.I. He is president of the Wickford national bank; a director of the union trust company; and a trustee of the Rhode Island safe deposit company. In 1888-92 he was a member of the general assembly; and in 1894-98 was In 1898a member of the state senate. 1900 he was governor of Rhode Island. He died Dec. 16, 1901, in Providence, R.I. 23, 1872, in

Gregory,

Stephen

John, lawyer, banker, congressman, was born Aug. 6, 1779, in Scotland. He became president of the Ontario bank, which position he held until 1856. He was one of the founders and corporators of the Ontario female seminary. In 1841-43 he was a representative to the twenty-second congress. He died April 9, 1858, in Canaudaigua, N.Y. Greiner, John, Journalist, librarian, governor, was born Sept. 14, 1810, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1845-51 he was state librarian of Ohio. In 1849 he was appointed an Indian agent in New Mexico; and in 1855-57 was governor of the territory. In 1865 he settled in Zanesville, Ohio, and edHe was the ited the Times of that city. author of Old Zip Coon; Tippecanoe and Tyler Too; and The Wagoner Boy. Greig,

Greiner,

Tuisco,

journalist,

author,

was

Since born June 16, 1846, in Germany. 1880 he has been engaged in writing on agriculture. He is the author of Money in Potatoes; How to Make the Garden Pay; New Onion Culture; Practical Farm Chemistry; Onions for Profit; Young Market Gardener; and The Garden Book. Grennell, George, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 35,

He was prose1786, in Greenfield, Mass. cuting attorney for Franklin county in 182028. He was a member of the state senate in 1824-27: and in 1829-39 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the twentytwentyfirst, twenty- second, twenty-third, fourth and twenty-fifth congress. He was a member of the board of trustees of Amherst college in 1838-59; and in 1849-53 was probate judge for his county. He died Nov. 20, 1877, in Greenfield, Mass. Grensel, Nicholas, soldier, was bom in 1817. He was a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars; and attained the rank of brigHe died April 23, 1896, in adier-general.

Aurora, 111. Gresham, Walter, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 22, 1841, in King and Queen county, Va. He graduated from the university of Virginia; and served as a private in the civil war. In 1872 he was elected district attorney; and was elected to the twentieth, twenty-first and twentysecond legislatures of Texas. In 1893-95 he was a representative from Texas to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Gresham, Walter Quinton, soldier, lawyer, cabinet officer, congressman, was born March 17, 183*2, near Lanesville, Ind. He entered the union army in 1861 as lieutenant-colonel; and was brevetted a majorgeneral. He was financial agent of Indiana jurist,

New York

City in 1867-69; and in 1869district judge for the district of In'diana. In 1883-84 he was postmaster-general and in 1884 he was secreIn 1884-93 he was tary of the treasury. United States circuit judge for the seventh judicial circuit; and in 1893-95 he was a representative to the fifty-third congress; and in 1893-95 he was secretary of He was secretary of state in Presistate. dent Cleveland's cabinet. He died May 28, 1895, in Washington, D.C. at 83

was United States

Gresley, William Stukeley, mining engiauthor, was bom Nov. 7, 1852i, in England. He is the author of Glossary of Coal Mining Terms; and Different Methods of Working Coal in Various Countries.

neer,

Grey, Benjamin E., state legislator, state

congressman, was born in Kena member of the Kentucky state legislature in 1838-39; was state senator in 1847-51; and was speaker of the senate and acting lieutenant-governor in 1850. In 1851-55 he was a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-second and senator,

tucky.

He was

thirty-third congresses.

He

died in

Logan

county, Ky. Grey, Samuel Howell, lawyer, founder, was born April 6, 1836, in Camden, N.J. The West Jersey title and guaranty company was organized by him in 1888; and

he has since been its president. He also organized in 1873 the Camden safe denosit