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settleil ill New Albauy, Ind. George was gradu- ateJ at Wesleyan university (Conn.) in 1870, ami alter a brief posi-grailuate course in zoology at Harvard under Agassiz, organized a natural his- torj- museum for Wesleyan university and was its curator, 1871-77. He visited Bermuda to make zoological explorations, 1872; studied in the United States national museum, 1872-73, and then became associated with Professor Baird in the work in the Smithsonian institution and as a volunteer in the U.S. fish commission on its or- ganization, where he had charge of the division of fisheries and statistics. He was occupied in zoological explorations from Nova Scotia to Flor- ida and the Bermudas; was principal curator of the national museum, 1875-80; assistant director, 1881-87, and assistant secretary of the Smithso- nian institu-

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tion in charge of the na- tional mu- seum, 1887-9G. - He was mar- " ' - ' -— ir ."~3:;=ri^ ried, Nov. 24,

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Ford, daughter of Orange Judd of New York city. Their son, Kenneth Francis was born Dec. 8, 1880. In 1887, as statistical expert for the Halifax fish- eries convention, he prepared and published the first comprehensive statistics of the fisheries of the United States, and as special agent of the tenth census, he directed the fishery census of 1880, and subsequently supervised the publica- tion the first seven vokunes of " The Fishery In- dustries of the United States." In 1887 he was appointed United States commissioner of flsh and fisheries to succeed Professor Baird and resigned the office at the end of six months in order to give his entire attention to the National museum. In 1876 he had charge of the exhibit of animal products and fisheries at the Philadelphia exposi- tion; in 1880 he was commissioner to the Inter- national fishery exhibition at Berlin, and in 1883 U.S. commissioner in charge of the American exhibit at the International fisheries exhibition in London. He was also a member of the govern- ment boards for the New Orleans exposition in 1884 and the Ohio Vallej^ centennial in Cincin- nati in 1887; was commissioner to the Columbian historical exposition in Madrid, 1892, and in 1893 was a member of the government board for the World's Columbian exposition. In 1890 he pre- pared for the national commission of the Colum- bian exposition the plan upon which the oflScial classification of the exliibition was subsequently based. He was one of the board of management of the American institute of civics and vice-pres- ident and registrar-general of the National society of the Sons of the American Revolution m the

organization of which lie took part as well as in that of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, whose badge was designed by him. He was a member of the National academy of sciences; fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, of the American philosophical society, and of the American acad- emy of arts and sciences; a member of the Amer- ican society of naturalists, of the American, Virginia and Columbian historical societies; also corresponding member of the Zoological society of London, the Sociote Zoologique de France, the Society of natural history and anthropology of Moscow, the Sociiitfi Naturale d'Aquiculture de France, the National Fisheries societies of Ger- many, Great Britain and Japan; and received from the Queen Regent of Spain the decoration of Commander in the Royal Order of Ysabel la Catolica. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Indiana university and that of LL.D. from Wes- leyan university. Besides many papers in the proceedings of scientific .societies he published: Tke Game Fishcf: af North America, with colored plates by Kilbourne; American Fishes; The Le- ginninys of American Science; The Oriyin of the Scientific and Educational Institutions of the United States; The Museums of the Future; Viryinia Cozisins (a genealogical work) and, with Tarle- ton II. Bean, Oceanic Ichthijolnyy, an illustrated treatise on the deep sea and pelagic fishes of the world. He died at Lanier Heights, near Wash- ington, D.C., Sept. 6, 1896.

GOODE, John, representative, was born in Bedford count}', Va., May 27, 1829; son of Lieut. John and Ann (Leftwich) Goode; grandson of Edmund and (Branch) Goode; great-grand- son of William and Pheb}' (Goode) Goode, and great ^ grandson of Samuel and Martha (Jones) Goode. He was graduated at Emorj' and Henry college in 1848 and began to practise law at Lib- erty, Va., in 1851. He was elected to the Vir- ginia house of delegates in 1851 and for several succeeding terms, and was a presidential elector in 1852 and 1856. As a member of the convention of 1861 he signed the ordinance of secession. After a short service on General Early's staff with the rank of captain, he was elected a repre- sentative in the Confederate congress, and held his seat from February, 1862, until the fall of the government. He removed to Norfolk in 1865 and resumed the practice of law, serving also in the legislature, and from 1868 to 1880 was a member of the National Democratic committee. He was a representative from Noi-folk, Va., in the 44th, 45th and 46th congresses, 1875-81, but failed of re- election to the 47th congress because of his firm stand in favor of full payment of the state debt. He was president of the electoral college of Virginia in 1884. In 1885 he was appointed Iiy