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 GRAVES

GRAY

and civil engineeriug at the JIassacliusetts agri- cultural college, Amherst, 1874-81, and professor of natural sciences at Phillips academy, Andover, from 1881. He was made an overseer of the Charitable fund of Amherst college in 1878. He was married Aug. 20, I8G3, to Liu-anah H. Cope- land of Mansfield, Mass.

GRAVES, William Jordan, representative, was born in Newcastle. Ky., in 1805. He was a lawyer, a representative in the state legislature in 1834; a representative in the 24th, 25th and 36th congresses, 1885-41; again a representative in the Kentucky legislature, 1843, and a presi- dential elector in 1848. While representative in congress he fought a duel with Representative Jonathan Cilley of Maine. The weapons were rifles chosen by Cilley, who was killed in the encounter at Bladensburg. Md., Feb. 24, 1838. Graves dietl at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 27, 1848.

GRAVES, Zuinglius Calvin, educator, was born m Chester, Vt., in 1816; son of Zuragliusand Loisa (Snell) Graves. He attended the common schools and the normal school at Ludlow, Vt., supporting himself by teaching district schools several months each winter. In 1837 he opened a jH'ivate school at Uniouville, Ashtabula county, Oliio, and in 1840 was elected principal of the iicadeniy of Aslitabula. He was president of the Tennessee and Alabama female institute, after- ward Mary Sharpe college, Winchester, Tenn., 1850-89. Upon the death of the Rev. Joseph H. Eaton in 1859, Dr. Graves was offered the chancel- lorsliip of Union university, Murfreesboro, Tenn., but declined the honor. He was married in 1841 to Adelia Cleopati-a, daughter of Dr. D. M. Spencer of Kingsville, Ohio. The degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by Madison university in 1847, and that of LL.D. by Union univei-sity, Mur- freesboro, Tenn., in 1856.

GRAY, Albert Zabriskie, clergyman, was born in New York city, March 2, 1840; son of John A. C. and Susan Maria (Zabriskie) Gray. He was graduated from the University of the city of New York in 1860, studied theology under d'Aubigny in Geneva, 1860-61, and was graduated from the General theological seminary of the P.E. churcli in 1864. He was a chajilain of the 4th JMassachusetts cavalry and was taken prisoner in the last days of the civil war. He was rector of Christ church, Bloomfield, N. J., 1866-68; travelled in Europe, 1868-70; was rector of St. Philip's church in the Highlands, Garrison, N.Y., 1870-82, and was warden of Racine college and rector of St. John's collegiate chapel, Racine, Wis., 1882- 88. On June 14, 1866, he was married to Harriet, daugliter of Covington Guion of Kinderhook, NY. The honorary degree of S.T.D. was con- ferred upon him by Columliia in 1887. Besides numerous contributions to periodicals, he is the

author of The Land and the Life; Sketches and Studies ill I'alestine (1876); Mexico as it is (1878); The Words of the Cross (1880); Jesus Only, and Other Sacred Songs (1882); and liacine (1887). He died in Ciiicago, 111., Feb. 16, 1889.

GRAY, Alonzo, educator-, was born in Towns- end, Vt., Feb. 21, 1808. He was graduated at Amherst college, A.B. 1834, A.M. 1837; and from the Andover theological senunary in 1838. He taught the natural sciences in Phillips acad- emy, Andover, Mass., 1837-43; filled the chair of chemistry in Marietta college, 1844-45; and taught in the Brooklyn Heiglits female academy, 1845-51. In 1851 he established the Brooklyn Heights fe- male seminary, which he conducted for the re- mamder of his life. The honorary degree of LL.D. was given him by Ingham university in 1856. He is the author of: Elements of Chemistry (1841,40th eJ.. 1853); Elements of Scientific and Practical AyrietiUure (1842); Elements of yaUiral Philosophy (1851); and in collaboration with Charles B. Adams. Elements of Genloiiy (1852). He died in Brooklyn, NY., March 10, 1860.

GRAY, Asa, botanist, was born at Sanquoit, Oneida county, N.Y., Nov. 18, 1810; .son of Moses and Ro.xana (Howard) Gray; grandson of Moses Wiley and Sally (Miller) Gray; great-grandson of Robert and Sarah (Wiley) Gray; and great^ gi-andson of John Gray, who emigrated from Lon- donderry, prov- ince of Ulster, Ireland, in 1718, and settled

in Worcester, Mass. He was sent to a dis trict school at the age of tliree years and at odd times helped in the work of his father's tan- nery, being en trusted as he grew older with feeding the

bark mill and driving the

horse which turned tiie mill. When twelve years old he was sent to the Clinton grammar school and from there was transferred to Fairfield academy. While at the academy he attended the chemistry lectures of Prof. James Hadley at the Medical college, and in 1826 lie entered upon the study of medicine at that college, graduating in 1831. In the meantime he had become interested in the subject of botany from reading an article in Brewster's Edinburgii Encyclopajdia, had begun