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with Daniel Huntington, and in 1839 went to Eu- rope, where he continued his studies under the best artists of the day. Returning to New Y'ork in 1843 he opened a studio where he worked for three years and then visited Europe again. Dur- ing this visit he painted " Proserpine and Bac- chus," " Teaching a Child to Pray " and " Cupid Begging His Arrows." The last named was sub- sequently hung in the Pennsylvania academy. He was elected a member of the National acad- emy of design in 1842, and was president of the same from 18(i9 to 1871, when he resigned to go to Italy for the study of the Italian masters. Retiu-ning to New York in 1874 he thereafter gave much of his time to portrait painting. At the time of his death he had finished over two hun- dred portraits Among his genre works are: Wanea of War in the Metropolitan museum. New York city ; Judgment of Paris, in the Corcoran art gallery, Washington, D.C. ; the Ajyple of Discord, specially commended at the Centennial exposi- tion, Philadelphia, Pa,, 1876; Hagar and the Angel ; Pride of the Village ; Normandy Girl ; Cleo- patra; Twilight Mttsings; St. Christopher; Greek Lovers; Charity ; The Immortality of the Soul; Por- tia and Bassanio ; The Birth of Our Flag; Tlie JModcl from Cadore; and Genevieve. He died in New Y'ork city, Nov. 12, 1877.

QRAV, Horace, jurist, was born in Boston, Mass.. JIarch 24, 1828; son of Horace Gray; and grandson of William and Elizabeth (Chipman) Gray. He was grad- uated at Harvard, A.B. 1845, A.M. 1848 and LL.B. in 1849, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 18.51. He was reporter of the Massachu- setts supreme judicial coiu't, 1804-61 ; asso- ciate justice of the same, 1864-73, and chief justice, 1873-81. He was appointed by President Arthur, Dec. 19, 1881, an associate justice of the U.S. supreme court, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Jus- tice Clifford on July 35, 1881. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts historical society and a fellow of the American academy of arts and sciences. The honorary degree of LL. D. was given him by Harvard in 1871 and by Brown in 1883. He died at Nahant, Mass.. Sept. 15, 1902.

QRAV, Isaac Pusey, governor of Indiana, was born ill IViiu Tuwnshiii, Chester county. Pa,, Oct. l.'^. 1S28; son of John and H.-iimah (Worthington) Gray, ;iiul de.SL-cnded on butli .sides from Quakers

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who came to America with Perm. His parents removed to Urbana, Ohio, in 1838; to near Day- ton, Ohio, shortly afterward, and in 1843 to New Madison, Ohio.

He received a com- mon school education ; and was clerk in a store in New Madison. He removed to Union City, Ind., Nov. 30, 1855, where he estab- lished a dry goods and grain business, selling out in 1861 to accept the colonelcy of the 4th Indiana volunteer cavalry. He resigned his commission on ac ■ count of ill health. He subsequently organized the 147th Indiana infan- try but could not accept the command. At the time of Morgan's raid he commanded the Minute men (state guard). He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for representative in the 40th congress against George W. Julian in 1866, and was defeated by a few votes ; was state sen- ator, 1868-73 ; delegate to the Liberal Republican national convention of 1873; declined the nom- ination for attorney -general of Indiana in 1874; was lieutenant-governor of the state, 1877-80, serving till the death of Governor Williams, Nov. 30, 1880, when he became governor, his term ex- piring Jan. 13, 1881; and candidate for the nom- ination for governor in 1880, but received four votes less than necessary to a nomination, and was unanimously nominated for lieutenant-governor, suffering defeat with the rest of the ticket. In the Democratic caucus of 1881 he was nominated for U.S. senator and was defeated in the elec- tion by Gen. Benjamin Harrison. In 1884 he was elected governor, serving 1885-89. He re- moved to Indianapolis in 1885, and in 1888 his name was presented before the Democratic national convention for the vice-presidency, and in the national convention of 1892 he was named as an available candidate for the Presidency. President Cleveland ajipointed him U.S. minister to Mexico in 189;J, it being the President's first diplomatic appointment. He visited his home in December, 1894, and on his return was unconscious from the effects of a sudden attack of pneumonia and he died the same day in the American hospital. He was married, Sept. 8, 1850, to Eliza, daughter of Judson Jaqua, a native of Columbia county, N.Y., resident in Yankee Town. Ohio, and their son Pierre was a partner with his father in the law firm of Gray & Gray, Indianapolis, and Bay- ard settled in Frankfort, Ind. Governor Gray died in the city of Mexico, Feb. 14, 1895.