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university, and was graduated at the University of Rochester, A.B., 1876, A.M., 1880. He was New York correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, 1877-80; a member of the editorial staff of the New York Examiner, 1880-83; was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1883 and wasjsastorat Pough- keepsie, N.Y., 1883-87, of the Fourth Avenue church, Pittsburg, Pa., 1887-89; president of the South Dakota university, 1889-92; assistant pro- fessor of modern history, extension department; registrar and recorder at the University of Chicago, 1893-9.}, and in 1895 became associate editor of The Watdiman, Boston, Mass. He was married, Aug. 13, 1877, to Caroline Bristol. His oldest son, Howard Bristol, born July 4, 1878, a student in Brown university, 1899, served in the 1st Massachusetts heavy artillery during the Spanisli-American war. 1898. Mr. Grose is the author of Memorial Life of John Boach, Ship- bnildcr (1888). and of numerous magazine articles. QROSE, William, soldier, was born in Day- ton. Ohio, Dec. IG, 1813. His father was a soldier in the war of 1813 and both his grandfathers saw service in the Continental army during the war for American independence. He was educated in the public scliool, studied law and settled at New Castle, Ind., where he was admitted to the bar. He was a presidential elector for Indiana in 18.33 and voted for Franklin Pierce. In 18o3 he was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for representative in the 3d congress. In 18.^6 he joined the Reijublican party and supported the candidacy of John C. Fremont, being the same year elected a representative in the state legisla- ture. He was elected judge of the court of com- mon pleas in 1860 and resigned in 1861 to serve in the army. He recruited the 36th Indiana in- fantry and was elected its colonel. His was the only regiment of Buell's army that reached the scene of action at Shiloh on the first day of the fight. He was promoted to the command of a brigade and served with the army of the Cum- berland in all its campaigns, including Vieks- burg, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Dalton, and the battles in front of Atlanta, where he re- ceived his commission as brigadier general while under fire. He then served in the battles of Franklin and Nashville and afterward presided over courts -martial held in Nashville, 1865-66. He was appointed by President Johnson collector of internal revenue and served 1866- 7'i. and was an imsucoessful candidate for representative in the 46th congress in 1878. In 1884 he was appointed by Gov. A. G. Porter one of four commissioners to superintend the building of three state hospi- tals for the insane, and they were built at Evans- ville, Richmond and Logansport, 1884-86. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1887. He died in Newcastle. Ind., Aug. 3. 1900.

GROSS, Albert Mailer, composer, was born in Louisville, Ky., March 18, 1844; son of Dr. Sam- uel David and Louisa (Weissell) Gross. He was educated at the University of Virginia, entered the junior class of the University of Pennsylva- nia in 1863 and was graduated A.B. 1864, A.M. 1867. He studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1867. President Johnson ap- pointed him U.S. district attorney of New Mex- ico in 1868 and after a short service he resigned on account of ill health. He was a member of the select council of Philadelphia, 1883, and de- clined the U.S. consulship at Athens, Greece, in 1885. He was an advocate of cremation of the dead as early as 1874. He published various poems and vocal and instrumental compositions in English, French and German, and with his brother, Samuel Weiswell, he prepared an auto- biography of his father.

GROSS, Charles, educator, was born in Troy, ' N.Y., Feb. 10, 1857; son of Louis and Lottie (Wolf) Gross. He was graduated at Williams college, A.B., 1878, A.M., 1883; engaged in liter- ary work in England, 1884-88; was instructor in history at Harvard, 1888-92, and became assistant professor of history there in 1893. He was mar- ried, July 15, 1889, to Annie, daughter of William and Mary Anne (Malacrida) Smith of London, England. Gottingen conferred on him the degree of Ph.D. in 1883. He is the author of The Gild 3Irri-hant (1890); Select Cases from the Coroner's Bolls (1896); BihUoyrajihy of British Municipal His- tory (1897), and contributions to the leading magazines on historical subjects.

GROSS, John Daniel, clergyman, was born in Germany in 1737. He was pastor of a church near the New York frontier during the war of the Revolution and about 1784 removed to New York city. He was a regent of the University of the state of New Y'"ork, 1784-87; professor of German and of geography at Columbia college, 1784-95, and of moral philosophy, 1787-95; and a trustee of Columbia, 1787-93. He accumulated a fortune through buying the land-warrants of the Revolu- tionary soldiers, and after resigning from Colum- bia in 1795 he removed to a farm in Canajoharie, N.Y. Columbia conferred upon him the hono- rary degree of S.T.D. in 1789. He is the author of Matiiral Principles of Bectitude (1795). He died in Canajoharie, N.Y., May 25, 1813.

GROSS, Samuel David, surgeon, was born near Easton, Pa., July 8, 1805. He was graduated at Jefferson medical college in 1828, practised in Philadelphia, and occupied his leisure by trans- lating medical works from the French. He prac- tised medicine in Easton, Pa., 1839-34, meanwhile holding the chair of general chemistry at Lafay- ette, 1832-34. He was demonstrator of anatomy in the medical college of Ohio at Cincinnati, 1834-