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Gabb, William More

paleontologist, author, was born Jan. 16, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1868 he undertook a survey in Santo Domingo for the Santo Domingo Land and Mining company, remaining on the island from 1869 to 1872. He published an extended memoir On the Topography and Geology of Santo Domingo. He died May 30, 1878, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Gabriels, Henry

educator, bishop, was born Oct. 6, 1838, in Belgium. For thirty years he was the professor of theology and president of St. Joseph seminary of Troy, N. Y. In 1892 he was consecrated bishop of Ogdensburg.

Gadsden, James

soldier, merchant, diplomat, was born May 15, 1788, in Charleston, S. C. In 1820 he was appointed inspector-general of the army, with rank of colonel. He was appointed minister to Mexico in 1853, and negotiated the Gadsden Purchase, now known as Arizona, for ten million dollars. He died Dec. 26, 1858, in Charleston, S. C.

Gadsden, John

lawyer, state legislator, was born March 4, 1787. He was a member of the South Carolina legislature, and also held the office of United States district attorney. He died Jan. 31, 1831.

Gadsden, Philip Henry

lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 4, 1867, in Charleston, S. C. He has served with distinction as a member of the South Carolina state legislature; and is president of the Charleston Street Railway company.

Gaffney, Margaret

philanthropist, was born about 1825, in Baltimore, Md. In 1852 she opened an orphan asylum in New Orleans, and gave to orphans of whatever denomination her three largest homes for children, and a home for the aged and infirm. She was the first woman in this country to be honored by the erection of a marble statue to her memory. She died Feb. 9, 1882.

Gage, Joshua

state legislator, congressman. He was a member of the legislature from 1805 to 1808, in 1813, 1814, 1820 and 1821; a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1817 to 1819; and a state councilor in 1822 and 1823.

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Gage, Lyman Judson

banker, financier, was born June 28, 1836, in Deruyter, N. Y. He became cashier of the First National bank of Chicago in 1868. charter expiring, the bank was reorganized in 1882, with a capital of three million dollars, and Mr. Gage was made vicepresident and general manager, and in 1891 he was elected president. In 1897 he resigned the presidency of the bank in order to accept the portfolio of the United States treasury.

Gage, Mrs. Matilda Joslyn

suffragist, author, was born March 24, 1826, in Cicero, N. Y. She is a noted woman suffragist of Fayetteville, N. Y.; and the author of Woman's Rights Catechism; Woman as an Inventor: Woman, Church and State; and History of Woman Suffrage.

Gage, Simon Henry

physiologist, author, was born May 20, 1857, in Maryland, N. Y. He is a physiologist who has been professor of physiology at Cornell university; and is the author of The Microscope and Histeology; and Anatomical Technology.

Gage, Thomas

soldier colonial governor, was born in 1721 in England. He was governor of Massachusetts in 1774-75.

He died April 2, 1787, in England.

Gage, William Leonard

clergyman, author, was born in 1832 in New Hampshire. He was a unitarian clergyman of Hartford in 1868-84. He is the author of Trinitarian Sermons to a Unitarian Congregation; Songs of War Time; Light in Darkness; Life of Carl Ritter; Studies in Bible Lands; Verses; The Home of God's People; A Leisurely Journey; Palestine, Historic and Descriptive; The Salvation of Faust; and a number of translations from the German.

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