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Gail, Frederick W – Gaither, George Franklin
Gail, Frederick W
lawyer, was born Jan. 17, 1860, in Aurora, N. Y. He started in life as a newspaper reporter; and in 1882-84 was official stenographer for the first judicial district of Minnesota; and since 1884 has practiced law at Stillwater, Minn.
Gaillard, Edwin Samuel
soldier, educator, physician, journalist, was born Jan. 16, 1827, in Charleston, S. C. In 1865 he established the Richmond Medical Journal, which he removed to Louisville in 1868, and published there under the title of the Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal. In 1874 he also established the American Medical Weekly. He died Feb. 1, 1885, in Louisville, Ky.
Gaillard, John
United States senator, was born Sept. 5, 1765, in St. Stephen's, S. C. He was a senator of the United States from South Carolina from 1804 to 1826; voted for the war of 1812; and was repeatedly called to preside over the senate in the absence of the vicepresident. He died Feb. 26, 1826, in Washington, D. C.
Gaillard, Theodore
lawyer, jurist. He was one of the earliest judges of the United States circuit court, having in 1801 been appointed chief justice of the fifth circuit. In 1813 he was appointed a district judge of the United States for Louisiana.
Gailor, Thomas Frank
clergyman, bishop, was born Sept. 17, 1856, in Jackson, Miss. In 1880 he was ordained a priest, and is now assistant bishop of Tennessee.
Gaine, Hugh
journalist, was born in 1726 in Ireland. He began business as a printer and bookseller in New York city in 1750, and in 1752 established the Mercury, a weekly publication. He died April 25, 1807, in New York city. was
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton
soldier, was born March 20, 1777, in Culpeper county, Va. He entered the army in 1799, and rose gradually until he made major-general for his gallantry at Fort Erie in 1814. He remained in the army until his death. He died June 6, 1849, in New Orleans, La.
Gaines, John Wesley
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 24, 1861, in Nashville, Tenn. In 1892 he was elector on the Cleveland ticket and led in the ballot; afterwards became a leading exponent of free silver in his district, and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Gaines, Wesley J
bishop, author, was born Oct. 4, 1840, in Washington, Ga.
In 1888 he was ordained bishop at Indianapolis. He is the author of a valuable work entitled African Methodism in the South.
Gaines, William Embre
soldier, banker, congressman, was born Aug. 30, 1844, in Charlotte county, Va. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in company K, eighteenth Virginia regiment, and was engaged in all the battles fought by the army of Northern Virginia up to the Maryland campaign. He was elected to the Virginia state senate in 1883, and was the leader of his party in that branch three years, when he resigned. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
Gaither, Burgess Sidney
lawyer, congressman, was born March 16, 1807, in Iredell county, N. C. He was superintendent of the mint at Charlotte, N. C.; and was a member of the state senate in 1840 and 1844. He was also a member of both sessions of the confederate congress. He died Feb. 23, 1892, in Morgantown, N. C.
Gaither, George Franklin
farmer, educator, politician, was born March 6, 1856, in Iuka, Miss. After graduating from the Iuka Male institute he taught in the public schools of Etowah county, Ala.; and in 1886 was elected county superintendent of education for that county, receiving the re-election in 1888. He is a successful farmer and populist politician; and helped to organize that party in 1891 at Cincinnati, Ohio.