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Gano, John

clergyman, was born July 22, 1727, in Hopewell, N. J. In 1762 the First Baptist church in New York was organized, and he became its pastor and continued successfully in this relation for twenty-six years. He died in 1804 near Lexington, Ky.

Gano, Stephen Franklin

physician, surgeon, was born April 2, 1807, in Georgetown, Ky. In 1837 he was elected to the legislature, and again in 1847, and in 1862. He acted as surgeon of the sev-- enth district of Kentucky during the civil war.

Ganong, Jane K

poet, was born Aug. 26. 1835, in Carmel, N. Y. She has contributed extensively to current literature, and her poems have been given a place in several standard collections.

Ganse, Hervey Doddridge

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 7, 1822, in Fishkill, N. Y. In 1883 he became first secretary of the presbyterian board of aid for colleges and academies, in Chicago, Ill. He is the author of Bible Slave-holding not Sinful. soldier, lawyer, was born Dec. 15, 1834, in GANSEVOORT, HENRY SANFORD,.

Albany, N. Y. In 1865 he was promoted to brigadier-general. He died in 1871.

Gansevoort, Leonard

congressman, was born in 1751 in Albany, N. Y.

He was a delegate from New York to the continental congress in 1787 and 1788. He died in 1810, in Albany, N. Y.

Gansevoort, Peter

soldier, was born July 17, 1749, in Albany, N. Y.

He was commissioner of Indian affairs; military agent, and in 1809 was made a brigadier-general in the United States army. He died July 2, 1812, in Albany, N. Y.

Ganson, John

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 1, 1818, in Le Roy, N. Y. He was a member of the state legislature in 1862; and was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-eighth congress. He died Sept. 28, 1874, in Buffalo, N. Y.

Gantz, Martin K

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1862, in Bethel, Ohio. He was elected mayor of the city of Troy; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.

Garard, Louis Ford

soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 25, 1847, in Columbus, Ga. He served as a private in the civil war. He was a member of the Georgia legislature in 1878-81, and framed the famous baby bond bill.

Garber, Silas

governor. He was governor of Nebraska from 1875 to 1879.

Garcelon, Alonzo

physician, surgeon, governor, was born in 1813 in Maine. He served in the house of representatives of the Maine legislature, and was surgeongeneral on the staff of the governor of Maine during the civil war. He was an unsuccessful candidate for congress in 1868 and for governor in 1878. There having been no choice for governor at the election in 1878, he was elected to that office by the state legislature.

Gard, Ernest Chapin

journalist, poet, was born March 22, 1857, in Ringgold county, Iowa. In 1880 he was admitted to the bar, but preferred literary pursuits. In 1884 he established the Goshen Gazette; four years later moved to Colorado, where he established the Herald at Palmer Lake, and in 1891 he founded the Cripple Creek Crusher. He has contributed extensively to the Denver daily newspapers, and is the author of a collection of humorous articles entitled Life's Panorama.