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Gay, Eben Howard

banker, author, was born in 1858 in Massachusetts. He is a banker of Boston who has published A Treatise on Municipal Bonds.

Gay, Ebenezer

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 26, 1696, in Dedham, Mass.

He was a unitarian clergyman of Hingham from 1718 until his death; and the author of The Old Man's Calendar, a sermon preached on his eighty-fifth birthday, which went through several editions in America and England, and was translated into several continental languages. He died in 1787 in Hingham, Mass.

Gay, Edward J

merchant, manufacturer, congressman, was born Feb. 3, 1816, in Liberty, Va. In 1883, upon the foundation of the Louisiana Sugar exchange, at New Orleans, he was elected its first president; and in 1884 was elected a representative from Louisiana to the forty-ninth congress, and received the reelection to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.

Gay, Martin

physician, chemist, was born Feb. 16, 1803, in Boston, Mass. He had a high reputation as an analytical chemist, and his frequent testimony as a witness in courts of justice, in cases of death by poisoning, marks an era in the history of medical jurisprudence in this country. He died Jan. 12, 1850, in Hingham, Mass.

Gay, Sydney Howard

journalist, author, was born in 1814 in Hingham, Mass. He was a journalist of New York and Chicago, and during the civil war the managing editor of the New York Tribune. He was the author of Life of James Madison; and Bryant and Gay's Popular History of the United States, of which the preface only was the work of Mr. Bryant.

He died June 25, 1888, in New Brighton, N. Y.

Gay, Walter

artist, was born Jan. 22, 1856, in Hingham, Mass. His Fall Flowers was exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition. His works include The Trained Pigeons; Troubles of a Bachelor; The Knife-Grinder; Conspiracy under Louis XVI; The Spinners; The Weaver; and Richelieu.

Gayler, Charles

dramatist, author, was born April 1, 1820, in New York city. He was a dramatist of New York city, among whose many plays are, The Gold Hunters; Taking the Chances; Fritz.

Among his various novels are The Romance of a Poor Young Man; and Out of the Streets, both of which were dramatized by their author. He died in 1892.

Gaylord, Fred

engineer, state legislator, was born Sept. 2, 1860, in Ottumwa, Iowa. For many years he was engaged as an engineer and railroad contractor in Nebraska; and subsequently became superintendent of the gas works of Kearney, Neb. In 1887 he was elected a member of the Nebraska state legislature, and has served on various important committees. He has also filled various local offices of honor in his city, county and state.

Gaylord, James M

congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.

Gazley, James W

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1823 to 1825.

Geary, Edward Ratchford

soldier, was born Sept. 14, 1845, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He became captain of Hampton battery, and subsequently a lieutenant in Khapp's battery, which post he held at the time of his death. He died Oct. 30, 1863.

Geary, Thomas J

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1854, in Boston, Mass. He was elected district attorney of Sonoma county in 1882, and served two years. He was elected as a democrat and American to the fifty-first congress to fill a vacancy; and was elected to the fiftysecond congress and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat and American.