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Gebhard, John

congressman, was born in Claverack, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1823.

Geddes, George

engineer, state senator, was born Feb. 14, 1809, in Fairmont, N. Y. He was a member of the senate of the state of New York in 1847, and reelected in 1849. He had charge of lowering the canal of Seneca river, from 1853 till 1856. He died Oct. 8, 1883, in New York.

Geddes, George W

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 16, 1824, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He was judge of the court of common pleas for the sixth judicial district from 1856 to 1866, and again from 1868 to 1873. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat.

Geddes, James Lorraine

soldier, was born March 19, 1827, in Scotland. In 1857 he emigrated to Iowa; and there engaged in educational work. During the civil war he served gallantly in the union army, and was promoted a brigadier-general. He died Feb. 21, 1887, in Ames, Iowa.

Geddes, John

governor, was born about 1773 in Charleston, S. C. He was governor of South Carolina from 1818 to 1820; and speaker of the South Carolina house of representatives. He died March 5, 1828, in Charleston, S. C.

Geddes, Norman

lawyer, jurist, public official, was born April 14, 1823, in Livonia, N. Y. He has been justice of the peace of Adrian, Mich.; mayor of his city; and for nine years judge of probate for his county.

Gedney, Jonathan Haight

inventor, was born Feb. 25, 1798, in Rye, N. Y. He invented the wooden cogs used in the cotton manufactories. He died Aug. 7, 1886, in Mamaronock, N. Y.

Gee, Joshua

clergyman, author, was born June 29, 1698, in Boston, Mass. He is the author of a Sermon on the Death of Cotton Mather; and two discourses entitled The Strait Gate and the Narrow Way Infinitely Preferable to the Wide Gate and the Broad Way. He died May 22, 1748, in Boston, Mass.

Geer, George Jarvis

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 24, 1821, in Waterbury, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman, long rector of St. Timothy's church of New York city, and the author of The Conversion of St. Paul, a series of Discourses. He died March 16, 1885, in New York.

Geer, Walter

lawyer, manufacturer, was born Aug. 19, 1857, in Williamstown, Mass. In 1886 he was elected president of the newly organized New York Architectural Terra-Cotta company.

Geiger, Levi

lawyer, jurist, was born March 14, 1824, in Greencastle, Pa.

He is a prominent lawyer of Urbana, Ohio; has been prosecuting attorney for Champaign county; and for five years was judge of the court of common pleas.

Geist, Jacob M. W

journalist, was born Dec. 14, 1824, in Lancaster county, Pa. In 1877 he founded The New Era of Lancaster, Pa.