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Giddings, Almena

educator, author, was born April 14, 1838, in Hartland, Conn. She wrote under various names, and published a volume of poems entitled My Welcome Beyond and Other Poems.

Giddings, Armin

lawyer, legislator, was born May 31, 1822, in Sherman, Conn.

For fourteen years he was judge of probate; was a member of the state legislature during 1851-56; state senator during 1857-64; and in 1864 he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Montana. He died Feb. 13, 1882, in Sherman, Conn.

Giddings, De Witt C

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 18, 1827, in Susquehanna county, Pa. He served as a soldier in the confederate army. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1866.

He was elected to the forty-second congress, and re-elected to the forty-third congress, and reelected to the fortyfifth congress as democrat. He served on numerous important committees while a member of congress. a

Giddings, Edward Fuller

lawyer, journalist, was born May 1, 1859, in Eaton, N. Y. He was the one-time editor of the Springfield Union, Mass.; and is now an able lawyer of Chicago, Ill GIDDINGS, EDWARD JONATHAN, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 24, 1831, in Great Barrington, Mass. He is clergyman of the congregationalist church; and the author of Christian Rulers of America.

Giddings, J. Wight

journalist, lawyer, state senator, was born Sept. 27, 1858, in Romeo, Mich. He is the editor and owner of The News of Cadillac, Mich.

During 1886-90 he served as a member of the Michigan state senate; was lieutenant-governor of Michigan during 1893-95; and has been judge of the recorder's court.

Giddings, Marsh

lawyer, governor, was born Nov. 9, 1815, in Sherman, Conn.

For eight years he was probate judge of Kalamazoo county, Mich. In 1871 he was appointed governor of New Mexico, and died while in office on June 3, 1875, in Santa Fe. au-

Giddings, Minot S

merchant, thor, was born March 19, 1837, in Sherman, Conn. He was a candidate for state representative, and several times a member of state conventions. In 1882 he published a genealogy of the Giddings Family.

Giddings, Orien Noble

legislator, jurist, was born Feb. 21, 1814, in Beekman, N. Y. He was one of the first magistrates of Charleston, Mich., and in 1845- 46 was a member of the Michigan state legislature.

In 1865 he was appointed quartermaster-general of his state.

Giddings, Rockwood

clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 8, 1812, in Plymouth, N. H. In 1838 he was appointed president of the Baptist college of Georgetown, Ky. He died Oct. 29, 1839.

Giddings, Salmon

clergyman, missionary, was born March 2, 1782, in Hartland, Conn. In 1817 he organized the First Presbyterian church in St. Louis, Mo., and died Feb. 1, 1828, and his remains were deposited in a vault constructed for the purpose under the pulpit of his church. +00

Giessler, Henry Franklin

lawyer, banker, state legislator, was born Oct. 15, 1853, near Hanover, Pa. In 1886 he moved to Kansas, and there founded with his brother the Bank of Oakley. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Kansas house of representatives.

Giffe, William T

musician, composer, was born June 28, 1848, in Portland, Ind. He is the author of Giffe's Practical Course in Harmony and Musical Composition, and a number of popular music books for singers. He is the president of the Home Music company of Logansport, Ind.