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Gill, Theodore Nicholas – Gillette, William Hooker

Gill, Theodore Nicholas

educator, naturalist, author, was born March 21, 1837, in New York city. He is a naturalist, professor of zoölogy in the Columbian university, Washington, D. C.; and the author of Arrangement of the Families of Mollusks; Arrangement of the Families of Fishes; Arrangement of the Families of Mammals; Catalogue of the Fishes of the East Coast of North America; and Scientific and Popular Views of Nature Contrasted.

Gill, William Ireland

author.

He is the author of Evolution and Progress; Analytical Processes; and Christian Conception and Experience.

Gill, William Fearing

author. He is the author of The Martyred Church; Home Recreations; and Life of Poe.

Gillam, George F

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Nov. 7, 1836, in Middlesex, N. Y. He was a member of the Michigan state legislature in 1871-72.

Since 1872 he has practiced law in Lansing; was justice of the peace during 1877-81; and probate judge of his county during 1881-85.

Gillem, Alvan Cullem

soldier, state legislator, was born July 29, 1830, in Jackson county, Tenn. He was a member of the first legislature of Tennessee. He served on the Texas frontier and in California; and led the troops in the Modoc campaign. He died Dec. 2, 1875, in Nashville, Tenn.

Gillespie, Eugene P

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 24, 1852, in Greensville, Pa. He is a successful lawyer in his native city; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.

Gillespie, James

congressman. He was a member of the provincial congress of North Carolina; and was a representative in the United States congress from that state from 1793 to 1799, and from 1803 to 1805. He died Jan. 10, 1805.

Gillespie, John A

educator, was born June 5, 1845, in Newville, Pa. He received his education at the Iowa State university. For six years he was a teacher in the Iowa School for the Deaf; and for twenty years has been superintendent of the Nebraska School for the Deaf, at Omaha. He is prominent in educational affairs; and president of the American Association to Promote Auricular Training.

Gillet, Charles W

soldier, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1840, in Addison, N. Y. He enlisted as a private in the eighty-sixth regiment New York volunteers, August, 1861; was made adjutant of the regiment in 1861, and served as adjutant until discharged from the service for disabilities in 1863. He was elected to the fifty-third, fiftyfourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican; and is a member of several important committees. a

Gillett, Oren M

lawyer, banker, was born March 12, 1850, in Bergen, N. Y.

In 1875 he was admitted to the bar in Independence, Iowa. During 1881-90 he was clerk of the district and circuit courts of Buchanan county, Iowa; in 1890-92 he was cashier of the Commercial State bank of Independence, Iowa; and since the latter date has been president of that financial institution.

Gillette, Abram Dunn

educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 8, 1807, in Cambridge, Washington county, N. Y.

He published a History of the Eleventh Baptist Church of Philadelphia; Memoir of the Rev. Daniel H. Gillette; and Pastor's Last Gift, and edited Social Hymns and the minutes of the Philadelphia Bap- He tist association from 1707 till 1807. died Aug. 24, 1882, in Lake George, N. Y.

Gillette, William Hooker

actor, author, was born July 24, 1853, in Hartford, Conn. He was an actor and playwright, among whose plays are Held by the Enemy; The Professor; Esmeralda; and The Private Secretary.