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Gilley, Silas Alfred

soldier, clergyman, prohibitionist, was born April 21, 1845, in Farmersville, N. Y. For three years he served in the union army, and was promoted while in his teens. He is now pastor of the methodist church of Marengo, Iowa; and editor of the Sunday-school Quarterlies of his denomination.

Gilliam, David Tod

educator, surgeon, author, was born April 3, 1844, in Hebron, Ohio. He was elected president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine.

He is the author of Essentials of Pathology, and A Pocket-Book of Medicine.

Gillig, George

brewer, was born Oct. 9, 1809, in Germany. He began the brewery business in New York city in 1840, and was the first to brew lager beer in 1846.

Gilligan, John Philip

surgeon, was born Jan. 14, 1897, in Elizabethtown, N. Y. He graduated from the Medical Union university, and has attained prominence as one of the foremost surgeons of the west. He has been surgeon to several large railway corporations; secretary to the United States pension board; a member of the insanity commission; and has held various other public positions of honor. He has a large practice in Nebraska, and resides in O'Neill.

Gillis, James L

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1792, in Hebron, N. Y. He was commissioned in 1814 a lieutenant by the governor of New York. In 1840 he was elected to the legislature of Pennsylvania; and in 1842 was appointed one of the judges of Jefferson county. In 1845 he was elected to the state senate; and in 1851 was again reelected to the lower house; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania in the thirty-fifth congress.

Gilliss, James Melville

astronomer, author, was born Sept. 6, 1811, in Georgetown, D. C. He was an astronomer of distinction in charge of the naval observatory at Washington; and the author of United States Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere; and Observations at the Naval Observatory. He died Feb. 9, 1865, in Washington, D. C.

Gillman, Henry

scientist, diplomat, author, was born Nov. 16, 1833, in Ireland. He served as United States consul at Jerusalem until 1891. He is the author of The Wild Flowers and Gardens of Jerusalem and Palestine.

Gillon, Alexander

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1793 to 1794. He died in 1794.

Gilman, Arthur

architect, was born Nov. 5, 1821, in Newburyport, Mass.

He designed and built the Boston city hall, which is regarded as his best work.

He died July 11, 1882, in Syracuse, N. Y.

Gilman, Chandler Robbins

physician, educator, author, was born Sept. 6, 1802, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a physician of New York city, and professor from 1841 in the college of Physicians and Surgeons. He was the author of Legends of a Log Cabin; Life on the Lakes; Life of J. B. Beck; The Relations of the Medical to the Legal Profession; and Tracts on Generation. He died Sept. 26, 1865, in Middletown, Conn.

Gilman, Charles J

state legislator, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He served in the legislature of that state in 1854. He removed to Maine; and was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from that state.

Gilman, Daniel Coit

educator, college president, author, was born July 6, 1831, in Norwich, Conn. He is an educator of prominence; was president of the university of California; and is now the honored president of Johns Hopkins university from 1875. He is the author of Our National Schools in Science; and Life of James Monroe.