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Gilpin, Joshua

author, poet, was born Nov. 8, 1765, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He was a Philadelphia writer who published Verses at the Fountain of Vaucluse; Farm of Virgil, and Other Poems; and Memoir on a Canal from the Chesapeake to the Delaware. He died in 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Gilpin, Thomas

manufacturer, was born March 18, 1728, in Chester county, Pa. He aided in establishing Wilmington college, Delaware, and labored for the construction of a canal between the Chesapeake and the Delaware. He died April 30, 1778, in Winchester, Va.

Gilpin, Thomas

manufacturer, inventor, was born Sept. 10, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pa. He became an extensive paper-manufacturer, and in 1817 structed a machine for making paper continuously. He died March 3, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa. con-

Gilpin, William

soldier, governor, was born Oct. 4, 1822, in Brandywine, Pa.

He was appointed first governor of Colorado by President Lincoln and was, with Benjamin F. Hall, the chief justice, and other officers, instrumental in saving the territory to the union. He died Jan. 20, 1894.

Gilson, Frank Rindge

journalist, was born Dec. 30, 1848, in Charlestown, Mass. He is editor and owner of the Palladium Daily of Benton Harbor, Mich.; and president of the Michigan Republican Newspaper association.

Girard, Charles

naturalist, author, was born March 9, 1822, in France. He is a naturalist who came to the United States with Agassiz in 1847; and is the author of Life in its Physical Aspects; Contributions to the Fauna of Chili; and Herpetology of the Wilkes Expedition.

Girard, Stephen

merchant, philanthropist, was born May 24, 1750, near Bordeaux, France. In 1780 he engaged in the West India trade, and acquired a fortune. He founded the Girard college of Philadelphia for the education and maintenance of orphans. He died Dec. 26, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Girardeau, John L

clergyman, author, was born in 1825, in South Carolina. He is a presbyterian clergyman of South Carolina, and professor of systematic theology in Columbia Theological seminary from 1876. He is the author of Calvinism and Evangelical Arminianism Compared; and The Will in its Theological Relations.

Gist, Joseph

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1775, in South Carolina. He served in the legislature of his native state for eighteen years; and was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1821 to 1827. He served as a trustee of the state college. He died May 8, 1835.

Gist, Mordecai

soldier, merchant, planter, was born ir. 1743, in Baltimore, Md. He served with distinction through the revolutionary war, was promoted to brigadier-general, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. With the cessation of hostilities he purchased a plantation at Charleston, S. C., where he resided until the close of his life. He died Sept. 2, 1792, in Charleston, S. C.

Gist, William H

governor, was born in South Carolina. He was governor of that state from 1858 to 1860.

Githens, Cournelli E

poet, was born Dec. 27, 1863, in Cameron, Ohio. He is the author of numerous poems which have appeared in current periodicals.

GITTINGS, ELLA PAMELA BEECH- ER, educator, author, poet, was born Feb. 18, 1852, in Oberlin, Ohio. She received her education at the Oberlin and Iowa colleges, and prior to her marriage taught school. She has attained success as a writer of stories and poems; and has taken an active part in the world's congress, etc.