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Given, William – Glazier, Willard

Given, William

naval officer, was born Dec. 5, 1832, in Columbus, Ohio. He entered the United States navy as a midshipman, and was successively promoted lieutenant and lieutenant-commander.

He died Jan. 3, 1863.

Gladden, Adley H

soldier, was born in South Carolina. In 1861 he was appointed a brigadier-general in the confederate army; was wounded at the battle of Shiloh; and died soon afterward.

Glascock, John Ragland

lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 25, 1845, in Panola county, Miss. He was district attorney of Alameda county, Cal., in 1875- 77; and was elected to the forty-eighth congress as congressman at large from California as a democrat.

Glascock, Thomas

soldier, congressman. He was appointed colonel of the troops ordered out by the legislature in defense of the state against the Indians on the western frontier, and was afterwards elected general of militia. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1836 to 1839. He died May 9, 1841, in Decatur, Ga.

Glasgow, Ellen

author, was born in 1875, in Virginia. She is a novelist of Richmond, Va.; and the author of The Descendant: a Novel.

Glasgow, Hugh

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1813 to 1817.

Glasgow, S. L

soldier, legislator, was born in 1838, in Winchester, Ohio.

He served in the civil war; and in 1863 for meritorious services received the rank of brigadier-general. In 1879 he was elected to the Iowa state legislature.

Glasscock, John R

lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 25, 1845, in Panola county, Miss. In 1875 he was elected district attorney of Alameda county, Cal., and served one term, declining a renomination. He was elected a representative from California to the forty-eighth congress.

Glasson, John J

naval officer, was born in New York city. He commanded the store-ship Lexington in Perry's Japan expedition in 1853-54; was appointed commander in 1855, and stationed at New Bedford, Mass., from 1861 till 1863. He died March 12, 1882, in New York city.

Glazebrook, Otis A

clergyman, was born Oct. 13, 1845, in Richmond, Va.

In 1875 he was made chaplain of the famous fifth Maryland regiment; and built the church of the Holy Trinity. In 1885 he was called to St. John's church of Elizabeth, N. J.

Glazier, George William

civil engineer, inventor, was born Sept. 2, 1838, in Gardiner, Maine. He is the inventor of spool cotton and paper-box machinery; and is also engaged in their manufacture.

Glazier, Willard

soldier, author, was born Aug. 22, 1841, in Fowler, N. Y.

He was a captain in the federal army during the civil war. He is the author of Captured, Prison-Pen, and Escape; Three Years in the Federal Cavalry; Battles for the Union; Heroes of Three Wars; Peculiarities of Great Cities; and Down the Great River.