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Glidden, Charles Jasper

banker, was born Aug. 29, 1857, in Lowell, Mass. He is president of the Traders' National bank of Lowell.

Glisan, Rodney

physician, author, was born Jan. 29, 1827, in Linganore, Md.

He is a physician of Portland, Ore., emeritus professor of obstetrics in Willamette university; and the author of Journal of Army Life; Modern Midwifery; and Two Years in Europe.

Glisson, Oliver S

naval officer, was born Jan. 18, 1809, in Ohio. In 1826 he was made a midshipman; captain in 1862; commodore in 1866; and rear-admiral in 1870. He was retired in 1871.

Glossbrenner, Adam J

journalist, congressman, was born Aug. 31, 1810, in Hagerstown, Md. In 1861 he was private secretary to President Buchanan; and in 1863 became one of the founders of the Philadelphia Age. In 1864 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-ninth congress; and was reelected to the fortieth congress.

Glover, John Milton

was born June 23, 1835, in St. Louis, Mo. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a democrat.

Glover, John Montgomery

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 4, 1834, in Mercer county, Ky. He was appointed a colonel of cavalry; and was commissioned colonel of the third Missouri volunteer cavalry in 1861. In 1866 he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the third district of Missouri; and was elected to the forty-third, fortyfourth and forty-fifth congresses as a democrat.

Glover, William

governor, was born about 1670. He was governor of North Carolina during 1706-10.

Gluck, James Fraser

lawyer, was born April 28, 1852, in Niagara Falls, N.

Y. He is curator of the Buffalo library, and has presented that library with one of the most valuable collections of autographs, manuscripts, and letters in the United States.

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Gmeiner, John

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 5, 1847, in Bavaria. is a Roman catholic priest of Milwaukee; professor of homiletics in St. Francis de Sales seminary; and is the author of Die Katholische Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten; Sind wir den Weltende nahe?; Modern Scientific Views and Christian Doctrines Compared; The Spirits of Darkness and their Manifestations on Earth; and The Church and the Various Nationalities in the United States.

Gobble, Aaron Ezra

educator, college president, was born Feb. 14, 1856, in Center county, Pa. Since 1887 he has been president of the Central Pennsylvania college at New Berlin.

Gobin, Hillary Asbury

clergyman, educator, college president, was born March 25, 1842, in Terre Haute, Ind.

For six years he was president of the Baker university of Baldwin, Kan.; and in 1895 became president of the De Pauw university of Greencastle, Ind.

Godbey, Edgar W

lawyer, was born March 2, 1861, in Morristown, Tenn. He received his education at the Hiwassee college, Tenn., and at the university of Alabama. He has devoted himself entirely to the law, and has had a large practice involving many novel and intricate questions.