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Gordon, Archibald D

author, was born in 1848 in Ireland. He was a dramatic critic and playwright of New York city, and the author of The Ugly Duckling; Is Marriage a Failure?; and That Girl From Mexico. He died in 1895.

GORDON, ARMISTEAD CHURCHILL, lawyer, poet, was born in 1855 in Albemarle county, Va. He is the author of a volume of dialect poems entitled Befo' de War. He is an able lawyer of Staunton, Va., of which city he has been mayor.

GORDON, CHARLES BENJAMIN WILLIAM, clergyman, journalist, author, was born Nov. 1, 1861, in Colerain, N. C.

He has attained success as a pastor of the baptist church of Petersburg, Va., and since 1886 he has been editor of The National Pilot. He is the founder of the American and The National Orphan Home; and has been president of the National Orphan and Educational association since 1886.