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Gorshire, William R

jurist, was born in New York. He moved to Colorado, where he was appointed United States judge for the territory of Colorado, residing at Denver.

Gortner, John Narver

clergyman, lecturer, poet, was born Feb. 16, 1874, in St. Charles, Ill. He attended the Garrett Biblical institute and has attained prominence as a lecturer and clergyman of the methodist episcopal church of Newman Grove, Neb. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled Dust From the Chariot Wheels; and a memorial poem entitled Across the Wave, to the memory of his father, a missionary who died in Africa.

Gortner, Joseph Ross

clergyman, missionary, poet, was born Jan. 24, 1846, in Williamsport, Pa. He graduated from the Dickinson seminary, and became an eminent clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. He went as a missionary to Africa during the latter part of his life, and died March 8, 1888, on the west coast of Africa.

Gorton, David Allyn

physician, author, was born in 1832 in New York.

He is a physician of Brooklyn, and the author of The Monism of Man, or the Unity of the Divine and Human; The Principles of Mental Hygiene; The Drift of Medical Philosophy; and Neurasthenia.

Gorton, Samuell

author, was born in 1592 in England. He was the founder of a small sect sometimes called Nothingarians, which survived him for about a century. He was the author of Simplicitie's Defence Against Seven-Headed Policy; An Incorruptible Key Composed of the CX. Psalm; Saltmarsh Returned from the Dead; An Antidote Against the Common Plague of the World; and Certain Copies of Letters. He died in 1677 in Rhode Island.

Gosack, George Mechlin

lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 7, 1866, in Dayton, Pa. He is a successful lawyer of Pittsburg, Pa.; and in 1897 was elected a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives.

Gosnell, James

clergyman, was born Sept. 14, 1857, in Ireland. He attended the university of Rochester, and the Syracuse university, and has received the degrees of A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. Since 1880 he has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church in Rochester and vicinity, and since 1895 in Lockport, N. Y.

Goss, Elbridge Henry

author, was born in 1830 in Massachusetts. He is a writer of Melrose, Mass., and the author of Life of Colonel Paul Revere; and Melrose Memorial.

Goss, James H

merchant, congressman, was born Aug. 9, 1820, in Union Court House, S. C. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1867, and was elected a representativė from South Carolina to the fortieth congress.

Goss, Warren Lee

author, was born in 1838 in Massachusetts. He is a writer of Norwich, Conn., and more recently of Rutherford, N. J. He is the author of The Soldier's Story of the Captivity at Andersonville; Jack Alden; Tom Clifton; Jed; and Recollections of a Private.

Gott, Daniel

congressman, was born in Connecticut. On moving to New York he was elected a representative in congress from 1847 to 1851.

Gottlieb, Ernest

missionary, author, was born in 1743 in England. He was a Moravian missionary who made extended studies of Indian customs. He is the author of History, etc., of the Pennsylvania Indians; Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delawares; and Names which the Delawares Gave to Rivers and Streams, with their Signification. He died in 1823.