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Grant, Clement Rollins

artist, was born July 10, 1849, in Freeport, Maine.

His specialty is landscape and portrait painting. Among his pictures are Amy Wentworth, an illustration of Whittier's poem, Marguerita; and O for the Touch of a Vanished Hand.

Grant, Julia Dent

wife of President Grant, was born Jan. 26, 1826, in St. Louis, Mo. When America called Grant to the presidential chair, she stood with dignity at his side, and commanded the respect of all who beheld her; and this respect has been enhanced by her continued dignity through the trials and sufferings of Grant's last days.

Grant, Lemuel Pratt

railroad president, was born Aug. 11, 1817, in Frankfort, Maine. In 1873 he became president of the Georgia Pacific railroad; and in 1883 was president of the Western railroad of Alabama.

Grant, William Daniel

capitalist, was born Aug. 16, 1837, in Athens, Ga. He is the largest owner of Atlanta real estate and one of the wealthiest men of Georgia.

Grantland, Seaton

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative in congress from Georgia from 1835 to 1839; and was also a presidential elector.

Gratacap, Louis Pope

naturalist, author, was born Nov. 1, 1850, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a naturalist connected with the American Museum of Natural History in New York city who has published Philosophy of Ritualism, or Apologia Pro Ritu.

Gratke, John Edward

journalist, legislator, was born Feb. 16, 1872, in Milwaukee, Wis. He is the editor and proprietor of The Budget of Astoria, Ore.; and in 1897 was elected a member of the Oregon state legislature.

Graves, Alexander

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1844, in Mississippi. He entered the confederate army, serving throughout the war. In 1872 he was elected city attorney of Lexington; and in 1874 was elected prosecuting attorney of Lafayette county. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.

Graves, Charles W

lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 29, 1854, in East Aurora, N. Y. He studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar in 1876, and practiced law in Sparta until 1879, then he removed to Viroqua. Since 1894 he has been county judge of Vernon county.

Graves, Edward Oziel

public official, banker, was born Aug. 3, 1843, in Gravesville, N. Y. In 1883-85 he was assistant treasurer of the United States at Washington, D. C.; and during 1885-89 was chief of the bureau of engraving and printing. He is president of the Washington National bank of Seattle.

Graves, Frank R

lawyer, legislator, was born March 13, 1852, in Shelby county, Texas. He attended the common schools of Ellis county, and graduated from the university of Texas. He served as a member of the twenty-second and twenty-third legislatures of Texas with distinction. He was member of the democratic state executive committee of Texas; was county attorney of Karnes a county; and is one of the leading lawyers of his native state.

Graves, James Robinson

clergyman, author, was born April 10, 1820, in Chester, Vt. He is a baptist clergyman of Nashville, prominent as a controversialist; and is the author of The Great Iron Wheel, or Republicanism Backward; The Little Iron Wheel; The Intermediate State; Old Landmarks; Intercommunion of Churches: The Redemptive Work of Christ; The New Great Iron Wheel; Denominational Sermons; and Parables and Prophecies of Christ.