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Greenleaf, Moses – Greer, Leon C

Greenleaf, Moses

author, was born in 1778, in Newburyport, Mass. He was the author of Statistical View of Maine; and Survey of Maine. He died March 20, 1834, in Williamsburg, Maine.

Greenly, William L

governor, was born Sept. 18, 1813, in Hamilton, N.

Y. In 1845 he was elected lieutenantgovernor of Michigan, and became acting governor in 1847.

Greenman, Edward W

merchant, manufacturer, congressman, was born Jan. 26, 1840, in Berlin, N. Y. He was supervisor of Berlin in 1866-68; was elected clerk of Rensselaer county in 1868, serving a full term of three years; and was deputy county clerk for ten years. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.

Greenough, Henry

artist, architect, author, was born Oct. 5, 1807, in Boston, Mass. He was an architect of Cambridge whose writings include the novels Ernest Carroll; Apelles and his Contemporaries; and various essays on art. He died Dec. 18, 1852, in Somerville, Mass.

Greenup, Christopher

state legislator, congressman, governor, was born in 1750, in Virginia. He was governor of Kentucky from 1804 to 1808. He was a patriot of the American revolution, and participated in the perils of the war. He was at various times a member of the legislature of Kentucky; was a representative of that state in congress from 1792 to 1797; and was a presidential elector in 1809. He died April 24, 1818, in Frankfort, Ky.

Greenwood, James M

educator, author, was born Nov. 15, 1836, near Springfield, Ill. He is an educator and school superintendent of Kansas City who has published Principles of Education Practically Applied.

Greenwood, John

lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 6, 1798, in Providence, R. I.

On the formation of the government of New York city he was elected city judge; and in 1842 was appointed first judge of Kings county court, New York.

Greenwood, Miles

manufacturer, was born March 19, 1807, in Jersey City, N. J. He organized the first paid fire department in Cincinnati in 1852, and in the same year aided in introducing into that city the first steam fire engine in the United States. He died Nov. 6, 1885, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Greer, Allen J

lawyer, state senator, was born June 14, 1854, in Mifflin county, Pa. In 1891-93 he was a member of the Minnesota state legislature; and in 1895 was elected a member of the state senate.

Greer, David Hummell

clergyman, author, was born March 20, 1844, ın Wheeling, W. Va. He is a prominent episcopal clergyman of New York city of broad church views, and the author of The Preacher and his Place; and From Things to God.

Greer, James Augustin

naval officer, was born Feb. 28, 1833, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1848, became lieutenant in 1855, and lieutenant-commander in 1862. He was promoted to the grade of captain in 1876; and in 1886 served as president of the examining board; and in the same year was made commodore.

Greer, Leon C

lawyer, journalist, was born June 11, 1874, in Eufaula, Ala.

He received his education in the public schools of Georgia and graduated from the Gordon institute of Barnesville, Ga.; and from the university of Georgia. He has served as solicitor of Macon county court; has been a member of the congressional executive committee of the third congressional district of Georgia; and in 1897 became the editor and owner of The Macon County Citizen of Oglethorpe, Ga.