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Griswold, John A

manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born Nov. 11 , 1818, in Nassau, N. Y. In 1862 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-eighth congress, and was reelected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a republican. He died Oct. died Oct. 31, 1872, in Troy, N. Y.

Griswold, John A

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1827, in Greene county, N. Y. In 1856 he was elected diselected district attorney of Greene county, and held the position for three years. In 1864 he was elected county judge, and continued in the office four years. In 1868 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-first congress as a democrat .

Griswold, Matthew

lawyer, jurist, governor, was born March 23, 1714 , in Lyme, Conn. He was a judge, and afand afterward chief justice of the superior court, lieutenant-governor and governor in 1784-86 of Connecticut. He died April 28, 1799, at Lyme, Conn.

Griswold, Matthew

manufacturer, congressman, was born June 6, June 6 , 1833, in Lyme, Conn. In 1862 he was elected a member of the Connecticut house of representatives; and was reelected in 1865. In 1866 he moved to Erie, his present home, where he became engaged in manufacturing. He was a member of the fifty-second and fiftyfourth congresses as a republican.

Griswold, Roger

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was worn May 21, 1762, in Lyme, Conn. In 1795 to 1805 he was a representative in congress from Connecticut; and in 1807 was chosen a judge of the supreme court of the state. He was lieuwas lieutenant-governor from 1809 to 1811; and was then elected governor. He died Oct. died Oct. 25, 1812, in Norwich, Conn. a

Groff, George G

physician, educator, was born in April, 1851, in Chester county, Pa. In 1879 he was elected to the chair of natural sciences in the Buckin the Bucknell university of Lewisburg, Pa.; and is president of the Pennsylvania state board of health.

Gronlund, Laurence

lecturer, author, was born in 1847, in Denmark. He is . He is a lecturer upon socialistic topics in many cities of the United States, and the author of The Co-operative Commonwealth in Its Outlines; Ca Ira, or Danton in the French Revolution; and Our Destiny.

Groome, James Black

lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born April 4, 1838, in Elkton, Md. In 1867 he was elected to the state constitutional convention; in 1871 was elected to the state legislature; and was re-elected . In 1874 he was elected governor of Maryland; and was elected United States senator from Maryland for the term of six years from March 4, 1879.

Grose, William

soldier, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1812, in Dayton, Ohio. He was chosen a judge of the court of common pleas in 1860, but resigned in 1861, and recruited the thirty-sixth Indiana infantry, of which he became colonel.

At Shiloh his regiment was the only part of Buell's army that joined in the first day's fight, and after the engagement he commanded a brigade; and subsequently was promoted to brigadier-general. He lives in New Castle, Ind.

Gross, Ezra C

lawyer, congressman, was born in Windsor county, Vt. He was surrogate of Essex county from 1815 to 1819; was a representative in congress from New York from 1819 to 1821; and was elected to the assembly of that state in 1828 and 1829. He died before the close of his second term.