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Grove, William B

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1791 to 1803.

Grover, Asa P

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 18, 1819, in Ontario county, N. Y. He was elected to the state senate in 1857; re-elected in 1861, holding the position eight years.

He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the fortieth congress as a democrat.

Grover, Lewis C

underwriter, founder, was born Oct. 20, 1815, in Caldwell, N. J. In 1845 he obtained from the legislature a charter of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company of Newark, N. J., of which he afterward became president.

Grover, Martin

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1847; was a judge of the supreme court of New York from 1857 to 1859; and was judge of the court of appeals from 1859 for a full term. He was elected an associate judge in 1870 for fourteen years. He died Aug. 23, 1875, in Alleghany county, N. Y.

Grow, Galusha Aaron

lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 31, 1824, in Eastford, Conn. In 1850 he was elected a representative in congress from Pennsylvania; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress. He was reelected to the thirtyseventh congress, and was chosen speaker of the house of representatives.

He served in the fifty-third congress to fill a vacancy; and > re-elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.

Grubb, Edward Burd

soldier, manufacturer, diplomat, was born in 1841, in Burlington, N. J. He attained the rank of brigadier-general during the civil war.

In the management of iron works and mines in Pennsylvania and Virginia he succeeded his father, and soon became one of the leading producers of pig iron in the north.

Grube, Bernhard Adam

missionary, author, was born in 1715, in Germany. He was a Moravian missionary who came to America in 1746 and settled in Pennsylvania. He published Delaware Indian Hymn Book; and Harmony of the Gospels. He died March 20, 1808, in Bethlehem, Pa.

Grumbine, Lee Leight

lawyer, journalist, was born July 25, 1858, in Fredericksburg, Pa. In 1890 he founded the Lebanon Daily Report, which became a recognized force in Pennsylvania journalism.

Grund, Francis Joseph

journalist, author, was born in 1809, in Bohemia.

He was a journalist of Philadelphia who published Exercises in Arithmetic; Americans in their Moral, Religious and Social Relations; Aristocracy in America; Life of General Harrison, in German; and Thoughts and Reflections on the Present Position of Europe. He died Sept. 29, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa. a

Guenther, Richard

pharmacist, congressman, was born Nov. 30, 1845, in Prussia. He settled at Oshkosh, Wis., in 1867; was elected state treasurer in 1876, and re-elected in 1878. He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.

Guerard, Benjamin

governor. He was governor of South Carolina from 1783 to 1785; and speaker of the house in 1783. He died in January, 1789, in Charleston, S. C.

Guernsey, Alfred Hudson

journalist, author, was born in 1825, in Vermont. He is a writer of New York city, and at one period editor of Harper's Monthly. He is the author of The Spanish Armada; The World's Opportunities; Carlyle, His Life, Books, and Theories; and Emerson, Poet and Philosopher.