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Guernsey, Clara Florida – Guild, Reuben Aldridge

Guernsey, Clara Florida

author, was born in 1836, in New York. She is a Rochester writer of juvenile tales, among which are The Boys of Eaglewood School; The Silver Library; Friends in Need; and The Merman and the Figure Head.

Guernsey, Egbert

physician, author, was born in 1823, in Connecticut. He is a homeopathic physician of New York city, editor of the Medical Times since 1872, and the author of History of the United States; Homeopathic Domestic Practice; and The Gentleman's Book of Homeopathy.

Guernsey, Henry Newell

physician, author, was born in 1817, in Vermont. He was a homeopathic physician of Philadelphia, and the author of Application of Homeopathy to Obstetrics; Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects; The Keynote System; Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children; and Lectures on Materia Medica. He died in 1885.

Guernsey, Joseph C

physician, was born March 25, 1849, in Frankford, Pa. He is a trustee of the Hahnemann Medical college and hospital of Philadelphia, and lecturer on materia medica.

Guernsey, Lucy Ellen

author, was born in 1826, in New York. She is a writer of Rochester, N. Y., who has published more than fifty juvenile tales, some of which are, Old Stanfield House; Through Unknown Ways; Winifred; and Agnes Warrington's Mistake.

Guernsey, Rocellus S

lawyer, author. He is the author of Juries and Physicians on Insanity; Mechanics' Lien Laws for New York City; Municipal Law and Its Relations to the Constitution of Man; Key to Story's Equity Jurisprudence; Living Authors at the New York Bar; Suicide, a History of the Penal Laws Relating to It; and New York City and Vicinity During the War of 1812.

Guest, John

naval officer, was born March 7, 1821, in Missouri. He served in 1845-48 on the frigate Congress in the Pacific, on the coast of Mexico during the Mexican war and took part on shore in several sharp engagements. He also served with distinction through the civil war. He died Jan. 12, 1879, in Portsmouth, N. H.

Guffin, Washington I

merchant, state legislator, was born Jan. 17, 1840, in Carlisle, N. Y. In 1869 he moved to Illinois; and has since been successfully engaged as a grain merchant in Paw Paw.

In 1892 he was elected a representative to the Illinois state legislature, and twice received the re-election.

Guhin, James William

merchant, jurist, was born June 17, 1863, in Maple Grove, Wis. In 1883 he moved to Dakota territory, and was one of the first settlers of Aberdeen.

He is a successful merchant of Eureka, S. D.; has been judge of the municipal court of Eureka from its incorporation, and has filled a number of important positions in his county and state. He is also a contributor to current publications.

Guice, Napoleon Lorenzo

physician, surgeon, was born Feb. 10, 1838, in Hamburg, Miss. In 1877-78 he was president of the Mississippi State Medical association, and is a prominent physician of Meridian, Miss.

Guild, Curtis

journalist, author, was born Jan. 13, 1828, in Boston, Mass.

He is a journalist of Boston, founder and editor of The Commercial Bulletin; and the author of Over the Ocean, a popular book of travels; Abroad Again; Britons and Muscovites; From Sunrise to Sunset, a volume of verse; and A Chat About Celebrities.

Guild, Reuben Aldridge

librarian, author, was born May 4, 1822, at West Dedham, Mass. He was the librarian of Brown university in 1848-93. He is the author of Librarian's Manual; Rhode Island in the Continental Congress (edited); History of Brown University; Chaplain Smith and the Baptists; Footprints of Roger Williams; and Roger Williams, the Pioneer Missionary to the Indians.

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