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Guion, John J

was born in 1801 in Natchez, Miss. He was a member of the state senate and president of that body, and also a judge of the criminal court.

In 1851 he was governor pro tem. of the state, and subsequently a judge of the district court of the state. He died June 26, 1855, at Vicksburg, Miss.

Guldin, John C

clergyman, composer, was born in 1799 in Bucks county, Pa. He was known as the Apostle to the Germans. He superintended the German publications of the American Tract 'society, and was the chief editor of the hymn-book that has since been adopted by the presbyterian church for the use of its German congregations. He died in 1863 in New York city.

Gulick, Peter Johnson

missionary, was born March 12, 1797, in Freehold, N. J. In 1827 he left Boston for the Hawaiian islands under commission of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, and was stationed on various islands of the Hawaiian kingdom. In 1874 he went to Japan, and there passed the last days of his life with a son who was also a missionary. He died Dec. 8, 1877, in Japan.

Gummere, Francis Barton

educator, author, was born in 1855 in New Jersey. He is a professor of English in Haverford college, Pennsylvania; and the author of The Anglo-Saxon Metaphor; Handbook of Poetics; and Germanic Origins, a study in Primitive Culture.

Gummere, John

educator, author, was born in 1784 in Willow Grove, Pa.

He was an educator of Burlington, N. J., and the author of Treatise on Surveying; and Theoretical and Practical Astronomy.

He died May 31, 1845, in Burlington, N. J.

Gummere, Samuel R

educator, author, was born March 3, 1789, in Horsham, Pa. He was an educator of Burlington, and the author of Treatise on Geography; and Compendium of Elocution. He died Sept. 13, 1866, in Burlington, N. J.

Gunckel, Louis B

was born Oct. 15, 1826, in Germantown, Ohio. He was a member of the senate of Ohio in 1862-65, and was a presidential elector in 1864. He was appointed United States commissioner to investigate Indian frauds, in 1871, and was elected to the forty-third congress as a republican.

Gunn, James

United States senator, was born in 1739 in Virginia. He was a senator of the United States from Georgia from 1789 to 1801. He died July 30, 1801, in Louisville, Ga.

Gunnell, Allen Thomson

lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Jan. 29, 1848, in Saline county, Mo. He received his education at the Bethany college, of West Virginia. He has been judge of Lake county, Colo.; was a member of the Colorado state legislature in 1879; and during 1891-95 served with distinction as state senator. In 1896 he was a presidential elector. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Colorado, and has a lucrative practice in Colorado Springs.

Gunning, Josiah Henry

clergyman, college president, inventor, was born March 1, 1840, in England. He has filled pastorates in the baptist churches of New York city and New Jersey, and for five years was president of the college of Physicians and Surgeons of Boston. He invented and patented an instrument known as the pulsating pen.

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Gunnison, Almon

clergyman, author, was born in 1844 in Maine. is a universalist clergyman of prominence, and the author of Rambles Overland, a Trip Across the Continent; and Wayside and Fireside Rambles.

Gunnison, Elisha Norman

journalist, poet, was born in 1837 in Massachusetts. He was a journalist of York, Pa., who published One Summer Dream, and Other Poems; and Our Stars. He died in 1880.