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Guy, Charles L – Gwinnett, Button

Guy, Charles L

lawyer, state senator, was born Jan. 6, 1856, in New York city. He nominated David B. Hill for governor at Saratoga in 1874. He has served as a member of the New York state senate from the thirteenth district.

Guy, William E

railroad president, was born Dec. 22, 1844, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Since 1889 he has been the president of the St. Louis and Eastern railroad. was

Guyon, James

congressman, born in 1777 in Richmond county, N. Y.

He represented Staten Island in the legislature of New York a number of years; and was a member of congress from 1819 to 1821. He died March 8, 1846, on Staten Island.

He

Guyot, Arnold Henry

educator, author, was born Sept. 28, 1807, in Switzerland. He was a geographer of distinction who came to America in 1849, and from 1854 until his death was professor of geography at Princeton college. was the founder of the Princeton museum, and the author of Earth and Man; Creation, or the Biblical Cosmogony in the Light of Modern Science; Physical Geography; and Social Economy. He died Feb. 8, 1884, at Princeton, N. J.

Gwin, William

naval officer, was born Dec. 5, 1832, in Columbus, Ind. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1847, and was promoted until he was commissioned lieutenant in 1855, and lieutenantcommander in 1862. He died Jan. 3, 1863, on the Yazoo river, Mississippi.

Gwinnett, Button

signer of the declaration of independence, was born about 1732 in England. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1775 to 1776, and was one of the signers of the declaration of independence. In 1777 he was a member of the convention to form a state constitution for Georgia. He was re-elected to congress, but, having fought a duel with General McIntosh, was mortally wounded, and died May 27, 1777, in Georgia.