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Gear, John Henry – Gholson, William Yates

64 lives from Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography (1898), printed on pages 395–397. Each name links to the page it is printed on.

Gear, John Henryp. 395merchant, governor, United States senator, was born April 7, 1825, in Ithaca, N. Y. He moved to…
Geary, Edward Ratchfordp. 395soldier, was born Sept. 14, 1845, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He became captain of Hampton battery, and…
Geary, John Whitep. 395soldier, governor, was born Dec. 30, 1819, near Mount Pleasant, Pa. In 1849 he removed to California,…
Geary, Thomas Jp. 395lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1854, in Boston, Mass. He was elected district attorney of Sonoma…
Gebhard, Johnp. 395congressman, was born in Claverack, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to…
Geddes, Georgep. 395engineer, state senator, was born Feb. 14, 1809, in Fairmont, N. Y. He was a member of the senate of the…
Geddes, George Wp. 395lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 16, 1824, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He was judge of the court of…
Geddes, Jamesp. 395manufacturer, jurist, congressman, was born July 22, 1763, in Carlisle, Pa. He was elected a magistrate…
Geddes, James Lorrainep. 395soldier, was born March 19, 1827, in Scotland. In 1857 he emigrated to Iowa; and there engaged in…
Geddes, Johnp. 395governor, was born about 1773 in Charleston, S. C. He was governor of South Carolina from 1818 to 1820;…
Geddes, Normanp. 395lawyer, jurist, public official, was born April 14, 1823, in Livonia, N. Y. He has been justice of the…
Gedney, Jonathan Haightp. 395inventor, was born Feb. 25, 1798, in Rye, N. Y. He invented the wooden cogs used in the cotton…
Gee, Joshuap. 395clergyman, author, was born June 29, 1698, in Boston, Mass. He is the author of a Sermon on the Death of…
Geer, George Jarvisp. 395clergyman, author, was born Feb. 24, 1821, in Waterbury, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman, long…
Geer, Walterp. 395lawyer, manufacturer, was born Aug. 19, 1857, in Williamstown, Mass. In 1886 he was elected president of…
Geiger, Levip. 395lawyer, jurist, was born March 14, 1824, in Greencastle, Pa. He is a prominent lawyer of Urbana, Ohio;…
Geis, Benjamin Fp. 396lawyer, was born April 27, 1860, in Blairsville, Pa. He received his education at St. Vincent's and Iron…
Geissenhainer, Jacob Augus- Tusp. 396lawyer, congressman, was born in New York city. He commenced the practice of law in 1863 in New York…
Geist, Jacob M. Wp. 396journalist, was born Dec. 14, 1824, in Lancaster county, Pa. In 1877 he founded The New Era of…
Gemunder, Georgep. 396violinmaker, author, was born April 13, 1816, in Germany. He is a violinmaker who came to America from…
Genin, John Nicholasp. 396merchant, author, was born Oct. 19, 1819, in New York city. He was a noted hatter of New York city who…
Genth, Frederick Augustusp. 396educator, author, was born May 17, 1820, in Germany. He was a professor of chemistry at the university…
Gentry, Meredith Poindexterp. 396lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1809, in Rockinghani county, N. C. He was elected to the…
Genung, John Franklinp. 396educator, author, was born in 1850 in New York. He is a professor at Amherst college; and the author of…
George, Charles Hp. 396merchant, banker, was born July 14, 1839, in Foxboro, Mass. In 1880 he was elected president of the…
George, Enochp. 396methodist episcopal bishop, was born in 1767 in Lancaster county, Va. In 1816 he was elected and…
George, Henryp. 396journalist, author, was born Sept. 2, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a candidate for mayor of New…
George, James Zachariahp. 396soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born Oct. 20, 1826, in Monroe county, Ga. He was a captain…
George, Melvin Clarkep. 396lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born May 13, 1849, in Noble county, Ohio. He was a state senator…
George, Nathan Dowp. 396clergyman, author, was born in 1808 in New Hampshire. He was a methodist clergyman, long prominent in…
George, Samuel Carrp. 396missionary, educator, was born July 8, 1832, in Allegheny county, Pa. In 1861-73 he was a missionary in…
George, Samuel Wesleyp. 396public official, state senator, was born April 26, 1862, in Meredith, N. H. In 1893 he was elected a…
Gerard, James Watsonp. 396lawyer, philanthropist, was born in 1794 in New York city. It was through his efforts that the…
Gerard, James Watsonp. 396lawyer, author, was born about 1822 in New York city. He is a lawyer of New York city; and the author of…
Gere, Charles Henryp. 396lawyer, legislator, journalist, was born Feb. 18, 1838, in Gainesville, N. Y. He received his education…
Gere, George Grantp. 396surgeon, author, was born Dec. 27, 1848, in Greene, N. Y. In 1886 he was appointed to the chair of…
Gere, George Wp. 396lawyer, prohibitionist, was born March 22, 1843, in Clark county, Ill. He is a prominent lawyer of…
Gerend, M. Mp. 396clergyman, college president, author, was born June 17, 1858, in Sheboygan, Wis. He became president of…
Gerhard, Benjaminp. 396lawyer, author, was born in 1812 in Philadelphia, Pa. As a lawyer he ranked high, and published several…
Gerhard, William Paulp. 396civil engineer, author, was born July 30, 1854, in Germany. He is a sanitary engineer of New York city;…
Gerhard, William Woodp. 396physician, author, was born July 23, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a Philadelphia physician; and the…
Gerhart, Emanuel Vogelp. 396educator, college president, clergyman, author, was born June 13, 1817, in Freeburg, Pa. He is a German…
Gering, Henry Rp. 396pharmaceutical chemist, was born April 27, 1868, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He is president of the Nebraska…
German, Obadiahp. 396United States senator, was born in 1767 in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was a senator in congress from New…
Gerrish, Theodorep. 396clergyman, author, was born in 1846. He is a clergyman of Portland, Maine; and the author of Army Life;…
Gerry, Charles Fp. 396educator, state senator, author, poet, was born June 3, 1823, in Sudbury, Mass. He was a representative…
Gerry, Elbridgep. 397signer of the declaration of independence, was born July 17, 1744, in Marblehead, Mass. He was a member…
Gerry, Elbridgep. 397lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1815, in Waterford, Maine. In 1840 he was clerk of the house of…
Gerry, Elbridge Thomasp. 397lawyer, was born Dec. 25, 1837, in New York city. In 1867 he served the state as a member of the…
Gerry, Jamesp. 397congressman, born in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1843.
Gerry, Samuel Lancasterp. 397artist, was born May 10, 1813, in Boston, Mass. He was an original member of the Boston Art club, and…
Gervais, John Lewisp. 397congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1753, in Germany. He was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental…
Gescheidt, Louis Anthonyp. 397physician, author, was born Feb. 19, 1808, in Germany. He came to this country in 1835, and settled in…
Gest, William Hp. 397lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 7, 1838, in Jacksonville, Ill. He has been engaged in the practice of…
Getty, George Franklinp. 397lawyer, was born Oct. 17, 1855, in Grantsville, Md. He received his education at the Smithville academy,…
Getty, George Washingtonp. 397soldier, was born Oct. 20, 1819, in Georgetown, D. C. He fought against the Seminoles in 1849-50 and…
Getz, J. Lawrencep. 397lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Sept. 14, 1821, in Reading, Pa. He was for twenty years the…
Geyer, Henry Sheffiep. 397soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born Dec. 9, 1790, in Fredericktown, Md. He was an active…
Gherardi, Bancroftp. 397naval officer, was born Nov. 10, 1832, in Jackson, La. He entered the navy from Massachusetts as…
Ghiselin, George Rp. 397diplomat, was born in 1824, in Staunton, Va. During the civil war he was ambassador to England for the…
Gholson, James Hp. 397congressman, was born in 1798 in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1833…
Gholson, Samuel Jamesonp. 397jurist, congressman, was born May 19, 1808, in Madison county, Ky. He was a representative in congress…
Gholson, Thomasp. 397congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1808 to 1816.
Gholson, William Yatesp. 397jurist, author, was born in 1807 in Virginia. He was an Ohio jurist who published Speeches on Payment of…