Galeener, Chris – Galloway, Joseph
Galeener, Chris
clergyman, was born Feb. 27, 1854, in Warren county, Ohio. He is one of the foremost clergymen of the west and has filled pastorates in the leading churches of Illinois. He has been secretary of the Illinois conference; was twice a delegate to the general conference of the methodist episcopal church, and has been presiding elder.
Gales, Joseph
journalist, was born in 1760 in England. He was originally a printer and bookseller at Sheffield, where he established and published the Register.
He died Aug. 24, 1841, in Raleigh, N. C.
Gales, Joseph
journalist, was born April 10, 1786, in England. In 1810 he succeeded to the sole proprietorship of the National Intelligencer of Washington, D.
C. He died July 21, 1860, in Washington, D. C.
Gales, Seaton
soldier, journalist, was born May 17, 1828, in Raleigh, N. C.
On the death of his father he took editorial charge of the Raleigh Register; and from 1866 till 1869 was connected with the Raleigh Sentinel. He died Nov. 29, 1878, in Washington, D. C.
Gallagher, Charles Wesley
clergyman, college president, was born Feb. 3, 1846, in Boston, Mass. During 1889-93 he was president of the Lawrence university of Wisconsin; and since 1893 has been president of the Maine Wesleyan seminary and college of Kent's Hill.
Gallagher, Hugh P
clergyman, philanthropist, was born in 1815, in Ireland. In 1844 he was made president of the Theological seminary of Pittsburg, Pa. The same year he founded St. Francis' college for boys, and also founded and edited the Pittsburg Catholic. In 1850 he introduced the sisters of mercy, for whom he established St. Aloysius' academy for girls. In 1852 he moved to California, built a church in Benicia; and in 1853 established the Catholic Standard.
He died in March, 1882, in San Francisco, Cal.
Gallagher, James Nestor
merchant, author, poet, was born July 5, 1848, in Concord, N. H. He is the author of a humorous work entitled Let 'er Go, Gallagher; and a volume of poems.
Gallagher, Nicholas Aloysius
college president, bishop, was born Feb. 19, 1846, in Temperanceville, Ohio. He was ordained priest in 1868, and consecrated bishop of Galveston, Texas, in 1882. For many years he was president of St.
Aloysius seminary of Columbus, Ohio.
Gallagher, Patrick S
educator, was born in May, 1855, in Ireland. He attended the Business college of La Crosse, Wis., and has attained success in educational work. For the past eight years he has been superintendent of schools in Swift county, Minn.
Gallagher, William Davis
journalist, author, poet, was born Aug. 21, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pa. He received his a at education at the Lancasterian seminary of Cincinnati, Ohio. He commenced life as a printer, then became a proofreader; and subsequently filled the editorial chair on a Cincinnati daily newspaper. He published The Quarterly Review, and was prominent in the early literary annals of the Ohio valley. He was the author of Miami Woods, and Other Poems; A Golden Wedding, and Other Poems; and Erato, a volume of verse. He died in 1894 in Louisville, Ky.
Gallatin, Albert
diplomat, statesman, author, was born Jan. 29, 1761, in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1793 he was elected a senator in congress from Pennsylvania, serving from 1795 to 1801. In the latter year he was appointed secretary of the treasury.
He was president of the National bank of New York, and advocated the establishment of the New York university. He was the author of Considerations on the Currency and Banking System of the United States; Synopsis of the Indian Tribes; Notes on the Semi-Civilized Nations of Mexico, Yucatan and Central America; Peace with Mexico; and War Expenses. His writings have been edited in six volumes. He died Aug. 12, 1849, in Astoria, N. Y.
Gallaudet, Edward Miner
educator, college president, author, was born Feb. 5, 1837, in Hartford, Conn. During 1857-64 he was superintendent of the Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb of Washington, D. C., and since 1864 has been president of that institution, and also of Gallaudet College for the Deaf. He is the author of a Popular Manual of International Law; and Life of T. H. Gallaudet, his father.
Gallaudet, Thomas
clergyman, philanthropist, author, was born June 3, 1822, in Hartford, Conn. In 1852 he founded St. Ann's Church for Deaf Mutes in Hartford, Conn., and in 1859 added a church and rectory. In 1885 he founded the Gallaudet Home for Deaf Mutes on a farm on the Hudson river.
Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins
educator, philanthropist, author, was born Dec. 10, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a celebrated educator of deaf mutes, who was superintendent of the Institution for Deaf Mutes at Hartford, the first in the United States, in 1817-30.
He is the author of Child's Book of the Soul; The Youth's Book of Natural Theology; Sermons Preached to an English Congregation in Paris; and Bible Stories for the Young. He died Sept. 9, 1851, in Hartford, Conn.
Gallaway, Robert Macy
merchant, banker, was born Aug. 4, 1837, in New York city. He was elected president of the Merchants' National bank of New York city in 1892, and has since conducted the affairs of this institution with prudence and success.
Gallegos, Jose M
soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 14, 1815, in Rio Arriba county, N. M. He was a member of the legislative assembly of Mexico in 1843-46; a member of the first legislative assembly of the territory of New Mexico in 1850-51, and was elected delegate to congress in 1854. He was speaker of the territorial house of representatives in 1860-62; quartermaster-general of the territorial militia, and treasurer of the territory for five years. He was superintendent of Indian affairs in New Mexico in 1868, and was elected delegate to the forty-second congress as a democrat.
Galleher, John Nicholas
bishop, was born Feb. 17, 1839, in Mason county, Ky. He was the third protestant episcopal bishop of the diocese of Louisiana.
He died Dec. 7, 1891, in New Orleans, La.
Galligan, Matthew J
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 25, 1854, in Washington county, Wis. He has attained sucattained success in his profession at Pueblo, Col., and served two terms as judge of the county the county court.
Gallinger, Jacob H
journalist, physician, congressman, United States senator, was born March 28, 1837, in Canada. He practiced medicine and surgery from 1858 until he entered public life, and is a member of various state and national medical societies. He was a member of the house of representatives of New Hampshire in 1872-73 and 1891; and was a member of the state senate in 1878-80, being president of that body the last two years. He was surgeon-general of New Hampshire with the rank of brigadier-general in 1879-80. He was chairman of the delegation from his state to the republican national convention of 1888. He was elected to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican, and declined renomination to the fiftyfirst congress, and was elected United States senator in 1890, and was re-elected in 1896.
Gallison, Henry Hammond
artist, was born in 1850 in Boston, Mass. He graduated from Harvard college, studied art in Paris, and has attained prominence as a painter.
Gallitzin, Demetrius August- Ine
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 22, 1770, in Holland. He was the son of the Russian ambassador to France, he came to America in 1792, was educated as a Sulpitian priest, and founded the Roman catholic colony of Loretto in Pennsylvania in 1803. He was the author of Defence of Catholic Principles; Appeal to the Protestant Public; Six Letters of Advice; and Letter to a Protestant Friend on the Holy Scriptures. He died in 1841.
Galloway, Charles Betts
bishop, author, was born about 1849 in Mississippi. He is a bishop of the methodist church south, and the author of Methodism a Child of Providence; and Aaron's Rod in Public Morals.
Galloway, Jacob Scudder
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Feb. 14, 1838, in Mendham, N. J. In 1858 he graduated from the Princeton university; was admitted to the bar, and has attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of the south at Memphis, Tenn. He has been a member of the Tennessee state senate, judge of the probate court, judge of the second circuit court of Shelby county, and filled various other public positions of honor.
Galloway, Joseph
signer of the declaration of independence, was born in 1730, near West River, Md. He was a member of the assembly of Pennsylvania in 1764, officiating as speaker; was a delegate to the continental congress in 1774 and 1775, and a signer of the declaration of independence. He was the author of Historical and Political Reflections on the American Rebellion; and The Prophetic History of the Church of Rome. He died Aug. 29, 1803, in England.