Gay, Martin – Geiger, Levi
Gay, Martin
physician, chemist, was born Feb. 16, 1803, in Boston, Mass. He had a high reputation as an analytical chemist, and his frequent testimony as a witness in courts of justice, in cases of death by poisoning, marks an era in the history of medical jurisprudence in this country. He died Jan. 12, 1850, in Hingham, Mass.
Gay, Sydney Howard
journalist, author, was born in 1814 in Hingham, Mass. He was a journalist of New York and Chicago, and during the civil war the managing editor of the New York Tribune. He was the author of Life of James Madison; and Bryant and Gay's Popular History of the United States, of which the preface only was the work of Mr. Bryant.
He died June 25, 1888, in New Brighton, N. Y.
Gay, Walter
artist, was born Jan. 22, 1856, in Hingham, Mass. His Fall Flowers was exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition. His works include The Trained Pigeons; Troubles of a Bachelor; The Knife-Grinder; Conspiracy under Louis XVI; The Spinners; The Weaver; and Richelieu.
Gayarre, Charles E. A
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, author, was born Jan. 3, 1805, in Louisville, Ky. In 1830 he was elected to the legislature; in 1831 was appointed deputy attorney-general; and in 1833 presiding judge of the city court of New Orleans. In 1835 he was elected a senator in congress. In 1843 he was again returned to the state legislature; and in 1846 was appointed secretary of state, in which capacity he served seven years. His leading works are History of Louisiana; Romance of the History of Louisiana; Spanish Domination in Louisiana; a dramatic novel called The School of Politics; and a work on The Influence of the Mechanic Arts. He died in 1895.
Gayle, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Sept. 11, 1792, in Sumter, S. C. In 1817 he was appointed a member of the territorial legislature; and in 1823 was elected judge of the supreme court of the state. In 1829 he was elected to the state legislature, and was speaker of the house. In 1831 he was elected governor, and re-elected in 1833. In 1847 he was elected from Mobile county a representative in congress; and in 1849 was appointed judge of the United States district court of Alabama. He died July 21, 1859, near Mobile, Ala.
Gayler, Charles
dramatist, author, was born April 1, 1820, in New York city. He was a dramatist of New York city, among whose many plays are, The Gold Hunters; Taking the Chances; Fritz.
Among his various novels are The Romance of a Poor Young Man; and Out of the Streets, both of which were dramatized by their author. He died in 1892.
Gaylord, Fred
engineer, state legislator, was born Sept. 2, 1860, in Ottumwa, Iowa. For many years he was engaged as an engineer and railroad contractor in Nebraska; and subsequently became superintendent of the gas works of Kearney, Neb. In 1887 he was elected a member of the Nebraska state legislature, and has served on various important committees. He has also filled various local offices of honor in his city, county and state.
Gaylord, James M
congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Gazley, James W
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1823 to 1825.
Gazzam, Joseph M
lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 2, 1842, in Pittsburg, Pa. He received a thorough education and graduated from the Western university of Pennsylvania.
He has attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of his native state, and now has a large practice in Philadelphia. For many years he held various high offices in the city of Pittsburg, and served as a a as a member of the city council. He has served with distinction in the state senate of the Pennsylvania legislature. He is president of the Quaker City National bank, and an officer or director in thirty different companies.
Gear, John Henry
merchant, governor, United States senator, was born April 7, 1825, in Ithaca, N. Y. He moved to Burlington in 1843, where he engaged in merchandising. He was a member of the Iowa house of representatives of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth general assemblies of the state, serving as speaker for the last two terms. He was elected governor of Iowa in 1878-79, and He was elected to again in 1880-81. the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses; was assistant secretary of the treasury; and was elected to the fiftythird congress as a republican. He was elected in 1894 a senator in congress from the state of Iowa for six years, beginning March 4, 1895.
Geary, Edward Ratchford
soldier, was born Sept. 14, 1845, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He became captain of Hampton battery, and subsequently a lieutenant in Khapp's battery, which post he held at the time of his death. He died Oct. 30, 1863.
Geary, John White
soldier, governor, was born Dec. 30, 1819, near Mount Pleasant, Pa. In 1849 he removed to California, and was postmaster of San Francisco; and was first alcalde of that city, and its first mayor.
He was governor of Kansas; and in 1861 returned to Pennsylvania and raised and equipped the twentyeighth Pennsylvania volunteers. He commanded in several engagements in that year; occupied Leesburg, Va., in 1862; and was brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862. He was appointed military governor of Savannah on its capture in 1864; and was chosen governor of Pennsylvania in 1867. He died Feb. 8, 1873, in Harrisburg, Pa.
Geary, Thomas J
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1854, in Boston, Mass. He was elected district attorney of Sonoma county in 1882, and served two years. He was elected as a democrat and American to the fifty-first congress to fill a vacancy; and was elected to the fiftysecond congress and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat and American.
Gebhard, John
congressman, was born in Claverack, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1823.
Geddes, George
engineer, state senator, was born Feb. 14, 1809, in Fairmont, N. Y. He was a member of the senate of the state of New York in 1847, and reelected in 1849. He had charge of lowering the canal of Seneca river, from 1853 till 1856. He died Oct. 8, 1883, in New York.
Geddes, George W
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 16, 1824, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He was judge of the court of common pleas for the sixth judicial district from 1856 to 1866, and again from 1868 to 1873. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat.
Geddes, James
manufacturer, jurist, congressman, was born July 22, 1763, in Carlisle, Pa. He was elected a magistrate in 1804, and in 1821 was in the state legislature. In 1809 he was an associate county justice; and in 1812 judge of the common pleas. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815. In 1822 he was appointed chief engineer of the Ohio canal; and in 1827 assisted in locating the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, as well as the Pennsylvania canal. He died Aug. 19, 1838, in Onondaga county, N. Y.
Geddes, James Lorraine
soldier, was born March 19, 1827, in Scotland. In 1857 he emigrated to Iowa; and there engaged in educational work. During the civil war he served gallantly in the union army, and was promoted a brigadier-general. He died Feb. 21, 1887, in Ames, Iowa.
Geddes, John
governor, was born about 1773 in Charleston, S. C. He was governor of South Carolina from 1818 to 1820; and speaker of the South Carolina house of representatives. He died March 5, 1828, in Charleston, S. C.
Geddes, Norman
lawyer, jurist, public official, was born April 14, 1823, in Livonia, N. Y. He has been justice of the peace of Adrian, Mich.; mayor of his city; and for nine years judge of probate for his county.
Gedney, Jonathan Haight
inventor, was born Feb. 25, 1798, in Rye, N. Y. He invented the wooden cogs used in the cotton manufactories. He died Aug. 7, 1886, in Mamaronock, N. Y.
Gee, Joshua
clergyman, author, was born June 29, 1698, in Boston, Mass. He is the author of a Sermon on the Death of Cotton Mather; and two discourses entitled The Strait Gate and the Narrow Way Infinitely Preferable to the Wide Gate and the Broad Way. He died May 22, 1748, in Boston, Mass.
Geer, George Jarvis
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 24, 1821, in Waterbury, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman, long rector of St. Timothy's church of New York city, and the author of The Conversion of St. Paul, a series of Discourses. He died March 16, 1885, in New York.
Geer, Walter
lawyer, manufacturer, was born Aug. 19, 1857, in Williamstown, Mass. In 1886 he was elected president of the newly organized New York Architectural Terra-Cotta company.
Geiger, Levi
lawyer, jurist, was born March 14, 1824, in Greencastle, Pa.
He is a prominent lawyer of Urbana, Ohio; has been prosecuting attorney for Champaign county; and for five years was judge of the court of common pleas.