Gilliam, David Tod – Gilmer, George Rockingham
Gilliam, David Tod
educator, surgeon, author, was born April 3, 1844, in Hebron, Ohio. He was elected president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine.
He is the author of Essentials of Pathology, and A Pocket-Book of Medicine.
Gillig, George
brewer, was born Oct. 9, 1809, in Germany. He began the brewery business in New York city in 1840, and was the first to brew lager beer in 1846.
Gilligan, John Philip
surgeon, was born Jan. 14, 1897, in Elizabethtown, N. Y. He graduated from the Medical Union university, and has attained prominence as one of the foremost surgeons of the west. He has been surgeon to several large railway corporations; secretary to the United States pension board; a member of the insanity commission; and has held various other public positions of honor. He has a large practice in Nebraska, and resides in O'Neill.
Gillin, Charles Wesley
physician, surgeon, was born Sept. 9, 1865, in Ebensburg, Pa. He received his education at the Waterloo college, Iowa; and graduated in medicine from the Rush Medical college of Chicago. He is one of the most successful physicians and surgeons of his native state. He has been president of the local board of health; is local railroad surgeon; and a member of various local and state medical societies.
Gillis, James Henry Lawrence
naval officer, was born May 14, 1831, in Ridgeway, Pa. He served in the United States navy during the civil war; and received the rank of commodore.
Gillis, James L
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1792, in Hebron, N. Y. He was commissioned in 1814 a lieutenant by the governor of New York. In 1840 he was elected to the legislature of Pennsylvania; and in 1842 was appointed one of the judges of Jefferson county. In 1845 he was elected to the state senate; and in 1851 was again reelected to the lower house; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania in the thirty-fifth congress.
Gilliss, James Melville
astronomer, author, was born Sept. 6, 1811, in Georgetown, D. C. He was an astronomer of distinction in charge of the naval observatory at Washington; and the author of United States Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere; and Observations at the Naval Observatory. He died Feb. 9, 1865, in Washington, D. C.
Gillman, Henry
scientist, diplomat, author, was born Nov. 16, 1833, in Ireland. He served as United States consul at Jerusalem until 1891. He is the author of The Wild Flowers and Gardens of Jerusalem and Palestine.
Gillmore, Quincy Adams
soldier, author, was born Feb. 28, 1825, in Black River, Ohio. He was a military engineer in charge of the federal bombardment of Charleston in 1863.
He was a major-general of volunteers in the civil war, and a high authority on engineering matters.
He was the author of Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski; Limes, Hydraulic Cements, and Mortars; Engineer and Artillery Operations Against the Defences of Charleston; and Compressive Strength, etc., of Building Stones of the United States. He died April 8, 1888, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Gillmore, Robert Hamilton
journalist, lawyer, was born Nov. 14, 1822, in Newark, Ohio. He graduated from the university of Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1855 at Zanesville, where he edited the Zanesville Gazette during 1854-55. In 1856 he moved to Keokuk, Iowa, where he became one of the leading lawyers of the state. In 1864-65 he assistant United States district attorney; and in 1867 formed a partnership with James H. Anderson, which continued until Mr. Gillmore's death. was
Gillon, Alexander
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1793 to 1794. He died in 1794.
Gilman, Arthur
architect, was born Nov. 5, 1821, in Newburyport, Mass.
He designed and built the Boston city hall, which is regarded as his best work.
He died July 11, 1882, in Syracuse, N. Y.
Gilman, Arthur
educator, author, was born June 22, 1837, in Alton, Ill. He is an educator of Cambridge, and the organizer of Radcliffe college. He is the author of First Steps in English Literature; Seven Historic Ages; First Steps in English History; History of the American People; Rome from the Earliest Times; Tales of the Pathfinders; Short Stories from the Dictionary: The Saracens; Colonization of America; The Discovery of America; and The Making of the American Nation. He has also edited the Riverside Chaucer.
Gilman, Arthur B
railroad president, was born June 18, 1856, in Haverhill, Mass. Since 1893 he has been president of the Phillips and Rangeley railroad at Haverhill, Mass.
Gilman, Mrs. Caroline Howard
author, poet, was born Oct. 8, 1794, in Boston, Mass. She is the author of Recollections of a Southern Matron; Recollections of a New England Housekeeper; The Sibyl, or New Oracles from the Poets; Verses of a Lifetime; Poetry of Traveling in the United States; Ruth Raymond; and Stories and Poems.
Gilman, Chandler Robbins
physician, educator, author, was born Sept. 6, 1802, in Marietta, Ohio. He was a physician of New York city, and professor from 1841 in the college of Physicians and Surgeons. He was the author of Legends of a Log Cabin; Life on the Lakes; Life of J. B. Beck; The Relations of the Medical to the Legal Profession; and Tracts on Generation. He died Sept. 26, 1865, in Middletown, Conn.
Gilman, Charles J
state legislator, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He served in the legislature of that state in 1854. He removed to Maine; and was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from that state.
Gilman, Daniel Coit
educator, college president, author, was born July 6, 1831, in Norwich, Conn. He is an educator of prominence; was president of the university of California; and is now the honored president of Johns Hopkins university from 1875. He is the author of Our National Schools in Science; and Life of James Monroe.
Gilman, John Taylor
soldier, congressman, governor, was born Dec. 19, 1753, in Exeter, N. H. He was a volunteer in the revolutionary army; a delegate from New Hampshire in 1780 to the Hartford convention; a delegate to the continental congress in 1782 and 1783, the latter year succeeding his father as treasurer of New Hampshire. He was governor of New Hampshire from 1794 to 1805, and again from 1813 to 1815, when he declined a re-election. He died Sept. 1, 1828, in New Hampshire.
Gilman, Nicholas
congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 3, 1775, in Exeter, N. H. He was a delegate from New Hampshire to the continental congress from 1786 to 1788. He was elected a representative in congress from 1789 to 1797; and was a senator in congress from New Hampshire from 1805 to 1814. He died May 2, 1814, in Exeter, N. H.
Gilman, Nicholas Paine
educator, author, was born Dec. 21, 1849, in Quincy, Ill. Since 1895 he has filled the chair of sociology in the Meadville Theological school, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Profit-Sharing between Employer and Employee; The Laws of Daily Conduct; and Socialism and the American Spirit.
Gilman, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 16, 1791, in Gloucester, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Charleston in 1819-58. He published Memoirs of a New England Choir; The History of a Ray of Light; Pleasures and Pains of a Student's Life; Contributions to Literature; and was the author of the noted college song, Fair Harvard. He died Feb. 9, 1858, in Kingston, Mass.
Gilman, Mrs. Stella Scott
author, was born in Alabama. She is the author of Mothers in Council.
Gilmer, George Rockingham
soldier, congressman, governor, was born April 11, 1790, in Oglethorpe county, Ga.
He was first lieutenant of the forty-third regiment, United States army, and participated in the Creek war. In 1818 he entered upon the practice of his profession; and was elected to the state legislature in 1818, 1819, and 1824. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1821 to 1823, from 1827 to 1829, and from 1833 to 1835; and was governor of the state for the terms commencing in 1829 and 1837. He was the author of a book entitled The Georgians, which contains much useful and interesting information touching the early settlement of his native state. He died Nov. 15, 1859, in Lexington, Ga.