Gratacap, Louis Pope – Gray, David
Gratacap, Louis Pope
naturalist, author, was born Nov. 1, 1850, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a naturalist connected with the American Museum of Natural History in New York city who has published Philosophy of Ritualism, or Apologia Pro Ritu.
Gratke, John Edward
journalist, legislator, was born Feb. 16, 1872, in Milwaukee, Wis. He is the editor and proprietor of The Budget of Astoria, Ore.; and in 1897 was elected a member of the Oregon state legislature.
Gravely, Joseph J
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in 1828 in Henry county, Va. In 1853 and 1854 he was elected to the Virginia legislature.
In 1854 he moved to Missouri, and was elected to the convention of that state in 1860. In 1862 he was elected to the senate of the state, and re-elected in 1864. During a part of the rebellion he was colonel of the eighth regiment of Missouri cavalry. After the close of the war he turned his attention to the practice of law; and in 1866 was elected a representative from Missouri to the fortieth congress.
Graves, Abbott Fuller
artist, was born April 15, 1859, at Weymouth, Mass.
Among his well-known floral paintings are Chrysanthemum Show; Peonies; Grandmother's Window; and his most noted figure compositions are The Silent Partner; Next of Kin; Saved from the Wreck; A Dawn of Hope; The Light in the Window; and A Labor of Love. en-
Graves, Mrs. Adelia Cleopatra
educator, author, poet, was born March 17, 1821, in Kingsville, Ohio. She graduated from the Kingsville academy; tered educational work; and for thirtyone years filled the chair of literature in the Mary Sharp college of Winchester, Tenn. In 1841 she was married to Prof.
Z. C. Graves, president of Soule college, and founder and president of the Mary Sharp college. She is the author of several books; has contributed extensively both prose and verse to periodical literature; and is one of the most popular writers of the south. Her best-known works are: Life of Columbus; Poems for Children; Seclusarval, or the Arts of Romanism; and Jephtha's Daughter, a drama.
Graves, Alexander
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1844, in Mississippi. He entered the confederate army, serving throughout the war. In 1872 he was elected city attorney of Lexington; and in 1874 was elected prosecuting attorney of Lafayette county. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.
Graves, Anson Rogers
clergyman, bishop, was born April 13, 1842, in Wells, Vt. When five years of age he moved with his parents to Illinois; received the rudiments of his education in the common schools; and subsequently graduated from the Rutland high school and Hobart college.
In his junior year he took both the White and Cobb essay prizes. After graduating in 1866 he studied law and taught school; but after two years he entered the General Theological seminary. After twelve years of work as a clergyman in the episcopal church in parishes east and west, he became rector of the Gethsemane church of Minneapolis, Minn.; and in 1890 was consecrated missionary bishop of western Nebraska. He has received the degrees of S. T. D. and
Graves, Charles W
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 29, 1854, in East Aurora, N. Y. He studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar in 1876, and practiced law in Sparta until 1879, then he removed to Viroqua. Since 1894 he has been county judge of Vernon county.
Graves, Edward Oziel
public official, banker, was born Aug. 3, 1843, in Gravesville, N. Y. In 1883-85 he was assistant treasurer of the United States at Washington, D. C.; and during 1885-89 was chief of the bureau of engraving and printing. He is president of the Washington National bank of Seattle.
Graves, Frank R
lawyer, legislator, was born March 13, 1852, in Shelby county, Texas. He attended the common schools of Ellis county, and graduated from the university of Texas. He served as a member of the twenty-second and twenty-third legislatures of Texas with distinction. He was member of the democratic state executive committee of Texas; was county attorney of Karnes a county; and is one of the leading lawyers of his native state.
Graves, John Card
business man, was born Nov. 18, 1839, in Herkimer, N. Y.
In 1862 he graduated from the Hamilton college. He has been clerk of the superior court of Buffalo; brigadier-general of the eighth brigade; president of the Merchants' exchange; and is now president of the Elevator company of Buffalo, N.
Y.
He organized municipal reform in the city of Buffalo; was president of the Citizens' association; and president of the New York State Municipal league. He is a director of the Buffalo Historical society and Art gallery; and has served twenty years in the national guard of the state.
Graves, James Robinson
clergyman, author, was born April 10, 1820, in Chester, Vt. He is a baptist clergyman of Nashville, prominent as a controversialist; and is the author of The Great Iron Wheel, or Republicanism Backward; The Little Iron Wheel; The Intermediate State; Old Landmarks; Intercommunion of Churches: The Redemptive Work of Christ; The New Great Iron Wheel; Denominational Sermons; and Parables and Prophecies of Christ.
Graves, James S
lawyer, public official, was born Aug. 3, 1860, in Columbia City, Ind. He is a successful lawyer of Kendallville, Ind.; has been city treasurer; and in 1894 was elected mayor for a term of four years.
Graves, John Temple
journalist, was born Nov. 9, 1856, in Willington, S. C.
For three years he was editor of The Rome Tribune; and in 1887 was chief editor of the Atlanta Journal.
Graves, Nathan Fitch
financier, was born Feb. 17, 1813, in Oneida county, N. Y. In 1852 he became the first president of the Burnet bank; and was one of the founders of the Buchtel college.
Graves, Thomas
naval officer, was born June 6, 1605, in Ratcliffs, England.
As a reward for his capture of a Dutch privateer in the English channel, during Cromwell's protectorate, he was appointed to command a ship-of-war and made a rear-admiral. He died July 31, 1653, in Charlestown, Mass.
Graves, Virginia
educator, was born Sept. 11, 1848, in Jacksonville, Ill.
In 1869 she received the degree of B. D. from the Iowa State university; and from the same institution the degree of A. B. in 1870, and the degree of A. M. in 1873.
She has attained eminent success in educational work, and for many years has been principal of the Washington high school of her native city. con-
Graves, William Jordan
gressman, was born in 1805 in Newcastle, Ky. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature from Henry county in 1834; and was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1835 to 1841. In 1838 he engaged in a duel at Bladensburg, Md., with Jonathan Cilley, in which the latter was killed. He was again a member of the legislature in 1843 from Jefferson county; and was a presidential elector in 1848. He died Sept. 27, 1848, in Louisville, Ky.
Graves, Zwinglius Calvin
educator, college president, was born in 1816 in Chester, Vt. In 1850 he was called to take charge of the Mary Sharpe Female college of Winchester, Tenn.
Gray, Albert
manufacturer, banker, state senator, was born July 22, 1844, in Middletown Springs, Vt. He is a wellknown manufacturer of horse-power thrashing machines; and a successful banker in his native city. In 1876 he was elected a representative to the Vermont state legislature; and in 1886 served with distinction as a state senator.
Gray, Albert Zavriskie
educator, clergyman, author, was born March 2, 1840, in New York city. He was an episcopal clergyman and educator, and warden of Racine college, Wisconsin, in 1882- 88. He is the author of Racine and Her Labor of Love; The Land and the Life; Jesus Only, and Other Devotional Poems; and Mexico as It Is. He died Feb. 16, 1889, in Chicago, Ill.
Gray, Alfred G
naval officer, was born in 1818, in Norfolk, Va. In 1865 he entered the service of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, by whom he was made commodore in 1874. He died Nov. 10, 1876, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Gray, Asa
educator, botanist, author, was born Nov. 18, 1810, in Paris, N. Y.
He was professor at Harvard university in 1842-88, and was in charge of the botanical garden at Cambridge. He is the author of Elements of Botany, now called Structural and Systematic Botany; How Plants Grow; A Free Examination of Darwin's Origin of Species; Darwiniana; Natural Science and Religion; Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States; Synoptical Flora of North America; How Plants Behave; Field, Forest, and Garden Botany; Lessons in Botany; School and Field Book of Botany; Botany of the United States Pacific Exploring Expedi-- tion; and Scientific Papers selected by C.
S. Sargent. He died Jan. 30, 1888, in Cambridge, Mass.
Gray, David
journalist, poet, was born Nov. 9, 1836, in Edinburg, Scotland.
He was a journalist of Buffalo, on the editorial staff of The Courier in 1856-82; and was the author of a volume of poems. He died March 18, 1888, in Binghamton, N. Y.