Greenup, Christopher – Greiner, John
Greenup, Christopher
state legislator, congressman, governor, was born in 1750, in Virginia. He was governor of Kentucky from 1804 to 1808. He was a patriot of the American revolution, and participated in the perils of the war. He was at various times a member of the legislature of Kentucky; was a representative of that state in congress from 1792 to 1797; and was a presidential elector in 1809. He died April 24, 1818, in Frankfort, Ky.
Greenwald, Emanuel
clergyman, theologian, author, was born Jan. 13, 1811, near Frederick, Md. He was a lutheran clergyman of Lancaster, Pa., and the author of Order of Family Prayer; The Lutheran Reformation; The Baptism of Children; Meditations for Passion Week; Romanism and the Reformation; The True Church; and Meditations for the Closet, include the most of his controver-. sial and other writings. He died Dec. 21, 1885, in Lancaster, Ґa.
Greenwood, a. B
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 11, 1811, in Franklin county, Ga. He was a member of the legislature of the state of Arkansas from 1842 to 1845; was prosecuting attorney for said state from 1845 to 1851; and circuit judge from 1851 to 1853. He was elected a representative in congress from Arkansas from 1853 to 1858, and in 1859 was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs.
Greenwood, Francis William Pitt
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 5, 1797, in Boston, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Boston, pastor of King's chapel, in 1824-43, and the author of History of King's Chapel; Sermons to Children; Sermons of Consolation; Sermons on Various Subjects; Essays; Lives of the Apostles; and Miscellaneous Writings. He died Aug. 2, 1843, in Dorchester, Mass.
Greenwood, James M
educator, author, was born Nov. 15, 1836, near Springfield, Ill. He is an educator and school superintendent of Kansas City who has published Principles of Education Practically Applied.
Greenwood, John
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 6, 1798, in Providence, R. I.
On the formation of the government of New York city he was elected city judge; and in 1842 was appointed first judge of Kings county court, New York.
Greenwood, Miles
manufacturer, was born March 19, 1807, in Jersey City, N. J. He organized the first paid fire department in Cincinnati in 1852, and in the same year aided in introducing into that city the first steam fire engine in the United States. He died Nov. 6, 1885, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Greer, Allen J
lawyer, state senator, was born June 14, 1854, in Mifflin county, Pa. In 1891-93 he was a member of the Minnesota state legislature; and in 1895 was elected a member of the state senate.
Greer, David Hummell
clergyman, author, was born March 20, 1844, in Wheeling, W. Va. He is a prominent episcopal clergyman of New York city of broad church views, and the author of The Preacher and his Place; and From Things to God.
Greer, James Augustin
naval officer, was born Feb. 28, 1833, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1848, became lieutenant in 1855, and lieutenant-commander in 1862. He was promoted to the grade of captain in 1876; and in 1886 served as president of the examining board; and in the same year was made commodore.
Greer, Leon C
lawyer, journalist, was born June 11, 1874, in Eufaula, Ala.
He received his education in the public schools of Georgia and graduated from the Gordon institute of Barnesville, Ga.; and from the university of Georgia. He has served as solicitor of Macon county court; has been a member of the congressional executive committee of the third congressional district of Georgia; and in 1897 became the editor and owner of The Macon County Citizen of Oglethorpe, Ga.
Greey, Edward
author, was born Dec. 1, 1835, in England. He was an English writer of French descent who came to America in 1868, and was for many years a dealer in Japanese curios in New York city. His writings include the dramas, Vendome; and Mirah; Blue Jackets, a novel; The Golden Lotus; the juvenile tales Young Americans in Japan; The Wonderful City of Tokio; The Bear Worshippers of Yezo; and translations from the Japanese of the novels, The Loyal Ronins; and The Captive of Love. He died Oct. 1, 1888, in England.
Gregg, Alexander
bishop, author, was born Oct. 8, 1819, in Society Hill, S. C.
He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Texas, and the author of History of the Old Cheraws, an Account of the Indian Tribes in the Valley of the Pedee. He died in 1893.
Gregg, Andrew
educator, congressman, United States senator, was born June 10, 1755, in Carlisle, Pa. In 1790 he was elected a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, serving from 1791 to 1807; and was a senator of the United States from 1807 to 1813. In 1814 he moved to Bellefonte; and in 1816 was appointed secretary of state of Pennsylvania. He died May 20, 1835, at Bellefonte, Pa.
Gregg, David
clergyman, author, was born March 25, 1846, in Pittsburg, Pa.
He has filled pastorates in the presbyterian churches in Iowa, Massachusetts and New York. He is the author of From Solomon to the Captivity; Studies in John; Facts that Call for Faith; and The Hollander and Makers of America.
Gregg, David L
diplomat. He was a citizen of Illinois; and in 1853 was appointed a commissioner with diplomatic powers to the Sandwich islands, where he remained until 1858.
Gregg, David Mcmurtrie
soldier, was born April 10, 1833, in Huntingdon, Pa. He served in the campaign of 1858- 60 against the Indians; and served with distinction through the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier-general. He subsequently was made adjutant-general of Pennsylvania at Reading.
Gregg, James
soldier, educator, lawyer, state senator, was born July 4, 1787, in Marion district, S. C. He was elected to the general assembly of the state in 1822, and served till 1830, when he was elected to the senate, of which he continued a member until 1847. He died Oct. 24, 1852.
Gregg, James M
farmer, lawyer, congressman, was born June 26, 1806, in Patrick county, Va. In 1830 he settled in Hendricks county, Ind. From 1834 to 1837 he was county surveyor. He was then chosen clerk of the circuit court, serving until 1845. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress.
Gregg, John Irvin
soldier, was born July 19, 1826, in Bellefont, Pa. For gallant and meritorious services during the war he was brevetted major-general of volunteers, and brigadier-general United States army at its close.
Gregg, William Henry
manufacturer, was born March 24, 1841, in Palmyra, N. Y. In 1869 he was one of the organizers of the Southern White Lead company of Chicago, of which he was elected president, holding that office for twenty years.
Gregory, Charles Noble
lawyer, educator, author, was born Aug. 27, 1851, in Unadilla, N. Y. Since 1894 he has been professor of law and associate dean of the law university of Wisconsin. His writings have appeared in Harper's Weekly, The Youth's Companion, New York Evening Post, and Scribner's.
Gregory, Daniel Seeley
clergyman, college president, author, was born Aug. 21, 1832, in Carmel, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman, and was presi-. dent of Lake Forest university, Illinois, in 1878-86. He is the author of Christian Ethics; Why Four Gospels; Practical Logic; The Tests of Philosophic Systems; and Christ's Trumpet Call to the Ministry.
Gregory, Dudley S
manufacturer, congressman, was born Feb. 5, 1800, in Reading, Conn. He settled in New Jersey; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849. He died Dec. 8, 1870, in Jersey City, N. J.
Gregory, Eliot
artist, was born Oct. 13, 1854, in New York city. His pictures include Soubrette; Coquetterie; Children, for which he received honorable mention in Paris; and portraits of General George W. Cullum; his uncle, Admiral Baldwin; Mrs. John Sherwood; and Ada Renan, are well known.
Gregory, Frank M
artist, was born Oct. 21, 1848, in Mansfield, Ohio. He also followed water-color painting, and acquired some note in etching and aesigning. Among his paintings are: The Truant; Waiting for Repairs; and First Snow of the Season.
Gregory, John M
governor, was born in Virginia. He was governor of Virginia in 1842 and 1843.
Gregory, John Milton
educator, clergyman, author, was born July 6, 1822, in Sandlake, N. Y. He is a baptist clergyman and educator of Michigan and Illinois; and the author of Handbook of History; New Political Economy; and The Seven Laws of Teaching.
Gregory, Samuel
educator, philanthropist, lecturer, author, was born April 19, 1813, in Guilford, Vt. In 1848 he founded in Boston the New England Female Medical college, said to have been the first institution in the world for the exclusive medical education of women. He died March 23, 1872, in Boston, Mass.
Greig, John
lawyer, banker, congressman, was born Aug. 6, 1779, in Scotland. He became president of the Ontario bank, which position he held until 1856. He was one of the founders and corporators of the Ontario Female seminary. He was elected a representative in congress for the term commencing in 1841; and resigned at the close of the first session. He died April 9, 1858, in Canandaigua.
Greiner, John
journalist, governor, was born Sept. 14, 1810, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was for eight years librarian of the state library, and was a writer of popular political songs, among the most noted of which were those entitled Old Zip Coon; Tippecanoe and Tyler Too; and The Wagoner Boy. In 1849 he was appointed an Indian agent in New Mexico; and afterward became governor of the territory. In 1865 he settled in Zanesville, Ohio, and edited the Times of that city.
He died May 13, 1871, in Toledo, Ohio.