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Griscom, Clement Action
president of the International Navigation company, was born March 15, 1841, in Philadelphia. In 1871 the . In 1871 the International Navigation Co. was organized in Philadelphia by the old firm of Peter Wright and Sons. Mr. Griscom was one of its founders and from the start its vice-president, and in 1888 became president. It owns nearly all the capital stock of the Belgian corporation known as the Red Star line, which operates ten large steamers in the trade to Antwerp. In 1886 Mr.
In 1886 Mr.
Griscom bought for his company the old Inman line, then running to Liverpool .
Griscom, John
educator, author, was born Sept. 27, 1774, at Hancock's Bridge, N. J. He was a once noted educator who educator who was professor of chemistry at Rutgers college in 1812-28. He is the author of author of A Year in Europe; and Monitorial Instruction. He died Feb. 26, 1852, in Burlington, N. J.
Griscom, John Hawkins
physician, author, was born Aug. 14, 1809 , in New York city. He was an eminent phyeminent physician of New York city, and the author of Animal Mechanism and Physiology ; Prison Hygiene; Use and Abuses of Air; Use of Tobacco and Evils Resulting Therefrom; and Physical Indications of Longevity. He died April 28, 1874, in 1874, in New York city.
Grissom, Arthur C
journalist, poet, was born Jan. 21, 1869, in Payson , Ill. He is the editor of Spirit, and The , and The American Home Graphic of New York New York city; and is the author of a number of number of meritorious poems.
Griswold, Alexander Viets
clergyman, bishop, author, was born April born April 22, 1766, in Simsbury, Conn. He was the third protestant was the third protestant episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, and the author of Discourses on the Most Important Doctrines; The Reformation and the Apostolic Office; and Remarks Prayer Meetings. He died Feb. 15, 1843, in Bosfrom ton, Mass., heart disease while visiting Bishop Eastburn. on
Griswold, Alphonso Miner
journalist, author, was born Jan. 26, 1834, in Westmoreland, N. Y. His paragraphs and humorous essays under the penname of The Fat Contributor won him reputation; and he spent the years 1865-78 in the lecture field, his topics being American Antiquities; Injun Meal; and Queer Folks. Since 1886 he has been an editor and one of the proprietors of Texas Siftings.
Griswold, Casimir Clayton
artist, was born in 1834, in Delaware, Ohio.
He studied wood engraving in Cincinnati, and removed to New York about 1850 .
Among his works are December; Winter Morning; The Last of the Ice; August Day, Newport; and Early Spring.
Griswold, Mrs. Frances Irene
[BURGE] [SMITH), author, was born in 1826, in Rhode Island. She is a writer of Sunday-school tales, among which are the Bishop and Nannette Series; and Miriam's Reward.
Griswold, Gaylord
congressman.
He was a member of the New York as- York assembly from 1796 to 1798; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1803 to 1805. He died in
Griswold, Mrs. Harriet
educator, author, poet, was born Jan. 26 , 1842, in Boston, Mass. She is an educator of Wisconsin, and the author of Apple Blossoms, a volume of poems; Home Life Home Life of Great Authors: Waiting on Destiny ; and Lucille and Her Friends. Her poem, Under the Daisies, has had a wide popularity as a song.
Griswold, John A
manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born Nov. 11 , 1818, in Nassau, N. Y. In 1862 he was he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-eighth congress, and was reelected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a republican. He died Oct. died Oct. 31, 1872, in Troy, N. Y.
Griswold, John A
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1827, in Greene county, N. Y. In 1856 he was elected diselected district attorney of Greene county, and held and held the position for three years. In 1864 he was elected county judge, and continued in the office four years. In 1868 he was 1868 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-first congress as a democrat .
Griswold, Matthew
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born March 23, 1714 , in Lyme, Conn. He was a judge, and afand afterward chief justice of the superior court, lieutenant-governor and governor in 1784-86 of Connecticut. He died April He died April 28, 1799, at Lyme, Conn.
Griswold, Matthew
manufacturer, congressman, was born June 6, June 6 , 1833, in Lyme, Conn. In 1862 he was he was elected a member of the Connecticut house of representatives; and was reelected in 1865. In 1866 he moved to Erie, his present home, where he became engaged in manufacturing. He was a He was a member of the fifty-second and fiftyfourth congresses as a republican.
Griswold, Roger
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was worn May 21, 1762, in Lyme, Conn. In 1795 to 1805 he was a he was a representative in congress from Connecticut; and in 1807 was chosen a judge of the judge of the supreme court of the state. He was lieuwas lieutenant-governor from 1809 to 1811; and 1811; and was then elected governor. He died Oct. died Oct. 25, 1812, in Norwich, Conn. a
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot
journalist, author, poet, was born Feb. 15, Feb. 15 , 1815, in Benson, Vt. He was an industrious compiler and litcompiler and literary editor who possessed but slight amount of critical insight and discrimination. His best known publications are, Female Poets of America; Prose Writers of America; Poets and Poetry of America; and Sacred Poets of England and America. His other works include Washington and the Generals of the Revolution; The Republican Court; Scenes in the Life of the Saviour; and Napoleon and the Marshals of the Empire. He died Aug. 27, 1857, in New York city.
Griswold, Stanley
clergyman, journalist, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Nov. 14, 1763, in Torringford, Conn. In 1804 he became the editor of a democratic paper in Walpole , N. H.; and was soon afterward appointed secretary of the territory of Michigan.
He was a senator in congress from Ohio in 1809; and was United States judge for judge for the northwestern territory. He died Aug. died Aug. 21, 1815, in Shawneetown, Ill.
Griswold, William Macrillis
author, was born in 1853, in Maine . He is a literary worker of Cambridge who has published A Manual of Misused Words, and many valuable indexes to periodicals.
Groesbeck, Telford
lawyer, poet, was born Aug. 5, 1853, in Cincinnati , Ohio. He graduated from Princeton col- Princeton college and the Harvard law school, and has attained success in the profession of law of law in his native city. He has filled various positions of honor, and has been judge advocate general of Ohio. He is the author the author of The Incas, the Children of the Sun, an Sun, an exceedingly meritorious poem, which dewhich depicts the strange and romantic civilization of the Incas.
Groesbeck, William Slocomb
lawyer, state senator, congressman , was born July 24, 1815, in New York city.
York city .
He was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-fifta congress; was a was a member of the peace congress of 1861; of 1861; and in 1862 was elected to the senate of the senate of Ohio. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia National Union convention of 1866. of 1866.
Groff, George G
physician, educator, was born in April, 1851, in Chester in Chester county, Pa. In 1879 he was elected to elected to the chair of natural sciences in the Buckin the Bucknell university of Lewisburg, Pa.; and is president of the Pennsylvania state board state board of health.
Grcin, William M
United States senator, was born in 1805, in Tennessee.
In 1841 he was elected to congress from congress from Mississippi; and was a member of the of the United States senate. He died in 1885, in 1885, in New York.
Groner, Virginius Despauex
soldier, was born Sept. 14, 1836, in Norfolk, Va. He served in the confederacy during the civil war, the civil war, and was brevetted general. brigadier He has been a candidate for governor of his native state, and on several occasions his name was placed in nomination for United States senator. He is president of the National Compress association; president of the steamship line run by that association between Norfolk and Liverand Liverpool, and is actively interested in many other business enterprises. He has con- He has contributed greatly to the advancement of the shipping interests of Norfolk, Va.; , Va.; and was appointed a commissioner from Virginia to the World's Columbian exposition.
Gronlund, Laurence
lecturer, author, was born in 1847, in Denmark. He is . He is a lecturer upon socialistic topics in many topics in many cities of the United States, and the author of The Co-operative Commonwealth in Its Outlines; Ca Ira, or Danton in the in the French Revolution; and Our Destiny.
Groome, James Black
lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born April 4, 1838, in Elkton, Md. In 1867 he In 1867 he was elected to the state constitutional convention; in 1871 was elected to the state legislature; and was re-elected . In 1874 he was elected governor of Maryland; and was elected United States senator from Maryland for the term of six years from March 4, 1879.