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Grover, Lafayette
soldier, lawyer, congressman, governor, United States senator, born Nov. 29, 1823, in Bethel, Maine. In 1851 he was elected prosecuting attorney for the territory of Oregon; in 1852 was auditor of public accounts; served three years in the territorial legislature; and saw service in the Indian wars of Oregon. Having been an active member of the convention of 1857 to form a state constitution, he was subsequently elected the first representative in congress from the prospective state, and took his seat as such in 1859. In 1870 he was elected governor of Oregon, and re-elected in 1874; and resigned in 1877 to take his seat as a United States senator from Oregon for the term ending in 1883.
Grover, Lewis C
underwriter, founder, was born Oct. 20, 1815, in Caldwell, N. J. In 1845 he obtained from the legislature a charter of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company of Newark, N. J., of which he afterward became president.
Grover, Martin
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1847; was a judge of the supreme court of New York from 1857 to 1859; and was judge of the court of appeals from 1859 for a full term. He was elected an associate judge in 1870 for fourteen years. He died Aug. 23, 1875, in Alleghany county, N. Y.
Grow, Galusha Aaron
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 31, 1824, in Eastford, Conn. In 1850 he was elected a representative in congress from Pennsylvania; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress. He was reelected to the thirtyseventh congress, and was chosen speaker of the house of representatives.
He served in the fifty-third congress to fill a vacancy; and > re-elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Grubb, Edward Burd
soldier, manufacturer, diplomat, was born in 1841, in Burlington, N. J. He attained the rank of brigadier-general during the civil war.
In the management of iron works and mines in Pennsylvania and Virginia he succeeded his father, and soon became one of the leading producers of pig iron in the north.
Grube, Bernhard Adam
missionary, author, was born in 1715, in Germany. He was a Moravian missionary who came to America in 1746 and settled in Pennsylvania. He published Delaware Indian Hymn Book; and Harmony of the Gospels. He died March 20, 1808, in Bethlehem, Pa.
Grumbine, Lee Leight
lawyer, journalist, was born July 25, 1858, in Fredericksburg, Pa. In 1890 he founded the Lebanon Daily Report, which became a recognized force in Pennsylvania journalism.
Grund, Francis Joseph
journalist, author, was born in 1809, in Bohemia.
He was a journalist of Philadelphia who published Exercises in Arithmetic; Americans in their Moral, Religious and Social Relations; Aristocracy in America; Life of General Harrison, in German; and Thoughts and Reflections on the Present Position of Europe. He died Sept. 29, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa. a
Grundy, Felix
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 11, 1770, in Berkeley county, Va. For six or seven years he was member of the Kentucky legislature; and in 1806 was elected one of the judges of the supreme court of Kentucky, and was soon after chief justice.
From 1811 to 1814 he was a representative in congress from Tennessee, and during several years after was a member of the legislature of that state. From 1829 to 1838 he was United States senator, and in the latter year attorney-general of the United States. In 1840 he resigned this position, and was again elected senator.
He died Dec. 19, 1840, in Nashville, Tenn.
Gue, Benjamin F
journalist, legislator, was born Dec. 25, 1828, in Greene county, N. Y. He received his education at the Canandaigua and East Bloomfield academies. In 1852 he moved to Iowa, settling in Scott county.
In 1857 he was elected to the legislature, serving four years; and in 1861 was elected to the state senate. He was one of the authors of the act for the establishment of the state agricultural college, and secured its passage. In 1864 he became editor and owner of the Fort Dodge Republican; and in 1865 he was elected lieutenant-governor of the state. In 1872 he moved to Des Moines, and became editor of the Iowa Homestead, and subsequently its owner.
In 1873 he was appointed pension agent for Iowa and Nebraska. He has been president of trustees of the Iowa Agricultural college; and has been connected with the state historical department since its organization. He devotes his time largely to collecting material for a History of Iowa.
Guenther, Richard
pharmacist, congressman, was born Nov. 30, 1845, in Prussia. He settled at Oshkosh, Wis., in 1867; was elected state treasurer in 1876, and re-elected in 1878. He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.
Guerard, Benjamin
governor. He was governor of South Carolina from 1783 to 1785; and speaker of the house in 1783. He died in January, 1789, in Charleston, S. C.
Guerin, Claude V
lawyer, lecturer, was born Sept. 8, 1867, in Jersey City, N. J. He received his education in the schools of New Brunswick, N. J., and the Asbury Park high school. He has attained success as an eminent lawyer of New Jersey, and has a large practice in Asbury Park. He is a prominent member of the republican party; a member of the board of education; and belongs to the National Guards of New Jersey. As a public speaker he ranks high.
Guernsey, Alfred Hudson
journalist, author, was born in 1825, in Vermont. He is a writer of New York city, and at one period editor of Harper's Monthly. He is the author of The Spanish Armada; The World's Opportunities; Carlyle, His Life, Books, and Theories; and Emerson, Poet and Philosopher.
Guernsey, Clara Florida
author, was born in 1836, in New York. She is a Rochester writer of juvenile tales, among which are The Boys of Eaglewood School; The Silver Library; Friends in Need; and The Merman and the Figure Head.
Guernsey, Egbert
physician, author, was born in 1823, in Connecticut. He is a homeopathic physician of New York city, editor of the Medical Times since 1872, and the author of History of the United States; Homeopathic Domestic Practice; and The Gentleman's Book of Homeopathy.
Guernsey, Henry Newell
physician, author, was born in 1817, in Vermont. He was a homeopathic physician of Philadelphia, and the author of Application of Homeopathy to Obstetrics; Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects; The Keynote System; Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children; and Lectures on Materia Medica. He died in 1885.
Guernsey, Joseph C
physician, was born March 25, 1849, in Frankford, Pa. He is a trustee of the Hahnemann Medical college and hospital of Philadelphia, and lecturer on materia medica.
Guernsey, Lucy Ellen
author, was born in 1826, in New York. She is a writer of Rochester, N. Y., who has published more than fifty juvenile tales, some of which are, Old Stanfield House; Through Unknown Ways; Winifred; and Agnes Warrington's Mistake.
Guernsey, Rocellus S
lawyer, author. He is the author of Juries and Physicians on Insanity; Mechanics' Lien Laws for New York City; Municipal Law and Its Relations to the Constitution of Man; Key to Story's Equity Jurisprudence; Living Authors at the New York Bar; Suicide, a History of the Penal Laws Relating to It; and New York City and Vicinity During the War of 1812.
Guest, John
naval officer, was born March 7, 1821, in Missouri. He served in 1845-48 on the frigate Congress in the Pacific, on the coast of Mexico during the Mexican war and took part on shore in several sharp engagements. He also served with distinction through the civil war. He died Jan. 12, 1879, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Guffin, Washington I
merchant, state legislator, was born Jan. 17, 1840, in Carlisle, N. Y. In 1869 he moved to Illinois; and has since been successfully engaged as a grain merchant in Paw Paw.
In 1892 he was elected a representative to the Illinois state legislature, and twice received the re-election.
Guhin, James William
merchant, jurist, was born June 17, 1863, in Maple Grove, Wis. In 1883 he moved to Dakota territory, and was one of the first settlers of Aberdeen.
He is a successful merchant of Eureka, S. D.; has been judge of the municipal court of Eureka from its incorporation, and has filled a number of important positions in his county and state. He is also a contributor to current publications.
Guice, Napoleon Lorenzo
physician, surgeon, was born Feb. 10, 1838, in Hamburg, Miss. In 1877-78 he was president of the Mississippi State Medical association, and is a prominent physician of Meridian, Miss.