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Gifford, Robert Ladd, engineer and inventor; born in Smithfield, 0., Sept. 12, 1867; son of William and Lydia (Ladd) Gifford. He was graduated from Cornell University in 1891. He has been president of the Illinois Engineering Company since 1900, and is nationally known as an inventor of steam appliances and a process for the recovery of sulphate of iron. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Heating and
Ventilating Engineers, the Western Society of Engineers; and is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Club of New York and the University, South Shore Country, and City Clubs of Chicago, and the Midwick Country Club, Los Angeles. He married in Chicago, Oct. 12 1898, Evelyn A. Brooks, and has one son. Residence, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, Cal. Office, n. w. corner Harrison and Clinton Sts., Chicago, and branches.
Gilbert, D. B., chairman Prohibition State Committee of Nebraska, was born Jan. 20, 1866, in Lewisville, Ind. He taught for a number of years in the country schools of Kansas and Indiana; and was teacher and chaplain in the Indiana Youths' School at Fort Wayne. He also taught in the Central Normal College of Danville, Ind.; and in the Southern Indiana Normal College at Mitchell, of which institution he was president for two -years. He is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his State; and is the owner of two student supply stores in Fremont, Neb. He is a member of the Prohibition National Committee; and for four years has been chairman of the State Prohibition party of Nebraska.
Gilbert, Frank Bixby, lawyer, librarian, State Education Department, Albany, N.Y.; was born at Bainbridge, N.Y., March 10, 1867; son of Don A. and Amelia H. (Bixby) Gilbert; grad. Bainbridge Academy, 1885; Hamilton College, A.B., 1889; married at Bainbridge, N.Y., Oct. 9, 1895, Frances Freiot. Admitted to bar, November, 1891; assistant Statutory Revision Commission, 1892- 1901; attorney in legislative bill drafting department, appointed by Speaker of Assembly and President of Senate, 1901-05; State law librarian, January, 1906-October, 1908, now chief counsel State Education Department and Regents University, State of New York, appointed Oct. 1, 1908. Editor Am. Elec. Cases and Street Railway Cases (Matthew Bender & Co.). Compiler Gilberts' Annotated Code of Civil Procedure, Town and Country Officers' Manual, the Law of Domestic Relations. Co-editor (with Robert C. Cumming) The General Laws and Revised Statutes of the State of New York (4 vols.) and Annotated Consolidated Laws of State of New York, 1909, with supplements to date (11 vols.). Member Chi Psi fraternity (Hamilton College, Alpha Phi). Clubs: University (Albany), Island Golf (Troy).
Gilbert, William Morris, clergyman, of Yonkers, N.Y., was born at Geneva, N.Y., March 23, 1862; son of Morris J. and Eliza (Simonds) Gilbert; grad. Union College, B.A., 1883; Cambridge Episcopal Theol. School, B.D., 1.892; married at Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1892, Frances, daughter of Dr. John B. Chapin, superintendent Pennsylvania Hosp. for Insane, West Philadelphia; children: William Morris, Jr., born 1894; Harriet Elizabeth, born 1900; Frances, born 1902. Rector Grace Church, Carthage, N.Y., 1892-94; assistant minister, Grace Church, Baltimore, 1894-96; rector, St. Paul's Church, Yonkers, N.Y., since 1896. Member Psi Upsilon fraternity. President Yonkers Fortnightly Club for Study of Anthropology.
Gilder, Jeannette Leonard, journalist, of 100 East 17th St., Flushing, N.Y. Oct. 3, 1849; daughter of Rev. William H. and Jane (Nutt) Gilder; educated at St. Thomas Hall, a woman's college conducted by her father. Began newspaper career at 18 as writer on Newark (N.J.) Morning Register, conducted by her brother, Richard Watson Gilder, and as Newark reporter for New York Tribune; later on editorial staff of the old Scribner's Monthly (now the Century Magazine); literary editor, 1875, and later dramatic and musical critic New York Herald until 1880; with brother, Joseph B. Gilder, founded, 1881, and ever since joint editor with him of The Critic (later Putnam's Monthly). Has been correspondent of leading papers in Boston and Philadelphia, and of London Academy; now regular literary correspondent Chicago Tribune. Author: "Taken by Siege," "Pen Portraits of Literary Women" (with Helen 0-. Cone), "Essays from the Critic" (with J. B. Gilder), "Representative Poems of Living Poets," 1886; "Authors at Home," 1889; "The Autobiography of a Tomboy," 1900; "The Tomboy at Work," 1904. Club: The Colony.
Gildersleeve, Ferdinand, merchant and banker, of Gildersleeve, Conn., where he was born Aug. 20, 1840. Ile is senior partner of Gildersleeve & Sons, merchants, with which he has been identified for fifty years; and in the shipbuilding business, established in 1821. Since 1894 he has been president of the First National Bank of Portland, Conn., which he organized in 1865. He has been president of the Freestone Savings Bank of Portland, Conn. is now its treasurer; and since 1872 has been postmaster of Gildersleeve, Conn.
Gillespie, Lawrence Lewis, banker; born at Chicago, Ill., Dec. 23, 1876; son of George Lewis and Rhobie (McMaster) Gillespie; graduated Cutler School, New York City, 1894, Harvard, A.B., 1898. Engaged in banking soon after graduation. Has traveled extensively in United States and Europe and has been around the world and visited the Far East, China and Philippines. Entered Volunteer Service in 1898 as second lieutenant, First U.S. Vol. Engineer Regiment, and served in Porto Rico, being promoted first lieutenant and then acting captain; resigned October, 1898. Member Military Order Foreign Wars, New York Chamber of Commerce, Mason (Holland Lodge 8). Clubs: Union, Brook, Racquet and Tennis, Turf and Field, Lawyers', New York Athletic, Metropolitan, Down Town, Tuxedo, Sons of Revolution, Pilgrims, Aero, Japan Society, American Geographical Society; and the Hope Club and Turk's Head Club of Providence, RI.; and the Newport Reading Room and the Newport Golf Club and Westchester Polo Club of Newport.
Gillett, Frederick Huntington, congressman, was born Oct. 16, 1851, in Westfield, Mass. He was assistant attorney-general of Massachusetts in 1879-82. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1890-91. He was a member of the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses as a Republican. He was re-elected to the Sixty-third Congress from the Second District of Massachusetts for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Springfield, Mass.
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Gilmore, Edward, United States congressman from the Fourteenth District of Massachusetts, was born Jan. 4, 1867, in Brockton, Mass. He has been a member of the State Legislature. He was elected to the Sixty-third Congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Brockton, Mass. Gilmore, John Curtis, Jr., army officer, of Fort Miley, Cal., was born at Fort McRae, N.M., July 23, 1869; son of Brig.-Gen. J. C. and Hattie (Connor) Gilmore; educated at Racine College, Wis.; graduated West Point Military Academy, class 1894; 2d lieutenant Fourth Cavalry, June 12, 1894; transferred to Fourth Artillery, Oct. 12, 1894; promoted to 1st lieutenant artillery, March 2, 1899; captain artillery corps, July 1, 1901; major coast artillery corps, U.S.A., March 3, 1911. Volunteer commissions: Captain assistant adjutant-general, May 12, 1898; captain asst. quartermaster, June 14, 1899; major 43d U.S. Vol. Inf. (hon. mustered out), July 5, 1901; asst. adjutant-general 5th army corps, Santiago de Cuba. Participated in numerous engagements in Philippine insurrection. Clubs: Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Army and Navy (Washington, D.C.), Pacific-Union, Bohemian (San Francisco); Army and Navy (New York). Gilmore, Pascal Pearl, banker; born at Dedham, Me., June 24,1845; son of Tyrrel and Mary Wood Pearl Gilmore; reared on a farm and educated in common schools and at Eastern Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Me.; married, Holden, Me., Oct. 25, 1881, Alma Marie Hart. Served in 16th Regiment, Maine Infantry, in Civil War; engaged in several battles; present when General Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865; not off duty a single day during term of service; complimented by superior officers for gallant and meritorious conduct at battle of March 21. 1865. Lumber inspector in Michigan, 1867-71; farmer and
conveyancer, Dedham, Me., 1871-91; now president Bucksport National Bank. Chairman Board of Selectmen ten years; supervisor of schools fifteen years; member House of Representatives of Maine, 1875, 1883; member of Senate, 1891; State Liquor
Commissioner, 1891-96; State treasurer, 190711. Republican. Scottish Rite Mason, 32°. Address, Bucksport. Gilstrap, W. H., artist and curator of Historical Society Building, was born April 24, 1849, in Beecher City, Effingham County, Ill. He was a pupil of H. A. Elkins, Kenney, Bigelow and others. He is a secretary of the Washington State Historical Society; and secretary and curator of the Ferry Museum. Ginnasi, Francis; born Imola, Prov. Bologna, Italy, Feb. 14, 1859; parents, John and Josephine Cantua ; unmarried; educated Imola, Italy, and Univ. Brussels, Belgium; grad. N.Y. Univ. 1884; lic. New York same year; Cal. and Mis. 1886; deg. M.D.; post-grad. Gordon's Hosp.; Soccus Sq. Hosp. for Dis. Women, London, Eng.; Dist. Phys. Marion St. Hosp.; Asst. Dist. Phys. and Asst. Phys. N.Y. Disp. ; Vis. Phys. Italian Sailors' Hosp., Brooklyn, N.Y.; Vis. Phys. Italian Home. Member Acad. Med. M.S. of the S.N.Y.; A.M.A.; inventor Acetylene Gas Generator, Patent No. 613,901; Regular; Residence and office, 118 Macdougal St., New York ; 8-10 a.m. and 6-8 p.m. Girten, Michael Francis, lawyer and jurist. Business address, 122 South Michigan Boulevard ; residence, 5827 Princeton Ave. Born August 20, 1871, in Lemont, Ill. Parents, Peter Girten, born in Germany, Anna Maria Theis, Germany. At the inception of the Chicago Municipal Court in 1906 was elected one of the associate justices (judges). Because of his linguistic attainments was appointed by Chief Justice of Municipal Court to sit in branches where cases of a foreign speaking people were heard. Was particularly successful in cases heard in German, Polish, Bohemian, Lithuanian, French and English. Positions holding : Member of faculty, Law Department, Loyola University; lecturer in School of Sociology; president of the German (Aid) Society of Chicago (founded 1854) vice-president Central Verein, etc. Member of Illinois Athletic, Press and German Clubs. Notre Dame College, no degree; Chicago-Kent College of Law, degree LL.B. Is particularly interested in the civic life of Chicago. Has had bills of Housing introduced in the State Legislature, 1910-1911 and 1912-1913. While the bills in each case failed of passage a sustained interest in Housing has ever been displayed. Republican. Githens, J. N., freight traffic manager Missouri Pacific and St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern
Rys. Office, St. Louis, Mo., born on a farm near Fellowship, N.J. Studied stenography while employed with a wholesale commission house in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1888. Entered railway service as secretary to assistant freight traffic manager Illinois Central Rd., since which he has been consecutively to June 1, 1900, assistant commercial agent at Chicago ; April 1, 1906, to Dec. 1907, general agent Missouri Pacific and St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern
Rys. at Chicago ; December, 1907 to Sept. 1, 1912, general freight agent same roads in charge of solicitation, supervision of outside agencies and
interchange of traffic with connecting lines; Sept 1, 1912, to date,
freight traffic manager same roads. On August 1, 1913, appointed
assistant to vice-president, in charge of solicitation and interchange
between connecting lines of traffic for the Missouri Pacific, Iron
Mountain, Denver & Rio Grande, and Western Pacific. Glass, Carter, congressman, was born Jan. 4, 1858, in Lynchburg, Va. He owns the Daily News and the Daily Advance. In 1899-1903 he was a member of Virginia State Senate and in 1901 was a member of the Virginia constitutional convention. He was a member of the fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first, and sixty-second congresses from Virginia as a Democrat. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Lynchburg, Va. Glen, John Alexander, division superintendent Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Office, Beaumont, Tex., born Aug. 22, 1861 at Preston, Ill. Education in the common schools of Marbel Hiss, MO. Entered Railway service 1882, as a brakeman Illinois Central Ry., since which he has been consecutively to 1886, conductor same road; 1886 10 1890, Conductor Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis, Ry. at Thayer, Mo.; June to October, 1890, conductor Savannah, Americus & Montgomery, Americus, Ga.; October 1890 to February, 1904, freight and passenger conductor Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. at Cleburne, Tex.; February to June, 1904, assistant trainmaster; June, 1904 to Jan. 1, 1907, trainmaster; Jan. 1, 1907, to date, superintendent Beaumont division same road. Glennon, James Hope, ex-president Alabama Fire Underwriters' Assn.; born in Mobile County, Alabama, Aug. 24, 1879; married Rella E. Wilds; educated at Towle's Institute, Mobile, Ala., and at Spring Hill College (degree of A.B., 1897); district deputy of Knights of Columbus; and member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. President of Manassas Club. Address, 51 N. Royal St., Mobile, Ala. Glessner, John Jacob, manufacturer, was born at Zanesville, 0., in January, 1843, being a son of Jacob and Mary (Laughlin) Glessner. He was educated in the public schools of Zanesville, and broadened his education by some years of work on the local newspapers of his native city. On attaining his majority, however, in 1864, he found his life's vocation by engaging in the manufacture of harvesting machinery, becoming a member of the firm of Warder, Bushnell & Glessner. To the business of that firm he brought organizing abilities which were the leading factor in its success. In 1870 he removed to Chicago and there established the administrative and executive headquarters of the business, retaining the factory at Springfield, 0., and as vice-president of the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co. built up a business of very extensive proportions in the Champion machines manufactured by the company. In the subsequent organization of the International Harvester Co. when the business of the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co. was combined with the McCormick, Deering and other large harvesting interests, he became vice-president of the company, and was elected to the position of chairman of the executive committee of that great corporation. Mr. Glessner's executive abilities have been exercised not only in behalf of the business corporations with which he has been connected, but also, with much effectiveness, in measures for public benefit. He was president of the Citizens' Association of Chicago during the period when that organization prepared the bill for the establishing of the Sanitary District of Chicago and secured its passage through the legislature of Illinois, and from the initiative efforts in which Mr. Glessner had so important a share has resulted the great Drainage Canal, which is the greatest engineering work ever undertaken by a city for the purposes of sanitation. He is a trustee of the Chicago Orphan Asylum, of Rush Medical College (now the medical department of the University of Chicago), the Chicago Orchestral Association which organized, sustained and has built a home for the Chicago Orchestra (of which the late Theodore Thomas was, until his death, the director), and of the Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. Glessner is a member and former president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and is also a member of the Chicago, Union League, Quadrangle and Literary Clubs. Mr. Glessner married in December, 1870, Frances, daughter of James R. and Nancy (Bayard) Macbeth. Residence: 1800 Prairie Ave., Chicago. Office address: Michigan Ave. and Harrison St., Chicago, Ill.
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