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of the United States, on account of his stronar anti- 

 slavery principles, he became an ardent abolitionist 

 i of a lawyer, and was appointed lecturinir- 

 agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, in 1842. 



In 1844 lie removed 

 to New York city, 

 became editor of 

 the " Anti-Slavery 

 Standard," and held 

 the office till 1857, 

 when his powerful 

 support of the cause 

 of human freedom 

 led Horace Greeley 

 to appoint him an 

 editor of the New- 

 York u Tribune," 

 of which he became 

 managing editor in 

 1862. He continued 

 in warm personal as- 

 sociation with Mr. 

 Greeley and in editorial connection with his paper 

 till 1868, and then removed to Chicago, and assumed 

 the managing editorship of the i- Tribune" of that 

 city. Immediately after the great fire in 1871 he re- 

 sig'ned this office, and became one of the most effective 

 members of the relief committee ; and on the comple- 

 tion of this work returned to New York, and spent 

 two vcars on the editorial staff of the " Evenin? 



he wrote 



the 



He also wrote a life of James Madison (Boston, 1884), 



and was at work on a life of Edmund Quincy. 



Gibson, George, soldier, born in Carlisle, Pa., April 

 : diedm Las Vegas, New Mexico, Aug. 5, 1888. 

 He entered the United States Army as military store- 

 keeper in the quartermaster's department on April 9, 

 '.as appointed captain in the Eleventh regiment 

 of United States Infantry on May 14, 1861, and -was 

 brevetted major for gallant conduct in the battle of 

 - l >ur:T oil March" 13, 1*65, and lieutenant-colonel 

 lor meritorious services in the operations resulting in 

 the fall of Richmond and the surrender of Gen. Lee 

 on April 9, 1865. He was promoted major of the First 

 United States Infantry, Jan. 12, 1868; assigned to 

 the Firth United States Infantry June 9, 1869, pro- 

 moted lieutenant-colonel Third United States Infant- 

 ry March -20, 1*7'.'!. and colonel Fifth United States 

 Infantry Aug. 1. 1886. At the time of his death he 

 was commandant at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex., but was 

 on a brief leave of absence. 



Gibson, Walter Murray, adventurer, born at sea, in 

 1823; died in San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 21, 18S 1 -. He 

 was the son of a merchant of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 England, who removed to Montreal, Canada, in 1829, 

 and was educated in the College of St. Sulpice there. 

 When fourteen years old he went to New York, and 

 engaged with a wealthy Southern planter, then on his 

 wedding-trip, to drive his coach to his estate in An- 

 derson County, S. C. On the way South he aston- 

 ished his emplover with his proficiency in the Ger- 

 man and French languages and his general culture. 

 He remained in Anderson County several years, 

 taught school, and married; then became restless, 

 searched the hills for the silver-mines of the Indians, 

 ran a passenger steamer on Savannah river, tried 

 journalism in New York, took advantage of the Cali- 

 fornia gold-fever and made a fortune by speculating 

 in cheap mining-apparatus ; went to Mexico with De 

 Cramer, the Russian envoy, with the intention of try - 

 in:.' Daniel Webster's plan of centralizing the several 

 States, and joined the fortunes of Gen. Carrera, of 

 Guatemala, in his endeavor to effect the centraliza- 

 tion of the Central American republics. He then 

 fitted out a war-vessel in New York, from which the 

 United States Government removed the guns and 

 ammunition, sailed to the island of Sumatra, con- 

 tracted with a native prince for the sale of forty 



square miles of land, on which he proposed to settle 

 an American colony, and was arre>ted by the Dutch 

 colonial authorities and imprisoned nearly two years. 

 He returned to the United States in 1868, went to Salt 

 Lake City, and in 1861 was appointed an agent of the 

 Mormon Church, to establish a colony on the Hawai- 

 ian Islands. At first he confined his operations to 

 Lahaina. capital of the Island of Maui, and then aban- 

 doning his Mormon colonization scheme, removed to 

 the island of Lauai, leased a large tract, and raised 

 wheat and sheep. In 186" he settled in Honolulu, 

 established the " News," advocated the claims or 

 Prince Lunalilo to the throne, and, in 1869, wa- 

 to the United States, where he negotiated a reci- 

 pr->city treaty. On the accession of Prince Kalakaua 

 he was offered a cabinet appointment, and for sev- 

 eral vears had great influence with the King. In 

 1878 lie was elected a member of the Legislature, and 

 in 1882 was appointed Premier and Minister of For- 

 eign Affairs. He held these offices till the revolution 

 of 1887, when, with the other ministers, he was de- 

 posed, a price was set upon his head, and he fled to 

 San Francisco, leaving interests aggregating $1,000,- 

 000 in value. 



Gilbert, Addison, philanthropist, born in Gloucester, 

 Mass., in 1809; died there, July 2 ; 1888. He had 

 been actively connected with the business interests of 

 the city tor fifty years, accumulated property valued 

 at over $500,000, and for many years before nis death 

 was president of the City, National, and Cape Ann 

 Savings-Banks. He bequeathed $100,000 to a board 

 of trustees for a public nospitnl, 175,000 for an old 

 folks' home, $10,000 to the Widows' and Orphans' 

 Aid Society, $5,000 to the Firemen's Relief Asso- 

 ciation, 4,000 to the Cape Ann Scientific and Lit- 

 erary Association, and $3,000 to the Female Charita- 

 ble Society. 



Gillmore, Quincy Adams, soldier, born in Black River, 

 Lorain Co., Ohio, Feb. 28, 1825 ; died in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y.. April 7, 1888. He was .graduated at the United 

 States Military Academy, first fn a class of forty-three, 

 in 1849, and was assigned to the corps of engineers 

 with the rank of second lieutenant. In 1S52 he was ap- 

 pointed assistant instructor in practical military engi- 

 neering in the United States Military Academy, and 

 held the office till Sept. 15. 1856, and was promoted 

 first lieutenant in July of the latter year. Between 

 1856 and the opening of the civil war fie was treasurer 

 and quartermaster at West Point, in charge of the 

 New York agency for the purchase and shipment of 

 material used in the construction of fortifications, and 

 in charge of the fortifications in New York harbor. 

 In August, 1861, he was promoted captain, and in 

 October was appointed chief of engineers of the Port 

 Royal expedition. He took an active part in the op- 

 erations at Hilton 

 Head, S. C.,on Nov. 

 7, 1861, rebuilt the 

 forts after their re- 

 duction, and super- 

 intended the erec- 

 tion of new ones. In 

 1862 he erected the 

 fortifications for the 

 attack on Fort Pu- 

 laski, at the mouth 

 of Savannah river, 

 and commanded the 

 troops in the suc- 

 cessful engagement 

 in April. A few 

 days after the capt- 

 ure he was brev- 

 etted lieutenant- 

 colonel. Failing 



health then compelled him to take a brief leave of 

 absence, during which he was appointed brigadier- 

 general of volunteers, and assisted in organizing and 

 forwarding to the field sixty regiments of volunteers 

 from New York State. He reported for duty in Au- 





