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t:itii>ns. In 1832 Mr. French was married to 

 Mi--( Winohel), a cousin of Dr. Winchell, tho 

 j/i-nliiirNt. She becaino an active and influen- 

 tial co-laborer with her husband. 



FRUITS, GEORGE; died near Craw ford ville, 

 In I., August 6th. Ho was supposed to have 

 horn near Baltimore, Md., in 17<W. Ho 

 did some service near the close of the Revolu- 

 tion; \\rnt to Virginia in 1787; was after- 

 ward with Daniel Boone in Kentucky; served 

 in tho Indian War between 1791 and 1796, and 

 in tho War of 1812. His wife survives him at 

 the age of eighty-nine. 



GALLATIN, JAMBS, son of Albert Gallatin; 

 died in Paris, May 29th, in his 80th year. Ho 

 was President of tho Gallatin National Bank 

 of New York for thirty years, but retired in 

 1868, when he went to Europe. 



GANSEVOORT, Judge PETER, son of General 

 Gansevoort of Revolutionary fame ; died in Al- 

 bany, N. Y., January 4th. 



GARBARD, Sergeant JAMES H. ; died of yellow 

 fever, at Savannah, Ga., October 12th. He 

 was one of the most efficient members of the 

 Signal-Service Corps, and remained at his 

 post, notwithstanding the epidemic, forward- 

 ing much valuable information regarding its 

 development and progress. 



GARDNER, Dr. AUGUSTUS KINSLEY ; died in 

 New York, April 7th. He was born in Rox- 

 bury, Mass., in 1821. He graduated at Har- 

 vard College in 1842, and obtained his medical 

 degree in 1844, when he visited Europe, and 

 became a pupil of Dubois. Returning home, 

 ho published "Old Wine in New Bottles; or, 

 S|> iro Hours of a Medical Student in Paris," 

 in which he gave a vivid picture of French 

 habits and customs. He edited " Tyler Smith's 

 Lectures," and translated Scanzoni's "Dis- 

 eases of Females." As Professor of Mid- 

 wifery in the New York Medical College, the 

 doctor became eminent for the originality and 

 boldness of his views. He was the first to 

 give chloroform in labor, and subsequently had 

 a rupture with the Academy because he met 

 an homoeopathic physician in practice ; but in 

 this he had the sympathy of distinguished 

 practitioners. 



GARNER, WILLIAM T., Vice-Commodore of 

 the New York Yacht Club; was drowned off 

 Stapleton, S. I., July 20th, aged 36. 



GAYLORD, GEOROE R., a leading officer in 

 the Hudson River Freighters' Association ; died 

 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 8th. He was one 

 of the oldest freighters on the Hudson River. 



GERKEN, JOHN, Treasurer of Hamilton Coun- 

 ty, Ohio ; died April 10th. 



GEBOIIEIDT, Louis ANTHONY, M. D. ; died at 

 Hastings, N. Y., August 20th. He was born 

 in Dresden, April 8, 1808. Being designed for 

 the Church, he was educated at the Kreuz- 

 Schule; but displaying an extraordinary apti- 

 tude for scientific investigation, he entered the 

 Dresden University, where his progress in the 

 natural sciences was so rapid that he became 

 the scientific associate of the Crown-Prince of 



Saxony, afterward Frederick Augurt II. At 

 niii'-teen he entered the university at I,ri|>-i-, 

 and after returning to !>r.--<l> u became OMO- 

 ciated with Dr. A. Carus, the great phyi- 

 olo^ist, and Dr. F. A. von Amnion, the most 

 eminent oculist in Europe. Ho was the as- 

 sistant of Dieffenbach during the prevalence 

 of cholera in Berlin, and, upon his return to 

 Dresden, published a valuable work upon cer- 

 tain diseases of the eye then imperfectly known. 

 He emigrated to the United States in 1835, 

 settled in New York, where his worth and 

 ability were soon recognized, and retired, in 

 1870, with an ample fortune. 



GILPIN, EDWARD W., Chief-Justice of Dela- 

 ware ; died at Dover, Del., April 29th, aged 

 73 years. 



GLENN, WILLIAM WILKINS; died in Baltimore, 

 June 24th, at the age of 52. Soon after the 

 election of President Lincoln, Mr. Glenn be- 

 came a part owner of the Baltimore Exchange, 

 and, in consequence of the political sentiments 

 expressed in that journal, lie was imprisoned 

 in Fort McHenry for about three months. 

 After his release he resumed publication of 

 the paper under the name of the Baltimore 

 Gazette, with which he continued his connec- 

 tion until 1872. He subsequently engaged ex- 

 tensively in silver-mining in Colorado. 



GOFF, GEORGE W. ; died in New York, March 

 2d. He was born at Bloomingdale, N. Y., in 

 1806. He was connected with the iron-busi- 

 ness in the northern part of that State, and 

 was sent to the State Legislature from Essex 

 County for two successive terms. He was also 

 Collector of Customs at Plattsburg, for four 

 years. 



GOLDSBOROUGH, WILLIAM T. ; died in Balti- 

 more, January 26th, aged 68 years. He was 

 born in Cambridge, Md. He was several times 

 elected State Senator, and in 1847 was the un- 

 successful Whig candidate for Governor. In 

 1850 he was again elected State Senator by 

 the Whigs, but became an Independent Demo- 

 crat in 1857. and in 1861 was appointed a mem- 

 ber of the Peace Conference held at Washing- 

 ton. 



GOODWIN, WILLIAM H., D. D., L.L. D. ; died 

 in Dryden, Tompkins County, N. Y., February 

 17th, at the age of 64. He was born in Ulys- 

 ses, N. Y., and was for forty years a minister 

 of the Methodist Episcopal Church his last 

 appointment being at Dryden, in 1874. In 

 1854 he was elected State Senator from the 

 Ontario district, N. Y., and in 1865 was elected 

 a member of the State Board of Regents. 



GORMAN, General WILLIS ARNOLD; died in 

 St. Paul, Minn., May 20th. He was born 

 January 12, 1816, near Flemingsburg, Ky. In 

 1835 he began the practice of law in Bloom- 

 ington, Ind., was several times elected to the 

 State Legislature, and served in the Mexican 

 War as major and as colonel. In 1849 he was 

 elected to Congress, where he continued for 

 two terms. In 1853 he was appointed by 

 President Pierce Governor of the Territory of 



