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suming his connection with the " Statesman " 

 soon afterward. In 1827 he removed to Phila- 

 delphia and became associated with James A. 

 Jones in the publication of the " National Pal- 

 ladium," the first paper in the State to advo- 

 cate the election of Gen. Jackson to the presi- 

 dency, and in the following spring he was 

 connected with Gen. Duff Green in the man- 

 agement of the " United States Telegraph." 

 He again returned to Boston, became sole 

 proprietor of the "Statesman," and on Nov. 

 9, 1831, published the first number of a new 

 daily paper, the " Post." Under his adminis- 

 tration this paper was very successful. He 

 was its foremost spirit and authority until he 

 was seventy-five years old, when he retired. 

 Mr. Greene had been a member of the Legis- 

 lature, and an aide on the staff of Gov. Mar- 

 tin, with the rank of colonel; and he had 

 failed of election as mayor, member of Con- 

 gress, and State Senator. 



Gregg, Rollin Robinson, an American physician, 

 born in Palmyra, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1828 ; died 

 in Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1886. The family 

 removed to Adrian, Mich., when he was five 

 years old. In 1849 he began studying medi- 

 cine with the family physician, and in the 

 following year he returned to Palmyra and 

 continued his studies with Dr. Durfee Chase, 

 his uncle, a homceopathist, subsequently tak- 

 ing courses of lectures in the homoeopathic 

 colleges in Cleveland, Ohio, and Philadelphia, 

 Pa., and being graduated at the latter in 

 March, 1853. In May following he removed 

 to Canandaigua, N. Y., where he was en- 

 gaged in practice until 1861, when he settled 

 in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1869 he established "The 

 Homoeopathic Journal," which he edited for 

 two years, when failing health compelled him 

 to abandon it. He was the author of several 

 treatises, and a frequent contributor to the 

 local newspapers, one article on " The Physi- 

 cal Evils of Alcohol " being extensively copied. 

 At the time of his death he was a member (the 

 senior) of the American Institute of Homoeop- 

 athy, the Erie County Homoeopathy Medical 

 Society, the New York State Homoeopathy 

 Medical Society, the Homoeopathy Medical So- 

 ciety of Western New York, and the Interna- 

 tional Hahnemannian Association, of which he 

 was president in 1885. 



Gregory, Dudley S., an American manufact- 

 urer, born in Jersey City, N. J., in 1832 ; died 

 in New York city, Feb. 15, 1886. His father 

 was one of the most prominent of the public 

 men of New Jersey, and through his manu- 

 facturing, railroad, and congressional connec- 

 tions was largely instrumental in developing 

 Jersey City and Hudson County. Dudley S. 

 Gregory, Jr., on the death of his father, in- 

 herited a large fortune, and entertained with 

 great hospitality in the family mansion, since 

 converted into the Jersey City Post -Office. 

 He took an active part in political affairs, 

 and was at different times a member of the 

 Jersey City Board of Finance and the State 



Assembly, President of the Board of Fire 

 Commissioners, and a colonel in the old State 

 militia. In connection with his brothers he 

 established the steel-works of Gregory & Co., 

 but retired therefrom several years before his 

 death, and subsequently lost much of his for- 

 tune. Mr. Gregory was passionately devoted 

 to vocal and instrumental music ; organized 

 the choir of the Tabernacle Church, which 

 later became the foundation of the New York 

 Philharmonic Society ; and was a frequent 

 and conscientious contributor of criticisms on 

 musical events to the New York " Tribune." 



Groesbeek, Abraham, an American pioneer, 

 born in 1815; died in Houston, Tex., Feb. 6, 

 1886. He was an early settler in Houston, 

 and during the past thirty-five years one of 

 its leading citizens; was a projector of the 

 Houston and Texas Central Railroad, begun 

 in 1853, and formerly vice-president of the 

 company; and was one of the largest land- 

 owners in the State, amassing a great fortune. 

 Groesbeek, the capital of Limestone County, 

 was named for him. 



Gurney, Ephraim Whitman, an American edu- 

 cator, born in 1828 ; died in Beverly, Mass., 

 Sept. 12, 1886. He was graduated at Harvard 

 in 1852, and taught in a school in Boston un- 

 til 1857, when he was appointed a tutor in the 

 college. In 1861 he was appointed Assistant 

 Professor of Philosophy, teaching on that sub- 

 ject one year ; in 1863 Professor of Latin ; in 

 1868 Assistant Professor of History; and in 1869 

 University Professor of History, which place he 

 held at the time of his death. In 1870, on the 

 creation of the office of dean of the college 

 faculty, he was appointed the first incumbent, 

 and held the office until January, 1876, when 

 he resigned and received a leave of absence 

 that he might make a prolonged trip to Europe 

 for his health. As dean he had contrived the 

 methods of the department, established its pre- 

 cedents, and set its standards. It was the 

 unanimous opinion of the governing boards 

 and of his colleagues that by his skillful and 

 successful conduct of the new and growing 

 department of administration he had rendered 

 the college a service that would be of lasting 

 worth. In 1884 Prof. Gurney was appointed 

 a Fellow of the Corporation. In addition to 

 his other duties he had been for some time edi- 

 tor of the " North American Review." 



Gntheim, James Koppel, an American Hebrew 

 Rabbi, born in Westphalia in 1815; died in 

 New Orleans in July, 1886. His first minis- 

 terial office was at Sendenhorst in 1838. Five 

 years later he removed to New York, and in 

 1846 he became the pastor of the B'nai Jeshu- 

 run congregation at Cincinnati, Ohio. He oc- 

 cupied pulpits in Montgomery, Ala., Columbus, 

 Ga., New York, and New Orleans, officiating 

 in three of the present synagogues of the lat- 

 ter city. He was the first to transplant to the 

 South the Jewish reform movement that at- 

 tained such important dimensions in the North- 

 ern States. He founded, and for a time edited, 



