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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (GOOUELL HALL.) 



several years. His restless disposition sent him 

 gold hunting again in 1864, and he spent two years 

 in Montana. Afterward he established "The 

 Bugle," and a German paper Ht Council Bluffs, 

 Iowa; the "Dakota Herald," at Yankton; the 

 "Lee County Democrat," at Dixon, 111.; the " Il- 

 linois Monitor," at Freeport ; " The Democrat," at 

 Freeport; and lastly, the " Daily Gazette," at Mon- 

 roe, Wis. He retained active connection with his 

 last paper till about a year before his death. Mr. 

 Giles established more newspapers than any other 

 man in the country. 



(Joodell, Aimer Cheney, inventor, born in 

 North Orange. Mass., Feb. 9, 1805, died in Salem, 

 Mass.. March "21, 1898. He perfected the first 

 printing press that printed on both sides of a sheet 

 in one operation. His inventions in this line be- 

 came the foundation of the present Hoe press. lie 

 also invented the cracker machine now in use, and 

 perfected the preparation of copper and steel plates 

 for use by engravers. In 1825 he went to Boston, 

 and afterward carried on the steel-plate business in 

 Ipswich for three years, worked in Byfield on the 

 first locomotive for the Boston and Lowell Railroad, 

 and in Salem on the first electric motor ever built, 

 which was run between Washington and Baltimore. 

 About 1840 he engaged in making kegs by whole- 

 sale, having invented machinery which would pro- 

 duce ten times the former output. In succeeding 

 years he made many inventions in machinery. 



Gray, Mercy Maria, benefactor, born in Mans- 

 field, Mass.. Dec. 26, 1818 ; died in Oakland, Gal., 

 May 20, 1898. Early in life she married J. A. Fay, 

 an inventor of note, and about 1878 married the 

 late Rev. Edgar H. Gray, of Washington, D. C. 

 From her first husband she received a large for- 

 tune, out of which she did much while in Washing- 

 ton to promote the welfare of newsboys and fallen 

 women. Two years after her second marriage she 

 went to San Francisco, Gal., with her husband, who 

 had received a call to the First Baptist Church of 

 that city, and in 1888 to Oakland, where he was 

 pastor of the First Baptist Church till his death, in 

 1894. Mrs. Gray gave to charity more than $1,000,- 

 000. Among her most noteworthy gifts were $30,- 

 000 each to the Pacific Baptist Theological Seminary, 

 in Oakland, the Baptist Home Mission Society, and 

 the American Baptist Publication Society, about 

 $100,000 to foreign missions, and $25,000 to Cali- 

 fornia College, Oakland. 



Green, Manley C., jurist, born in Sardinia, N. Y., 

 Oct. 5, 1843; died in Buffalo, Oct. 10, 1898. He 

 was educated at Williams College. After studying 

 law he opened an office, later formed a partnership 

 witli Goodwin Brown, and in 1886 with William L. 

 Marcy. He was defeated for the Republican nom- 

 ination for district attorney; elected justice of the 

 Supreme Court in 1891 ; and in 1894, when the Ap- 

 peliate Division was organized under the new State 

 Constitution, he was assigned to it, and he held the 

 seat till his death. 



Gregory. John Milton, clergyman and educator, 

 born in Sand Lake. N. Y.. July 16,1822; died in 

 Washington, I). C., Oct. 20, 1898. He was gradu- 

 ated at Union College in 1846, after which he stud- 

 ied law, but finally was ordained as a clergyman in 

 the Haptist Church. After a short pastorate in the 

 State of New York he began his life work as a 

 teacher in Akron, Ohio, in 1852. Soon afterward 

 lie became the head of a classical school in Detroit, 

 Mich., and from 1858 till 1803 he was Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction of the State of Michigan. He 

 was a particular friend of William H. Seward, and 

 a> such supported Seward's candidacy for the Re- 

 publican nomination for President in i860. In 1854 

 he established the "Michigan Journal of Hduca- 

 tion," of which he was sole editor for several years. 



In 1863-'67 he was president of Kalamazoo College, 

 and he then became president of the newly organ- 

 ized Industrial University in Champaign. "ill. 'le 

 was a commissioner from the United States to the 

 Vienna Exposition in 1873, a member of the Board 

 of Judges in the educational department of the ( Vn- 

 tennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876, and a 

 commissioner from Illinois to the Paris Exposition 

 in 1878. He resigned the presidency of the uni- 

 versity in 1880. From 1882 till 1885 he was a mem- 

 ber of the Civil-Service Commission of the United 

 States, residing in Washington, D. C., thereafter. 

 In 1886 Dr. Gregory made an extensive trip abroad 

 in search of material for a work on sociology, which 

 was never finished. He published many adilr 

 on educational subjects, together with the following 

 books: "Compend of the School Laws of Michi- 

 gan"; " Handbook of History" (1866); " Map of 

 Time " (1866) ; "A New Political Economy " ( 1 wj) ; 

 " Seven Laws of Teaching" (1883) ; and " Political 

 Economy " (1887). He also lectured on historical, 

 political, and economic subjects. He was for some 

 years president of the Civic Federation. 



Gridley, Charles Vernon, naval officer, born inl 

 Logansport, Ind., in 1845; died in Kobe, Japan, 

 June 4, 1898. He was appointed an acting mid- 

 shipman in the United States navy from Michigan 

 in 1860; was promoted midshipman, July 16, iNi'J: 

 acting ensign, Oct. 1, 1863; master, May 10, lsi;i; ; 

 lieutenant, Feb. 21, 1867; lieutenant commander, 

 March 12, 1868; commander. March 10, 1882; and; 

 captain, March 14, 1897 ; and at the time of hi? 

 death was commander of the cruiser "Olympia, 1 ' 

 the flagship of Rear-Admiral Dewey's famous 

 squadron in Manila Bay. Capt. Gridley had already^ 

 distinguished himself as an executive officer, when,, 

 in March, 1897, he was ordered to duty with the 

 Asiatic squadron. On arriving at Hong-Kongl 

 China, he was assigned to the " Olympia." On Sun- 

 day, May 1, the American fleet of 7 fighting vessels 

 attacked and destroyed the entire Spanish fleet of 

 13 vessels, in the Bay of Manila. Just before this 

 extraordinary naval battle opened Capt. Gridley 

 took his station in the conning tower of the ' Olym- 

 pia," with Commodore Dewey on the bridge. As the 

 flagship led the fleet into the bay, and when the 

 cruiser drew near to the Spanish vessels, Commo- 

 dore Dewey gave the order: "You may fire when 

 you are ready, Gridley." Almost instantly the bat- 

 tle opened. Capt. Gridley handled his ship superbly 

 throughout the action and fired the broadside that 

 destroyed the Spanish flagship. At the time of tho 

 battle he was very ill, but he insisted on actively 

 commanding his ship. Soon afterward his malady 

 became aggravated and he was " invalided " to his 

 home, and died soon after leaving his ship. 



Gross. William Hickley, clergyman, born in 

 Baltimore. Md., June 12. 1837; died there, Nov. 14, 

 1898. In 1857 he entered the novitiate of the Re- 

 demptorists at Annapolis ; made his profession ot 

 religion in this order April 4. 1858 ; and was or- 

 dained March 21. 1863. He devoted the first year 

 of his work as a priest to ministrations among tin 

 sick and wounded soldiers. After the war he waj 

 assigned to missionary duty in various places, but 

 was attached to St. Alphonsus's Church till 1871, 

 when he was appointed Superior of the Order of 

 Redemptorists in Boston. He remained there tv>) 

 years, and April 27, 1873, was consecrated Bishop 

 of Savannah. There several churches, hospitals 

 and orphanages were erected through his energy, 

 and he did much for the education of the freedmec. 

 In 1884 he became Archbishop of Oregon. 



Hall. Abraham Oakey, lawyer, born in All>am. 

 X. Y.. July 26, 1826; died in New York citv. Oct. 

 7. 1898. lie was graduated at New York rniv.-i- 

 sity in 1844. and his uncle, Samuel W. Oakey, of 



