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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (GIBBS GRAY.) 



States Infantry, and on the discovery of gold 

 went to California in 1849. He was elected a 

 member of the State Senate in 1857 and in 1861, 

 and at the outbreak of the civil war entered the 

 National service as colonel of the 3d Kentucky 

 Infantry. He was promoted brigadier-general in 

 March, 1864, and was mustered out of the service 

 April 4 following. After the war he engaged in 

 farming and the manufacture of salt. 



Qibbs, James Ethan Allen, inventor, born in 

 Raphine, Va.; died there, Nov. 25, 1902. He lived 

 in the South till the civil war broke out, when he 

 settled in New York city, where, with Charles 

 H. Willcox, he formed the firm of Willcox & Gibbs, 

 manufacturers of the sewing-machine bearing its 

 name. He invented the controlling principle of 

 the single and double thread in sewing-machines, 

 and other devices. He returned to his native 

 town in 1892, where he did much to develop the 

 industrial life there and in the Shenandoah valley. 



Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, journalist, born in 

 Moyne, Ireland, Oct. 2, 1831; died in Brixham, 

 England, May 20, 1902. He was graduated at 

 Queen's College, Belfast, in 1851, and was a war 

 correspondent for the London News in Russia 

 and Turkey during the Crimean War in 1854-'56. 

 After the war he came to the United States; 

 settled in New York city; studied law, and in 

 1859 was admitted to the bar. He was on the 

 editorial staff of the New York Times in 1862-'65, 

 and during that period again served the London 

 News as correspondent in the civil war. In 1865 

 he established and became editor of the Nation, 

 which was made the weekly issue of the Evening 

 Post in 1881, and he then became one of the edi- 

 tors and proprietors of the joint publication, and 

 remained as such till 1898, when he retired. In 

 1895 Mayor Strong appointed him a member of 

 the Civil-Service Commission, on which he served 

 till Mayor Van Wyck's election. He was the 

 author of a History of Hungary; Reflections and 

 Comments; Problems of Democracy; and Un- 

 foreseen Tendencies of Democracy. 



Goshorn, Alfred Traber, manufacturer, born 

 in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1834; died there, Feb. 19, 

 1902. He was graduated at Marietta College in 

 1854, and two years later was admitted to the 

 bar, and began practise in Cincinnati. On becom- 

 ing proprietor of an extensive white-lead plant in 

 Cincinnati he retired from his profession to en- 

 gage in manufacturing. In 1870 he became presi- 

 dent of the Cincinnati Industrial Exhibition, 

 which proved so successful that it has since been 

 repeated annually. His administrative abilities 

 in this field led to his appointment as director- 

 general of the Centennial Exposition at Philadel- 

 phia in 1876. Mr. Goshorn was one of the organ- 

 izers in 1881 of the Cincinnati Museum Associa- 

 tion, and till his death was its director. 



Goucher, Mary C., philanthropist, died in 

 Alto Dale, Md., Dec. 19, 1902. She was the daugh- 

 ter of Dr. Jolin Fisher. In early life she became 

 interested in educational and church work, and 

 was conspicuous as an advocate of the education 

 of women. She married the Rev. John F. 

 Goucher, inherited a fortune of more than $1,000,- 

 000, and applied much of her time and money 

 in assisting her husband in establishing the Wom- 

 an's College of Baltimore, which through her 

 aid has become one of the most important edu- 

 cational institutions under the auspices of the 

 Methodist Episcopal Church. She, with her hus- 

 band, established nearly 100 Methodist mission 

 schools in India. 



Grant, Julia Dent, born on her father's farm 

 in Whitehaven, 10 miles southeast of St. Louis, 

 Feb. 16, 1826; died in Washington, D. C., Dec. 14, 



1902. Her father was Judge Dent, a practitioner at 

 the St. Louis bar. Julia was the fifth child and 

 the oldest daughter. She received her education 

 in St. Louis. Her brother was a classmate of 

 Ulysses S. Grant, who 

 saved his (Dent's) life 

 while fighting in the 

 Mexican War. Grant 

 married her Aug. 22, 

 1848, at the Dent resi- 

 dence. The young offi- 

 cer was then assigned 

 to Sackett's Harbor, 

 N. Y., and six months 

 later was transferred 

 to Detroit. Mrs. Grant 

 accompanied him to 

 both places. In 1854 

 Capt. Grant resigned 

 from the army, when 

 his father-in-law gave 

 him a 65-acre farm. The couple were unable to 

 get a living out of it, however, and Grant found 

 employment in a real-estate office in St. Louis. In 

 the spring of 1860 he went to work in his father's 

 leather store in Galena, 111. At the close of the 

 civil war Grant was made commanding general of 

 the army, and, with Mrs. Grant, settled in Wash- 

 ington. After this came his election to the presi- 

 dency, and Mrs. Grant became the mistress of the 

 White House, where she presided with dignity 

 and tact. The eight years' r&gime of the Grants 

 at the White House was characterized by social 

 functions of great elegance. Subsequently they 

 made a trip around the world. Some of the 

 greatest honors ever shown to an American 

 woman were showered on Mrs. Grant, and she 

 and her husband received many rare and costly 

 gifts. After the death of her husband Mrs. 

 Grant's life was remarkably quiet, much of it 

 being spent in Washington. The most noticeable 

 incident in the latter part of her life was her 

 decision in regard to $150,000 borrowed by her 

 husband from William H. Vanderbilt. This was 

 in 1884, three days before the failure of the firm 

 of Grant & Ward in May. Gen. Grant believed 

 the loan could be returned by him in a day or 

 two, but his affairs changed radically in a very 

 short time, and when Mr. Vanderbilt demanded 

 payment he was unable to make it. Mr. Van- 

 derbilt began a suit, and Gen. Grant permitted 

 judgment to be entered against him. He and 

 Mrs. Grant, however, sent to Mr. Vanderbilt the 

 deeds of their property, which they believed was 

 sufficient to cover the debt of honor. Mr. Van- 

 derbilt thereupon wrote to Mrs. Grant, presenting 

 to her, as her separate estate, the debt and judg- 

 ment he held against Gen. Grant's real estate and 

 the household furniture and ornaments. In reply 

 Mrs. Grant declined the proposition, excepting 

 the trust that applied to articles to go to the 

 Government. Gen. Grnnt acquiesced in the plan 

 after it was modified considerably, but Mrs. 

 Grant, after first agreeing with him. withdrew her 

 consent. During Gen. Grant's last illness she w;is 

 his constant attendant. After her husband's death 

 Congress voted her a life pension of $5.000 per 

 annum. In accordance with an agreement con- 

 cerning the permanent resting-place of Gen. 

 Grant's remains, those of his widow were laid 

 beside his own in a sarcophagus of the mau>o- 

 leuin in Riverside Park, New York city. 



Gray, Ada (Mrs. Charles F. Tinga'y), actress. 

 born in Oneonta, N. Y., in 1834; died in Ford- 

 ham, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1902. She made her first 

 appearance when she was only ten years old. and 

 at fifteen she played Juliet in Rochester, N. Y. 



