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church; and for twelve years president of the church extension board.

and division surgeon; in 1863 was medical director of the Evansville hospitals and be-

was

came surgeon in charge of Madison United States army general hospital. He received the congressional medal of honor for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Fair Oaks. He is the surgeon-general of the medal of honor legion; and a prominent physician of New Y^ork City. Grant, Henry Horace, physician, surgeon, author, was born Dec. 12, 1853, in Petersburg, Ky. He has a large practice in Louislimited to surgery. He is the ville, Ky.; author of Principles of Surgery; and Diseases of the Mouth and Jaws. Grant, Hugh John, lawyer, statesman, was born in New York City. He practiced law in connection with his real estate business In 1883 he became an in New York City. alderman; and in 1888-94 served two terms as mayor of New York City. Grant, Isaac, soldier, public official, jurist, was born Jan. 25, 1846, in St. Johns, Mich. He was educated in the public and private schools of St. Johns, Mich. During the civil war he served as first corporal and sergeant in 1863-65; was in fifty -two different battles and skirmishes; was in the Stoneman raid; and always in the saddle. For two terms he was sheriff; and for one term was United States deputy marshal. For many years he was engaged in the milling and elevator business. For one term he was commander of steadman post grand army of the republic; and for one term was aidede-camp on General Kidd's staff in the department of Michigan grand army of the republic. He was also aide-de-camp under command Anthony state department of Michigan; and aide-de-camp to General Black in the national department grand army of the republic; and is now aide-de-camp on the staff of General Blackmer, John R. King commander, commander in chief of staff under Commander Cannon, the department of Michigan, grand army of the republic. He is now judge of the probate court for Osceola county for the term of 1905-09. Grant, James Benton, mining engineer, banker, governor, was bom Jan. 2, 1848, in Russell county, Ala. He built the first large smelting works at Leadville in 1878, under the name of J. B. Grant and company; and when the fire in that mining camp destroyed the works, he constmcted in Denver in 1882, a finer plant than the original one, consolidating his business with another company, under the name of the Omaha and Grant Smelting company. In 1883-85 he was the third governor of Colorado. Grant, John Gaston, statesman, congressman, was bom Jan. 1, 1858, in Hendersonville, N.C. In 1888 he was elected to the North Carolina state legislature; and in 1892-96 was elected sheriff of his native county. In 1909-11 he was a representative from North Carolina to the sixty-first congress as a republican.

Grant,

Asahel,

physician,

author,

Aug. 17, 1807, in Marshall, N.Y. He was a physician; and was a missionary in Persia. He was the author of The Nes-

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torians, or the Lost Tribes. 25, 1844, in Turkey.

He

died April

Grant, Charles S., physician, surgeon, founder, was bom Nov. 29, 1845, in Hobart, N.Y. He was one of the .founders of the New York state medical association; and in 1885 he erected at Saratoga Springs a sanitarium. Grant, Claudius Buchanan, soldier, educator, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 35, 1835, in Lebanon, Maine. During the civil war he rose to the rank of colonel. In 1866 he began the practice of law; in 1867-70 was postmaster of Ann Arbor, Mich.; and in 1870-74 was a representative to the Michigan state legislature. In 1872-80 he was regent of the university of Michigan. For eight years he was judge of the twentyfifth Michigan circuit court; in 1889 was elected an associate justice of the state supreme court of Michigan; and in 1899 was elected for a second term. Grant,

Clement

was born July

painter,

artist,

10, 1849, in Freeport,

Maine.

Rollins,

specialty is landscape and portrait painting. Among his pictures are Wentworth, an illustration of Whittier's poem, Marguerita; and for the Touch of

His

Amy

a Vanished Hand. Grant, Edward Maxwell, civil engineer, was born Nov. 21, 1839, in Saratoga, N.Y.

He

built all the bridges on the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad and the East Tennessee and Georgia railroad; also the iron-wrought bridge over Alabama river, which was the only structure of its kind then in existence; and a narrow-gauge railroad in Alabama. At the beginning of the Russo-Turkish war he was appointed brigadier-general in the Bulgarian army, at the same time acting as war correspondent for the London Daily News. He died Oct. 21, 1884, in Servia. Grant, Frederick Dent, soldier, was born May 30, 1850, in St. Louis, Mo. He is the son of General Grant, and in 1873 was com-

missioned lieutenant-colonel. In which capacity he served eight years. He was United States minister to Austria for several years. During the Spanish- American war he was colonel of one hundred and fortyfourth New York volunteer infantry; and subsequently cornmanded the military aiatrict of San Juan. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1901. Grant, Gabriel, soldier, army surgeon, was in Newark, N.J. He received the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from Williams college; and the degree of M.D. from the college of physicians and surgeons of New York City. During the civil war he was brigade

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