Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . a schoolthere which he af-terward made thefinest building ofthe kind in the was next madeprofessor in the sem-inary of Mount of the West,and was then sentas pastor to St. Jo-sephs church, Day-ton, Ohio, where heerected a school. Hewas nominated for the see of Cleveland by the bishops of the provinceof Cincinnati, 15 Feb., 1872, and consecrated bishopon 14 April, by Archbishop Purcell, in the cathe-dral of Cincinnati. After his accession to the epis-copacy he devoted himself especially to the inter-ests of Roman Catholic education.
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . a schoolthere which he af-terward made thefinest building ofthe kind in the was next madeprofessor in the sem-inary of Mount of the West,and was then sentas pastor to St. Jo-sephs church, Day-ton, Ohio, where heerected a school. Hewas nominated for the see of Cleveland by the bishops of the provinceof Cincinnati, 15 Feb., 1872, and consecrated bishopon 14 April, by Archbishop Purcell, in the cathe-dral of Cincinnati. After his accession to the epis-copacy he devoted himself especially to the inter-ests of Roman Catholic education. He foundedthe Catholic Universe, and, an attempt havingbeen made to tax Roman Catholic churches andschools, he was completely successful in resistingit in the courts. During his administration of thediocese of Cleveland the number of Roman Catho-lics has largely increased. In 1884 it amounted to174,000. The average number of children attend-ing the 123 parochial schools is 23,000. There are184 priests, 217 churches, 21 chapels, 71 stations,. GILPIN GIRARD 659 and a, theological seminary containing 44 G-ilmour has compiled School Recre-ations, a collection of hymns, a Bible history, anda series of readers. GILPIN, Edward Woodward, jurist, b. inWilmington, Del., 15 July, 1805; d. in Dover, Del., 29 April, 187(5. In his youth he was in straitenedcircumstances, and learned the trade of a was afterward clerk in a store, but finallystudied law, and was admitted to the bar in was attorney-general of Delaware in 1840-5(),and from May, 1857, till his death was chief justiceof the state. He was a Whig in early life, but be-came a Democrat in 1856. During the civil war hewas an ardent Unionist. (xILPIN, Thomas, manufacturer, b. in Chestercounty, Pa., 18 March, 1728: d. in Winchester, Va., 30 April, 1778. His grandfather, Joseph, emi-grated from England in 1696. Thomas engagedin farming and manufacturing, became interestedin science, and was one of the
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