Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . hePresbyterian church, and in 1864 went to Erro-manga, one of the New Hebrides group of islands,as a missionary. At the end of six years he with-drew from outside support, and entirely alonetrusted himself unreservedly among the nativesuntil hi< deal h. During his residence on the islandhe translated portions of the Bible into the lan-guage of birromanga, besides preparing primersand hymns for their use. He also acquired aknowledge of the language of the island of EspirituSanto, and spent a winter there teaching the peo-ple. He perished at the h
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . hePresbyterian church, and in 1864 went to Erro-manga, one of the New Hebrides group of islands,as a missionary. At the end of six years he with-drew from outside support, and entirely alonetrusted himself unreservedly among the nativesuntil hi< deal h. During his residence on the islandhe translated portions of the Bible into the lan-guage of birromanga, besides preparing primersand hymns for their use. He also acquired aknowledge of the language of the island of EspirituSanto, and spent a winter there teaching the peo-ple. He perished at the hands of hostile natives. GORDON, John Brown, governor of Georgia,b. in [Jspon county, Ga., 6 Feb., 1832. He was edu-cated at the University of Georgia, studied law andadmitted to the bar, but had practised only ashort time when he entered the (Jonfederate army asa captain of infantry. He rose successively to therank of lieutenant-general. He commanded onewing of Lees army at Appomattox Court-House,and was wounded in battle eight times during. ^^A^y^^V In the war. He was the Democratic candidate forgovernor of Georgia in 1868, but, though hiselection was claimed bv his party, his opponent,R uf us B. Bullock,secured the was a memberof the NationalDemocratic con-ventions of 1868and 1872, presi-dential elector forthe same years,and in January,1873, wTas electedto the U. S. sen-ate. He was re-elected in 1879,but resigned hisseat in 1880. Hetook an activepart in the pro-ceedings of thesenate, and gavea moderate sup-port to the administration of President he was elected governor of Georgia. GORDON, Patrick, soldier, b. in 1644; d. inPhiladelphia, Pa., 5 Aug., 1736. He was bred toarms in the British service, and served from hisyouth to the close of Queen Annes reign with ahigh reputation. He was afterward appointedgovernor of Pennsylvania, arrived there with hisfamily in the summer of 1726, and met the assemblyin August. In his first address he said that hehad bee
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