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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Richard, Gabriel 1767-1832 (search)
Richard, Gabriel 1767-1832 Clergyman; born in Saintes, France, Oct. 15, 1767; educated at Angers; ordained priest in Paris in 1790; emigrated to America in 1792, where he labored as a missionary in Illinois and Michigan. On the outbreak of the War of 1812 he was an ardent sympathizer with the Americans. The British captured and imprisoned him until the close of the war, when he returned to Michigan. In 1807, as there was no Protestant minister in Detroit, the governor and other Protestants requested Father Gabriel to preach to them in English, avoiding all controversy. Father Gabriel accepted the invitation, and preached acceptably to his hearers. In 1823 he was elected delegate to the national House of Representatives from the Territory of Michigan. At the time of his election he was in jail, having been unable to pay a fine which had been imposed on him for defamation of character. He had excommunicated one of his parishioners, who sued him for defamation of character a