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Joseph Arthur Gosnell, Sr., CC OBC (born June 21, 1936) is a distinguished leader of the Nisga'a people of northern British Columbia, Canada.

The son of Eli and Mary Gosnell, he was born at Arrandale Cannery and grew up in the village of New Aiyansh where he still lives. He received his formal education at St. Michael's Residential School in Port Alberni, British Columbia. As a young man he worked as a fisherman. He later served as band councillor and became active in the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia, of which he eventually became chairman. He was also a member of the Pacific Salmon Commission. He served for many years on the Nisga'a Tribal Council, of which he was elected President in 1992. In these various positions he was instrumental in bringing modern medical care, education, and resource management to the Nass River Valley. He was the chief Nisga'a representative in the negotiations that led to the signing of the Nisga'a Treaty on 4 August 1998, the first modern treaty between a British Columbia First Nation, Canada, and British Columbia. In November, 2000 he was elected President of the new Nisga'a Lisms government.

Kermit Barron Gosnell is an American doctor in Philadelphia who ran two multi-million dollar abortion practices, alleged to be fraudulent. After a controversy nearly a year earlier, Gosnell was arrested in January 2011, charged with eight counts of murder: one patient who allegedly died under his care after a botched abortion, and seven infants supposedly born alive whose spinal cords Gosnell allegedly severed with scissors. A grand jury recommended charges of murder against Gosnell and several of his employees.CNN stated in March 2011 that prosecutors were considering seeking the death penalty.

According to press reports, Gosnell graduated from the Jefferson Medical School in 1966, and in 1972 set up shop on Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia. The reports say he was well known for providing abortions to poor minority and immigrant women. He allegedly employed his wife, Pearl, at his abortion clinic, and she has since been arrested too. State officials have failed to visit or inspect his abortion clinic since 1993. It is claimed that Gosnell charged $1,600-$3,000 for each late-term abortion. Prosecutors also claim that Gosnell is not certified in either gynecology or obstetrics. The FBI and DEA raided his office in February 2010 and word quickly circulated about the poor and unsanitary conditions inside the building.

Jesse Peterson (October 1, 1850 - October 22, 1921), was an American industrialist from Lockport, New York. He was the President of the United Indurated Fibre Company, President of the Buffalo Warehouse & Distributing Company, Owner of the Cascade Pulp Mills, Director and Vice President of the Lockport Water & Electric Company and an associate of Peterson & Sons.

Peterson was an influential Bourbon Democrat and in 1892 he was a Presidential Elector in support of Grover Cleveland, the party faction's sole Presidential success. He served for a time as Police Commissioner and Railroad Commissioner before being nominated as Mayor of Lockport.

Peterson was born in Belfast, New York and attended Bryant & Stratton College in Buffalo.