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Maffett, James Thompson – Maginnis, John Sharp

Maffett, James Thompson

lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 2, 1837, in Clarion county, Pa. In 1880 he was a republican presidential elector for the twenty-fifth congressional district; and in 1884 he had the instructions of Clarion county, Pa., for congress. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.

He died May 15, 1886, in Wilmington, N. C.

Maffit, John Newland

clergyman, lecturer, author, poet, was born Dec. 28, 1795, in Ireland. He was a once noted methodist preacher and lecturer, and the author of Tears of Contrition; Pulpit Sketches; and Poems. He died May 28, 1850, in Mobile, Ala.

Magee, George J

railroad president, was born March 17, 1840, in Bath, N. Y. Since 1869 he has been president of the Fall Brook Coal company, and Fall Brook railway at Corning, N. Y.

Magee, John

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1827 to 1831. He died April 5, 1868, in Watkins, N. Y.

Magee, John A

journalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 14, 1827, in Perry county, Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1863; and was elected to the forty-third congress as a democrat.

Magee, Levi

educator, lawyer, was born Aug. 15, 1864, in Ontario, Canada.

In 1868 he moved with his parents to Oregon; attended the Willamette university of Salem, and graduated from that institution in the classical course. For many years he was engaged in educational work; is now a leading lawyer of Grangeville, Idaho; has been postmaster of that city, and filled numerous public positions of trust in his county and state.

Magee, Rufus

journalist, lawyer, diplomat, state senator, was born Oct. 17, 1845, in Logansport, Ind. In 1882 he was elected a state senator of Indiana; in 1883 was elected president of the senate; and served in the state senate three and onehalf years.

MAGELLAN FERDINAND, explorer, was born in 1470, in Portugal. He discovered the group of islands known as the Philippines, which he took possession of in the name of the Spanish king. He died 'April 27, 1521.

Magie, David

clergyman, author, was born March 13, 1795, in Elizabeth, N. J. In 1821 he was installed as pastor of a newly organized presbyterian church in Elizabeth, with which he remained connected until his death. He was the author of The Springtime of Life; and of a tract entitled The Citizen Soldier, of which a quarter of a million copies were distributed during the civil war. He died May 10, 1865, in Elizabeth, N. J.

Magill, Charles

lawyer, jurist, He was appointed in 1801 United States circuit judge for the fourth circuit.

Magill, Edward Hicks

educator, college president, author, was born Sept. 24, 1825, in Solebury, Pa. In 1869 he became principal of the Swarthmore preparatory school, and in 1871 president of the Friends' college at Swarthmore, Delaware county, Pa. He published a French Grammar, with a key; also two French readers.

Magill, Mary Tucker

educator, author, was born Aug. 21, 1832, in Jefferson county, Va. She is an educator and fiction writer of Winchester, Va., and the author of The Holcombes; Women, or Chronicles of the Late War; School History of Virginia; and Pantomimes, or Wordless Poems.

Maginnis, John Sharp

clergyman, educator, was born June 13, 1805, in Butler county, Pa. In 1851 he became professor in the new theological seminary at Rochester, N. Y., and of philosophy in Rochester university. He died Oct. 15, 1852, in Rochester, N. Y.