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Mallory, George Scovill – Manly, Basil

Mallory, George Scovill

educator, journalist, was born June 5, 1838, in Watertown, Conn. He was assistant professor of ancient languages in Trinity in 1862-64, and then held the professorship of literature and oratory till 1872. Since 1866 he has edited the Churchman, a weekly religious journal published in New York city.

Mallory, Meredith

congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1839 to 1841.

Mallory, Robert

agriculturist, congressman, was born Nov. 15, 1815, in Madison county, Va. He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-sixth congress; and re-elected to the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth congresses.

Mallory, Stephen R

soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1813, in the West Indies. He was a senator in congress from Florida, having been elected in 1851, serving continuously by re-election until 1861. He was expelled in 1861, and took part in the rebellion as secretary of the confederate navy. He died Nov. 9, 1873, in Pensacola, Fla.

Malone, Walter

poet, was born in 1866 in Mississippi. He is a poet of Memphis, Tenn., and the author of Songs of Dark and Dawn.

Maltby, Isaac

author, was born Nov. 10, 1767, in Northfield, Conn. He was a Boston author, who was general of militia; and the author of Elements of War; Courts Martial and Military Law; and Military Tactics. He died Sept. 9, 1819, in Waterloo, N. Y.

Maltby, Jasper Adalmorn

soldier, was born Nov. 3, 1826, in Kingsville, Ohio. In 1861 he entered the volunteer service as lieutenant-colonel of the fortyfifth Illinois infantry; and was commissioned as brigadier-general of volunteers in 1863. He died Dec. 12, 1867, in Vicksburg, Miss.

Mandeville, Henry

clergyman, educator, author, was born March 6, 1804, in Kinderhook, N. Y. He was professor of moral philosophy and belles-lettres at Hamilton college in 1841-49. He published a successful series of readers and Elements of Reading and Oratory. He died Oct. 2, 1858, n Mobile, Ala.

Maney, George

diplomat, was a citizen of Tennessee. In 1882 he was appointed United States minister to Bolivia.

Manigault, Gabriel

patriot, was born April 21, 1704, in Charleston, S. C.

He acquired wealth by commercial pursuits, and in the beginning of the revolutionary war loaned the state a quarter of a million dollars. He died in 1781, in Charleston, S. C.

Manly, Basil

clergyman, was born Jan. 28, 1798, in Chatham county, N. C.

He was chosen president of the university of Alabama, which post he relinquished in 1855. He engaged in missionary travels throughout Alabama, and was for some time a pastor in Montgomery.

He died Dec. 21, 1868, in Greenville, S. C.

Manly, Basil

clergyman, educator, author, was born Dec. 19, 1825, in Edgefield, S. C. He was a baptist clergyman and educator, professor in the Southern Baptist seminary at Louisville, and the author of Kind Words Teacher; A Call to the Ministry; and Bible Doctrine of Inspiration Defended. He died in 1892.

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