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Marcy, Erastus Edgerton – Markey, Daniel Peter

Marcy, Erastus Edgerton

physician, author, was born Oct. 9, 1815, in Greenwich, Mass. He is a physician of New York city, and the author of Theory and Practice of Medicine; Theory and Practice of Homœopathy; Christianity and its Conflicts; and Life Duties.

Marcy, Henry Orlando

physician, author, was born June 23, 1837, in Otis, Mass. He is a physician of Cambridge, and the author of Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Hernia; and professional translations from the Italian of Ercolani.

Marcy, Henry S

railroad president, was born Jan. 28, 1837, in Hartland, Vt.

In 1889 he became president of the Fitchburg railroad at Boston, Mass.

Marcy, Oliver

educator, was born Feb. 13, 1820, in Coleraine, Mass. He is a successful educator; and during the latter part of his life he has been prominently identified with the Northwestern university of Watertown, Wis.

Marcy, Randolph Barnes

soldier, author, was born April 9, 1812, in Greenwich, Mass. He was a brigadiergeneral in the United States army; and the author of Exploration of the Red River in 1852; Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border; The Prairie Traveler; and Border Reminiscences. He died Nov. 22, 1887, in Orange, N. J.

Marden, Orison Swett

author, was born in 1848 in New Hampshire. He is a Boston writer whose collections of brief biographies comprise Pushing to the Front; and Architects of Fate.

Mardis, Samuel W

congressman, was born in 1801 in Alabama. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1831 to 1835. He died Nov. 14, 1837, in Talladega, Ala.

Mariager, Naomi Dagmar

educator, poet, was born April 26, 1850, in Denmark. In 1860 she emigrated to America; has led an eventful life, and has traveled extensively in the United States and Europe. She has written extensively both prose and verse for the Detroit Free Press, the Overland Monthly, and other prominent publications; and her poems have been published in several national collections.

Marion, Robert

congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1805 to 1810.

Markell, Henry

congressman, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1825 to 1829.

Markell, Jacob

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815.

Markey, Daniel Peter

lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born June 27, 1857, in Ingham county, Mich. He is a noted lawyer of Port Huron, Mich., was judge of the probate court, has served with distinction as a member of the house of representatives of the Michigan state leĝislature, and in 1887 was speaker of the house.

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