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Marks, Elias

educator, author, was born Dec. 2, 1790, in Charleston, S. C.

He became president of Columbia Female college, and subsequently founded Barhamville Collegiate institute, near Columbia, and conducted it till a short time before the civil war. He died in June, 1886, in Washington, D. C.

Marks, William

United States senator, was born Oct. 13, 1778, in Chester county, Pa. He was a senator in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1831. He died April 10, 1858, in Beaver, Pa.

Marquand, Allan

educator, journalist, was born Dec. 10, 1853, in New York city. He became a fellow of Johns Hopkins university, and on taking the degree of Ph. D. in 1880 returned as tutor to Princeton, and in 1883 was made professor of the history of art. He is one of the editors of the American Journal of Archæology, has written on archæology and logic for various journals, and edited Volume three of the Iconoclastic Cyclopedia of Arts.

Marquand, Henry Gurdon

banker, railroad president, was born April 11, 1819, in New York city. For ten years he was a banker in New York city, and in 1868 became one of the purchasers of the Iron Mountain railroad, of which he was vice-president, and afterward president until its incorporation in the Missouri Pacific system. He is a director in the latter company, and in many other corporations.

Marquette, David

clergyman, college president, was born July 19, 1842, in Clark county, Ohio. He now fills a pastorate in Oakdale. He has been presiding elder of several districts, and for many years was president of the Nebraska Central college.

Marquette, T. M

congressman. He was elected a representative from Nebraska to the thirty-ninth congress, but did not take his seat until the last day of the last session of that congress.

Marquiss, Seymour

farmer, legislator, was born June 7, 1837, in DeLand, Ill. He is a successful farmer of DeLand, Ill., and served with distinction in the fortieth general assembly of the Illinois state legislature.

Marr, Alem

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1831.

Marr, Frances Harrison

poet, was born July 2, 1835, in Warrenton, Va.

She is the author of three volumes of poems entitled Heart-Life in Song; Virginia and Other Poems; and Songs of Faith.

Marr, George W. L

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1817 to 1819.

Marr, John Quincy

soldier, was born May 27, 1825, in Warrenton, Va.

In 1861 he was elected a member of the Virginia state convention, and opposed secession as long as it could be honorably avoided. He was ordered to the front in 1861, and was in the first encounter between the United States and the confederate troops.

Marr, Robert Athelstan

naval officer, was born April 18, 1823, in Warrenton, Va. In 1840 he was appointed midshipman in the United States navy, and served under Commodore Perry on the coast of Africa. He took part in the Mexican war, and fired the first shot in the naval attack on Vera Cruz. In 1854 he was appointed master. He was lost in the Caribbean sea with the entire crew of the United States sloop of war Albany, in October, 1854.