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Mayall, Samuel – Mayhew, Experience

Mayall, Samuel

state legislator, He congressman, was born in Maine. served in the state legislature in 1845, 1847, and 1848; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1853 to 1855.

Maybury, William C

lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 21, 1849, in Detroit, Mich. He began the practice of law at Detroit in 1871; and was elected city attorney in 1875, and served four years.

In 1882 he was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-eighth congress; and re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.

Mayer, Alfred Marshall

astronomer, author, was born Nov. 13, 1836, in Baltimore, Md.; has been astronomer, professor of physics in Stevens institute at Hoboken, N. J., from 1871. He is the author of Light; Notes on Physics; and Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters.

Mayer, Brantz

lawyer, journalist, author, was born Sept. 27, 1809, in Baltimore, Md. He was a lawyer and journalist of Baltimore, and an officer in the federal army during the civil war. He was the author of Mexico as It Was and as It Is; Mexico: Aztec, Spanish, and Republican; Observations on Mexican History and Archæology; Mexican Antiquities; Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver; and Memoir of Jared Sparks. He died March 21, 1879, in Baltimore, Md.

Mayer, Charles F

jurist, was born in 1797, in Maryland. He attained a high position at the bar of Maryland, as well as judge of the court of appeals at Annapolis, and as a judge of the United States. He died Jan. 3, 1864, in Baltimore.

Mayer, Constant

artist, was born Oct. 4, 1832, in France. His works include portraits of General Grant and General Sherman; Beggar-Girl; Consolation; Early Grief; Oracle of the Field; Song of the Shirt; Song of the Twilight; In the Woods; The Vagabonds; Lord's Day; and Lawn Tennis.

Mayer, Lewis

clergyman, author, was born in 1783, in Pennsylvania. He was a German reformed clergyman of eastern Pennsylvania; and the author of Lectures on Scriptural Subjects; The Sin Against the Holy Ghost; and History of the German Reformed Church. He died in 1849.

Mayer, Samuel W

soldier, merchant, state legislator, was born May 13, 1858, in Sandusky, Ohio. He is a successful merchant of Holt, Mich., and during 1897-98 served with distinction in the Michigan house of representatives.

Mayes, Edward

lawyer, educator, author, was born Dec. 15, 1846, in Hinds county, Miss. Since 1896 he has been professor of law and dean of law school in Millsap's college, of Jackson, Miss. He is the author of The Life, Times, and Speeches of Lucius Q. C. Lamar; and A History of Higher Education in Mississippi.

Mayfield, William David

educator, lawyer, was born June 22, 1854, in Polk county, Tenn. He was county superintendent of education of Greenville county, S. C., for eight years; and is now state superintendent of education for the state of South Carolina. For sixteen years he has practiced law with success.

Mayham, Stephen L

lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1825, in Blenheim, N. Y. In 1857 he was elected supervisor of Blenheim, and was re-elected three times. In 1859 he was elected district attorney for Schoharie county, N. Y., for three years; and was a member of the state assembly in 1863. In 1868 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-first congress, and was again a representative in the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Mayhew, Experience

missionary author, was born Jan. 26, 1673, in Martha's Vineyard. She was a missionary to the Indians of Martha's Vineyard; and the author of Indian Converts; and Grace Defended. She died Nov. 29, 1758, in Martha's Vineyard.