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Mcdonald, James Madison

clergyman, author, was born May 22, 1812, in Limerick, Maine. He was a congregational clergyman who was pastor of a church in Princeton, N. J., in 1856-76; and the author of Credulity; My Father's House, or the Heaven of the Bible; Life and Writings of St. John; Ecclesiastes Explained; and Key to the Book of Revelation. He died April 19, 1876, in Princeton, N. J. 4

Mcdonald, John

soldier, legislator, congressman, was born May 24, 1837, in Ireland. In 1861 he was ordered to the seat of war. He served in the cavalry corps of the army of the Potomac throughout the war. He was retired as a captain of cavalry July 1, 1868, for disabilities incurred in the line of service. He was elected to the Maryland legislature as a republican in 1881; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Mcdonald, Witten

journalist, was born June 4, 1846, in Wyoming county, Pa. In 1882 he organized the Armour Banking company, of which institution he has continued to be president. In 1892 he became president of the Kansas City Times Newspaper company.

Mcdonogh, John

philanthropist, was born Dec. 29, 1779, in Baltimore, Md. At his death he left the bulk of his fortune, which was estimated at more than $2,- 000,000, to the cities of New Orleans and Baltimore, for the purpose of establishing free schools.

Mcdonough, Thomas

naval officer, commodore, was born Dec. 23, 1783, in New Castle county, Del. He was twentyeight years of age at the time of the engagement at Plattsburg; and became a commodore in the navy. The state of New York gave him one thousand acres of land on Plattsburg bay for his services. He died Nov. 16, 1825, at sea.

Mcdougal, Clinton Dugald

soldier, congressman, was born July 14, 1839, in Scotland. He led a brigade in the army of the Potomac at Gettysburg and in its subsequent campaigns until the close of the war, and in 1864 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He was elected to congress from New York as a republican in 1872, serving till 1877; and in 1877 he was appointed United States marshal for the western judicial district of New York.

Mcdougall, James A

lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 19, 1817, in Bethlehem, N. Y.

In 1850 he was elected attorney general of California; and was a representative in congress from California from 1853 to 1855, declining a renomination. In 1861 he was elected a senator in congress for six years. He died Sept. 3, 1867, in Albany, N. Y.

Mcdougall, John

governor. He was acting-governor of California from 1851 to 1852.

Mcdowell, Alexander

banker, congressman, was born in 1845 in Franklin, Pa. He is a banker of Sharon, Pa.; and was elected to the fifty-third congress.

Mcdowell, B. M

musician, composer, was born May 26, 1845, in Pittsburg, Pa. He is a successful teacher of music in Cambridge, Ohio; and the author of a number of popular pieces.

Mcdowell, Irvin

soldier, was born Oct. 15, 1818, in Columbus, Ohio. In 1861 he was appointed brigadier-general of the army of the Potomac, and commanded the Union forces at the battle of Bull Run.

He died May 4, 1885, in San Francisco, Cal.

Mcdowell, James

congressman, governor, was born Oct. 12, 1796, in Rockbridge county, Va. He was governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1845; and from 1845 to 1851 was a representative in congress from the eleventh congressional district of Virginia. He died Aug. 24, 1851, in Lexington, Ky.