Mcdowell, Joseph J
congressman, was born Nov. 13, 1800, in Burke county, N. C. He was elected a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1843 to 1847.
He died Jan. 17, 1877, in Hillsborough, Ohio.
MCDOWELL, MRS. KATHERINE SHERWOOD [BONNER], author, was born Feb. 26, 1849, in Holly Springs, Miss.
She was a writer of Holly Springs, Miss., from 1873 to 1878 a resident of Boston, and the private secretary of Longfellow.
In Mrs. Kirk's novel of Margaret Kent she figures as the heroine. She was the author of Dialect Tales; Suwanee River Tales; and Like unto Like. She died July 22, 1883, in Holly Springs, Miss.
MCDOWELL, WILLIAM FRASER, chancellor, clergyman, was born Feb. 4, 1858, in Millersburg, Ohio. Since 1890 he has been chancellor of the university of Denver.
MCDOWELL, WILLIAM OSBORNE, merchant, railroad president, philanthropist, was born April 10, 1848, in Bedminster, N. J. In 1882 he was president of the New York Sea Beach railroad, resigning in 1883. He established the first technical school in Newark, N. J.; and helped to establish free libraries in Newark, Jersey City, Bayonne, and Hackensack. McDUFFIE, GEORGE, soldier, legislator, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born in 1788 in Columbia county, Ga. He served a number of years in the South Carolina state legislature; and was a major of militia. He was elected a representative in congress from South Carolina in 1821, and served until 1835, when he was chosen governor of the state.
In 1843 he was elected a senator of the United States. He died March 11, 1851, in Sumter District, S. C.
McDUFFIE, JOHN V., soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 16, 1841, in Addison, N. Y. He located in Lowndes county, Ala., where he has since resided. He was elected judge of probate in 1868; was re-elected in 1872, and held the office until 1880. He was elected to the fifty-first congress.