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Mcfarlan, Duncan

state senator, congressman. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1805 to 1807; and subsequently a member of the state senate for three years.

MCFARLAND, FRANCIS PATRICK, bishop, was born April 16, 1819, in Franklin, Pa. In 1858 he was consecrated bishop of the see of Hartford; and, like the two first bishops, made Providence his residence. He died Oct. 12, 1874, in Hartford, Conn.

Mcfarland, George A

educator, college president, was born April 8, 1858, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. In 1887 he became secretary of the territorial board of education of Dakota. After the territory was divided into two states, he entered educational work, and became in 1892 president of the State Normal school of Valley City, N. D.

Mcfarland, William

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1821, in Dandridge, Tenn. He was judge of the circuit court of Tennessee; and was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-fourth congress.

Mcferran, John Courts

soldier, was born in 1831 in Kentucky. He served in the civil war; and was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1866, and served subsequently as chief quartermaster of the department of Washington and of the division of the south. He died April 25, 1872, in Louisville, Ky.

Mcferrin, Anderson Purdy

clergyman, author, poet, was born Feb. 25, 1818, in Rutherford county, Tenn. He is : a methodist clergyman in Tennessee; and the author of Sermons for the Times; and Heavenly Shadows and Hymns.

Mcferrin, John Berry

clergyman, author, was born June 15, 1807, in Rutherford county, Tenn. He was a methodist clergyman in Tennessee; and the author of History of Methodism in Tennessee. He died May 10, 1887, in Nashville, Tenn.

Mcgaffey, Ernest

lawyer, poet, was born in 1861 in Ohio. He is a lawyer of Chicago; and the author of Poems of Gun and Rod; and Poems.

Mcgann, Lawrence Edward

business man, congressman, was born Feb. 2, 1842, in Ireland. He came to the United States, and in 1865 he moved to Chicago. In 1890 he was elected a representative to the fifty-second congress; and received the re-election to the fiftythird congress as a democrat. He was president and general manager of the Chicago General Railway company until 1896; and the following year was appointed commissioner of public works. In

Mcghee, Charles Mcclung

railroad president, state legislator, was born Jan. 23, 1828, in Monroe county, Tenn. In 1875 he was elected to the state legislature as a democrat and served for two years, but since resolutely refused public office. He was for many years president of the Knoxville and Ohio and the Memphis and Charleston railroads. To the city of Knoxville he has given the Lawson McGhee library building as a memorial to a deceased daughter.

Mcgill, George Mcculloch

physician, surgeon, was born April 20, 1838, in Hannah Furnace, Pa. In 1864 he was made acting medical inspector of the army of the Potomac, and served as such until 1865. At the close of the war he was brevetted major. He died July 20, 1867, near Fort Lyon, Colo.

Mcgill, George Warrington

inventor, was born March 9, 1844, in Lancaster, Ohio. Beginning life himself as a civil engineer, he turned his attention to invention, and became the patentee of useful devices before he had attained his majority. He has received over two hundred letters patent from the United States government. He is president of the McGill Fastener company.

Mcgill, John

bishop, author, was born Nov. 4, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Roman catholic bishop of Richmond; and the author of Our Faith the Victory; The True Church Indicated; and Life of John Calvin, from the French. He died Jan. 14, 1872, in Richmond, Va.