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Mcginnis, C. H

lawyer, business man, was born March 29, 1855, in Bastrop, Texas. He received a thorough education and attended the Military academy of his native city. He is a successful lawyer and business man of Del Rio, Texas; was state ranger in 1873; county attorney in 1878-79; and has filled various other public positions of honor.

Mcgirr, John J

journalist, poet, was born March 13, 1855, in Youngstown, Pa.

He is a journalist of McKeesport, Pa.; and the author of a volume entitled The Destruction of the World, in verse.

Mcgonegal, James

contractor, state legislator, capitalist, was born about 1822 near Londonderry, Ireland. He was educated in private schools in Scotland.

Early in life he settled in Detroit; was an alderman during 1863-67; and was representative in the Michigan state legislature from that city during 1871-72. In 1874 he engaged in the contracting business; and since 1882 has resided in Kana sas City, Mo., where he has been actively identified with the business interests of that city.

Mcgraw, Jennie

philanthropist. She was the daughter of John McGraw, merchant. At her death she bequeathed to Cornell university a library fund of nearly $1,000,000.

Mcgraw, John

merchant, philanthropist, was born May 22, 1815, in Dryden, N. Y. He was one of the original trustees of Cornell university, and erected at his own expense at a cost of $150,000 the McGraw building, for the accommodation of the library and museum of the university. He died May 4, 1877, in Ithaca, N. Y.

Mcgregor, Alexander

clergyman, missionary. For many years he was secretary of the Rhode Island Home Missionary society; and is now pastor of the Pawtucket Congregational church of Pawtucket, R. I.

Mcgregor, Richard S

clergyman, lecturer, was born Nov. 5, 1857, in Canada. He graduated from the Adrian college of Michigan, and since 1879 has been a clergyman in the methodist episcopal church. He is a brilliant lecturer, and now the popular pastor of one of the largest churches in Michigan at Petoskey. was

Mcgrew, James C

merchant, banker, state legislator, congressman, born Sept. 13, 1813, in Preston county, W.

Va. In 1863-65 he was a member of the legislature of West Virginia, having assisted in organizing the new state. In 1868 he was elected a representative from that state to the forty-first congress; and was re-elected to the forty-second congress.

Mcguire, Charles Lincoln

educator, poet, was born June 14, 1867, in Sweet Springs, Mo. He received a thorough education, and has attained success in educational work. He has been principal of several large schools in Nebraska and Michigan. He is the author of a number of very fine poems; and contributes to current literature on various subjects.

Mcguire, Frank Augustine

physician, author, was born July 1, 1851, in New York city. He began the practice of medicine in the city of New York; and is the author of many works on scientific subjects.

Mcguire, Hunter Holmes

physician, educator, was born Oct. 11, 1835, in Winchester, Va. In 1865 he was elected professor of surgery in Virginia Medical college, Richmond, which chair he held till 1880. In 1885 he was made professor emeritus in that institution.

Mcguire, William

chief justice of United States. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Mississippi; and in 1798 was appointed chief justice of the United States court for that district.