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Mcintosh, James Simmons – Mckean, Thomas Jefferson

Mcintosh, James Simmons

soldier, was born June 19, 1787, in Liberty county, Ga. He entered the United States army as lieutenant in 1812; was commissioned captain in 1817; major in 1836; and lieutenant-colonel in 1839. He died Sept. 26, 1847, in Mexico city.

Mcintosh, John Baillie

soldier, was born June 6, 1829, in Tampa Bay, Fla.

In 1865 he was commissioned major-general for meritorious service during the war. He was commissioned lieutenantcolonel of the forty-second infantry in 1866. He died June 29, 1888, in New Brunswick, N. J.

Mcintosh, Lachlan

soldier, was born March 17, 1725, in Scotland. He was a son of John McIntosh, who, with one hundred highlanders emigrated to Georgia in 1736, and settled in Darien, Ga.

He adopted the profession of land surveying in Georgia; and on the outbreak of the revolution was made a brigadiergeneral. He had the confidence of Gen.

Washington; and defended the frontier of Pennsylvania and Virginia against the Indians. He died Feb. 20, 1806, in Savannah, Ga.

Mcjunkin, Ebenezer

lawyer, congressman, was born March 28, 1819, in Butler county, Pa. He was elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses from Pennsylvania; and resigned in 1874.

Mckaig, William Mcmahon

merchant, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 29, 1845, in Cumberland, Md. He was appointed city attorney of Cumberland, Md., in 1876; and was elected in 1877 from Allegany county to the lower branch of the Maryland legislature. He was elected state senator from Allegany county in 1887; and in 1890 was elected mayor of Cumberland. He was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Mckay, James J

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1793 in Bladen county, N. C. He served from 1815 to 1831 in the North Carolina state senate; was at one time United States district attorney; and was a representative in congress from 1831 to 1849. He died Sept. 14, 1853, in Goldsborough, N. C.

Mckay, James T

poet, was born in 1843, in New York. He is a noted poet of Huntington, N. Y., and the author of a volume of poems.

Mckay, William J

soldier, clergyman, was born May 29, 1847, near Belfast, Ireland. Since 1870 he has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; has been presiding elder of the Eau Claire district; and is now presiding elder of the Madison district. In 1884, 1888 and in 1896 he was a delegate to the general conference.

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Mckean, James Bedell

soldier, educator, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 5, 1821, in Hoosic, N. Y. In 1854 he was elected county judge for Saratoga county, N. Y., for four years. 1858 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-sixth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress. After leaving congress he was appointed chief justice of Utah.

Mckean, Joseph Borden

lawyer, jurist, was born July 28, 1764, in Pennsylvania. He was appointed attorney general of Pennsylvania by his father in 1800; and served through the latter's term as governor. He was subsequently commissioned associate judge of the district of Pennsylvania, and at his death was president judge of the court. He died Sept. 3, 1826, in Philadelphia.

Mckean, Samuel

congressman, United States senator, was born in 1790 in Huntingdon county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1829; and a senator of the United States from 1833 to 1839. He died June 23, 1840, in McKean county, Pa.

Mckean, Thomas Jefferson

civil engineer, soldier, was born Aug. 21, 1810, in Burlington, Pa. He became paymaster in the United States army in 1861. He died April 19, 1870, in Marion, Iowa.