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Meade, Edwin Ruthven – Mease, James

Meade, Edwin Ruthven

lawyer, congressman, was born July 6, 1836, in Norwich, N. Y.

He was admitted to practice in 1858; settled in New York city; and was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.

Meade, George

soldier, was born Nov. 2, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel, United States army, for gallant and meritorious services during the civil war.

Meade, Richard K

lawyer, congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1847 to 1853. He was appointed in 1853 charge d'affaires to Sardinia, and in 1857 was appointed minister to Brazil, which mission he held until 1861.

He died April 20, 1862, in Virginia.

Meade, Richard Kidder

soldier, was born July 14, 1746, in Virginia. He entered the revolutionary army in 1775, soon after his return to Virginia, and was one of the twenty-four persons that on June 24 of that year daringly removed the arms from Lord Dunmore's house and placed them in the magazine in Williamsburg. He superintended the execution of Major André. He died in February, 1805, in Clarke county, Va.

Meade, Richard Worsam

naval officer, was born in 1807 in Spain. He entered the United States navy as a midshipman in 1826, and passed that grade in 1834. He was retired with the rank of commodore in 1867. He died April 16, 1870, in New York city.

Meade, William

bishop, author, was born Nov. 11, 1789, in Clarke county, Va. He was the third protestant episcopal bishop of Virginia, and the author of Family Prayers; Old Churches of Virginia; Lectures on the Pastoral Office; and Reasons for Loving the Episcopal Church. He died March 14, 1862, in Richmond, Va. a

Meagher, Thomas Francis

soldier, was born Aug. 3, 1823, in Ireland.

He served with distinction through the civil war, and was made brigadiergeneral. In 1865 he was appointed secretary of Montana territory, and in 1866 governor pro tempore of Montana territory. He was for many years engaged in journalism, and was the author of Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland. He was drowned July 1, 1867, at Fort Benton, Mont. 9

Meahan, Bryan F

lawyer, legislator, was born May 1, 1857, in New London, Conn. In 1882 he was elected a member of the Connecticut legislature from New London, and received the reelection. He is prosecuting attorney of New London. a

Means, Hugh

banker, iron manufacturer, state legislator, was born Oct. 14, 1812, at Spartanburg, S. C. He has been president of the Ashland National bank in Kentucky since its foundation. In 1843 he was elected to represent Adams county in the Ohio legislature, and served one term.

Means, John Hugh

soldier, governor, was born Aug. 18, 1812, in Fairfield, S. C. He was governor of that state from 1850 to 1852. He was colonel in the confederate army, and was killed at the second battle of Bull Run. He died Aug. 28, 1862, in Manassas, Va.

Mears, John William

clergyman, educator, author, was born Aug. 10, 1825, in Reading, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman, professor in Hamilton college in 1870-81, and the author of The Bible in the Workshop; The Martyrs of France; The Beggars of Holland; The Story of Madagascar; The Heroes of Bohemia; and From Exile to Overthrow. He died Nov. 10, 1881, in Clinton, N. Y.

Mease, James

physician, author, was born in 1771 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the first vice-president of the Philadelphia Athenæum and an active member of the Philosophical society. His publications are Geological Account of the United States; Picture of Philadelphia; On William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. He died May 15, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pa.