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Mease, John – Megapolensis, Johannes

Mease, John

soldier, was born in 1746 in Ireland. He subscribed four thousand pounds for the army in 1780. For the last thirty years of his life he was one of the admiralty surveyors of the port of Philadelphia. He died in 1826 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Mebane, Alexander

state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1744, in Hawfield, N. C. He was a member of the convention that met in 1776 to frame the state constitution. He served a number of years in the North Carolina legislature, and was in congress from North Carolina during the years 1793 and 1794. He died July 5, 1795, in Orange county, N. C.

Medary, Samuel

journalist, governor, was born Feb. 25, 1810, in Montgomery county, Pa. He was governor of the territory of Minnesota in 1857 and 1858; governor of Kansas in 1859 and 1860, and was a peace democrat during the rebellion. He died Nov. 7, 1864, in Columbus, Ohio.

Medberry, Rebecca

author, was born in 1808 in Roxbury, Mass. She was the author of several memoirs and Sunday-school books. She died in 1868, in Lynn, Mass.

Meek, Fielding Bradford

palæontologist, author, was born Dec. 10, 1817, in Madison, Md. He was a palæontologist in government service, and the author of Paleontology of the Upper Missouri; Check List of North American Invertebrate Fossils; and Report on Fossils of the Upper Missouri Country. He died Dec. 21, 1876, in Washington, D. C.

Meeker, Benjamin B

lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Minnesota. In 1850 he was appointed a judge of the United States court for that district. His judicial decisions are to be found in the various law reports, and show great learning.

He took an active part in public affairs, and contributed numerous articles to literature, which have been a valuable acquisition to law literature of the times.

Meeker, Joseph Rusling

artist, was born April 21, 1827, in Newark, N. J.

He has shown a special sympathy with southern scenery, and has successfully rendered the landscapes of Louisiana.

Among his paintings are The Indian Chief; The Acadians in the Atchafalaya; The Vale of Cashmere; The Lotos Eaters; and Louisiana Bayou.

Meeker, Moses

pioneer, author, soldier, was born July 17, 1790, in Newark, N. J. He served in the Wisconsin legislature in 1840-43, and in the first constitutional convention in 1846. He published a History of the Early Lead Regions, in the sixth volume of the Wisconsin Historical Society Collections. He died July 7, 1865, in Shullsburg, Wis. common

Meeks, Eugene

artist, was born in 1843 in New York. Most of his professional lite has been passed at Florence, Italy, and he is an associate of the Florence academy. Among his works are, Little Nell and Her Grandfather; Bridal Chamber in Palazzo Manzi-Lucca; Gondola Party, Venice; Startling Bit of Gossip; and Halt at the Golden Lion.

Mees, Carl Lee

scientist, was born May 20, 1853, in Columbus, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State university, and the Imperial university of Berlin. For five years he was professor of physical science in the Male High school of Louisville, Ky.; for six years was professor of physics and chemistry in the Ohio university; since 1887 has been professor of physics in the Rose Polytechnic institute of Terre Haute, Ind.; and has been president of the institution since 1894.

Megapolensis, Johannes

clergyman, author, was born in 1603 in Holland.

He was a Dutch clergyman of the New Amsterdam colony, the first protestant missionary to the Indians; and the author of Short Account of the Mohawk Indians. He died in 1670.