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Melville, Eunice – Mercer, Jesse

Melville, Eunice

journalist, was born June 23, 1863, in Minneiska, Minn.

She is now the editor and publisher of The National Rebekah of Minneapolis, Minn., a journal devoted to the woman's branch of Odd Fellowship throughout the world. For eight years she has been secretary of the Rebekah state assembly of Minnesota.

Melville, George Wallace

civil engineer, author, was born Jan. 10, 1841, in New York city. He has been chief of the bureau of steam engineering in the United States navy since 1887. He is a survivor of the ill-fated Jeannette, of which he was engineer; and the author of In the Lena Delta, a Narrative of the Search for Lieutenant-Commander De Long and His Companions.

Melville, Henry

bishop coadjutor of Alabama, was born July 28, 1848, in Leesburg, Va. He was consecrated bishop coadjutor of Alabama in St. Paul's church, Selma, Ala., in 1891. a

Melville, Herman

author, poet, was born Aug. 1, 1819, in New York city.

He was novelist of New York city, for many years employed in the custom-house. He was the author of Typee; Omoo; White Jacket; Redburn; Mardi; Pierre; Israel Potter; The Piazza Tales; Moby Dick; The Confidence Man; Battle Pieces, a volume of verse; Clarel, a poem; John Marr and Other Sailors, and Timoleon, a collection of poems. He died Sept. 28, 1891, in New York city.

Menees, Thomas

physician, educator, state senator, was born June 26, 1823, near Nashville, Tenn. In 1874 he was chosen professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the university of Nashville, and in 1875 he was transferred to the chair of obstetrics. He was also elected to the same place in Vanderbilt university and became dean of its medical department. He was a member of the Tennessee state senate in 1857, and of the confederate congress during the civil war.

Menifee, Richard H

congressman.

He was a member of congress from Kentucky from 1837 to 1839. He died Feb. 21, 1841, in Frankfort, Ky.

Menken, Adah Isaacs

actress, poet, was born June 15, 1835, near New Orleans, La. She was an actress of Jewish birth whose name originally was Dolores Adios Fuertes. She was the author of Memories; and Infelicia. She died Aug. 10, 1868, in Paris, France.

Mercer, Anne Jane

philanthropist, was born in October, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was well known as a philanthropist of her time. She died April 5, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Mercer, George A

lawyer, author, was born Feb. 9, 1835, in Savannah, Ga.

From 1872-74 he served in the Georgia legislature; and was United States district judge for the southern district of Georgia.

Mercer, Henry William

clergyman, author, was born July 13, 1839, in England. He is the author of a temperance work entitled A Root of Bitterness.

Mercer, James

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1747 in Hampton county, Va. Hewas a member of the house of burgesses; and a member of all the Virginia conventions, and of the committee of safety. He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1779 and 1780; and a judge of admiralty, and of the first court of appeals of Virginia. He died in June, 1793, in Hampton county, Va.

Mercer, Jesse

clergyman, was born Dec. 16, 1769, in Halifax county, N. C. He has filled pastorates in the baptist churches in Pennsylvania; and was the founder of Mercer university. He died Sept. 6, 1841.