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Moriarty, Patrick Eugene – Morrill, Anson Peaslee

Moriarty, Patrick Eugene

clergyman, author, was born July 4, 1804, in Ireland. He was an Augustinian priest of Philadelphia, father superior of his order in the United States; and the author of Life of St. Augustine. He died July 10, 1875, in Villanova, Pa.

Morison, John Hopkins

clergyman, author, was born July 25, 1808, in Peterborough, N. H. He was a unitarian clergyman, pastor at Milton, Mass., in 1846-85; and the author of Life of Honorable Jeremiah Smith; Disquisitions and Notes on the Gospel of Saint Matthew; and The Great Poets as Religious Teachers. He died in 1896.

Morison, Nathaniel Holmes

educator, was born Dec. 14, 1815, in Peterborough, N. H. In 1867 he accepted the provostship of Peabody institute, Baltimore, the duties of which, although light, are important. He died Nov. 15, 1890, in Baltimore, Md.

Morison, Robert Brown

physician, author, was born March 13, 1851, in Batimore, Md. In 1884 he began the practice of dermatology in Baltimore, being the first physician in that city to take up that specialty exclusively.

MORLEY, EDWARD WILLIAMS, chemist, was born Jan. 29, 1838, in Newark, N. J. His original works include a series of measurements prepared for the purpose of showing precision in the micrometric readings of graduations.

Morphis, Joseph L

soldier, legislator, congressman, was born April 17, 1831, in McNairy county, Tenn. He was a member of the Tennessee state legislature in 1859. He moved to Mississippi in 1863; and was elected to the state constitutional convention of Mississippi in 1865. He was a member of the state legislature in 1866-68; and was elected to the forty-first and forty-second congresses as a republican.

Morrell, Benjamin

navigator, author, was born in 1795, in Worcester county, Mass. He was a navigator who published a noted Narrative of Four Voyages to the South Seas. He died in 1839.

Morrell, Daniel J

manufacturer, congressman, was born Aug. 8, 1821, in North Berwick, Maine. He served for a time in the councils of Johnstown, Pa.; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortieth and fortyfirst congresses as a republican. In 1875 he was appointed a commissioner to the centennial exhibition.

Morrell, Thomas

soldier, clergyman, was born Nov. 22, 1747, in New York city. At the time of his death he had been fifty-three years a preacher of the gospel, and was one of the pioneers of American methodism. He died Aug. 9, 1838, in Elizabethtown, N. J.

Morril, David Lawrence

physician, state senator, United States senator, governor, was born June 10, 1772, in Epping, N. H. He was a representative in the general court of New Hampshire in 1811, 1812, and 1816; and in 1816 was chosen to the United States senate for six years. He subsequently became a member of the state senate, and its president. Afterwards, for four successive terms, he was elected governor of New Hampshire.

He died Jan. 28, 1849, in Concord, N. H.

Morrill, Amos

lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 25, 1809, in Salisbury, Mass.

In 1867 he was appointed one of the judges of the supreme court of Texas; and chosen chief justice of the court. In 1873 he was commissioned judge of the United States district court for the eastern district of Texas.

Morrill, Anson Peaslee

manufacturer, legislator, congressman, was born June 10, 1803, in Belgrade, Maine.

He was for several years a member of the Maine legislature; was governor of Maine in 1855; and in 1860 was elected a representative from Maine to the thirtyseventh congress. He died July 4, 1887, in Augusta, Maine.