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Mulligan, John – Munroe, James

Mulligan, John

railroad president, was born Jan. 12, 1820, in Hartford, Conn.

Since 1890 he has been president of the Connecticut River railroad.

Mullin, Joseph

congressman, was born in Ireland. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1849.

Mullins, James

soldier, legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1807, in Bedford county, Tenn. In 1831 he was made a colonel of militia; and from 1840 to 1846 was a county sheriff. He was a delegate to the Nashville convention of 1865; and was elected to the state legislature in the same year, and made speaker. In 1867 he was elected a representative from Tennessee to the fortieth congress. con-

Mulvany, Peter

merchant, tractor, poet, was born Nov. 20, 1844, in Ireland. He is a successful merchant, hotel keeper, railroad contractor and builder of Salida, Colo. For twelve years he has been a director in the Salida Building and Loan association. He is the author of a number of meritorious poems, and has contributed extensively to the periodical press on educational and other topics.

Mumford, George

legislator, congressman, was born in Rowan county, N. C. He represented it in the general assembly in 1810 and 1811; and was a representative in congress from 1817 to 1819. He died Dec. 31, 1818, in Washington.

Mumford, Gurdon S

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1805 to 1811.

Munday, John William

lawyer, author, was born in 1844 in Indiana. He is a lawyer of Chicago; and the author of The Spanish Galleon; and The Lost Canyon of the Toltecs, both tales of adventure for boys.

Munde, Paul Fortunatus

physician, author, was born Sept. 7, 1846, in Saxony. He is a prominent New York physician; and the author of Obstetric Palpation; Minor Surgical Gynæcology; and Management of Pregnancy.

Munford, William

lawyer, author, poet, was born Aug. 15, 1775, in Mecklenburg county, Va. He was a lawyer of Richmond, Va., who, beside several volumes of Law Reports, published a volume of Poems (1798) and a scholarly blankverse translation of the Iliad. He died June 21, 1825, in Richmond, Va.

Munn, George F

artist, was born in 1852 in Utica, N. Y. He has painted and sketched in Brittany, and has exhibited at the Dudley gallery, London, at Birmingham, and elsewhere. Among his works are Wild Flowers; Roses; Meadow-Sweet; and A Sunny Day, Brittany.

Munro, George

publisher, was born Nov. 12, 1825, in Nova Scotia. In 1867 he published the Fireside Companion; was the first to issue a series of cheap novels in the form of a weekly journal, and in this form East Lynne first appeared in 1877. He died April 23, 1896, in Pine Hill, N. Y.

Munroe, James

legislator, state senator, congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative in congress from New York, serving from 1839 to 1841. He was a member of the assembly of New York in 1850 and 1852, and a state senator during the three subsequent years. He died in 1870 in New Jersey.