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Malone, Walter – Mann, James

Printed page 613 of Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography (1898) · 23 lives

Malone, Walter

poet, was born in 1866 in Mississippi. He is a poet of Memphis, Tenn., and the author of Songs of Dark and Dawn.

Maloney, John Barthum

physician, surgeon, was born in November, 1867, in Key West, Fia. After receiving a liberal education in the Bingham school of North Carolina, he attended the medical department of the university of Pennsylvania. He was resident physician of St. Agnes' hospital of Philadelphia, and is now a prominent physician of his native city. He has been city health officer, president of the board of public instruction of Monroe county; medical examiner of several large insurance companies and surgeon to the fifth battalion Florida state troops.

Maltby, Albert E

educator, was born Oct. 27, 1850, in Pulaski, N. Y. He received his education at the Fayetteville academy, and at Cornell university. As a pupil of Agassiz and Goldwin Smith, he enjoyed unusual advantages in science and history. He commenced educational work as a teacher in the Ury school of Philadelphia, and in 1878 was appointed engineer on the survey of the boundary line between Guatemala and Mexico. In 1880 he filled the chair of mathematics and astronomy in St. Lawrence university, New York; in 1884 became professor of natural sciences in the State Normal school of Indiana, Pa., and since 1890 Dr.

Maltby has been principal of the State Normal school of Slippery Rock, Pa. He is a successful writer on the theoretical and practical in school methods; and hás the power to inspire others to think and to work.

Maltby, Isaac

author, was born Nov. 10, 1767, in Northfield, Conn. He was a Boston author, who was general of militia; and the author of Elements of War; Courts Martial and Military Law; and Military Tactics. He died Sept. 9, 1819, in Waterloo, N. Y.

Maltby, Jasper Adalmorn

soldier, was born Nov. 3, 1826, in Kingsville, Ohio. In 1861 he entered the volunteer service as lieutenant-colonel of the fortyfifth Illinois infantry; and was commissioned as brigadier-general of volunteers in 1863. He died Dec. 12, 1867, in Vicksburg, Miss.

Man, Alrick H

railroad president, was born May 4, 1858, in New York city.

He was president of the Sea Beach and Brighton railroad from 1886 to 1890.

Manderson, Charles Freder- Ick

soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 9, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pa.

In 1856 he moved to Canton, Ohio; and was elected city solicitor in 1860. In 1861 he entered the army as first lieutenant of company A, nineteenth regiment Ohio infantry; and rose through the grades of captain, major, lieutenantcolonel and colonel of that regiment. In September, 1864, he was severely wounded; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers for meritorious services. He was subsequently twice elected district attorney at Canton, Ohio; and since 1869 has practiced law in Omaha, Neb.; for six years he was city attorney of Omaha; was elected to the United States senate as a republican in 1883; was re-elected in 1888; and was elected president pro tem. in 1891 to succeed John J. Ingalls.

Mandeville, Charles Edward

clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 1, 1840, in Red Hook-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. In 1869 he was transferred to the Rock River conference, and has filled pastorates in the Oakland church, near Chicago; at Galena, Rockford, Freeport, Oak Park, Englewood and Elgin. For three years he was president of Jennings seminary of Aurora, Ill. He is also a successful lecturer, and has written much for religious periodicals.

Mandeville, Giles Henry

clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 12, 1825, in New york city. He was educated at Rutgers college, the Theological seminary of New Brunswick, N. J., from which institution he graduated in 1851. He has received the degrees of D. D., and LL. D.; and has attained success as one of the leading clergymen of the reformed church. He has filled pastorates in Flushing, Newburgh, and Harlem, N. Y.; has been president of Hope college, and corresponding secretary of the board of education of the reformed church of America.

Mandeville, Henry

clergyman, educator, author, was born March 6, 1804, in Kinderhook, N. Y. He was professor of moral philosophy and belles-lettres at Hamilton college in 1841-49. He published a successful series of readers and Elements of Reading and Oratory. He died Oct. 2, 1858, n Mobile, Ala.

Maney, George

diplomat, was a citizen of Tennessee. In 1882 he was appointed United States minister to Bolivia.

Mangum, Willie Person

lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1792, in Orange county, N. C. He was elected to the North Carolina house of commons in 1818; and in 1819 was elected a judge of the superior court. From 1823 to 1826 he served as a representative in congress. He was elected a United States senator in 1831; reelected in 1841; re-elected for a third term of six years in 1847; and served from 1842 to 1845 as president pro tem. of the senate. In 1837 he received eleven electoral votes for president of the United States; and during the administration of President Tyler was president of the United States senate. He died Sept. 14, 1861, in Red Mount, N. C.

Manigault, Gabriel

patriot, was born April 21, 1704, in Charleston, S. C.

He acquired wealth by commercial pursuits, and in the beginning of the revolutionary war loaned the state a quarter of a million dollars. He died in 1781, in Charleston, S. C.

Manly, Basil

clergyman, was born Jan. 28, 1798, in Chatham county, N. C.

He was chosen president of the university of Alabama, which post he relinquished in 1855. He engaged in missionary travels throughout Alabama, and was for some time a pastor in Montgomery.

He died Dec. 21, 1868, in Greenville, S. C.

Manly, Basil

clergyman, educator, author, was born Dec. 19, 1825, in Edgefield, S. C. He was a baptist clergyman and educator, professor in the Southern Baptist seminary at Louisville, and the author of Kind Words Teacher; A Call to the Ministry; and Bible Doctrine of Inspiration Defended. He died in 1892.

Manly, Charles

governor, was born in Chatham county, N. C. He was treasurer of the State university; for a long time reading clerk of the state house of representatives; and was governor of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851. He died May 1, 1871, in kaleigh, N. C.

Manly, John Matthews

author, was born in 1865, in Alabama. He is the author of Pre-Shakesperean Drama.

Manly, Matthias Evans

lawyer, jurist, was born April 13, 1800, in Chatham county, N. C. He was a member of the North Carolina state house of commons in 1834-35; was elected in 1840 a judge of the superior court, and filled that office till 1860, when he was chosen a justice of the supreme court. He died July 16, 1881, in New Berne, N. C.

Mann, Abijah

legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 24, 1793, in Fairfield, N. Y. He was elected to the New York legislature in 1827, serving by re-elections until 1830. He was a representative in congress from 1833 to 1837; and was again elected to the legislature. He died Sept. 6, 1868, in Auburn, N. Y.

Mann, Cyrus

clergyman, author, was born April 3, 1785, in Oxford, N. H. He was a congregational clergyman of Westminster, Mass., in 1815-41; and the author of Epitome of the Evidences of Christianity; and History of the Temperance Reformation. He died Feb. 9, 1859, in Stoughton, Mass.

Mann, George Sumner

merchant, author, was born Nov. 25, 1834, in New Salem, Mass. He is a member of various societies, and of the council of the New England Historic Genealogical society.

He held many positions of trust as a official public in Boston, Mass., and was a justice of the peace of that city.

He is the author of the Mann Memorial, a valuable acquisition to genealogical history of the United States.

Mann, Horace

lawyer, college president, state senator, congressman, author, was born Aug. 4, 1796, in Franklin, Mass.

He was elected to the state legislature from Dedham, Mass.

He moved to Boston in 1834, where he was elected to the state senate and chosen president of that body. He was also president of the Massachusetts board of education, which he was foremost in founding. He was elected a member of congress from 1848 to 1853. He was appointed president of Antioch college and the Northwestern Christian university at Indianapolis. He published Lectures on Education; An Educational Tour; Thoughts for a Young Man; Slavery: Letters and Speeches; Lectures on Intemperance; and Powers and Duties of Women. He died Aug. 2, 1859, in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Mann, James

congressman, was born in Gorham, Maine. He served in both branches of the Maine legislature; was paymaster of volunteers during the war; and was elected to the fortieth congress as a democrat, taking his seat on the restoration of the state. He died in September, 1868, in New Orleans, La.

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