Marcy, Erastus Edgerton – Markoe, Peter
Marcy, Erastus Edgerton
physician, author, was born Oct. 9, 1815, in Greenwich, Mass. He is a physician of New York city, and the author of Theory and Practice of Medicine; Theory and Practice of Homœopathy; Christianity and its Conflicts; and Life Duties.
Marcy, Henry Orlando
physician, author, was born June 23, 1837, in Otis, Mass. He is a physician of Cambridge, and the author of Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Hernia; and professional translations from the Italian of Ercolani.
Marcy, Henry S
railroad president, was born Jan. 28, 1837, in Hartland, Vt.
In 1889 he became president of the Fitchburg railroad at Boston, Mass.
Marcy, Oliver
educator, was born Feb. 13, 1820, in Coleraine, Mass. He is a successful educator; and during the latter part of his life he has been prominently identified with the Northwestern university of Watertown, Wis.
Marcy, Randolph Barnes
soldier, author, was born April 9, 1812, in Greenwich, Mass. He was a brigadiergeneral in the United States army; and the author of Exploration of the Red River in 1852; Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border; The Prairie Traveler; and Border Reminiscences. He died Nov. 22, 1887, in Orange, N. J.
Marcy, William Learned
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, governor, was born in 1786 in Sturbridge, Mass. In 1816 he was appointed recorder of Troy, N. Y.; made comptroller in 1623, and removed to Albany. In 1829 he was appointed judge of the supreme court of the state; and was elected to the United States senate in 1831. He was elected governor of New York in 1832, and reelected in 1834 and 1836. He was secretary of war under President Polk from 1845 to 1849; and secretary of state under President Pierce from 1853 to 1857. He died July 4, 1857, in Balston Spa, N. Y.
Marden, Orison Swett
author, was born in 1848 in New Hampshire. He is a Boston writer whose collections of brief biographies comprise Pushing to the Front; and Architects of Fate.
Mardis, Samuel W
congressman, was born in 1801 in Alabama. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1831 to 1835. He died Nov. 14, 1837, in Talladega, Ala.
Mariager, Naomi Dagmar
educator, poet, was born April 26, 1850, in Denmark. In 1860 she emigrated to America; has led an eventful life, and has traveled extensively in the United States and Europe. She has written extensively both prose and verse for the Detroit Free Press, the Overland Monthly, and other prominent publications; and her poems have been published in several national collections.
Marion, Francis
soldier, was born in 1732 near Georgetown, S. C. By his successful maneuvers in baffling the English in North Carolina, and still evading capture, he won the name of the Swamp Fox. He received the thanks of congress for his wise, decided and gallant conduct in defending the liberties of his country.
He served a number of times in the South Carolina state senate, and received from that body a gold medal for his patriotism. He died Feb. 29, 1795, near Eutaw, Md.
Marion, Robert
congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1805 to 1810.
Mark, Edward Laurens
educator, author, was born May 30, 1847, in Hamlet, N. Y. He is a successful educator and writer on anatomy and embryology of animals, and since 1885 has filled the chair of anatomy in the Harvard university. He is the author of Maturation, Fecundation, and Segmentation of Limax, a pioneer work in cythology.
Markell, Charles Frederick
lawyer, diplomat, author, poet, was born Oct. 16, 1855, in Frederick, Md. He received an academic and collegiate education, graduating from Columbian university of Washington, D. C., and studied law and was admitted to the bar before attaining his majority. He twice represented his city in the Maryland legislature; for three years edited a daily republican newspaper, and was in 1892 appointed by President Harrison secretary of legation to Brazil. While serving at this post as charge d'affaires, he succeeded in inducing the Brazilian government to remove the onerous expediente duty upon wheat flour from the United States. He has written Chamodine, and Other Poems; Ypiranga, a love tale of the Brazils; and the Chaskell Papers, a series of biographical and historical sketches of his native county.
Markell, Henry
congressman, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1825 to 1829.
Markell, Jacob
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815.
Markey, Daniel Peter
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born June 27, 1857, in Ingham county, Mich. He is a noted lawyer of Port Huron, Mich., was judge of the probate court, has served with distinction as a member of the house of representatives of the Michigan state leĝislature, and in 1887 was speaker of the house.
Markham, Charles Edwin
educator, poet, was born April 23, 1852, in Oregon City, Ore. He is principal in the Tompkin's Grammar school in Oakland, Cal., where he is also superintendent of schools. He is the author of two volumes of poems: In Earth's Shadow; and Songs of a Dream Builder.
Markham, Ernest Arthur
physician, legislator, was born Oct. 16, 1853, in Windsor, Vt. He graduated from the Eclectic Medical college of New York city, in which institution he was professor of chemistry in 1885-87. He received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from the Wesleyan university, from which institution he was a graduate. In 1895-96 he served as a representative in the Connecticut general assembly. He is a successful physician of Durham, Conn., where he has filled numerous public positions of honor.
He is a genealogist of note and the author of a work on the Markham Family.
Markham, George E
musician, poet, was born in 1849, in Broome county, N. Y. He is a teacher of music of Weeping Water, Neb., and is the author of a number of poems, some of which have been set to music.
Markham, Henry Harrison
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born Nov. 16, 1840, in Wilmington, N. Y. He was educated at the public and private schools of his native town, and at Wheeler's academy of Vermont. In 1861 he moved to Wisconsin, and entered the from that army state. He was with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and was severely wounded in February, 1865. He then practiced law in Milwaukee until 1878, when he moved to Pasadena, Cal., where for a number of years he was engaged in gold and silver mining. He was elected as a representative from California to the forty-ninth congress, securing the passage of many important measures for the benefit of Los Angeles county. He became one of the managers of the National Soldiers' home of the United States, and during 1890-95 he filled the high office of governor of the state of California.
Markham, Jared Clark
architect, author, was born Nov. 18, 1816, in Tyringham, Mass. He is an architect who designed the Saratoga monument. He is the author of Appeal in Behalf of National Monuments; Monumental Art; and Historic Sculpture.
Markham, Oliver
gunsmith, inventor, was born July 17, 1825, in Middletown, Conn. He was a practical gunsmith and the inventor of several parts of the gun, and a contractor for Sharp's armory during its entire existence. He was a member of the Hartford city council in 1862, and a director of the Central National bank of Middletown.
Markham, Thomas Bailey
clergyman, college president, was born in 1832, in Woodford county, Ky. During 1856-93 he was a clergyman of the presbyterian church in New Orleans, La. He has been president of the Mississippi college, and preached the funeral oration at the grave of Jefferson Davis.
Markham, William
governor, was born about 1635 in England. He became colonial governor of Pennsylvania. He died June 12, 1704, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Markham, William
soldier, was born Oct. 9, 1811, in Goshen, Conn. For many years he was mayor of Atlanta, Ga.
He there built the Markham house, and was called the Father of Modern Atlanta.
He died Nov. 9, 1890, in Atlanta, Ga.
Markley, Philip S
congressman, was born in Montgomery county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1827, and was in the latter year appointed naval officer for the port of Philadelphia.
Markoe, Abram
capitalist, was born in 1729 in West Indies. In the summer of 1775 he presented the city troop of Philadelphia with a flag which has historic interest as being the first that bore the thirteen stripes symbolizing the thirteen colonies that were then asserting their rights. He died Aug. 28, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Markoe, Peter
poet, was born about 1753 in the West Indies. He wrote under the pen-name of A Native of Algiers; and published a tragedy entitled The Patriot Chief; Miscellaneous Poems; a poem called The Times; and Reconciliation, a comic opera. He died about 1792 in Philadelphia, Pa.
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