May, Caroline – Maynard, Fred A
May, Caroline
author, poet, was born in 1820, in England. She is a writer of New York city, and the author of American Female Poets; The Woodbine, a Holiday Gift; Poems; Hymns on the Collects; and Lays of Memory and Affection.
May, Mrs. Celeste
lecturer, poet, was born Oct. 20, 1850, in Lee county, Iowa. She is an ardent advocate of temperance, in the cause of which she has lectured extensively throughout the United States. She is the author of a volume of poems entitled Sounds of the Prairie.
May, Edward Harrison
soldier, artist, was born in 1824, in England. His works include The Dying Brigand (in the Philadelphia academy of fine arts); Christopher Columbus signing his Will in Prison; Lady Jane Grey presenting her Tablets to the Governor of the Tower; and Franklin playing at Chess with Lady Howe. He died May 17, 1887, in Paris, France.
May, Henry
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 13, 1816, in Washington, D.
C. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1853 to 1855; and was re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress.
He died Sept. 25, 1863, in Baltimore, Md.
May, John Wilder
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Jan. 29, 1819, in Attleborough, Mass. He was a jurist of Boston, and the author of The Law of Insurance; Law of Crimes; and Criminal Law. He died Jan. 11, 1883, in Boston, Mass.
May, Joseph Lee
journalist, poet, was born June 11, 1867, in Rutherfordton, N. C. He is a son of the late Rev. Daniel May, an eminent homilist in the North Carolina conference of the methodist episcopal church, south. He is a poet of high order, a graceful prose writer, and a successful journalist. For many years he was editor-in-chief of the Dixie Telegrapher of Atlanta, Ga.
May, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born in 1810, in Massachusetts. He is a retired unitarian clergyman of Leicester, Mass.; of prominence in the anti-slavery movement; and the author of The Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims.
May, Samuel Joseph
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 12, 1797, in Boston, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Syracuse prominent in the anti-slavery cause, and also in educational reforms.
He was the author of Education of the Faculties; Revival of Education; and Recollections of the Anti-Slavery Conflict. He died July 1, 1871, in Syracuse, N. Y.
May, William Augustus
musician, composer, was born Dec. 9, 1850, n Lackawaxen, Pa. He is a successful teacher and director of choirs and classes in Montclair, N. J.; and the author of a number of songs and hymns.
May, William L
congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from Illinois from 1835 to 1839.
Mayall, Samuel
state legislator, He congressman, was born in Maine. served in the state legislature in 1845, 1847, and 1848; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1853 to 1855.
Maybury, William C
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 21, 1849, in Detroit, Mich. He began the practice of law at Detroit in 1871; and was elected city attorney in 1875, and served four years.
In 1882 he was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-eighth congress; and re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.
Mayer, Alfred Marshall
astronomer, author, was born Nov. 13, 1836, in Baltimore, Md.; has been astronomer, professor of physics in Stevens institute at Hoboken, N. J., from 1871. He is the author of Light; Notes on Physics; and Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters.
Mayer, Brantz
lawyer, journalist, author, was born Sept. 27, 1809, in Baltimore, Md. He was a lawyer and journalist of Baltimore, and an officer in the federal army during the civil war. He was the author of Mexico as It Was and as It Is; Mexico: Aztec, Spanish, and Republican; Observations on Mexican History and Archæology; Mexican Antiquities; Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver; and Memoir of Jared Sparks. He died March 21, 1879, in Baltimore, Md.
Mayer, Charles F
jurist, was born in 1797, in Maryland. He attained a high position at the bar of Maryland, as well as judge of the court of appeals at Annapolis, and as a judge of the United States. He died Jan. 3, 1864, in Baltimore.
Mayer, Constant
artist, was born Oct. 4, 1832, in France. His works include portraits of General Grant and General Sherman; Beggar-Girl; Consolation; Early Grief; Oracle of the Field; Song of the Shirt; Song of the Twilight; In the Woods; The Vagabonds; Lord's Day; and Lawn Tennis.
Mayer, Francis Blackwell
artist, was born Dec. 27, 1827, in Baltimore, Md. He received his education in the university of Maryland; has filled positions of professorship and librarian; has been president of the Improvement association; and vice-president of the Historical society. He exhibited at the Paris salon, and was given a medal at Philadelphia in 1876 for his Continentals, and his Attic Philosophers. He has made a special study of Indian types and character in the west. Others of his works of art are Founders of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Planting of the Colony of Maryland, which latter painting was purchased by the state of Maryland.
Mayer, Lewis
clergyman, author, was born in 1783, in Pennsylvania. He was a German reformed clergyman of eastern Pennsylvania; and the author of Lectures on Scriptural Subjects; The Sin Against the Holy Ghost; and History of the German Reformed Church. He died in 1849.
Mayer, Samuel W
soldier, merchant, state legislator, was born May 13, 1858, in Sandusky, Ohio. He is a successful merchant of Holt, Mich., and during 1897-98 served with distinction in the Michigan house of representatives.
Mayes, Edward
lawyer, educator, author, was born Dec. 15, 1846, in Hinds county, Miss. Since 1896 he has been professor of law and dean of law school in Millsap's college, of Jackson, Miss. He is the author of The Life, Times, and Speeches of Lucius Q. C. Lamar; and A History of Higher Education in Mississippi.
Mayfield, William David
educator, lawyer, was born June 22, 1854, in Polk county, Tenn. He was county superintendent of education of Greenville county, S. C., for eight years; and is now state superintendent of education for the state of South Carolina. For sixteen years he has practiced law with success.
Mayham, Stephen L
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1825, in Blenheim, N. Y. In 1857 he was elected supervisor of Blenheim, and was re-elected three times. In 1859 he was elected district attorney for Schoharie county, N. Y., for three years; and was a member of the state assembly in 1863. In 1868 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-first congress, and was again a representative in the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Mayhew, Experience
missionary author, was born Jan. 26, 1673, in Martha's Vineyard. She was a missionary to the Indians of Martha's Vineyard; and the author of Indian Converts; and Grace Defended. She died Nov. 29, 1758, in Martha's Vineyard.
Mayhew, Jonathan
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 8, 1720, in Martha's Vineyard. He was a congregational clergyman of Boston, and pastor of the West church in 1747-66. A noted Sermon on the Repeal of the Stamp Act is an effective example of his style. He also published Seven Sermons; Sermons to Young Men.
He died July 9, 1766, in Boston, Mass.
Mayhew, Mathew
governor. He succeeded the elder Thomas as governor of Martha's Vineyard; and occasionally preached to the Indians, and died there in 1710.
Mayhew, Zecharia
missionary, was born in 1717, in Martha's Vineyard.
From 1767 until his death he was a missionary under the Massachusetts society for propagating the gospel among the Indians. He died March 6, 1806, in Martha's Vineyard.
Mayman, Edward W
poet, was born April 18, 1859, in England. He received a thorough education; emigrated to America in 1888; and since that time has resided in Sauk Rapids, Minn., engaged in mercantile business. He has written extensively both prose and verse for the periodical press; and some of his poems have been given a place in Poets of America and other standard works; and also have been published in book-form.
Maynard, Charles J
naturalist, author. He was a naturalist of Newton, Mass.; and the author of The Naturalist's Guide; The Birds of Florida; The Birds of Eastern North America; A Manual of Taxidermy; and The Butterflies of New England.
Maynard, Edward
inventor, educator, was born April 26, 1813, in Madison, N. Y. In 1857 he became professor of theory and practice in Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, and he now holds that chair in the dental department of the National university at Washington. He has devised many methods and instruments in connection with his profession, but is best known by his improvements in firearms.
Maynard, Fred A
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Jan. 20, 1852, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Since 1876 he has practiced law in Grand Rapids, Mich. In 1881 he was elected prosecuting attorney; was nominated for judge of superior court in 1885; and in 1890 was elected a representative to the state legislature. In 1894 he became attorney-general of the state, to which position he was re-elected in