Mcbride, George W – Mccarthy, Daniel
Mcbride, George W
merchant, lawyer, United States senator, was born March 13, 1854, in Yamhill county, Ore.
He was elected a member of the house of representatives of the legislative assembly of Oregon in 1882; and was elected speaker of the house. He was elected secretary of state in 1886; was re-elected in 1890 and served eight years, his second term ending in 1895. He was elected United States senator as a republican Feb. 23, 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.
Mcbride, James
author, was born in 1788, in Pennsylvania. He was a writer of Hamilton, Ohio, and the author of Pioneer Biography. He died in 1859.
Mcbride, James Henry
soldier, lawyer, was born about 1815, in Kentucky.
When the civil war began he recruited a brigade, and was afterward commissioned as brigadier-general in the confederate service. He died in 1862, in Pocahontas, Ark.
Mcbride, John Mclaren
college president, author, was born Jan. 1, 1846, in Abbeville, S. C. In 1888 he was elected president of the college of South Carolina, which position he still holds.
Mcbride, John Rogers
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 22, 1832, in Franklin county, Mo. In 1854 he was chosen superintendent or common schools of Oregon. He was chosen to the state senate for four years after its adoption; and in 1862 was elected a representative from Oregon to the thirty-eighth congress. He was subsequently appointed chief justice of the United States court for the territory of Idaho. He now resides in Spokane, Wash., engaged in the practice of law.
Mcbride, Mrs. Maggie F
poet, was born Dec. 31, 1863, in Canada. She is the author of a number of meritorious poems.
Mcbroom, James W
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born April 10, 1835, in Prince George county, Va. He served four years in the confederate army; was first lieutenant in 1862, in company C, sixth Virginia battalion; was subsequently elected captain of a battery; and served in placing torpedoes in James river, below Richmond. In 1864 he was put in charge of scouts, and continued in that capacity until the close of the war. He then entered educational work; was subsequently admitted to the bar, and elected commonwealth attorney for several counties. He served with distinction as judge of Russell county, Va.; and subsequently was appointed judge of Washington county.
Mccabe, James Buchanan
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 2, 1856, in Leesburg, Va. He is a prominent lawyer of his native city; was judge of the county court during 1880-86; and since 1887 has been the commonwealth's attorney of Loudoun county, Va.
Mccabe, James Dabney
clergyman, author, was born April 15, 1808, in Richmond, Va. He edited the Olive Branch, and also the Odd-Fellows' Magazine, and published a Masonic Text Book. He died Aug. 1, 1875, in Baltimore, Md.
Mccabe, James Dabney
author, was born July 30, 1842, in Richmond, Va.
He was a versatile and prolific southern writer, whose principal work is a Life of General Robert Lee, while among his many others are, Planting the Wilderness; History of the War Between France and Germany; History of the Turko- Russian War; Paris by Sunlight and Gaslight; Our Young Folks Abroad; The Great Republic; Lights and Shadows of New York Life; and Centennial History of the United States. He died Jan. 27 1883, in Germantown, Pa.
Mccabe, John Collins
clergyman, author, poet, was born Nov. 12, 1810, in Richmond, Va. He contributed a poem to the first number of the Southern Literary Messenger in Virginia, and wrote constantly for it and other magazines poems, essays and papers on colonial history. He died Feb. 26, 1875, in Chambersburg, Pa.
Mccabe, Rudolph Taylor
railroad president, was born April 4, 1847, in Duncansville, Pa. He was president of the Iron Structural Steel company of Duluth, Minn., also president of the Central Pennsylvania and Western railroad.
Mccabe, William Gordon
soldier. educator, author, was born Aug. 4, 1841, in Richmond, Va. He is a confederate officer; since 1888 head master of a school in Petersburg, Va., and the author of The Defence of Petersburg; and A Latin Grammar.
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Mccaleb, Thomas
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 31, 1870, in New Orleans, He is the author of the Louisiana Book, containing selections from the literature of the state, together with biographical sketches of the most prominent writers of Louisiana. was
Mccall, George Archibald
soldier, statesman, author, was born March 16, 1802, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a soldier of Philadelphia, who served in the Mexican war, and in the civil war brigadier-general of volunteers in the federal army. He was the author of Letters from the Frontier. He was presented with sword by the citizens of his county. a In 1862 he was a democratic candidate for congress. He died Feb. 26, 1868, in West Chester, Pa.
Mccall, Hugh
soldier, author, was born in 1767, in South Carolina. He was a United States army officer, and the author of History of Georgia. He died July 9, 1824, in Savannah, Ga.
Mccall, John Cadwalader
lawyer, author, poet, was born Dec. 24, 1793, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer of Philadelphia, and the author of The Troubadour, and Other Poems; and Fleurette, and other rhymes. he died Oct. 3, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mccall, John Etheridge
lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1859, in Clarksburg, renn. He represented Henderson county in the Tennessee legislature in 1887; and wasre-elected in 1889. He was appointed assistant United States district attorney for west Tennessee in 1890, which office he resigned in 1891; and was an unsuccessful candidate for governor before the republican state convention in 1892. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Mccall, Peter
lawyer, author, was born Aug. 31, 1809, in Trenton, N. J. He was an eminent lawyer of Philadelphia, mayor of that city in 1844-45, and the author of Rise and Progress of Civil Society; and History of Pennsylvania Law and Equity. He died Oct. 30, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mccall, Samuel Walker
journalist, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1851, in East Providence, Pa. He was the editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser; and was elected a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives of 1888, 1889, and 1892. He was elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses; and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Mccalla, Daniel
clergyman, was born in 1748, in Neshaminy, Pa. He was licensed to preach as a presbyterian in 1772, and two years later ordained pastor of the churches at New Providence and Charleston, Pa., where he preached till the revolution. He was then appointed a chaplain in the continental army. He died April 6, 1809, in Wappetaw, S. C.
Mccalla, William Latta
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 25, 1788, in Lexington, Ky. He was settled over Presbyterian churches in Augusta, Ky., in 1819, and in Philadelphia, Pa., much of the time from 1823 to 1854. He published many sermons and essays, The Doctorate of Divinity; Adventures in Texas, Chiefly in 1840; and a collection of psalms and hymns in French. He died Oct. 12, 1859, in Louisiana.
Mccallum, Daniel Craig
soldier, military engineer, was born Jan. 21, 1815, in Scotland. In 1862 he was appointed director of all the military railroads in the United States, with the staff rank of colonel; and was brevetted brigadiergeneral. He died Dec. 27, 1878, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mccalmont, John S
soldier, lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born April 12, 1822, in Franklin, Pa. He was a representative in the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1849 and 1850, serving as speaker during the latter year; and was a presidential elector in 1852. In 1853 he was appointed president judge of the eigu eenth district of Pennsylvania, and was elected for a full term of ten years. He resigned in 1861 to take command of the tenth regiment Pennsylvania reserve volunteers. In 1885 he was appointed commissioner of customs in the United States treasury department.
Mccann, James
educator, physician, surgeon, was born in 1836, in Allegheny county, Pa. He was in the medical service of the fifth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry during the civil war; and subsequently continued the practice of medicine in Pittsburg, Pa. He organized the first medical college in western Pennsylvania.
He died in 1893, in Pittsburg, Pa.
Mccann, William Penn
naval officer, was born May 4, 1830, in Paris, Ky. he was appointed midshipman in the United States navy in 1848, and, having been promoted through the various grades, became lieutenant-commander in 1862.
Mccarthy, Daniel
merchant, poet, was born Nov. 15, 1850, in Ireland. Since 1863 he has been a successful merchant of Sandusky, Ohio. He has written extensively both prose and verse for the periodical press and some of his poems have appeared in Poets of America and other standard works. He takes an active part in the public affairs of his and city, county and state; and has filled several public offices of honor.