Mcfarland, Samuel Gamble – Mcgonegal, James
Mcfarland, Samuel Gamble
clergyman, missionary, was born Dec. 11, 1830, in Washington county, Pa. In 1849 he entered West Alexander academy; in 1855 he entered Washington college, Pa.; and in 1857 he entered the Western and Theological seminary of Allegheny City, Pa. In 1860 he was sent as a missionary to Siam, under the board of foreign missions of the presbyterian church; in 1879 he was principal of the government school for boys in Bangkok; and in 1896 he returned to the United States, and resided in Canonsburg, Pa., until his death, on April 25, 1897. With the exception of short vacations to his native county, Dr. McFarland spent thirtyfive years in mission work in Siam.
Mcfarland, William
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1821, in Dandridge, Tenn. He was judge of the circuit court of Tennessee; and was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-fourth congress.
Mcferran, John Courts
soldier, was born in 1831 in Kentucky. He served in the civil war; and was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1866, and served subsequently as chief quartermaster of the department of Washington and of the division of the south. He died April 25, 1872, in Louisville, Ky.
Mcferrin, Anderson Purdy
clergyman, author, poet, was born Feb. 25, 1818, in Rutherford county, Tenn. He is : a methodist clergyman in Tennessee; and the author of Sermons for the Times; and Heavenly Shadows and Hymns.
Mcferrin, John Berry
clergyman, author, was born June 15, 1807, in Rutherford county, Tenn. He was a methodist clergyman in Tennessee; and the author of History of Methodism in Tennessee. He died May 10, 1887, in Nashville, Tenn.
Mcgaffey, Ernest
lawyer, poet, was born in 1861 in Ohio. He is a lawyer of Chicago; and the author of Poems of Gun and Rod; and Poems.
Mcgann, Lawrence Edward
business man, congressman, was born Feb. 2, 1842, in Ireland. He came to the United States, and in 1865 he moved to Chicago. In 1890 he was elected a representative to the fifty-second congress; and received the re-election to the fiftythird congress as a democrat. He was president and general manager of the Chicago General Railway company until 1896; and the following year was appointed commissioner of public works. In
Mcgarvey, John William
educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born March 1, 1829, in Hopkinsville, Ky. He received his education at the Bethany college of W. Va.; and in 1865 was elected to the professorship of the Kentucky university of Lexington. 1895 he became president of the College of the Bible, and professor of sacred history. In 1879 he visited Palestine, and is the author of Lands of the Bible; Commentaries on Matthew, Mark, and Acts; "Text and Canon of the New Testament; Credibility and Inspiration of the New *Testament; and a Volume of Sermons.
Mcghee, Charles Mcclung
railroad president, state legislator, was born Jan. 23, 1828, in Monroe county, Tenn. In 1875 he was elected to the state legislature as a democrat and served for two years, but since resolutely refused public office. He was for many years president of the Knoxville and Ohio and the Memphis and Charleston railroads. To the city of Knoxville he has given the Lawson McGhee library building as a memorial to a deceased daughter.
Mcgiffert, Arthur Cushman
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1861 in New York. He is a presbyterian clergyman, professor of church history in Union seminary; and the author of Dialogue of Papias and Jason. He has published a translation with prolegomena and notes of the Church History of Eusebius Pamphilus.
Mcgill, Alexander Taggart
clergyman, educator, was born Jan. 24, 1807, in Canonsburg, Pa. He became pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Carlisle; and in 1842 professor of church history in Western Theological seminary, Allegheny, Pa. He died Jan. 13, 1889, in Princeton, N. J.
Mcgill, Alexander Taggart
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Oct. 20, 1843, in Allegheny county, Pa.
He was elected to the New Jersey legislature in 1874; re-elected the following year; and was prosecutor of the pleas of Hudson county in 1878-83; and then president of the county courts till 1887, when he was chosen chancellor of the state of New Jersey.
Mcgill, George Mcculloch
physician, surgeon, was born April 20, 1838, in Hannah Furnace, Pa. In 1864 he was made acting medical inspector of the army of the Potomac, and served as such until 1865. At the close of the war he was brevetted major. He died July 20, 1867, near Fort Lyon, Colo.
Mcgill, George Warrington
inventor, was born March 9, 1844, in Lancaster, Ohio. Beginning life himself as a civil engineer, he turned his attention to invention, and became the patentee of useful devices before he had attained his majority. He has received over two hundred letters patent from the United States government. He is president of the McGill Fastener company.
Mcgill, John
bishop, author, was born Nov. 4, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Roman catholic bishop of Richmond; and the author of Our Faith the Victory; The True Church Indicated; and Life of John Calvin, from the French. He died Jan. 14, 1872, in Richmond, Va.
Mcgillivray, James J
architect, manufacturer, state senator, was born June 16, 1848, in Canada. He moved to Wisconsin, and since 1866 has been a resident of Black River Falls. He is a noted architect and a successful manufacturer. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Wisconsin state assembly, and received the re-election in 1892. In 1894 he was elected to the state senate, and has been instrumental in introducing and passing numerous bills for the welfare of his state. He is also a brilliant orator, and was instrumental in the election of John C. Spooner as United States senator.
Mcginnis, C. H
lawyer, business man, was born March 29, 1855, in Bastrop, Texas. He received a thorough education and attended the Military academy of his native city. He is a successful lawyer and business man of Del Rio, Texas; was state ranger in 1873; county attorney in 1878-79; and has filled various other public positions of honor.
Mcgirr, John J
journalist, poet, was born March 13, 1855, in Youngstown, Pa.
He is a journalist of McKeesport, Pa.; and the author of a volume entitled The Destruction of the World, in verse.
Mcglauflin, Lucy Sibley
educator, lecturer, reformer, was born Nov. 23, 1857, in Cuba, N. Y. She received her education at Cornell university, the Emerson College of Oratory of Boston, and under private instructors. She was a successful educator of the higher branches in the public schools; professor of art of expression and physical culture in the American Temperance university, and in Miss Hanna's private school for girls in Atlanta, Ga. She was a noted lecturer, reformer and organizer along religious and educational lines. She was the wife of the Rev. William H. McGlauflin, and died Sept. 19, 1897, in Atlanta, Ga.
McGLAUFLIN, WILLIAM HENRY
clergyman, missionary, lecturer, author, was born Oct. 2, 1855, in Charlotte, Maine.
After receiving the rudiments of his education in the village schools he graduated from the theological department of the St.
Lawrence university of Canton, N. Y. He was ordained a clergyman of the universalist church; and during 1882-87 served on the state board of missions for his church, and filled a pastorate at Friendship, N. Y.; from 1887-91 he filled a pastorate in Rochester, Minn.; and since 1891 has been engaged in southern missionary church extension work. He has founded churches in Harriman and Knoxville, Tenn.; and in Atlanta, Ga. He has held official positions in the Good Templar lodges, Sons of Veterans, Knights and Ladies of Honor, and other societies, and has been a delegate to the highest councils of his church. He is a successful lecturer and the author of A Memorial of his Wife.
Mcgloin, Frank
soldier, journalist, lawyer, jurist, author, poet, was born Feb. 22, 1846, in Ireland. In 1880 he was elected a judge of the court of appeals of New Orleans; and in 1884 was re-elected to the same position. He is the author of A Romance of the East; and a poem entitled Conquest of Europe.
McGLYNN, EDWARD
clergyman, was born Sept. 27, 1837, in New York city.
For many years he has been pastor of St.
Stephen's church in New York city; and was subsequently excommunicated. 1887 he was one of the founders of the Anti-Poverty society, of which he became president.
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Mcgonegal, James
contractor, state legislator, capitalist, was born about 1822 near Londonderry, Ireland. He was educated in private schools in Scotland.
Early in life he settled in Detroit; was an alderman during 1863-67; and was representative in the Michigan state legislature from that city during 1871-72. In 1874 he engaged in the contracting business; and since 1882 has resided in Kana sas City, Mo., where he has been actively identified with the business interests of that city.