Mcgovern, Patrick K – Mcilvaine, Joshua Hall
Mcgovern, Patrick K
catholic priest, was born Sept. 12, 1826, in New York city. In 1848 he graduated from St. John's college of Fordham, N. Y. In September of the same year he entered St. Joseph's Theological seminary of Fordham, N. Y.; and in 1853 was ordained a priest. Shortly afterward he became assistant pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul's churches of Brooklyn, N. Y. Later on he was placed in charge of St. Mary's church of Croton-on-the-Hudson, where he now is and has been during the past twenty years. His benevolence and love of truth and justice haveendeared him not only to the catholics, but to the people of every denomination. In 1891 the degree of doctor of philosophy was conferred upon him by St. John's college of Fordham, N. Y.
Mcgowan, James H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 2, 1837, in Mahoning county, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Michigan from 1868 to 1872; and served one term in the state senate. He was for seven years a regent of the university of Michigan, resigning to take his seat as a representative from Michigan in the forty-fifth congress. He 'was re-elected to the forty-sixth congress as a republican.
Mcgrath, a. G
lawyer, jurist, was born in South Carolina. While residing in Charleston he was appointed judge of the United States court for the district of South Carolina.
Mcgraw, Jennie
philanthropist. She was the daughter of John McGraw, merchant. At her death she bequeathed to Cornell university a library fund of nearly $1,000,000.
Mcgraw, John
merchant, philanthropist, was born May 22, 1815, in Dryden, N. Y. He was one of the original trustees of Cornell university, and erected at his own expense at a cost of $150,000 the McGraw building, for the accommodation of the library and museum of the university. He died May 4, 1877, in Ithaca, N. Y.
Mcgregor, Alexander
clergyman, missionary. For many years he was secretary of the Rhode Island Home Missionary society; and is now pastor of the Pawtucket Congregational church of Pawtucket, R. I.
Mcgregor, Richard S
clergyman, lecturer, was born Nov. 5, 1857, in Canada. He graduated from the Adrian college of Michigan, and since 1879 has been a clergyman in the methodist episcopal church. He is a brilliant lecturer, and now the popular pastor of one of the largest churches in Michigan at Petoskey. was
Mcgrew, James C
merchant, banker, state legislator, congressman, born Sept. 13, 1813, in Preston county, W.
Va. In 1863-65 he was a member of the legislature of West Virginia, having assisted in organizing the new state. In 1868 he was elected a representative from that state to the forty-first congress; and was re-elected to the forty-second congress.
Mcgrew, William Henry
lawyer, was born Feb. 17, 1817, in Shelbyville, Ky.
He received a liberal education at the country schools, and at the Augusta college, Ky. For many years he practiced law in Sacramento, Cal.; and for two years was city recorder of that city. He subsequently practiced his profession in Phœnix, Ariz.
Mcgroarty, Stephen Joseph
soldier, lawyer, was born in 1830 in Ireland. When the civil war began he raised a company of Irish-Americans for three months, with which he re-enlisted for three years, and was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers in 1865. He died Jan. 2, 1870, in College Hill, Ohio.
Mcguffey, William Holmes
clergyman, educator, college president, was born Sept. 23, 1800, in Washington county, Pa. He became president of Cincinnati college in 1836, and in 1839 of Ohio university. From 1845 till his death he occupied the chair of moral philosophy and political economy in the university of Virginia. He died May 4, 1873, in Charlottesville, Va.
Mcguinn, Robert Alexander
clergyman, poet, was born July 5, 1859, in Sabbot Hill, Va. He graduated from the Wayland college of Washington, D. C.; and from the Newton Theological institute, Mass. He has filled pastorates in Maryland, California and New Jersey; and has been president of the Choctaw institute of Oklahoma territory. He has contributed both prose and verse to current publications, and is the author of a volume of poems.
Mcguire, Charles Lincoln
educator, poet, was born June 14, 1867, in Sweet Springs, Mo. He received a thorough education, and has attained success in educational work. He has been principal of several large schools in Nebraska and Michigan. He is the author of a number of very fine poems; and contributes to current literature on various subjects.
Mcguire, Frank Augustine
physician, author, was born July 1, 1851, in New York city. He began the practice of medicine in the city of New York; and is the author of many works on scientific subjects.
Mcguire, Hunter Holmes
physician, educator, was born Oct. 11, 1835, in Winchester, Va. In 1865 he was elected professor of surgery in Virginia Medical college, Richmond, which chair he held till 1880. In 1885 he was made professor emeritus in that institution.
Mcguire, William
chief justice of United States. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Mississippi; and in 1798 was appointed chief justice of the United States court for that district.
Mchatton, Robert
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Kentucky, from 1826 to 1829.
Mchenry, Ellen J
author, poet, was born Nov. 22, 1827, in Chardon, Ohio.
She is the author of an epic poem entitled Legend of the Wandering Jew, which was written twenty years ago, and many of the prophecies there predicted are now in course of rapid fulfilment. Her poems have appeared extensively in current literature and in several standard works. She is also the author of a prose work entitled Our Boys. In 1847 she married John McHenry, circuit judge of the first district court of New Orleans, La. They subsequently moved to California, and reside in the city of Berkeley. a
Mchenry, Henry D
state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 27, 1826, in Hartford, Ky. He received a thorough education; and in 1845 graduated from the Transylvania school. He was member of the Kentucky state legislature in 1851-52, and a member of the state senate in 1861-64. He was again a member of the Kentucky state legislature in 1865-66.
He a elected was member of the fortysecond congress as a democrat; and served on the committee on the Pacific railroad.
Mchenry, James
soldier, congressman, was born about 1755. He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1783 to 1786; was a member of the convention that framed the federal constitution, and signed that instrument. He was secretary of war from 1796 to 1801. He died May 3, 1816, in Baltimore, Md.
Mchenry, John H
congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1847.
Mcilhenney, Charles Morgan
artist, was born April 4, 1858, in Philadelphia. Among his pictures are Good Bye; A Gray Summer Noon; The Shadow of Twilight Falls Silent and Gray; The Old, Old Story; and The Passing Storm.
Mcilvaine, Abraham R
farmer, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1804, in Crum Creek, Del. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1843 to 1849. He died in August, 1863, in Chester county, Pa.
Mcilvaine, Charles Petitt
bishop, author, was born Jan. 18, 1799, in He was the second Burlington, N. J. protestant episcopal bishop of Ohio, and long a prominent figure among low churchmen. He was the author of Evidences of Christianity; Oxford Divinity; The Holy Catholic Church; and The Truth and the Life, which include his chief works. He was the second president of Kenyon college, serving as such during 1833-40; and was the second protestant episcopal bishop of Ohio. He died March 13, 1873, in Florence, Italy.
Mcilvaine, Joseph
soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1768 in Bristol, Pa. He was a jurist; and was a senator in congress from New Jersey from 1823 to 1826. He died Aug. 19, 1826, in Burlington, N. J.
Mcilvaine, Joshua Hall
educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born March 4, 1815, in Lewis, Del. He was a presbyterian clergyman of note in the middle states who founded Evelyn college at Princeton, N. J., in 1887. He was professor of belles-lettres at Princeton college in 1860-70, and president of Evelyn college at the time of his death.
He was the author of The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; Elocution, the Sources and Elements of its Power; The Wisdom of Holy Scripture; The Wisdom of the Apocalypse; and Pastoral Directions to Inquiring Souls. He died in )