McILWAINE, RICHARD – Mckean, Thomas Jefferson
McILWAINE, RICHARD
clergyman, college president, was born May 20, 1834, in Petersburg, Va. He was secretary of home missions in 1882-83; and since 1883 has been president of Hampden Sidney college, Va.
Mcindoe, Walter D
merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born March 30, 1819, in Scotland. He served in the Wisconsin legislature in 1850, 1854, and 1855; and was a presidential elector in 1856 and 1860. He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirtyseventh congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth gresses. con-
Mcinnis, James
educator. After completing his education he began educational work; and is now a noted educator of Ohio at Defiance. He has contributed extensively to current literature on educational topics.
Mcintire, Albert Washington
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Jan. 15, 1853, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1891 he was appointed judge of the twelfth judicial district of Colorado; and in 1895 was elected governor of Colorado, which position he still holds.
Mcintire, James J
educator, clergyman, was born Sept. 22, 1827, in Franklin, N. Y. In 1853 he graduated from the university of Rochester; since which time he has held pastorates for fortyfour years, and at the same time taught school for twenty-seven years. For several years he was principal of the Waterloo institute and the Marshall academy, Wis. During the civil war he served as chaplain of the forty-ninth regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry. Soon after the war he located in Dakota; has been superintendent of public instruction for four years; and is still actively engaged in pioneer work at Spencer, S. D.
Mcintire, William Watson
lawyer, congressman, was born June 29, 1850, in Franklin county, Pa. He became general agent of the United States Life Insurance company for the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia. In 1887 he was elected as a republican to the city council of Baltimore city, and was reelected in 1888. In the campaign of 1895 he was treasurer of the Maryland republican state and city committees, and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Mcintosh, James Mckay
naval officer, was born in 1792 in McIntosh county, Ga. He entered the United States navy in 1811; became lieutenant in 1818, commander in 1838, captain in 1849, and flag-officer in 1857. He died Sept. 1, 1860, in Warrington, Fla.
Mcintosh, James Mcqueen
soldier, was born in 1828 in Tampa Bay, Fla.
He became captain of the first United States cavalry in 1857; and resigning from the army in 1860, was commissioned brigadier-general in the confederate army. He was killed in battle Nov. 7, 1862, near Pea Ridge, Ark.
Mcintosh, James Simmons
soldier, was born June 19, 1787, in Liberty county, Ga. He entered the United States army as lieutenant in 1812; was commissioned captain in 1817; major in 1836; and lieutenant-colonel in 1839. He died Sept. 26, 1847, in Mexico city.
Mcintosh, John Baillie
soldier, was born June 6, 1829, in Tampa Bay, Fla.
In 1865 he was commissioned major-general for meritorious service during the war. He was commissioned lieutenantcolonel of the forty-second infantry in 1866. He died June 29, 1888, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Mcintosh, Lachlan
soldier, was born March 17, 1725, in Scotland. He was a son of John McIntosh, who, with one hundred highlanders emigrated to Georgia in 1736, and settled in Darien, Ga.
He adopted the profession of land surveying in Georgia; and on the outbreak of the revolution was made a brigadiergeneral. He had the confidence of Gen.
Washington; and defended the frontier of Pennsylvania and Virginia against the Indians. He died Feb. 20, 1806, in Savannah, Ga.
Mcintosh, Maria Jane
author, was born in 1803 in Sunbury, Ga. She was a New York writer whose novels and tales of domestic life enjoyed a long popularity.
Her writings include, Praise and Principle; Conquest and Self-Conquest; Violet; Two Lives, or To Seem and To Be; Charms and Counter-Charms; The Lofty and the Lowly; Meta Gray; Two Pictures; Evenings at Donaldson Manor; Aunt Kitty's Tales; Woman in America, her Work and her Reward; and The Cousins, a juvenile tale. She died Feb. 25, 1878, in Morristown, N. J.
Mcintosh, William
journalist, poet, was born April 23, 1852, in New York city. For five years he was on the editorial staffs of the New York Express and New York Star; and since 1880 has been managing editor of the Buffalo Evening News. He is the author of a number of rare poems.
Mcintyre, Archibald Thompson
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 27, 1822, in Twiggs county, Ga.
He was a member of the Florida state legislature in 1849; a member of the state constitutional convention of Georgia in 1865; and was elected to the forty-second congress.
Mcintyre, Rufus
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 19, 1784, in York, Maine. He was a representative in the Maine legislature at its first session; and was then appointed county attorney, which office he held until elected to congress as a representative from Maine, serving from 1827 to 1835. In 1826 he was a commissioner for settling the boundary line of his state; in 1836 was a member of the legislature; and was appointed land agent for two years in 1839. He was subsequently United States marshal for Maine, and surveyor of the port of Portland four years. He died April 28, 1866, in Partonsfield, Maine.
Mcjunkin, Ebenezer
lawyer, congressman, was born March 28, 1819, in Butler county, Pa. He was elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses from Pennsylvania; and resigned in 1874.
Mckaig, William Mcmahon
merchant, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 29, 1845, in Cumberland, Md. He was appointed city attorney of Cumberland, Md., in 1876; and was elected in 1877 from Allegany county to the lower branch of the Maryland legislature. He was elected state senator from Allegany county in 1887; and in 1890 was elected mayor of Cumberland. He was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
Mckay, James J
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1793 in Bladen county, N. C. He served from 1815 to 1831 in the North Carolina state senate; was at one time United States district attorney; and was a representative in congress from 1831 to 1849. He died Sept. 14, 1853, in Goldsborough, N. C.
Mckay, James T
poet, was born in 1843, in New York. He is a noted poet of Huntington, N. Y., and the author of a volume of poems.
Mckay, William J
soldier, clergyman, was born May 29, 1847, near Belfast, Ireland. Since 1870 he has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; has been presiding elder of the Eau Claire district; and is now presiding elder of the Madison district. In 1884, 1888 and in 1896 he was a delegate to the general conference.
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Mckean, James Bedell
soldier, educator, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 5, 1821, in Hoosic, N. Y. In 1854 he was elected county judge for Saratoga county, N. Y., for four years. 1858 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-sixth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress. After leaving congress he was appointed chief justice of Utah.
Mckean, Joseph Borden
lawyer, jurist, was born July 28, 1764, in Pennsylvania. He was appointed attorney general of Pennsylvania by his father in 1800; and served through the latter's term as governor. He was subsequently commissioned associate judge of the district of Pennsylvania, and at his death was president judge of the court. He died Sept. 3, 1826, in Philadelphia.
Mckean, Samuel
congressman, United States senator, was born in 1790 in Huntingdon county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1829; and a senator of the United States from 1833 to 1839. He died June 23, 1840, in McKean county, Pa.
Mckean, Thomas
signer of the declaration of independence, was born March 19,1734, in New London, Pa. In 1762 he was elected to the Delaware assembly, and continued in that station for eleven years. He was a delegate to the New York congress in 1765; and while holding the office of chief justice in Pennsylvania was elected a delegate from Delaware to the continental congress from 1774 to 1776, and from 1778 to 1783. He was a signer of the declaration of independence, and of the articles of confederation. He was judge of the court of common pleas in Delaware. He was governor of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1808. He died June 24, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mckean, Thomas Jefferson
civil engineer, soldier, was born Aug. 21, 1810, in Burlington, Pa. He became paymaster in the United States army in 1861. He died April 19, 1870, in Marion, Iowa.