Mcpherson, Mrs. L. C – Mcvickar, John
Mcpherson, Mrs. L. C
poet. She is the author of Ruellura, a volume of poems.
Mcpherson, William
soldier, was born in 1751 in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1799 he was appointed brigadier-general of the provisional army, and commanded the troops that were sent to enforce the revenue laws in Northampton county during the Fries rebellion. He died Nov. 5, 1813, near Philadelphia, Pa.
Mcquade, James
soldier, was born April 27, 1829, in Utica, N. Y. He served in the civil war, attaining the rank of major-general. He died March 25, 1885, in Utica, N. Y.
Mcquaid, Bernard John
bishop, was born Dec. 15, 1823, in New York city.
He is a noted Roman catholic bishop of Rochester, N. Y., and has built a number of churches.
Mcqueen, John
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1808 in Robinson county, N. C. During the nullification times of 1833 he was elected a colonel of the state militia; in 1834 a brigadier-general, and in 1835 a major-general, which last position he held for ten years, and then resigned. He was elected a representative in congress from South Carolina in 1849, and was a member down to the thirty-sixth congress, serving on leading committees, and was re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress. He withdrew in 1860 and joined the rebellion. He died Sept. 13, 1867, in Society Hill, S. C.
Mcqueen, Mcintosh
lawyer, jurist.
He was an early emigrant to Florida; and was appointed a judge of the United States court for the district of Florida.
Mcrae, Hamilton Samuel
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born Jan. 2, 1833, near New Middletown, Ind. He was elected district attorney of the common pleas court in Indiana. He had been unanimously elected in 1861 to the legislature to fill a vacancy. The most important public enterprise in which he has been engaged is the public library of Muncie, of whose board he has been president since its establishment, in 1875.
Mcrae, John J
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born about 1810 in Wayne county, Miss. He was elected, frequently, to the Mississippi state legislature, and during two sessions officiated as speaker. He was also elected to the state senate; and was, in 1851, for a short time in the United States senate. He was governor of Mississippi from 1854 to 1858, and was elected to the second session of the thirty-fifth congress from Mississippi, as successor to General Quitman, and was re-elected to the thirtysixth congress. He joined the great rebellion in 1861. He died May 30, 1868, in British Honduras.
Mcrae, Thomas Chipman
soldier, legislator, was born Dec. 21, 1851, in Mount Olive, Ark. He received his education at the private schools of Shady Grove, Columbia county; Mount Holly, Union county; and Falcon, Nevada county, Ark. In boyhood he worked on farm, one year in a wholesale mercantile establishment of Shreveport, La., and one year in a retail store at Fala con, Ark. He received a full course of instruction at Soulé Business college of New Orleans, La., and graduated in law at the Washington and Lee university of Virginia. He was admitted to practice in state circuit courts in Rosston, Nevada county, Ark., in 1873; in the Arkansas supreme court in 1876, and in the United States supreme court in 1886. He was a member of the state legislature of Arkansas in 1877, in which year the county seat was changed, and he moved from Rosston to Prescott, where he has since practiced his profession. He was a member of the town council of the incorporated town of Prescott in 1879; was a presidential elector for Hancock and English in 1880; was chairman of the democratic state convention in 1884; was delegate to the national democratic convention in 1884, and is now the democratic national committeeman for Arkansas. He was elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Mcready, James
congressman. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1819 to 1821.
Mcreavy, John
merchant, manufacturer, state senator, was born Feb. 23, 1840, in Northfield, Maine. He received his education in the public schools and academies, and in 1863 settled in the territory of Washington. In 1869 he was a member of the house of the territorial legislature; of the council in 1870; of the house in 1877; of the council in 1885, and a member of the constitutional convention in 1889, and of the first legislature of the state. For many years he was a successful merchant in Union City, and is now in the milling business.
Mcree, Griffith John
soldier, was born in 1758 in Bladen county, N. C.
He was brevet lieutenant-colonel in the revolutionary army, was appointed captain of artillery and engineers in 1794, and resigned in 1798, being appointed in that year collector of revenue for the district of Wilmington, N. C. He died Oct. 30, 1801, in Smithville, N. C.
Mcree, Samuel
soldier, was born Oct. 6, 1801, in Wilmington, N. C. He was made quartermaster with the rank of major in 1839, and brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious conduct while serving in the enemy's country in 1848. He
Mcree, William
soldier, was born died July 15, 1849, in St. Louis, Mo.
Dec. 13, 1787, in Wilmington, N. C. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for gallant conduct in the battle of Niagara, in 1814, and colonel for distinguished and meritorious service in defence of Fort Erie in 1814, and became lieutenant-colonel in 1818. Fort McRee, Pensacola, Fla., was named in his honor. He died in May, 1833, in St. Louis, Mo.
Mcreynolds, Andrew Thomas
soldier, was born Dec. 25, 1806, in Ireland.
He served through the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier-general. He was president of the Detroit board of education, and was United States district atgan. torney for the western district of Michi-
Mcroberts, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born about 1800 in Illinois. He held the office of judge of one of the higher courts of Illinois, and was a member of the Illinois senate, and held the position of district attorney for the United States in Illinois.
He was a senator in congress from Illinois from 1841 to the time of his death. He died March 27, 1843, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mcruer, Donald C
merchant, congressman, was born in 1826 in Maine.
Having emigrated to California, he filled the office of harbor commissioner for that state, and in 1864 was elected a representative from California to the thirtyninth congress.
Mcshane, John A
business man, congressman, was born Aug. 25, 1850, in New Lexington, Ohio. He is a director in the First National bank of Omaha, and helped to organize, and is president of, the Union Stock Yards bank at South Omaha. In 1880 he was elected to the lower house of the state legislature from Omaha for two years, and in 1882 he was elected to the state senate for two years, and was re-elected for another term in 1884. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
Mcsherry, James
state legislator, congressman, was born in Adams county, Pa. He served twenty years in the legislature of Pennsylvania, and was a delegate to reform the constitution of the same, and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1821 to 1823. He died Feb. 3, 1849, in Littlestown, Pa.
Mcsherry, James
lawyer, author, was born in 1819 in Maryland. He was a lawyer of Frederick, Md., and the author of Père Jean, the Jesuit Missionary; Williloft, or the Days of James the First; and History of Maryland. He died July 13, 1869, in Frederick county, Md.
Mcsherry, Richard
physician, author, was born Nov. 21, 1817, in Martinsburg, W. Va. He was a physician of prominence in Baltimore, and in early life in the naval service. He was the author of Early History of Maryland, and Other Essays; El Puchero, a discursive work on Mexico; Military Life in Field and Camp; and Health and How to Promote It, his principal writings. He died Oct. 7, 1885, in Baltimore, Md.
Mcteer, Will Anderson
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 16, 1843, in Blount county, Tenn. During the civil war he served the union as adjutant of the third Tennessee cavalry; was acting assistant adjutant-general of the first brigade fourth cavalry division, and was commissioned as major. He served with distinction as a representative in the Tennessee state legislature. He has been clerk of the circuit court of Blount county; has been United States commissioner for the district of East Tennessee, and for eighteen years has been treasurer of the Maryville college. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Tennessee, and has a large practice in Maryville.
Mctyeire, Holland Nimmons
bishop, author, was born July 28, 1824, in Barnwell county, S. C. He was a methodist bishop in Tennessee, and the author of Manual of Discipline; Duties of Masters; and History of Methodism. He died Feb. 15, 1889, in Nashville, Tenn.
Mcveagh, Wayne
soldier, lawyer, was born in 1833 in Phoenixville, Pa. In 1881 he was appointed attorney-general of the United States in the cabinet of President Garfield.
Mcvean, Charles
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1802 in Johnstown, N. Y. He served as a representative in congress from New York from 1833 to 1835. At the time of his death he was district attorney for southern New York. He died Dec. 20, 1848, in New York city.
Mcvickar, John
educator, author, was born Aug. 10, 1787, in New York city.
He was the author of Outlines of Political Economy; Eighty Years; and The Professional Years of Bishop Hobart. He died Oct. 29, 1868, in New York.