Metcalf, Richard – Middleton, Henry
Metcalf, Richard
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 19, 1829, in Providence, R. I. He was a unitarian clergyman, pastor at Winchester, Mass., in 1866- 81; and the author of Letter and Spirit; and The Abiding Memory, a collection of Sermons. He died June 30, 1881, in Winchester, Mass.
Metcalf, Theron
lawyer, jurist, author, was born uct. 16, 1784, in Franklin, Mass. He was a jurist of Massachusetts; and the author of Principles of the Law of Contracts; Digest of Massachusetts Supreme Court Cases in 1816-23; and Reports, in 1840-49. He died Nov. 12, 1875, in Boston, Mass.
Metcalfe, Henry
educator, author, was born Oct. 29, 1847, in New York city.
He is an instructor of ordnance at West Point who has published The Cost of Manufactures; and Ordnance and Gunnery.
Metcalfe, Henry B
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1805, in Albany, N. Y. He was county judge from 1847 to 1874, when he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress.
Metcalfe, John A
lawyer, orator, was born April 19, 1853, in Clark county, Ky. For many years he taught school in Illinois, and since 1884 has practiced law in Iowa, and has a lucrative practice in Newton. As a political orator he is well known in the west, and lectured extensively during the political campaign of 1896, gaining a reputation as a brilliant and patriotic platform speaker.
Metcalfe, Lyne Shackelford
soldier, merchant, congressman, was born April 21, 1822, in Madisonville, Ky. He moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1863; served in the city council there, and was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-fifth congress as a republican.
Metcalfe, Samuel L
scientist, physician, author, was born Sept. 21, 1798, near Winchester, Va. He was a physician and scientist of New York city, and the author of Narratives of Indian Warfare in the West; New Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism; and Caloric. He died July 17, 1856, in Cape May, N. J.
Metcalfe, Thomas
soldier, state legislator, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born March 20, 1780, in Fauquier county, Va. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature for several years. He was a representative in congress from 1819 to 1829, when he was elected governor of Kentucky, which office he held until 1833. In 1834 he was elected to the state senate, and in 1840 was chosen president of the board of internal improvement. In 1848 he was appointed and elected to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Crittenden in the senate of the United States. He died Aug. 18, 1855, in Nicholas county, Ky.
Meteer, John
lawyer, journalist, was born Dec. 11, 1872, in Parsons, Kan.
He is the editor and part owner of The Advocate of Richfield, Utah; and a lawyer of that city. He is prominent in political affairs; was twice elected chairman of the Richfield republicans; and has taken an active part in the material advancement of his city and county.
Mettke, Hans
musician, composer, was born July 24, 1856, in Posen. He has published numerous compositions for voice, píano and orchestra, and is the author of numerous letters on musical Thistory.
Meyer, Adolph
soldier, planter, congressman, was born Oct. 19, 1842.
He was elected from Louisiana to the ifty-second, fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Meyer, Cornelia Beebee
the wife of the Hon. John Meyer of Newton, Iowa, was born Sept. 8, 1832, in Bristol, N. Y. In 1853 she graduated from the Oberlin college, Ohio, and was one of the most active, persevering and self-sacrificing for others' good in her time.
Previously she had received the rudiments of her education in the public schools, in which she also was a teacher.
She was an untiring worker and leader during the war in the Woman's Relief corps; and was ever active in the Woman's Christian Temperance union, Young Men's Christian association, the W. S. A. and the Y. P. S. C. E., always spending her time in things promotive for good. In 1853 she was married to Mr. Meyer, and was a leader in the religious and educational affairs of Newton, Iowa, until her death on July 24, 1895.
Meyer, John
soldier, farmer, merchant, legislator, was born Feb. 26, 1826, near Bellefonte, Pa. In 1846 he attended the Mifflinburg academy, Pennsylvania; in 1853 he graduated from the Oberlin college, Ohio, and subsequently taught in the common and academic schools, and in Oberlin college. In 1861 he was a representative in the ninth general assembly of Iowa.
Iowa. In 1862 he was captain of company K, twenty-eighth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry; served three years in the war; was in many hard-fought battles, and for bravery was commissioned major and colonel. In 1865 he was elected state senator, and served in the eleventh and twelfth assemblies, and again served with distinction in the seventeenth and eighteenth general assemblies. In 1878 he was a Grant elector; has been trustee and treasurer of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' home; has been a trustee of the Iowa college since 1860; for sixteen years was chairman of the committee of instruction and instructors; for twelve years was president of the school board; for ten years was city councilman of Newton, Iowa; and was an original abolitionist and a conductor on the underground railroad.
Meyer, Lucy Rider
educator, journalist, author, was born in September, 1849, in Weybridge, Vt. She is the founder and principal of the Chicago Training school; also founder of the deaconess work of the methodist episcopal church of America; and editor-in-chief of the Deaconess Advocate.
Meyerhardt, Max
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 24, 1855, in Germany. When a year old he came to America with his parents, and was educated in Nashville, Tenn., and Rome, Ga. He is an able lawyer of Rome, Ga., of which city he has been a member of the board of education for fourteen years. He has been city attorney and county attorney; and has served with distinction as judge of his city and county. He is a prominent Mason, and has filled several of the highest offices in that order.
Meyers, Benjamin F
journalist, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 6, 1833, in Centreville, Pa.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1864, and a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1864. He became editor and proprietor of the Bedford Gazette in 1857, and one of the proprietors and editor-in-chief of the Harrisburg Daily Patriot in 1868. He was elected to the forty-second congress.
Michel, John Alfred
public official, financier, was born Aug. 7, 1836, in New Orleans, La. He has filled numerous positions of trust in Brownsville, Texas; has been county assessor, president of the city council, collector of taxes, and during 1893-97 was collector of customs for the district of Brazos de Santiago.
Michel, John T
lawyer, legislator, was born in May, 1838, in Jefferson, La.
In 1892 he was elected a member of the Louisiana house of representatives, and in 1896 he was secretary of state of Louisiana.
Michelson, Albert Abraham
physicist, author, was born Dec. 19, 1852, in Poland. His researches at the United States naval academy during 1878-80 resulted in his experimental determination of the velocity of light as 186,305 miles a second.
Michie, Peter Smith
engineer, educator, author, was born March 24, 1839, in Scotland. He is a military engineer, professor of mathematics at West Point since 1871, and the author of Wave Motion Relating to Sound and Light; Life of General Upton; Analytical Mechanics; Hydromechanics; and Practical Astronomy.
Middleswarth, Ner
state legislator, congressman, was born about 1780 in New Jersey. On moving to Pennsylvania he was elected to the state legislature and made speaker. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855. He died June 2, 1865, in Beavertown, Pa.
Middleton, Arthur
signer of the declaration of independence, was born June 26, 1742, in Middleton Place, S. C.
He was the author of the first draft of the South Carolina state constitution. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1776 to 1778, and again from 1781 dependence. He served frequently in the to 1783, and signed the declaration of instate legislature. He died Jan. 1, 1787, in Goose Creek, S. C.
Middleton, Edward
naval officer.
He entered the United States navy in 1828, and in 1876 was made rear-admiral.
He died April 27, 1883, in Washington, D.
C.
Middleton, George
state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 14, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was twice elected to the legislature of New Jersey, and was elected a representative from New Jersey to the thirty-eighth congress.
Middleton, Henry
congressman, was born in 1717 in South Carolina. He was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental congress from 1774 to 1776, and was the second member called to officiate as president of that body. died June 13, 1784, in Charleston, S. C.
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Middleton, Henry
state legislator, state senator, congressman, governor, was born in 1771 in Middleton Place, S. C. He was chosen a representative in the South Carolina state legislature in 1801, and then state senator until elected governor in 1810. From 1815 to 1819 he was a representative in congress, and in 1820 was appointed minister to Russia, which position he filled for many years. He died June 14, 1846, in Charleston, S. C.