Munford, William – Murfree, Mary
Munford, William
lawyer, author, poet, was born Aug. 15, 1775, in Mecklenburg county, Va. He was a lawyer of Richmond, Va., who, beside several volumes of Law Reports, published a volume of Poems (1798) and a scholarly blankverse translation of the Iliad. He died June 21, 1825, in Richmond, Va.
Mungen, William
soldier, journalist, congressman, was born May 12, 1821, in Baltimore, Md. In 1846 and 1848 he was chosen a county auditor of Ohio; and in 1851 was elected to the state senate and declined a re-election. He was appointed state agent to visit all the Ohio troops in the department of Tennessee with pollbooks and tally-sheets; and in 1864 was appointed to perform the same duty for the Ohio troops in the army of the Potomac. In 1866 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the fortieth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyfirst congress as a democrat.
Munger, Theodore Thornton
clergyman, author, was born March 5, 1830, in Bainbridge, N. Y. He was a congregational clergyman of New Haven, prominent among liberal thinkers of that faith; and the author of On the Threshold; The Freedom of Faith; Lamps and Paths; and The Appeal to Life.
Munkittrick, Richard Ken- Dall
journalist, author, poet, was born in 1853 in England. He is a humorous writer of New York city on the editorial staff of Puck; and the author of The Moon Prince, a juvenile; Farming; and The Acrobatic Muse, a collection of humorous verse.
Munn, George F
artist, was born in 1852 in Utica, N. Y. He has painted and sketched in Brittany, and has exhibited at the Dudley gallery, London, at Birmingham, and elsewhere. Among his works are Wild Flowers; Roses; Meadow-Sweet; and A Sunny Day, Brittany.
Munro, George
publisher, was born Nov. 12, 1825, in Nova Scotia. In 1867 he published the Fireside Companion; was the first to issue a series of cheap novels in the form of a weekly journal, and in this form East Lynne first appeared in 1877. He died April 23, 1896, in Pine Hill, N. Y.
Munroe, Charles Edward
educator, chemist, author, was born May 24, 1849, in Cambridge, Mass. He has been professor of chemistry in the United States Naval academy, and in the United States Naval War college and Torpedo station; and is now dean of the Columbian university of Washington, D. C. He is the author of one hundred scientific papers.
MUNROE, [CHARLES] KIRK, author, was born in 1850 in Wisconsin. She is a popular writer, now resident in Florida, whose writings are mainly for juvenile readers. She is the author of Wakulla; Life of Mrs. Stowe; The Flamingo Feather; Derrick Sterling: Crystal Jack and Co.; The Golden Days of '49; Dorymates; Under Orders; Prince Dusty; Campmates; Canoemates; Cab and Caboose; Raftmates; The Coral Ship; The White Conquerors; The Fur Seal's Tooth; Big Cypress; Snow-Shoes and Sledges; Totem of the Bear; Rick Dale; A Young War Chief; and At War with Pontiac.
Munroe, James
legislator, state senator, congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative in congress from New York, serving from 1839 to 1841. He was a member of the assembly of New York in 1850 and 1852, and a state senator during the three subsequent years. He died in 1870 in New Jersey.
Munroe, John
soldier, was born about 1796 in Scotland. He was military and civil governor of New Mexico from October, 1.849, till 1850, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1856. He died April 26, 1861, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Munsell, Franklin
journalist, author, was born in 1857 in New York. He is a publisher of Albany; and the author of Chips for the Chimney Corner; and The Bibliography of Albany.
Munsell, Joel
printer, publisher, author, was born April 14, 1808, in Northfield, Mass. He was a printer and publisher of Albany; and the author of Outlines of the History of Printing; Every- Day Book of History and Chronology; and Chronology of Paper and Paper-Making. He died Jan. 15, 1880, in Albany, N. Y.
Munsey, Frank Andrew
journalist, author, was born in 1854 in Maine.
He is a prominent magazine publisher of New York city; and the author of Afloat in a Great City; The Boy Broker; and Deringforth.
Munson, Æneas
physician, educator, legislator, was born June 24, 1734, in New Haven, Conn. He was president of the Medical society of Connecticut, and was a professor in the Medical school of Yale from its organization till his death.
During the revolutionary war he was often a member of the legislature. He died June 16, 1826, in New Haven, Conn.
Munson, James Eugene
phonographer, author, was born May 12, 1835, in Paris, N. Y. He is a phonographer of New York city; and the author of The Complete Phonographer; Dictionary of Practical Phonography; and Phrase Book of Practical Phonography.
Munson, Loveland
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born July 21, 1843, in Manchester, Vt. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1870; of the house of representatives in 1872, 1874 and 1882; and a member of the state senate in 1878. He was register of probate during 1866-76; and a judge of probate in 1883- 89. The latter year he became a judge; and was re-elected four times, serving until 1898.
Munson, Lyman E
lawyer, jurist.
He was appointed chief justice of the United States court for the territory of Montana.
Munson, Myron Andrews
educator, clergyman, author, was born May 5, 1835, in Chester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard in 1860; and from Andover Theological seminary in 1864. He has made a tour in Europe; served as a soldier; taught Latin, German, English literature and geology; and performed ministerial duty in Vermont, Minnesota, New York and Massachusetts. His health failing, he engaged in historical research, and is the author of The Munson Record, in two volumes; and has issued a dozen pamphlets on diverse themes.
Munson, Samuel Lyman
manufacturer, financier, was born June 14, 1844, in Huntington, Mass. He is a successful manufacturer of shirts and collars of Albany, N. Y. He is a trustee and secretary of the Home Savings bank; and a director of the Albany Exchange National bank.
Munson, Peter
educator, clergyman, was born Sept. 14, 1859, in Sweden. He graduated from the Wesleyan university of Fullerton, Neb.; from the Swedish Theological seminary of Evanston, Ill.; and for three years attended the Illinois Wesleyan university of Bloomington. For several years he was engaged in educational work; is now pastor and secretary of the western Swedish conference; and also missionary secretary of the Kansas-Nebraska district.
Munson, William Benjamin
railroad president, was born Jan. 7, 1846, in Fulton county, Ill. In 1888 he became president of the Denison and Washita Valley railway.
Murat, Napoleon Achille
author, was born Jan. 21, 1801, in Paris, France. In his youth he bore the title of Prince of the Two Sicilies. He came to the United States in 1821, was naturalized and settled in Tallahassee, Fla. He was. mayor of that place in 1824, and postmaster in 1826-28. He died April 15, 1847, in Wasceissa, Fla.
Murbaugh, Edmund Dandridge
educator, college president, was born Nov. 18, 1853, in Uniontown, Ala. He attended the Mary college, and the university of Virginia, after receiving the rudiments of his education in Fredericksburg. He has attained success as an educator; has been president of the A. and M. college of Oklahoma; and is now the president of the Oklahoma Territorial Normal school.
Murch, Thompson H
stone cutter,. journalist, congressman, was born March 29, 1838, in Hampden, Maine. For eighteen years he was a stone cutter, and in 1877 became the editor and publisher of The Granite-Cutters' International Journal. He was elected a representative from Maine to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses.
Murdoch, James Edward
actor, lecturer, author, was born Jan. 25, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a noted actorand lecturer; and the author of Orthophony; The Stage; Plea for Spoken Language; and Analytic Elocution. He died in 1893.
Murdock, Harold
author, was born in 1862 in Massachusetts. He is a bank cashier of Boston; and the author of The Reconstruction of Europe, a Sketch of the Diplomatic and Military History of Continental Europe from the Rise to the Fall of the Second French Empire.
Murdock, James
clergyman, author,. was born Feb. 16, 1776, in Westbrook, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman and educator of New Haven. He was the author of Sketches of Modern Philosophy, and translator of Mosheim's.
Ecclesiastical History, and other works, as well as of a Literal Translation of the New Testament from the Ancient Syriac.
He died Aug. 10, 1856, in Columbus, Miss..
Murdock, Samuel A
soldier, lawyer, was born Jan. 12, 1848, in Mt. Holly, N. J. During the civil war he was a private soldier in company F, eleventh regiment Illinois volunteer cavalry, and was one of the youngest men in that regiment.
He is a prominent lawyer of Havana, Ill.; has been city attorney for four terms; and has filled various public positions of honor in his city, county and state.
Murfree, Fanny Noailles Dick- Inson
author. She is the author of Felicia, a novel.
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Murfree, Mary
Charles Egbert Craddock-author, was born about 1840 in Grantlands, Tenn. She is the author of In the Tennessee Mountains; Where the Battle was Fought; The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains; Down the Ravine; His Vanished Star; In the Clouds; The Story of Keedon Bluffs; The Despot of Broomsedge Cove; In the Stranger People's Country; The Phantoms of the Footbridge; The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain, and Other Stories; and The Juggler.