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Comb gave largely to, and took an active interest 

 in, many charities. One of his notable gifts was 

 $50,000 to the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni- 

 versity, Clarksville, Tenn. 



McDonald, William, Methodist Episcopal 

 clergyman, born in Belmont, Me., March 1, 1820; 

 died in West Somerville, Mass., Sept. 11, 1901. 

 He was educated in the common schools, and 

 received the degree of D. D. from Upper Iowa 

 University in 1887. He was apprenticed to the 

 painting trade, but entered the ministry in 1840, 

 and in 1843 connected himself with the Maine 

 Conference. He had charges in Lincoln, 1843; 

 Oldtown, 1844; Searsmont, 1845; Cherryfield, 

 1846; South Berwick, 1847; Salmon Falls, 1848; 

 Chestnut Street Church, Portland, 1849-'50; 

 Biddeford, 1851-'52; and Congress Street, Port- 

 land, 1853. During 1854 he was the representa- 

 tive of a tract society. In the summer of 1855 

 he preached in Minneapolis, Minn., and then in 

 Appleton, Wis. He then supplied the pulpit of 

 Haverhill Street Church, Lawrence, Mass.; was 

 pastor of Clark Memorial Church, Portland, in 

 1858; organized Trinity M. E. Church, Providence, 

 R. I., in 1859; and held the following pastorates 

 in order: New Bedford, Mass., 1860-'61; Chest- 

 nut Street Church, Providence, 18G2-'64; Grace 

 Church, Boston, 1866-'69; East Boston, 1869; 

 and Brooklyn, N. Y., 1870-71. While in Boston 

 he had been elected a member and vice-president 

 of the National Camp-Meeting Association, which 

 office he held sixteen years, succeeding to the 

 presidency upon the death of the Rev. J. S. 

 Inskip, and continuing as its president for twelve 

 years. With the latter he engaged in evangelistic 

 work. They visited England tw r ice, and in 1880 

 extended the trip to India, Australia, and the 

 Holy Land. They made 12 evangelistic trips from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific, preaching in 21 States, 

 the first time carrying with them a large tent in 

 which to hold services. In 1870 Dr. McDonald 

 was made editor of the Advocate of Holiness 

 (changed to .Christian Witness in 1883), and he 

 was at its head for about twenty-five years. He 

 also held brief pastorates in Boston, Brookline, 

 and Auburndale in his later years. He was the 

 author of History of Methodism in Providence, 

 R. I.; Spiritualism Identified with Ancient Sor- 

 cery; New Testament Demonology and Modern 

 Witchcraft; After Death, What?; Scripture Way 

 of Holiness; Saved to the Uttermost; Wesley and 

 his Doctrine; Another Comforter; The People's 

 Wesley; and Life of Rev. Alfred Cookman. 



Macfeely, Robert, soldier, born in Pennsylva- 

 nia, July 1, 1826; died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 

 22, 1901. He was graduated at West Point in 

 1852, was made 2d lieutenant in the 4th Infantry, 

 in which Ulysses S. Grant was then a captain. 

 In the same year the regiment was ordered to 

 the Pacific coast by way of the Isthmus of Pan- 

 ama, and in the Bay of Panama cholera deci- 

 mated the command. He served in California 

 and southern Oregon, and was finally stationed 

 at Fort Vancouver, Washington, the headquar- 

 ters of his regiment. He was made 1st lieutenant, 

 May 31, 1855, and accompanied the early expe- 

 dition in the Oregon Indian war that began in 

 1856. On this expedition he attracted attention 

 by his efficiency as a quartermaster and commis- 

 sary, and on May 13, 1861, he was transferred to 

 the commissary-general's department, with the 

 rank of captain. He served throughout the civil 

 war, receiving the rank of major, Feb. 9, 1863, 

 and March 13, 1865, he was brevetted colonel for 

 faithful and meritorious service. After the war 

 he was chief commissary of Gen. Sheridan's di- 

 vision of the Missouri. On April 14, 1875, he 



was appointed brigadier-general >md '.,mmi-,sary- 

 general of subsistence, lie retired .July i. ]S!)<). 



Mackay, Andrew J., soldier, boiii in Cale- 

 donia, N. Y., in 182G; died in New V'ork <'itv, 

 Jan. 18, 1901. Before the war he owned u | }ll -,r,! 

 ranch in Texas, arid furnished the regular ;un7v 

 with supplies. He was on his way bu.-k to l'< :;;is 

 in 1801, when Gen. Thomas warned him 

 be unsafe for him to return thither. The ofl'i r 

 Gen. Thomas made him to appoint him a captain 

 and quartermaster of volunteers and assign him 

 to his own staff was accepted. He served through 

 the war, and was in all the battles in which 

 Thomas's forces were engaged. He was promoted 

 for meritorious service to major, lieutenant-colo- 

 nel, colonel, and brevet brigadier-general of volun- 

 teers. After the war he was interested in the 

 milling business in Minnesota. He afterward had 

 a stock ranch in Nebraska, and then removed to 

 New York. 



McKeever, Chauncey, soldier, born in Mary- 

 land in 1828; died near Emden, Germany, Sept. 

 5, 1901. He was graduated at West Point in 

 1849, and assigned to the 1st Artillery as brevet 

 2d lieutenant. He was commissioned 2d lieuten- 

 ant, 3d Artillery, July 27, 1850, and 1st lieu- 

 tenant, Dec. 24, 1853. Previously to the civil war 

 he was engaged chiefly in frontier duty. July 1, 

 1861, he was brevetted captain and appointed 

 assistant adjutant-general. He was commis- 

 sioned captain and assistant adjutant-general, 

 Aug. 3, 1861; major, July 17, 1862; lieutenant- 

 colonel, March 3, 1875; and colonel, Feb. 28, 1887. 

 He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 24, 



1864, and colonel and brigadier-general, March 13, 



1865, for diligent, faithful, and meritorious serv- 

 ices in the adjutant-general's department. 



McKellar, Archibald, sculptor, born in Pais- 

 ley, Scotland, Oct. 23, 1844; died in Bridgeport, 

 Conn., July 4, 1901. He removed to New York 

 city when nineteen years old, and engaged with 

 a firm that made a specialty of metal monu- 

 ments. His work at once attracted attention. 

 Shortly after the Monumental Bronze Company 

 was formed, about 1880, Mr. McKellar was se- 

 cured as its sculptor, and removed to Bridgeport. 

 At the time of his death he was superintendent 

 and a director of the company. An immense 

 amount of work came from his hand, and there 

 is scarcely a city of any importance in Europe 

 or America where a piece of his work is not to 

 be found. His statue of James A. Garfield, in 

 bronze, at Wilmington, Del., was chosen in com- 

 petition, and won for him high praise from the 

 critics and from the family of the dead President. 

 His best-known piece, Defense of the Flag, has 

 been copied nearly 1,000 times, and his Liberty, 

 Justice, Peace, and Honor all show him at his 

 best and won him national fame. His last work, 

 a masterpiece in bronze, was a four-sided pyra- 

 mid bearing four panels a soldier, a sailor, Lib- 

 erty, and the All-seeing Eye erected in New- 

 port, R. I. 



McMahon, James, clergyman, born in Ire- 

 land in 1837; died in Washington, D. C., April 15, 

 1901. He was a cousin of Marshal McMahon of 

 France, and after his graduation at the college 

 of Maynooth studied at the Seminary of St. Sul- 

 pice, in Paris, and later in Montreal. He also 

 received a musical education, and while in Paris 

 was an organist and a member of an army band. 

 In 1843 he was appointed assistant to the Rev. 

 William Starrs, in St. Mary's Church, New York 

 city. In 1850 he was made pastor of the Church 

 of St. John the Evangelist, which then owned 

 the property upon which St. Patrick's Cathedral 

 now stands. When St. John's was removed to 



