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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



adier-general for meritorious services in tlie 

 civil war March 13, 1865. He served on fron- 

 tier duty during the Black Hawk expedition, 

 and from 1838 till 1845 was on recruiting and 

 frontier service. At the opening of the Mexi- 

 can War he was a captain in the Fifth United 

 States Infantry, and with it took part in the 

 battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. 

 He remained on frontier duty in the Southwest 

 till 1857, took part in the operations against 

 the Seminole Indians in Florida, and, after a 

 brief service as inspector-general of the De- 

 partment of Utah in 1858, was paymaster of 

 the Northwestern posts from 1859 till 1861. 

 In the latter year he was appointed chief of 

 staff to Gen. McClellan, his son-in law, holding 

 the office till Nov. 5, 1863, and taking part in 

 the West Virginia, Peninsula, and Maryland 

 campaigns. From the latter part of 1863 till 

 September, 1865, he was on inspection duty in 

 the departments of the Northwest, Missouri, 

 Arkansas, Mississippi, and the Gulf. He was 

 inspector-general of the military division of the 

 Missouri in 1866, and retired at his own re- 

 quest Jan. 2, 1881. Gen. Marcy was the au- 

 thor of "Exploration of the Red River in 

 1852 " (1853) ; " The Prairie Traveler," a hand- 

 book for overland expeditions, prepared under 

 instructions from the War Department (1859) ; 

 and "Thirty Years of Army Life on the Bor- 

 der" (1866). 



Marmadnke, John Sappington, an American sol- 

 dier, born in Saline County, Mo., March 14, 

 1833 ; died in Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 28, 1887. 

 He studied for two years at Yale, then for a 

 time at Harvard, and was then appointed to a 

 cadetship at West Point, where he was gradu- 

 ated in 1857, and commissioned as a lieutenant 

 in the Seventh United States Infantry, then 

 forming a part of Gen. Albert S. Johnston's 

 force engaged in the operations against the 

 Mormons. In 1860 he resigned his commis- 

 sion, returned to Missouri, and raised a com- 

 pany for the Confederate service. Soon after- 

 ward he was given a lieutenant's commission 

 and assigned to Gen. Hardee's staif. In the 

 latter part of 1861 he was appointed colonel of 

 the Third Confederate Infantry, in 1862 was 

 promoted to brigadier-general for his services 

 at Shiloh, and in 1864 to major-general for 

 gallantry at Jenkins's Ferry and in the cam- 

 paign against Gen. Steele. In October of the 

 latter year he was taken prisoner, and held till 

 August, 1865. After the war he spent a year 

 in Europe, and on his return to Missouri was 

 engaged in various pursuits, including journal- 

 ism, till 1873, when he was appointed secretary 

 of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. 

 He was a State railroad commissioner from 1875 

 till 1884, was an unsuccessful candidate for 

 Governor in 1880, and a successful one in 1884, 

 for the term ending iu 1889. 



McAllister, Julian, an American soldier, born 

 in New York city in 1824 ; died on Governor's 

 Island, New York harbor, Jan. 3, 1887. He 

 was graduated at the United States Military 



Academy, West Point, in 1847 ; immediately 

 assigned to the Second Artillery, with the 

 rank of second lieutenant, and served with, 

 his company throughout the Mexican War. 

 In 1848 he was transferred to the ordnance 

 department, and served two years as assistant 

 ordnance officer at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 

 and the same length of time at the St. Louis 

 arsenal, Mo., being promoted to the rank of 

 first lieutenant of ordnance in 1853. He sub- 

 sequently served at Fort Monroe Arsenal and 

 at the Richmond, Va., foundry, and was assist- 

 ant ordnance officer at Benicia Arsenal, Cal., 

 1858-'60, and in command 1861-'64, receiving 

 his commission as captain on July 1, 1861. 

 During the civil war he served as chief of ord- 

 nance. In 1865 he received the brevets of 

 major and lieutenant-colonel for faithful and 

 meritorious duty in his department, and at the 

 same time that of colonel for zeal, ability, and 

 faithfulness as senior ordnance officer in the 

 Department of the Pacific. He received the 

 full rank of major in 1866, lieutenant-colonel 

 in 1874, and colonel in 1881. At the time of 

 his death the Governor's Island arsenal and 

 the Sandy Hook proving-grounds for ordnance 

 were in his charge, and he was the senior offi- 

 cer of his rank in the ordnance corps. 



Meyrowitz, Alexander, an American educator, 

 born in Wilna, Poland, Aug. 1, 1816 ; died in 

 New York city Aug. 18, 1887. He was edu- 

 cated for the office of rabbi, and began preach- 

 ing when only fourteen years old. A few years 

 later, becoming dissatisfied with Judaism, he 

 went to Leipsic, put himself under the instruc- 

 tion of Franz Delitsch, and accepted the tenets 

 of Christianity. He completed his studies un- 

 der Prof. Fleischer, the Orientalist, and then 

 went to London, where he was graduated at 

 Brasenose College, with the degree of A. B. 

 Next he attended the lectures of Fathers 

 Perona and Modena in Rome, Italy, and, return- 

 ing to England, was appointed tutor in Bristol 

 College in 1843. From 1844 till 1869 he was 

 engaged in teaching in Edinburgh, St. Peters- 

 burg, and several German cities, removing to 

 the United States in October of the latter year. 

 Soon after his arrival in New York city he was 

 appointed Professor of Hebrew Language and 

 Semitic Literature in the University of New 

 York, and in 1876 to a similar chair in the 

 State University of Missouri. 



Mills, Zophar, fireman, born in New York city 

 Sept. 23, 1807; died there Feb. 28, 1887. He 

 began his career as a fireman in 1820 by run- 

 ning with Eagle Company No. 13, and in 1835 

 was made its foreman. In 1838 he became 

 assistant engineer of the entire city fire depart- 

 ment, and in 1854 he was active in the organ- 

 izing of Exempt Engine Company, of which he 

 was elected foreman, and continued so until 

 the volunteer fire department was abolished. 

 Meanwhile Mr. Mills established himself as a 

 commission merchant of naval stores in 1838, 

 and followed that business until his retirement 

 in 1884. He had a high reputation as a fire- 



