OBITUAUIKS. A.MI.i;!< AN. 



McEy.) 



lonl School. In 1880 ho prepared 1'i.r order* un.li-r 



1)|'. Alo||/.o I'ottcr, allll Was United to Hcrillllda h\ 



Spencer of Newfoundland. He was ordained 



i in 1M-J ami priest in |s|;[, and from 1-1 :i |.. 



:i-i in charirc <>l tin- parish D|' I5a\ K" : 



Midland. Mi- n-tiinn-il t<> tin- I 'nitcd States in 



Old founded Chrisl Church parish in Newark, 



N. .1. I ' >m ' t" 1 s1 '''.' In- was lector of ('hri,-t 



Church. Duaiii-shm-ir. N. Y., ami from isr.'.i t 1878 



was lu-ail maMer "I' St. Mark's School at SouthUor- 



ouirh. Mass. In IS";; In- was appointed to tin- chair 



of Latin Language ami Liti-raturt- in I'nioli Collcire, 



S'-heiiectady, which In- tilled for ~i\ \ ears. He wrote. 



lunch I'm- maira/iiics and literary journals, ami was 



iiutlior ol' "The New Priest in Conception May" 



i. ls;,s : ivvt-ed e.lition, ISS-.M; "l-resli Hearts 



that I'aih-il 'I'hree Thousand Year> ALT", and Other 



I'oem-." I'.-M'.OI; "Antoiiv Itradc, a Storv of School- 



fei 1*7-1 1 ; > Burgoyne'i March," a poem 



and "A Story or Two from an old Dutch Town" 

 (Is7si. His work, I ><>t ll ill verse and prose, e\ iliees 

 much individuality and the presence of \vry decided 

 literary irit't.-. as regards vigor of conception and dcli- 

 cac\ of expression. His health, which for sometime 

 luul l:een feeble, was not strong enough to withstand 

 the shock of recent family Bereavements, and his 

 death followed that of his distinguished brother with 

 but a month's interval. 



Ludington, Harrison, merchant, born in Kent, Put- 

 nam County, N. Y., July 3U, 1812; died in Milwaukee, 

 \\ 'is.. .4 une 17, 18'Jl. He received a common-school 

 education, began linsincss life as a clerk, went to Mil- 

 waukee and opened u general store in 1838, and with 

 his brothei-s James and Nelson engaged in the 

 lumber business in 1842. Subsequently he withdrew 

 from tlie linn and formed n partnership with D. 

 Wells, Jr., and A. Ci. Van Schaick, of Chicago. Tin- 

 new tirm bought several saw mills on Green liny, and 

 Air. Ludinirton retained his interests in the lumber 

 business till his death, and was active in it till within 

 a few years, lie took much pride in the develop- 

 ment of Milwaukee, bought the first bag of wheat 

 ever brought to market there, was an alderman and 

 three times Mayor of the city, and was Governor of 

 the State in 1876. He was a Republican in politics. 



McAllister, Robert, military olhcer, born in Juniata 

 County, I'm, June 1, 1813; died in Belvidcre, N. J., 

 Feb. 23, 1891. He spent the early part of his life in 

 his native State, ana at the beginning of the civil war 

 he was engaged in iron mining at Oxford Furnace, 

 N. J. On May 21. 18(51, he was commissioned lieu- 

 tenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers, and 

 with it hastened to the defense of tlie national capi- 

 tal. On June 30, 1862, he was commissioned colonel 

 of the llth New Jersey Volunteers, then being re- 

 cruited. This regiment was assigned to tlie 1st 

 brigade, 2d division, 3d Army Corps, and Col. McAl- 

 lister remained with it till June, lst'4. In the sec- 

 ond day's battle at Gettysburg lie was wounded in 

 the left leg and in the right foot, but, excepting a 

 consequent retirement of three months, he served 

 through the war, from the first Bull Run to the final 

 surrender at Appomattox, and took part in forty en- 

 gagements. In October, 18(52, as senior colonel, he 

 commanded the brigade to which his regiment was 

 attached; on the consolidation of the :id and 3d corps, 

 and while a battle was in progress, he was placed 

 temporarily in charge of the 2d brigade, :',<! division, 

 tid Corps; 'and in June, Isij.j, he was iriveii command 

 of the :;d brigade (lid New Jersey brigade'), 3d divis- 

 ion, -_'d Corps. For conspicuous gallantry at the first 

 "bull pen/ 1 on Boydton Plank Rood, Oct 27, !-.;, 

 he was brevctted brigadier-general, and for meritori- 

 ous services during the war was lirevetted major- 

 general March 13, isi;;>. After the war lie was en- 

 gaged in the mining and shipping of iron ore till ago 

 compelled his retirement. 



McGurdy, Charles Johnson, jurist, bom in Lyme, 

 Conn., Dec. 7, 17 '.'7: died there, .lime s, IV.M." He 

 was graduated at \ ale College in 1M7. studied law, 

 and was admitted to the bar ut New London in 1819. 



.ii-liowl there till 18M, und in !..- n,. 

 won tt member of tin- Conn- client l|., u .. , .f Ib-lrre- 



Hfiitntivi-H in l><-'7, 1- / 



|v', 1*11, and I-IJ, and of t 



Lleutenant-Uoveraorin 1-17 'I-:DI, . 

 Stati-. miiiiMer to Au-.lriu Lfl InlKMbe 



was elected n jud^'e of the Sii|-rior < ourt of Connec- 

 ticut ; in l^i;:; -AIL- raised to the Suj 

 bench ; and in Isi',7 lie w SL- n-tin-d. Jud^'c M 

 was a delegate to the Pea.-,- Convention in :-i;|.uii-l 

 at the time of his death was the lout mirvivor of hi* 



flOHrt unit the olde-t li \iriL' grudlJUtt: ol tlie '.iloffe. 



McDonald, Joseph Ewing, hw\er, tx.rn in 

 county, Ohio, Aui.'. 'J'.'. 1^1'J; died in IndiunuiH.liM, 

 Ind., June 'Jl. IS'.M. llo wa*i removed to Indiana 



when seven \.-:il>l old, 



and edui-atei'l by his 

 mother till he was 

 twelve; was then ap- 

 prenticed to the sad- 

 dler's trade, ami worked 

 at it for six years, lie 

 studied in W'alwsh Col- 

 lege and in Asbury Uni- 

 versity ; taught school, 

 studied law, and was 

 admitted to the bar in 

 1843. Soon after begin- 

 niiiir practice, in Craw- 

 fbrdsville. he was elect- 

 ed prosecuting attorney 

 of tlie county, und by 

 tion served till 

 1847. In 1848 he was elected to Congress from the Mb 

 Indiana District as a Democrat, although the district 

 was usually Whig; und in lsr>(5 and 1S58 he waa 

 elected Attorney-General of his State. He permanently 

 settled in Indianapolis in 185'.. In 18(54 he was the 

 unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor, 

 against Oliver P. Morton. Under his direction, as 

 chairman of the Democratic State Convention, the 

 Democratic party in Indiana was so reorganized that 

 it elected a majority of the Legislature in 1874, and 

 early in 187") he was chosen United States Senator to 

 succeed Daniel D. Pratt, Republican. While in the 

 Senate he served chiefly on tlie Committee on the 

 Judiciary, and was a conspicuous advocate of hard 

 money and a protective tariff. In 1*71; he was ap- 

 pointed a member of the select committee to inquire 

 into alleged frauds in the presidential election, and 

 was specially charged with the investigation of the 

 count in Louisiana. He visited that State, and made 

 the principal argument before the electoral commis- 

 sion in behalf of the objectors to the count of the 

 electoral vote of the State. He was succeeded in the 

 United States Senate by Benjamin Harrison, and re- 

 sumed his law practice. 



McEnery, John, jurist, born in Virginia, in 1883; 

 died in New Orleans, La.. March -js. ix'l. He was 

 graduated at Hanover Colh-ire. Madison, Ind.; was 

 admitted to the bar in northern Louisiana, and 

 practiced till the beirinnin-r of the civil war. Ik- 

 then raised the Ouachita Hitles, in the Confederate 

 service, was commissioned licutciiaiit-colonel of the 

 4th Louisiana Retriment and, after distinguishing 

 himself in action several times, received f.> 

 vert- wounds, which compelled him to retire from 

 active service. After the war he was elected a dis- 

 trict jiidtre and member of the Legislature. In 1^7'J 



he received the Democratic nomination for Governor, 



airainst Willi..m Pitt Kell<>i.'i:, Republican. The can- 

 vass was unusually excitiiiir; many person-. 

 cially colored Voters, were killed; federal 

 wen- employed t i 'eacc and al low the col- 



ored people tO vote without violence or intimidation ; 

 and. although Judi:e McKin-ry received the majority 

 of the votes that were cast, the otti.v \\ a- :.-. 

 Mr. Kelloiri: bv Ju. lire Durcll's order. In I-', t d-v. 

 Keiloirir was driven from the State House by the 

 ' White Lea-rue." after several men bad ' n fc.illod 

 or wounded, and Judge, McKnery was sent for to a- 



