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York, l-JiM-oo; Packer Institute, $20,000; Female 

 EmploN ment S...-icty, Brooklyn, $1.1,1x10; Brooklyn 

 Honpital, *ii'."">: st. Phttbe'i Mi i"n. Brooklyn, 

 <HI>,IMHI; First I nitiirian Church, Brooklyn, $7,600 ; 



ami l.ong Island Historical Society, $.1,ono. 11.. was 

 the father ipf Seth I.->w, Prcsidcni of < '"lumbia Col- 



Lupton. Nathaniel Thomaa, chemist, born in Virginia, 

 Dee. I'.i, ls:;o; ilii-il in Auburn, Ala.. June 1'J. lv:!. 

 Hi' wiis graduated at Dickinson Colleire in Is-J'.t. and, 

 After spending two rears in stiiily in Heidelberg, be- 

 came Professor of Chemistry ami Geology in Kan 

 dolph Mat-on College and in tin: S<nitlu-ni I'liivt-rsity 

 of Alabama. In l s 7l In- \\asclectcd l'rt-.-i<li-iit of the 

 Stall- rnivcrsity of Alabama, taking also tin- chair of 

 Chemistry : in i^7"> In- became Professor of ( 'hemistry 

 in Vandc'rbilt University, when ho remained eleven 

 yi-ars ; and in 1^"> \vas appointed State Chemist of 

 Alabama ami Professor of Chemistry in the Agricul- 

 tunil College of tliat State, holding both offices till 

 his death. Dr. Lupton was chairman of the chem- 

 it-al section of tin- American Assot-iation for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science in 1877; vice-president of that 

 association in 1880 : and Vice- President of the Ameri- 

 can Chemical Sot-'u-ty in 1889. Ho was author of 

 ' The Elementary ri-inciples of Scientific Agricul- 

 lure.'' 



Lyman. Theodore Benedict, clergyman, born in Brigh- 

 ton, Mass., Nov. 27, 1815; died in Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 

 18, 1898. He was graduated at Hamilton College in 

 1887, and at the General Theological Seminary in 

 1840 ; was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episco- 

 pal Church in 1840, and priest in 1841 ; was rector of 

 St. Paul's Church in Hagerstown, Md., in 1840-'50, 

 and of Trinity in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1850-'60 ; and was 

 instrumental 'in establishing the American chapel in 

 Kome, Italy, during a residence in Europe in 18t>0-'70. 

 From 1870 till 1873 he was rector of Trinity Church 

 in San Francisco ; 1873-'81 was Assistant Bishop of 

 North Carolina; and from 1881 till his death was 

 bishop of that diocese, preferring that jurisdiction to 

 the new one of East Carolina, which was created from 

 his former diocese in 1883. He spent 1886-'87 abroad, 

 having succeeded the Bishop of Long Island in charge 

 of American Episcopal churches in Europe. 



McBryde. Margaretta Macauley, philanthropist, born 

 in New York city, in 1841 ; died there, Feb. 8, 1893. 

 Possessing large means, she gave the greater part of 

 her life to benevolent work, established the first 

 woman's lodging house in the city, founded the 

 Riverside Rest Association, was active in the Charity 

 Organization Society, and was a voluntary collector 

 for the Penny Provident fund. 



McCoy, William D., educator, born of free colored 

 parents in Cambridge City, Ind., Nov. 14, 1853; died 

 in Monrovia. Liberia, May 14, 1893. He was educated 

 in the public schools ol Boston ; began teaching in 

 Sidney, Ohio, in IST-J ; removed to Helena, Ark., the 

 same year, and taught school ; was a member of the 

 city council for two years, city recorder four years, 

 and superintendent of public schools one year*; ami 

 from 1879 till January, !*'.:>, was engaged in educa- 

 tional work in Indianapolis, Ind. He was then ap- 

 pointed by President Harrison to be United States 

 minister to the Republic of Liberia. At the time ot" 

 his di-ath he was up-paring to return home for a visit. 

 He was the fourth lulled States minister to Liberia 

 to die at his |>st in the last twelve years. 



MoKennan. William, jurist, born in Washington, Pa., 

 Sept. -JT, IM'i; died in I'ittslmrg, Pa., Oct. _>:, 1M>:!. 

 He was graduated at Washington and .Ictlerson Col- 

 lege in ls;s:}; took a po.st -graduate course at Yale; 

 studied law with his father, and was admitted to the 

 bar in 1837. In lst;;i he was appointed by President 

 Grant judge of the Tinted States Circuit Court for the 

 '.'ill District, comprising tne States of Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey, and Delaware; and in 1889 resigned, and 

 was succeeded by Judge Aehcson. 



McMahon, Lawrence S., clergyman, born in the prov- 

 ince of New Brunswick, in 1835; died in Lakeville, 

 Conn., Aug. 21, 1893. He came to the United States 



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when four years old ; received hi* preliminary edu.-u- 

 tion in the public schools of Biwton ; WUH a otudcnt 

 in the ( 'ollege of the Iluly < 'run* in Wor.-er.ti r. and in 

 Montreal and Baltimore; ami took his theological 

 course in the College of Aix. France, uiid in Kome. 

 He was ordained to the priesthood of tin- Komun 



Catholic church in Komi* in I860, and on returning 



to the I nitcd State* was stationed at the cathedral in 

 Boston till ;-;:!, \\hen he went to the field UM cliaii- 

 lain ofthc-JSlh Massachusetts Volunteers. After tm- 

 war he held pastorates in Bridgewater and New Bed- 

 ford, and on the creation of the see of Providence he- 

 was ap|>ointcd vicar-general to Bishop llendricken. 

 On Aug. 10, IsT'.', he was consecrated UM tilth bii-hop 

 of ihe diocese of Hartford, Conn., and he-id the otli.-e 

 till his death. He received the degree of D.I), from 

 Home in 1878. During his administration he guvu 

 more than $100,000 to the fund for the en-.-tion of the 

 Hartford cathedral, and lived to Bee the completion of 

 tli at work. 



McMichael, William, lawyer, born in Philadelphia, 

 Pa., March 4, 1841 ; died in New York city, April 2<i, 

 1893. He was a son of the Hon. Morton Mi-Michael, a 

 widely known politician and journalist of his day, 

 and was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania 

 in 1859. On the day after the firing on Fort sumter 

 he enlisted in the Commonwealth Artillery of Phila- 

 delphia; soon afterward was coinmisaionecl a lieuten- 

 ant; became a member of the staff of Gen. Charles F. 

 Smith, and afterward of Gen. Lew Wallace, when 

 commanding the army of the Cumberland: and was 

 taken prisoner in the battle of Shiloh and confined 

 for four months in Seltna prison. On his release and 

 exchange he was promoted colonel, and appointed 

 adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Henry W. Ilal- 

 leck. At the close of the war he returned to Phila- 

 delphia, completed his interrupted law studies, and, 

 after admission to the bar, was appointed assistant 

 district attorney. In 1871 he was appointed by Presi- 

 dent Grant United States minister to Santo Domingo, 

 and on his return became I'nited StaU-s District 

 Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 

 He removed to New York city in 1881 ; was appointed 

 by President Gariield a member of the Board of In- 

 dian Commissioners in 1882: and, as the Republican 

 candidate in an overwhelmingly Democratic district, 

 was defeated for Congress in 1891. 



Macomber, Francis A11im 1 lawyer, born in Alabama, 

 (i em-sec County, N. Y r ., April 5| 1837 ; died in Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1893. He received his early edu- 

 cation in the academy at Wyoming, N. Y.. and was 

 graduated at the University of Rochester in 1859. He 

 was a member of the Phi Bela Kapj>a Society, and re- 

 ceived the degrees of A. M. and LL. D. He was ad- 

 mitted to the bar, and practiced law for seventeen 

 years till 1878, when he was elected a justice of the 

 Supreme Court of New York for the term of fourteen 

 years. In 1892 he was re-elected for a like term by 

 the unanimous choice of the Republican and Demo- 

 cratic parties. In 1889 he was assigned by the Gov- 

 ernor to be one of the justices of the General Term of 

 the Supreme Court, and upon his re-election he was 

 continued as a member of that appellate court. For 

 about twenty-three years, and till his death, lie was an 

 active member of the Board of Trustees of the I'ni- 

 versity of Rochester, and diirintr most of that time he 

 was a mem her of ils Exceulive Committee. Justice 

 Macomber was a man of broad learning, a judge of 

 high probity, sagacity, and profound wisdom. He 

 won tlic affection and respect of his associates upon 

 the bench and of his brethren at the bar, and had the 

 confidence and esteem of all who knew him. 



Magrath. Andrew Gordon, jurist, born in Charleston. 

 S. C.. Feb. s. [si:; : ,lj,.,l there. Anril '.', 1 '.:;. lie was 

 graduated at South Carolina College in ls:U.took a 

 course in the Harvard Law School, and was admitted 

 to the bar in 1835. In 1840 and 1S4--' lie was elected 

 to the Legislature, and then practiced law till 1856, 

 when President Pierce appointed him United State* 

 district judge for South Carolina. He held this office 

 till the election of Abraham Lincoln, when he re- 



