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In the campaign of 1800 he accompanied the 

 orators on the stump, singing his songs. In 1862, 

 with President Lincoln's approval, he went to the 

 front to sing for the soldiers, and he spent three 

 years with the different armies, East and West. 

 Among his songs were Peter Butternut's Lament, 

 Marching on to Richmond, We Must Not Fall 

 Back any More, Ulysses Leads the Van, and Our 

 Free America. 



Lowrie, John Cameron, clergyman, born in 

 Butler, Pa., Dec. 10, 1808; died in East Orange, 

 N. J., May 31, 1900. He was graduated at Jef- 

 ferson College in 1829. He attended Western 

 Theological and Princeton Seminaries, was gradu- 

 ated at the latter in 1832, and was licensed to 

 preach. He went to India as a missionary in 

 1833, but his health failed, and he returned to the 

 United States in 1836. He became assistant sec- 

 retary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis- 

 sions in 1838, and served till 1850. He was pastor 

 of the 42d Street Presbyterian Chui'ch, New York, 

 from 1845 till 1850. In 1850 he became secretary 

 of the Presbyterian Board, and served till 1891, 

 when he retired and was made secretary emeritus. 

 He was moderator of the Presbyterian General 

 Assembly in Pittsburg in 1865. Dr. Lowrie pub- 

 lished Travels in' Northern India ; Two Years in 

 Upper India; Memoirs of the Hon. Walter 

 Lowrie; Manual of Foreign Missions; Missionary 

 Papers; Presbyterian Missions; and many arti- 

 cles in periodicals. 



Ludlow, George Craig, jurist, born in Mil- 

 ford. N. J., April 6, 1830: died in New Brunswick, 

 N. J., Dec. 18, 1900. He was graduated at Rut- 

 gers College in 1850, and in 1853 was admitted 

 to the bar and began practice in New Brunswick. 

 He was counsel for that city, was a member of 

 the Boai-d of Freeholders of Middlesex County, 

 and for several years was president of the New 

 Brunswick Board of Education. In 1876 he was 

 elected to the State Senate., and in 1878 was 

 chosen president of that body. In 1880 he was 

 elected Governor of New Jersey on the Demo- 

 cratic ticket. In 1894 he was a member of the 

 Constitutional Commission. June 13, 1895, he 

 was appointed justice of the Supreme Court, 

 which office he held at the time of his death. 



McCartee, Divie Bethune, missionary, born in 

 Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 13, 1820; died July 17, 

 1900. He was graduated at the University of 

 Pennsylvania, from which institution he received 

 the degrees of A. M. and M. D., and began the 

 practice of medicine in Philadelphia. In June, 

 1843. he was requested by the Board of Foreign 

 Missions of the Presbyterian Church to go to 

 China as a medical missionary. In 1844 he 

 opened a mission at Ningpo, and for nearly forty 

 years thereafter devoted his life to work among 

 the Chinese and Japanese. He received a gold 

 medal from the Chinese Government in recogni- 

 tion of his services in connection with the sup- 

 pression of the Macao coolie traffic, and later re- 

 ceived the title of consul general for services in 

 the Chinese legation. From the Japanese Gov- 

 ernment he received the decoration of the Fifth 

 Order of the Rising Sun. 



IMcClernand, John Alexander, lawyer, born 

 in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, May 30, 1812; 

 died in Springfield, 111., Sept. 20^ 1900. In 1832 

 he was admitted to the bar, and in the same 

 year he was a volunteer in the war against the 

 Sacs and Foxes. In 1835 he established the 



IShawneetown, 111., Democrat. From 1837 till 

 1S42 he was a member of the Illinois Legislature. 

 In 1843 he was elected to Congress, where he 

 served till 1851, was re-elected in 1858, and re- 

 signed at the outbreak of the civil war. He was 



appointed brigadier general of volunteers, accom- 

 panied Gen. Grant to Belmont, and did good service 

 at Fort Donelson. March 21, 1862, he was pro- 

 moted major general of volunteers. He com- 

 manded a division at Shiloh, and in January, 



1863, relieved Gen. Sherman in command of the 

 expedition to Vicksburg. He afterward com- 

 manded the force that captured Arkansas Post, 

 and was present at the battle of Champion Hills. 

 In July, 1863, he was relieved from command of 

 the 13th Army Corps, pending an investigation of 

 charges made against him by Gen Grant. These 

 charges were not sustained, and, in January, 



1864, he was restored to active command. He 

 resigned from the army in November, 1864. In 

 1870 he was elected circuit judge for the Sanga- 

 mon, 111., district, and he served till 1873. In 

 1876 he was chairman of the Democratic conven- 

 tion at St. Louis, and under President Cleveland 

 he served as a member of the Utah Commission. 



McClure, Daniel, soldier, born in Indiana, in 

 1830; died in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 31, 1900. He 

 was graduated at West Point in 1849, and was 

 brevetted second lieutenant of mounted rifles. 

 He served at the Cavalry School for Practice, Car- 

 lisle, Pa., 1849-'50, at Fort Laramie, Dak., in 

 1850, resigning from the service Nov. 30, 1850. 

 He was colonel of the Indiana militia from 1854 

 till 1858, and was Secretary of State of Indiana 

 from 1856 till 1858. During the civil war he was 

 a paymaster, receiving the following appoint- 

 ments: Major and paymaster, Oct. 23, 1858; 

 brevet lieutenant colonel, March 13, 1865, for 

 faithful and meritorious conduct during the war; 

 brevet colonel, March 13, 1865, for faithful and 

 meritorious conduct in the pay department; colo- 

 nel and assistant paymaster general, July 25, 

 1866. He retired from the army Dec. 30, 1888. 



McClurg, Joseph W., lawyer, born in St. 

 Louis County, Missouri, Feb. 17, 1818; died in 

 Lebanon, Mo., Dec. 2, 1900. He studied at Ox- 

 ford College, Ohio. In 1841 he went to Texas, 

 was admitted to the bar, and became clerk of 

 the circuit court. He returned to Missouri in 

 1844, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In the 

 civil war he was colonel of an infantry regiment 

 in the National service. He was elected as a Re- 

 publican to Congress in 1862, 1864, and 1868. In 

 the latter year lie was elected Governor of Mis- 

 souri on the Republican ticket. In recent years 

 he was extensively engaged in mining. 



McCormick, Leander James, inventor, born 

 in Walnut Grove, Va., Feb. 8, 1819; died in 

 Chicago, 111., Feb. 20, 1900. At an early age he 

 became associated with his father in the reaper- 

 manufacturing industry, and in 1846 had a third 

 interest in the 75 reaping machines built and sold 

 by the company. In 1847 he removed to Cincin- 

 nati, and in 1848 to Chicago, where he and his 

 brother, Cyrus H., formed a partnership in 1849. 

 He supervised the manufacturing department of 

 the business till 1879, when it was incorporated 

 as the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. 

 He remained actively engaged in the affairs of the 

 corporation till 1889, when he retired. He in- 

 vented many improvements in the machine that 

 made his family celebrated. In 1871 he presented 

 an observatory and a 24-inch refracting telescope 

 to the University of Virginia. 



McGill, Alexander Taggart, lawyer, born in 

 Allegheny City, Pa., in 1843: died in Jersey City, 

 N. J., April 21, 1900. He was graduated in 1864 

 at Princeton College, where his father was a pro- 

 fessor, and at the Columbia Law School in 1866. 

 He was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an 

 attorney in 1867, and as a counselor in 1870. He 

 removed from Trenton to Jersey City in 1868. In 





