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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (McKiNXEY MAGUIRE.) 



educated, learned the printer's trade, and re- 

 moved to Philadelphia in 1833, where he became 

 successively proof reader, foreman, and partner 

 with Lawrence Johnson, type founder. After the 

 hitter's death the new type founders' firm of Mac- 

 Kellar, Smith & Jordan was established. He was 

 president of the Type Founders' Association of the 

 United States and a member of several scientific 

 societies. His published books include Tain's 

 Fortnight Ramble; Droppings from the Heart; 

 Lines for the Gentle and Loving: The American 

 Printer, a Manual of Typography (Philadelphia, 

 1866) ; Rhymes at ween Times (1873) ; and Hymns 

 and a Few* Metrical Psalms < 1887). 



McKinney. Philip Watkins, lawyer, born in 

 Buckingham County, Virginia. March 17, 1834; 

 died in Farmville. Va.. March 1. 189!). He was 

 graduated at Hampden-Sidney College in 1853, 

 and studied law in Lexington. When twenty-one 

 years old he was elected to the Legislature. At 

 the opening of the civil war he was a Union man, 

 but went with his State into the conflict. He 

 served as captain of the Buckingham Troop under 

 (Jens. Stephen 1). Lee. Wickham, and Stuart, was 

 incapacitated for field duty by wounds at the 

 battle of Brandy Station, and 'afterward was in 

 department and statf service till the end of the 

 war. He then settled in Farmville to practice. 

 In 1881 he was defeated for Attorney-General of 

 Virginia, although he ran ahead of his ticket, 

 and in 1884 and 1888 he was a delegate to the 

 Democratic national conventions. He was elected 

 (Governor in 1889, defeating William Mahone, 

 Republican, by an overwhelming majority. 



McLellan. Isaac, poet, born in Portland, Me., 

 May 21, 1806; died in Greenport, Long Island, 

 Aug. 20, 1899. He was educated at Bowdoin 

 College, where he was intimate with Hawthorne 

 and Longfellow, and he 

 remained the lifelong 

 friend of the latter. 

 Other notable friends 

 of his were Daniel Web- 

 ster and Willis, the 

 poet. After his gradu- 

 ation he studied law 

 and practiced in Boston 

 several years, contrib- 

 uting at the same time 

 in prose and verse to 

 magazines. In 1851 he 

 removed to New York 

 city, and his latest 

 years were spent at 



Greenport. He was an ardent lover of Na- 

 ture and of field sports, and was often styled 

 " the sportsman's poet." His early work in 

 verse sj>eedily became popular, but is unfamil- 

 iar to the present generation. His latest volume, 

 Poems of the Rod and Gun, with a sketch of 

 the author by Frederick E. Pond (New York, 

 1880), contains some of his best work, and is 

 likely to remain for some time especially dear to 

 sportsmen. The Trout Brook is one of his most 

 characteristic poems. Besides the book already 

 named, he was the author of The Fall of the In- 

 dian, and Other Poems (Boston, 1830) ; The 

 Year, and Other Poems (1832): and Miscellane- 

 ous Poems (1844). The Journal of a Residence 

 in Scotland, etc., was compiled from the manu- 

 scripts of H. B. McLellan. He was never married. 

 His most popular poems, once familiar to all 

 readers, were The Death of Napoleon and New 

 England's Dead. 



Macnichol, Lizzie (Mrs. Elizabeth Reitz), 

 singer, born in Washington, D. C., in 1805; died 

 in Chocorua, N. H., Aug. 12, 1899. She began 



to study in her native city in early youth, sub- 

 sequently became contralto soloist of St. Mat- 

 thew's Church, and afterward held a similar place 

 in Dr. Chapin's church and Christ Church in the 

 same city. In 1888 she was persuaded by Gustav 

 Heinrichs, manager of Mrs. Thurber's American 

 Opera Company, to try her ability for the musical 

 drama in a performance by that company in 

 Washington, and her success was such that on 

 June 1, 1888, she made her formal first appear- 

 ance in the role of Lazarillo in Maritana. She 

 remained two years with the American Opera 

 Company, and in 1890 entered upon a three years' 

 association with the Emma Juch company. She 

 sang the contralto parts in II Trovatore, Ai'da, 

 Lohengrin, and other operas. At 'the beginning 

 of the season of 1894 Miss Macnichol originated 

 the light opera role of Flora Macdonald in the 

 musical adaptation of Rob Roy. She was enthu- 

 siastically applauded in this part in the cities of 

 the United States and Canada for three seasons. 

 Her last years were spent as a member of the 

 Castle Square Opera Company in Philadelphia, 

 New York, Boston, and elsewhere. She married 

 first Franz Vetta, who soon died, and in Novem- 

 ber, 1897, she became the wife of C. L. Reitz. 



McMillan, Duncan Cameron, author, born in 

 Rondout, N. Y., in 1848; died in Closter, N. J., 

 March 22, 1899. For many years he was official 

 reporter of the Ulster County Court, and later 

 he was engaged in newspaper and general steno- 

 graphic work. He was the author of works en- 

 titled The Elective Franchise in the United 

 States (New York, 1878) and Christ reflected in 

 Creation (1897). 



Madill, Henry J., soldier, born in 1829; died 

 in Towanda, Pa., June 29, 1899. He enlisted in 

 the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves, June 22, 1861, 

 and was made "major. On Aug. 30, 1862, he was 

 appointed colonel of the 141st Pennsylvania In- 

 fantry, and he led the regiment through many 

 battles. At Gettysburg he was with his men 

 in the peach orchard, and of the 200 that went 

 in only 19 came out. He was made brigadier 

 general in 1866, and brevetted major general. He 

 held several county offices and served in the 

 Pennsylvania Legislature in 1879-'80. 



Mag-ill, Mary Tucker, author, born in Jef- 

 ferson County, Virginia, Aug. 21, 1832; died near 

 Richmond, Va., April 29, 1899. She was a daugh- 

 ter of Dr. Alfred T. Magill, of the University of 

 A r irginia, and was educated there. After the civil 

 war she conducted Angerona College for Girls, in 

 Winchester, Va. Recently she had removed to 

 Staunton, Va. In addition to sketches and cor- 

 respondence in newspapers and periodicals, she 

 published The Holcombes (Philadelphia, 1868) ; 

 Women; or, Chronicles of the Late War (1870); 

 a School History of Virginia (Baltimore, 1877); 

 and Pantomimes; or, Wordless Poems (Boston, 

 1882). 



Mag-uire, Nicholas H., educator, born in Bur- 

 lington, N. J., Sept. 21, 1814; died in Philadel- 

 phia. Pa., June 29, 1899. He was educated at 

 Mount St. Mary's College, Maryland, became Pro- 

 fessor of Belles-Lettres in Laurel Hill College in 

 Philadelphia in 1835, was chosen principal of 

 Coates Street (now Hancock) School in the same 

 city in 1842, and from 1858 till 1866 was princi- 

 pal of the Central High School. In May, 1870, 

 he was elected principal of the Southeast Gram- 

 mar School (now the Horace Binney Combined 

 School), and he held the place till 1894, when he 

 resigned to become supervising principal over all 

 the public schools of the city. Prof. Maguire 

 said that fully 20,000 boys had been under his- 

 instruction. 



