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Rh  Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea. After the war he returned to the book business in Chicago, becoming a partner in the firm of Jansen, McClurg and Co., and the house is now widely known under the name of A. C. McClurg and Co., booksellers and publishers. Gen. McClurg has been a frequent contributor to periodical literature.

McCLURG, James, physician, b. in Hampton, Va., in 1747; d. in Richmond, Va., 9 July, 1825. He was a fellow-student with Thomas Jefferson at William and Mary college, at which institution he was graduated in 1762. He took his degree in medicine at Edinburgh in 1770, and subsequently pursued his studies in London and Paris. On returning to this country in 1773 he settled in Williamsburg, Va., where he soon took high rank as a physician, but in 1783 he removed to Richmond. He sat for many years in the Virginia council, and was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the United States. During his residence abroad he published an "Essay on the Human Bile" (London), which was translated into several languages. He is also the author of a paper on "Reasoning in Medicine" in the Philadelphia "Journal of the Medical Physical Sciences." He had considerable skill as a writer of vers de société, and his "Belles of Williamsburg" (1777), a few stanzas of which were written by Judge St. George Tucker, is published in John Esten Cooke's "Virginia Comedians" (New York, 1854).

McCLURG, Joseph Washington, legislator, b. in St. Louis county, Mo., 22 Feb., 1818. He was educated at Oxford college, Ohio, and taught in Louisiana and Mississippi in 1835-'6. He then went to Texas, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and made clerk of the circuit court in 1840. In 1844 he returned to Missouri and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1861 he suffered from Confederate depredations on his property, became colonel of the Osage regiment, and subsequently of a regiment of National cavalry. He was a member of the state conventions of Missouri in 1861-'2-'3, and was elected and re-elected to congress while residing in Linn Creek, Camden co., first as an Emancipation and afterward as a Republican candidate, serving from 7 Dec,, 1863, till 1868, when he resigned. In the latter year he was elected governor and served the full term.

MacCOLL, Evan, Canadian poet, b. in Kenmore, Argyleshire, Scotland, 21 Sept., 1808. He received a good education, and in 1837 became a contributor to the "Gaelic Magazine" published in Glasgow. In 1831 MacColl's family emigrated to Canada, but he remained behind, and in 1837 was appointed a clerk in the Liverpool custom-house. In 1850 he removed to Canada, and soon afterward obtained a situation in the Kingston custom-house, where he remained till he was retired in 1880. During his residence in Canada he has written numerous poems, chiefly of a lyrical character, the most noted of which is "My Rowan Tree." He has been for many years the bard of the St Andrew's society of Kingston. He has published in book-form "Clarsach Nan Beann, or Poems and Songs in Gaelic" (Glasgow, 1837; new edition, 1886), and "The Mountain Minstrel, or Poems and Songs in English"; third Canadian edition of his works (Toronto, 1887). See Wilson's "Poets and Poetry of Scotland" (New York, 1876).—His daughter, Mary Jemima, b. in Liverpool, England, 7 May, 1847, was educated in Kingston, Ont., taught for several years, and in 1881 married Prof. Otto Henry Schulte, of Hasbrouck institute, Jersey City, N. J. She is the author of "Bide a Wee, and other Poems" (Buffalo, 1879; 4th ed., Toronto).

McCOLLESTRE, Sullivan Holman, clergyman, b. in Marlborough, N. H., 18 Dec., 1826. He was graduated at Norwich, Vt., university in 1851, and studied theology at Cambridge divinity-school. He began preaching to a Universalist congregation at Swanzey, N. H., in 1853, and subsequently held a pastorate at Westmoreland. He was then chosen president of the State board of commissioners, and after teaching and preaching in Westbrook (now Deering), Me., he obtained in 1864, from the Maine legislature, a charter for a female college. In 1872-'6 he was president of Buchtel college, Akron, Ohio, and he has since established churches at Bellows Falls, Vt., and Dover, N. H., from which last pastorate he resigned in 1885. He received the degree of D. D. from St. Lawrence university in 1874. Besides being a frequent contributor to religious and educational journals, he has published "After-Thoughts of Foreign Travel" (Boston, 1880).

McCONAUGHY, David, clergyman, b. in Menallen, York co. (now Adams), Pa., 29 Sept., 1775; d. in Washington, Pa., 29 Jan., 1852. He was graduated at Dickinson in 1795, and after studying theology was licensed to preach as a Presbyterian in 1797. In 1800 he accepted a call from the United Christians of Upper Marsh creek and Conewago, remaining there until 1832. From 1832 till 1849 he was president of Washington college. He received the degree of D. D. from Jefferson in 1833, and that of LL. D. from Washington in 1849. Dr. McConaughy published sermons and addresses, tracts on the "Doctrine of the Trinity" and on "Infant Baptism," "A Brief Summary and Outline of Moral Science" (1838), and "Discourses, chiefly Biographical, of Persons Eminent in Sacred History" (Washington, Pa., 1850).

McCONNEL, John Ludlum, author, b. in Jacksonville, Ill., 11 Nov., 1826; d. there, 17 Jan., 1862. His father, Murray McConnel, fought in the Black Hawk war, was in both branches of the legislature, and in 1855-'9 was fifth auditor of the treasury. The son studied law under his father, and was graduated at the law-school of Transylvania university, Lexington. Ky. In 1846 he enlisted as a private for the Mexican war, became 1st lieutenant of his company, and was promoted to captain after the battle of Buena Vista, where he was twice wounded. After the war he returned to Jacksonville and practised law there till his death, which was caused by an illness that he had contracted in Mexico. His books, which illustrate western life and character, include "Talbot and Vernon" (New York, 1850); "Grahame, or Youth and Manhood" (1850); "The Glenns" (1851); and "Western Characters, or Types of Border Life" (Boston. 1853). At the time of his death he was engaged in a work to be entitled "History of Early Explorations in America." with special reference to the labors of the early Roman Catholic missionaries.

McCOOK, Daniel, soldier, b. in Canonsburg, Pa., 20 June, 1798; d. near Buffington's island,