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198 . He was promoted major of the 4th cavalry, 26 Jan., 1869, and lieutenant-colonel of the 8th cavalry, 9 Jan., 1886. In 1888 he marched with his regiment of twelve troops from Fort Concho, Tex., to Fort Meade, Dak., a distance of fifteen hundred miles, lie had some years before this, with only a small party, ridden three hundred miles in five days without changing horses and without forage, depending entirely on grazing. Gen. Mizner was made colonel of the lUth cav- alry, 15 April, 1890, and retired in August, 1897.

MOLLY, Captain, b. about 1756; d. near West Point, N. Y., about 1789. She was the wife of a cannonier, and was at Fort Clinton when it was captured by the British in October, 1777. As the enemy scaled the parapet, her husband dropped his port-fire and fled, but Molly caught it up and discharged the last gun fired by the Americans on that occasion. She was also con.spicuous at the battle of Monmouth, 38 June, 1778, where she carried water from a neighboring spring to her husband while he was serving a gun. A shot killed him at his post, and Molly seized the ram- mer and filled his place at the gun. After the battle, covered with dirt and blood, she was pre- sented by Gen. Nathanael Greene to Washington, who commended her bravery and made her a ser- geant. On his recommendation her name was placed upon the list of half-pay officers for life. She continued with the army, and after the war resided at Buttermilk Falls. N. Y. Mrs. Alexander Hamilton describes her as " a stout, red-haired, freckle-faced young Irish woman, with a hand- some, piercing eye." She was a favorite with the army, and generally wore an artilleryman's coat over her dress and a cocked hat. Captain Molly has been erroneouslv called Moll Pitcher.

MONAGHAN, John James, R. C. bishop, b. at Sumter, S. C, 23 May, 1856, and educated at St. Charles's college, Maryland, where he graduated ui 1876. He studied philosophy and theology at St. Mary's seminary, Baltimore, from 1876 to 1880, -and was ordained a priest, 19 Dec. of the latter year. He served as pastor of St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's churches in Charleston until 1883, when he became pastor of St. Mary's church at Green- ville and of the missions at Abbeville, Anderson, .and Spartanburg, and the forty-five stations con- nected therewith, all of which he visited as mis- sionary till 1887. He was chancellor of the Charles- ton diocese under Bishop Northrop from 1887 and pro-rector of the cathedral, and associate rec- tor of St. Patrick's church, Charleston, from 1888 to 1897. He was appointed bishop of Wilmington, Del., in 1897, and was consecrated, 9 May, 1897, in the Wilmington pro-eathedral, by Cardinal Gib- bons, assisted by Bishops Northrop and Curtis, the latter having resigned the see of Wilmington.

MONETTE, John Wesley, author, b. in Ohio, 3 April, 1803; d. in Madison pari-sh. La., 1 March, 1851. He was graduated at the Kentucky medical college in 1832. Dr. Monette was mayor of Wash- ington, Miss., and a member of the legislature. He was the author of a " History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi " (3 vols.. New York, 1846), and left in manuscript a valual)le work on the " Rivers of the Southwest."

MONEY, Hernando de Soto, senator, b. 36 Aug., 1839, ill Holmes county. Miss. He received his education at the University of Mississippi, and at the beginning of the civil war he entered the Con- federate army, serving until September, 1864. He was a member of the Democratic house of repre- sentatives in 1875-'85, and again in 1894-'6. In the latter year he was elected to the senate for the term commencing 4 March, 1899; 8 Oct., 1897, he was appointed to the senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Z. George on 14 Aug. of that year. The appointment was con- firmed by his election by the legislature for the unexpired term ending in March, 1899. Senator Money took his seat in January, 1898.

MOODY, Gideon Curtis, senator, b. in Cort- land, N. Y., 16 Oct., 1833. He received an aea^ demic education and studied law in Syracuse. In 1853 he removed to Indiana, where he was ad- mitted to the bar, and in 1854 was appointed prosecuting attorney for Floyd county. In April, 1861, he was appointed lieutenant in the 9th In- diana volunteer infantry, rose to colonel, 15 Nov.. 1861, and was mustered out in August. 1862. In May, 1861, he was appointed captain in the 19th U. S. infantry, in which regiment he served until March, 1864, when he resigned. In May of that year he removed to Dakota, where he was a mem- ber of the territorial house of representatives, also serving as speaker. For five years he was associate justice of the supreme court of the territory. Col. Moody was a delegate to the national Republican conventions in 1868 and in 1888, when he was chairman of the Dakota delegation. He was a member of the constitutional conventions of South Dakota, held in June, 1883, and in September, 1885, on both of which occasions he was chairman of the judiciary committee. He was also chair- man of tlie committee to draft and present the memorial to congress asking for admission as a state. He was elected U. S. senator for South Dakota by the legislature that assembled under the constitution of 1885, was re-elected, 16 Oct., 1889, on the admission of South Dakota as a state, serving as senator until March, 1891.

MOORE, Alexander George Montgomery, British officer, b. in Tyrone, Ireland, in 1833, is the only son of the late Montgomery Moore of Garvey House, and was educated at Eton. He early entered the army, and has seen much cavalry service in India and elsewhere. He is a justice of the peace for Belfast, colonel 18th hussars, late commanding Belfast and S. E. districts, formerly commanding officer of the 4th hussars. He was until June, 1898, in command of the British troops in Canada, with headquarters at Halifax, and was succeeded by Lord Seymour. Gen. Moore married in 1859 the Hon. Jane Colborne. voungest daughter of Field-Marshal John, first Lord Seaton, G. C. B.

MOORE, Edward Charles, silversmith, b. in New York city, 30 Aug., 1827; d. there, 2 Aug., 1891. He learned the trade from his father. John C. IMoore, succeeded to the business in 1854. and in 1867 transferred his silver-works to Tiffany & Co.. of which he afterward had charge. Being a practical worknum, the application of steam, the introduction of machinery, such as the steam trip- hammer, the polishing and drawing of wire, and the use of gas for soldering and melting in his business, have largely been the result of his influ- ence. The tea-services that he made for Jlrs. Mary J. Morgan and for Prince Demidoff are I'egarded as among the finest examples of repoussee silver- ware that were ever made. Through his work, more than anything else, American silver has been raised to ils present high standard, and at the World's fair, held in Paris in 1867. he received a personal gold medal for his efforts. His study of leather and its application to the arts has resulted in this country's ol)taining the first rank for fine leather-work. He had given attention to antique, Persian, Arabic, Roman, and other glass, and to Japanese arts in their higher branches. Mr. Moore's