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1026 until the 1st of May, when he was released and furnished a pass to Richmond, by way of Fortress Monroe. Since then he has been a citizen of Virginia. Mr. Macgill is a direct descendant of Rev. James Macgill, who was sent to Queen Caroline parish, Anne Arundel county, Md., by the bishop of London, in 1728. This founder of the American branch of the family was the son of Sir David Macgill, of Rankeillour, Scotland, Viscount of Oxford, and his wife, Elizabeth Ruthven, great-granddaughter of William, second Lord Ruthven. Sir David was a direct descendant of Sir James McGill, provost of Edinborough in the reign of James V., who received a charter to lands in 1538, and was among the first to embrace the reformed religion. His wife was Helen Wardlow, of Fife. The famous Maj. James Breathed, of Maryland, was a descendant of Rev. James MacGill, through his mother, Ann MacGill Williams. The original parchment, showing the lineage, was brought over by Rev. James MacGill, and is still in the possession of the American family. Through their neglect, though rightful heirs, the estates and titles of the family are now in the possession of the heirs of Sir John Dalrymple, descendant of Elizabeth MacGill Hamilton. Thomas Gennings, the last attorney-general of Maryland, under George III., was the great-great-grandfather of the subject of this notice. James Macgill married, February 12, 1868, Miss Mary Belle Prince, a niece of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, and settled in Pulaski county, Va., in January, 1870. He has been prominently identified with the politics of his State since the war, and has done all he could to uphold Democratic doctrine as laid down by Thomas Jefferson.

J. B. Mack, D. D., a well-known Presbyterian evangelist, of Georgia, and his father, William Mack, both served as chaplains in the army of the Confederate States. A son of the former, Rev. Edward Mack, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Norfolk, Va., is a worthy example of the young life of the South since the war, the sons of those who endured the storm and stress of that memorable period. He was born at Charleston, S. C., July 16, 1868, and was educated at Davidson college, where he received the degree of A. B. in 1886 and A. M. in 1887. Then determining to follow the sacred calling he entered the Princeton seminary, New Jersey, for theological studies, which he pursued for two years. As a Fellow of the Princeton institution he continued his studies at Berlin, Germany, for a year and a half, and after his return in 1891, had charge for two years of the First Presbyterian church at Charlotte, N. C. He was then called to the Central Presbyterian church at St. Louis, where he served very acceptably for four years, and until he was called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of Norfolk. His advancement in the sacred profession has been notably rapid, and is justified by the depth of his learning and the devotion he daily manifests to the cause of the church and of humanity. In addition to his pulpit duties he has contributed from time to time to the religious press. In 1892 Mr. Mack was married to Miss Mary A. Kirby, of Goldsboro, N. C., a daughter of Dr. George L. Kirby, late a surgeon in the army of the Confederate States.

John H. Maclin, since the war a prominent manufacturer and exporter of Petersburg, during the Confederate period served in