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the fight he was wounded, and, with the remnant of vhe regiment, forced to surren- der. He was cruelly treated by the Indians, but finally was released on parole. He was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1813. set- tled in Glasgow, and served as town trustee and county attorney. In 1823 he moved to r.owling Green. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature in 1816-17-18-19-23-26; was a candidate for lieutenant-governor in 1828, and from 1828 until 1835 was judge of the Kentucky court of appeals. He was elected to congress as a Whig, and served from December 7, 1835, ^^ March 3, 1S43. In 1S45 he was chosen to represent Warren county in the legislature, and was elected speaker of the house. He was the success- ful Whig candidate for United States sena- tor, and served from December 6, 1847, until March 3, 1853. In 1824 and 1844 he was presidential, elector on the Clay ticket, and in 1864 was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention held in Chicago. He died at Bowling Green, Kentucky, Au- gust 23, 1873.

Marmaduke» Meredith Miles» born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, August 28, 1 791. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of twenty-two was commis- sioned colonel of a regiment raised in his county for defensive service in the war of 1812. Afterwards he was appointed United States marshal for the eastern district of \*irginia, served for several years in ihat office, and was then elected clerk of the cir- cuit court. He removed to Missouri in 1824, was engaged in the Santa Fe trade for six years at Franklin, Howard county; and then settled near Arrow Rx)ck. He was the originator and president of the first state

fair. He served as surveyor, and county judge; in 1840 was elected lieutenant-gov- ernor, and in 1844 became acting governor by the death of Thomas Reynolds. In 1847 he was a member of the state constitutional convention. In 1860-61. though his sons embraced the Confederate cause, he was opposed to secession, without upholding the violent acts of the Federal authorities in Missouri. He died near Arrow Rock, Saline county, Missouri, March 26. 1862.

Monroe, Andrew, born in Hampshire county, \'irginia, October 20, 1792, youngest of eleven children, four of whom became ministers of the Methodist I-.piscopal church. He was licensttd to preach in March. 1^15, by the Ohio conference, and sent to labor on the Fairfield circuit. He was a pioneer worker in Kentucky. Tennessee, and Mis- souri, a member during his life of eleven general conferences, and known as the pa- triach of Missouri Methodism. His name has become historic in the annals of the Methodist Episcopal church. South. He died in Mexico, Audrain county, Missouri, November 18, 1871. He was of the same family as President Monroe.

Newton, John Thomas, son of William Xewton and Jane Darr Stuart, his wife, of Cameron. Fairfax county, \'irginia. was ]»orn ill Alexandria, \'irginia. May 26, 1793. He was educated at Xantes, in France, entered the United States as midshipman January 16. 1.S69; served in the war of 1812, was acting lieutenant of the Hornet in her fight with the Peacock f February 24, 191 3: promoted first lieutenant of the Hornet, and was in the en- gagement with the Penguin. He was pre- sented with an elegant sword by the citizens of Alexandria for gallant conduct ; promoted

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