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 McBRYDE

McCABE

1869, A.M., 1872. He was appointed professor of botany at the State university of Iowa in 1884 and spent a part of the year 1891 in study in Germany. He was married, Dec. 31, 1874, to Harriet Dif- fenderfer of Hopkinton, Iowa. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by Mon- mouth college. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Society of Geolo- gists. He made a special study of fungi and con- tributed botanical articles to various scientific magazines. He is the author of text books on Botany and TTie North American Slime Moulds, and became editor of the Iowa Bulletin of the Laboratories of Natural History.

ricBRYDE, John McLaren, educator and sci- entist, was born in Abbeville, S.C., Jan. 1, 1841 ; son of John and Susan (McLaren) McBryde ; grandson of John and Margaret (Don nan) Mc- Bryde and of Adam and Agnes (McKillop) Mc- Laren, and a descendant of the distinguished Presbyterian divines John and Robert McBryde of Belfast, Ireland. His parents came to Amer- ica from Scotland between 1820 and 1830, and settled in South Carolina. He was educated at the South Carolina college, and the University of Virginia. He obtained a commission in the Con- fedei'ate army, serving, 1861-63, when his health obliged him to retire. He was married, Nov. 18, 1863, to Cora, daughter of Dr. James and Anna Maria (Harrison) Bolton of Richmond, Va. He was employed by the Confederate States treasury department, 1863-6.5, and at the close of the war he removed to Buckingham, Va., and engaged in farming. He removed to Albemarle county in 1867, where he pursued scientific studies. He was president of the Belmont Farmers' club, and was active in the organization of other farmers' societies. He was professor of agriculture and botany at the University of Tennessee, 1879-82 ; was elected professor of agriculture and botany at the South Carolina college in 1882, and upon the resignation of President William P. Miles in 1882, he served as president, 1882-83. He was regularly elected to the office in May, 1883, and served in that capacity until 1888. He was elected president of the University of Tennessee in 1887, but declined the honor. In 1888 he be- came president of the University of South Carolina and director of the experiment stations of South Carolina. In 1891 he accepted the presidency of the Virginia Polytechnic institute and the directorship of its experiment station. He declined the position of U.S. assistant secre- tary of agriculture in 1893. He was a member of the Miller board of trustees of the University of Virginia ; corresponding member of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific society of North Carolina ; fellow of the American Geographical society and

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of the American Statistical association and a member of several other scientific societies. He received the degree of LL.D. from Southwestern Presbyterian university in 1884 and that of Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in 1887.

McCABE, Charles Cardwell, ME. bishop, was born in Athens, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1836 ; son of Robert and Sarah Card well (Robinson) McCabe and grandson of Robert McCabe, who emigrated from Ireland and settled in Tyrone county. Pa., and of Richard and A. (Card well) Robinson of England. He attended the pub- lic schools of Athens, and the Ohio Wes- leyan university, Del- aware, Ohio, but left before completing the course on account of ill health. He was married, July 5, 1860, to Rebecca Peters of Ironton, Ohio. He was a teacher of the High school at Ironton, 1860-61 ; pastor of the Methodist Epis- copal cliurch at Put- nam, Ohio, 1861-62 ; chaplain of the 122d Ohio volunteers, 1862-63 ; pastor at Portsmouth, Ohio, 1865-68 ; secretary of the Church Extension so- ciety of the M.E. church, 1868-84 ; secretary of the missionary society of the M.E. church, 1884- 96, and was chosen a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal church in 1896.

McCABE, James Dabney, author, was born in Riclnnond, Va., July 30, 1842 ; son of the Rev. James Dabney McCabe (born 1808, died 1875), who was a Methodist clergyman, received orders in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1856, was as- sociate rector of St. Paul's, Baltimore, Md.. and rector of various other churches in Maryland, twice declining election as bishop. James at- tended the Virginia Military institute and joined the Confederate army in 1861. He was a con- tributor to and in 1863-64, editor of the Magnolia Weekly. He is the author of: Fanaticism and its Results (1860); The Aide-de-Camp (1863); 77/e Bohemian (1863); Life of Qen. Thojnas J. Jackson (1863); Memoir of Oen. Albert S. Johnston (1866); Life and Campaigns of Oen. Robert E. Lee (1867); The Grey Jackets (1867); Planting the Wilderness (1869): History of the late War be- tween Germany and France (1871); Lights and Shadows of Netv York Life (1872): The Great Republic (1872); A History of the Orange Move- ment (1874); Paris by Sunlight and Gaslight (1875); Centennial History of the United States (1875); Pathways of the Holy Land (1877); His-