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tory of the Turko-Russian War (1879); Our Y&ung Folks Abroad {ISH I); Oar Young Folks in Africa (1882). He also wrote Sword of Hai^ry Lee, and other war poems; and three war plays, produced at the Richmond theatre, 1862-63. He died in Germantown, Pa., Jan. 27, 1883.

ricCABE, John Collins, clergyman, was born in Richmond, Va., Nov. 12, 1810. He left school to take a position in a Richmond bank. He was prepared for the priesthood by Bishop Meade; was ordained in 1845, and was rector of Christ church, Smithfield, Va., 1845-50; and of St. Johns, parish of Elizabeth City, Hampton, Va., 1850-55. He made abstracts from the parish registers for an " Early History of the Church in Virginia " and transferred his manuscript to Bishop Meade for use in compiling his " Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia " (1857). Dr. McCabe was chairman of the state yellow fever committee in 1855. He removed to Maryland in 1856, was rector in Baltimore, 1856-59; and in Anne Arundel county, 1859-61. He was chaplain of a Virginia regiment in the Confederate army, 1861-68, and chaplain of Libby prison, Richmond, Va., 1862-65. He returned to Maryland at the close of the war; was pastor of St. Matthew's, Bladensburg, 1865-67; of St. Anne's, Middle- town, Del., 1867-72 and of Trinity, Chambers- burg, Pa., 1872-75. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the College of William and Mary in 1855. He is the author of several poems, collected under the title of Scraps (1835); and contributed papers on colonial history to period- icals. He died in Chambersburg, Pa., Feb. 26, 1875.

McCABE, Lorenzo Dow, educator, was born in Marietta, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1817; son of Robert and Mary (McCracken) McCabe, and grandson of Alexander McCracken. He was graduated from Ohio university, A.B., 1843, A.M., 1846. He joined the Ohio conference of the Methodist Epis- copal church in 1843; preached, 1843-44; was professor of mathematics and mechanical philo- sophy in Ohio university, 1844-45; professor of mathematics and mechanical philosophy in Ohio Wesleyan university, 1845-60; professor of bibli- cal literature and moral philosophy, 1860-64; professor of philosophy, 1864-71; vice-president of the university, 1871-73; acting president, 1873-76, and again 1888-89, and emeritus profes- sor of philosophy and vice-president, 1889-97. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Allegheny college in 1855 and that of LL.D. by Syracuse university in 1875. He is the author of: Philosophy of Holiness (1875); Fore- knoivledge of God and Cognate Themes (1879); Divine Nescience of Future Contingencies a Ne- cessity (1882); Light on the Pathway of Holiness (1892); St, Peter the Rock; and magazine arti- cles. He died in Delaware. Ohio, June 18, 1897.

McCABE, William Gordon, educator, was born near Richmond, Va., Aug. 4, 1841; son of the Rev. John Collins and Sophie Gordon (Taylor) McCabe; grandson of Col. James Taylor, of Vir- ginia, and greats-grandson of George Taylor, the signer. He attended the preparatory academy at Hampton, Va., and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Virginia in 1861. He enlisted in the Confederate army and served as a private, 1861- 62, and as captain of artillery, 3d army corps, Army of Northern Virginia, 1862-65. Shortly after the close of the war he established at Petersburg, Va., the University School, of which he was elected head master, and subsequently removed it to Richmond, Va. He was married, April 9, 1867, to Jenny Pleasants Harrison Osborne, of Rich- mond, Va. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred on him by the College of William and Mary in 1868 and by Williams college, Mass., in 1889, and that of Litt.D. by Yale in 1897. He translated Wilhelm Brambach's Latin Orthog- raphy (1872); compiled and edited a volume of verses under the title of Ballads of Battle and Bravei^ (1873), and is the author of: The De- fense of Petersburg, Campaign of 1804-65 (1876); Latin Grammar (1883); Latin Reader (1886); Vir- ginia Schools (1900); and edited a volume of Caesar's Gallic War (1886) and Horace's Works.

ricCAFFREV, John, educator, was born in Emmitsburg, Md., Sept. 6, 1806. He attended the Theological Seminary of St. Sulpice and St. Mary's university in Baltimore, Md., and was or- dained priest in 1838. He was elected president of Mount St. Mary's college in 1838 and began the erection of a church there, besides intro- ducing many improvements to the college build- ings and grounds. He was twice offered a bishopric, but declined. He delivered a course of literary and philosophical lectures before the Philomathean society of the college and subse- quently before the Catholic association of Balti- more, which attracted much attention and were published. He prepared a series of catechisms. He died in Emmitsburg, Md., Sept. 25, 1882.

ricCALEB, Theodore Howard, educator, was born in Pendleton District, S.C, Feb. 10, 1810; son of David and Matilda (Farrar) McCaleb; grandson of Capt. William (1747-1813) and Anne (McKey) McCaleb and of Col. Thomas and Mar- garet (Prince) Farrar, of South Carolina: and great-grandson of William McCaleb, who fought at Culloden in 1746; in 1747 immigrated with his family to Pendleton District, S.C, where his son William was born the same year, and served in the American Revolution as captain of horse in the battles of Charleston, Ninety-six, Guilford C.H., and in the siege of Savannah, where he was woimded. He was afterward a delegate U the South Carolina convention wJiich ratified the