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ron, 1867-68 ; was stationed at the navy yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 1868-70 ; at the U.S. Naval academy, 1870-72 ; commanded the Lackawanna, Asiatic station, 1873-75 ; was at the Boston navy yard, 1875-78, and at the Naval Asyhim, Phil- adelphia, Pa., 1878-80 ; was commandant of the League Island navy yard, Philadelphia, 1884-85, and of the Pacific station, 1885-86. He was re- tired on his own application, February, 1887. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Hobart college in 1892. He is the author of : Tlie Egyptinn Manual and Dictionary (1883-84). He died in Jamestown, R.I., Oct. 24, 1894.

McCAULEY, James Andrew, educator, was born in Cecil county, Md., Oct. 7, 1822 ; of English and Scotch ancestry. He removed to Baltimore, Md., with his parents at an early age. He was graduated from Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa,, in 1847 ; was employed as a private tutor, 1847- 49 ; entered the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, 1850 ; and was prin- ciijal of the Wesleyan Female seminary at Staunton, Va., 1850-54. He ministered at Wesleyan chapel, Washington, D.C. ; was pro- siding elder of the Washington district, 1869-72 ; was delegate to the General conference, Balti- more, Md., in May, 1872 ; to the English and Irish Wesleyan conference in 1874 and to the general conference of 1884. He was president of Dickinson college as successor to the Rev. Robert L. Dashiell (q. v.), resigned, 1872-88. During his presidency a hall of science, a library building and a gymnasium were added to the college, and the invested fund was increased by oub hundred and forty thousand dollars. He resigned the pres- idency in 1888. He received tlie degree D.D. from Dickinson in 1867, and that of LL.D. from Lafayette in 1883.

ncCAULEY, Mary (Ludwig) Hays ("Molly Pitcher"), Revolutionary heroine, was born in Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 13, 1744; daughter of John George Ludwig, who emigrated from Germany with the Palatines. She was employed as a ser- vant in the home of Gen. William Irvine at Car- lisle, and on July 24, 1709, was married to John Hays, a barber, who became gunner in Proctor's Ist Pennsylvania artillery in December, 1775. She followed him to the field, where she was em- ployed as a laundress and nurse. She carried water to the men in action at the battle of Mon- mouth, and was on the field when her husband was shot down in a charge made by the British cavalry. There being no one to take cliarge of his piece, it was ordered from the field, but at this point *' Molly Pitcher," as site was familiarly called by the gvnmers, droi)ped her pitcher, stepped forward and grasped the ramrod, declar- ing that she would take her husband's place and avenge his death. She did excellent service for

which she was appointed sergeant by General Washington on the following day. She served nearly eight years in the army, and was after- ward placed on the list of half-pay oflScers. She lived at the Carlisle barracks for many years, where she washed and cooked for the soldiers and was employed as a children's nurse. She married secondly Sergt. George McCauley, who lived on her earnings and ill-treated her. She was granted a pension of $80 annually for life by a special act of the Pennsylvania legislature in February, 1822, and at lier death was buried with military honors. She left one son, John Hays. A monument representing her in the act of load- ing a cannon was erected on the field of Mon- mouth, and in 1876 a second was erected on her grave at Carlisle. She is also represented in George W. P. Custis's painting, Hie Field of Mon- mouth. She died in Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 22, 1823.

ricCAY, Charles Francis, educator, was born in Danville, Northumberland county, Pa., March 8, 1810 ; son of Robert and Sarah (Reed) McCay ; grandson of Neal and Rachel (Thornton) McCay, and a descendant of Donald McCay who landed in America in 1757. He was graduated from Jef- ferson college. Pa., A.B., 1829, A.M., 1832 ; tauj;bt school, 1829-32 ; was professor of mathematics, natural philosophy and astronomy at Lafayette college, 1832-33 ; tutor at the University of Geor- gia, 1833-35 ; professor of civil engineering, 1837- 42, of philosophy, 1842-46, and of mathematics and civil engineering, 1846-53. He created the Charles F. McCay fund of $20,000 for the benefit of the University of Georgia. He was married, Aug. 11, 1840, to Narcissa, daughter of Prof. William Williams. He was president of South Carolina college and held the chair of mathema- tics, 1855-57, and engaged as secretary and casliier in an insurance and banking company in Augusta, Ga., 1858-69, and as actuary in Balti- more, Md., 1872-84. The College of New Jersey conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1857. He is the author of Lectures on the Dif- ferential and Integral Calculus (1840); Civil En- gineering ; and a treatise on evolution. He died in Baltimore. Md., March 13, 1889.

ricCLAnriY, Charles Washington, represen- tative, was born at Scott's Hill, N.C., May 29, 1839 ; son of Luke D. and Anna E. (Chadwick) McClamray. He attended Scott's Hill academy and was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1859. He taught school, 1859-61, and at the outbreak of the civil war he organized a cavalry company. He served under Gens. J. E. B. Stuart and W. H. F. Lee, and was promoted on the field of battle to the rank of major of the 8d North Carolina cavalry for gallantry dis- played in action. He refused to surrender at Appomattox, and with a few troopers escaj^ed