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Pa., March 28, 1833, and priest, Dec. 13, 1883. He first served as assistant at Christ church and was rector of St. Paul's church, Phil- adelphia, Pa., 1834-36. He was elected bishop of the newly formed diocese of Michigan and was consecrated in St. Paul's church, Pljiladelphia, Pa., by Bishops H. U. Onderdonk, Doaiie and Kemper, July 7, 1836. Besides administering the affairs of the new diocese. Bishop McCoskry also served as rector of St. Paul's church, Detroit, 1838-63. He attended the jubilee of the Vener- able Si)ciety for the Propjigation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in London, England, 1852. He served the diocese for over forty -one years and liis administration was accompanied by a remark- able growth. In March, 1878, "owing to fail- ing health and infirmities of age which hinder the efficient administration of the affairs of the diocese," he tendered his resignation, being at the time seventy-five years of age. Upon learn- ing that charges had been made against his moral character, he withdrew his resignation and de- manded an investigation, but before the House of Bishops met he sailed for Europe after renew- ing his resignation. The House of Bishops met in New York. Sept. 3, 1878, and when a quorum had l>een obtained with some difficulty, he was deposed, as recorded in the *' Journal of the Gen- eral Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church for 1880." He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Columbia college in 1837 and that of D.C.L. from 0.\ford in 1852. He died in New York city. Aug. 1, 1886.

McCOWN, John Porter, soldier, was born in Elast Tennessee, Jan. 2U, 1815. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy, July 1, 1840, and promoted 2d lieutenant of the 4th artillery. He served during the removal of the Indians to the west in 1840 ; in the Canadian border disturb- ances at Detroit, Mich., 1840-41, and at Buffalo, N.Y., 1841-42. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, Sept. 80, 1843 ; scrveil in the military occupation of Texas. 1845-46, and in the war with Mexico, 1846-47, participating in the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, the siege of Vera Cruz. Cerro Qordo and the assault and capture of the city of Mexico. He was bre vetted captain, April 18, 1847, for "gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Cerro Gordo." He was quartermaster of the 4th U.S. artillerj'. 1847-48, served on frontier duty in Texas. 1849-r»0 ; was promoted captain. Jan. 5, 1851, served in the Flor- ida hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 185^-67, and was a member of the Utah expe<li- tion in 1858. He was on garrison duty in Ne- braska and Dakota, 1858-61. and at the outbreak of the civil war he resigned his commission in the U.S. army and entered the Confederate serv- ice as lieutenant-colonel in the corps of artillery.

C.S.A. He commanded the corps in the provi- sional Army of Tennessee from May, 1861, and was promoted brigadier-general, Oct. 12, 1861. At the battle of Belmont, Nov. 7, 1861, he command- ed the Kentucky side of the river at Columbus, and there being no opiwsition he crossed the river and met General Grant's force. He was placed in command of Island No. 10 and Madrid Bend in February, 1862. On March 27 he was succeeded by Gen. W. W. Mackall. He took part in General Bragg's Kentucky campaign from April 29, 1862, as commander of the 3d division, Army of the West, and he assumed command of that army, June 20, 1862. At the battle of Stone's River, with Cleburne's command he held the right of Hardee's corps and drove back the ad- vance of General McCook, capturing many pris- oners, cannon and small arms. After the close of the war he settled near Knoxville, Tenn., where he taught school. He removed to Little Rock, Ark., where he died Jan. 29, 1879.

McCOY, Isaac, missionary, was born in Fayette county, Pa., June 13, 1784. His parents removed to Shelby county, Ky., in 1790. He was married in 1803 to Christina, daughter of Captain Polls, whose wife and several children were captured by the Ottawa Indians. With his wife he jour- neyed to Vincennes, Ind.Ter., in 1804, and to Clark county in 1805, where he was licensed to preach by the Silver Creek Baptist church. In October, 1810, he was admitted to the ministry of the church at Maria Creek and was pastor, 1810-17. He was made missionary to the Indians residing in the Northwest territory in 1817, established Fort Wayne mission, and in 1822 Carey mission at Niles, Michigan Territory. His journeys through his territory, and even his several visits to Washington to lay the claims of the Indians before congress and the president, were made on horseback. He urged the colonization of the tribes on territory not to be disturbed by settlers and away from the temptations of whiskey and rum pressed upon them by the white men. He sent several pupils to Hamilton college to be educated, and on Oct. 9, 1825, delivered near the site of the future Chicago the first sermon preach- ed to English-si)eaking hearers in that locality. He removed from Carey mission in 1826 to west of theMi-ssissippi, where he laid out reservations and located several tribes in what became Indian Ter- ritory. He was the first secretary of the Ameri- can Indian Mission association with headquarters at Louisville, Ky., 1842-46. He is the author of History of the Baptist Indian Mission ( 1 840) . He died in Louisville. Ky., June 21, 1846.

MacCRACKEN, Henry Mitchell, educator, was born at Oxford, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1840 ; son of the Rev. John Steele and Eliza Hawkins (Dougherty) MacCracken ; grandson of John and Martha (Wii-