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and a descendant of Henry McDaniel of Amherst county, Virginia, and of Henry Terry and John Baldwin, both of Prince Edward county, Va.; and on the maternal side of John H. Walker and of John HoUiday, both of Georgia. He was grad- uated from Mercer university, A.B.,

1856, A.M., 1859, was admitted to the bar in La Grange in

1857, and practised in Monroe, 1857-61. He was a member of the secession con- vention in 1861, and voted against the re- solution to secede, but voted for and signed the formal ordinance. He served in the Confederate army throughout the

civil war, 1861-65, and attained the rank of major. He commanded Anderson's brigade on the third day at Gettysburg, and participated in the retreat through Maryland. When in command of his regiment, the 11th Georgia, he was severely wounded and was a prisoner of war for about five months in hospitals in Maryland and Pennsylva- nia and afterward at Johnson's Island. He re- turned to Monroe and resumed his law practice. He was married, Dec. 20, 1865, to Hester, daugh- ter of Stephen Felker of Georgia. He was a mem- ber of the constitutional convention of 1865; a representative in the state legislature, 1872-74; a state senator, 1874-82, and was elected governor of the state in April, 1883. to fill the unexpired term of Alexander H. Stephens, deceased. He was re-elected in October, 1874, and served till Nov. 10, 1886. He was elected a trustee of the University of Georgia in 1885, and chairman of the board of trustees in 1899. He also served as trustee of the Soutliern Baptist Theological semi- nary, 1883-90. He was elected in 1878 a director in the Georgia Railroad and Banking company and also became a director in three cotton mill companies and one cotton seed oil mill company in Walton county, Georgia.

McDEARMON, James Calvin, representative, was born at New Canton, Va., June 13, 1844; son of James Archibald and Elizabeth (Hopkins) Mil- ler McDearmon; grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Gill)McDearmon of Powhatan, Va., and of Wil- liam and Massey Hopkins of Goochland county. He removed with his parents to Gibson county, Tenn., in 1846, and was a student at Andrew col- lege, Trenton, Tenn., 1858-61. He joined the Confederate army as a private in the 12th Ten- nessee infantry regiment, Cheatham's division,

Army of the Tennessee, in April, 1862; was wounded at Murfreesboro and at Franklin, and surrendered with Johnston's army, April 26, 1865. He was married, Dec. 4, 1867, to Theodora, daughter of M. T. McCulloch of Hay ward county, Tenn. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and practised in Trenton, Tenn. He was a Democratic representative from the ninth congressional dis- trict of Tennessee in the 53d and 54th congresses, 1893-97.

McDILL, Alexander Stuart, representative* was born in Crawford county. Pa., March 18, 1822. He attended Allegheny college; was graduated from the Cleveland Medical college, M.D., 1848, and practiced medicine in Crawford county, 1848-56. He removed to Glover, Wis., in 1856; was a Republican representative in the state legislature, 1862; state senator, 1863-64, and a presidential elector from the 6th district in 1864. He was a member of the board of managers of the Wisconsin hospital for the insane, 1862-68, and superintendent of the hospital, 1868-72. He was a representative from the eighth district in the 43d congress, 1873-75, was defeated for re-election in 1874 and upon the expiration of his term of office resumed charge of the state hospital. He died at Mendota, Wis., Nov. 12, 1875.

McDILL, David, educator, was born near Morn- ing Sun, Preble county, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1826; son of Hugh and Grizella (Brown) McDill; grandson of David and Isabella (McQuiston) McDill and of James and Elizabeth (Beggs) Brown, and great- grandson of Thomas McDill and of John Beggs, both of whom came from the north of Ireland to South Carolina before the Revolutionary w^ar. His parents removed from South Carolina to Ohio, where David attended Miami university, 1845-48, was graduated at Centre college, Ky., A.B., 1849, A.M., 1856; and studied theology at Oxford, Ohio. He was married, Sept. 21, 1853, to Martha E. Gordon of Xenia, Ohio. He was pastor of the United Presbyterian church. Cherry Fork, Ohio, 1853-76; professor of philosophy, Monmouth col- lege, 1876-85, and in 1885 was made professor of apologetics at Xenia Theological seminary. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Mon- mouth college, Ohio, 1873, and that of LL.D. from Centre college, 1892. He is the author of: 77<e Bi- 'blea Miracle (1872); The Higher Critics (18ol); The Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch (1896); Pi'emillenniaUsvi Discussed (1897); Common Sense and Logic Applied to Darwinism and Teleology (1899).

McDILL, James Wilson, senator, was born in Monroe, Oliio, March 4, 1834, son of the Rev. John McDill (1806-1840; Miami, 1829), pastor of the United Presbyterian church, South Hanover, Ind., 1835-38; and a descendant of Thomas MacDill, a Scotchman who came to America from the north