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 McDONNOLD

MACDONOUGH

graduated from the American college, D.D., in lb78. He was ordained priest by Biahop Chatard of Indiana, at the American college in Rome, May 19, 1878 ; was assistfint at St. Mary's church, New York city, 1878-79 ; St. Stephen's in 1879, and in May, 1879, he was appointed by Cardinal McCloskey master of ceremonies at St. Patrick's catheilral. New York city. He was appointed secretary to Cardinal McCloskey in 1884, and un- der Archbishop Corrigan he filled the additional office of chancellor. He went to Rome and in June, 1890. was appointed by Pope Leo XHI. one of his private chamberlains with the title of very reverend monsignor. He was appointed spiritual director of the Catholic club. New York city, in October. 1890 ; was elected bishop of Brooklyn in 1892, as successor to Bishop Loughlin, deceased, and was consecrated in St. Patrick's cathedral, April 25, 1892, by Archbishop Corrigan, assisted by Bisho[)S McQuaid and Chatard.

McDONNOLD, Benjamin Wilburn, educator, was born in Overton county, Tenn., March 27, 1827 ; son of Thomas K. and Martha (Bates) Mc- Donnold and grandson of John McDonnold, who came from county Ulster, Ireland, in 1790, and

settled in North Carolina, and of Henderson and Sally (Gentry) Bates. He was graduated at Cumberland college, Princeton, Ky., in 1849. He was an instructor in Bethel college, Tenn., 1849- 61 ; was ordained to the ministry, and served as pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Philadelphia, Pa., 1851-52. He was married, July 22, 1852, to Albina, daughter of Tliomas G. and Nancy (Dyer) Watkins. He engaged in teaching in Bethel college, 1854-59 ; travelled for the pur- pose of increasing the endowment fund of Cum- berland university, 1859-60, and was pastor of the church at Lebanon, 186(^2. He served as chap- lain in the Confederate army, 1802-65, and was again pastor of the church at Lebanon, 1866-67. He was professor of mathematics at Cumberland university, 1865-67 ; professor of belles-lettres and mental and moral science there, 1867-73, and president of the university, 1866-73. He travelled as an evangelist throughout the bounds of the

Cumberland Presbyterian church, 1873-75, and preached in nearly all the southern states and in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missoun and California. He was a member of the Amer- ican Bible society, and received the honorary de- grees of D.D. and LL.D. He contributed to vari- ous periodicals, and is the author of the History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1888). He died in Lebanon, Tenn., Feb. 27, 1889.

McDONOQH, John, philanthropist, was born in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 29, 1779 ; son of John and Elizabeth (Wilkins) McDonogh. His father, a native of York county, Pa., served under General Braddock in his unfortunate expedition of 1775, and under Washington in the Revolutionary war, after which he removed to Baltimore and engaged in the manufacture of bricks. John was em- ployed in the mercantile house of William Taylor, where he attained a high position. He went to New Orleans in 18(X) as Mr. Taylor's representa- tive, and in 1801 formed a partnership with W. O. Payne which continued until 1802, when the financial depression of the year caused the disso- lution of the partnership and the forming of new ones under the name of J. McDonogh, Jr., and Sheppard, Brown & Co. In 1803 the sale of Louis- iana brought great wealth to McDonogh, and l-.e purchased large tracts of land in Florida and Louisiana. He resided in New Orleans. 1803-17, entertaining lavishly, but in 1817 he suddenly re- moved to one of his plantations, now McDonogh- ville, where he lived in simple style and devoted himself to the education of his slaves, devising a scheme by which they became Liberian colonists. His bequests included $100,000 for the orphan asylum of New Orleans, $100,000 to the coloniza- tion society, and $1,500,000 to be divided between Baltimore and New Orleans for the education of poor boys. The portion that fell to New Orleans was used to erect free schools, and in 1899 thirty had been established ; and Baltimore's share was used to establish a farm-school for boys and youths. McDonogh institute was founded at Mc- Donogh, Md., in 1873. A monument to his mem- ory, the work of Attilio Picirili of New York, was unveiled in Lafayette square. New Orleans, in 1898, the gift of the school children of the city. He died in McDonoghville, La., Oct. 26, 1850.

MACDONOUaH, Thomas, naval officer, was born in New Castle. Del., Dec. 23, 1783; son of Dr. Thomjis Macdonough, an eminent physician. He entered the U.S. navy as midshipman in 1800 and was attached to the frigate rhiladelphia in August, 1803, when she captured the Moorish frigate Meshoda oflf Cape de Gatt. He was left at Gibraltar with the prize, thus escaping the long imprisonment suffered by the officers md crew of the Philadelphia. He served on board the Enter- prise under Commodore Decatur, and in the attack