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his regiment in the capture of Fort Donelson, where he distinguished himself in the assault on the Confederate advance in which his regiment regained the lost ground and drove the Confed- erates within their works, and in the let brigade, 3d division, at the battle of Shiloh, April6-7, 1862. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862, and had his rank confirmed by the senate early in 1863. With a part of his regiment he took part in the Yazoo Pass expedition in February, 1863. He commanded the Ist brigade, 12th division, 13th army corps, Army of the Ten- nessee, in the Vicksburg campaign. May 1-July 4. 1863, and served in the west till the close of the war. He was mustered out of service, Aug. 24, 1865, and settled in Indianapolis, Ind. He was auditor for Marion county, Ind., 1867-71, and in 1897 was appointed postmaster at Indianapolis, Ind.

McQLYNN, Edward, clergyman and reformer, was born in New York city, Sept. 27, 1837. He attended the public school and the New York Free Academy ; in 1851 was sent by Archbishop Hughes to Rome, and was graduated with the degree of D.D. at the Urban college in 1859. He. was assistant to the provisional rector of the North American college in Rome in 1859-60, and was ordained priest, March 25, 1860. On his return to New York, he was successively as- sistant at St. Stephen's, acting rector of St. Brigid's, assistant at St. James's, and in 1862 became rector of St. Ann's, which position he resigned to accept the military chaplaincy of the Central Park hospital, holding this position, 1862-65. He became assistant at St. Stephen's in 1865, and on the death of the Rev. Dr. Cunnings, Jan. 4, 1866, he succeeded to the rectorship. Un- der his direction, St. Stephen's became one of the most influential of the Roman Catholic churches of New York city. Father McGlynn held that religious education would be l)etter maintained by the multiplication of churches than by in- creasing parochial schools and refusing to Cath- olic youth the broader educational advantages of the public schools. For his views he was severely censured by the Propaganda on the ground that his pcjlicy would take tho religious instruction of Roman Catholic children out of the control of the church. Father McQlynn also upheld the economic teachings of Henry George and sup- ported him actively in the mayoralty canvass of 1886, disregarding the refusal of the Archbishop of New York to allow him to participate in the debates incident to the canvass. Father Mc- Glynn defended his position on the ground of his ' rights as a citizen of the municipality. Exagger- ated reports of his action reached Rome and he was ordered to abjure his doctrines and report in person to the pope. Through Arclibishop Corri-

gan he asked to have the objectionable doctrines defined and gave reasonable excuses for declining immediately to visit Rome. Thereupon he was peremptorily ordered to report within sixty days in person on pain of excommunication. In Jan- uary, 1887, he was ejected from his church and failing to appear at Rome, he was excommuni- cated in July, 1887. He at once organized the Anti- Poverty society, was elected its president and began a series of public Sunday evening lectures in the Academy of Music, extending his lectures to various cities in the United States. In 1892 the pope delegated Cardinal Satolli to visit the United States and clothed him with full power to investigate the action of the deposed priest. At his request Dr. McGlynn and Henry George furnished an exhaustive statement of their doc- trines and Satolli submitted the same to five Roman Catholic theologians, then included in the faculty of the University at Washington, who decided that these doctrines contained nothing contrary to the teachings of the church and on Dec. 24, 1892, Cardinal Satolli, after endorsing the decision, absolved Dr. McGlynn and restored him to his priestly function. Dr. McGlynn said mass in the diocese of Brooklyn under the direc- tion of Bishop McDonnell (q.v.), 1893-94, and in December, 1894, the Archbishop of New York acceded to his demand to be received in his own diocese and he was appointed rector of St. Mary's. Newburgh, N.Y., with the understanding that on the occasion of a vacancy in a New York citj"^ church he should be returned to the metropolis, which gratification was never accorded him. He died in Newburgh, N.Y., Jan. 2, 1900.

McQOVERN, Thomas, R. C. bishop, was born in Swanlinbar, county Cavan, Ireland, in April, 1832. He was brought to the United States in his infancy by his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania. He was graduated from Mount St. Mary's college, Emmitsburg, Md., A.B., 1859, A.M., 1862, studied theology at the seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Overbrook, Pa., was or- dained priest, Dec. 27, 1861, at Philadelphia by Bishop Wood, and was rector of St. Joseph's- church, Danville, Pa., for more than twenty years. He was consecrated bishop of Harrisburg, March 11, 1888, at St. Patrick's pro-cathedral, by Bishop O'Hara, assisted by Bisliops Gilmour and Watterson, and retained the office till his death, which occurred in Harrisburg, Pa., July 25, 1898.

McQOWAN, John, naval officer, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 3, 1805. He went to seu in 1818 and was appointed 3d lieutenant in the U.S. revenue service. May 14, 1831. He was pro- moted 2d lieutenant, July 11, 1834; 1st lieuten- ant, Feb. 17, 1841, and captain. Dec. 3, 1852. He served on the revenue cutter Jackson during the Seminole war, 1836, and was chief executive and