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 McGREGORY

McGUIRE

McGREGORY, Joseph Frank, educator, was born in Wilbraham, Mass., April 11, 1855 ; son of Joseph and Emeline (Fuller) McGregory, and grandson of Joseph and Ruth (Billings) Mc- Gregory and of Henry Clinton and Dorothy (Clark) Fuller, and a descendant of Gov. William Bradford, and of Dr. Silas Fuller, a Pilgrim father. He attended the common schools at Wilbraham and prepared for college at Wesleyan academy, Wilbraham, Mass. He was graduated from AmherstcoUege, A.B.,1880, A.M., 1883, and did graduate work at the Universities of Gottin- gen and Heidelberg, Germany, 1880-81, 1883-84 and 1890-96. He was instructor in chemistry at Amherst college, 1881-83, and was elected pro- fessor of chemistry and mineralogy at Colgate university in 1883. He was married, July 12, 1883, to Emma E. J. Hodgkins. He was elected a member of the German Chemical society in 1883, the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science in 1886, the American Chemical society in 1893 and the London Chemical society in 1893. He is the author of : Lecture Notes on General Chemistry (1894); Qualitative Analysis (1899), and published a number of short papers on various subjects in different journals.

McGREW, James Clark, representative, was born in Monongalia county, Virginia, Sept. 14, 1813 ; son of James and Isabella (Clark) Mc- Grew ; grandson of Patrick McGrew, and great-grandson of Ian (John) McGrew, a High- land Scotchman. He was brought up on liis father's farm, received a practical English edu- cation, and in 1833 engaged in merchandising, which he followed successfully until the civil war began. He was a delegate to the Virginia convention which met in the city of Richmond in February, 1861, and was one of the "fifty- five " who voted against the ordinance of seces- sion passed by that body. With eleven other delegates from western Virginia he was expelled from the convention for his active opposition to secession. Ho was active in organizing the new state of West Virginia, and was a member of its legislature, 1863^. He engaged in banking in Kingwood in 1865, and was a representative from West Virginia in the 41st and 42d congresses, 1869- 78 ; a director of the West Virginia hospital for the insane, 1863-70, and one of the trus- tees of the Ohio Wesleyan university for a num- ber of years. He was sent as a lay delegate to the First Methodist CEk;umenical conference, which met in London, England, in September. 1881.

McGUFFEY, William Holmes, educator, was bom in Washington county, Pa., Sept. 23, 1800; son of Alexander and Anna (Holmes) McGuffey. His parents removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, about 1810, and he was graduated from Washing-

ton college, Pa., in 1826. He was professor of Latin, Greek and Hebrew at Miami university, Ohio, 1826-32 ; was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Oxford in 1829 ; was professor of mental philosophy, philology and general criti- cism at Miami university, 1834-36 ; president of Cincinnati college, 1886-39, and of Ohio univer- sity, 1839-43 ; professor in the Woodward High school, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1843-45, and professor of niental and moral philosophy in the University of Virginia, 1845-73. He was twice married, first in April, 1827, to Harriet Speninty of Daj'- ton, Ohio, and secondly, in 1851, to Laura Howard. He received the degree of D.D. from Washington college in 1842, and that of LL.D. elsewhere. He is the author of McGufifey's eclectic readers and spelling books. He died at the University of Virginia, Charlotteville. Va., May 4, 1873.

McGUIRE, Hunter Holmes, surgeon, was born in Winchester, Va., Oct. 11, 1835 ; son of Dr. Hugh Holmes and Anne Eliza (Moss) McGuire, and a descendant of Thomas mor McGuire, Lord of Fermanagli, Ireland, 1400-30. He attended Win- chester academy was graduated at Winchester Medical college in 1855, and attended the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1856. He was professor of anatomy in Winches- ter Medical college, 1857-58, settled in Philadel- phia, Pa., in 1858, where he practised his profes- sion and attended lectures at Jefferson Medical college until 1859. He was graduated at the Virginia Medical college in 1860, and studied medicine in New Orleans, La., until 1861, when he entered the Confederate army. He was ap- pointed medical director of the Army of the Shenandoah and brigade surgeon under Gen. Thomas J. Jackson in 1861. He also served as medical director of the Army of the Valley, 1861- 62, and of the 2d corps, Army of NorthernVirginia, 1861-65. He was married Dec. 19, 1866, to Mary, daughter of Gen. A. H. H. Stuart of Staunton, Va. He was professor of surgery in the Virginia Medical college, 1866-85, and professor emeritus, 1885-1900. He engaged in surgical practice, or- ganized St. Luke's home for the sick, with a train- ing school for nurses, and served as chief surgeon. He was president of the Association of Medical Officers of the Confederate States in 1875, vice- president of the International Medical congress in 1876, of the American Medical association in 1881 ; president of the American Surgical associa- tion in 1887, and president of the American Med- ical association in 1892. Ho was elected president of the University College of Medicine at Rich- mond, Va., in 1869, and held the office until his death. He received the degree LL.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1887, and from Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, in 1889. He contributed frequently to medical journals,