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and to John Ashhurst's " International Cyclopae- dia of Surgery" (1884), William Pepper's " Sys- tem of Medicine" (1885-87), and the American edition of Holmes' " Surgery." He also published an account of the circumstances of the death of Gen. T. J. Jackson, whom he attended. He died in Richmond, Va., Sept. 19, 1900.

McQURK, Edward A., educator, was born in New York city, Oct. 6, 1841. His parents were natives of Ireland. He pursued the classical course at St. Joseph's college, Philadelphia, and became a member of the Society of Jesus, July 20, 1857. He was professor of classics at Holy

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Cross college, Worcester, Mass., 1861-66 ; studied philosophy and theology at Georgetown univer- sity, Washington, D.C., and Woodstock college, Md., 1866-72 ; was ordained priest, June 29, 1872, by Cardinal Gibbons, then bishop of Richmond ; was professor of belles-lettres in Boston college and Holy Cross college, 1872-77, and was made president of Lozola college, Baltimore, Md.,Oct. 10, 1877 : of Gonzaga college, Washington, D.C., Aug. 21, 1885, and of Holy Cross college, Worces- ter, July 3, 1893. He was relieved of office on account of ill health, July 6, 1895, and died in the Boston College Villa, Mass., July 3, 1896.

MACHEBEUF, Joseph Projectus, R.C. bishop, was born at Riom, Puy-de-Dome, Clermont, France, Aug. 11, 1812. He attended the schools of Riom and was graduated from Riom col- lege, and in theology from the Sulpician seminary of Montferran in 1836 ; was ordained priest by Mgr. Louis Charles Teron, at Clermont, France, Dec. 21, 1836. He engaged in missionary work in France, 1836-39, and then came to the United States at the request of Bishop Purcell, of Cincin- nati, and assisted him in his diocese. He was pas- tor of a church at Sandusky, Ohio, 1840-52 ; served in New Mexico, 1852-60, part of the time as vicar- general. He went to Colorado in 1860, where he was thrown from his carriage and crippled for life. He was appointed vicar-general of the ter- ritory and built the first church in Denver, Col. He established villages, built churches to the number of eighteen and supplied priests for them, also founded the Convent of the Sisters of Loretto and a school for boys in Denver before the estab-

lishment of the territory as a vicarate-apostolic, 1868. He was consecrated titular bishop of Epiphania and vicar-apostolic of Colorado and Utah, Aug. 16, 1868, at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Archbishop Purcell, assisted by Bishops Rappe and Goesbriand. He was promoted bishop of Denver, on the erection of that see in 1887. He died in Denver, Col., Aug. 10, 1889.

MACHEN, Willis Benson, senator, was born in Caldwell county, Ky., April 5, 1810; son of Henry and Nancy (Tarrant) Machen. He was a student at Cumberland college, Princeton, Ky., and settled in Eddyville, Ky., where he engaged in farming. He was married to Margaret A., daughter of Chittenden and granddaughter of Col. Matthew Lyon. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention, 1849-50 ; a state senator, 1854-55; and a state representative, 1856- 57 and 1860-61. He was a representative from Kentucky in the 1st and 2d Confederate con- gresses, February, 1862, to April, 1865. He was ap- pointed U.S. senator by Governor Leslie to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Garrett Davis in 1872; and took his seat, Dec. 2, 1872, serving out the term of Senator Davis which expired March 8, 1873, He then resumed farming. In the Democratic national convention at Baltimore, July 9, 1872, his name was presented by the delegates from Kentucky for the nomination for Vice-President of the United States and in the election in 1873 he received one electoral vote for the office. He was made a member of the Ken- tucky railroad commission in 1880 and served the full term. He was joint owner of several iron furnaces in Lyon countj- and it was at one of his furnaces that William Kelly invented the process of making steel rails. He died in Eddyville, Lyon county, Ky., Sept. 29,1893.

McHENRY, James, delegate, was born in Ballyraena, county Antrim, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1753 ; son of Daniel and Agnes McHenry. He received a lim-

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Dublin, and in 1771 visited

America for his health and de- cided to remain. His father and younger brother John followed him in a short time and estab- lished them- selves in busi- ness in Baltimore. James attended Newark aca- demy, Delaware, in 1772, and then studied medi- cine under Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia, Pa.