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McILHENNEY, Charles Morgan, artist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 4, 1858; son of James L. and Margaret Mcllhenney, and grandson of Dr. Joseph E. and Eliza Mcllhenney. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, and then turned his attention to art, studying painting under Frank Briscoe, and anatomy in the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts in 1877. He was on a sketching tour in the South Pacific, 1878-81, and on his return settled in New York city. He was married, April 24, 1888, to Ada, daughter of James and Emeline Ingersoll, of 8hrub Oak, N.Y. He was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design, and was a reg- ular exhibitor there from 1883. He was also a member of the American Water-Color society and a contributor to its annual exhibitions, re- ceiving the W. T. Evans prize in 1892. He re- ceived the first Hallgarten prize from the Na- tional Academy in 1893, and medals at the World's Columbian exhibition in 1893. Among his pictures are: Old Friends (1891); On the Beach (1891); Grey Morning (1892); September in the Marshes (1893).

McILVAINE, Abraham Robinson, represent- ative, was born in Cruni Creek, Del., Aug. 14, 1804; son of James and Mary (Robinson) Mcll- vaine; grandson of John and Lydia (Barnard) Mcllvaine and of Abraham Robinson of Naaman's Creek, Del., and great grandson of James Mcll- vaine, a native of Antrim, Ireland, who settled in Delaware about 1740, of Thomas and Sarah (Penrose) Robinson, and of Richard Barnard of Chester county. Pa. He was given a practical education and became a farmer on the Brandy- wine river, Pa., in 1833. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1837-38; a Whig presi- dential elector in 1840; a representative in the 28th, 29th and 30th congresses, 1843-49, where he opposed the annexation of Texas, and was the first representative to vote against an appropria- tion for the military occupation of the disputed territorj^ already incurred by the act of the Pres- ident, and he declined to vote on the act declar- ing war with Mexico, and voted against every appropriation for the prosecution of the war. He retired to his farm in 1849 and served as presi- dent of the Agricultural society of Chester and Delaware counties. He was married to Anna Garrison, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Cal- vert) Mulvaney of Belmont county, Ohio. He died at " Springton," his farm, in Chester county, Pa., August, 1863.

McILVAINE, Charles Pettit, second bishop of Ohio and 28th in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Burlington, N.J., Jan. 18, 1799; son of Joseph (q.v.) and Maria (Reed) Mc- llvaine. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1816, A.M., 1819; studied at

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the Princeton Theological seminary, 1817-18; was ordered deacon at St. Peter's church, Philadel- phia, June 28, 1820, and was advanced to the priesthood by Bishop Kemp in St. Paul's church, Baltimore, Md., March 20,1821. He was rector of Christ church, Georgetown, D.C., 1820-25; professor of ethics and chaplain of the U.S. Military academy, West Point, N.Y., 1825-27; rector of St. Ann's church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1827 -33, and professor of evidences of revealed religion in the Uni- versity of the City of New York, 1832-33. He was elected bishop of Ohio to succeed the Rt. Rev. Philan- der Chase, who resigned in 1831, and was con- secrated. Oct. 31, 1832, in St. Paul's chapel, New York city, by Bishops White, Griswold and Meade. He also succeeded Bishop Chase as pres- ident of Kenyon college, serving 1832-40, and was the head of Bexley Hall, the Theological school of Kenyon college, by virtue of his office as bishop of the diocese. He was a member of the U.S. sanitary commission, 1861-65, and was sent to Europe with Thurlow Weed and Bishop John Hughes on a mission for the government during the civil war. He also attended the Pan-Angli- can council in London, England, in 1867. He was given a coadjutor in the person of the Rt. Rev. Gregory T. Bedell, consecrated Oct. 13, 1859. He visited Europe, 1872-73, for the benefit of his health, and died while abroad and was succeeded by Bishop Bedell. He received the honorary de- gree of D.D. from the College of New Jersey and from Brown university in 1832; D.C.L. from Oxford in 1853; and LL.D. from Cambridge in 1858 and from Oxford in 1867. He is the author of: The Evidences of Christianity in their External or Historical Division (1832); Oxford Divinity Compared ivith that of the Romish and Anglican Churches (1841); The Holy Catholic Church (1844); No Priest, no Altar, no Sacrifice but ChHst (1846); The Sinner's Justification before God (1851); Valedictory Offerings {18oS)', The Truth and the Life{l8rA); Tlie True Temple (1861); The Work of Preaching Christ (1864); Righteousness by Faith (1864). He died in Florence, Italy, March 13, 1873.

McILVAINE, Joseph, senator, was born in Bristol, Pa., in 1765; son of Joseph Mcllvaine, a colonel in the Revolutionary service, and grand- son of William and Anne (Emerson) Mcllvaine