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at Bellevue Hospital Medical college, New York city, in 1869, and practised in lialeigh. He was married in 1873 to Mildred, daugliter of John Sasser of Wayne county, N.C. He was elected secretary of the North Carolina Medical society ; president of the Raleigh Medical academy, and a delegate to the American Medical association. He is credited with being the first medical practi- tioner in America systematically to instruct the negro race in medical science. He was elected professor in the Leonard Medical college con- nected with Shaw university at Raleigii at its foundation, and for several years filled the chair of obstetrics and diseases of women and children in that institution. In 1881 he was elected dean of the faculty and to him is largely due the suc- cess that attended this institution in its pioneer efforts to instruct the negroes in the sciences. He served also as visiting physician to the Leonard Medical College hospital and to St. Agnes hos- pital ; as local surgeon to the Southern railway company ; as visiting surgeon and as trustee of the Rex hospital, as a member of the National Association of Railway Surgeons ; as superintend- ent of health for the city of Raleigh and as com- piler of the vital statistics of the city.

McKEB, John, representative, was born in Rockbridge county, Va. ; son of John and Esther (Houston) McKee ; grandson of Robert McKee who came from Ireland to America about 1738, and subsequently settled in Augusta county, Va.; and a cousin of Gen. ^am Houston. He was stationed in East Mississippi as U.S. agent for the Chickasaw Indians in 1812, and in 1813 was largely influential in causing the Choctaws and Chickasaws to side with the government against the Creeks, and he marched with a large force of friendly Indians to destroy the Creek town at tlie falls of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Several years later he was appointed an officer in the land office at Tuscaloosa, and was one of the first settlers of Tuscaloosa county. He was a representative from Alabama in the 18th, 19th and 20th con- gresses, 1823-29, In 1829 he was one of the com- missioners who negotiated the treaty of Dancing Rabbit by which a large tract of land west of the Tombigbee was acquired from the Choctaws. He diel in Greene county, Ala., about 183i.

McKEEt Samuel, representative, was born in Montgomery county, Ky., Nov. 5, 1833. He was graduated at Miami university in 1857. and at the Cincinnati Law school in 1858 ; and practised at Mount Sterling, Ky., 1858-62. In July, 1862, he entered the Federal army as captain in the 14th Kentucky cavalry. On March 22, 1863. he was captured and placed in Libby Prison, from where he was released. April 30. 1864. and mustered out of the service. He was n R'^'Mnblican renresent- ative from Kentucky in the 39th and 40th con-

gresses, 186.5-69. He was a delegate to the Loyal- ists' convention at Philadelphia, 1866, and U.S. pension agent at Louisville, Ky., 1869-71. He resumed the practice of law in Louisville, Ky.» in 1871, and subsecjuently removed to Dayton, Ohio. He died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 11, 1898.

McKEE, William James, soldier, was born in Madison, Ind,, Dec. 12, 1853 ; son of Robert S. and Celine (Lodge) McKee, and grandson of James and Agnes (McMullen) McKee,. and of William Johnson and Mary Grant (Lemon) Lodge. He was graduated from the Collegiate and Commercial institute, New Haven, Conn., and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Indianapolis, Ind. He was married, Feb. 20, 1878, to Fannie B. McKinney of Indianapolis. He became a mem- ber of the national guard of the state, and in May, 1893, was appointed brigadier-general, com- manding. At the outbreak of the Spanish- Amer- ican war he was appointed brigadier-general U.S. v.. May 27, 1898, and was successively in command of the 2d brigade, 2d division, 1st army corps ; the 2d division, 1st army corps ; the 3d brigade, 1st division, Ist army corps and the 2d separate brigade, 2d army corps, serving in camps at Chickamauga National Park, Ga., Knoxville, Tenn., and Macon, Ga. He was honorably di.s- charged from the volunteer service, March 15, 1899, and returned to Indianapolis, Ind., l>eing recom missioned brigadier-general, commanding, Indiana national guard, on the same day.

McKEEN, Joseph, educator, was born in Lon- donderry, N.H., Oct. 15, 1757 ; son of Deacon John, and grandson of James McKeen, Scotch Presbyterians, who immigrated from London- derry, Ireland, about 1718, and settled in New Hampshire. Joseph was graduated from Dart- mouth, A.B., 1774, A.M., 1777, and taught school in his native village, 1774-82. He was a volunteer soldier under Gen. John Sullivan in Rhode Island, 1778 ; a student at Harvard college, 1783 ; a teacher

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at Phillips Andover academy, 1783-84; studied theology, licen.sed by the presbytery of Londonder- ry, and after preaching in Boston a short time he dissolved his connection with the Presbyterian church. In May, 1785, he was ordained pastor of the Congregational church. Lower Beverly. Mass. He resigned the pastorate early in 1802,