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cellany, a weekly publication, in 1849-52, and a Masonic quarterly, 1858-60. He is the author of A Lexicon of Freemasonry (1845 ; 3d ed., 1855) The Mystic Tie (1849) ; Book of the Chapter (1858) A History of Freemasonry in South Carolina (1861); A Manual of the Lodge (1862); Cryptic Masonry (1867); Masonic Ritualist (1867); Sym- bolism of Freemasonry (1869) ; A Text-Book of Masonic Jurisprudence (1869); Masonic Parlia- mentary Law (1875); Encyclopcedia of Free- masonry (1874). He died in Fort Monroe, Va., June 20, 1881.

MACKEY, Edward W. M., representative, was born at Charleston, S.C, March 8, 1846. He was preparing for college when the civil war broke out, and his studies were interrupted. In September, 1865, he was appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue in the second collec- tion district of South Carolina, and while holding this position he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1868. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in November, 1867 ; was sheriff of Charleston county, 1868-72 ; was elected an alderman of Charleston, 1868, 1873 and 1875 ; was editor and proprietor of the Charleston Republican, 1871-72 ; was a representative in the state legislature, 1874 and 1877, being speaker of the house in 1877 ; was a delegate to every Re- publican state convention from the organization of the party in South Carolina in 1868, and sev- eral times president of the convention ; a dele- gate to the Republican national conventions of 1872 and 1880, being chairman of the South Car- olina delegation in 1880 ; was a representative in the 44th and 47th U.S. congresses, 1875-77, and 1881-83 ; claimed to have been elected to the 46th congress, and contested M. P. O'Connor's seat without success ; and was assistant U.S. attorney for South Carolina, 1878-81. He died in Charles- ton, S.C

MACKEYv Levi Augustus, representative, was born in White Deer township. Union county, Pa., Nov. 25, 1819 ; son of Thomas S. and Cath- erine (Angstatt) Mackey, both of Berks county, Pa. In 1829 he removed with his parents to Milton, Pa., was prepared for college by the Rev. David Kirkpatrick, and was graduated from Union college, N.Y., A.B., 1837, with highest honors, A.M., 1840. He studied law under the Hon. James Pollock, and at the law school of Dickinson college ; was admitted to the bar in 1840, and in 1841 settled in practice at Lock Haven, Pa. He was married in 1847 to Mary, daughter of Samuel Hepburn, of Milton, Pa. He was a delegate to the Whig national convention at Baltimore, June 16, 1852 ; was the Democratic candidate for representative in the 41st congress in 1868, being defeated by W. H. Armstrong ; was the first mayor of Lockhaven, 1870 ; a dele-

gate to the Democratic national convention at Baltimore, July 9, 1872, and was a representative in the 44th and 45th congresses, 1875-79. He was president of the Central Normal School asso- ciation of Pennsylvania. He received the hon- orary degree of LL.D. He died at Lock Haven, Pa., Feb. 8, 1889.

McKlBBIN, Chambers, soldier, wa8 born in Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 2, 1841 ; son of Chambers and Jane (Bell) McKibbin. He enlisted in the U.S. army as a private, Sept. 22, 1862 ; was pro- moted 2d lieutenant, 14th U.S. infantry, Sept. 24, 1862 ; 1st lieutenant, June 10, 1864, and was bre- vetted captain, Aug. 18, 1864, for gallant .services in the battle of North Anna River, Va., and dur- ing the operations on the Weldon railroad. He was transferred to the 32d U.S. infantry, Sept. 21, 1866 ; was promoted captain in the 35th U.S. infantry, July 28, 1866, and was transferred to the 15th U.S. infantry, Aug. 12, 1869. He was promoted major of 25th U.S. infantry, April 25, 1892 ; lieutenant-colonel of 21st U.S. infantry, May 1, 1896, and colonel of 12th U.S. infantry, April 1, 1899. At the outbreak of the war with Spain he accompanied General Shaf ter's army to Cuba, and was engaged in the battle of Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898. He was made brigadier- general of volunteers, July 8, 1898, and was appointed military governor of Santiago de Cuba. He commanded successively the 2d brigade, 2d division, 5th army corps ; the 1st brigade, 2d divi- sion, 5th army corps, and the 1st brigade, 1st divi- sion, 2d corps, Sept. 22, 1898. to April 1, 1899. He was honorably discharged from the volunteer serv- ice. May 12, 1899, and assumed command of the Department of Texas, June 6, 1899.

McKIBBEN, George Fitch, teacher, was born in Lima, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1851 ; son of John and Mary (Kendall) McKibben, and grandson of William and Anne (Moore) McKibben and of Simon and Elizabeth (Kent) Kendall. His pater- nal great grandfather emigrated from the north of Ireland about 1750, and settled in Pennsylvania. His maternal ancestors emigrated from England to New England before 1650. George attended the public schools of Lima, was graduated from Denison university, Granville, Ohio, A.B., 1875, A.M., 1878, and from the Baptist Union Theologi- cal seminary at Morgan Park, Chicago, III., B.D., 1881. He was 'married, Dec. 21, 1882, to Mary Elizabeth Stilwell, of Dayton, Ohio. He was a student at the University of Leipzig, 1881-82, and at Paris, 1891-92. He was a teacher in the district and public schools of Lima, and in Licking county. Ohio ; was tutor of Greek and Latin in the preparatory department of Denison univer- sity, 1876-79, and was elected professor of French and German in the university in 1882. He was elected a member of the American Philological