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 McMICHAEL

MacMILLAN

The degrees of Ph.D. and Litt.D. were conferred upon him by the University of Pennsylvania. In 1870 he began to collect material for a his- tory of the American people. The first vol- ume was published in 1883 and the fifth vol- ume in 1900. Besides The History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War,\\e is the author of : Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters (1887); With the Fathers (1896); Origin, Meaning and Application of the Monroe Doctrine (1896); School History of the United States (1898); A Primary History of the United States (1901); The Political Career of Daniel Webster (1901).

McMICHAEL, Clayton, journalist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 30, 1844; son of Morton and Mary (Estell) McMichael. He attended the private schools of Philadelphia and at the out- break of the civil war he joined the Federal army and served throughout the war. He was com- missioned 2d lieutenant of the 9th U.S. infantry, Aug. 5, 1861 ; and was given command of a mili- tary escort to protect overland emigration through the Indian country. He was trans- ferred to the Army of the Potomac and partici- pated in all the battles from Gettysburg to the close of the war. He served as aide-de-camp to Generals Birney and Hancock ; was twice wounded, and was brevetted major in the regular army for conspicuous personal bravery. He re- signed his commission in 1865 and devoted him- self to journalism. He was married, April 24, 1867, to Anna Fotterall of Philadelphia. He was editor of The Philadelphia North American, 1866-98, and successor to his father as proprietor, 1879-98. He declined the office of assistant sec- retary of the interior tendered him by President Grant in 1872 ; and served as a commissioner to the International exposition at Vienna in 1873. He was U.S. marshal. District of Columbia, 1882- 85, and city treasurer of Philadelphia, 1898-1901.

McMICHAEL, Morton, journalist, was born in Burlington, N.J., Oct. 2, 1807. He attended the public schools and the University of Pennsyl- vania, and was admitted to the bar in 1827, but did not practice. He became editor of the Saturday Evening Post in 1826 ; was editor-in- chief of tlie Saturday Courier, 1831-36 ; one of the founders of the Saturday News ; editor of the Saturday Gazette, 1844-47 ; acquired an interest in the North American in 1847, which was con- solidated with the United States Gazette and published under the name of the Philadelphia North American, and he was sole proprietor of this paper, 1854-79. He was sheriff of Pliiladelphia county, 1843-46, and during his term of office sup- pressed the anti-Catholic riots of 1844 ; and was mayor of Philadelphia. 1866-69. He was presi- dent of the Fairmount Park Commission from its

organization in 1867 until his death, and was ap- pointed a delegate-at-large to the state constitu- tional convention of 1873, and was elected a member of the American Philosophical society in 1867. He was married to Mary Estell. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1877 ; and a bronze statue was erected in Fairmount Park to his mem- ory. He died in Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 1879.

McMICHAEL, William, lawyer, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 4, 1841 ; son of Morton and Mary (Estell) McMichael. He was grad- uated from theUniversity of Pennsylvania, A.B. , 1859, A.M., 1862, and studied law. In 1861 he en- listed in the Commonwealtli artillery, of Phila- delphia, in which he was successively commis- sioned lieutenant, captain and major. He be- came a member of the staff of Gen. Charles F. Smith and subsequently aide-de-camp to Gen. Lew Wallace, and participated in the battle of Shiloh, where he was captured, and confined for four months in the Confederate prison at Selma, Ala. . Upon his exchange he was brevetted col- onel, and served under Generals Grant, Rose- crans and Thomas. At the close of the war he was adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Henry W. Halleck. He returned to Philadelphia and was admitted to the bar in 1865. He was solicitor in the internal revenue bureau, depart- ment of the treasury, 1869-71 ; was U.S. minister to Santo Domingo in 1871; U.S. assistant-attorney- general, 1871-77 ; U.S. district-attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, 1877-85 ; a mem- ber of the board of Indian commissioners, 1881-83, and in 1882 was the defeated Independent Repub- lican candidate for representative-at-large from Pennsylvania to the 48th congress. He was elected president of the Law Academy of Phila- delphia in 1865. He was married to Mary Eleanor, daughter of James J. Sullivan. He de- livered a memorial address on Gen. George H. Thomas, at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, and an oration on Abraham Lincoln at the un- veiling of his statue in Fairmount Park. He died in New York city, April 20, 1893.

MacMILLAN, Conway, botanist, was born in Hillsdale, Mich., Aug. 26, 1867 ; son of George and Josephine (Yomig) MacMillan, and grandson of Robert and Mary (Foster) MacMillan and of Nelson and Achsah (Kingsley) Young. His an- cestors were Scotch and belonged to the clan MacMillan. He was graduated from the Univer- sity of Nebraska, A.B.,1885, A.M., 1886, and took post-graduate courses at Johns Hopkins and Har- vard. He was instructor in botany at the Uni- versity of Minnesota, 1888-91 ; assistant professor, 1891-92 ; professor, 1892, and was appointed state botanist in 1893. He was elected a member of the American Botanical society ; the Societe