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He was surgeon to the U.S. marine hospital, St. Louis, 1856-61, and surgeon in the Confederate array, 1861-64, servingas chief surgeon to Thomas L. Churchell's division and as medical director on the staff of Gen. Sterling Price. He resumed general practice in St. Louis in 1865 ; was pro- fessor in the Missouri medical college, 1866-74 ; and physician to the St. Louis hospital of the Sisters of Charity. He was president of the Medical Association of the State of Missouri in 1853 ; of the St. Louis Medical society ; and vice-president of the American Medical asso- ciation in 1873. He was also a member and president of the St. Louis Obstetrical and Gyne- cological society and an honorary member of the State Medical societies of North Carolina and Arkansas. He served on the St. Louis board of health in 1876 and 1877 and was medical director of the St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance company, 1874. He edited the St. Louis Medical and Sur- gical Journal, 1843-61 ; and is the author of a History of the Cholera Epidemic in St. Louis, Mo., in 1849 (1850).

McPHERSON, Edward, representative, was born in Gettysburg, Pa., July 31, 1830; son of John Bayard and Catharine (Lenhart) McPher- son, grandson of Capt. William McPherson, an officer in the American Revolution, captured by

the British at the battle of Long Island, and great-grandson of Capt. Robert Mc- Pherson, who, with his wife Janet, set- tled on Marsh Creek, York county, Pa., about 1735 ; was cap- tain in General For- bes's expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1748, a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention of July 15, 1776, and colonel of state troops in the War of Independence. Edward was graduated from Pennsylvania college in 1848, studied law with Thaddeus Stevens in Lancaster, Pa., was correspondent in Harrisburg for the Pliiladelphia North American, 1850 ; edited the Harrisburg Daily American, 1851 ; the Lancaster Independent Whig, 1851-54 ; and established the Inland Daily in Lancaster, Pa., in 1853. He was a representative in the 36th and 37th congresses, 1859-63 ; was a captain in the Pennsylvania Reserves in 1861 until that body was mustered into the U.S. service, and served for a time as a volunteer aide on the staff of General McCall. He wa? "hairmau of the committee on the library'.

and a member of the committee on military affairs in the 37th congress, and was appointed a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. He was married, Nov. 12, 1862, to Annie D., daughter of John S. Crawford of Gettysburg, Pa. He was deputy commissioner of internal revenue in 1863 ; clerk of the house of representatives in the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42d, 47th and 51st con. gresses, 1863-73, 1881-83, and 1889-91. He was chief of the bureau of engraving and printing in 1877 ; editor of the Philadelphia Press, 1877-80 ; and editor and proprietor of the Star and Sen- tinel, Gettysburg, Pa., 1880-95. He was secretary of the Union national committee, 1860-64, secre- tary of the Republican congressional campaign committee in 1880, 1884, 1888 and 1892, and was permanent president of the Republican national convention that met in Cincinnati, June 14, 1876. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from the College of New Jersey in 1866 and LL.D. from Pennsylvania college in 1867. He edited a bien- nial Handbook of Politics (\872-95) ; the New York Tribune Almanac (1877-95), and was the American editor of tlie Almanach de Gotha. He is the author of : Political History of the United States during the Great Rebellion (1865) ; Political Manual (1866), and The Political History of the United States during the Reconstruction {\%10). He died at Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. 14, 1895.

McPHERSON, James Birdseye, soldier, was born in Sandusky, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1828. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy in 1853, and was promoted in the army to brevet 2d lieutenant in the corps of engineers July 1, 1853. He served as assistant instructor in practical engineer- ing at the U.S. Mil- itary academy in July, 1853, and was attached to a com- pany in the engineer corps, 1853-54. He was promoted 2d lieutenant of engi- neers, Dec. 18, 1854, and served as assist- ant in the construc- tion and repairs of the New York harbor defences. 1854-57. He superintended the building of Fort Delaware in 1857 ; the (construction of the defences of Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, Cal., 1857-61 ; was promoted first lieutenant, Dec. 13, 1858, and was in charge of the engineer operations in Bos- ton harbor in 1861. He declined the appointment of captain in the 19th U.S. infantry tendered him on May 14, 1861, and was promoted captain in the