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the woods. A volley followed him, and he fell, pierced by several bullets. His statue in bronze was erected in one of tlie public parks of Wash- ington, D.C., by his counades of the Army of the Tennessee. When told of McPherson's death, Grant exclaimed, " The country has lost one of its best soldiers, and I have lost my best friend." He died near Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864.

Mcpherson, John Hanson Thomas, edu- cator, was born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 30, 1865 ; son of John H. T. and Sallie (Cooke) McPherson, grandson of Robert Grier and Maria (Davis) McPherson ; great-grandson of Col. John Mc- Pherson, who settled in Frederick county, Md., in 1781, and a descendant of Robert and Janet McPherson, who came from the Scotch Highlands to Delaware in 1738, afterward settling near Gettysburg, Pa. His early life was passed on the family homestead at Frederick, Md. He at- tended private schools and Baltimore college, 1879-84, and was graduated from Johns Hopkins university, A.B., 1886, Ph.D., 1890. He was an honorary Hopkins scholar, 1884-86, and a Univer- sity scholar, 1886-87 and 1883-89. He was made a fellow in history in 1889 ; was instructor in his- tory at the University of Michigan, 1890-91, and was elected professor of history and political science at the University of Georgia in 1891, being also lecturer on Roman law in the univer- sity law school after 1895. He was married June 23, 1892, at Geneva, Switzerland, to Georgia Adams Rathbone, who died Nov. 13, 1893. He was made a member of the board of electors of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York university, 1900 ; a member for Georgia of the general committee of the American Histor- ical association, and corresponding member of the Minnesota Historical society. He is the author of History of Liberia (1891), issued in the John Hopkins studies in history and politics ; and The Civil Government of Georgia (1896).

McPherson, John Roderic, senator, was born at York, Livingston county, N.Y., May 9, 1833 ; son of Donald and Jean (Calder) Mc Pher- son ; grandson of James McPherson, who c-ame from CuUoden, Scotland, and located at Delhi, N.Y., in 1801, and of James and Elizabeth Calder, who came from Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1800, and settled in Greenfield, Conn., and later removed to Genesee county, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools and at Genesee acadeni}', and engaged in farming and stock- raising in Livingston county, 1851-58. He re- moved in 1858 to Jersey City, N.J., where he en- tered upon more extensive dealings in live stock, and designed many improvements and put into operation the great abattoir system used in France. He was a member of the board of aldermen of Jersey City, 1864-70, and its president vii— u

for three years. He was married in 1867 to Edla Jean, daughter of William Gregory, of Buffalo, N.Y. He was a member of tlie state senate, 1870- 73 ; opposed the railroad monopolies and secured the enactment of the general railroad law of New Jersey. He was presidential elector on the Tilden and Hendricks ticket in 1876, and was elected to the U.S. senate by the Democratic legislature to succeed F. T. Frelinghuysen, and was twice re-elected, serving, 1877-95. During his third term in the senate he was chairman of the committees on naval affairs and the Potomac river front. He was a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1884, 1888 and 1892, and in 1887 refused the cabinet position of secretary of the treasury as successor to Daniel Manning, deceased. He established the People's Gaslight company, and was president of the corporation, 1868-69 ; was president of several savings banks and of a western stock-yard company, and owned a paper-mill near the Delaware water-gap, and a large stock-farm in Somerset county. He died in Jersey City, N.J., Oct. 8, 1897.

Mcpherson, smith, jurist, was born in Morgan county, Ind,, Feb. 14, 1848 ; son of Oliver and Polly (Matthews) McPherson, and grandson of William McPherson and of Hiram Matthews. He attended the common schools of his native county and studied law at the Iowa State univer- sity. He practiced at Red Oak, Iowa, 1870-1900 ; was district-attorney of the third district of Iowa, 1874-80 ; and attorney-general of Iowa, 1881-85. He was elected a Republican representative in the 56th congress in 1898 and served until June 7, 1900, when he resigned, having been apj)ointed U.S. district judge for the southern district of Iowa.

McQUADE, James, soldier, was born in Utica, N.Y., April 27, 1829 ; son of Michael McQuade, a cooper and brewer. He attended a Roman Catholic school in Montreal, Canada ; studied law in Utica, and entered the banking busi- ness. He was appointed a clerk of the New York assembly in 1851, and was elected a mem- ber of the assembly on the Republican ticket in 1859. He was appointed colonel of the 14th New York regiment in April, 1861, and was assigned to Griffin's second brigade, Morrill's 1st division, Fitz-John Porter's 5th army corps, on the Vir- ginia peninsula, and was in the various engage- ments leading to the siege of Yorktown, April 5 to May 4, 1862, and in the seven-days' battles l)e- fore Richmond, 1862. He distinguished himself for his bravery at Craines's Mill, June 27, and at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862. At Hanover Court House he commanded a brigade ; at Gaines's Mill he served as an aide on Gen. Fitz-John Porter's staff, and at Malvern Hill was in command of his regiment, and made a desperate and success-