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 MAGOON

MAGOUN

Letcher, a "Whig, in 1840 ; was a state senator in 1850 ; a presidential elector in 1844, 1848 and 1852 ; a delegate to the Democratic national con- ventions of 1848, 1856 and 1860 ; was the unsuc- cessful candidate for lieutenant-governor in 1855, and was governor of the state from Sept. 1, 1859, to Aug. 18, 1862, when he resigned the office, finding it impossible to carry out the policy of neutrality between the contending sections. He was opposed to secession, but sympathizing with the South, he refused to respond to the Pres- ident's call for troops. In 1865 he urged the people of Kentucky promptly to accept the re- sults of the war and abide by the constitutional amendments. He was a representative from Mer- cer county in the state legislature, 1867-69, and was appointed by President Hayes an honorary commissioner to represent Kentucky at the Paris exposition of 1878. He was married in 1840 to AnnaN., daughter of Isaac Shelby of Arcadia, Ky., and a granddaughter of Governor Isaac Shelby (q.v.). His son, Samuel M. Magoffin, graduated from Centre college in 1878 and settled in St. Paul, Minn. Governor Magoffin established the Institute for Feeble-minded at Frankfort, Ky., and was a supporter of the public-school system. He died at narrodsburg,Ky., Feb. 28, 1885.

MAQOON, Elias Lyman, bibliophile, was born in Lebanon, N.H., Oct. 20, 1810. His father was an architect and his grandfather, a Baptist clergy- man, served in the Revolution. He was an apprentice to a brick-layer, 1826-30, and earned the money to pay for his education. He was prepared for college at New Hampton academy ; attended Waterville college, Maine, 1836, and was graduated from the Newton Theological insti- tution in 1839. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in Boston, Mass., in August, 1839, and was pastor at Richmond, Va., 1839-46 ; was in Europe, 1840-46 ; was pastor of the Ninth Street church in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1846-50, of the OHver Street church, New York city, 1850-58, of the First church, Albany, N.Y., 1858-68, and of the Broad Street church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1868-84. He withdrew from the ministry in April, 1884, and resided in Philadelphia until his death. He was collector of books and works of art, and before his death gave liis large collections of Protestant theological books to the Newton Theological institution, his Roman Catholic col- lection to Cardinal John McCloskey, his miscel- laneous works to Colby university and Bates col- lege, Maine, his illustrated art works to the Uni- vei*sity of Rochester, and his collection of water- color drawings to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He also sold his paintings to Vassar college, of which institution he was a trustee. He received the honorary degree A.M. from Waterville college in 1842, and that of D.D.

from the University of Rochester in 1853. He is the author of : Eloquence of the Colonial Times

(1847) ; Orators of the American Revolution

(1848) ; Proverbs for the People (1848) ; Livbuj Orators in America (1849) ; Republican Christian- ity (1849) ; Westward Empire (1856). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 25, 1886.

MAGOUN, George Frederic, educator, was born in Bath, Maine, March 29, 1821 ; son of David Crooker and Hanna Crooker (Webb) Magoun, grandson of Elisha and Lydia (Neal) Magoun ; and a lineal descendant of John Magune of Scot- land, who came to Hingham, Mass., in 1655, and removed to Scituate, Mass., in 1665. He was pre- pared for college at Bath academy and was grad- uated at Bowdoin, A.B., 1841, A.M., 1844. He attended Andover Theological seminary, 1841-42, and Yale Theological seminary, 1842-44 ; was prin- cipal of academies at Galena, 111., and Plattsville, Wis., 1844-46 ; acting pastor of the Presbyterian church, Shullsburg, Wis., 1847-48 ; was ordained Jan. 25, 1848 ; was pastor of the Second church, Galena, 111., 1848-51 ; assistant pastor of the Con- gregational church, Davenport, Iowa, 1855-56, and its pastor, 1856-61 ; and pastor at Lyons, Iowa, 1861-64. He was president of Iowa col- lege at Grinnell, 1864-84, and held also the Wil- listen chair of mental and moral science, 1864-90. He was a lecturer on "Home Missions " at An- dover, 1878-81 ; delegate to the international con- gress at Cologne in 1882, and representative of the national council of the United States at the semi- centennial of the Congregational Union of Eng- land and Wales, 1882. During his administration Iowa college lost by fire half of its buildings, and by tornado the entire group of buildings with ap- pliances, apparatus, museum of natural history and library, and he raised the money and restored the damage with valuable additions. Dr. Ma- goun was twice married : in 1847 to Abbie Anne Hyde of Bath, Maine, and in 1870 to Elizabeth Earle of Brunswick, Maine. He was a corpo- rate member of the A. B. C. F. M., director of the Chicago Theological seminary, member of the advisory committee of the Congress of Na- tions, 1893, and an advocate of anti-slavery, peace and temperance. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Bowdoin in 1867. He was a trustee of Iowa college, 1856-84 ; secretary of the bocird of trustees in the corporation. 1856-61. and president of the board, 1864-84. He is the author of : Life of the Rev. Asa rttnjer(1880): part author of Boston Lectures on Scriptures (1872), and con- tributor to the Bibliotheca Sacra, and various peri- odicals. He died in Grinnell. Iowa, Jan. 30, 1896.

MAQOUN, Herbert William, educator, was born in Bath, Maine, Feb. 17, 1856 ; son of Thomas Pointon Ives and Maria (Littlefield) Magoun ; grandson of David Crooker and Hannah Crooker