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ice was mustered out with his regiment. In January, 1864, he re-enlisted and commanded his regiment in the Atlanta campaign. While lead- ing three brigades at Lovejoy's Station, Ga., Sept. 2, 1864, he was severely wounded, on account of which he was forced to resign in April, 1865. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, for " gallant, long continued, and meritorious services during the civil war." He was married, April 11, 1865, to Rebekah S., daughter of the Hon. James D. Brown of Canton, Ohio. He resumed his law practice in Canton, was prosecuting attorney of Stark county for two terms, and in November, 1869, removed to Omalia, Neb. He was a member of the Ne- braska constitutional conventions of 1871 and 1874 ; city attorney of Omaha for six years and U.S. senator from Nebraska, 1883-95. He was president pro tempore of the senate for nearly four years and chairman of the joint committee on printing. On retiring from the senate he re- turned to Omaha, and became general solicitor of the Burlington system of railroads west of the Missouri. He was president of the American Bar association. 1899-1901.

MANDEVILLE, Giles Henry, clergyman, was born in New York city, Dec. 12, 1825 ; son of Thomas and Hester Bailey (Secor) Mandeville ; grandson of Giles A. and Elizabeth (Doremus) Mandeville ; and a descendant of Yellis Jansen de Mandeville (birthplace believed to be in Normandy, France) and Elsie (Eliza) Hendrick, who arrived in this country in 1659 and first settled in Flat- bush, L.I., N.Y. He was graduated from Rutgers college, A.B., 1848, A.M., 1851, and from the Theo- logical Seminary of the Reformed Dutch Church, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1851. He was married, July 29, 1851, to Rachel Jacobus of Boonton, N.J. He was pastor at P'lushing, 1851-59, Newburg, 1859-69, and Harlem, New York city, N.Y., 1869- 81 ; was provisional president of Hope college, Holland, Mich., 1878-80, and was chosen a mem- ber of the council of Hope college. He was cor- responding secretary of the board of education of the Reformed Dutch church in America, 1884- 99, and was chosen treasurer in 1886. The hon- orary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Rutgers college in 1870 and that of LL.D. by Hope college in 1895. He is the author of Flushing, Past and Present (1860), and a number of pamphlets.

MANEY, Qeorge, soldier, was born at Frank- lin, Tenn., Aug. 24, 1826; son of Thomas and Rebecca (Southall) Maney ; grandson of James and Mary (Roberts) Maney and of Daniel and Julia (Reddick) Southall, and of French Huguenot ancestry. He was educated at Nash- ville seminary and the University of Nashville, served in the war with Mexico, 1846-47 ; was

admitted to the bar in 1849, and practised his profession, 1849-61. He was elected colonel of the 1st Tennessee regiment of infantry, May 1,

1861, and served in western Virginia in the Cheat River campaign under Gen. Robert E. Lee and at Bath and Romney, January, 1862, under Gen. T. J. Jackson. He engaged at Shiloh, April 6-7,

1862, first in command of his regiment in the 2d brigade, 2d division, Polk's corps, and before the close of the battle as commander of the brigade. For his action in this battle he was promoted briga- dier-general, and he commanded the 3d brigade, Cheatham's division, at Perry ville, Stone's River and Chickamauga ; and in Walker's divi- sion, Hardee's corps, at Chattanooga, where he was wounded. In the Atlanta campaign, he commanded Cheatham's division after that offi- cer assumed command of Hardee's corps and he took part in the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864. He was president of the Tennessee and Pacific railroad, 1868-77 ; the Republican nominee for governor of Tennessee against James D. Porter in 1876 but withdrew before the election ; was a member of the general assembly of Tennessee from Nashville, and a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1884 and 1888. He was U.S. minister to Colombia by appointment of President Garfield, 1881-83 ; and U.S. minister to Paraguay and Uruguay by appointment of Pres- ident Harrison, 1889-93. He was married, June 23, 1853, to Bettie Crutcher, and of their cliil- dren: James Albion entered the U.S. army ; Frances Crutcher married Lieut. -Col. Henry C. Ward, U.S.A. ; Rebecca Southall married Samuel S. Watson, and Maria Cage married St. Maury Nichols. General Maney died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 9, 1901.

MANQUM, Willie Person, senator, was born in Orange county, N.C., 1792. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1815 ; was admitted to the bar in 1817, and settled at Red Mountain, N.C. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1818 ; judge of the superior court, 1819-23, and resigned on his election as a Whig representative in congress. He served in the 18th and 19th congresses, 1823-26 ; resigned, March 18, 1826, and was again elected judge of the superior court. He relinquished this office the same year and filled it again, 1828-30. He was a U.S. senator, 1831-36, resigning in 1836, and in 1840 was again elected to the U.S. senate to fill the unexpired term of Bedford Brown and was twice re-elected, serving until March 3, 1855. He was president pro tempore of the senate, succeeding Samuel L. Southard of New Jersey, 1842-45, and was a confidential adviser of Pres- ident Taylor in 1849. He was presidential elector on the Jackson and Calhoun ticket in 1829 and received eleven electoral votes from South