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fellow in Hebrew at the Princeton Theological seminary, 1S82-83. He was ordained to the Pres- byterian ministry, April 17, 1883, and was mar- ried, Sept. 25, 1883, to Lillian Allen, of New York. He \ya8 a missionary to the Laos tribes. North Siam, 1883-86 ; was assistant pastor at Liiwrenceville, N.J., 1888-89 ; pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Moorestown, N.J., 1889-91, and of the First Presbyterian church. Port Henry, N.Y., 1891-92. He was instructor in Hebrew in Princeton university and instructor in the Old Testament department of the Princeton Theolog- ical seminary, 1892-1900. He was students' lec- turer on missions, Princeton Theological semi- nary, 1894-95 and 1900-01. On July 1, 1900, he became president of the Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgli, Pa. He received the huno- rary degree of D.D. from Princeton in 1901. He is the author of : Apostolic and Modern Missions (1898) and contributed an article on Siam to the Cyclopcedia of Missions in 1891 and Titles of the Psalms to the Presbyterian and Reformed Review in 1900.

MARTIN, Charles Cyril, civil engineer, was born in Springfield, Pa., Aug. 30, 1831 ; son of James and Lydia (Bullock) Martin ; grandson of James and Judith (Read) Martin and a descend- ant of John Martin, who came from England

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about 1666, a descendant of Martin de Tours, who went to England with William the Conqueror. He was graduated from the Rensselaer Polytech- nic institute, C.E., 1856 ; was assistant in geod- esy there, 1856-57, and removed to Brooklyn, N.Y., where he entered the employ of the Brook- lyn water works as rod man and was advanced to assistant engineer. He perfected himself in iron construction work as applied to bridge building and in 1860-61 he was engaged in building an iron bri<lge across the Savannah river. He re- turned north, was superintendent of the Trenton Locomotive and Machine Manufacturing com- pany and of the Wiard Ordnance company, 1861- 64. He conducted a series of experiments at the Brooklyn navy yard for the U.S. navy depart- ment, 1864-66, to determine the respective merits of vertical and horizontal tubular boilers. He was superintendent of the laying of a forty -eight-

inch water main to distribute water from the Ridgewood reservoir in Brooklyn ; in 1867 waa appointed chief engineer of Prosi>ect park, where he inaugurated a system of roadmaking and drainage which proved eminently satisfac- tory, and also constructed the great park well. He was first assi.stant engineer of the New York and Brooklyn bridge during its construction and in May, 1883, was made chief engineer and super- intendent of the completed structure. He was elected a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1872 and was vice-president, 1894-96.

MARTIN, Daniel, governor of Maryland, was born in Talbot county, Md., in 1780 ; son of Nicholas and Hannah Martin ; grandson of Tris- tram and Mary (Oldham) Martin, and great-grand- son of John and Ann (Goldsborough) Oldham. He was married, Feb. 6, 1816, to Mary Clare Maccubbin, of Annapolis, Md. He succeeded Joseph Kent (q.v.) as governor of Maryland in 1828, serving in that office one year. During his administration the construction of the Chesa- peake & Ohio canal was begun. He was de- feated in 1829 by Thomas King Carroll, but was returned in 1830 and again served one year. He was a charter member of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in 1827, and a member of the Eastern Shore Agricultural society. He died in Talbot county, Md., July 11, 1831.

MARTIN, Francois Xavier, jurist, was born in Marseilles, France, March 17, 1764. He received a superior education and in 1781 immigrated to Martinique and thence to the United States reaching New Berne, N.C., in 1786. He obtained em- ployment in a printing-ofl5ce and finally became proprietor of the paper. He translated from the French and published numerous works including law and school books and almanacs. He studied English law and practised in North Carolina, 1789- 1809. He was a representative in the North Caro- lina legislature, 1806-07 ; U.S. judge for the terri- tory of Mississippi, 1809-10, and was transferred to the territory of Orleans in 1810, where he served until 1813, when he was appointed attorney-gen- eral of Louisiana upon the organization of the state government. He was a judge of the Louisiana supreme court, 1815-37 ; and chief-justice, 1837- 45. He was nearly blind during the last years of his life and his will, which devised his entire estate to his brothers, was unsuccessfully contested by the state of Louisiana on the grounds that the property parsed to foreigners, and the duty of ad- ministration belonged to the state. The honor- ary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the University of Nashville and by Harvard in 1841. He published Notes of a Few Decisions of the Superior Courts of North Carolina and of the Cir- cuit Court of the United States 1778-97 (1797) ;