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MOULTRIE

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MOULTRIE, Wmiam, patriot, was born in 1731 ; sou of Dr. John Moultrie, who immigrated to America from Scotland in 1733 and attained eminence in Charleston, S.C., as a physician. William distinguished himself as an Indian fighter ; and in 1761 was appointed captain in a militia regiment. He was a member of the pro- vincial congress that convened at Charleston in Jaiiuar}% 1775, and was chosen colonel of the 2d South Carolina infantry. In June, 1776, he was ordered to complete a fort on Sullivan's Island, Charleston harbor, which he had begun the pre- vious Mai'ch. On the arrival of the British fleet under Sir Henry Clinton and Admiral Sir Peter Parker, June 28, 1776, a bombardment was begun on the unfinished fortification, but owing to tiie spongy character of the palmetto wood, of which the fort was constructed, the broadsides had little effect, while the American fire wrought fearful havoc in the fleet, which was forced to withdraw. The fort was svibsequently called Fort Moultrie, and Moultrie was commissioned a brigadier-gen- eral in the Continental army. In February, 1779, he defended Beaufort, S.C., against a superior force of British under Colonel Gardner. In April, 1779, he delayed the advance of General Augus- tine Prevost against Charleston until the city could be placed in a condition for defence. Upon the capitulation of Charleston in 1780 he was second in command and was on parole, till 1782, when he was exchanged. He was promoted major-general in 1782, and at the close of the war retired to his home in Cliarleston. He was gov- ernor of South Carolina, 1785-87, and 1794-96. He is the author of Memoirs of the American Revolution (2 vols. 1802). He died in Charleston, S.C, Sept. 27. 1805.

MOUNT, James Atwell, governor of Indiana, was born in Montgomery countv, Ind., March 23, 1843. He attended country schools, served in Wilde«-'s brigade during the civil war, and com- pleted liis education in the Presbyterian academy at Lebanon. Ind., in 1866. He engaged in farm, iiig in Montgomery County ; was a member of tiie Indiana senate in 1888-92, and was elected gov-

ernor on the Republican ticket, sei-ving, 1897-1901. He refused to extradite Governor Taylor of Ken- tucky, who was charged with complicity in^he murder of Governor Goebel of Kentucky, on the ground that he could not have a fair trial in Kentuck}^ He married, in 1867, Kate Boyd. He was president of the Indiana Wool-Growers' asso- ciation. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 16, 1901.

MOUNT, Sheppard Alonzo, portrait painter, was born at Setauket, L.I., N.Y., July 17, 1804 ; son of Thomas S. and Julia (Hawkins) Mount. He learned the trade of coach-making in New Haven, Conn., studied art at the National Aca- demy of Design in New York ; was elected an associate in 1833, and an academician in 1842. He married, Oct. 5, 1837, Elizabeth H. Elliott of Sag Harbor, L.I. He devoted himself to portrait- ure, among his works being a portrait of his brother, William Sidney Mount. He died at Stony Brook. N.Y.. Sept. 18, 1868.

MOUNT, William Sidney, portrait painter, was born at Setauket, Long Island, N.Y., Nov. 26, 1807; son of Thomas S. and Julia (Hawkins) Mount. In 1823 he apprenticed liimself to a sign- painter in New York city, but in 1826 he entered the National Academy of Design as a student. He exhibited his first picture, a portrait of him- self, at the National Academy of Design in 1828, and established his studio in New York in 1829. He was elected an associate of the National Academy in 1831, and an academician in 1832. His many genre pictures include : A Rustic Dance (1830) ; The Last Visit (1835) ; Farmers Nooning (1837) : The Raffle (1837) ; Bargaining for a Horse, and Tlie Truant Gamblers in the New York Histori(^al society ; Boys Trapping (1839) ; Dance of the Haymakers {\8i5) ; Power of Music (1847) ; Turn of the Leaf (1849) ; TT7/o'// turn the Grindstone? (1851); California Neus and Banjo Player (1858); Just in Time (1860); Early Impressions are Lasting (1864), and Mutual Respect (1868). Many of his pictures were engraved and largely sold. He died at Setauket, L.I., N.Y, Nov. 19, 1868.