Page:The Biographical Dictionary of America, vol. 08.djvu/31

 MUMFORD

MUNGEN

Mullins, and grandson of William and Sally Mul- lins and of Stephen and Aseneth Tillman. He attended the common schools of Corsicana, Texas. 1870-76, and the Agricultural and Mechan- ical college of Texas, 1876-79. He was graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological seminary in 1885, and was ordained to the ministry the same year. He was married, June 2, 1886, to Isla May, daughter of A. W. and L. M. Hawley of Louisville, Ky. He was pastor of churches at Harrodsburgh, Ky., 1885-88; Baltimore, Md., 1888-95, and at Newton, Mass., 1896-99. He edited the Evangel, Baltimore, Md., 1890-95, was secretary of the foreign mission board, 1895- 96, and was elected president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, Louisville, Ky., in 1899. He received the honorary degree of D.D. and LL.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological seminary.

MUnFORD, Paul, jurist, was born at South Kingstown, R.L, March 5, 1734 ; son of William and Hannah (Latham; Mumford ; gi-andson of Thomas Mumford, and a descendant of Thomas Mumford who settled at South Kingstown, then known as Pettaquamscut, in 1657. He was grad- uated from Yale, A.B. 1754, A.M. 1786 ; was ad- mitted to the bar, and settled in Newport, R.I. He was a representative in the general assembly in 1774, but upon the occupancy of Newport by the British retired to his home at Barrington, Mass. He was a member of the council of war, and on July 7, 1777, was appointed with Stephen Hopkins and William Bradford a committee to attend a convention of the New England states held at Springfield, Mass., to provide for the de- fence of Rhode Island, and to discuss the currency question in view of the circulation of depreciated paper money. He was judge of the court of common pleas, 1777-78 ; judge of the superior court, 1778-81 ; a representative in the general assembly, 1779-81, and chief justice of Rhode Island, 1781-85 and 1786-88. He was state sena- tor, 1801-03, lieutenant governor, 1803-05, and upon the death of Gov. Arthur Fenner, Oct. 15, 1805 became acting governor but served only a few days, when he died and was succeeded by Senator Henry Smith.

MUNDY, Ezekiel Wilson, clergyman and librarian, was born in Metuchen, N.J., June 16, 1833 ; son of Luther Bloomfield and Frances Eliza (Martin) Mundy, and grandson of Ezekiel and Lovicy Mundy, and of Dr. William and Sarah (Elston) Martin. He attended the academy at Essex, Conn., and was graduated from the Rochester university, A.B. 1860, A.M. 1863, and from the Rochester Theological seminary in 1863. He was pastor of the First Baptist church at Syracuse, 1863-66. In 1866 he helped to organize an independent church of which he was pastor VIII. — 2

until 1879. He was married, Jan. 15, 1873, to Emily, daughter of Horace and Emily (King) Kendall of Suffield, Conn. In 1882 he was con- firmed in the Protestant Episcopal church. He was admitted to the diaconate the same year and to the priesthood in 1884, and was rector of St. Mark's church, Syracuse, N.Y., 1883-94. He was appointed librarian of the Syracuse Central library in 1880 ; was elected a member of the Historical society of Onondaga county, N.Y., in 1870, and of the Syracuse Historical and Genealogical society in 1898.

MUNDY, Johnson Marchant, sculptor, was born near New Brunswick, N.J., May 13, 1832 ; son of Frederick and Mary (Marchant) Mundy ; grandson of Henry and Humy (Ayers) Mundy of Metuchen, N.J., and a descendant of Nicholas Mundy who settled in Metuchen about 1665. His parents removed to Geneva, N.Y, and he early evinced a talent for art and began to study draw- ing in crayons in 1844. He later removed to New York city, and engaged in marble cutting until 1854, when he entered the studio of Henry K. Brown, the sculptor, to learn to model in clay. He supported himself by making crayon por- traits during his student days, and in 1858 re- ceived an order to model a bust in marble of President Benjamin Hale of Hobart college. He settled in Rochester, N.Y., in 1863, and there es- tablished the first drawing school and life class. He made his home in Rochester until 1883, and during that time modeled many busts, statuettes and medallions. He became almost blind in 1883, and removed to Tarrytown, where he accom- plished his most important works. These con- sisted of the statue placed on the Soldiers' monu- ment in Sleepy Hollow cemeterj', Tarrytown, by the Grand Army veterans in 1890, for which he offered his service free, and the heroic statue of Washington Irving, completed in 1891, which represented the author seated in an arm-chair. This latter was executed almost wholly through his sense of touch. Among his more notable busts are those of Bishop William H. De Lancey ; President Martin B. Anderson ; Dr. Chester Dewey ; Frederick Douglas, and Dr. W. W. Ely. He died in Tarrytown, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1897.

nUNQEN, William, representative, was born at Baltimore, Md., May 12, 1821 ; son of John and Margaret (McFarland) Mvxngen ; grandson of Donald and Elizabeth (McGraw) Mungen and of Matthew and Fanny (Black) McFarland, and a de- scendant of Robert and Mary (Kearns) Mungen. He removed with his parents to a farm in Ohio in 1830, attended the public school in winter and studied Latin, German and the physical sciences at home. He was admitted to the bar and practised in Findlay, Ohio, where he published and edited the Democratic Courier for several