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tion, backed by a manly courage, made him one of the acknowledged Democratic leaders of the popular branch of the Legis- lature.
Mr. McDonough is unmarried, and resides in Boston.
MCETTRICK, MICHAEL JOSEPH, son of Matthew and Mary (McDonough) McEttrick, was born in Roxbury, Norfolk county, June 22, 1846.
His father was a well-known and re- spected citizen of Roxbury, and his mother was the daughter of one of the earliest Irish settlers of that locality.
Mr. McEttrick diligently made use of the fine educational advantages afforded by the Washington grammar school, gradu-
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ating at eleven years of age at the head of the class, of which he was the youngest member. He was graduated from the Roxbury Latin school, with honor. He immediately entered the office of Charles Whitney, the city engineer of Roxbury, and has ever since been connected more or less with that line of study and work.
He early developed a taste for athletics, and by the time he had reached his majority he had won a national reputation for wonderful powers of strength and endurance, and a record for wrestling,
jumping and long-distance pedestrian matches, which for many years remained unbroken. He was, in fact, the pioneer in this State of the pedestrian feats that have since become national in their charac- ter. He won the championship of America in 1869, and held it against all comers for a number of years.
During the last year of the war he joined the army, and served in the corps of engineers, U. S. A., until after the cessa- tion of hostilities, receiving his discharge in 1867.
In 1884 he served as assistant assessor of the city of Boston, and in the fall of the same year was elected by the Demo- crats of his district to a seat in the lower branch of the Legislature. He has since been re-elected four times in suc- cession, each year receiving a largely increased and flattering majority at the hands of his constituents. He served on many of the most important committees, such as finance, roads and bridges, that on special child labor, education, liquor law, constitutional amendments, and ex- penditures.
Mr. McEttrick's life-long abstemious habits, his splendid physique and quick apprehension, and able treatment of legis- lative matters, joined to his forceful and at times really eloquent delivery, have made him a man of power and commanding influence on the floor of the House. His able and successful management of the Franklin Park loan, Stony Brook, soldiers' exemption, employers' liability bills, and his work on the abolition of the poll-tax amendment and others of equal import- ance, very properly gave him a strong hold upon the constituents he so faithfully represented.
His brilliant minority reports as a mem- ber of the education committees of 1888 and '89 will probably long be standard and authoritative expositions of the cause espoused by Mr. McEttrick in 1888, at that time, and since, endorsed by the Legis- lature itself, upon the much-vexed question of the right of the State to interfere with the management of private schools. In his opinion, the existence of private schools is due to the wishes and consent of the parent, and the right of the parent to educate his child as he thinks best is a sacred one, vested in him by nature. He holds that as the constitution of the United States guarantees freedom of conscience and freedom of worship to every American citizen, it guarantees, with equal right, freedom of education.
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MCFARLIN, PELEG, son of Sampson and Polly (Shurtleff) McFarlin, was born in Carver, Plymouth county, October 18, 1843.
He obtained a common school educa- tion.
In 1863 he began business life by en- gaging as clerk in the iron business, Bos- ton. In.1870 he became partner in the firm of Matthias Ellis & Co., iron founders, Carver and Boston.
This concern was merged, in 1874, into a corporation known as the Ellis Foundry Company of South Carver, of which cor-
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poration he was elected treasurer. He is now treasurer and general manager of this concern, but is also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Mr. McFarlin was married in Carver, in 1875, to Eldoretta, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Look) Thomas. Of this union are two children now living : Donald and Helena Mc Farlin. Winthrop, an infant son, died January 10, 1889.
Mr. McFarlin is trustee of the Ellis school fund of South Carver, justice of the peace, and has been postmaster at South Carver for fifteen years ; was a member of the House of Representatives in 1881 ; member of the Senate 1882, '83 and '84; served as chairman of the committee on
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manufactures 1882 and '83, and chairman of the committee on railroads in 1884; town clerk of Carver eight years, and has been a member of the school board. His residence is South Carver.
He has been an occasional contributor to current literature ; was a contributor to "King's Tribute to Garfield ; " has made occasional public addresses.
M'GLENEN, HENRY A., son of Patrick and Sarah (Carrigan) M'Glenen, was born in Baltimore, Md., November 28, 1826.
His early education was received in the schools of Baltimore, where he attended until twelve years of age, when he entered a printing-office in his native city, and served for a time as an apprentice. He subsequently attended St. Mary's College, Baltimore, and there worked in a printing office established by the faculty.
In 1845 he started for Boston by way of Philadelphia and Norfolk, and arrived there with scanty baggage, and a cash capital of six cents. He immediately sought work at his trade, and was success- ful. He worked as a compositor on the "Bee," "Times" and "Journal," and later on obtained a regular position on the "Advertiser.'
In 1846, while working on the " Adver- tiser," he resigned his position to enlist as a private in the army which was starting for the conquest of Mexico. He joined the company which was commanded by Captain Edward Webster, son of Daniel Webster, and served in the army until 1848, when he returned to Boston and again entered the newspaper business.
Mr. M'Glenen was married in Boston, November 29, 1849, to Caroline M., daugh- ter of Cyrus and Matilda (Cushing) Bruce. Of this union are two children : Edward W. and Harry J. M'Glenen.
In 1850 he reported for the "Boston Herald," and subsequently went to the "Daily Mail." A year or two later he was given charge of the " Times" job office, where he formed the acquaintance of a num- ber of railroad men and theatrical people. While foreman of the job office he took charge of Dan Rice's circus in Boston, and several other enterprises, in all of which he was very successful For two years he managed the business of the Marsh chil- dren at the Howard Atheneum, after which he was connected with several com- panies. When Wyzeman Marshall had leases of the Howard, and Boston Theatre, Mr. M'Glenen looked after his interests, and for the two years which Henry C. Jarrett managed the Boston Theatre he
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gave much of his time and services in be- half of that gentleman. In 1866 he relin- quished printing entirely, and took charge of the concert tour of Parepa Rosa, the great cantatrice. The following year he took the Mendelssohn Quintette Club on an extended tour West, and in the spring of 1868 the Hanlons secured his services as manager for their season at Selwyn's Theatre, and he was retained in the same capacity the three following years by Messrs. Selwyn and Arthur Cheney.
In 1871 he became business agent of the Boston Theatre, in which position he still remains, and is not only held in the highest esteem by the proprietor and the local patrons of the theatre, but is one of the best known theatrical men in the country, possessing the confidence and re- spect of all with whom he is brought into business relations. Not only is he a repre- sentative of play-house interests, but he is
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identified with many matters of public af- fair - ready and foremost to assist in any movement in which the public-spirited are called to lend a hand.
He is president of the "Massachusetts Volunteers in Mexico ;" vice-president of the National Association of Mexican Vet- erans, and member of the Press and Athletic clubs.
MCINTIRE.
MCINTIRE, CHARLES JOHN, son of Ebenezer and Amelia Augustine (Landais) McIntire, was born in Cambridge, Middle- sex county, March 26, 1842.
His ancestors on both sides were peo- ple of patriotic instincts, and among them were men noted for legal knowledge and literary attainments. His father's ancestors moved from Salem to Oxford (now Charl-
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ton), Worcester county, in 1733, and were among the first town officers. His mother is a lineal descendant in the fifth genera- tion of the Hon. John Read, a distinguished lawyer and citizen of Boston in colonial days. Her father was a French exile and United States artillery officer, whose uncle, Colonel Tousard, served with Lafayette in the American revolution. She was born in Fort Moultrie, S. C., while her father was in command.
His education was obtained in the pub- lic schools of Cambridge, including the high school. This was supplemented by in- struction by private tutors, and attendance upon the Chapman Hall school of Boston, and the Harvard law school at Cambridge.
He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1865, after finishing his legal studies in the office of Ex-Mayor Dana of Charlestown. This course of study was not without in- terruption. He enlisted as a private in the
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44th Massachusetts regiment, with which he served in the war of the rebellion, until it was mustered out of service. In recogni- tion of the esteem in which he was held as a soldier, his comrades, in 1883, elected him president of the 44th Regiment Association.
Mr. McIntire began the practice of law in Boston, in 1865, and has since continued there in legal practice, having his residence in Cambridge. He is now city solicitor of Cambridge, to which position he was elected in 1886.
He was married in Charlestown in 1865, to Marie Terese, daughter of George B. and Julia A. (Mead) Linegan. Of this union were five children : Mary Amelia (Cornell University), Henrietta Elizabeth (Harvard Annex), Charles Ebenezer, Fred- erick, and Blanche Eugenie McIntire.
Mr. McIntire was a member of the Cam- bridge common council, 1866 and '67 ; House of Representatives, 1869 and '70 ; Cambridge board of aldermen, 1877 ; was for three years member of the school board, and three years assistant district attorney for Middlesex county. In 1883 he was the "people's candidate " for mayor of Cam- bridge.
MCKENZIE, ALEXANDER, son of Daniel and Phebe Mckenzie, was born in New Bedford, Bristol county, December 14, 1830.
Passing through the public schools of New Bedford, he fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, was gradu- ated at Harvard College, 1859 ; entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1859, graduating therefrom in 1861 ; was or- dained in Augusta, Me., August 28, 1861, and installed as pastor of the South church of that city, where he remained till Jan- uary, 1867. He was installed pastor of the First church, Cambridge, January 24, 1867, where he still labors.
Previous to his entering Harvard, he was engaged a short time as clerk in a store in New Bedford, also four years with Lawrence, Stone & Co., manufacturers and commission merchants, Milk Street, Boston.
Mr. Mckenzie was married January 25, 1865, in Fitchburg, to Ellen H., daughter of John Henry and Martha Holman Eveleth. Of this union are two children : Kenneth and Margaret Mckenzie. He received the degree of D. D. from Am- herst College, 1879. Of the various offices he has held, the following are the more prominent : trustee of Bowdoin Col- lege, 1866-'68; member of Cambridge school committee, 1868-'74 ; overseer of
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Harvard College, 1872-'84 ; secretary of overseers of Harvard College, 1875; trus- tee of Phillips Academy, Andover, 1876; trustee of Cambridge Hospital, 1876; president Congregational Club, Boston, 1880 ; member of Massachusetts Historical Society, 1881 ; lecturer at Andover The- ological Seminary, 1881-'82 ; lecturer at Harvard divinity school, 1882 ; trustee of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., 1883 ; trustee of Wellesley College, 1883 ; preach- er to Harvard College, 1886 ; president of Boston Port & Seamen's Aid Society, 1886.
Mr. Mckenzie is a preacher and a lecturer of national reputation. The list of his publications is long and varied. Among his books the most extensively read are, perhaps : "History of the First Church in Cambridge," " Cambridge Ser- mons," "Some Things Abroad." A few of his pamphlets are : " Addresses at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument in Cambridge " (1870); "Oration at the Centennial of Phillips Academy " (1878) ; "Sermon before the Legislature of Mas- sachusetts " (1879); "Oration at the Com- mencement at Smith College" (1881) ; "Sermon at the 250th Anniversary of the First Church in Charlestown " (1882); "Ser- mon at the 250th Anniversary of Cam- bridge " (1886); "Sermon at the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of Harvard College " (1886); "Sermon at the 20th An- niversary of his installation" (1887) ; and "Sermon in Memory of Prof. Asa Gray " (1888).
MCMILLIN, EDWARD ALBON, son of John and Harriet M. (Johnson) McMillin, was born in Stockholm, St. Lawrence coun- ty, N. Y., June 4, 1859.
His education in early life was limited to the common school.
Thrown on his own resources at the age of thirteen, he entered the office of the "Courier and Freeman," Potsdam, N. Y., as apprentice to the printer's trade. Four years later he was given charge of the mechanical department of the "Standard " at Cortland, N. Y., and subsequently be- came business manager of the " Daily Democrat," at Amsterdam. October 1, 1884, he purchased a controlling interest in the "Hoosac Valley News," North Adams, the firm name, Hardman & McMil- lin, continuing until 1888. He then became sole owner by purchase of Mrs. Hardman's interest. Later, E. C. Barber was admit- ted as a partner, and the firm name was changed to McMillin & Barber, the present title.
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Mr. McMillin was married in Cortland, N. Y., June 9, 1881, to Annie, daughter of Merton M. and Elizabeth (Beden) Waters. Of this union were two children : Ralph Edward and Elizabeth Ida McMillin.
MCPHERSON, EBENEZER MARTIN, son of John and Elizabeth (Martin) McPher- son, was born in Shelburne, N. S., October 24, 1836.
He was educated in the public schools of Boston. His first connection in business was with Henry Rice, stock and real estate broker. Subsequently he was with Peters & Chase, tea dealers. Since 1867 he has been a dealer in bank safes and locks.
Mr. McPherson was married in East Boston, June 8, 1863, to Emily C., daugh- ter of George and Sarah (Cannon) Sturte- vant. Of this union are two children : George Sturtevant and Henry Stephens McPherson. He was again married in
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Winthrop, October 9, 1889, to Elizabeth Russell, daughter of William and Emily (Day) Drowne.
Mr. McPherson has been for many years vice-president and treasurer of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association ; man- ager of the Little Wanderers' Home; super- intendent of the Presbyterian Sunday- school, East Boston ; director of the Asso- ciated Charities ; treasurer of the No-
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License League of Massachusetts ; many years on the Republican city committee ; two years on the Republican state central committee ; a member of the House of Representatives 1876 and '78 ; a member of the governor's council 1887 and '88 ; was a director of the First Ward National Bank, and is a trustee of the East Boston Savings Bank. He has recently been ap- pointed by Governor Ames as one of the state commissioners of foreign mortgage corporations.
MEAD, EDWIN D., son of Bradley and Sarah (Stone) Mead, was born in Chester- field, Cheshire county, N. H., September 29, 1849.
The years 1875-'79 he passed in Europe, studying chiefly at the universities of Cam- bridge and Leipzig ; but the greater part of his life has been spent in Boston, where, for nine years previous to his studies in Europe, he was engaged in the service of the publishing house of Ticknor & Fields.
His early purpose was to prepare him- self for the ministry of the Episcopal church, and his earlier writings were upon religious subjects. While in Europe he contributed to American magazines various articles on the English broad church- men. In 1876 he withdrew from the Episcopal church on doctrinal grounds, and has remained independent in religion, with views essentially those of Emerson and Parker. He continued, however, to take an active interest in religious move- ments, editing, in 1881, a collection of the sermons of the Rev. Stopford Brooke, and frequently writing and speaking on relig- ious questions.
His own first published work upon "The Philosophy of Carlyle " was issued in 1881. In 1884 he published " Martin Luther ; a Study of Reformation." His first lectures in Boston were upon "German Religious Thought."
He has been an active member of the Free Religious Association, addressing the association, in 1883, on " Emerson, and the Doctrine of Evolution," and in 1888 on "The Present Revolution in Religion." Of late he has, however, addressed him- self more to philosophical, historical and political subjects. He was one of the lec- turers at the Concord School of Philosophy, and has had classes in philosophy in Bos- ton. Much of the time during recent win- ters he has given to platform speaking, chiefly upon historical and literary sub- jects : "The American Poets," "The Pil- grim Fathers," etc.
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The leading idea in his late work is that of lifting politics and patriotism into a kind of religion. He thinks that the State will somehow come to rival the Church, if not to take its place, as an object of social en- thusiasm. Convictions of this kind have led him to exhibit great activity in histor- ical work by voice and pen. He is warmly
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interested in practical politics, and is a fre- quent participant in political discussions. He was one of the founders of the Massa- chusetts Society for Promoting Good Citi- zenship. He has also had the principal direction, in late years, of the Old South historical work in Boston, for the education of young people in history and politics.
MEDBERY, ANDREW NELSON, the son of Viall and Hannah (Peck) Medbery, was born in Seekonk, Bristol county, December 5, 1827.
His opportunities of an early education were very limited. At the age of seven he attended the district school of his native town four months of the winter season, working on the farm the rest of the year.
At the age of nineteen he commenced to teach school during the winter sessions, continuing his farm labors the remainder of the year. After teaching seven winters his health gave way, and in consequence, he gave up teaching, but remained on the farm
until he purchased a store in Seekonk, on October 27, 1869, where he has continued to carry on business to the present time.
He was appointed postmaster of Seekonk in 1870, which position he still holds. He has also held the offices of school commit- teeman, selectman, town clerk, and a mem- ber of the House of Representatives in 1880.
In 1880 he was appointed to take the United States census of Seekonk, and, in 1885, the state census.
Mr. Medbery was married in Bristol, R. I., May 30, 1854, to Sarah Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of Hon. John Greg- ory, formerly of Portsmouth, N. H. He has no children.
Mr. Medbery united with the Baptist church, 1853, with whose Sabbath-school work and benevolent societies he is closely identified. He has been clerk of the church since 1854. He has always been a radical temperance man, and has never used any intoxicating liquors or tobacco.
MENTZER, WALTER C., son of Charles L. and Lucy J. (Brewer) Mentzer, was born October 26, 1862, at Brady's Bend, Armstrong county, Pa. His early educa- tion was received at the public schools of Boston and Northborough, and completed at the Northborough high school and the Woburn Academy.
When twenty-three years old, Mr. Ment- zer formed a partnership with W. H. Ken- nedy, as wholesale beef dealers, and in 1876, as W. C. & A. F. Mentzer, he opened a wholesale beef market on North Market Street, Boston. The same firm is still do- ing business, as commission dealers in Armour & Co.'s Chicago dressed-beef.
In Somerville, on the 31st day of De- cember, 1876, Mr. Mentzer was married to Clara B., daughter of Almon R. and Diana WV. (Jackson) Thurston. They have one child : Charles A. Mentzer.
Mr. Mentzer has been identified with the Knights of Honor, Charity Lodge, F. & A. Masons, Royal Arcanum, I. O. O. F., and I. O. R. M., of Cambridge and Somerville, and has held offices in all these orders. He was elected to the common council of Somerville in 1885, and was president of the board in 1886 He was elected to the board of aldermen in 1887, has been twice candidate for mayor, and in 1889 was elected member of the Mystic water board. He has always been an earnest Republican, in politics, and in social and philanthropic movements has ever taken an active part.
He is a director in the Somerville Co-op- erative Bank.
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MERRIAM.
MERRIAM, ARTEMAS, son of Joel and Polly (Farnsworth) Merriam, was born in Westminster, Worcester county, July 21, ISIS. He received a common school edu- cation.
His first connection in business was in 1844, but previous to this he had worked four years at tub-making. Changing to the manufacture of settees and chairs in 1844, he started a small business, employ- ing only one or two hands. In 1848 he removed to South Westminster, where he now resides, and formed a co-partnership with George Holden, under the firm name of Merriam & Holden. Increase of busi- ness necessitated the enlargement of their
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manufacturing capacity, and in 1859 they took in another partner, Joel Merriam - firm name Merriam, Holden & Co. Busi- ness still increased, and in 1867 a larger factory was built. In November, 1869, he was burned out. He rebuilt and enlarged his business. In 1873 Joel Merriam died, and the death of the other partner, Mr. Holden, occurred soon after. Since that time Mr. Merriam has conducted the busi- ness alone, giving employment to a large number of his fellow-townsmen.
Mr. Merriam was married in Westmin- ster, June 8, 1841, to Salome, daughter of Asa and Dolly (Whitney) Holden. Of
this union were six children : Stilman F., Laura, Mary Ella, Ida Eliza, Willie, and Nellie Merriam.
Mr. Merriam was a representative to the General Court, 1878, and has been select- man and overseer of the poor for several years.
MERRIAM, FRANCIS PEABODY, son of Andrew and Ann Jane (Nixon) Merriam, was born at Middleton, Essex county, Jan- uary 20, 1818.
He attended the common district school until sixteen years of age, and afterwards spent about a year in the English depart- ment of Phillips Academy, Andover.
He learned the shoe trade, and in 1839 opened a general country store. He after- wards became interested in the manufacture of shoes, and continued in trade till 1860. He then sold the store and devoted himself to the shoe trade till 1871. He then sold out, but after two years he resumed the business and carried on the manufacture until 1887. He then retired from active business.
Mr. Merriam was first married in Dan- vers, November 21, 1844, to Mary F. Crosby. She died June 23, 1848. He was again married in Leominster, November 25, 1849, to Hannah B., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wilkins) Crosby. Of this last union were four children : Franklin C. and Jane Anita, deceased, and Mary Frances and Katherine Merriam, now living.
Mr. Merriam was a member of the House of Representatives in 1877. He has never missed casting a vote in state and presiden- tial elections since his first vote for Harri- son in 1840. He was a Whig, and is now an ardent Republican.
MERRILL, GEORGE S., son of Jona- than and Margaret (Clarke) Merrill, was born in Methuen, Essex county, March 10, 1836.
His education was received in public and private schools of Methuen and Law- rence.
Between 1853 and '56 he served an ap- prenticeship in the office of the " Lawrence Courier." In 1856 he became editor of the "Lawrence American," and since 1860 has been sole proprietor and editor.
He was five years a member and two years president of the common council of Lawrence. He was appointed postmaster by President Lincoln in 1861, holding the position twenty-five years. In 1862 he assisted in raising a company for the Union service, of which he became lieutenant, and afterward captain. The company was at- tached to the 4th regiment, Massachusetts
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volunteers, and was with General Banks in Louisiana, including the siege and capture of Port Hudson.
To enter the service, he tendered his resignation as postmaster, but this was de- clined, and leave of absence granted by the post-office department. He was adju- tant of the 6th regiment, Massachusetts militia, from 1866 to '69, then three years captain of a light battery in Lawrence, and since 1873 has been major of the Ist bat- talion of light artillery.
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