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404 MCKENZIE. MCMILLIN. 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. Mclntire 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 Mclntire. Mr. Mclntire was a member of the Cam- bridge common council, 1866 and '67 ; House of Representatives, 1S69 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. McKENZlE, 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 1S61 ; 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, i868-'74 ; overseer of 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, i88i-'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" (1S81) ; " Sermon at the 250th Anniversary of the First Church in Charlestown " (1882); " Ser- mon at the 250th Anniversary of Cam- bridge " (18S6); "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 Cray " (1888). McMlLLIN, 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. V., 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.