Mcpherson
Mcpherson
He was surgeon to the U.S. marine hospital, St.
Louis, 1856-61, and surgeon in the Confederate
array, 1861-64, servingas chief surgeon to Thomas
L. Churchell's division and as medical director on
the staff of Gen. Sterling Price. He resumed
general practice in St. Louis in 1865 ; was pro-
fessor in the Missouri medical college, 1866-74 ;
and physician to the St. Louis hospital of the
Sisters of Charity. He was president of the
Medical Association of the State of Missouri in
1853 ; of the St. Louis Medical society ; and
vice-president of the American Medical asso-
ciation in 1873. He was also a member and
president of the St. Louis Obstetrical and Gyne-
cological society and an honorary member of the
State Medical societies of North Carolina and
Arkansas. He served on the St. Louis board of
health in 1876 and 1877 and was medical director
of the St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance company,
1874. He edited the St. Louis Medical and Sur-
gical Journal, 1843-61 ; and is the author of a
History of the Cholera Epidemic in St. Louis,
Mo., in 1849 (1850).
McPHERSON, Edward, representative, was born in Gettysburg, Pa., July 31, 1830; son of John Bayard and Catharine (Lenhart) McPher- son, grandson of Capt. William McPherson, an officer in the American Revolution, captured by
the British at the battle of Long Island, and great-grandson of Capt. Robert Mc- Pherson, who, with his wife Janet, set- tled on Marsh Creek, York county, Pa., about 1735 ; was cap- tain in General For- bes's expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1748, a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention of July 15, 1776, and colonel of state troops in the War of Independence. Edward was graduated from Pennsylvania college in 1848, studied law with Thaddeus Stevens in Lancaster, Pa., was correspondent in Harrisburg for the Pliiladelphia North American, 1850 ; edited the Harrisburg Daily American, 1851 ; the Lancaster Independent Whig, 1851-54 ; and established the Inland Daily in Lancaster, Pa., in 1853. He was a representative in the 36th and 37th congresses, 1859-63 ; was a captain in the Pennsylvania Reserves in 1861 until that body was mustered into the U.S. service, and served for a time as a volunteer aide on the staff of General McCall. He wa? "hairmau of the committee on the library'.
and a member of the committee on military
affairs in the 37th congress, and was appointed a
regent of the Smithsonian Institution. He was
married, Nov. 12, 1862, to Annie D., daughter of
John S. Crawford of Gettysburg, Pa. He was
deputy commissioner of internal revenue in
1863 ; clerk of the house of representatives in
the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42d, 47th and 51st con.
gresses, 1863-73, 1881-83, and 1889-91. He was
chief of the bureau of engraving and printing in
1877 ; editor of the Philadelphia Press, 1877-80 ;
and editor and proprietor of the Star and Sen-
tinel, Gettysburg, Pa., 1880-95. He was secretary
of the Union national committee, 1860-64, secre-
tary of the Republican congressional campaign
committee in 1880, 1884, 1888 and 1892, and was
permanent president of the Republican national
convention that met in Cincinnati, June 14, 1876.
He received the honorary degree of A.M. from
the College of New Jersey in 1866 and LL.D. from
Pennsylvania college in 1867. He edited a bien-
nial Handbook of Politics (\872-95) ; the New
York Tribune Almanac (1877-95), and was the
American editor of tlie Almanach de Gotha. He
is the author of : Political History of the United
States during the Great Rebellion (1865) ; Political
Manual (1866), and The Political History of the
United States during the Reconstruction {\%10).
He died at Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. 14, 1895.
McPHERSON, James Birdseye, soldier, was born in Sandusky, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1828. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy in 1853, and was promoted in the army to brevet 2d lieutenant in the corps of engineers July 1, 1853. He served as assistant instructor in practical engineer- ing at the U.S. Mil- itary academy in July, 1853, and was attached to a com- pany in the engineer corps, 1853-54. He was promoted 2d lieutenant of engi- neers, Dec. 18, 1854, and served as assist- ant in the construc- tion and repairs of the New York harbor defences. 1854-57. He superintended the building of Fort Delaware in 1857 ; the (construction of the defences of Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, Cal., 1857-61 ; was promoted first lieutenant, Dec. 13, 1858, and was in charge of the engineer operations in Bos- ton harbor in 1861. He declined the appointment of captain in the 19th U.S. infantry tendered him on May 14, 1861, and was promoted captain in the
