and The Church 602 of Scotland Jolin's Gospel (18!);i).
MacCOLL, Evan (1808-!)8). A Canadian Gaelic i)Ot't, born at Kenmore, Scotland. His principal work, Clareach nam Beann: or Poems and SoiKts in daelic (1838). was printed in Eng- lish thesanie year under the title The Mounlain Minstrel, of which five subsequent editions ap- peared. -Mact'oU went to Canada in 1S.30. and was employed in the custom house at Kingston, tinlario. for thirty years. In 1880 he retired and went to live in Toronto, where a complete edition of his works was published in 1883. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada from its inaiijiuration.
MacCOLL, Malcolm (18.38—). A theologian
and author, horn March 27, 1838, at Glenfinan.
in Inverness-shire, Scotland. He was educated
at Trinity College, Glenalmond. and at the Uni-
versity o'f Naples. He was appointed assistant
curate of Saint Taul's, Knightshridge (I8G1);
chaplain to the British Ambassador at Saint
Petersburg (18(52-63); curate of Saint Paul'.s
(1804-07); rector of Saint George's, London
(1871); and canon of Ripon Cathedral (1884).
In 1875 he attended the conference of the East-
ern and Western Churches at Bonn. Among his
publications are: Mr. Gladstone and Oxford
(1805); Science and Prayer (1860); Lawless-
ness, Sacerdotalism, and Ritualism (1875);
Chrislianiti/ in Relation to Science and Morals
(1892); ResiHinsihility of Enyland Toward Ar-
menia (18(15): The Sultan and the Powers
(18!M1); and Life Here and Hereafter (1890).
McCOMB, ra'-kom'. A town in Pike County,
Miss., aliout (iO miles east by south of Natchez;
on the Illinois Central Railroad (JInp: Missis-
sippi. E 8). The McComb City Female Institute,
opened in 1894, is situated here. McComb is in
a productive cotton-growing region, and has cot-
ton mills, and the largest and most completely
equipped railroad shops in the State. There are
puhlie parks. The water-works are owned by the
municiiialitv. Population, in 1890, 2383; in
1900. 4477."
McCON'NELSVILLE. A village and the
county-seat of Morgan County, Ohio. 27 miles
south by east of ZanesA'ille; on the Muskingum
River, and on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
(Map: Ohio, G 6). It is the centre of a farm-
ing region, and among its industrial plants are
flouring mills and the Government workshops
and yards for the Muskingum River Improve-
ment. Natural gas is found in the vicinity, also
coal, the county being one of the greatest coal-
producing areas in the State. Population, in
1890, 1771; in 1900, 1825.
McCOOK’ . A city and the county-seat of
Red Willow County, Neb., 228 miles west by
south of Lincoln; on the Republican River and
on the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
(Burlington Route) (Jlap: Nebraska, T) 3).
It is a railroad division headquarters with shops.
and is the centre of a section interested largely
in tile cultivation of sugar beets and alfalfa, and
in cattle-raisinrr. Population, in 1890, 2346; in
1900, 2445.
McCOOK, Alex.
deb McDowell (1831-1903).
An American soldier, prominent in the Civil War.
He was born in Columbiana Coimty, Ohio, grad-
uated at W^est Point in 1852, was employed for
a time in garrison duly, served against the Utah
and Apache Indians in 1855, and from 1858 to
I80I was assistant instructor of infantry tactics
at West Point. In the last named year he was
appointed colonel of a vohmteer regiment, and in
this capacity served in the first battle of Bull
Run, earning the brevet of major. He was pro-
moted to l)e brigadier-general of volunteers on
September 3d, commanded a brigade in the opera-
tions in Kentucky, October-December. 1861, and
a division in the Army of the Ohio in the Tennes-
see and Mississippi campaign, February and
June. 1862, and became a major-general of volun-
teers on dulj' 16, 1802. He led a corps under
Buell in Kentucky during that officer's campaign
against Bragg, and on Octolier 8th participated in
the battle of Perryville. From November to
December, 1802. he was in conuiiand at Nash-
ville, Tenn., and subsequently participated in
the battles of JIurfreesl)oro and Chickamauga;
^vas assigned to the Middle Military Division, and
from February to May, 1805, was in commaml
of the District of Eastern Arkansas. At the
close of the war he was brevetted brigadier-
general in the Regular Army for 'gallant and
meritorious services at the battle of Perryville,'
and major-general for 'gallant and meritoriou.s
sen'ices in the field during the Rebellion.' and
in March, 1807, reentered the regular service as
lieutenant-colonel. He became a brigadier-gen-
eral in 1890 and a major-general in 1894, was re-
tired from active service in 1895, represented the
United States at the coronation of the Czar in
May, 1890, and from September, 1898, to Fel)ru-
ary, 1899, served on a commission appointed by
President JIcKinley to investigate the adminis-
tration of the War Department during the Span-
ish-American War. His father and his eight
brothers all served as officers in the Federal
Army during the Civil War, and his father and
three of his brothers were killed.
McCOOK, AN.SOX George (1835—). An
American soldier and politician, born at Steuben-
ville, Ohio. At the outbreak of the Civil War he
entered the Federal Army as captain in an Ohio
regiment; was at the first battle of Bull Run. and
later became colonel of a regiment in the Army
of the Cumberland. At the clo.se of the war
he was brevetted brigadier-general. In 1873 he
removed to New York, and was elected as a Re-
publican to Congress, serving from 1877 until
1883. He was secretary of the United States
Senate from 1887 to 1893, and city chamberlain
of New York from 1893 until 1897.
McCOOK, Hen-ry Christopher (1837 — ). An
American theologian and entomologist, brother of
A. G. McCook, born at New Lisbon, Ohio. He
was educated at JelTerson College and at the
Western Theological Seminary; served as lieu-
tenant and as chaplain in the Forty-first Illinois
Volunteers (1801-62); and was then pastor at
Clinton, 111. (1802-03), a home missionary in
Saint Louis ( 1803-70), and pastor of the Taber-
nacle Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. He
was chaplain of the Pennsylvania commandery of
the Loyal Legion, and of the Second Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the war with Spain;
was long president of the American Entomological
Society and vice-president of the Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences, as well as presi-
dent of the American Presbji;erian Historical
Association. He wrote: The Wotnen Friends of
