McCLUNG, JOHN ALEXANDER, D.D., 1804-59; b. Washington, Ky.; studied at Princeton theological seminary; was licensed to preach in tile Presbyterian church in 1828; abandoned the ministry on account of doubts as to the authenticity of some books of the Bible, and commenced the study of law; admitted to the bar in 1835, and prac ticed with success till 1849, when be again entered the ministry; was ordained in 1851, and was pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Indianapolis, 1851-57; declined the presidency of Hanover college; was pastor at Maysville, Ky., in 1857. He was a man of brilliant intellect and solid learning.
McChURE, ALEXANDER 'WILSON, D.D., 1808-65; b. Boston; educated at Yale and Amherst colleges and Andover theological seminary; settled pastor of the Congregational church at Malden, Mass., 183041; resided at St. Augustine, Fla., 1841-44; editor of the Christian Observatory, 1844-47; pastor again at Malden, 1848-52; pastor of the First Reformed church, Jersey City, 18,52-55, and then became cor.sec,of the Am. and For. Christian union. His health having failed, he was sent in 1856 as chaplain of the Christian union to Rotne, Italy. In 1858 he retired from public life, and was a g-reat sufferer from disease until his death. The American chapel in Paris was erected with funds obtained by Dr. McClure. His contributions were numerous for the Christirm Observatory, the Hew Brunswick Review, and Literary and Theological Review. He pub lished also Lives of the Chief Fathers of New England; the Bi-Centennial Book of Malden; The Translators' Revival, besides several controversial religious treatises. He was a inan of wit and learning and a skillful polemic, defending the old in theology and in eccle.sias tical procedure.
McCLURE, Sir ROBERT JOHN LE 31ESURIER. See 31ACLURE, ante.
McCLURG, JAMES, 1747-1825; b. Va.; educated at William and Mary college and at the university of Edinburgh, where he took his medical degree in 1770. In London, where he continued his studies, he published an Essay on the Burnam Bile, which attracted much attention. On his return to Virginia he practiced his profession first at Williams
burg, and afterwards at Richmond, and stood at the head of the profession in the state. He was a member of the convention that framed the U. S. constitution.
McCOOK, a co. in s.e. Dakotab, formed since the census of 1870; watered by the Vertnilion river; 432 sq.m. The soil is fertile and the surface mostly prairie land.
McCOOK, ALEXANDER McDowELL, b. Columbiana co., Ohio, 1831; graduated at West Point, and entered the army in 1852 as brevet second lieut. of infantry. He was employed for a time iu garrison duty, afterwards in Indian warfare, and in 1858 was appointed instructor in infantry thetics at West Point. On the outbreak of the rebellion he was appointed col. of the lst Ohio volunteers, which lie led in the first battle of Bull Run. Iu 1861 he was made brig.gen. of volunteers and assigned to a command in the army of the Cumberland. He commanded a division in the battle of Shiloh aud the siege of Corinth; led the 1st army corps in the battle of Perryville, the 20th army corps at Stone river and Chickamauga, and the troops for the defense of Washington against Early in 1864. He was brevetted maj.gen. of the regular army, but having resigned his commission in 1865, was promoted in 1867 to be lieut.col. of infantry. His father and seven of his brothers served in the war, and the father and three of his sons were killed. Four of the eight brothers attained the rank of general.
MeCOOK, EDWARD 31., b. Steubenville, Ohio, 1834; received only a common-school education; accompanied governor Medary to Minnesota as his private secretary in 1856; in 1859 went to Pike's Peak, and in 1860 was a member of the Kansas legislature; enlisted in the war for the union, and led various successful cavalry raids in the Atlanta and other campaigns, attaining the rank of brig.gen. 1864, and brevet maj.gen. in 1865. He was minister to the Sandwich islands from 1866 to 1869, and afterwards for six or seven years governor of Colorado.