MACKEAN, THOMAS, LL.D., 1734-1817; b. Penn.; called to the bar in 1757, and a member of the state assembly, 1762-79. In 1765 lie was a member of the committee appointed by- the congress of the colonies held at New York to draw lip an address to, the house of commons. From 1774 to 1783 he was a member of the continental congress, and in 1781 its president. From 1777 to 1799 he was chief-justice of the pennsylvania supreme court, resigning his place to become governor of the state, which otlice he retained till 1808. He was the author of the state constitution of Delaware.
McKEES'PORT, a borough of Allegliany co., Penn., on the Pittsburg, Washington and Baltimore railroad, 14 m. from Pittsburg, at the junction of the.Youghloglie.ny river with the Monongahela; pop. 2,5'23. It is the center of an extensice coal-mining region; has 7 churches, good schools, 2 banks, 1 newspaper, 2 foundries, and manu factories of locomotives, railroad ears, lap-welded iron tubes, window-glass, lumber, etc.
McKEEVER, IsnAc, 1793-1856; b. Penn.; entered the navy in 1809, and in 1814 was in command of an American gunboat which was captured, after a severe struggle, by a British force in barges and boats upon lake Borgne, Louisiana. The American fleet consisted of 5 gunboats with 182 men, and the English force numbered more.than a thousand. -McKeever afterward rose to be commander and capt. and he was in com
mand of the Brazilian squadron, 1851-54. • MAcKEL'LAR, TnomAs, b, N. Y., 1812; early a proof-reader for the Harpers, and subsequently foreman and proprietor Of a large stereotype foundry id Philadelphia.
He is the author of 3 volumes of verse: Droppings from the Mart; Tam's Fortnight Ramble; and Lines for the Gentle and Loving.
3IcKEN'DREE, WILLIAM, D.D., 1757-1835; b. King William co., Va.; was adjutant :and commissary in Washington's army for several years, aud was present at the surren iler of Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781; in 1788 joined the itinerant Methodist ministry; accompanied Asbury in his tour of South Carolina; in 1801 WES sent by the bishops to preside over the Kentucky district, and to have the general supervision of the western conference, embracing Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and part of Illinois. He traveled extensively- and preached with great eloquence and power. In 1808 he was made bishop. In 1809 he visited with Asbury a large part of the west and Canada. Ile preached nearly 50 years, 12 years he was presiding elder, and 27 years a bishop. He -was a man of vigorous mind, great modesty, and devoted piety, and was honored by every class of society.