MCCLERNAND, JOHN ALEXAN DER, an American soldier and lawyer; born in Breckenridge co., Ky., May 30, 1812; admitted to the bar in 1832; in same year volunteered against the Sac and Fox Indians; was member of the Illinois Legislature in 1837-1842; and of Congress, 1843-1851; re-elected in 1858. At the commencement of the Civil War he joined the Union forces and was made a Brigadier-General of volunteers. For his services at Fort Donelson he was pro moted Major-General. He also took part in the battle of Belmont and led a divi sion at Shiloh. He relieved Sherman in command of the army before Vicksburg in 1863. He led the 13th Army Corps till July, 1863, and resigned in November, 1864. He was district judge for the Sangamon, Ill., district in 1870-1873. He died in Springfield, Ill., Sept. 20, 1900.
MacCLINTOCK, SIR FRANCIS LEO POLD, a British naval officer and Arc tic explorer; born in Dundalk, Ireland, in 1819. At an early period of his career he devoted his attention to the problem of the Arctic N. W. passage, and suc ceeded, in the course of several voyages to the North Pole, in making many and important discoveries, besides ascertain ing the fate of Sir John Franklin. He wrote "Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions" (1860). He was com mander-in-chief of the North American and West Indian Station in 1879-1882; was knighted in 1891. He died Nov. 17, 1907.
McCLOSXEY, JOHN, an American Roman Catholic prelate; born in Brook lyn, N. Y., March 20, 1810. In 1834 he was ordained priest; in 1844 was made coadjutor of the diocese of New York; in 1847 was transferred to the see of Albany; in 1864 was made Archbishop of New York; in 1875 was appointed cardinal-priest. The history of his life is the history of the progress of the Roman Catholic Church in New York. He died in New York City, Oct. 10, 1885.
McCLURE, SIR ROBERT JOHN LE MESURIER, a British Arctic explorer, the discoverer of the Northwest Passage; born in Wexford, Ireland, Jan. 28, 1807; entered the navy in 1824; served in Back's Arctic expedition in 1836; and Ross's Franklin expedition in 1848. As
commander of another Franklin expedi tion (1850-1854) he passed in a sledge from Barrow Strait, where his ship, the "Investigator," lay, to Melville Sound, connecting with the Arctic Ocean to the W. McClure was rescued by another ex pedition, made K. C. B., and after serv ing in Chinese waters, an admiral. He died in London, England, Oct. 17, 1873.
McCOMB, a city of Mississippi, in Pike co. It is situated on the Liberty-White and the Illinois Central railroads. It is the center of a productive cotton, corn, and timber region and has important in dustries, including railway shops, cotton mills, brass foundries, lumber mills, etc. Pop. (1910) 6,237; (1920) 7,775.
McCOOK, ALEXANDER McDOW ELL, an American military officer; born in Columbiana co., 0., April 22, 1831; was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1853; was in command of the 1st Ohio Volunteers at the battle of Bull Run and was bre vetted major; was made Brigadier-Gen eral of volunteers in September, 1861, and Major-General in 1862. He made a brilliant record in many famous battles of the Civil War, was brevetted Briga dier-General U. S. A., in 1865. In 1880 he became colonel of the 6th Infantry and subsequently was placed in charge of the military school at Fort Leavenworth; was promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. A., in 1890; Major-General in 1894; and was re tired April 22, 1895. He died June 12, 1903.
master of Dublin Cathedral, with whom he was associated from 1903-1905. After his successful appearance in "Cavalleria Rusticana" at Covent Garden, London, in 1907, Oscar Hammerstein brought him to America, where he achieved an enor mous popular success, especially on the concert platform. In 1912 he went to Australia with the Melba Grand Opera Company. He sang with the Metropol itan Grand Opera Company in New York in 1919-1920. During the World War Mr. McCormack sung at hundreds of ben efits; and by his services raised large amounts of money. He became a citizen of the United States in 1917.