McConnell, William L., a Presbyterian minister, was born near Canonsburg, Pa., Sept. 19, 1829; gradu- ated at .Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa. ; studied the- ology in the Associate Reformed Seminary, Alleghany, Pa. ; and was licensed and ordained by Alleghany Re- formed Presbyter}' in 1857. He accepted a call to Han- over Church, and subsequently to West Newton, Pa., where he labored until failing health compelled him to desist. He died July 18, 1866. See Wilson, Pnsh. Hist. Almanac, 1867, p. 363.
McCook, Robert J., a minister of the Jlethodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Wilkinson County, Ga., Jan. 5, 1817; professed religion and joined the Church when in his fourteenth year, and was impressed with a call to preach the Gospel. Resisting this im- pression, he lost his religious peace, and finally made shipwreck of his faith. At about twenty-two he again connected himself with the Church, but si ill slirunk from obeying his call to the ministr\- until \>^h?t. when he was licensed to preach, and was admitted into the Florida Convention in 1854. From that time (except during the year 1866, when he was superannuated), he labored with devoted zeal and encouraging success, fill- ing various important charges with great usefulness un- til his death at Key West, Nov. 22, 1870. '• He was a godly man. ' Holiness to tlie Lord' was his theme in the pulpit, and was illustrated in his daily life. His.
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end was peace, and his works do follow him." — Coiifer- ence Minutes M. E. Church South, 1871, s. v.
McCoombs. See McComks.
McCorkle, Sasiuel Eusebius, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, was born near Harris Ferry, Lancaster Count}-, Pa., Aug. 23, 174(5, and graduated at New Jersey Col- lege in 1772 ; was licensed in 1774, and, after laboring for two years in Virginia, accepted a call from the con- gregation of Thyatira in 1777. About 1785 he opened a classical school named Zion Parnassus, which he con- tinued ten or twelve years. He died June 21, 1811. Dr. McCorkle published Four Discourses on the great First Principles of Deism and Revelation contrasted (1797) : — Three Discourses on the Terms of Christian Communion: — Occasional Sermons, See Sprague, ^n- nals, iii, 346.
McCoy, Isaac, a Baptist minister, was born in Fay- ette County, Pa., June 13, 1784 ; Avas licensed to preach in 1805, and began work as a missionary. Oct. 13, 1810, he was ordained pastor of the Church at Maria Creek, in Clark County, Ind., where he remained some eight years, making occasional missionary tours in tlie sur- rounding country. In 1818 he was appointed a mis- sionary to the Indians, and in IMay, 1820, removed to Fort AVayne, where he establislied a Church ; in the fall of the same year he removed to Carey, on the St. Jo- seph River, and from thence, in 1829, to the Indian coun- try, now Kansas. In 1842 he became the tirst corre- sponding secretary and general agent of the American Indian Mission Association, at Louisville, Ky. He died June 21, 1846. He published a IlistDri/ of Baptist In- dian Missions, embracing remarks on the former, pres- ent condition, and future prospects of the aboriginal tribes (1840, 8vo). See Sprague, Annals, vi, 541.
McCracken, John Steele, a Presbyterian min- ister, was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, April 25, 1804. His opportunities in early life for acquiring knowledge were poor. In 1833 he entered the jireparatory department of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and graduated in 1838 ; studied theology under the care of the First Presbyterv of Ohio of the Associate Keformed Clurch, and subsequently attended the theological seminary at Alleghany City, Pa., and the seminary at Oxford ; was licensed in 1841, and then went out as a missionary among the newh'-formed congregations in Illinois and Iowa ; in 1843 he accepted a call from the Church at Ken- ton, Ohio, where he labored until liis health gave way. He died April 1, 1863. ]\lr. McCracken was an able ex- pounder and a sound theologian ; his judgment was em- inently just and critical; his disposition charitable and liberal. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A Imaitac. 1864, p. 352. (J.L.S.)
McCracken, Samuel "W., a Presbyterian min- ister, was born near Lexington, Ky., Jan. 12, 1800 ; was educated at ]Miami University (class of 1831) ; studied theology at ]\Iarj'ville, Tenn., and was elected professor of mathematics in the college at Mary viUe ; was after- wards chosen professor of mathematics in Jliami L'ni- versity; was licensed by Ohig First Presbytery in 1835, and in 1836 was ordained; in 1839 accepted a call to Hopewell Church, Ohio, and resigned his professorship in the university; here he continued to labor imtil his death, Sept. 10, 1859. Mr. McCracken maintained a high reputation for talent; prudent and far-sighted, his counsels were always worthy of consideration ; opposed to all expedients, he made experience the basis of ac- tion. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A Im. 1861 , p. 209. (J. L. S.)
McCrary, W. H., a Presbyterian minister, was born in Tennessee Jan. 17,1831 ; was educated at Kethel Col- lege, Tenn. ; was licensed in 1849, after teaching school for several years ; was ordained in 1854. lie died Sept. 14, 1858. Mr. IVIcCrarj' was a gootl preacher, a success- ful teacher, and a tine theologian. See Wilson. Presb. Hist. A Imamir. 1861, p. 236.