period removed to the vicinity of Courtland, Ala., Vv^here he purchased a farm, and remained for several years. This was in the Franklin Circuit, which he travelled in the years 1828 and 1829. During this period he at- tended the General Conference held in Pittsburg in 1828. He was also a delegate to the General Confer- ence of 1832, held in Philadelphia. At the close o'f his labors on the Franklin Circuit he was made presiding elder of the Richland District, which he travelled four years. In the year 1834, having determined to remove to Western Tennessee, he deemed it proper to locate for one year, till he should be settled in his new home. In 1835 he was readmitted into Conference, and appointed to the Wesley Circuit, which he travelled two years. His next appointment was to Randolph and Harmony, for one year; and to the Wesley Circuit for one \'ear (1839), which proved to be the last of his itinerant life. Among his papers is the following record, made in 1839 : " Since I joined Conference, Nov. 25, 1823, 1 have preached 2088 times, baptized 673 adults and 813 in- fants, and have taken into society 3965 members." Mr. McFerrin died Sept. 4, 1840.
McGaiighey, Williaji G., a minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South, was born in Davidson County, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1812 ; was converted in 1833 ; was licensed to exhort at Holly Springs, Miss., about 1843 ; and shortly after received license to preach, and accomplished much good for the Church in this capac- ity. He v/as also for several years agent for the Amer- ican Bible Society. In 1847 he was ordained deacon by bishop Soule; elder by bishop Andrew in 1852; in 1855 was admitted into Louisiana Conference, and ap]3ointed to Swan Lake and Pecan Grove; to Lake Providence in 1858; Carroll Circuit in 1859; Tensas and Elizabeth Chapel in 1861 ; Tensas Mission in 1863; Wes- ley, Tensas, and Jordan Chapel in 1864 ; Tensas District in 1865; Like Providence District in 1867; Carroll Cir- cuit in 1870 ; and in 1871 Lake Providence. He died Jan. 26, 1872. Jlr. McGaughey was a devoted Chris- tian and an able minister, much esteemed by all who knew him. — Conference Minutes of the M. E. Church South, 1872, s. V.
McGavin, Williaji, a celebrated Scotch layman and writer, ^vas born in the ]5arish of Auchinleck, Aj'r- shire, Aug. 12, 1773. His parents were in ver\' moder- ate circumstances, anti young IMcGavin therefore en- joyed but slender educational advantages. While yet a boy he was apprenticed to a bookseller and printer, but soon made himself a host of friends by the great literary talent he displayed in frequent contributions to the local ne^\'spapers. He was intrusted with the care of an elementary school, which he conducted with skUl, though he hated the drudgerj' of teaching. He took an early opportunity to quit the rostrum, and to seek a livelihood in the counting-house. He became the agent of the British Linen Company's banking establishment in Glasgow. Although this business connection gave him great care and responsiliility, McGavin's fondness of writing would not allow him to withdraw altogether from literary labors, and, by habits of unwearied indus- try, he was enabled to command leisure for the publi- cation of many valuable religious tracts. An ardent opponent of Romanism, he attacked it in a scries of pa- pers entitled the "Protestant" (1818-21), which Dr. Rob- ert Hall (Review of Birt's Popery) pronounced "the full- est delineation of the popish system, and the most pow- erful confutation of its principles, in a jiopular style." IMcGavin also edited John Howie's Scotch Worthies, and John Knox's Hist, of the Reformation, and frequent- ly preached to the poor and the humble in the suburbs of Glasgow. He died in 1832. See Chambers's and Thomson's Bioff. Diet, of Eminent Scotsmen (1865), vol. iii, s. V. ; Jamieson, Diet, of Relig. Biarj. s. v.; AUibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Authors, vol. ii, s. v.
McGee, William C, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Paterson, N. J., Aug. 15, 1816, and was educated
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at New Jersey College, N. J. (class of 183G), and at the theological seminary, Princeton, N. J. In 1841 he was licensed and ordained pastor of Hardwick and jMarks- borough churches, where he remained until his death, Mav 25. 1867. Mr. McGee, as a preacher, was earnest, lucid, and practical; as a pastor, constant and zealous; as a citizen, intelligent and public-spirited. See Wil- son, Presh. Hist. A linanac, 1868, p. 127. (J. L. S.)
Mc Gil vary, Archibald B., a minister of the Meth- odist Einscopal Church South, was born in the Isle of Skye, coast of Scotland, towards the close of the last century. He came to this country in 1806, joined the South Carolina Conference in 1832, and died at Green- ville, S. C, June 9, 1863. " Brother McGilvary was a modest, cheerful, and agreeable man, a faithful friend, and good citizen. As a minister of Christ, he was holy, laborious, and useful."— Co;?/M-e?!ce Minutes of the M. E. C/iurch>South,u,Ud.
McGlashan, Alexander, a Presbyterian minister, was born in (Jueenston, Canada, Feb. 23, 1812 ; pursued his preparatory studies in the academy in Geneva, N. Y. ; graduated at Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., and in 18-10 at the theological seminary in Auburn, N. Y. He was licensed and ordained as an evangelist in 1843, and after- wards commissioned by the American Tract Society as a general agent to the Southern States. While in this employ he built a mariner's church in Jlobile, Ala. ; subsequently his services were transferred from the tract and colportage efforts to the cause of the Seaman's Friend Society. In 1859 he again removed to the North, and in 1863 commenced work for the cause of the sailor in New York City, where he established a new church, called the Church of the Sea and Land. In 18G6 he removed to St. Catharine's, Canada, where he remained until his death, Sept. 9, 1867. Mr. McGlashan was a man of extraordinary Christian zeal, peculiar tal- ents, and marked success. See Wilson, Presfi. Hist. A l- mumir. 18G8, p. 128. (J. L. S.)