to Trinity church, Atchison, Kansas, where he re- mained till 1887, when he was elected missionary bishop of Utah and Nevada. During his residence in Kansas he was secretary of the diocesan con- vention, delegate to the General convention, and for four years a member of the standing commit- tee of the diocese.
LEWIS, Abram Herbert, clergyman, b. in
Scott, Cortland co., N. Y., 17 Nov., 1836. He was
graduated at Milton college, Wis., in 1861, and at
Alfred university, N. Y., in 1863, and was pastor of
Seventh-day Baptist churches in Westerly, R. I., in
1864-7, and New York in 1867-'8. In 1868 he ber
came professor of church history and homiletics in
Alfred university, in 1869-'72 he was general agent
of the American Sabbath tract society, and in 1880
he became pastor at Plainfield, N. J. Alfred uni-
versity gave him the degree of D. D. in 1881. He
has edited " The Outlook and Sabbath Quarterly "
since 1882, and is an editorial contributor to " The
Philanthropist," and author of various leaflets in
its "Social Purity Series." Dr. Lewis has pub-
lished " Sabbath and Sunday " (Alfred Centre, N.
Y., 1870) ; " Biblical Teachings concerning the
Sabbath and the Sunday " (1884) ; " Critical His-
tory of the Sabbath and the Sunday in the Chris-
tian Church " (2 vols., 1886) ; " A Critical History
of Sunday Legislation from 321 till 1888 A. D."
(1888) ; and has written " A Biography of the
Puritan Sunday."
LINCOLN, James Sullivan, artist, b. in Taun-
ton, Mass., 13 May, 1811; d. in Providence, R. I.,
19 Jan., 1887. At the age of fourteen he entered
the service of an engraver in Providence, and after-
ward was admitted to a painter's studio. His
early work consisted of engravings, miniatures,
and landscapes ; but from 1837 he devoted himself
to portrait-painting, in which he was very success-
ful. He was the first president of the Providence
art club. Among his numerous portraits are
those of Samuel Slater (1836) ; Prof. William H.
Goddard (1837) ; Levi Lincoln, attorney-general of
Massachusetts (1860), and his son, Gov. Levi Lin-
coln (1877); Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside (1867);
Col. Robert G. Shaw, in Memorial hall, Cambridge
(1882); Senator Henry B. Anthony (1883); and
fourteen governors of Rhode Island, in the state-
house at Providence.
LINN, William, pioneer, d. near Louisville,
Ky., in March, 1781. In the winter of 1776-7,
with George Gibson, he undertook a voyage in
barges from Pittsburg to New Orleans for military
supplies. He joined Gen. George Rogers Clark's
forces in 1778, commanding a company, and par-
ticipating in the capture of Forts Kaskaskia, Ca-
hokia, and Vincennes. On the discharge of some
enlisted troops, who desired to return, they were
placed in charge of Col. Linn, whom Gen. Clark
instructed to take command at the Falls of Ohio,
and Linn at once began the construction of a new
stockade port on the Kentucky shore at what is
now the foot of 12th street, Louisville. In July,
1780, Gen. Clark led two regiments of Kentucky
volunteers against Chillicothe and Piqua towns,
one in command of Col. Benjamin Logan, and the
other of Col. Linn. Linn's station was one of the
six or seven on Beargrass creek as early as 1779-
'80. and was about ten miles from Louisville. In
March, 1781, Col. Linn and three neighbors and
comrades were suddenly slain there by a raiding
band of savages from across the Ohio.
LITTLEJOHN, De Witt Clinton, legislator, b. in Bridgewater, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1818. He received a good education, entered a commercial career, and
also engaged in the manufacture of flour. He was president of the village of Oswego, and after it became a city was twice elected its mayor. He has
been frequently a member of the general assembly, and was its speaker in 1853-'7. During the early part of the civil war he served in the National
army, and on 13 March, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1863-'5 he was a member of congress, elected as a Republican.
LUDLAM, Reuben, physician, b. in Camden, N. J., 7 Oct., 1831. He was graduated at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania
in 1852, and after studying in Europe began
practice in Chicago, where he became widely known
in the homoeopathic school, particularly as an
ovariotomist. He has been connected with Hahne-
mann medical college and hospital since its organi-
zation in 1860, in which he assisted, and is now its
dean and clinical professor of the surgical diseases
of women. He was president of the American in-
stitute of homoeopathy in 1870, president of the
Chicago academy of medicine in 1873, and for ten
years preceding 1887 an active member of the Il-
linois board of health. Dr. Ludlam has published
" Clinical Lectures on Diphtheria,*' the first strict-
ly medical book issued in the northwestern states
(Chicago, 1863); "Clinical and Didactic Lectures
on the Diseases of Women" (1871), which was
translated into French by Adrien Delahaye (Paris,
1879) ; and " Jousset's Clinical Medicine," trans-
lated from the French, with notes and additions
(Chicago, 1879).
McCLELLAN, Ely, physician, b. in Philadel-
phia, Pa., 23 Aug., 1834. He is the son of Samuel
McClellan (vol. iv., p. 85). He studied at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania and at Williams, and was
graduated at Jefferson medical college in 1856.
Dr. McClellan entered the National army as a sur-
geon in 1861, and has since remained in the ser-
vice. Among his writings are "Obstetrical Pro-
cedures among the Aborigines of North America "
(Louisville, Ky., 1873) ; " Fibroid Tumors of the
Uterus " (1874) ; " Cholera Hygiene " (1874) ; " Com-
mon Carriers, or the Porters of Disease " (1874) ;
" A History of the Cholera Epidemic of 1873 in
the United States " (Washington, 1875); "Battey's
Operation " (Louisville, 1875) ; " A Note of Warn-
ing : Lessons to be Learned from Cholera Facts of
the Past Year, and from Recent Cholera Litera-
ture" (1876); "On the Relation of Health Boards
and other Sanitary Organizations with Civic Au-
thorities" (Atlanta, Ga., 1876); and "A Review of
Von Pettenkofer's Outbreak of Cholera among
Convicts "' (Louisville, 1877).
McKINLEY, William, legislator, b. in Niles,
Trumbull co., Ohio, 29 Jan., 1844. He was educated
at Poland (Ohio) academy, enlisted in the 23d Ohio
volunteers in May, 1861, and rose to be captain and
brevet-major. At the close of the war he began the
study of law, was admitted to the bar in 1867, and
settled at Canton, Ohio, where he has since resided.
From 1869 till 1871 he was prosecuting attorney of
Stark county, and since October, 1877, he has been
in congress. In June, 1888, being a delegate to the
Republican national convention at Chicago, 111.,
he was made chairman of the platform committee,
and is credited with having made the draft of the
resolutions that were adopted. In congress he is
an earnest advocate of a protective tariff.
MAYALL, Thomas Jefferson, inventor, b. in North Berwick, Me., 10 Aug., 1826; d. in Reading, Mass., 18 Feb., 1888. He obtained employment in a paper-mill in Roxbury, and soon began inventing, especially making improvements in machinery
