MARMADUKE
MARK
army. He captured the camp and stores of the
Federal arm}- at Pine Bluff, Arkansas river, and
succeeded in delaying General Steele by frequent
attacks, so that Bunks and Steele could not join
forces, and this delay resulted in the defeat of
Steele's army at Jenkins's Ferry, April 30, 1864.
He was i)roinoted major-general for his services
at Jenkins's Ferry, and on Oct. 25, 1864, was taken
prisoner at Mine Creek, Linn county, Kan., during
Price's raid in Missouri. He was confined at
Fort Warren until August, 1865, and on being re-
leased went to E jrope. H3 r3turiieJ to Missouri
in May, 1866 ; engtiged in the commission busi-
ness in Jefferson City, 1866-69 ; in the life insur-
ance business, 1869-71, and then in journalism as
part owner of the Journal of Commerce. He
established the Evening Journal in St. Louis,
and also conducted the Illnstrated Journal of
Agriculture until June, 1873, when he became
secretary of the state board of agriculture. He
was railroad commissioner for Missouri, 1875-80 ;
an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1880
and wfis governor of Missouri, 1885-87. He died
in Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 28, 1887.
MARMADUKE, Meredith Miles, governor of Missouri, was born in Westmoreland county, Va. , Aug. 28, 1791. He served in the war of 1812 as colonel of a regiment ; was appointed U. S. mar- shal for the eastern district of Virginia in 1815, and was clerk of the circuit court. In 1824 he settled at Franklin, Mo., where he engaged in the Santa Fe trade. He removed to Arrow Rock in 1830 and became a farmer. He originated the state fair and served as president of the first ever held in the state. He was county surveyor and county judge for several years. He was elected lieutenant-governor of Missouri on the Dem- ocratic ticket with Thomas Reynolds as governor in 1840, and when Governor Reynolds died, Feb. 9, 1844, he succeeded to his office and served until John C. Edwards was elected governor. He was a member of the Missouri constitutional conven- tion in 1847, and was a Union man during the civil war, although his son joined the Confederate army. He died near Arrow Rock, Saline county, Mo.. March 26, 1864.
MARQUAND, Allan, educator, was born in New York (!ity, Dec. 10, 1853 ; son of Henry Gurdon and Elizabeth Love (Allen) Marquand ; grandson of Isaac Marquand, and a descendant of Henry Marquand. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1874, was tutor in the College of New Jersey, 1776-77, studied in the University of Berlin, 1877-78, was a fellow of Johns Hopkins university, 1878-81, and received the degree of Ph.D. on examination from that institution in 1880. He was a tutor at the Col- lege of New Jersey, 1881-82 ; lecturer on the his- tory of art, 1882-83 ; professor of archaeology and
the history of art from 1883, and after 1890 was
also director of the Museum of Historic Art. He
wjis married, June 18, 1896, to Eleanor, daughter
of Richard Jiimes Cross of New York. He
received the degree of L.H.D. from liobart in
1888. He was an associate editor of the Amer-
ican Journal of Archceoloyy from 1885 and its
business manager, 1893-90 : edited Vol. III. of
The Iconographic Encyclopcedia of the Arts and
Sciences (1887); joint author of A History of
Sculpture (1896), and contributed articles on
archaeology arfd logic to journals and periodicals.
MARQUAND, Henry Gurdon, banker, was born in New York city, April 11, 1819; son of Isjiac and a descendant of Henry Marquand. He was educated in Pittsfield, Mass., and entered the employ of his brother Frederick, as manager of his real-estate interests. He engaged in the banking business, 1859-69, and was a director and president of the Iron Mountain railroad- He took an active interest in the architecture of buildings in the city of New York, tried to influence builders to adopt a simpler and more substantial style, and became the first honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. He presented to the College of New Jersey a chapel, and with Robert Bonner, a gymnasium, and with his brother Frederick he added a pavil- ion to Bellevue hospital. He owned one of the largest collections of paintings in New York city and made frequent loans to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of which he was treasurer, 1882- 89, and in 1889 was elected its president. His gifts to this institution include a collection of bronzes dating from three or four centuries before the Christian era to the time of Caracalla ; the collection of glass made by M. Charoct ; the reproduction of ivory carvings exhibiting the mediaeval continuance of the art ; the collection of Renaissance iron work, the Delia Robbia altar- piece, the metallic reproductions of gold and silver objects in the imperial Russian museums ; the sculptural casts, the valuable collections of paintings by old masters, and a portrait by Rembrandt, which last he purchased from the Marquis of Landsdowne for §25,000. He was •married to Elizabeth Love Allen of PittsfieM, Mass. He died in New York city, Feb, 25, 1903.
MARR, Frances Harrison, poet, was born in Warrenton, Va., July 2, 1835 ; daughter of John and Catherine Inman (Horner) Marr. She was a sister of Capt. John Quincy Marr (q.v.) and re- ceived an excellent education. When the calam- ity of the civil war swept away her fortune she taught in families, writing occasionally, and be- coming well known as a poet. Her published writings include: Heart Life in So7igs (1874); Virginia and Other Poems (1881) ; Songs of Faith (1888), and many contributions to magazines.
