MILLAR
MILLEDOLER
MILLAR, Alexander Copeland, minister and
educator, was born in McKeesport, Pa., May 17,
1861 ; son of William John and Ellen (Caven)
Millar ; grandson of Alexander and Amelia (Coale)
Millar and of William and Jane (Langliead)
Caven, and a descendant of John Millar, who
came from Ireland and settled in Chester, Pa.,
about 1798. He removed with his parents to Mis-
souri in 1867 and was graduated from Central
college, Fayette, Mo., A.B., 1885, A.M., 1889. He
taught in public schools and in Brookfield acad-
emy ; was professor of English and German
at Grove's high school, Dallas, Texas, 1885 ; pro-
fessor and president of Neosho Collegiate in-
stitute, Missouri, 1886 ; and was elected presi-
dent of Central Collegiate institute, Altus, Ark.,
in 1887, which afterward moved to Conway, Ark.,
and became Hendrix college and over which he
retained the presidency. He was married, June
27, 1887, to Elizabeth Frances Har wood. He was
ordained to the ministry of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, south, in 1888. He was at the head
of the movement for good roads in Arkansas,
which resulted in a county road tax in 1889, and
he led the movement to secure legislation regulat-
ing the bestowal of college charters and degrees.
He was a delegate to the Ecumenical conference
on foreign missions; presiding elder of Morrilton
district, 1899, and became a member of the gen-
eral board of education, M. E. Church, south, in
1898. He is the author of Twentieth Century
Educational Problems (1901).
MILLARD, Joseph Hopkins, senator, was born in Hamilton, Canada, in April, 1836 ; son of Isaiah K. and Elizabeth (Hopkins) Millard. He removed to Nebraska Territory in 1856, and settled in Omaha. He founded and was president of the Omaha National bank and for many years a director of the Union Pacific railroad. He was elected U. S. senator as successor to J. M. Thurs- ton, whose term expired Mai'ch 3, 1901, Senator Millard's term expiring Marcli 3, 1907.
MILLEDQE, John, senator, was born in Savan- nah, Ga., in 1757 ; son of Capt. John Milledge, who emigrated from England with Oglethorpe in 1733 became prominent in the colony and served in the colonial assembly. The son acquired a good education, studied law in the office of the king's attorney and at the outbreak of the Revo- lutionary war joined the Continental army. He was one of the party that rifled the powder mag- azine at Savannah of the powder subsequently used in the battle of Bunker Hill. He assisted Joseph Habersham in the capture of Gov. James Wright, in his own dwelling, June 17, 1775 ; and upon the capture of Savannah by the British, and the escape of Governor Wright, Milledge fled to South Carolina, where he was taken prisoner by a party of patriots and but for
the timely interference of an officer to whom he
was known, would have been hanged as a spy.
He participated in the assaults upon Savannah
and Augusta. Governor Howley appointed him
attorney-general of the colony in 1780 and he
assisted the governor in removing the archives out
of the colony for safety. He was a repre.sentati ve
in the state legislature after the reorganization
of the state government, for several years, and
a representative in the 2d, 4th, 5th and 7th con-
gresses, 1792-93, 1795-99 and 1801-03. He helped
in 1795 in exjKJsing the " Yazoo fraud," and was
Georgia commissioner with James Jackson and
Abraham Baldwin to negotiate with the three
U. S. commissioners the treaty by which the
owners of the land were compensated by the
United States, and the Mississippi territory be-
came the property of the Federal government.
He was governor of Georgia, 1803-06 ; U. S.
senator as successor to James Jackson, deceased,
1806-07,and was re-elected in 1807 for a full term,
but resigned in 1809 and was succeeded by
Charles Tait. He was one of the founders of the
University of Georgia and in 1801 gave to the
trustees for the benefit of the institution 630 acres
of land upon which the university buildings were
situated and the city of Athens was built. The
original intention of the legislature was to erect
buildings for the university at Louisville, in
Jefferson county, but Milledge's donation changed
the plan. Milledgeville, the state capital from 1807
to 1868, was named in his honor. He was a trus-
tee of the University of Georgia, 1800-06. He
died at his home, near Augusta, Ga., Feb. 9, 1818.
MILLEDOLER, Philip, educator, was born in
Rhinebeck, N.Y.,Sept. 22, 1775 ; son of John and
Anna Milledoler, who emigrated from Geneva,
Switzerland, in 1751. He was graduated from
Columbia college, A.B., 1793, A.M., 1797 ; and
was ordained by the synod of the German Re-
Qu E t/M & cotxece.
formed church. May 17, 1794. He was pastor of
the German Reformed church on Nassau street,
New York city, 1794-1800 ; of the Third Presby-
terian church of Philadelphia, 1800-04 ; of the
