, was born in Rutherglen.
John Milton Mackie (1813-94), of Scottish ancestry, was author of
several important biographical works. William Secular (1814-72), born
in Kilbarchan, Editor of the Lowell "Courier" (1841-47), published the
"History of Massachusetts in the Civil War" (1868-71). Arthur
MacArthur (1815-96), Jurist and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
(1856-58), born in Glasgow, was author of "Education in Relation to
Manual Industry" (1884) and "Biography of the English Language"
(1889). William Ross Wallace (1819-81), author of "Perdita," etc., was
described by Bryant as "a born poet." Donald Macleod (1821-65), son of
the Rev. Alexander Macleod of Mull, Professor of Rhetoric in Mount St.
Mary's College, Ohio, was author of historical and other works. His
brother, Xavier Donald Macleod, was a poet and miscellaneous writer.
Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908), "Ik Marvel," was of Scottish
descent, and so was General Lew Wallace (1827-1905), author of "Ben
Hur," etc. James Grant Wilson (1832-1914), son of the poet publisher,
William Wilson, of Poughkeepsie, was born in Edinburgh, and attained
the rank of General in the Civil War. He was afterwards author of
several important biographical and historical works. William Swinton
(1833-92), journalist, was correspondent of New York "Times"
(1862-64), and author, was born in Haddingtonshire. He "produced many
educational works which were widely adopted in both private and public
schools throughout the country." Henry Ward Beecher called him the
"American Napier" from the vividness of his historical descriptions.
David Gray (1836-88), editor of the Buffalo "Courier" and poet, was
born in Edinburgh. John Clark Ridpath (1841-1900), educator,
historian, and author, was decended from the old Border family of
Redpath. He was the author of "Great Races of Mankind" (1893),
"History of the World" (1898), etc. Katherine Margaret Brownlee (b.
1841), a descendant of the Brownlees of Torwood, was author of several
volumes of poetry. Leonard Allison Morrison (b. 1843) of New
Hampshire, was a descendant of John Morrison who went from Scotland to
Londonderry and thence to Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1723. Always
devoted to literary studies, as a historical and genealogical writer
he has earned an enviable reputation. James Morrison Steele Mackaye
(1842-94), actor and dramatist, was grandson of William Kay who came
from Scotland about 1800. His son, Percy Wallace Mackaye (b. 1875) is
a