Mcclernand
JOHN ALEXAN- DER, an American soldier and lawyer; born in Breckenridge co., Ky., May 30, 1812; admitted to the bar in 1832; in same year volunteered against the Sae and Fox Indians; was member of the Illinois Legislature in 1837-1842; and of Congress, 1843-1851; re-elected in 1858.
At the commencement of the Civil War he joined the Union forces and was made a Brigadier-General of volunteers. For his services at Fort Donelson he was promoted Major-General. He also took part in the battle of Belmont and led a division at Shiloh. He relieved Sherman in command of the army before Vicksburg in 1863. He led the 13th Army Corps till July, 1863, and resigned in November, 1864. He was district judge for the Sangamon, Ill., district in 1870-1873. He died in Springfield, Ill., Sept. 20, 1900.
MacCLINTOCK, SIR FRANCIS LEO- POLD, a British naval officer and Arctic explorer; born in Dundalk, Ireland, in 1819. At an early period of his career he devoted his attention to the problem of the Arctic N. W. passage, and succeeded, in the course of several voyages to the North Pole, in making many and important discoveries, besides ascertaining the fate of Sir John Franklin . He wrote "Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions" (1860). He was commander-in-chief of the North American and West Indian Station in 1879-1882; was knighted in 1891. He died Nov. 17, 1907.