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FOREWORD
THE biographical and family history sketches contained in
this, the third volume of the "Makers of America" series, are
more detailed and of greater length than most of those included
in the two preceding volumes. No effort has been spared te
make them as complete as the space, necessarily limited, per-
mitted, and it is hoped that they will meet with the full approval
of the families represented and of the public generally.
A study of the lives of those who have given kindly and
generous service to their fellowmen, and who, by right and
honorable living, great industry and strenuous endeavor, have
done, and done well, work not easy of accomplishment, is of the
greatest value and profit. Not only is this true in point of
instruction imparted, but the admiration elicited by this study
enkindles in the young a wish, often a determination, to "go and
do likewise." As the desire to emulate, at least to some extent,
the achievements of other men is so natural to the human heart,
it is easy to understand the advantages resulting from a good
mental environment, and the benefits to be gained by a serious
study of such volumes as the "Makers of America" series. Such
careers as are herein portrayed are altogether worthy of per-
manent record and their histories should properly form part of
the literature of the world that others may be benefited by the
information thus conveyed and by the lessons ready for all who
would learn.
Those who, by their interest and support, have rendered
possible the publication of this series of biographical and histor-
ical works are to be congratulated. They are, by so doing, not
only keeping green the memory of their ancestors to whom they
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owe so much which, on the part of thinking people, is held to
be a sacred privilege and duty but they are also helping the
present and will aid future generations to "greater effort and
nobler service." As has been said: "Honorable ancestry has
ever been held in veneration by mankind. This is abundantly
exhibited in sacred Writ and in the ancient classics, and is now
patent among every existing people; it inspires self-respect and
is a potent incentive to virtue, as, in a dutiful contemplation of
the worthy lives of our progenitors, we can but desire to walk
in their footsteps."
What an amount of patient and laborious research has been
involved, and what long hours of careful writing, comparison
and revision these volumes represent, can, of course, be fully
appreciated only by those who have an intimate knowledge of
work of this special character. Our thanks are due to all who
have, in any way, assisted. To the searchers who have consulted
almost innumerable books, periodicals and manuscripts to secure
or verify the facts; to the writers who have put in literary form
the data thus secured, and who have woven the whole series of
narratives into one harmonious whole; to the photographers
who have taken such pains to secure and finish the special kind
of pictures wanted; to the engravers who have so skilfully trans-
ferred to plates of steel the likeness of the representatives of
these families; and to the printers and binders who have been
responsible for the mechanical excellence of the volumes we
tender our grateful acknowledgments and hereby publicly express
our appreciation.
The publishers and editors will have as their special reward
that precious feeling of satisfaction always experienced as a
result of the faithful discharge of a privileged duty, and the
knowledge that this volume and the others of the series may
serve to make more popular the study of individual family
history in America, to the greater good of our country and to the
added welfare of its people.
LEONARD WILSON,
Editor-in-Chief.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. I VOL. II VOL. Ill
PAGE PAGE PAGE
ADAMS, BLAKE BRADDY 297
ADAMS, WALTER JONES 150
BABINGTON, KOBERT BENJAMIN 608
BAKER, DR. JULIAN MEREDITH 558
BAKER, RALEIGH JAMES 425
BALDWIN, ROBERT ARCHER 512
BALLANCE, JOHN HENRY 585
BANNER, CHARLES WHITLOCK 218
BATES, WILLIAM T. CAPERS 224
BATTLE, DR. SAMUEL WESTRAY 463
BEARD, PETER BRYCE 318
BECKWITH, JAMES FRANCIS 147
BELL, JAMES RANDALL KENT 523
BELLAMY, JOHN DILLARD 435
BETHEA, WILLIAM THADDEUS 389
BEVERLEY, JAMES BRADSHAW 117
BIGGS, JOHN DAWSON 429
BILL, DAVID SPENCER 165
BIRD, WILLIAM WALLACE 466
BISHOP, WILLIAM PRESTON 232
BLAKEMORE, JOHN EDWARD 458
BOLTON, CHANNING MOORE 171
BOUTWELL WILLIAM Ro WE 179
BOWDOIN, DR. JOHN WILLIAM 148
BOWEN FAMILY, THE 489
BOWLES, WILSON WESLEY 553
BOXLEY, JAMES GARLAND 142
BRADHAM, CAPT. CALEB DAVIS 428
BRANCH, CHRISTOPHER GARY 471
BRIDGEFORTH, GEORGE B ASKERVILLB 241
BRINSON, SAMUEL MITCHELL 588
BROWN, WILLIAM WALLACE 90
BRYAN, JUDGE HENRY RAVENSCROFT 46
BRYAN, JAMES AUGUSTUS 535
BURRUSS, MRS. MARGARET WALTER DBY 394
BURRUSS, NATHANIEL 386
CALDWELL, ROBERT DAVID 247
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CAMP, ELDAD CICERO 327
CAMP, JAMES MAGNUS 51
CARPENTER,, JAMES CLUVERIUS 187
CARROLL, JAMES ALEXANDER 288
CHADBOURN, ARTHUR STANLEY 574
CHANCELLOR, SAMUEL CLEVELAND 201
CHESTER, CHARLES THOMAS 373
CHEW, ROGER PRESTON 206
CHICHESTER, RICHARD HENRY LEE 204
CLARK, WILLIAM SAMUEL 346
CLARY, WHITFIELD SPENCER 254
COLE, GEORGE HENRY PHILLIP 61
COLEMAN, LEWIS MINOR 406
COLES, PEYTON SKIPWITH 155
COOKE, ARTHUR WAYLAND 213
COOPER, THOMAS HENRY 375
CORLEY, JOHN GREENE 216
CORRIHER, FANNIE E 319
COVER, JESSE REESE 529
COVINGTON, THOMAS STOWERS DAVENPORT. . 327
Co WART, SLATER 532
DAVIDSON, DR. CHARLES HYDE 512
DAVIS, ORIN DATUS 612
DAVIS, SAMUEL LEE 276
DEAL, CALVIN JEREMIAH 588
DELANO, WILLIAM JOSEPH 595
DENT, STOUTEN HUBERT 442
DICK, JOHN EMMETT 562
DICKINSON, ROBERT WALTER 210
DICKINSON, JAMES HATLER 540
DILLON, JAMES W 500
DOBIE, LUCAN IRENE 332
DOBYNS, THOMAS MITCHELL 551
DREWRY, JOHN COLIN 24
DUNSMORE, JAMES GASTON 222
EARLY, SAMUEL HENRY 381
EBERWINE, JOHN GEORGE 233
EDMUNDS, MRS. ELIZABETH BARNES HODGE. . 38
EDMUNDS, JOSEPH LITTLETON 32
EDMUNDS, JOSEPH NICHOLAS 25
EGGLESTON, JOSEPH DUPUY 236
EIDSON, JOHN DANIEL 566
ELLIOTT, KEMP BERNARD 243
ELLISON, JOHN WILLIS 372
EWELL, JOHN CHOWNING 556
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. I VOL. II VOL. Ill
PAGE PAGE PAGE
FAULKNER, CHARLES JAMES 81
FINLEY, WILLIAM WILSON 271
FITZGERALD, HARRISON ROBERTSON 329
FLETCHER, ROBERT 317
FORREST, WILLIAM MENTZEL 334
FOSTER, JOHN MANLY 434
GILL, HOWARD WINFIELD 77
GLASCOCK, THOMAS 323
GLASGOW, FRANK THOMAS 53
GODWIN, CHARLES BERNARD 176
GOODW YN, COL. EDWARD EVERARD 480
GRADY, HENRY ALEXANDER 240
GREEVER, JAMES SCOTT 621
GRIND ALL, CHARLES SYLVESTER 523
HAMILTON, WILLIAM WISTAR 474
HANCOCK, CHARLES WASHINGTON 572
HANCOCK, RICHARD 341
HARGRAVE, JESSE HAMLIN 366
HATHCOCK, THOMAS ALEXANDER 452
HAYDEN, JESSE FRANKLIN 282
HENDERSON, JOHN STEELE 250
HICKS, R. RANDOLPH 389
HILLMAN, JAMES NOAH 81
HILLMAN, NANCY SUSANNA 85
HINTON, CAPT. JOHN BRAYTON 182
HOLLADAY, HENRY THOMPSON, JR 219
HOPKINS, JOHN GUTHRIE 339
HORSLEY, DR. JOHN SHELTON 267
HOSKINS, JOSEPH ADDISON 365
HOUSTON, MARTIN 452
HUFF, BALLARD PRESTON 249
HUTCHESON, HERBERT FARRAR 441
I VIE, ALLEN DENNY 91
JAMES, WILBERT THEODORE 549
JEFFREYS, WILLIAM EDWARD 189
JEFFREYS, WILLIAM HENRY, JR 193
JOHNSON, CAUIN TIMOTHY 392
JOHNSON, THOMAS LESTER 514
JONES, MOSES STREET 466
KENAN, ANNIE ELIZABETH HILL 337
KENDIG, DR. EDWIN LAWRENCE 454
KENT, CHARLES WILLIAM 55
KING, CHARLES HENRY 160
KING, DR. FRANKLIN. . . , 393
KING, WALTER WILLIAM 97
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KISTLER, ANDREW MILTON 81
LAWRENCE, LLOYD JENNINGS 97
LEAKED THOMAS CRAWFORD 603
LEE, ERASTUS LITTLETON 102
LEEDY, ROBERT FRANKLIN 254
LESTER, HENRY CLAY 226
LINDSAY, HUGH BARTON 354
LLOYD, ABBOTT EDWARD, SR 342
LONG, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 588
LOWMAN, WILLIAM RISH 125
LUCAS, DANIEL BEDINGER 28
LUKE, JAMES M. C 532
LUPTON, JOHN THOMAS 87
LUTTRELL, HUGH MONTGOMERY 555
LYM AN, A. HUNT 377
McCALL, JOHN LAURIN 94
McCoMB, JAMES BELL 100
MclvER, DUNCAN EVANDER 305
McKiNNON, ALEXANDER JAMES 17
MCLAURIN, LAUGHLIN BUIE 541
MALONE, BLONDELLE EDWARDS 495
MALONE, MILES ALEXANDER 480
MALONE, SARAH GLENN ( JONES) 488
MANSON, RICHARD WILKINS Ill
MAPP, GEORGE RICHARD 263
MARION, JOHN HARDIN 420
MASSEY, DR. JOHN E 293
MASSEY, WILLIAM WALTER 296
MEADE, JULIAN 75
MEARS, OTHO FREDERICK 266
MITCHELL, ROLAND GREENE 234
MOFFETT, JOHN DANIEL 129
MOFFETT, JOHN ROBERTS 135
MOFFETT, WILLIAM WALTER 123
MONROE, EDWARD R 19
MOORE, REV. HIGHT C 517
MOORE, ROGER 68
NELSON, FRANK 415
OAKLEY, NEWTON Z 114
OTTS, JAMES CORNELIUS 106
PACK, GEORGE WILLIS 474
PAGE, BONEY WELLS 381
PAGE, ROBERT NEWTON 483
PARKER, JAMES 116
PARKER, WILLIAM T 594
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PARRISH, CAPT. EDWARD JAMES 270
PATTERSON, JOHN LEGERWOOD 283
PAYNE, WILBUR Bos WELL 549
PEEBLES, JOHN DUDLEY 118
PERROW, CHARLES MATTHEW 449
PERRY, JOSEPH WILLIAM 350
PITTMAN, REDDEN HERBERT 346
PLUMMER, HENRY LYNE 171
POLK, TASKER 565
POTTER, THOMAS HENRY 401
POWELL, FILMORE MADISON 401
PRESSLEY, WILLIAM WALTER 73
PRINCE, DR. DANIEL MALLOY 504
PRITCHARD, JUDGE JETER CONLEY 440
QUICK, SPENCER RECORD 404
QUICK, WALTER JACOB 411
RAGLAND, JOSEPH EDWARD 573
RANDOLPH, VIRGIL PATRICK 414
REED FAMILY, THE 125
REESE, EMMETT FRANCIS, JR 422
REESE, WILLIAM PENN 488
RENNIE, JOHN GORDON 133
REVELL, OLIVER DAVIS 199
RICHARDSON, LUNSFORD 58
RICKS, FLETCHER BUCHANAN 139
ROBINSON, EDWARD TRENT 300
ROGERS, PHILIP 149
ROSE, DAVID JEPTHA 359
RUTLEDGE, BROOKS 157
SCOTT, JOHN WINSLOW 313
SEBRELL, JAMES EDWARD 428
SELLERS, THEODORE NAPOLEON 363
SETTLE, THOMAS LEE 87
SHAW, JOHN DUNCAN, JR 163
SHEAHAN, JOHN JOSEPH 357
SHEPHERD, JAMES LEFTWICH 497
SHERIDAN, HUGO GROTIUS 540
SLATER, GEORGE M 309
SMITH, CHARLES ALPHONSO 66
SMITH, FRANKLIN FLETCHER 607
SMITH, HENRY LEWIS 458
SMITH, MRS. MARY JANE BENNETT 67
SMITH, GENERAL WILLIAM ALEXANDER 56
SOUTHGATE, THOMAS SOMERVILLE 434
STEARNES, ORREN LEWIS 301
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STEDMAN, MALVERN VANCE 49
STONE, ERNEST LOVE 295
SURRATT, ISAAC WEBB 159
SWEARENGEN, JAMES 500
THOMAS, DE Los 289
THOMAS, WILLIAM EDWARD 130
THORNTON, WILLIAM ERNEST MELVILLE .... 280
THRASHER, HENRY HAMMOND 168
TILGHMAN, CAPT. THEODORE WILSON 306
TRAVIS, WILLIAM THOMAS 365
UMBERGER, BASCOM LEONARD 43
UPSHUR, WILLIAM MAJOR 578
WALKER, CHARLES HENRY 137
WALKER, CLIFTON McKiNNEY 176
WALKER, JAMES ERNEST 506
WALLACE, ALEXANDER WELLINGTON 41
WALLER, ABSALOM 523
WALLER, KOBERT EMMETT 529
WALSH, WILLIAM WALTON 568
WATERS, WILLIAM DARRAH 312
W T ATSON, JAMES EPHRAIM 368
WATTS, NEWTON CLARK 381
WELLFORD, EGBERT CARTER 629
WHITFIELD, THOMAS JAPHETH 274
WILLIAMS, DAVID TERRY 407
WILLIAMS, JOHN ALEXANDER 189
WILLIAMSON, JAMES NATHANIEL, JR 580
WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM HOLT 32
WILSON, WOODROW 19
WINGFIELD, J. RICHARD 103
WOOD, DANIEL POLLARD 585
WOODALL, PRESTON 196
WRIGHT, THOMAS ROANE BARNES 411
WYATT, WILLIAM HENRY, JR 416
WYCHE, CLARENCE ADOLPHUS 451
WYLIE, RICHARD EVANS 204
ZEREGA, CAPT. ALFRED LUBAUGH BERNIER DI. 145
ILLUSTRATIONS
PACING PAGH
ADAMS, BLAKE BRADDY 297
BANNER, CHARLES WHITLOCK 218
BATES, WILLIAM T. CAPERS 224
BETHEA, WILLIAM THADDEUS 389
BIGGS, JOHN DAWSON 429
BISHOP, WILLIAM PRESTON 232
BISHOP, MRS. WILLIAM PRESTON 236
BLAKEMORE, JOHN EDWARD 458
BRIDGEFORTH, GEORGE BASKERVILLE 241
CALDWELL, KOBERT DAVID 247
CAMP, ELD AD CICERO 327
CAMP, JAMES MAGNUS 51
CARROLL, JAMES ALEXANDER 288
CLARK, WILLIAM SAMUEL 346
CLARY, WHITFIELD SPENCER 254
COLEMAN, LEWIS MINOR 406
COOKE, ARTHUR WAYLAND 213
CORRIHER, JOHN C 319
DAVIS, ORIN DATUS 612
DAVIS, SAMUEL LEE 276
DEAL, CALVIN JEREMIAH 588
DENT, STOUTEN HUBERT 442
DILLON, JAMES W 500
DREWRY, JOHN COLIN 24
EIDSON, JOHN DANIEL 566
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FACING PAGE
ELLISON, JOHN WILLIS 372
EWELL, JOHN CHOWNING 556
FIXLEY, WILLIAM WILSON 271
FOSTER, JOHN MANLY 434
GREEVER, JAMES SCOTT 621
GRINDALL, CHARLES SYLVESTER 523
HANCOCK, CHARLES WASHINGTON 572
HATHCOCK, THOMAS ALEXANDER 452
HAYDEN, JESSE FRANKLIN 282
HOSKINS, JOSEPH ADDISON 365
JOHNSON, CAUIN TIMOTHY 392
JOHNSON, MRS. CAUIN TIMOTHY 398
JOHNSON, THOMAS LESTER 514
JONES, MOSES STREET 466
KENAN, ANNIE ELIZABETH HILL 337
KISTLER, ANDREW MILTON 81
LINDSAY, HUGH BARTON 354
LOWMAN, WILLIAM EISH 125
LUKE, JAMES M. C 532
LUPTON, JOHN THOMAS 87
McCALL, JOHN LAURIN 94
McCoMB, JAMES BELL 100
MclvER, DUNCAN EVANDER 305
McKiNNON, ALEXANDER JAMES 17
MALONE, MILES ALEXANDER 480
MALONE, SARAH GLENN ( JONES) 488
MARION, JOHN HARDIN 420
MOORE, KOGER 68
NELSON, FRANK 415
ILLUSTRATIONS 15
FACING PAGE
OTTS, JAMES CORNELIUS 106
PACK, GEORGE WILLIS 474
PAGE, BONE Y WELLS 381
PARKER, JAMES 116
PARKER, WILLIAM T 594
PAYNE, WILBUR BOSWELL 549
RENNIE, JOHN GORDON 133
RICHARDSON, LUNSFORD 58
RICKS, FLETCHER BUCHANAN 139
ROGERS, PHILIP 149
RUTLEDGE, BROOKS 157
SCOTT, JOHN WINSLOW 313
SHAW, JOHN DUNCAN, JR 163
SHERIDAN, HUGO GROTIUS 540
SMITH, FRANKLIN FLETCHER 607
THRASHER, HENRY HAMMOND 168
UMBERGER, COL. ABRAHAM 43
UMBERGER, BASCOM LEONARD 46
WALKER, CLIFTON McKiNNEY 176
WELLFORD, ROBERT CARTER 629
WILLIAMS, JOHN ALEXANDER 189
WILLIAMSON, JAMES NATHANIEL, JR 580
WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM HOLT 32
WOODALL, PRESTON 196
WOODALL, MRS. PRESTON 200
WYLIE, RICHARD EVANS 204
ALEXANDER JAMES McKINNON
THE tocsin of war had sounded and the North and the
South were locked in deadly strife, when Alexander
James McKinnon of Maxton, North Carolina, was born
in Kichmond County, September 8, 1862. His father,
Alexander C. McKinnon, was a farmer and a teacher, his mother
Sarah (McQueen) McKinnon, a real old-fashioned wife and
mother. Though Alexander C. McKinnon was not with the sol-
diers in the field, he was doing valiant service in the endeavor
to produce double harvests wherewith to feed the men who
fought. "They also serve who only stand and wait."
The boy grew apace, strong and sturdy as are boys raised
near or in contact with mother earth, with sunshine above, and
the odors of the pine around them ; and as he grew, he developed
one by one the traits of his Scottish ancestors. It was happy for
him in his upraising to have both the tender influence of his
mother, and the sterner discipline of his father. The fathers of
most of his playmates were in the army or under the sod of the
battlefield.
Notwithstanding the war and its intolerable aftermath of
anarchy, known as the reconstruction period, the school of his
father went on. Alexander began his education, thus, under the
best auspices, and although it was had at the "country schools,"
by his father's assistance, he became no mean scholar. He knew
the various forms of farm work in all their minutiae, and he
chose agriculture as his pursuit. He was ambitious and with his
mind ever on the alert he added other callings to that of farmer.
Eaising the staple, the next step was to dispose of it and
as a cotton broker he achieved success. The lumber industry
claimed his attention and he accepted the Presidency of the Alma
Lumber Company. Facility of transportation appealed to him
and he is President of a Kailroad. Finance interests him and
he is Vice-President of the Maxton Bank. He served his full
quota in the State Guard, advancing from private to Major. He
is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias. Major McKinnon belongs
to the Methodist Church and does not shirk any work connected
with good membership, as he is chairman of the Board of Stew-
ards, is frequently delegate to the annual conference, is on the
Board of Education and Orphanage, and Secretary of Carolina
College. In politics he is a Democrat and is generally a delegate
to the State conventions.
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Major McKiuuon married at Maxton, October 13, 1887, Vir-
ginia Lee McKinnie, daughter of H. K. McKinnie of Elmira, New
York, and Lou M. Lineburv of Milboro. North Carolina. Their
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children are : Sallie Lou McKinnon, graduate of Kandolph-Macon
Woman's College, Lynchburg, teaching missionary work on Na-
tional Board; Henry A. McKinnon, lawyer, Trinity College;
Katie Lee McKinnon, Trinity College; A. J. McKinnon, Jr.,
Trinity College.
Major McKinnon is particularly interested in the matter of
rural credits. He hopes to see money more elastic and cheaper
to the farmer. He is decidedly in favor of a change in the manner
of government of nearly all the towns, cities and States, and he
desires a less unwieldy form. He believes that far better results
could be obtained by the use of the short ballot, or commission
form of government conducted on the same lines as well organ-
ized banking or business institutions, with efficient heads of
bureaus and the elimination of all unnecessary departments and
officials. He considers that the basic need of the South is new
capital and more good people to utilize or develop its resources,
and he would like the press to take up the facts and exploit the
idea.
The man who lives not only for himself but is constantly
looking out for the betterment of all conditions affecting his
neighbors and fellowtownsfolks, must become popular, and
Major McKinnon has been called frequently to take part in the
government of Maxton, as Councillor, Alderman or Mayor. Now
the people of his State are calling, urging and even insisting on
his going up higher, to the gubernatorial chair. No man is better
fitted for the position and it is to be hoped that he will consent
to take the nomination, which will mean election.
The name "McKinnon" means a "son of Finguin," and its
descriptive significance is "fair," "blonde."
The Mackinnon (McKinnon) family has, of course, an
ancient Scotch lineage. According to Frank Adam "the Mac-
kinnon Clan is a branch of the 'Clan Mac Alpine,' and their
traditionary descent is from Fingon, grandson of Gregor, son of
Kenneth Mac Alpine, King of the Scots.
"The Mackinnons were hereditarv custodians of the standard
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of weights and measures in the Lordship of the Isles. A family
of Mackinnons held, for many generations, the post of hereditary
standard-bearers to the Mac Donalds of Sleat, and had the town-
ship of Duisdalebeg, near Isleoronsay, Sleat, as the reward of
their services.
"Gregory tells us that 'The first authentic notice of this
ancient tribe is to be found in an indenture between the Lord of
the Isles and the Lord of Lorn. The latter stipulates, in surren-
dering to the Lord of the Isles the Island of Mull and other lands,
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that the keeping of the Castle of Kerneburg, in the Treshnish
Isles, is not to be given to any of the race of Clan Finnon.'
"The Mackinnons originally possessed the district of Griban,
in the Island of Mull, but exchanged it for the district of Mish-
nish, in the same island. The clan also possessed the lands of
Strathordell, in the Island of Skye, and the Chief was usually
designated as 'of Strathordell.'
"The ancient possessions of the clan were numerous. These
comprised lands in the islands of Mull, Skye, Arran, Tiree, Pabay,
and Scalpa. Now, however, the Mackinnons are landless in the
old clan territory, while the Chief of the clan (the aged Mr. W. A.
Mackinnon) is resident at Acryse, in the south of England.
Strathordell, which was acquired in 1354, had to be parted with
in 1765, as a sequel to the troubles which followed Culloden.
The last Chief of the main line died, in 1808, in humble circum-
stances. It was then that the Chiefship of the Clan Mackinnon
passed to the family of the present chief."
The Highland Appellation is "Clann Mhic Fhionghaiu," and
the origin of the chief is "Celtic."
The badge of the clan is, according to some authorities, the
pine or sprig of ash, and, according to others, St. John's Wort
and St. Columba's flower. The slogan or war-cry is, "Cuimhnich
bas Ailpein," meaning "Remember the death of Alpin."
The families of Love, Mackinney, Mac Kinney, Mackinning,
Mackinven and Mac Morran are all septs and dependents of the
clan. Skene's "Table of the Descent of the Highland Clans"
classified the family of Mackinnon as follows :
"From the race of Dicaledones Cruthne or Northern Picts
the name of the tribe, according to Ptolemy, being Karnones.
The name of the Morniaorship or Earldom is 'Ross;' that of the
small sept, Clan Fingon, and that of the chief, Mackinnon. The
tartan of the clan has twenty-seven divisions and consists of four
different colors, of which red predominates."
Lachdan Mackinnon, for thus the name is recorded in the
old country, was created knight and baronet by King Charles II
on the field of Worcester. He left a son, Daniel Mor, who, after
a quarrel with his father while out hunting, left home, emigrated
to Antigua, where he bought extensive tracts of land, and took a
prominent part in politics in connection with the matter of Gov-
ernor Parke. He served in the legislature of the Island and
obtained a grant of the great salt lake of Antigua. He became
the heir at law of Lord Lovington, the Governor, and succeeded
to the baronetcy. His sons were William of Antigua, George and
Samuel. The present representative of the family is Francis
Alexander McKinnon, born in 1848. Daniel Mackinnon (1791-
1836) was the Colonel and historian of the famous Cold-Stream-
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Guards of the British Army. He was an intimate friend of Lord
Byron.
William Alexander, Daniel and Henry were all three notable
officers and fine writers. Henry's Journal of the Campaign in
Portugal and Spain makes enjoyable reading and interesting
history. He was Major of his regiment and fell at Cuidad
Rodrigo.
One of the noblest characters in modern history is, unques-
tionably, the late Sir William McKinnon, Baronet, of Lon-
don and Scotland, with whom, in years gone by, the writer of
this sketch enjoyed a personal acquaintance. Sir William was
largely interested in the development of the fertile regions of
eastern and central Africa, and was the President of a company
which explored large tracts of that continent and did much to
introduce civilized customs and habits among the various tribes
and races of the dark continent. His interests were subsequently
acquired by the British crown, and now form part of British
Eastern and Equatorial Africa. Sir William was a man of large
private means, firmly devoted to his religion, of irreproachable
conduct and life, of a most pleasing personality and disposition
marked by generous impulses. When, in 1885, the British public
was much exercised by the situation of Emin Pasha, who, together
with his soldiers and followers, was in danger of extermination
by the menacing hordes of the followers of the Mahdi, he caused
the selection of Henry M. Stanley, the renowned African explorer,
to head an expedition for the Pasha's relief, the thrilling story
of which has been told so well in Stanley's book "In Darkest
Africa." Sir William, in his munificent generosity, declined to
allow anyone to share in the large expense involved by the equip-
ment and work of the expedition, he paying the cost of the three
years' work out of his own pocket. In recognition of the valuable
services which he had rendered to the country and the empire,