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MELANCTHON W. McMILLAN, general bookkeeper, Bank of Pittsburgh. The paternal great-grandfather of this gentleman was a native of the highlands of Scotland, and immigrated to America, settling in Maryland. His sons, Rev. Samuel and William, were soldiers in the revolutionary war. Of these, the first named, a minister of the Baptist Church, located in Westmoreland county, and later in Tennessee and Ohio. He died in Beaver county, Pa. His son, Thomas L., was born in Westmoreland county, and came to Pittsburgh at the age of sixteen years. He enlisted later in the war of 1812, but his services were not required in the field. After the war he returned to Pittsburgh, and clerked for George Miltenberger, finally embarking in the house-furnishing business on his own account. He was subsequently appointed by Gov. Ritner clerk of the mayor’s court in the old courthouse, and afterward elected clerk of court of quarter sessions. After that he was appointed associate judge with Judge McClure. He died in 1852, aged sixty years. Politically he was a strong whig, and worked nobly to promote the success of the anti-slavery bill. He was married to Jane, daughter of John Gormly, and of their twelve children, nine attained maturity. Of these, John G. was clerk in the office of the Chronicle-Telegraph; Samuel J. R. read law with Judge Shaler and Edwin M. Stanton, late secretary of war. He was admitted to the Allegheny county bar, and became a member of the law firm of Stowe & McMillan; later he went to Minnesota. He was elected district judge, and subsequently elected judge of the supreme bench, and afterward United States senator. Melancthon W., the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in Allegheny City, and came to Sewickley in 1871. He has been identified with the Bank of Pittsburgh for thirty years, and is now general bookkeeper. He is also a member of session of the Sewickley Presbyterian Church, and is treasurer. Mr. McMillan’s mother died at his home in Sewickley, June 7, 1879, aged eighty-four years.