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MacBRIDE, Arthur Joseph, pres. MacBride Coal & Coke Co .; born Cincinnati, O., Apr. 3, 1880; son John A. and Hannah (Sullivan) Mac- Bride; ed. pub. schools of Cincinnati; married Evanston, O., Oct. 1, 1902, Pearl Helen Jones; 4 daughters: Pearl Marguerite, Sister Gertrude, Ruth Alice, Muriel Rose. Began work at Cin- cinnati with the C.&O. Ry .; with the Big Four Ry. at Cincinnati, 1898-1901; asst. to the traffic mgr. of the New River Consolidated Coal & Coke Co., with offices at Cincinnati, 1901-3, and resident mgr. for same co. at Chicago, 1903-6; pres. MacBride Coal & Coke Co. since 1906. In- dependent in politics. Knight of Columbus. Club: 'Press. Recreations: gardening, baseball. Residence: 7146 Vernon Av. Office: 343 S. Dear- born St.
McBRIDE, George Joseph, treas. and mgr. Cumner, Jones & Co .; born Somerville, Mass., Aug. 24, 1869; son John J. and Ellen (Cart- wright) McBride; graduate grammar school, Charlestown, Mass., 1884; married Julia E. Hammond, of Chicago, May 16, 1900; 2 chil- dren: John Hammond, Lyman Bartow. Began in employ of Lamkin & Foster, Boston, 1884-8, Hayden, Gardinier & Co., shoes, until 1890; identified with Cumner, Jones & Co., tailors' trimmings, since 1890, and treas. and mgr. since 1899. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Exmoor Country, Highland Park (sec.). Recreations: golf, fishing. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 337 S. Franklin St.
MCCABE, Charles Robert, fire insurance; born Chicago, Apr. 24, 1862; son Charles and Anna (McCormick) McCabe; ed. grammar and high schs. of Chicago and Chicago Coll. of Law; married Mary Elizabeth Whitty, of Chicago, May 30, 1888; 7 children: Charles R., Jr., Helen, John, Margaret, Marie, Frank, Anna. Began active career as clerk in ins. office of W. H. Cunningham, Chicago, 1883; was in the field as state agt. and adjuster for many years cover- ing several states for the Traders' and the Ag- ricultural Ins. Cos .; now in local fire ins. agency business, and Cook Co. mgr. for Agri- cultural Ins. Co. of Watertown, N.Y .; mem. firm of McCabe & Hengle. Catholic. Recrea- tion: golf. Residence: 4236 N. Hermitage Av. Office: Nat. Life Bldg.
McCAGG, Ezra Butler, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
*McCARTNEY, James, insurance; see Vol. 1905.
McCARY, Clyde Jarvis, life underwriter; born Independence, Ala., Aug. 8, 1861; son Dr. Jarvis M. and Hertaline (Motley) McCary; ed. private schools, and Goodman's Commercial Coll., Nashville, Tenn .; married Clara Alma Meeker, of Greenville, O., Apr. 20, 1887; chil- dren: Meeker, Herbert S., Jessie H. Began busi- ness career as clerk in a country store at Jem- ison, Ala., 1 year; later clerk in dry goods store, Montgomery, Ala., bookkeeper and cashier Pratt Saw Mill Co., Verbena, Ala., and cashier Hob- bie & Teague, wholesale grocers, Montgomery; engaged in life ins. since 1881, becoming agt. Anniston, Ala .; removed to Birmingham,
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Ala., as gen. agt. Equitable Life Assurance Soc. Nathan William MacChesney, of Va .; ed. Univ. of the U.S .; came to Chicago in 1893, as agt. of the Pacific, 1898; Univ. of Ariz., 1899, A.B .; Penn. Mutual Life Ins. Co., of Phila., with which has since been identified; became mem. firm of Smith, Mccrary & Co., gen. agts. for the Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co., July 1902, which firm continued until the death of Mr. Calvin S. Smith, Dec., 1909, when it was changed to Mc- Cary, Howell & Co., of which has since been the senior mem. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Automobile. Residence: 4852 Sheridan R.d. Office: 1010 Corn Exchange Bank Building.
MCCASKILL, Charles Wallace, clergyman; born Knox Co., Ill., Sept. 15, 1867; son of Archi- bald and Sarah Ellen (Nelson) Mccaskill; A.B., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, 1895; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. of Theology, 1899, post-grad. in philosophy, 1899-1901; married Nellie Doty Crissey, of Warrensburg, Mo., Aug. 24, 1898. Prof. Latin, Mo. Wesleyan College, 1895-6; li- censed in M.E. ministry, 1901; pastor Cuyler Av. Ch., Oak Park, Ill., 1901-3; financial sec. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1903-6; pastor First Church, Freeport, Ill., 1906-9, Olivet Ch., Chica- go, since 1909. Mem. Delta Tau Delta frater- nity. Residence: 4353 Wilcox Av.
MCCASKILL, Daniel, lawyer; . born Brown Co., Ill., Sept. 21, 1845; son Daniel and Esther (Turner) McCaskill; ed. pub. schools; served in Civil War in 14th Ill. Inf., in Army of the Tenn .; married at Virden, Ill., Mar. 18, 1875, Harriet H. Robinson; 1 son: Oliver LeRoy. In circuit clerk's office of Christian Co., Ill., 1867- 70; admitted to bar at Taylorville, Ill., 1870, and practiced there with brother, Alexander, until 1880, when health failed and went to Colo .; practiced law at Walsenburg, Colo., 1880- 90, at Pueblo, Colo., 1890-6; since 1896 in prac- tice in Chicago, making a specialty of corpn. law; senior mem. firm of Mccaskill & Son. In- dependent in politics. Mem. George A. Thomas Post G.A.R .; Woodmen of the World; K.P. Res- idence: 6426 Kimbark Av. Office: 808 Title & Trust Bldg.
MCCASKILL, Oliver LeRoy, lawyer; born Taylorville, Ill., Dec. 6, 1877; son Daniel and Harriet H. (Robinson) McCaskill; grad. Cen- tral High School, Pueblo, 1896; Ph.B. (hon. mention), Univ. of Chicago, 1901; studied 2 years in law office of father in Chicago; Juris Doctor, cum laude, Univ. of Chicago Law School, 1905; unmarried. Admitted to bar, Oct. 1905, and since mem. firm of McCaskill & Son. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi. Ma- son; K.P. Recreations: motoring, golf. Resi- dence: 6426 Kimbark Av. Office: 808 Title & Trust Bldg.
McCAUGHAN, George Edward, lawyer; born Sidney, O., Dec. 8, 1855; son Charles T. and Emily S. (Sheppard) McCaughan; ed. grammar schools, Winterset, Ia .; read law; admitted to bar, 1879; married Mary Emma Mcknight, of Winterset, Ia., May 25, 1881; 1 son: Philip N. Engaged in practice of law until Aug. 1, 1888, at Winterset, Ia., when entered law dept. of C.,R.I.&P.Ry.Co .; came to Chicago in 1896, be- coming gen. claims atty., Aug. 1, 1902. Pres- byterian. Clubs: Chicago Advertising Assn., Beverly Country, Chicago Ry. Recreations: golf, gardening. Residence: 7052 Yale Av. Of- fice: 1016 LaSalle St. Station.
McCAUGHAN, William John, clergyman; de- ceased; sce Vol. 1905.
*MCCAULEY, William Lewis, miner; see Vol. 1905.
McCAUSLAND, Samuel Garber, live stock; 1840-1910; sce Vol. 1905.
MacCHESNEY, Nathan William, lawyer; born Chicago, June 2, 1878; son Lt .- Col. Alfred Brun- son (U.S.A., A.M., M.D.) and Henrietta (Mil- som) MacChesney, M.D., of London; grandson
spl. student Leland Stanford Jr. Univ .; law student Northwestern Univ., 1899-1900, Univ. of Mich., LL.B., 1902; grad. work Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1902-3; married Riverside, Ill., Dec. 1, 1904, Lena, daughter W. E. Frost; 1 son: Alfred B., 3d. Lecturer on Am. constl. history at Chautauquas in Ariz., Cal. and Minn., 1899; press corr., Cal., Ariz. and N.M., 1897-9; associated with father in business, 1899-1903; partner in firm of Holt, MacChesney & Cheney, real estate and bonds, 1903-5; admitted to bar, 1900; mem. law firm MacChesney, Becker & Bradley since 1902. Lecturer, Coll. of Law, Univ. of Ill., since 1910. Mem. Am. Bar Assn. (mem. comparative law bur., sect. on legal edn.), Am. Assn. Labor Legislation, Am. Polit- ical Science Assn., Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Am. Inst. Criminal Law and Criminology (pres. since 1910), Ill. State Bar Assn. (vice-pres. 1909-10), Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Sec. and dir. Bldg. Mgrs.' Assn .; chmn. Pub. Service Com., 1903-6; mem. Joint Com. on High Pressure Water System, spl. commn. apptd. to investigate high pressure fire service of New York, 1908; dir. and treas. Northwestern Univ. Law Pub. Assn .; trustee and vice-pres. South End Centre (social settlement); dir. Grover Cleveland Memorial Assn .; sec. Lincoln Cen- tennial Memorial Com., 1909; mem. Chicago Plan Commn .; sec. Ill. Commn. on Uniform State Laws; del. Miss. Valley Legislative Conf. on Uniform Legislation Concerning Women and Children; state del. Nat. Civic Federation Conf. on Uniform Legislation, Washington, 1910; mem. Nat. Conf. on Uniform State Laws, Nat. Civic Federation; mem. spl. com. on Child La- bor Legislation, and com. on Workmen's Com- pensation Laws; sec. Nat. Conf. on Criminal Law and Criminology, Chicago, 1909. Now It .- col. and judge advocate I.N.G. and a .- d .- c. on Gov. Deneen's staff. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Nat. Assn. Real Estate Exchanges (gen. counsel), Chicago Assn. of Commerce, A.A.A.S., Am. Hist. Assn., Ill. State Hist. Soc., Cal. Soc., Phi Delta Phi, Soc. of War of 1812 (1st vice- pres.), Sons of Veterans (past comdr.), Nat. Guard and Naval Reserve Assn., Mil. Service Instn., Nat. Economic League (nat. counsel, 1910), etc. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (32°), Mystic Shrine; Royal Arcanum. Clubs: University, Union League, Hamilton, City, South Shore Country, Kenwood, Chicago Liter- ary, Twentieth Century, Men's of Hyde Park (pres. 1908-10), Stanford, of Chicago (pres. since 1908); also Mich. Union (Ann Arbor), Engrs.' (New York), Army and Navy (Wash- ington), Authors' (London, Eng.). Author and editor: Abraham Lincoln-the Tribute of a Century (McClurg), 1910; The Prototype of American Citizenship (address before Supreme Court of Ill., pub. in 238 Illinois Reports) ; and numerous articles on labor, property, corpn. and legal matters. Asso. editor: Illinois Law Re- view, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminol- ogy. Residence: 4536 Lake Av. Summer Resi- dence: South Shore, Chicago. Office: Stock Ex- change Bldg.
MCCLANAHAN, Albert Clarence, physician; see Vol. 1905.
MCCLANAHAN, Archie Allen, lawyer: born Norwood, Mercer Co., Ill .. Sept. 29. 1859; son Dr. J. P. and Margaret (Jones) McClanahan; ed. Monmouth (III.) Coll .: married Chicago, 1883. Nettie Braiden: children: Nettie. Miles, Alice. Baird, Archie, Jr., Wilhelmina V. Admitted to bar. 1885, and practiced at Omaha, Neb .. until 1895. when came to Chicago; was city atty. of Wheaton. I11., 1897-S. Republican. Mason, Clubs: Hamilton. Union League. Residence: 4712 Mal- den St., Sheridan Park. Office: 206 S. LaSalle Street.
MCCLARY, Nelson A., pres. Northwestern Gas Light & Coke Co., etc .; born Albany, Vt .
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Aug. 11, 1856; son Orson R. and Lucy P. idence: 179 E. Chestnut St. Office: Home Ins. (Smith) McClary; grad. Dartmouth Coll., A.B., Building. 1884; married Emily Bicknell Rood, of Phila., MCCLURE, James Gore King, theologian; born Albany, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1848; son Archi- bald and Susan Tracy (Rice) McClure; A.B., Yale, 1870; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1873; (D.D., Lake Forest Univ., 1888, Princeton, 1906, Yale, 1906; LL.D., Ill. Coll., 1904); married An- nie P., daughter Nathan F. Dixon, of Westerly, R.I., Nov. 19, 1879. Ordained Presbyn. min- istry, 1874; pastor New Scotland, N.Y., 1874-9, Lake Forest, Ill., 1881-1905; pres. Lake Forest Univ., 1897-1901; pres. McCormick Theol. Sem., Chicago, since 1905. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 2348 N. Halsted St. Sept. 13, 1889; children: Orson Rood, George Brewer. Was clerk with Jansen & McClurg (now A. C. McClurg & Co.), 1884-5; salesman Natural Gas Light & Fuel Co., builders of gas apparatus, 1885, becoming asst. mgr., 1888, and mgr., 18$9; sec. and dir. Nat. Gas & Water Co., 1890-1901; pres. Cicero Gas Co., 1890-1901; gen. mgr. Ogden Gas Co., 1895-1901; pres. North- western Gas Light & Coke Co., and DeKalb Co. (Ill.) Gas Co .; sec. Sterling (Ill.) Gas & Electric Light Co .; dir. Nat. Gas & Water Co. Mem. Am. Gas Inst. Republican. Past pres .- gen. Nat. Soc. S.A.R. (pres. Ill. Soc., 1905) ; mem. Chicago Dartmouth Alumni Assn. Clubs: University, Oak Park, Westward Ho. Recrea- tion: motoring. Residence: 126 Home Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
*McCLEAN, Samuel A., Jr., packer; see Vol. 1905.
*MCCLELLAN, John J., lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
MacCLINTOCK, Samuel, editor; born "Pine- hurst," Bourbon Co., Ky., June 22, 1872; son Alexander and Cornelia (Darnall) MacClintock; prep. edn. acad. of Transylvania Univ., Lexing- ton, Ky .; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1896, fellow, 1906-S, Ph.D., 1908; also studied in Europe; married Helen, daughter Charles Allen Marsh, of Chicago, June 2, 1910. In stock raising and timber land business in firm of Alexander Mac- Clintock & Son, Lexington, Ky., for a time; taught in Armour Inst. of Technology, and Princeton-Yale School, Chicago, 1896-1900; div. supt. of schools and mem. provincial board of edn. of P.I., 1901-6; Am. consul at Tegucigalpa and Puerto Cortés, Honduras, 1908-10; editor, and mem. board dirs. DeBower-Chapline Co., publishers, and LaSalle Extension Univ. Au- thor: The Philippines, 1903; Aliens Under the Federal Laws of the United States, 1909. Mem. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Quadrangle. Rec- reations: tennis, hunting, walking. Residence: 5455 Greenwood Av. Office: 2715 Michigan Av.
MacCLINTOCK, William Darnall, univ. prof .; born Elizaville, Ky., July 28, 1858; son Alexan- der and Cornelia (Darnall) MacClintock; A.B., Ky. Wesleyan, 1878, A.M., 1882; Johns Hopkins, 1880-2; Union Theol. Sem., 1883-5; British Mus., London, 1889, 1892, 1894; married Lucia Por- ter Lauder, of Ky., July 7, 1886. Prof. English, 1881-98, sec., 1888-9, Chautauqua Coll., Plain- field, N.J .; prof. English, Wells Coll., 1889-91; asst. prof. English lit., 1892-4, asso. prof. and dean Jr. Coll., 1894-1900, prof. English lit. since 1900, dean Univ. Coll., 1900-5, dean Jr. Coll. of Philosophy (women), 1905-9, Univ. of Chicago. Residence: 5629 Lexington Av.
McCLUER, William Bittinger, real estate; born Rockbridge Co., Va., Nov. 6, 1862; son John William and Bettie S. McCluer; A.B., Washington and Lee Univ., 1880; unmarried. Began real estate business, 1893, in firm of Cannell & McCluer, and in 1902 the present firm of Cochran & McCluer succeeded. Democrat. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwent- sia. Residence: 1219 N. State St. Office: 35 N. Dearborn St.
McCLUNEY, James, commercial paper bro- ker; born St. Louis, Apr. 4, 1881; son John Henry and Clara E. (Copp) McCluney; grad. Smith Acad., St. Louis, 1899; attended Amherst (Mass.) Coll., class of 1903; married Mabel Mc- Keighan, of St. Louis, Apr. 24, 1905. Salesman in St. Louis office of the Library Bureau, 1903- 5, mgr. of the office, 1905-7; became partner with two brothers in firm of McCluney & Co., commercial paper brokers, St. Louis, Jan. 1907; removed to Chicago, Sept. 1907 and since in charge of Chicago office of the firm. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Mem. Psi Upsilon. Club: Glen View. Recreations: golf and tennis. Res-
McCLURG, Ogden Trevor, vice-pres. and sec. A. C. McClurg & Co .; born Chicago, Sept. 8, 1878; son late Gen. Alexander C. and Eleanor (Wheeler) McClurg; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1901; married Chicago, Feb. 24, 1903, Marion Ewen. After graduation from Yale entered the house of A. C. McClurg & Co. as retail salesman, and has continued with the house and is now vice- pres. and sec. of the co. Protestant Episcopa- lian. Mem. Loyal Legion. Mem. Governor De- neen's Staff; It. Ill. Naval Reserve. Clubs: City, University (dir.), Saddle and Cycle, Caxton (mem. of council), Chicago Yacht, New York Yacht. Recreations: yachting and motoring. Residence: 1444 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 330 E. Ohio St.
McCONNELL, Charles Henry, pres. and own- er Economical Drug Co .; born Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 12, 1841; son James Kenny and Sarah (O'Neil) McConnell; ed. pub. schools of De- troit, Mich .; married Detroit, May 31, 1868, Clara Virginia Chope; 1 daughter: Cora Edith (Mrs. George A. Wright). Served in 24th Mich. Inf., of the "Iron Brigade," in the Army of the Potomac, 1862-5. Founded the Nat. Printing Co. in 1873, making a leading specialty of show printing. Succeeded to Columbia Theatre, Chi- cago, 1883, and 8 other theatres and a dozen or more shows of J. H. Haverly, on failure of the latter. Lost $321,000 on Haverly and his en- terprises, eventually, and the Nat. Printing Co .. was ruined in 1884 by two fires occurring with- in 15 months; loss $250,000 above ins. On June 24, 1892, established the Economical Drug Store, the first to engage in the retailing of drugs at cut prices. Mem. Am. Pharmaceutical Assn. Prominent mem. G.A.R. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation: traveling. Residence: 4417 Ellis Av. Office: 118 N. State St.
McCONNELL, John, real estate; born Chica- go, Dec. 8, 1847; son Edward and Charlotte (McGlashan) McConnell; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and high school, 1855-65; old Chicago Univ., 1866-8; married Brooklyn, N.Y., June 27, 1871, Kate Gooding; children: Edward D., John G., George Malcolm, Kathryn C., Kenneth G. In timber and lumber business, Chicago, 1869-72; mfr. picture frame mouldings, etc., in firm of John Moore & Co., 1875-81; since 1881 engaged in real estate business, principally buying and subdividing property in Town of Lake (now part of Chicago), as mem. of firm of McConnell Bros. Also pres. Compound Door Co., of St. Joseph, Mich. Republican. Mem. Board of Edn. of Lake View, 1881-2; supervisor and president town board of trustees, Lake View, 1883-5; al- derman town of Lake View, 1887-8. Attends Episcopal Church. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Yacht, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: golf, yachting and sailing. Residence: 546 Haw- thorne Pl. Office: 115 S. LaSalle St.
McCONNELL, Luther William, retired mer- chant; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
McCORD, Alvin Carr, mfr .; born Paris, Ill., Nov. 24, 1867; son William B. and Mary J. (Campbell) McCord; A.B., Princeton Univ.,. 1889; 1 year of law study, Univ. of Minn .; mar- ried Emily Davis Rowe, of Evanston, Ill., Dec. 22, 1896; 1 daughter: Marjorie Carr. Entered
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upon mfg. business as vice-pres. Drexel Ry. and Robert C. Instr., Drake Univ., 1897; fel- Supply Co., in 1891; president and dir. Mc- low, Univ. of Ill., 1898; instr. in Webb City Cord & Co., since 1897. Gen. mgr. and vice- Coll., 1899, in high school, Springfield, Mo., 1899-1904; instr. and prof. chem. engring., Ar- mour Inst. Technology since 1904; also mem. firm McCormack & Co., chemists and chem. engrs. Editor The Chemical Engineer. Repub- lican. Mem. Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Am. Electrochem. Society. Club: University. Residence: 5229 Ingleside Avenue. pres. Ill. Car & Equipment Co., 1900-2; pres. Western Steel Car & Foundry Co., 1902-10; now pres. Gibraltar Mfg. Co., Vacuum Insulating Co. and McCord Mfg. Co., of Detroit. Republic- an. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union League, Onwentsia, Skokie Country, Saddle and Cycle, South Shore Country; also Princeton (New York). Recreations: golf and travel. Residence: 1532 N. State St. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.
McCORD, Herbert Arthur, mfr .; born Paris, Ill., June 20, 1859; son William B. and Mary J. (Campbell) McCord; ed. common school, Paris, Ill .; married Washington, N.C., July 20, 1886, Elizabeth S. Sparrow; children: William W., Mary Campbell and Ann Sparrow. Began as clerk in fire ins. agency, Paris, Ill .; deputy co. clerk, Edgar Co., Ill., 1 year; partner in real estate and ins. business of W. B. McCord & Son; removed to Chicago, Sept. 1, 1881; clerk in western dept. offices Imperial Ins. Co .; re- moved to Minneapolis, Sept. 1, 1882, taking po- sition with Frederick Paine, ins. agent; apptd. spl. agt. and adjuster Fire Ins. Assn. of Eng- land, Aug. 1884; resigned to take charge of gen. agency dept. of the Davis & Requa agency, Chicago, June 1886; chief clerk Commercial Union Ins. Co., Oct. 1888; same with United Fire Re-Insurance Co., June 1899; with it and its successor, Palatine Ins. Co., until Oct. 1900; then an ins. broker on own account until Nov. 1902; organized, and was pres. and dir. Ill. Car Co., 1902-5; mgr. Anniston branch Western Steel Car & Foundry Co., 1906-7; vice-pres. Gibraltar Mfg. Co., ry. supplies, since 1907; vice-pres. and dir. Vacuum Insulating Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Club: Union League. Residence: 4400 Greenwood Av. Office: 1917 McCormick Building.
McCORDIC, Alfred Edward, lawyer; born Jura, Lambton Co., Ont., Can., Nov. 8, 1862; son James and Hannah (Dawson) McCordic; ed. pub. schools in Canada; grad. Harvard Law School, 1889; married Windsor, Conn., July 3, 1889, Jane Augusta Ladd; children: Christine Ruth, Fletcher Ladd, Malcolm Niles (deceased). Began study of law, spring of 1884, in law firm of Fletcher & Wanty, Grand Rapids, Mich., until entering Harvard, 1886. Opened law of- fice, Duluth, Minn., 1889, with Wilson G. Cros- by, of Mass., as McCordic & Crosby; moved to Chicago, 1896, becoming partner with Joseph A. Sleeper, in law firm of Sleeper & McCordic; partner with Andrew R. Sheriff in law firm of McCordic & Sheriff, 1900-8, alone since 1908. Pres. Village of Winnetka, 1903-4. Clubs: Uni- versity, Harvard, Winnetka, Skokie Golf. Res- idence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: The Rookery.
MacCORMAC, Morton, proprietor MacCor- mac School; born Springville, Ia., Oct. 27, 1868; son Rev. William E. and Mary Jane (Neill). MacCormac; ed. Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia., class of 1887; special course Ia. Commercial Coll., Davenport, and Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y .; (hon. A.M., Cornell, 1891; Master of Ac- counts, Ia. Com. Coll., 1893; Ph.D., Lexington Univ., 1905); married Mary Eglentine Cooper, of Sheridan, Wyo., Mar. 30, 1890. Taught in pub. and private schools 15 years, then taught accounting, commercial law and business eth- ics; organized, 1903, and since proprietor of the MacCormac School, Chicago. Pres. Nat. Com- mercial Teachers' Federation. Republican. Ma- son (32°, K.T., Shriner). Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce (chmn. com. of edn.); founder and twice pres. Woodlawn Business Men's Assn. Residence: 6233 Woodlawn Av. School: 1208 E. 63d St.
McCORMACK, Harry, chemical engr .: born Spencer, Ia., Sept. 7, 1876; son James T. and Adeline (Gannett) McCormack; B.S., Drake Univ., DesMoines, Ta., 1896; M.Sc., Univ. of Ill., 1899; married Mae Henderson, of Baxter, la., June 10, 1898; 3 sons: John T., Ralph H.,
McCORMICK, Alexander Agnew, journalist; born Phila., Feb. 21, 1863; son Alexander Ag- new and Katherine (McQuiston) McCormick; ed. in pub. schs., Phila .; married Maud, daugh- ter Ezra Joseph Warner, June 1, 1895. Engaged in publishing dept., A. C. McClurg & Co., Chi- cago, 1888-95; general mgr. Evening Post and Times-Herald, Chicago, 1895-1901, of Record- Herald, 1901-3; editor and publisher Chicago Evening Post, 1904-Jan. 1, 1906; editor and publisher The Indianapolis Star, the Terre Haute Star, The Muncie Star since Jan. 1, 1906. Pres. Civ. Service Assn .; trustee Ill. Coll., Jack- sonville; sec. Sunset Club, 1892; vice-pres. Am. Newspaper Publishers' Assn., 1903-4 (chmn. labor com., 1900-7); Republican. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Sci- ence. Clubs: Union League (ex-pres.), Univer- sity, Chicago, Mid-Day, Onwentsia, Merchants (ex-pres.), Saddle and Cycle (Chicago), City (New York). Residence: 5541 Lexington Av.
McCORMICK, Cyrus Hall, mfr .; born Wash- ington, May 16, 1859; son Cyrus Hall (invent- or of reaping machine) and Nettie (Fowler) McCormick; A.B., Princeton, 1879; married Har- riet Bradley Hammond, of Chicago, Mar. 5, 1889. With McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. since 1879, of which was pres. from time of father's death, 1884, until 1902; pres. Internat. Harvester Co. since 1902; dir. C.&N.W.Ry.Co., Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. (Chicago), Nat. City Bank (New York). Trustee Y.M.C.A. Clubs: University, Metropolitan (New York), Chicago, Union League, University, Chicago Athletic, Commercial. Residence: 50 E. Huron St. Office: Harvester Bldg.
McCORMICK, Ernest O., ry. vice-pres .; born Lafayette, Ind., Apr. 3, 1858; grad. high sch., Lafayette. Began ry. service with L.E.&W.R. R., 1879; was in freight dept. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago R.R., at Lafayette; gen. agt. Great Eastern Freight Line at Louisville. Ky .; city ticket and pass. agt. at Louisville and Chi- cago, gen. Northwestern pass. agt. at Chicago, and gen. pass. and ticket agt. at Chicago, to 1889, Monon Route; gen. pass. and ticket agt. C.H.&D.Ry., 1889-93; pass. traffic mgr. C.,C.,C.& St.L.Ry., 1893-9: pass. traffic mgr. S.P. Co., at San Francisco, 1899-1904; asst. traffic dir. U.P. and S.P. systems, Ore. Short Line Ry., and Ore. R.R. & Navigation Co. at Chicago, 1904-10; vice-pres in charge of all traffic S.P. Co. since Mar. 10, 1910. Residence: 3206 Sheridan Rd. Office: 112 W. Adams St.
McCORMICK, Harold Fowler, capitalist; born Chicago, May 2, 1872; son Cyrus Hall (inventor of reaping machine) and Nettie (Fowler) Mc- Cormick; A.B., Princeton, 1895; married Edith, daughter John D. Rockefeller. Nov. 26. 1895. Gen. agt. McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Council Bluffs, Ia., 1896-7; vice-pres, since 1902. treas. since Oct. 31, 1906, Internat. Harvester Co .; trustee Chicago Exchange Bldg. Co. Trus- tce Univ. of Chicago, McCormick Theol. Sem. Clubs: University, Racquet and Tennis. Strol- lers, Princeton (New York), Chicago. Commer- cial, University, Chicago Athletic, 11. Athletic. Onwentsia (Chicago). Residence: 1000 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Harvester Bldg.
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