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McKINLOCK, George Alexander, electrical sup- plies; b. Oswego, N.Y., Dec. 27, 1857; s. John and Margaret Ann (McCormick) McKinlock; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Dec. 2, 1890, Marion Wallace Rappleye; 1 son, George Alexander, Jr. Business career practically began Apr. 1, 1877, as mgr. Am. Dist. Telegraph Co., at Detroit; then cashier and auditor Bell Telephone Co., at Detroit, until 1886; came to Chicago, Mar., 1887, and organized the Central Electric Co., of which is pres. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, University, Old Elm, Shore Acres, Gagemere, Saddle and Cycle, Casino, Onwentsia, Winter Club of Lake Forest. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 320 S. 5th Av., Chicago.
McKINLOCK, John, M.D .; b. Oswego, N. Y., Nov. 23. 1861; s. John and Margaret Ann (McCor- mick) McKinlock; ed. pub. schs. of Buffalo and Detroit; M.D., Mich. Coll. of Medicine, 1883; post- grad, work, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1883-4; m. Julia Taylor Knight, of Atlanta, Ga., May 20, 1891. Asst. to chair of gynecology, Detroit Coll. of Medicine, 1884-90; came to Chicago, 1890; clin. instr. gynecology, Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1895-7; one of organizers, 1893, and was several yrs. attending surgeon, Chicago Hosp .; U.S. sur- geon, at Chicago, 1909-16. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Club: Uni- versity. Home: 5412 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 25 E. Washington St.
MCKINNEY, Frederick Warren, real estate; b. Rushford, N.Y., July 5, 1859; s. Burdette and Sarah (Day) Mckinney; ed. pub. schs. of Rushford; m. Augusta, Ky., 1893, Anna L. Knoedler; children: Lois, Frederick K., Mary Buckner, Frances, Sarah Gilmore. In real estate business at Benton Har- bor, Mich., before coming to Chicago to engage in same line of business, 1892. In 1902 organized the First Mortgage Bond & Trust Co., which he conducted until Aug., 1904, when it was absorbed by the Royal Trust Co. Bank, with which was connected as mgr. of the real estate loan dept. un- til 1905; since has engaged in real estate for self. Pres. United Supply Co .; vice pres. Midland Ware- house & Transfer Co .; treas. Mother's Remedies Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Traffic. Home: 5720 Wood- lawn Av. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.
MCKINNEY, Hayes, lawyer; b. Lewistown, Ill., July 8, 1877; s. Winfield Scott and Mary Malvina (Tompkins) Mckinney; ed. pub. schs. of central III. and Chicago; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1903; m. Alice Smalley, of Chicago, Mar. 22, 1907. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1903; began practice with Lyman, Busby & Lyman; then with Shope, Zane, Busby & Weber, the two associations cover- ing 5 yrs .; practiced alone 4 yrs .; mem. Zane, Morse & Mckinney since 1912. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Order of the Coif, Western Econ. Soc., Delta Chi. Mason. Club: City. Recreations: amateur photography, read- ing. Home: 815 Linden Av .. Wilmette, III. Office: 709 Harris Trust Bldg., Chicago.
MCKINNEY, Robert Morris, banker; b. Nauvoo, Ill .; s. Robert W. and Mary S. (Beck) Mckinney; ed. pub. schs .; m. Emilie Thul, of Burlington, Ia., June 12, 1889. Began as clk. in country store at Bushnell, Ill .: then bookkeeper for wholesale no- tion store at Burlington, Ia .; with Nat. State Bank, Burlington, 1885; then 1 yr. In First Nat.
Bank of Anaconda, Mont .; came to Chicago, Jan., 1892, and started with Nat. Bank of the Republic, as bookkeeper, becoming cashier, Dec. 31, 1903, and 2d vice pres., Jan., 1916. Republican. Pres- byterian. Club: Bankers'. Recreation: reading. Residence: Vincennes Hotel. Office: 39 S. LaSalle Street.
McLALLEN, Walter Field, banker; b. Larwill, Ind., Mar. 10, 1868; s. Henry and Catherine (Clug- ston) McLallen; ed. pub. schs. Columbia City, Ind .; m. Helen Marie Porch, of Louisville, Ky., June 20, 1905. Began with Farmers Nat. Bank, Columbia City, 1886; vice pres. Provident Trust Co., Columbia City, 1899-1904, 1st Nat. Bank, 1904-6; pres. 1st Nat. Bank, Columbia City, Ind., 1913-14; vice chmn. Federal Reserve Bank, Chi- cago, since Nov. 1, 1914; dir. Harper Buggy Co., Dicks-Pontius Co., The D. M. Sears Co., Homesite Realty Co. Presbyterian. Mason (33º). Clubs: Bankers', Union League (Chicago); University, Country (Indianapolis); Commercial, Country (Ft. Wayne). Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 79 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
McLANE, James A., real estate; Mar. 22, 1857- Dec. 30. 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
McLAREN, James Henry, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.)
McLAREN, John, banker; Sept. 11, 1836-July 26, 1916. ( See vol. 1911.) McLAREN, William, supt. of pub. service. (See vol. 1911.)
MCLAUGHLIN, Andrew Cunningham, professor history; b. Beardstown, Ill., Feb. 14, 1861; s. David and Isabella (Campbell) MeLaughlin; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1882, LL.B., 1885 ( hon. A. M., 1896, LL.D .. same, 1912); m. Lois Thompson, d. James B. Angell, June 17, 1890. Instr. Latin, 1886-7, instr. history, 1887-S. asst. prof., 1888-91, prof. Am. history, 1891-1906, Univ. of Mich .; prof. and head dept. history since 1906, head dept. ch. history since 1908, Univ. of Chicago. Dir. bur. hist. re- search, Carnegie Instn., Washington, 1903-5; asso. editor, 1898-1914, mng. editor, 1901-5, Am. Histor- ical Review. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn .; corr. mem. Mass., Wis. and Mo. hist. socs. Author or editor of a number of hist. works, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5609 Woodlawn Av.
MCLAUGHLIN. Frank Leo, secretary and treas. Northern Wood Co .: b. Lowell, Mich., Feb. 7, 1875; s. Michael and Katharine (Burns) Mclaughlin; ed. pub. schs., Muskegon, Mich., and Ferris Busi- ness Coll., grad., 1902; m., Chicago, Jan. 27. 1904, Anna V. O'Shea; 3 children: Leonie Daisy. Robert Emmett, Frank Leo, Jr. Began as lumber in- spector with Bennett Bros. Lumber Co., 1893, and was with Mann, Moon & Co., 1894-5, at Muskegon, Mich .; lumber inspector for T. B. Scott Lumher Co., Merrill, Wis., 1896; traveling salesman for W. Shore Wood Co., of Chicago, 1897-9: in business alone, 1900-1; then partner with W. W. Pollock until 1902; treas. the Soo Fuel Co., 1902-7: sec. and treas. Northern Wood Co. since 1907. Mem. Columbian Knights, Knights of Columbus. Rec- reations: traveling and books. Home: 1120 Albion Av. Office: 2042 McCormick Bldg.
MCLAUGHLIN, Frederic; s. of late W. F. Mc- Laughlin; student Harvard Univ .. class of 1901; m. Helen Kinnear, d. William A. Wylie. of Balti- more, Md., May 1. 1907 (divorced 1910). Entered house of W. F. Mclaughlin & Co. upon leaving coll. of which is now sec. and treas. Commd. maj. of cav. Officers' Reserve Corps, Aug., 1917. Recrea- tion: polo. Homes: Lake Forest, Ill., and 617 Rush St., Chicago.
MCLAUGHLIN, George D., coffee mcht .: b. Chi- caso, Feb. 22, 1864; s. W. F. Mclaughlin; ed. pvt. schs .; m., Chicago, 1898, Edith Frost; chil- dren: Harriet, George, Herbert. Began with W. F. Mclaughlin & Co., coffees, and on death of father, 1905, succeeded him as pres. of the com- pany; also sec. Wakem & MeLaughlin, owning and conducting warehouses. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle. Onwentsia, Shore Acres, Recreations: golf, mo- toring. Home: 1300 Ritchie Pl. Office: 14 W. South Water St.
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McLAURY, Walker Gailey, banking; b. Chicago, buyer, Duluth Shoe Co., 1891-4; clk. Stryker, Man- Dec. 22, 1881; s. Thomas Gailey and Cornelia ( Walker) McLaury; ed. pub. schs .; Kenwood Prep. Sch .; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1903; student elec. engring., Cornell Univ., 1903-4; in. Mary Walcott Keep, d. James W. Nye, of Chicago, Sept. 2, 1909; 1 son, William Walker. Entered the employ of the Western Electric Co., 1904, later transferring from tech. work to the financial dept .; resigned as gen. cashier, 1908, to become identified with Nat. City Bank of Chicago, of which has been cashier since 1913. Republican. Mem. Psi Upsilon and other coll, organizations. Clubs: University, Bankers', Olympia Fields Country, Kenwood. Home: 5011 Blackstone Av. Office: 105 S. Dear- born St.
McLEAN, see also MacLean, also McClean. McLEAN, Charles Clothier, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.)
McLEAN, Charles Forrest, lawyer; b. Waupun, Wis., Apr. 5, 1873; s. Charles A. and Emma (For- rest) McLean; related through mother to former ducal house of Perth, Scotland (restored as earl- doni), and to foreign titles of same family; grad. Shattuck Sch., Faribault, Minn., 1890; student Williams Coll., class of 1893; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1894. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894, and later to bars of U.S. Dist. and Circuit courts and U.S. Court of Appeals. Republican. Mem. Plymouth Congl. Ch. Held commn. in Minn. N.G., was offered commn. in U.S.A. in 1898. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Hamilton, South Shore Country; Williams, D. K. E. (New York) ; Cobden (London). Recreation: yachting. Home: 4610 Ellis Av. Office: 76 W. Monroe St.
McLEAN, David Munroe, real estate. (See vol. 1911.)
McLEAN, W(illiam) S., merchant tailor; b. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1853; s. Archibald Bruce and Margaret (Shields) McLean; ed. pub. schs. of Wis .; m. Nellie Craddock, of New Zealand, Aug. 4, 1906. Resident of Chicago since 1866; engaged in merchant tailoring business in own naine since 1883. Mem. Chicago Soc. Merchant Tailors, Chicago Assn. Commerce. K.P., Elk. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 27 E. Monroe St.
MCLEISH, see also MacLeish.
MCLEISH, Andrew, dry goods mclit .; b. Glasgow, Scotland, June 28, 1838; s. Archibald and Agnes (Lindsay) McLeish; grad. high sch., Glasgow; came to Chicago, 1856; m. Lillias Young, of Chi- cago, 1858; children: Lily Agnes (Mrs. C. L. Day), Blanche E. (Mrs. C. K. G. Billings) ; m. 2d, M. Louise Little, of Chicago, 1880; 1 son, Bruce; m. 3d, Martha Hillard, of Plymouth, Conn., 1888; children: Norman Hillard, Archibald, Kenneth, Isabel Marjoribanks. Entered firm J. B. Shay & Co., 1863; entered firm Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., and started its retail dept., 1866. Trustee Univ. of Chicago since 1890 (vice pres. bd.), Rush Med. Coll .; 2d vice pres. Bapt. Foreign Missionary Soc. since 1912. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Quadrangle, City, Skokie Country. Home: Glen- coe, Ill. Office: State and Madison Sts., Chicago.
MCLEISH, Bruce, merchant; b. Chicago, Feb. 22, 1882; s. Andrew and M. Louise (Little) McLeish; ed. Rughy School; Morgan Park ( Ill.) Acad .; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1903; m. Elizabeth Jane Moore, of Evanston, Ill., Oct. 26, 1907; 1 daughter, Jean Elizabeth. Began in employ of John Wanamaker, dept. store, New York, 1903; returned to Chicago, 1906; mem. Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. since 1912. Trustee Village of Glencoe, 1914-16; mem. Com. of Fifteen, Chicago. Mem. Phi Delta Theta. Re- publican. Baptist; mem. Glencoe Union Ch. Clubs: University, City, Skokie Country, University of Evanston. Home: 484 Sheridan Rd., Glencoe, Il1. Office: 1 S. State St., Chicago.
McLENNAN, Donald Roderick, fire insurance; b. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 27, 1873; s. William L. and Julia (Macleod) McLennan; ed. grammar and high schs. and business coll., Duluth; m. Kather- ine Cole Noyes, of Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 14, 1909; 4 children: Jane, Donald Roderick, Jr., Margaret, Katherine. Began as bank clk., Duluth, 1888; clk. Bd. of Trade, 1889-91; clk., salesman and asst.
ley & Buck, fire ins., 1894; partner, 1895, C. H. Graves & Co., fire ins., real estate and loans; con- solidated with Stryker, Manley & Buck, and be- came vice pres. Graves-Manley Agency; pres., since retirement of Mr. Graves, of Manley-McLen- nan Agency, successors to Graves-Manley Agency: removed to Chicago, 1905, forming ins. firm of Burrows, Marsh & McLennan, now Marsh & Mc- Lennan, with offices at Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Duluth, Minneapolis, Denver, Detroit. Pittsburgh, Montreal and London, Eng. Also dir. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Montgom- ery Ward & Co., First Nat. Bank (Lake Forest, Ill.), State Bank of Lake Forest, Guaranty Securi- ties Corpn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chi- cago, Union League, Mid-Day, Commercial, On- wentsia, Old Elm. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
McLEOD, John Andrew, banker. Removed to Toronto, Ont. (See vol. 1911.)
McLERAN, George Ralph, life ins .; b. Bureau Co., Ill., Aug. 7, 1868; s. William and Betsy ( Blanchard) McLeran; ed. common schs .; m. Neole Ogden, of Council Bluffs, Ia., Sept. 5, 1894; 1 son, Donald O. In life ins. business since 1898; gen. mgr. at Chicago of Home Life Ins. Co. of New York since Jan. 1, 1911. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale. Recreations: agriculture, hor- ticulture. Home: 25 Blaine Av., Hinsdale, Il1. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
McMAHON, Daniel Jordan, lawyer; b. Carroll- ton, Greene Co., Ill., July 7, 1863; s. Patrick W. and Bridget (Carmody) McMahon; ed. pub. schs. of Carrollton; LL.D., St. Ignatius Coll., Chicago, 1893; m. Susie J. Crowe, of Chicago, Nov. 11, 1890; 4 children: Dorothy, Rose, Daniel J., Jr., Marshall I. Prof. English, St. Ignatius Coll., 1882-6; sec. to the supt. of pub. bldgs. (federal), at Chicago, 1886- 89; deputy county clk. of Cook Co., 1890-3, mean- while reading law; admitted to Ill. bar, 1893; sr. mem. McMahon & Cheney since 1893; gen. counsel Chicago Bd. of Edn., 1898-04; pres. Cook Co. De- mocracy since 1905. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Home: 4859 Michigan Av. Office: 127 N. Dearborn St.
MCMANAMAN, John James, lawyer; Mar. 4, 1864-Nov. 11, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
McMANIS, John T., teacher; b. Wabash, Ind., 1870; s. John Newton and Julia Ann (Jones) Mc- Manis; Ind. State Normal Sch., Terre Haute, Ind .. 1890-3; Ind. Univ., Bloomington, 1895-6; Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1896-7, 1900-2; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1904; m. Olive J. Breese, of Galesburg, Mich., June 19, 1914; I son. Teacher, Ossian, Ind., 1893-5; prin. high sch., Los Banos, Cal., 1897-1900; head dept. of psychology and edn., Western Mich. State Normal Sch., Kalamazoo, 1904-8; head dept. of edn., Chicago Normal Coll., since 1908. Uni- tarian. Author: Ella Flagg Young, 1916; Study of Behavior of an Individual Child, 1916. Home: 6946 S. Michigan Av.
McMASTER, Thomas Jefferson, steam special- ties; b. Chillicothe, O., Oct. 19, 1855; s. Washington and Sarah (Kettel) McMaster; ed. pub. schs .; m. Alice Weeks, of Ironton, O., Oct. 27, 1881; 1 daughter, Lillian. With Dearborn Drug & Chem- ical Co., 1895-01; later pres. McMaster-Davis Sup- ply Co .; then mfrs.' agt. and handling steam spe- cialties; Chicago mgr. Diamond Power Specialty Co. since 1912. Mem. Nat. Assn. Steam Engrs. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: Ill. Athletic. Rec- reations: reading, bowling. Home: 928 Sheridan Rd. Office: 155 N. Clark St.
McMATH, James Conrey, lawyer; b. Clermont Co., O., Oct. 20, 1852; s. James and Glorvina (Con- rey ) McMath; ed. pub. schs .; LL.B., Ohio State and Union Law Coll., Cleveland, 1874; m. Emma Griffith, of Batavia, O., Dec. 20, 1877. Practiced at Batavia, 1875-85; pros. atty. Clermont Co., 1881-5; removed to Canton, O., 1885, and was gen. atty. for C. Aultman & Co., 1885-92; removed to Chicago, 1892; atty. for William Deering & Co., and Deering Har- vester Co., 1892-02; vice pres. H. Koppers Co. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Repub-
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lican. Home: 4024 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1110 Home Ins. Bldg.
McMICHAEL, Lafayette D., M.D .; b. near Brantford, Ont., 1839; s. Jacob and Lovina (May- bee) McMichael; ed. pub. schs. at Boston and Waterford, Ont., and at Ann Arbor, Mich .; med. edn. at Ann Arhor and at Eclectic Phila. Med. Coll .; attended clinics at Bedford Charity Hosp., Phila., graduating with honors, 1867; m. Tillie Davis, of Buffalo, N.Y., Oct., 1869; I daughter, Addie (Mrs. S. H. Lockett). Lecturer at college in Phila. for some time after graduation; became specially interested in the treatment of cancers. tumors, ulcers, scrotula and skin diseases and made them a special study; practiced in Phila. and Buffalo 20 yrs .; removed to Chicago, 1888; established a sanitarium in connection with spl. branch of practice, in direction of which continued 14 yrs. Mason (32º, K.T.). Ex-pres. United Cale- donian Assn, of N. America, Clubs: Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country. Home and Office: 3400 Prai- rie Av.
McMICHAEL, Orville Winthrop, M.D .; b. Onta- rio, Can., Feb. 11, 1867; s. S. B. and Mary (Haynes) McMichael; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1890; B.A., Univ. of Toronto, 1891; m. Myrtle Eby, of Chicago, Feb. 23, 1900; I son, Winthrop Leigh. Practiced in Chicago since 1891; asso. prof. medicine Chicago Policlinic; head of Polyclinic Tuberculosis Dispensary; mem, advi- sory bd. Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium; med. dir. Chicago Open Air Schs .; med. dir. Edward Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, Naperville, Ill .; con- sulting phys. Rockford ( Ill.) Municipal Tubercu- losis Sanitarium. Mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Nat. Assn. for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Republican. Home: 3939 Claren- don Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.
McMILLAN, see also MacMillan,
McMILLAN, Ross H., investment securities and financing banker; b. Maryville, Mo., Jan. 20, 1879; s. Capt. Ira V. and Mattie L. (Hosmer) McMillan. Formerly with Smith, Moore & Co. (bond house), asst. cashier Mercantile Nat. Bank and rep. of Mercantile Trust Co. (all of St. Louis ); now mgr. bond dept. the Parker-Washington Co., financing bankers and contracting engrs., Chicago. Was mem. Co. E, 4th Mo. Inf. Vols., serving as q.m. in Spanish-Am. War; capt, and commissary 3d Regt., Mo. N.G., Kansas City, 1902-3. Republican. Rec- reations: music, literature, outdoor sports. Home: 1253 Leland Av. Office: 82 W. Washington St.
McMORRAN, Edward E., manufacturer; b. Har- riston, Ont., Can., Apr. 24, 1863; s. James and Louisa (Scott) McMorran; ed. pub. schs., Hes- peler, Ont .; m. Mary E. Coughlin, of Detroit, Mich., Oct. 2, 1888; 1 son, William E. Began active career in woolen mills, Hespeler; then in hard- ware and sheet metal business in Harriston and Detroit, Mich .; came to Chicago, 1887, and was connected with Chicago Stamping Co., 1887-91; with Adams & Westlake Mfg. Co., 1891-3; supt. Rau Mfg. Co., 1893-6; established business on own account, 1896, as Edward E. McMorran & Co., mfrs. metal specialties, dies and tools, of which is propr .; pres. Central City Chem. Co. Indepen- dent Democrat. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: motoring, books. Home: 907 Seward St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 126 N. Union St., Chicago.
*McMULLIN, Frank Roswell, banker. (See
vol. 1911. )
McMURDY, Robert, lawyer; b. Frankfort, Ky., Mar. 8, 1860; s. Rev. Dr. Robert and Marcella E. (Russell) McMurdy; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., 1876: LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1880 (LL. M., 1895) ; m., Little Falls, N.Y., July 16, 1891, Lillian May Harter (now deceased). Admitted to bar in Mich. and Ill., 1881, and since in practice in Chicago; mem. firm of Church and McMurdy; master in chancery, Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1890-2; lec- turer on med. jurisprudence, Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1890-2, on legal ethics, John Marshall Law School, since 1910 (pres. faculty, 1915) ; mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1893; mem. Ill. Practice Commn., 1900;
presdl. elector, 1904; judge Ill. Court of Claims, 1913. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn. (pres. 1913-14), Chicago Law Inst. (pres. 1898), Sigma Phi (pres. 1893), Nat. Civic Federation (exec. com.). Re- publican. Episcopalian. Trustee Provident Hosp. since 1898. Clubs: Hamilton (a founder and 1st pres.), City. Author: Upas Tree (novel), 1912. Home: 4853 Kimbark Av. Office: 69 W. Wash- ington St.
McNAB, Joseph Lowe, lawyer; b. Crieff, Scot- land, Dec. 25, 1873; s. John and Helen ( Beattie) McNab; ed. pub. schs., Milwaukee; B.L., Univ. of Wis., 1896; m. Edna Coe, of Chicago, Jan. 15, 1914; I daughter, Edna Coe. Was in legal dept. of C., M.&St.P. R.R. for 3 yrs. and for 8 mos. atty. of Chicago Title & Trust Co .; mem. firm Gregory, Poppenhusen & McNab, 1898-14; mem. Gregory. Burges & McNab since 1914; corpn. counsel City of Evanston. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Repub- lican. Mason. Clubs: Evanston, Chicago Athletic. Home: Plano, Ill. Office: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.
MCNALLY, James, publisher; b. Armagh, Ire- land, Oct. 5, 1847; s. Andrew and Margaret (Bur- roughs) McNally; grad. Royal Sch., Armagh, Ire- land, 1868; studied pharmaceutics in Belfast, and medicine in Royal Coll. Phys. and Surg., Dublin; m. Chicago, Sept. 4, 1876, Emily A., d. Richard A. Waite, of Buffalo, N. Y .; children: James H., Raymond Andrew, Nina Lydia. Came to Chicago from Belfast, 1869, and from that time associated with brother, the late Andrew McNally, in firm of Rand, McNally & Co., printers and pubs., of which is now vice-pres. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Hamilton, Edgewater Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: High- land Park, III. Office: 536 S. Clark St., Chicago.
McNAMARA, James Henry, trunk mfr .; b. Chi- cago, Mar. 24, 1865; s. John and Ellen (Jones) McNamara; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; married Maud Ball, of Chicago, Apr. 7, 1890; 2 daughters: Dor- othy and Josephine. Began with C. A. Taylor Trunk Works, 1880; engaged in business on own account, 1889, inc. J. H. McNamara Trunk Works, 1905, of which has since been pres. Republican. Catholic. K.P. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Hamilton, Kenwood, Midlothian. Recreations: golf and ath- letic sports. Home 5327 University Av. Office: 109 W. Monroe St.
MCNAMARA, John H., life ins. pres .; b. Seneca, Wis., Mar. 8, 1860; s. Daniel and Margaret (Molo- ney) McNamara; ed. St. John's Coll., Prairie du Chien, Wis .; Madison (Wis.) Univ .; m. Jane E. Clarke, of Seneca, Mar. 16, 1881; children: James F., Mary C., Paul R. Began in newspaper busi- ness, 1882; in life and fire ins., 1880-90; state agt. for Ia. of the Phenix Life Ins. Co., 1890-4; with New York Life Ins. Co., 1894-06; one of incorpo- rators of North American Life Ins. Co., 1906, 2d vice pres. and vice pres., 1906-11, pres. since 1911, Progressive. Catholic. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Onilmette Country. Recre- ations: reading, motoring, horseback riding.
Home: 1004 Ashland Av., Wilmete, Il1.
Office: 1706 North American Bldg., Chicago.
McNEFF, Hugh, banker; b. Hoopeston, Ill., Nov. 1. 1878; s. Francis P. and Margaret (Tolbert) McNeff; ed. Kewanna (Ind.) High Sch., South Bend High Sch .; unmarried. Entered banking husiness at Kewanna, July 17, 1897; removed to Chicago, 1900; cashier and dir. Wendell State Bank since 1914; also cashier and dir. Reliance State Bank, Chicago. Presbyterian. Club: Illinois. Recreations: baseball, golf and swimming. Home: 221 S. Central Park Av. Office: 1551 W. Madison Street.
McNEIL, John, wholesale grocer; b. Ardrie, Scotland, May 22, 1839; s. Daniel and Jane ( Crich- ton) McNeil; came to Dundee. Ill., 1848; ed. dist. schs. at Dundee, at Elgin Acad. and at business coll. in Chicago; m., Mar. 1, 1864, Janet Crichton, of Dundee. Ill. (now deceased); 4 children: Leo John, Walter William, Howard Crichton (all Har- vard men), and Maud Janet (Mrs. William A. Jones, Buffalo, N. Y.). In 1863 established busi- ness with brother, Malcolm, in Elgin, under firm name of M. & J. McNeil; sold out 1872 to estab-
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lish the firm of McNeil & Higgins, inc. 1888, and of which is vice pres,; pres. Home Trust & Savings Bank, of Elgin; has large dairy farm near that city. Republican. Baptist. Mason. Club: Cen- tury. Home: Elgin, Ill. Office: 251-315 Grand Av., Chicago.
McNEIL, John Leo, wholesale grocer; b. Chi- cago, Feb. 5, 1874: s. John and Janet (Creighton) McNeil ; Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; Harvard, class of 1898; m. Daisy, d. Munson P. Buel, of Chi- cago, Apr., 1901; 3 children: Buel, John. 2d, Eva- line, Has been identified since 1898 with McNeil & Higgins Co., wholesale grocers (established by father, 1872), of which has been treas. since 1912. Home: 1021 E. 45th St. Office: 301 E. Grand Av.
McNEIL, Malcolm, wholesale grocer; born Ar- drie, Scotland, Sept. 12, 1832; son Daniel and Jane (Crichton) McNeil; ed. Scotland; family removed to Dundee, 111., 1848, and purchased land 3 miles north of that village; m., 1859, Catherine, d. A. R. Dempster, of Dundee (she died 1870); m. 2d, 1871, Orel, d. Charles W. Martin, of Wayne, Ill .; chil- dren: Nora, Malcolm Gordon, Ella, Marvin John, Charles Higgins, Jeanie. Worked on farm until 1858; established grocery store at Elgin, Ill .; sold out, 1872, and with Charles Higgins established in Chicago the wholesale grocery house of McNeil & Higgins (inc. 1888), of which is pres .; owns country residence, "Glenora Springs," and 3 dairy farms near Elgin. Home: 1232 N. LaSalle St. Office: 301 E. Grand Av.
McNEILL, Rivers; b. LaFayette, Christian Co., Ky., Nov 12. 1858; s. Thomas Henry and Rebecca (Tuck) McNeill; ed. Emory and Henry Coll., Emroy, Va .: m. Stella Corby, of Chicago, Feb. 25, 1885; m. 2d, Ella R. De Hart, of Carthage, Ill., Nov. 18, 1897: children: Emily, Rebecca. Malcom, Cherrill and Dorothy. U.S. collector of customs since July 22, 1914. Mem. firm McNeill Bros., real estate. Del. Dem. Nat. Conv., Baltimore, 1912. Clubs: University. Union League, Iroquois, Evans- ton Country, Wausaukee. Home: 1312 Maple Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Federal Bldg., Chicago.
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