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CARLISLE, Mrs. Mary Jane,
social leader, born in Covington, Kenton county, Ky., 28th August, 1835. Her
father, Major John Allen Goodson, fought through the war of 1812, and served
several terms in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and was for four
years mayor of Covington. He bore a strong resemblance to Gen. Jackson, both
physically and mentally. He was a man of great will power and personal courage
and exerted a strong influence in politics. He married, when forty years of age,
Hetty Wasson, of Covington. His daughter possesses much of her father's strength
of character. She was educated in the Covington schools and became the wife of
John Griffin Carlisle, 25th January, 1857. She is the mother of five children,
two of whom are living, William Kinkaed and Lilbon Logan, both lawyers. Mrs.
Carlisle's strong personality has much to do with her husband's success in life.
She is popular in Washington society, makes many friends and keeps them by being
true in her friendships, gladly making sacrifices and suffering inconveniences
for others. Her husband, Senator Carlisle, ex-speaker of the House, is known
throughout the United States. The support of such women as Mrs. Carlisle is a
powerful factor in the lives of all men, and to her more than any other does Mr.
Carlisle owe all that is true to himself, that places him in the front rank of
the great thinkers and of the great statesmen of the age.
(American Women Fifteen Hundred Biographies Vol 1 Publ. 1897 Transcribed by
Marla Snow)
McVEIGH, James A., physician; born, Covington, Ky., (Kenton Co) Apr. 12, 1872; son of Peter and Mary (Sweeny) McVeigh; educated at St. Xavier’s (Jesuit) College, Cincinnati, O.; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., degree of A.B.; medical Department, University of Cincinnati, M.D.., 1896; married at Detroit, Sept. 11, 1895, Frances Eleanor Byrne. Began practice in Cincinnati, Apr. 11, 1896; removed to Detroit, 1898. member American medical Association, American Proctologic Association, Michigan State Medical Society, Wayne County medical Society. Liberal Democrat. Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Country, Detroit Golf, Harmonie Society. Recreations: Outdoor sports. Office: 406-407 Fine Arts Bldg. Residence: 24 Palliser Av.
[The Book of Detroiters by Albert Nelson Marquis 1908; Submitted by Christine
Walters]
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