BIOGRAPHIES
(Source:
Schenectady County, New
York : its history to the close of the nineteenth century
unknown: New York History Co., 1902 - Yates, Austin A.)
Transcribing by Sharon Wick
MacMinn, Clarence
A., M.D.
Madgett, John F.
Madigan, William M.
Magee, A. Vedder
Mahony, David
Margiotta, Pasquala
Market, P. Thomas, M. D.
Marvin, Arthur, M. A.
Mathews, Anna
Matthews, George
Maxon, Frank
McDermott, John
McDermott, Patrick
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McGregor, Thoams F.
McKain, James B.
McKinney, James
McLachlan, S. P.
McMillan, Andrew J., Hon.
McMullen, Charles G., M. D.
McMullen, John J.
Merriam, Charles E.
Metzger, Amanders
Miller, Henry A.
Miller, Henry A., agt. Dobler Brewing Co.
Miller, John D.
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Milmine, James
Mitchell, Joseph L.
Moffett, James
Moffett, James F., Jr.
Moffett, John J.
Moody, Walter S.
Moon, George C.
Moore, Tom
Mountain, Frank H.
Mudge, William
Murday, Edward
Murray, Janet, M. C., C. M.
Myers, John C., Hon.
Mynderse, Herman V., M. D. |
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MacMinn, Clarence
A., M. D., was born in Treadwell, Delaware County, Y. Y.,
Sep. 2, 1872. He graduated from the High school in Oneonta
in 1891, after which he held a position in the postoffice for
two years. He then entered the office of his uncle, Dr. J.
A. Munson of Woodbourne, to study medicine, and in 1895 entered
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, from which he was graduated
in 1898. After graduating he spent some time in the
Willard Parker Hospital and also in Bellevue Hospital. In
the fall of 1898 he came to Schenectady and began the active
practice of his profession in this city. He is a member of
the Schenectady County Medical Society and of the K. O. T. M.,
and is examining physician for the ladies of the K. O. T. M.
He is also a member of the University Club.
On September 21, 1898, Clarence A. MacMinn, M. D.,
married Antoinette, daughter of Charles E. Smith. They
have one son, Charles S. Mr. MacMinn's parents were
Charles Josephine (Munson) MacMinn. |
William M. Madigan, son of
Patrick and Mary (Sheehan) Madigan, was born in Schenectady, N.
Y., Sept. 19, 1861. After leaving school he worked on a
farm for two years, and then went into the business of florist,
which he followed for two years, when he entered the shops of
the New York Central Railroad Company at Albany as a machinist's
apprentice, and, after six years experience there, he went to
the Mechanicville as foreman in the railroad shops at that
place. He remained in Mechanicville for six months when he
took a position in the Schenectady Locomotive Works, and
remained there for eighteen months. He then went back to
the railroad shops at West Albany, and remained there five
years, at the expiration of which time he entered the employ of
the General Electric Company and returned to Schenectady.
He was foreman of Shop No. 10 for eight years, and was then
transferred to Shop No. 9, which position he now holds.
On May 22, 1883, William M. Madigan married Alice
Morrow, who died April 6, 1884. On March 4, 1886, he
married Maggie Garrity, and they have a family of seven
children: Raymond, William, Carl, Gertrude, John, Helen and
Edwin. |
Pasquala
Margiotta was born in the village of Belle, Italy, in the
year 1857. He was educated in the public schools of his
native country, and was engaged in farming until 1887, when he
came to the United States, landing in New York. He
remained in that city for some time, after which he came to
Rotterdam Junction, where he worked on the railroad for several
years, after which he embarked in the hotel business, in which
he is still engaged. In politics Mr. Margiotta is a
Republican, and has always been a faithful worker in his party.
On March 19, 1881, Pasquala Margiotta married Tresa
Navatta. They have one son, Joseph. Mr. Margiotta's
parents were Joseph and Vicingo Margiotta. |
James F. Moffett, Jr., son of
James F. and Celia (Kelly) Moffett, was born in Schenectady, N.
Y., Feb. 2, 1884, and was educated in the public schools and at
Fitzgerald's Business College. After leaving the business
college he entered the Renonard Training School for Embalmers
and graduated therefrom Feb. 24, 1901. He then formed a
partnership with George M. Kivlin, under the firm name of Kivlin
& Moffett, which continued until Nov. 1, 1901, when Mr. Moffett
succeeded to the business for himself, Mr. Moffett was for two
years assistant to the late David J. Cronin, one of the leading
undertakers of the city.
Mr. Moffett is a member of Court Corp No. 392,
Foresters of America, of Neptune Hose Company No. 3, and the
Young Men's Catholic Club, and is a capable and enterprising
young business man. |
Edward Murday was born in Passaic,
N. J., Oct. 10, 1867. His parents were Charles and Sarah
(Bishop) Murday, both of whom were natives of Ireland.
After his school days Edward Murday worked as a clerk for a year
and a half, after which he served three years' apprenticeship at
the trade of machinist. In 1889 he went to Lynn, Mass.,
and entered the employ of the Thomson-Houston Company, where he
remained for a short time, after which he entered the employ of
the Walton Watch Tool Company, and remained with them for nine
months. He then went to Troy and worked for the Rensselaer
Manufacturing Company, with whom he remained for two years, when
he went to work for W. and L. E. Gurley, manufacturers of
mathematical instruments, with whom he remained for a year when
he returned to Lynn, where he worked for two years with the
Thomson-Houston Company. In 1893, he came to Schenectady
as a machinist for the General Electric Company; and in 1898 was
made foreman of the Switch Board Department.
Edward Murday married Harriet Fagel of Schenectady, and
they have one daughter, Eleanor. Mr. Murday is a member of
Lodge No. 480, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. |
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