. Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state. ^?^^. ? ??- -JF-: .\~~ ^///^/IsZMw JOHN MacNAIR JOHN MacNAIR was born in Dysart, Scotland, October 26,1843, the son of James and Cecilia (Smith) MacNair. Hispaternal grandparents were John and Ann (Glass) MacNair;his maternal grandparents were John and Alison (Shepherd)Smith. His father was a damask weaver, but a man, also, ofsevere literary tastes, and a great lover of the classics. The sonwas brought up to recognize the value and the necessity of manuallabor, and at an early age, he was
. Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state. ^?^^. ? ??- -JF-: .\~~ ^///^/IsZMw JOHN MacNAIR JOHN MacNAIR was born in Dysart, Scotland, October 26,1843, the son of James and Cecilia (Smith) MacNair. Hispaternal grandparents were John and Ann (Glass) MacNair;his maternal grandparents were John and Alison (Shepherd)Smith. His father was a damask weaver, but a man, also, ofsevere literary tastes, and a great lover of the classics. The sonwas brought up to recognize the value and the necessity of manuallabor, and at an early age, he was obliged to devote his days towork and to obtain his education by studying evenings. Hecame from Scotland to America when he was nine years old, settlingin West Farms, New York, a village now absorbed in New YorkCity. His first employment was as a clerk in a grocery store inWest Farms. Then he entered the shoe business in New he went to Lynn, Massachusetts, where he was a shoe manu-facturer for twenty years. He became President of the LynnNational Bank, and of the Lynn Safe Deposit and Trus
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