The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . as junior clerk, and becamecashier in 1885 through a special act of the legisla-ture, which gave him permission to assume the du-ties of that position, he being at that time onlyei
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . as junior clerk, and becamecashier in 1885 through a special act of the legisla-ture, which gave him permission to assume the du-ties of that position, he being at that time onlyeighteen years of age. When the Merchants na-tional bank was organized in 1887 by John P. Dunn,he was offered and accepted the position of is also president of the Brooksville (Florida)state bank, and is probably the youngest hank presi-dent in the LTniied States. Mr. McConnell is alder-man of the city of Ocala; captain of the OcalaRifles; secretary and treasurer of the Withlacoocheeriver phosphate company; assistant treasurer of theDunnellon phosphate company; treasurer of the LaCriolla cigar manufacturing company; secretaryand treasurer of the Florida bankers association,and treasurer of the Baulder phosphate 1888 he married Bessie Finch, daughter of G. Pinch, superintendent of S. S. O. & G. R. R., anaccomplished woman, who is prominent in manygood works carried on in GrTTNTHEB, Charles Godfrey, mayor of NewYork, was born in New York city Feb. 7, parents were natives of Germany, who cameto this country when they were young. His fatherwas Christian G. Gunther, who was for upwardof fifty years the leading fur merchant of NewYork. He had four sons, of whom the deceased wasthe eldest. Young Charles Gunther received hisearly education at the Moravian institute at Naz-areth, Pa., and on returning to New York enteredColumbia college grammar school, where lie com-pleted his studies. At an early age he was taken intobusiness by his father,
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