MacNicholl, William G.

MACNICHOLL, GREENHILL, SIMMS, GAMBLE

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Date: 1/28/2003 at 14:25:02

WILLIAM G. MacNICOLL. 

William G. MacNicoll, the present efficient foreman of the Curtis Brothers & Company mill at Clinton, was born in Glamous, Forfarshire, Scotland, February 23, 1872, a son of James and Mary (Greenhill) MacNicoll. By trade the father was a shoemaker. In the family were eleven children, four of whom now live in America, namely: Joseph, a carpenter, of New York City; John, a gardener on Long Island; Helen, wife of Robert Simms, of Morristown, New Jersey; and William G., our subject. One son, who is a blacksmith by trade, is now in South Africa, and the others are still living in Scotland.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of his native land, and there learned the trade of stair-builder. When a lad of sixteen years he came to the new world with friends, and on landing on American soil proceeded at once to Clinton, Iowa. Having friends living here, it was not long before he became well acquainted, and he soon secured employment in the mill of Curtis Brothers & Company. He has rapidly worked his way upward, advancing step by step over many men who have been in their employ for a number of years, until he now holds the very responsible position of foreman of the mill, having under his supervision about eight experienced men. He was appointed to that position on the 1st of January, 1901. Feeling the need of a better education than he had previously received, Mr. MacNicoll has attended night school since coming to Clinton, and is practically a self-educated as well as a self-made man.

In 1895 was celebrated his marriage with Miss Mabel Gamble, a daughter of John H. Gamble, whose sketch precedes this. She was born in Boone, Iowa, in 1872, and attended the public schools of that city. Unto our subject and his wife were born two children: Bamlet E., who died in infancy; and Madge Lorine, born May 18, 1897. Mr. MacNicoll has made his home in Clinton since the fall of 1888, and during this time has gained the confidence and respect of all with whom he has come in contact. He is a member of the Orient, a social order; Robin Hood Camp, M. W. A.; and the Wood Worker's Union, No. 92, of Clinton. He was a charter member of the last named order and has served as its president.
Source: The 1901 Biographical Record of Clinton Co., Iowa, Illustrated published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.