St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-07-15
RECENT DEATHS.
MackinnOn.

MaCkluuOu, at lis suuiLSi Soe'"SoN -"
Marblehead Neck at o clock that morn
ing. The news came as great shock
as it was the first intimation he had OF
his brothers. illness.
Mr.. Mackinnon was taken i'll suddenly |
at 3 p. m. Thursday, while at his desk in |
the North station. He felt severe pain |
in his left shoulder, causing extreme sui |
fering and extending in short time to
the right side. A physician was sum-
moned and by his advice the patient was
taken that afternoon to his cottage at
Marblehead Neck. At 10 O'Clock Satur-
day evening, he had another severe at
tack of the same painful nature and grew
rapidly worse, death coming at a. m,
from neuralgia ofthe heart.
Mr.. Mackinnon spent all bis life in the
railroad service, and his rapid advance
ment proved his ability as an organizer
| of great undertakings. He was born at
Londonderry, Ireland, on July 7th, 1874,
but coming to Canada at an early age,
he was educated at St. Francis College,
| Richmond. He entered business as
clerk in the service of the Passumpslc
railroad at Lyndonville, where he served
as shop clerk for three years, from 81
until 10, when he was appointed hrst
chief clerk to assistant general superln-
tendent and general superintendent in
quick succession.
| In 1873 he accepted the office OF
Superintendent of the Brockville, Ontario
and Canadian Central railways, which
he filled from 1873 to 1880. He then
went to the Southeastern railway OF
Canada, where he was assistant general
manager for FIVE years:
The Canadian Pacific made him
tempting offer in 1885, which ne ac-
cepted, and he directed the Ontario and
Atlantic Division of that road as general
superintendent until 1890. From Octo-
ber. 1890, until March, 1894 he was
general manager OF the Concord and
Montreal Railroad, and from March,
/ 1894, until his demise be had been wee
| president and general manager OF the
/, Boston and Maine railroad. His re-
! markable business and executive ability,
together with his ambition, made his
E exceptionally successful career in the
!, railroad business possible, as his advance
: has been uninterrupted since he entered
4 as clerk.
e Mrs. Mackinnon and two children
E survive. His daughter, Mary A., is
. prominent figure in Boston society. Iii
son. Allan, finished his first year at Har
:. ward Law School last June. Mr.. Mac
II kinnon's mother, who is now "a years
\ old, lives at Richmond, Que. He Leaves
! three brothers, James, manager OF tn
}, Eastern Township bank at Sherbrooke
Is Que. George, connected with the Can
a adian Pacific Railway at Winnipeg, ant
Robert Mackinnon of St. Johnsbury.
PRAYERS for the family were held a
IS their summer home at IL 80 yesterday
p, followed by a public service in Emanut
church, Boston, conducted by Dean Cal
michael
le A special train passed through her
m early this morning for Montreal Wher
v the remains will be laid to rest in M
i'll Royal cemetery.
- The death of Mr.. Mackinnon comes
ae a shock not only to the prominent raj
road men of New England, bur OF sth
ha entire country and Canada. The sorro
= is widespread among the employees
th the Boston and Maine of every grad
he who felt that the deceased was the
IN friend. He was self made man who
untiring effort had risen from the loves
to one of the highest rounds in the ladd
le- of railroad life. Coming from the ranl
he understood employees as few railros
men did and was universally beloved
RI them all. Though be sometimes a
ch peared aggressivein his policy, the goldt
If. rule was his rule of life and he has le
=, behind him reputation for business !
" tegrity than any young man may WI
emulate. His aged mother, for so mai
IRE years resident of Lyndonville, and t
on immediate family have the sympathy
a very wide circle of friends.
Ellis.
Iabez w. Ellis died at his home on VI
=, ley street Friday evening, in his 69thye'
M Mr. Ellis was born in Berlin, Sept.
he 1884, being the son of Mr.. and M
John F. Ellis and grandson OF jail
Wordsworth Ellis, OF revolutionary fan
The latter came from Connecticut
=, Berlin in the spring of 1889 from Gilet
~ Conn, bringing his worldly goods
- an OK sled, and represented his toy
e4 ~ the legislature of 1915 and 1917. N
80 Ellis remained in Berlin until he was
=, '.N years of age, when, following the exa
~ pie of many New England boys OF tn
lo period, he left home and entered up
the career of sailor. He followed
lies sea about 16 years, spending an oc
ice sional vacation at home, and duri
H. that time he visited every part OF
world and also served with the army
at the Seminole war. He was shipwrecl
: a many times and at least once savet
lady's lite by jumping into the ocean
keeping her above the waves until ii
were both rescued by the lie boat.
Ise. When the civil war broke out he v
at Calcutta, India, as member of
the crew of British ship. Being true
ged rnonter his sympathies were with
and Northern cause, but as member of
roe English crew be was at constant VI
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