The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-25
Death Claims H. P. McCregor, :.
Veteran China Ware Merchant
PROMINENT IN J. ! !.
CIVIC AFFAIRS
County Commissioner For
Fourteen Years Mem.
Der Of City Council.

U =. McC;resor, retired head OF tte!
old china importing house OF II. -.
McGregor & Co. died at o'clock Su1
day morning at his home. No. sS SorH
Fron, street. lie had been In fath18
health for more than year. alInou
It was no: until early this fall that ny
condition was such as to cause afarM''
Had he lived until January II. 1873, -.
would have been IS years old.
The funeral will be held Tuesday ap.
ernnon at , o'clock at Thomson IL. -
church. Rev. william E. Crais. ~
pastor will conduct the seSvices and ~
will be assisted by the Rev. DR.. JacHS
Brirt:ngham. rector OF st. Lukes
church.
Harlan rage McGresor was born SA
farm in Richie county. virSintD~
January II. 1s45. the son Of WILLIAMS
and Elizabeth OIalD McGregor. He
was the oldest OF II children. hve ~
whom are still living. His father wls
horn in Philadelphia and his mothtf
was 4 Nirginlan. .
His earlier years were spent on his
fathers farm. but farm life did not
appeal to him and at an early age ~
determined to go into business N
preparation for this he entered school
at Baltimore. but the war made shoff
work OF his training there for. ~ -
writes in A record Of his own life. "toe
college soon closed. as the president ape
many members OF the faculty were ~
rested for disloya1ty to the Union.
strong SScssAonist.
In this an,e record. which Is in fart; Q
condensed autobiography. the writer
dwells at length upon the stirring DAYS
nt the early sixties. As a youth h4
was a strong scressionist. public senta.
ment throughout the countryside OF lhaf
part ot the state being largely In fevos5
of tine Southern Confederacy. 1p b0
own family were several who were Sutte-
prominent in secession affairs. SeveeeA
Of his unrles were IN the confedefat4
army. while an older uncle. Leonard -:
Hall. figured rather prominently In the
rar,ous Richmond convention, votinH
,throuehout for immediate secession.
Later he served In the Confederate cans
srcss md also held q commission -
the armed forces Of the south.
In 1853 Mr.. /McGreEor was married IN
Miss Ella Siklcr Of Cairo. w. Va. They
had two sons. Wi,;!ani 8. and II. Il
NcGregor both OF whom are living
Their mother died few years lateS
ohwever. ...
In June. 1872 he came to wheeling q
accept a position with the old firm 81
Barnes and Walton. wholesale china iHe'-
porters. Some years atterward NJ.
Walton retired and Mr. McGrcEor pur-s
cha sed his interests. The firm then e,
came Harness and Mct;reGor. They did
business for years at Main and Four
toenth Street; Shortly after the death
oc Mr.. Barnes in 1892 Mr.. McGreSor
purcha sed his interest in the firm and
il became known as H. T. McGreSor ana
Co., AS IL is TO this day.
II Is said to he the second Oldest
wholesale china house In the United
states for 4 had been doing business,
many years before Mr.. McGresors en-
trance into II.
Nautsd IN 1879. -.
On December 81. 1872 Mr.. McGrescf
was married to Miss Lucy Bags the
Youngest daughter OF the late James
Rags pioneer iron manufacturer or
Wheeling and for many years supertn.
,endent OF tho municipal water plant.
Shortly afterward they removed to the
island from South Eor Street where
they had lived b2fore. III
In his younger days he had been
Democrat and used to tell Of the hostile
!lv that was shown toward Lincoln sup.