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WILLIAM MCNAIR, attorney, was born August 28, 1832, in Butler, Butler county, Pennsylvania, son of General Robert and Jane (Beatty) McNair. General Robert McNair was well known in Butler county as a prominent miller and woolen manufacturer. William Beatty, the father of Mrs. Jane McNair, served two creditable terms in congress. William McNair was educated in Butler Academy. He taught school for two years, and helped to survey the route of the proposed Northwestern railroad from New Castle to Blairsville. Subsequently he read law with General John N. Purviance, who was one time auditor general of Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, began practice at Stevens’ Point, Wisconsin, and in 1865 located in Oil City, where he has continued active in his profession, five years of which time he was in partnership with H. D. Hancock. He was the candidate of his party for president judge of Venango county in 1888. He has been a delegate to state and national conventions, was attorney for what was once known as the Oil Creek railroad, and is local attorney for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad, attorney for the Oil Well Supply Company, and has been attorney for the United Petroleum Farms Association for twenty-three years. He has also been the attorney for the Oil Exchange since its establishment, and is attorney for the First National Bank of Oil City. He was married to Mary R., daughter of Charles Backus of New York state, and has one son, William, who graduated at Allegheny College, Meadville, in 1889. Mrs. McNair died July 3, 1889. Mr. McNair is a member of the lodge, chapter, and commandery in the Masonic order, and is an unswerving Democrat.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc. .
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