Will County IL Archives Biographies.....McNamee, James 1848 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

JAMES McNAMEE, managing editor of the Press and Secretary of the Joliet Press 
Publishing Company, although only a resident of the city for three years past, 
has become favorably known to the greater portion of its people and is looked 
upon as a thorough business man, fully competent for the position which he has 
assumed. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, October 13, 1848, and there 
and in England spent the first thirty-two years of his life. At an early age 
he became interested in newspaper work, and going over to England, was for 
fifteen years engaged as a journalist, meeting with more than ordinary 
success. Finally, in August, 1881, Mr. McNamee determined upon emigrating to 
America, and after crossing the Atlantic, located in New York City, where he 
was in the employ of different newspapers until going to Philadelphia, Pa. He 
sojourned there until coming to the West. Upon reaching this county, he 
located at once in Joliet, and was employed as editor of the Press prior to 
the reorganization of the company, and when this was effected, having by his 
good habits and steady attention to business secured the confidence of those 
with whom he was associated, he was chosen for his present position. He has 
proven a proper man for the place and has exerted no small influence in 
bringing the Press to its present efficiency and prominence. He was reared in 
the Catholic faith of his forefathers and belongs to St. Mary's Church. His 
parents were John and Mary McNamee, natives likewise of County Tyrone, 
Ireland, and who are now deceased. While a resident of the city of 
Middlesborough, England, Mr. McNamee was wedded, July 27, 1876, to Miss Flora 
O'Neill. Of this union there have been born six children, all of whom are 
living, and named respectively: John, Peter, James, Philip, Mary and Joseph. 
The little family occupies a neat home in the Seventh Ward and enjoys the 
friendship and acquaintance of its cultivated people. The Joliet Press 
Publishing Company was incorporated October 6, 1889, with a capital stock of 
$20,000, of which $5,000 was paid up. There has since been added $10,000 to 
the paid-up stock. The officers are: Dr. William Dougall, President and 
Treasurer; James McNamee, Secretary and Managing Editor. The Board of 
Directors consists of five members, viz: Dr. William Dougall, James McNamee, 
D. M. Stiles, Capt. James Miller and M. J. Kane. The office is thoroughly 
equipped for both newspaper and job printing, having, since the consolidation, 
increased its facilities by the putting in of new machinery and presses of the 
most approved make. The outlook is flattering, and as the establishment is in 
the hands of some of the most capable business men of the city, there is 
little question that the enterprise will be an entire success.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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