Bio of MAHER, John Wallace Jr. (b.1893), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 810-813
JOHN WALLACE MAHER, Jr.
John Wallace Maher, Jr., resident manager of A. C. Allyn and Company, investment
securities, of Chicago, New York, Boston, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, was born
August 31, 1893, at Devils Lake, North Dakota, a son of John Wallace and Sadie
Cecelia Cole-man Maher. Ancestors on the paternal side have been among the
outstanding pioneer citizens of the Northwest, a cousin, General Thomas Francis
Meagher, who commanded the Irish Brigade from New York during the Civil war, was
governor of Montana ter­ritory, an appointee of President Johnson; a
great-uncle, John Francis Meagher, was a prime factor in the upbuilding of
Mankato and prominent in business and political circles throughout Minnesota;
his father, John Wallace Maher, Sr., has been a resident of Devils Lake, North
Dakota, since 1883 and has contributed in a marked degree to the upbuilding of
the state, being prominent in legal, financial and agricultural circles, and as
an authority on horticulture.
John Wallace Maher, Jr., received his early education in the public schools at
Devils Lake and later attended Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota, for three
years, was graduated from the Model high school at the University of North
Dakota in 1913, and attended college at the University of Wisconsin in
1913-1914; University of Minnc sota, 1915; and University of Pennsylvania, 1916,
in the courses in literature and commerce. He left college to enlist in the
Marine Corps at Washington upon the entrance of the United States into the World
war, was rejected for minor physical defects and, being advised by the army
authorities that the high standard of physical requirements at that time would
not be soon lowered, he went to North Dakota, pur­chased a section of land near
Doyon and was the first to farm exclusively with tractor equipment in North
Dakota, which he did successfully. He enlisted for naval aviation and being
again rejected was accepted for service in the Naval Intelligence Service at
Washington. He was honorably discharged from service in December, 1918. Mr.
Maher then made his initial step into the investment business, becoming
associated with Elston & Company of Chicago. In April, 1919, he was assigned to
Wisconsin territory, covering the entire state west of the Fox River valley,
with residence in Madison. In January, 1920, he established offices for Elston &
Company in Minneapolis, in the McKnight building, and he came to Minneapolis as
permanent resident manager in July, 1921. In January, 1922, the name of the
concern was changed to A. C. Allyn & Company and Mr. Maher is resident manager.
His strict integrity, business con­servatism and judgment have long been
recognized and he enjoys public confidence and the confidence of his associates
to an enviable degree. Mr. Maher is vice president of the United States Welding
Company, a director of the Twin City Life Insurance Company, and is interested
in the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis and other reputable business
enterprises. The greater part of his time and attention is given to the business
of A. C. Allyn & Company, which company underwrites and distributes first
mortgage corporation bonds and direct obligation municipal bonds. Socially Mr.
Maher is identified with the Fort Snelling Officers Club, the Lafayette.
Minneapolis Athletic and Aero clubs, and fraternally he is a member of the Sigma
Nu fraternity, a national college fraternity; the Knights of Columbus, and the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Among the other associations of which Mr.
Maher is a member are the Civic & Commerce Association, the Twin City Bond Club,
the Lincoln Club and the American Legion. In his political views Mr. Maher is a
republican. The religious faith of Mr. Maher is Roman Catholic. For recreation
he is fond of tennis, polo, golf, hunting and motoring.