Bio of MOLYNEAUX, John Joseph (b.1880), 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 II, pg 434-437
JOHN JOSEPH MOLYNEAUX
Important business interests claim the attention and profit by the cooperation
and enterprise of John Joseph Molyneaux, treasurer and general auditor of the
Minneapolis General Electric Company and the Northern States Power Company and
their subsidiaries. He has taken cognizance of his opportunities, utilizing them
to the best advantage, and his constantly expanding powers have made him capable
of controlling large affairs. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, May 20, 1880,
and after completing his public school course entered the Christian Brothers
College at St. Louis, Missouri, from which he was graduated in 1899, with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was identified with various business houses until
1900, when he secured the position of bookkeeper in the savings department of
the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank and his capable work led to his pro­motion to
the position of accountant in that department. In 1904 he joined Hately Brothers
of Chicago, exporters of meats and provisions, as general bookkeeper and ac
countant and in the year 1906 John C. Hately of that firm was appointed receiver
of the estate of the late John Alexander Dowie, who became the founder of the
Zionist religion in the United States. Mr. Molyneaux accompanied his employer to
Zion City. Illinois, where he remained for two years, acting as auditor and as
Mr. Hately's assist ant. In the meantime he had taken up the study of law and
higher accounting and upon the termination of the receivership, in 1908, in
order to gain broader experience he entered the field of public accounting in
Chicago, in which he continued for two and a half years, when he became auditor
and assistant cashier for N. W. Halsey & Company to Chicago. He continued with
that firm until 1915, when failing health compelled him to seek outdoor
employment and he became a bond salesman for McCoy & Company, remaining in
their" service until January 1, 1917. Having regained his health, he again took
up accounting and accepted the offer made him by H. M. Byllesby to act as
super­vising auditor for the southwestern properties owned and controlled by
that corporation through the Standard Gas & Electric Company. In August, 1917,
having completed the consolidation of the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, Mr.
Molyneaux was sent to Minneapolis to replace H. R. Frost, who was then treasurer
of the Northern States Power and General Electric companies and their
subsidiaries, and he has since filled this responsible office, also acting as
general auditor. He finds genuine pleasure in solving intricate and involved
business problems and has the power of concentration, which enables him to give
his entire thought to the matter in hand.
On the 29th of June, 1918, Mr. Molyneaux was united in marriage to Miss Frances
Esther McCaffrey of Chicago, Illinois, and they have a daughter, Irene Margaret.
They are communicants of the Catholic church and Mr. Molyneaux is a member of
the Knights of Columbus, the Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Minneapolis Golf
Club. His is the record of a strong mentality, stable in purpose, quick in
perception, swift in decision, energetic and persistent in action, and
Minneapolis numbers him among her self-made men and foremost citizens.