Jackson County MN Archives Biographies.....McConnell, James Moore March 28, 1868 - April 29, 1933
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Author: Eugene M. Phillips, Minnesota Dept. of Education, St. Paul, Minn.

James Moore McConnell was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, on May 28, 
1868, and died at his home at 77 Langford Park Place, St. Paul, on April 29, 
1933, after an illness of nearly four months.  His parents were William and 
Rebecca Moore McConnell.  He was graduated from the Edinboro State Normal School 
in 1889 and engaged in the study of law at Warren, Pennsylvania, in 1890.  In 
the same year he began his career in the field of education as a rural teacher 
in his native state.

He came to Minnesota in 1892 and taught in the Wilder Farm College, then located 
near Windom until 1895, when he became superintendent of schools at Heron Lake.  
In 1893 he was married to Margaret Jeannette Graham of Kittanning, Pennsylvania.  
To them were born six children, three of whom died in early childhood.  The 
three sons living are Harold Graham, deputy commissioner of the state banking 
department, St. Paul; James Eugene, department supervisor for the Investors 
Syndicate of Minneapolis; and John Ross, who is connected with the research 
department of the Dupont Manufacturing Company at Wilmington, Delaware.  Mr. 
McConnell was superintendent of schools at Winnebago from 1900 to 1904, when he 
was elected to the superintendency at Mankato.  In 1909 he was appointed to the 
chair of American History and Government in the Mankato State Normal School.  He 
was graduated from Carleton College at Northfield with the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts in the year 1910.

Mr. McConnell was appointed by Governor J. A. A. Burnquist in 1919 as State 
Superintendent of public instruction.  The legislature of that year crated the 
state board...

Additional Comments:
Source: Minnesota History: A Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 14, Number 4, December, 
1933, p. 416-420.

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