Albert E. McReel of Exeter, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 1063

   ALBERT E. McREEL, treasurer and manager of the A. E. McReel
Company of Exeter, dealers in coal and wood, was born in Athol, Mass., in
1870, a son of Alexander and Helen (Spencer) McReel.  The father, who
was a shoe manufacturer in Athol, died in 1907; his wife, surviving him,
resides in Athol.  They had two children-Albert E. and Walter.
   Albert E. McReel was educated in the common schools of Athol, Mass.
For a number of years subsequently he was intimately connected with street
railway construction, controlling companies in different sections of the
country.  In 1910 he came to Exeter to settle here permanently, having pre-
viously been a resident of this city.  He belongs to the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks at Portsmouth, and in politics is a Republican.
   Mr. McReel married Mabel A. Mellen, a native of Athol, Mass., and
daughter of William H. and Gertrude E. (Squares) Mellen, the father being
a prosperous lumberman.  They had one daughter and a son-Mabel A., and
William D.  Mr. and Mrs. McReel are the parents of one child, William
A. McReel.  The family attends the First Church of Exeter.