Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: James MCNAIR

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Daily Northwestern April 3, 1906 p.3

James M-Nair Dead

Pioneer Resident, Once Prominent as a Lumberman, Expires This Morning at
the Home of Thomas Lett-- He was Seventy Years of Age.

James McNair, an old resident of the city and formerly a prosperous
lumberman, died at eight o'clock this morning after a short illness with
cancer of the stomach at the residence of Thomas Lett, 242 West Algoma
street.  He had not been in good health for a long period, but was not
compelled to take to his bed until last Saturday, when he was taken with a
final attack of the malady from which he expired This morning.

Mr. McNair came here in the early days of the city.  He was seventy years
of age, and had pursued various occupations through his life.  When the
city was young, he worked in the lumber mills and acquired large holdings
in the local lumbering industry, meeting, however, with reverses that swept
away a comfortable fortune.  He had been prominent in municipal politics,
having been at one time alderman of the Fifth ward, and he had also held
positions in the state capitol at Madison.  For the last eight years he had
made his home in Oshkosh, at the Lett residence.  He had been a member of
the Knights of Pythias, in Oshkosh lodge no. 25.

There are surviving three daughters, all of whom are married.  They live in
Milwaukee, Beloit and Waupun respectively.  There is also a son, William
McNair of Racine, who is expected to arrive in the city this evening to
complete arrangements for the funeral.  The services probably will be held
at the residence Thursday afternoon at two o'clock.