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MACKAY, James

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 256

James MACKAY, city clerk and treasurer, Barre [Washington County, Vermont], 
was born 14 March 1861 at Aberdeen, Scotland, son of William and Isabelle 
(STEVENSON) MACKAY. Educated at the public schools in Aberdeen. Learned the 
trade of granite cutting in Aberdeen. Came to Montreal, Province of Quebec, 
Canada, in 1882. In 1884 located in Barre, following the occupation of 
granite cutter until 1892, when he entered the firm of Imlah & Company and 
engaged in granite manufacturing until 1902. In that year he assumed the 
position of manager of the Barre Granite Exchange, relinquishing it the 
following year to assume the office of city clerk and treasurer, which he 
still holds. Republican; has served as alderman of the Third Ward for three 
years, and president of the board of aldermen. Presbyterian. Is a Mason, 
and a member of the Order of Scottish Clans, the Knights of Pythias, and the 
Modern Woodmen of America. In 1885 Mr. [James] MACKAY married [Miss?] Agnes 
Law ROBERTSON of Dunfermline, Scotland; they have five children: William 
Kerr, James Robertson, George Fleming, Roy, and Hazel Isabel.

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