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every other department of life. His
courtesy and unfailing concern for the
welfare of all makes him a highly popular
figure in every circle, and has established
the esteem in which he is held upon the
firmest kind of basis. In his private life
the e virtues have their analogues. A
quiet and retiring character makes him a
great lover of home and the domestic ties,
and his never failing geniality endears
him tn the members of his family and to
the friends of whom he possesses so
many.
McINTYRE. John James,
Master Mechanic.
John James Mclntyre, proprietor of the
Mclntyre Machine Works of Hartford, is
a splendid example of a man who has
won a place for himself in his community,
both in business and social life, by virtue
iA his own inherent ability and ambition.
Without the aid of influential friends, or
through any favor of fortune, he has made
his own way. steadily and consistently
working upward. He naturally possesses
those qualities which make for success.
Mr. Mclntyre was born September I,
1871, in Bally-Castle, County Antrim,
Ireland, son of John and Hannah (Burns)
Mclntyre.
The name of Mclntyre is a very old
one, and it has been the theme of many
old songs and traditions. The following
is quoted from an old song, illustrating
the prominence this family has long held
in the martial affairs of Ireland and Scot-
land :
From sweet Temple More
On the high burning shore
Came the family of John Mclntyre
So fearless and bold, in Ireland of old
Their valorous deeds were oft told.
In Gaelic the surname of Mclntyre is
"Mac-an-t-sair," and signifies the car-
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penter's son. The traditional history
the family state- that they ai
the MacDonalds of Sleat, Skye, and this
is substantiated by the fact that the fam-
ily use the same badge, th< .
rid follows:
I In one occasion, the illey Bpn
The hole « I
and
'I he
a clansman
thumb into it, cut off his thumb and
left it there, so that he might tie- at liberty l
assisl in th' 'he galley. 1'
I the crew i'r ;ing and was
ailed "Saor na h-ordaig" — "The
Thumb Carpenter." Some time afterwards a son
of tl nter, who was known as Mac-an-t-
1 —The
Carpenter's Son—leaving Sleat in his
gallej resi Ived to seek his fortune elsewhere,
taking a white cow with him and vowing that
wherever the cow would first lie down to
after landing he would settle there. This she
did at Glenoe. It is a well known fact that the
Mclntyres of Glenoe occupied these lands as
early as 1306, and were firmly established there
until 1806. For many generations a strong colony
of Mclntyres were resident at the village of
Cladich, and there they carried on an extensive
weaving industry. In 1745, there were members
of this family fighting under the banner of the
Stewarts of Appin.
The family of Mclntyre of which John
J. Mclntyre is a scion were resident in
County Antrim for many generations,
and there John Mclntyre, his father, was
born. I lis early years were spent in the
English navy, and learning the trade of
machinist he followed this occupation for
many years as a journeyman. In 1883
he came to America, desiring to take ad-
vantage of the larger and wider oppor-
tunities available there. Locating in
Hartford, he was for many years actively
identified with the interests of that city,
and was a skilled and valued workman of
the Colt Armory. He married Hannah
Burns, who died in January, 1916. at the
age of seventy-five years. Mr. Mclntyre
survived his wife three months, dying in
March of that year, aged seventy-eight
years. They were the parents of three