commissary agent by the Confederate Government, and at once entered upon the duty of purchasing beef cattle in South Florida for the armies of Virginia and Tennessee, a service which he continued to render until the close of the war. Following the closing of hostilities he resumed his shipping, mercantile and milling business, continuing these various activities until 1876, in which year he met with an accident from which he never fully recovered. His death occurred at Tampa, November 11, 1876.

To Capt. James McKay and his worthy wife, had been born nine children of whom two still survive, namely, Capt. James McKay, Jr., and Mrs. Almeria B. Lykes, both residents of Tampa.

JOHN A. MCKAY, son of James and Matilda (Alexander) McKay, was born in Mobile, Alabama, September 22, 1844, and at the age of two years was brought by his parents to Tampa. From early boyhood he was engaged with his father in the various business enterprises established and conducted by the latter. His business career was largely along the same lines as followed by his father, and he was an active factor in the affairs of the city and the times. He, in addition to his other business enterprises, engaged extensively in railroad construction work, as a contractor. He built the Atlantic Coast Line bridge on Polk Street, in Tampa, also the line of railroad from Bartow to Phosphoria, having assoIciated with him on this last-mentioned contract his son, D. B. McKay, now the owner and editor of the Tampa Times. John A. McKay, like his father before him, held a master's license, operated vessels, and was engaged in the shipping and cattle business. He served as United States collector of customs, for the Port of Tampa, for many years. He married Mary Jane McCarty, a daughter of Mitchell McCarty, a pioneer of Tampa and one of its early merchants. She was born in Tampa, and on the maternal side was a descendant of the Simmons family, which is numbered among the early settlers of the section. John A. McKay died in Tampa, November 19, 1907, and was followed in death by his wife February 15, 1912. To them had been born seven children, one dying in infancy, the others, all residents of Tampa, are in the order of their birth: Donald Brenham; Margaret A., now Mrs. C. C. Woodward; Charles A.; Mitchell F.; Ada Marion, now Mrs. Lawson Magruder, and Kenneth I.

DONALD BRENHAM MCKAY, owner and publisher of the Tampa Times, was born in Tampa, Florida, July 29, 1868. Amidst such surroundings and limited advantages common to the youth of that period in the then new country, he grew to maturity. Work was the honorable heritage of all in those times and when but a lad of fourteen years, he found employmnt in the office of The Tampa Tribune, one of the pioneer newspapers of South Florida, and there began a profession and a business career which, with but one short intermission, has been his life's work, and which with the passing of the years has led from the humble position of general errand boy, with the honorable title of "Printer's Devil," to the ownership and sole management of a great daily publication.

When the Tampa Times was established, in 1891, he was its city editor, and in 1898 became the sole owner. Under his able management the Times has become a powerful factor for good

and is recognized as one of the most influential journals of the South.

In June, 1910, Mr. McKay was elected mayor of Tampa for a term of two years, was reelected in 1912 for a term of four years, and again, in 1916, for a third successive term of four years. He served as mayor during the strenuous times of the World war, and was an active factor in all the various local, activities incident thereto. During his administration many of the measures resulting in the modernization of the city were carried to completion, including the erection of the new city hall, and the building of the LaFayette Street bridge; a modern sewerage system was installed, 50 per cent of the street paving, and 75 per cent of the sidewalks laid during that time. Every movement tending towards the public good and the city's advancement, found in him an earnest advocate and warm supporter. As an evidence of the public appreciation of his services as mayor, it may here be noted, that upon his retirement from the office, he was presented with a handsome silver service and a beautifully embossed testimonial bearing the signatures of a large number of the most representative citizens of Tampa, irrespective of political affiliations.

October 7, 1900, Mr. McKay married Miss Aurora P. F. Gutierrez, born in Pelham Bay, New York, and a daughter of Gavino and Nellie E. (Daley) Gutierrez. Her father, Gavino Gutierrez, became an important factor in the upbuilding of Tampa and its environs. Born in Spain, a scion of a distinguished Castilian family, he had later established himself in business in New York City, as an importer and broker. He made a visit to Tampa, and while returning to New York, met Vincente Martinez Ybor and Ignacio Haya at Key West. These two gentlemen were engaged in the manufacture of cigars and were then about to conclude negotiations for the establishment of their business in Galveston, Texas. Mr. Gutierrez persuaded them to investigate the superior advantages offered by Tampa as a desirable location, with the result that they decided to establish their factories there. Entering into business associations with Messrs. Ybor and Haya, Mr. Gutierrez surveyed and laid out the new industrial town, naming it Ybor City, and he also personally superintended the construction of the first buildings therein. This was the beginning of the cigar manufacturing industry in Tampa, an industry which has since attained such proportions as to make Tampa one of the leading industrial cities of the South, and to Gavino Gutierrez belongs the honor of its establishment there. Mr. Gutierrez made Ybor City his permanent home for the remainder of his life. He served as the first Spanish Consul in Tampa, and was otherwise prominently identified with public affairs. He died while on a visit to his old home in Spain, March 8, 1919.

CHARLES A. MCKAY. The commercial and industrial development of Tampa, as is also true of every other progressive community, has not come as the result of chance or accident, but represents in a substantial way the progressiveness and civic loyalty of those men of vision and energy who have ever had in mind their city's welfare. Standing preeminent among Florida's leading business establishments is the widelyknown firm of Maas Brothers, Inc., of which

Charles A. McKay is an active factor and vice president.

Charles A. McKay was born in Tampa, September 16, 1873, a son of John A. and Mary J. (McCarty) McKay. Charles A. McKay's first business venture of note was when he, as a lad of thirteen years, obtained employment in the printing office of the Tampa Tribune, of which journal his elder brother, Donald B., was then editor. He remained at this work but a short time, however, and then became connected in a clerical capacity with the South Florida Dry Goods Company, one of the old established and leading mercantile houses of Tampa. From the very beginning he found a keen sense of interest in merchandising, and lost no opportunity to thoroughly familiarize himself with all of the details of the business. In this way he gained valuable knowledge and experience which, in the light of after years, have been made the foundation upon which has been built a superstructure of success.

In 1893, Mr. McKay accepted a position with the Joliet Dry Goods Company in Joliet, Illinois, and was soon advanced to the responsible position as buyer of silks and dress goods. He continued to reside in the western city until 1898, when he returned to Tampa and became associated with Maas Brothers, later becoming vice president, in which capacity he still continues.

July 25, 1912, Mr. McKay was united in marriage with Miss Irene May McKeague, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and they have three children, Mary Irene, Elenor May, and Charlotte A. In addition to the exacting demands of his personal business interests Mr. McKay has ever been an active "booster" for Florida and Tampa, and has given liberally, both of his time and means, towards the furtherance of every cause tending towards the advancement of public welfare. He was one of the organizers of the Tampa Retail Merchants Association, and has served as its president. He is at present one of the governors of the Tampa Board of Trade. He is a director in the South Florida Fair Association, in which he has taken active part since its inception.

In fraternal and social circles, he is a thirtysecond degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Mystic Shrine; a Knight of Pythias, and an Elk. He also holds membership in the Tampa Yacht and Country Club.

KENNETH I. MCKAY, senior member of the well-known legal firm of McKay & Withers, was born in the City of Tampa, January 21, 1881, a son of John A. and Mary J. (McCarty) McKay. He attended the public schools of his native city, and at the age of twenty-one years, entered the law department of Washington and Lee University from which he was graduated in 1904.

He began the practice of law at Tampa, first being associated with M. B. Macfarlane, later forming his present association with R. W. and M. B. Withers.

November 21, 1917, he married Miss Olive Petty, of Tampa.

Mr. McKay is a member of the Florida State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Rotary Club of Tampa.

FRANK HOKE OWEN, a representative business man and citizen of Jacksonville, is chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Florida metropolis, and has been identified prominently with

industrial and commercial interests of important order.

Mr. Owen was born at Anderson, South Carolina, August 25, 1871, and is a son of Samuel Hyde Owen and Mary Elizabeth (Hoke) Owen, the former of whom was born in Virginia, April 8, 1834, and the latter of whom was born in North Carolina, in 1839, she being now a loved member of the family circle of her eldest child, Frank H., of this sketch, and the other three children being two sons and one daughter. Samuel H. Owen, whose death occurred January 9, 1912, was a jeweler and watchmaker by trade, and was engaged in the jewelry business at Newbury, South Carolina, at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. He forthwith manifested his loyalty to the Confederacy by enlisting, at Anderson Court House, as a member of Company D in Orr's First Regiment of Riflemen. He was made a lieutenant of his company, and later he became a member of the Rutledge Mounted Riflemen, with which he participated in many engagements, including a number of major battles. In January, 1865, at the battle of White Oak, he was captured by the enemy and taken to Point Lookout prison, where he remained until he received his parole, in July of that year, after the close of the war. After the close of his military career he engaged in farm enterprise in Abbeville County, South Carolina, where he continued his productive activities as an agriculturist and stock grower until 1882, when he came with his family to Florida and engaged in orange growing at Floral Bluff, Duval County. In 1886 he removed to Jacksonville, and in this city he continued to be engaged in the jewelry business until the time of his death, more than a quarter of a century later. He was a stalwart democrat, was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, as is also his widow, who is now venerable in years.

Frank H. Owen was about ten years of age at the time of the family removal to Florida, and here his educational advantages included those of the Jacksonville High School. In the meanwhile he gained practical experience also, as he sold newspapers both morning and evening while attending school, and at the age of fourteen years gave service as a messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company. After leaving school he found work in a saw mill, and also entered upon an apprenticeship to the trade of woodturner. After the passing of four years he was made foreman of the shop in which he had been an apprentice, and he next became foreman of the planing mill operated by Henry Clark. Later he formed a partnership with Walter B. DeWitt, and they successfully operated a planing mill at Jacksonville until the same was destroyed in the disastrous fire that swept away much property in the city in 1901. Within three weeks the firm constructed a new building and resumed the operation of the planing mill business and novelty works. About two years later Mr. Owen sold his interest to his partner and associated himself with the Merrill-Stevens Engineering Company, of the South Jacksonville shipbuilding plant, of which concern he was made superintendent in 1915. This company, with which he continued his connection until 1920, was engaged in building steel and wooden vessels for the Government in the World war period, and as superintendent Mr. Owen made the first sidewise launching of a vessel in the South while the company was producing vessels for the Government. In 1918 he had be

come one of the organizers of the Dekle Lumber Company, of which he became the president and an active factor in the conducting of its planing mill and retail lumber business.

In 1903 Mr. Owen was elected a member of the. City Council of Jacksonville, as representative from the Second Ward, and he was reelected in 1905 and 1907. In 1909 he was again elected to the Council, to serve the unexpired term of W. B. Clarkson, who died while in office. In 1915 he was again called into service in the council, and in 1918, as a representative at large, he was once more elected to office, he having served two terms as president of the City Council, and the year 1920 having marked his election to the position of city commissioner, he being made chairman of the board under the new commission system of municipal government, which has effected a great saving in the administration of municipal affairs.

In the Masonic fraternity Mr. Owen is affiliated with Temple Lodge No. 23, F. and A. M.; Jacksonville Chapter No. 12, R. A. M.; Damascus Commandery No. 12, Knights Templar; and Morocco Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member also of Jacksonville Lodge No. 221, B. P. O. E. Mr. Owen is influential in the local councils and campaign activities of the democratic party, and he and his wife and daughter are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church. On the 24th of August, 1895, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Owen and Miss Leonora Drew, who was born and reared at Jacksonville, a daughter of Willoughby and Mary Edna (Wandell) Drew, the former a native of Florida and the latter of the State of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Owen have one daughter, Mary Edna.

HON. ROBERT MCNAMEE. A resident of Florida upwards of forty years, Hon. Robert McNamee was admitted to the bar thirty years ago and has gained enviable success in his profession and in public affairs. He is a former speaker of the House in the State Legislature, and for some years also conducted a successful publication in Jacksonville.

He was born at Easton, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1862, son of Cornelius and Emma McNamee. His father, a native of Ireland, as a young man located in Pennsylvania. He became a merchant, and died in 1865. After his death his widow and her son Robert removed to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where her people lived. Robert McNamee grew up at Pottsville, had a public school education, and attended La Fayette College there. He began his apprenticeship to the trade of machinst in the shops of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at Pottsville, but found the occupation too confining and arduous for his health. While recuperating he came to Florida, and in 1885 planted an orange grove in Lake County. His trees were frozen out two years later. During the next five years while serving as a telegraph operator with the Florida Southern Railroad he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1892, and from that year until 1897 practiced at Leesburg in Lake County. He also spent one year at Jacksonville during that period of his life. For about ten years Mr. McNamee was an active member of the Tampa bar, and had a large practice as a lawyer there from 1900 until 1911.

His interest in public affairs, his abilities as an orator and public leader, brought him attention in politics, and in 1898 he was elected a member of the State Legislature from Lake County. He was chosen speaker of the House of Representa

tives in 1899, and it is probable that he was the youngest man ever to hold this position. In 1903 he was again elected a member of the General Assembly from Hillsboro County. Mr. McNamee is a democrat, casting his first vote for Cleveland in 1884, and for a number of years attended as a delegate nearly all the State and Congressional Conventions. He served as chairman of the Lake County Executive Committee and as a member of the State Executive Committee.

Mr. McNamee was owner and publisher of the Dixie, a weekly magazine and a newspaper, from 1913 to 1918. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, Elks and Odd Fellows and the College fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon. On November 17, 1888, at New Orleans, Louisiana, he married Miss Alice Sauve, of an old French Creole family of that city. They have one son, William Hocker.

DANIEL T. GEROW, United States collector of internal revenue for the District of Florida, has been a resident of Jacksonville, this state, for forty years and has been influential in public life and general civic affairs in the Florida metropolis, where he holds an inviolable place in popular confidence and good will.

Mr. Gerow was born at Titusville, Pennsylvania, and is indebted to the common schools of his native state for his preliminary education, which was supplemented by a course in the Pennsylvania State Normal School at Edinboro, from which he was graduated. After four years of effective service as a teacher in the schools of the old Keystone State he was admitted to the bar at Meadville in 1881, his study of law having been carried forward under private preceptorship. In August of that year, however, he was made manager for the Standard Oil Company at Columbus, Mississippi, and in the following year (April, 1882) was transferred to Jacksonville, where he continued his service as manager of the Standard Oil Company until 1905. He also became Florida sales manager for the Galena Signal Oil Com.pany, and continued his connection with that company until 1916.

From an appreciative estimate appearing in the Florida Metropolis of December 31, 1921, are taken the following extracts: "Mr. Gerow's residence in Jacksonville has been marked by an enviable record in various public offices. During the yellow-fever epidemic of 1888 the present collector was mayor of the city. He was postmaster from 1902 to 1914. He was a member of the State Board of Health for a year and a half, and a member of the County Board of Health four years. He served five years on the City Council, two years as a member and chairman of the Board of Public Works of Jacksonville, and four years as city auditor. In 1921 Mr. Gerow was named collector of internal revenue, one of the most important appointments within the power of the administration to grant, and he assumed this office in June of that year.

Mr. Gerow has been long and actively affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in which his basic membership is in Covenant Lodge No. 473, A. F. and A. M., at Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. In his home city he is affiliated with Jacksonville Chapter No. 12, R. A. M., Hallmark Council No. 3, R. and S. M., Damascus Commandery No. 2, Knights Templars; Florida Consistory No. 2, A. A. S. R., in which he has received the thirtysecond degree; and Morocco Temple of the Mystic