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William Charles McMahon has since 1912 been prominently identified with industrial interests of Milwaukee as vice president of the Northwestern Malleable Iron Company. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the 30th of September, 1866, his parents being Robert and Ellen (Hurrell) McMahon, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Maine. Both are deceased. Robert McMahon conducted a foundry and machine shop in Pittsburgh throughout his active business career.

William C. McMahon obtained his education in the public and high schools of his native city and after putting aside his textbooks entered the employ of the Oliver Iron & Steel Company, in which connection he gained thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the business. He was eventually sent upon the road as a traveling salesman for the Oliver Iron & Steel Company, in the service of which he remained until 1900, when he went to Detroit as assistant manager of the Michigan Malleable Iron Company. In 1906 he removed to Racine, Wisconsin, where he acted as president of the Belle City Malleable Iron Company until 1912, when he came to Milwaukee and has here continued in the position of vice president of the Northwestern Malleable Iren Company. His excellent executive ability, his sound Judgment and progressive spirit have been valuable elements in the successful control of this large industrial concern, for his long experience has given him intimate understanding of the business in principle and detail. He is likewise the secretary and treasurer of the Anchor Company of Illinois, manufacturers of railroad, specialties, and is a director in the Joliet Railway Supply Company of Chicago.

In 1894 Mr. McMahon was united in marriage to Miss Laura Howard of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His appreciation of the social amenities of life is indicated in his club connections, which include membership in the Milwaukee Club, the Fox Point Hunting Club, the Chicago Club, the Union League Club of Chicago, the Detroit Club of Detroit, Michigan, and the Sommerset Club of Racine, Wisconsin.