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McConnell, W. M. M.
The following data is extracted from Biographical Sketches, Coles County, Illinois - Charleston Township.
W. M. M. McConnell, Charleston, of the firm of M. A. McConnell & Co., publishers of the Charleston. Plaindealer, was born on the 28th of August, 1855, in Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio; he is a son of James McConnell, of that city; he attended the public schools of his native town, graduating from the high school in 1872; he at once entered the office of the Cadiz Republican, to learn the printer's trade, and, after completing his apprenticeship, remained in the office as a journeyman until he came to Charleston, in the spring of 1878, as one of the proprietors of the Plaindealer.
Source: Biographical Sketches, Coles County, Illinois - Charleston Township
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