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General Saler Ofice: Failing Bldg., Portland Ore.

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Mr. McNevin was a native Californian and was born in San Francis'co, March 27, 1888. His father, Capt. Edwin McN'evin, was a native of lreland and a British naval officer. Capt. McNevin came to San Francisco following the Civil War and opened a navigation school. He was a linguist, speaking nine languages, and taught French in the High Schools of San Francisco. His mother was of English decent and married Capt. McNevin in San Francisco. Mr. McNevin's father died when he was but six years old. He attended school in San Francisco and Alameda, and between time worked as a 'cabin boy on steam schooners in the ,coastwise trade, most of which were lumb'er vessels.

He went to work for The Pacific l,umber Company rvhen he was fifteen vears old in their San Francisco yard. Later he served "r oifice boy when the late Selwyn Eddy was president of the company. He went to their Oakland yard in 19OZ as order and shipping clerk, but w4F soon promoted to the position of asssitant superintendent, then superintendent, and later became manager of the Oakland yard. In 1915, he had charge of the company's yards at Oakland, Wilmington and San Francisco. In 1915 when the railroacl 'ivas built through to Eureka, the above yards were ,closed, and Mr. McNevin was appointed western sales manager, selling to the California trade.

In 1977, he went to Scotia, where the company's mill operations are located, and took charge of the factory and shipping there. After being at Scotia for a little more than a year, he returned to the San Francisco office to serve as assistant sales manager under Junius Browne, who was general sales manager. Mr. McNevin went to Chicago in 1919, and with Mr. Browne, formed the subsidiary corporation known as The Pacific Lumber Company of lllinois. lfe rvas made vice president of this company.

In 1923. Mr. Brovl'ne severed his connections with The Pacific Lumber Company, and Mr. M,cNevin was made general sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company of Maine, the parent ,company, with headquarters in San Francisco, and also president of The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois.

Mr. M'cNevin married Miss Lillian Narinian of Oakland, Calif., on August 15, 1908, and they have one daughter, Miss Lillian McNevin, who is attending a dramatic school in Los Angeles at the present time. Besides his wife and daughter, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. F. T. Duncan, of San Francisco, Calif., and Mrs. R. S. Elliot, of Beverly Hills, Calif

Mr. McNevin was an outstanding figure in the Redwood industry. He was considered an authority on marketing, and had done much to extend the markets and uses of Redwood. The passing of this kindly, p,owerful and honorable gentleman was a shock to his great ,circle of friends. Funeral arrangements will be completed on the arrival of the_Steampship California, at San Francisco, on Monday, Mav 5.