Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Hugh A. McMullen (1859-1937)
MSA SC 3520-1575

Biography:

Born in Franklin, Allegany County, December 9, 1859.  Son of Hugh A. McMullen and Eliza (Ryan) McMullen.  Attended public and private schools of Allegany County.  Married Anna M. Mulledy at Mount Savage, Maryland, June 18, 1889; children Mary Elizabeth (m. Luther P. Shaffer), Daniel F., Jr., Catherine (m. John R. Gloninger), Hugh A., Jr., Alice, Helen, Josephine (m. Henry Mackey) and John.  Died in Cumberland, Allegany County, November 6, 1937.  Buried in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Cumberland.

Miner, merchant, banker.  Lived in Colorado 1880-82, where he worked in contracting and "prospecting."  Returned to Allegany County in 1882 and engaged in the mercantile business with his brothers Daniel F. and John P. McMullen under the name of McMullen Brothers & Company at Mount Savage and subsequently at Frostburg and Eckhart.  Established with his two brothers the first department store in Cumberland, 1896.  Co-founder, director and vice-president, Citizen's National Bank of Cumberland, 1900.  Co-founder, Fidelity Savings Bank of Frostburg, 1902.  Co-owner and operator of a coal mine in West Virginia after 1900.  Co-founder, Stirling Coal Company in Daniel Boone, Kentucky, 1907.  Comptroller of the treasury (Democrat), 1916-20.  President, Liberty Trust Company, 1920-.  Member of the executive committee, Maryland State Council of Defense.

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