City: Nashville
McNEILLY, Robert H., civil engineer; born near Danville, Ky., September 30, 1879; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of James H. and Mary Russell (Weatherford) McNEILLY; father, Presbyterian minister; paternal grandparents Robert and Margaret (Larkins) McNEILLY, maternal grandparents Hardin and Matilda (Lee) WEATHERFORD; great grandfather, John LARKINS, was an original settler of Tennessee, and received grant of land from State of North Carolina for services in the Revolutionary war; graduated Vanderbilt University B.E., 1902; in early life was a civil engineer with Tennessee Central Railway later with the Jaspampa Bajo Nitrate Property Chili, S. A.; was student at Vanderbilt 1896-1902; mechanical draftsman United States Ordnance Department, Washington, 1902-04; did private engineering, 1904-05; Assistant Professor Civil Engineering University Mississippi, 1905-06; Superintendent Construction of United States War Department at Columbus, O., 1906-07; has been instructor in drawing in surveying Vanderbilt University since 1907; has been connected with engineering work for Muscle Shoals Hydro-Electric Power Company and is engineer in charge of new construction Volunteer State Phosphate Company; married Marian Brown STOCKELL, June 4, 1904; Democrat; member of Presbyterian Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
