John W. McGrath

John Wesley McGrath (January 12, 1842 – December 9, 1905) was an American educator, businessman and jurist during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

[1] Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1842, McGrath attended Albion College.

McGrath taught school, worked for the provost marshal and was employed in the commercial oil business in Pennsylvania.

[2][3][4] Ailing in his final years, McGrath died from dropsy at his home in Detroit, Michigan on December 10, 1905.

Following funeral services at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. Arthur Bailey, on December 11, he was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery.