Philip Hamilton McMillan, B.A.
Born December 28, 1872, in Detroit, Mich.
Died October 4, 1919, at Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
Philip Hamilton McMillan, son of James [McMillan] and Mary L. (Wetmore) McMillan,* was born in Detroit, Mich., December 28, 1872. His father was the second son of William and Grace McMillan, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1834. At an early age James McMillan went to Detroit, where he became a successful business man. In 1889 he was elected to the U. S. Senate; he was twice reelected, continuing in office until his death in 1902. The list of his benefactions is a long one.
Philip H. McMillan was fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. In his Junior year at Yale he received a second colloquy appointment and his Senior appointment was a first colloquy. He was president of the Yale Navy and a member of the Junior Promenade, Class Supper, and Triennial committees.
He spent the year after graduation abroad. In 1895 he entered the Harvard Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1897. He then went to New York City, entered the law office of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt, and in April, 1898, was admitted to the bar in New York State. In 1899 he returned to Detroit, and became a partner in the law firm of Wells, Angell, Boynton & McMillan. He was engaged in the general practice of law for about six years, but after that his many corporate connections demanded the greater part of his time. The deaths of his father and of his two older brothers brought upon him a great responsibility in the management of a large family estate, of which he was trustee. At the time of his death he was president of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, the Pontchartrain Hotel Company, the Monarch Steel Castings Company, and the Park-Manor Development Company, vice-president of the D. M. Ferry Seed Company and the Detroit Creamery Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Detroit Free Press and the Packard Motor Car Company. He was also a director of the First and Old Detroit National Bank, the Detroit Savings Bank, and the Union Trust Company. For many years he had been a trustee of the Detroit Y. M. C. A. and Grace Hospital. He attended Christ (Episcopal) Church.
He died of heart disease, October 4, 1919, at his home at Grosse Pointe Farms, a suburb of Detroit. Interment was in the Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit.
He was married June 7, 1899, in Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth K. [Anderson], daughter of General Nicholas Longworth Anderson and Elizabeth (Kilgour) Anderson, who survives him. He also leaves a brother, Francis Wetmore McMillan (Ph.B. 1897)[b. 5 Aug 1874, Detroit; m. Florence C. Lewis, daughter of Mr. Frank E. Lewis, of New Haven, CT, 11 Nov 1906; d. 12 Apr 1947, Boston, MA], a sister, Lady[Amy] Harrington, the wife of Sir John Lane Harrington, of London [m. 13 Oct 1907, Mass.], a nephew, James T. McMillan, ex-'o9, and three nieces. His two older brothers, William Charles McMillan (B.A. 1884) and James Howard McMillan (B.A. 1888), died in 1907 and 1902, respectively.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year Ending 1 July 1920, by Yale University, pp 1460-1461
*Mother, Mary Lucy (Wetmore) McMillan, daughter of Charles Parsons Wetmore and Eliza (Kellogg) Wetmore of Pittsburgh
Born December 28, 1872, in Detroit, Mich.
Died October 4, 1919, at Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
Philip Hamilton McMillan, son of James [McMillan] and Mary L. (Wetmore) McMillan,* was born in Detroit, Mich., December 28, 1872. His father was the second son of William and Grace McMillan, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1834. At an early age James McMillan went to Detroit, where he became a successful business man. In 1889 he was elected to the U. S. Senate; he was twice reelected, continuing in office until his death in 1902. The list of his benefactions is a long one.
Philip H. McMillan was fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. In his Junior year at Yale he received a second colloquy appointment and his Senior appointment was a first colloquy. He was president of the Yale Navy and a member of the Junior Promenade, Class Supper, and Triennial committees.
He spent the year after graduation abroad. In 1895 he entered the Harvard Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1897. He then went to New York City, entered the law office of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt, and in April, 1898, was admitted to the bar in New York State. In 1899 he returned to Detroit, and became a partner in the law firm of Wells, Angell, Boynton & McMillan. He was engaged in the general practice of law for about six years, but after that his many corporate connections demanded the greater part of his time. The deaths of his father and of his two older brothers brought upon him a great responsibility in the management of a large family estate, of which he was trustee. At the time of his death he was president of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, the Pontchartrain Hotel Company, the Monarch Steel Castings Company, and the Park-Manor Development Company, vice-president of the D. M. Ferry Seed Company and the Detroit Creamery Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Detroit Free Press and the Packard Motor Car Company. He was also a director of the First and Old Detroit National Bank, the Detroit Savings Bank, and the Union Trust Company. For many years he had been a trustee of the Detroit Y. M. C. A. and Grace Hospital. He attended Christ (Episcopal) Church.
He died of heart disease, October 4, 1919, at his home at Grosse Pointe Farms, a suburb of Detroit. Interment was in the Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit.
He was married June 7, 1899, in Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth K. [Anderson], daughter of General Nicholas Longworth Anderson and Elizabeth (Kilgour) Anderson, who survives him. He also leaves a brother, Francis Wetmore McMillan (Ph.B. 1897)[b. 5 Aug 1874, Detroit; m. Florence C. Lewis, daughter of Mr. Frank E. Lewis, of New Haven, CT, 11 Nov 1906; d. 12 Apr 1947, Boston, MA], a sister, Lady[Amy] Harrington, the wife of Sir John Lane Harrington, of London [m. 13 Oct 1907, Mass.], a nephew, James T. McMillan, ex-'o9, and three nieces. His two older brothers, William Charles McMillan (B.A. 1884) and James Howard McMillan (B.A. 1888), died in 1907 and 1902, respectively.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year Ending 1 July 1920, by Yale University, pp 1460-1461
*Mother, Mary Lucy (Wetmore) McMillan, daughter of Charles Parsons Wetmore and Eliza (Kellogg) Wetmore of Pittsburgh
Philip Hamilton McMillan, B.A.
Born December 28, 1872, in Detroit, Mich.
Died October 4, 1919, at Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
Philip Hamilton McMillan, son of James [McMillan] and Mary L. (Wetmore) McMillan,* was born in Detroit, Mich., December 28, 1872. His father was the second son of William and Grace McMillan, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1834. At an early age James McMillan went to Detroit, where he became a successful business man. In 1889 he was elected to the U. S. Senate; he was twice reelected, continuing in office until his death in 1902. The list of his benefactions is a long one.
Philip H. McMillan was fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. In his Junior year at Yale he received a second colloquy appointment and his Senior appointment was a first colloquy. He was president of the Yale Navy and a member of the Junior Promenade, Class Supper, and Triennial committees.
He spent the year after graduation abroad. In 1895 he entered the Harvard Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1897. He then went to New York City, entered the law office of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt, and in April, 1898, was admitted to the bar in New York State. In 1899 he returned to Detroit, and became a partner in the law firm of Wells, Angell, Boynton & McMillan. He was engaged in the general practice of law for about six years, but after that his many corporate connections demanded the greater part of his time. The deaths of his father and of his two older brothers brought upon him a great responsibility in the management of a large family estate, of which he was trustee. At the time of his death he was president of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, the Pontchartrain Hotel Company, the Monarch Steel Castings Company, and the Park-Manor Development Company, vice-president of the D. M. Ferry Seed Company and the Detroit Creamery Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Detroit Free Press and the Packard Motor Car Company. He was also a director of the First and Old Detroit National Bank, the Detroit Savings Bank, and the Union Trust Company. For many years he had been a trustee of the Detroit Y. M. C. A. and Grace Hospital. He attended Christ (Episcopal) Church.
He died of heart disease, October 4, 1919, at his home at Grosse Pointe Farms, a suburb of Detroit. Interment was in the Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit.
He was married June 7, 1899, in Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth K. [Anderson], daughter of General Nicholas Longworth Anderson and Elizabeth (Kilgour) Anderson, who survives him. He also leaves a brother, Francis Wetmore McMillan (Ph.B. 1897)[b. 5 Aug 1874, Detroit; m. Florence C. Lewis, daughter of Mr. Frank E. Lewis, of New Haven, CT, 11 Nov 1906; d. 12 Apr 1947, Boston, MA], a sister, Lady[Amy] Harrington, the wife of Sir John Lane Harrington, of London [m. 13 Oct 1907, Mass.], a nephew, James T. McMillan, ex-'o9, and three nieces. His two older brothers, William Charles McMillan (B.A. 1884) and James Howard McMillan (B.A. 1888), died in 1907 and 1902, respectively.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year Ending 1 July 1920, by Yale University, pp 1460-1461
*Mother, Mary Lucy (Wetmore) McMillan, daughter of Charles Parsons Wetmore and Eliza (Kellogg) Wetmore of Pittsburgh
Born December 28, 1872, in Detroit, Mich.
Died October 4, 1919, at Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
Philip Hamilton McMillan, son of James [McMillan] and Mary L. (Wetmore) McMillan,* was born in Detroit, Mich., December 28, 1872. His father was the second son of William and Grace McMillan, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1834. At an early age James McMillan went to Detroit, where he became a successful business man. In 1889 he was elected to the U. S. Senate; he was twice reelected, continuing in office until his death in 1902. The list of his benefactions is a long one.
Philip H. McMillan was fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. In his Junior year at Yale he received a second colloquy appointment and his Senior appointment was a first colloquy. He was president of the Yale Navy and a member of the Junior Promenade, Class Supper, and Triennial committees.
He spent the year after graduation abroad. In 1895 he entered the Harvard Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1897. He then went to New York City, entered the law office of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt, and in April, 1898, was admitted to the bar in New York State. In 1899 he returned to Detroit, and became a partner in the law firm of Wells, Angell, Boynton & McMillan. He was engaged in the general practice of law for about six years, but after that his many corporate connections demanded the greater part of his time. The deaths of his father and of his two older brothers brought upon him a great responsibility in the management of a large family estate, of which he was trustee. At the time of his death he was president of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, the Pontchartrain Hotel Company, the Monarch Steel Castings Company, and the Park-Manor Development Company, vice-president of the D. M. Ferry Seed Company and the Detroit Creamery Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Detroit Free Press and the Packard Motor Car Company. He was also a director of the First and Old Detroit National Bank, the Detroit Savings Bank, and the Union Trust Company. For many years he had been a trustee of the Detroit Y. M. C. A. and Grace Hospital. He attended Christ (Episcopal) Church.
He died of heart disease, October 4, 1919, at his home at Grosse Pointe Farms, a suburb of Detroit. Interment was in the Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit.
He was married June 7, 1899, in Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth K. [Anderson], daughter of General Nicholas Longworth Anderson and Elizabeth (Kilgour) Anderson, who survives him. He also leaves a brother, Francis Wetmore McMillan (Ph.B. 1897)[b. 5 Aug 1874, Detroit; m. Florence C. Lewis, daughter of Mr. Frank E. Lewis, of New Haven, CT, 11 Nov 1906; d. 12 Apr 1947, Boston, MA], a sister, Lady[Amy] Harrington, the wife of Sir John Lane Harrington, of London [m. 13 Oct 1907, Mass.], a nephew, James T. McMillan, ex-'o9, and three nieces. His two older brothers, William Charles McMillan (B.A. 1884) and James Howard McMillan (B.A. 1888), died in 1907 and 1902, respectively.
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year Ending 1 July 1920, by Yale University, pp 1460-1461
*Mother, Mary Lucy (Wetmore) McMillan, daughter of Charles Parsons Wetmore and Eliza (Kellogg) Wetmore of Pittsburgh
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