Bio: Mackinnon, Falkland (1881)

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----Surnames: Mackinnon, Doty

----Source: History of Northern Wis. (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, page 1209

FALKLAND MACKINNON, son of Capt. L. B. Mackinnon, of English Royal Navy, who, while on a visit to Washington, in 1849, made the acquaintance of Gov. Doty, who persuaded him to visit Wis. They came to Cleveland, and from there, on a Government boat, came to Green Bay, and together drove to Menasha, where the Governor had property, on Doty's Island. The Governor secured a loan from the captain, and in due time he was obliged to foreclose. The captain lived here some time, returning to England, occasionally, to look after his interests there. Being a non-resident, his property here suffered considerably, and finally, the young man, Falkland, who was born May 19, 1849, near Richmond, Surry, England, came to America to care for his father's interests, in 1873, remaining thirteen months. In August, 1875, he came to this country with a commission to report as to the value of certain iron mines, which work was satisfactorily executed. In 1877, he was recalled to England by the sudden death of his father, at the age of fifty-nine. On his return, he became interested in the Menasha Wooden Ware Company. Was afterward in the lumber business in Wausau. Sold out there and came to Centralia in 1878, in the hard wood lumber business, where he still is. It is related that the first night, while stopping with Gov. Doty on the island, the captain occupied the ground floor, with an open window, against which a large wooden tray was placed, to be upset if a bear should poke in his nose; and, sure enough, a bear came and awoke the captain, who seized his gun, and they had bear steak for breakfast the next morning.