A. C. McKEAN, one of the leading young business men of Charleroi, was born in Robinson township, Allegheny Co., Penn. He received a public-school education, then took a course at Duff's Business College, at Pittsburgh, Penn., and after graduating there, devoted his attention chiefly to agriculture and horticulture. When the town of Charleroi was organized in 1890, he opened a real estate and insurance office, in company with James K. Clarke. They conduct an extensive insurance business, and also deal largely in real estate, being the sole agents for the Charleroi Land Company. Mr. McKean owned about twenty acres of the original plat of Charleroi, and erected the first building in the town. The village has one of the largest and most complete glass factories in the county, besides other important industries. Mr. McKean is a pushing young business man, a thorough "hustler," allowing no favorable opportunity to pass for the advancement of Charleroi. He is a stanch advocate of the policy of the Republican party.

Text taken from page 877 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published April 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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