Background
Mccain, George Nox was born on January 27, 1856 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Galbraith and Elizabeth Griffin (Rockefeller) M.
Mccain, George Nox was born on January 27, 1856 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Galbraith and Elizabeth Griffin (Rockefeller) M.
Educated Classical and Scientific Institute, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Honorary Master of Arts, Bucknell University, 1897. Doctor of Letters, Ursinus College, 1922.
Publisher Times and Mining Journal, Mount Pleasant, 1878-1879. City editor, 1880-1886, New York correspondent, 1886-1887, Pittsburgh Dispatch. Washington correspondent, with proprietary interest in the Pittsburgh Gazette, 1887-1889.
On editorial staff Philadelphia Press, 1889-1902 and 1904-December 1906.
Editor public Colorado Springs (Colorado) Daily Gazette, 1902-1904. Special correspondent Philadelphia Press in interior Venezuela during British boundary excitement, 1896.
Editorial staff Evening Public Ledger, 1919-1923, Morning Public Ledger, 1924-1926, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 1927-1928. Foreign correspondent.
Pennsylvania commissioner Transport-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, 1898.
Member Philadelphia Relief Expedition to Prize ring (The) on United States Ship Panther, 1899. Special agent United States Physician organization Department, investigating mail routes on the Yukon, 1901.
Member Executive Council and director press news for Pennsylvania Federal Food Administration during World War. Republican.; Mason.
Married Mary V. Overholt, January 21, 1879.