Background
Macrae, Hugh was born on March 30, 1865 in Carbonton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Donald and Julia (Norton) MacR.
Macrae, Hugh was born on March 30, 1865 in Carbonton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Donald and Julia (Norton) MacR.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1885.
Founder, 1889, Linville Improvement Company. President Wilmington Cotton Mills, 1895. President Wilmington Gas Light Company, 1900.
Founder, 1902, Hugh MacRae & Company, establishing agricultural colonies in Wilmington district. Founder, 1905, Carolina Truck and Development Company. Co-founder (with Frederick Van Eeden), 1909, Van Eeden colony, Pender County.
Director North Carolina Railroad Company General chairman Southern States Associate Committee on Rural Development, 1927. President Southeastern Economic Council, 1931.
Clubs: Cape Fear (Wilmington).
Married Rena Nelson, February 4, 1891. Children: Nelson, Mistress Agnes Morton.