Background
Queeny, John Francis was born on August 17, 1859 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Sarah (Flaherty) Queeny.
Queeny, John Francis was born on August 17, 1859 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Sarah (Flaherty) Queeny.
Educational public schools.
Thomas, Danish West Indies, February 5, 1896. Children—Edgar, Olguita. Began in employ of Tolman & King, wholesale druggists, Chicago.
With I. L. Lyons & Company, New Orleans, 1881-1891.
Buyer, drug department, Meyer Brothers Drug Company, Saint Louis, 1892-1894. Manager sales department Merck & Company, chairman manufacturers, New York, 1894-1897.
Returned to Meyer Brothers as buyer, 1897. Opened local branch as manager for Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Company, of Philadelphia, 1906.
Organized Monsanto Chemical Works, 1901 (Chairman of the Board).
Member American Electrochemical Society, Society Chemical Industry (England).
Married Olga Mendes Monsanto, of Saint Children: Edgar, Olguita.