Killilea, Matthew Robert

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• Reference Number: 3236
• Biography: 1897; Wisconsin Men of Pregress Page

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Biography:
KILLILEA. Matthew Robert, one of the young members of the Milwaukee bar, is the son of Matthew and Mary Murray Killilea, natives of Ireland, the former of whom came to Wisconsin in 1848, and has resided in the state ever since. M. R. Killilea was born in the town of Poygan, Winnebago county, Wis. The rudiments of his education were acquired in the district school, and were supplemented by a course in Daggett's Business College in Oshkosh. Afterward he entered the college of law in the University of Wisconsin, and was chosen president of his class in 1891, and graduated in June of that year. During his course in the university he was a member of the Phi Delta Phi society. In 1892 he was appointed assistant district attorney by Leopold Hammel, but could not serve on account of not having been in practice for the time required under the law. He was the Democratic nominee in 1894 for the lower house of the legislature in the district [image: MATTHEW ROBERT KILLILEA] composed of the Second and Fourth wards, but was defeated by his Republican opponent, Edward Notbohm. He has, for some time, been actively interested in athletics, and is president of the Milwaukee Base Ball club. He is a member of the Calumet and Bon Ami clubs, and a Knight of Pythias, Garfield Lodge, No.83. In religion he is a Catholic, and is yet single. He is a young man of fine, natural abilities, good attainments, and has promising future before him.
From; Men of Progress. WISCONSIN. A SELECTED LIST OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF THE LEADERS IN BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICIAL LIFE.
TOGETHER WITH SHORT NOTES ON THE HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF WISCONSIN. EDITED BY ANDREW JACKSON ALKENS AND LEWIS A. PROCTOR, MILWAUKEE:
The Evening Wisconsin Company. 1897.