McCloskey, George T.

Submitted by Mike Miller

McCloskey, George T., secretary Hibernia insurance company, 305 Camp street, New Orleans, was born in New Orleans, La., Jan. 18, 1880; son of the late George McCloskey. The father was a native of Dublin, Ireland, and came to New Orleans direct from his native land. He engaged in business as a commission merchant and became one of the leading business men of the Crescent City. He died at the age of 42 years. The mother of George T., Kate (Markey) McCloskey, was born in New Orleans, a daughter of Thomas E. Markey, of New Orleans, who came from Cork, Ireland, located at New Orleans early in life and became one of the city's prominent business men. Mrs. McCloskey, his daughter, died when about 25 years old. George T. is the youngest of 3 children born to his parents, these being, in order: Kate, deceased; Virginia, who became the wife of Dr. A. B. Russ, of New Orleans; and George T. His childhood and youth were passed in the city of his birth, where, in the course of his education, he attended the Jesuits' college. Later he graduated from the St. Stanislaus college at Bay St. Louis, Miss., in 1897. Following this he entered the University of Virginia, and after completing a 2-year course at that institution returned to New Orleans and began a business career that has proved most interesting, instructive to those who have been privileged to observe, and eminently successful. The first employment of the young man on his return from college was in the capacity of a cotton sampler. He next advanced to the position of a clerk in the Provident Bank, where he later won promotion to the post of paying teller, serving in that responsible position about four years, after which term the Provident was merged with the Canal bank, he remaining in the service of the consolidated institution as before. Some time after this change, however, he resigned to accept a position with the New Orleans railway & light company, as book-keeper. After about one year with the latter company, in 1910 he was elected secretary of the Hibernia insurance company and has continued the incumbent of that station to this time. Oct. 5, 1909, Mr. McCloskey was married to Miss Iska Murf, daughter of the late E. Murf, of Hot Springs, Ark. One child, Iska, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. McCloskey. Mr. McCloskey is a member of the New Orleans country club and of the Carnival organizations, and has long been numbered aniong the best-known and most successful of New Orleans business men. Now with the Hibernia department of the Home insurance company, of New York, which recently purchased the Hibernia insurance company.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 271. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.