Samuel Wilson McCleary (March 21, 1889 – August 6, 1951) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
Life
McCleary was born on March 21, 1889, in Amsterdam, New York, the son of Ezekiel McCleary and Martha Wilson.[1]
McCleary graduating from Amsterdam High School in 1909. He then spent two years in the Lowell Textile School, where he studied chemistry and dyeing. After leaving school, he briefly travelled for a dye firm. He then began working for McCleary, Wallin & Crouse, an Amsterdam rug and carpet manufacturing firm his father and uncle were involved in. By 1921, he was in charge of one of the departments in the plant. In 1916, he served in Company H, 2nd New York National Guard on the Mexican border. He served in that company again in 1917, during World War I, until he was honorably discharged.[2]
McClearly later worked in the insurance business. In 1936, he began working for the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company. By the time he died, he was the night superintendent of the company's woolen mill.[1]