Person Record

Metadata

Name

McConnell, James Asher

Othernames

Jim McConnell

Genealogy ID

02236

Born

25 AUG 1891

Birthplace

Sullivan, Tioga PA

Deceased

03 MAR 1974

Deceased where

Horseheads, Chemung NY

Cemetery

Oakwood Cemetery

Education

Red School
Elk Run School
Holly School
Mansfield State Normal School 1912
Cornell University School of Agriculture

Occupation

Teacher
CEO Agway

Titles & honors

Asst. Secretary of Agriculture
East Sullivan Grange P.O.H. #821
1958 Sullivan Voter List

Military

World War One - Navy

Father

Joseph B. McConnell

Mother

Elisabeth Weaver

Spouse

Lois Zimmerman, Elizabeth Youngkin

Children

Jean McConell
Joe McConnell
Carroll McConnell

Reference

Obit

Notes

JAMES A. McCONNELL (SRGP 02236)
James A. McConnell, a Mansfield native and an assistant secretary of agriculture in the Eisenhower Administration, died Sunday at the Elcor Nursing Home, following an extended illness. He was 82. Mr. McConnell was named administrator of the Commodity Stabilization Service under Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson in February 1954. He was later named an assistant secretary of agriculture and served in that position until December 1955. Mr. McConnell was also a former chief executive officer of the Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange, a farm cooperative, which preceded Agway Inc. After leaving the Eisenhower Administration, Mr. McConnell served as a professor at the Cornell School of Business and Public Administration. He also operated a 600-acre farm near Mansfield.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Beach McConnell of Mansfield; two daughters, Mrs. Jean T. Katims of Sea Bright, New Jersey and Mrs. Carroll Manning of Palmryra, NY; a son Joseph A. McConnell of Ithaca, NY; a sister Mrs. Sadie Fraser of Pine City, NY; two step-daughters, Mrs. Alice Setterman of Camp Hill, Pa., Mrs. Jeanette Yorko of York, Pa; 11 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 pm at the Mansfield United Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Brenneman officiating. No calling hours. Those wishing may make memorial donations to the Tioga Co. Chapter of the American Cancer Society, 5 East Ave., Wellsboro. Arrangements by the Kuhl Funeral Home, Mansfield.