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ENOS L. McMULLEN, merchant-tailor, McKeesport, was born in Burlington, Ohio, June 8, 1843, a son of Lawrence J. and Margaret (Dick) McMullen, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Irish and German descent. His parents settled in Pittsburgh in 1847, where his father, who was a tailor by trade, worked as a cutter until 1851, then located in McKeesport, and served in the same capacity for McCloskey & Downing until 1855. He then purchased the business of his employers, which he conducted successfully until his death, in November, 1857. His children were Mary (Mrs. John McCloskey), Catherine (Mrs. John O’Reilley), James F. and Enos L. Our subject was reared in McKeesport from eight years of age; was educated in the public schools and St. Francis Xavier’s College, Loretta, Pa. In 1861 he took charge of the merchant-tailoring business of his brother, James, in McKeesport; from 1864 to 1879 was a partner with his brother, and since 1879 has been conducting an establishment of his own, in which he has been very successful. In 1875 he married Mary A., daughter of Patrick and Rebecca (Ivory) Carlin, of Pittsburgh, by whom he has six children: May, Agnes, Joseph, Irene, Edmond and Bertille. Mr. McMullen is a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, and is a democrat.