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D. C. McCONEY. Prominent among the enterprising business men of Joplin is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Portage county, Ohio, Sept. 30, 1847. His parents, John and Mary E. (Henderson) McConey, were also natives of the Buckeye State. His father was born Sept. 30, 1827; his mother was born in 1829, and died in 1852. Our subject grew to manhood in Portage county, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and attended the common schools. When about seventeen years of age he entered the Mt. Union College, Mt. Union, Ohio, graduating from that institution in June, 1868. During the last year in college he took a course in the commercial department. Immediately after quitting college he was engaged on the road for Coats, Gray & Co., manufacturers, of Alliance, Ohio, and continued in their employ several months. He then came west to Kansas, locating at Chetopa, where for two years he engaged in various occupations. He came to Joplin in Jan., 1871, and commenced the butcher business. In 1879 he engaged in packing, and has since continued it on an extensive scale. Mr. McConey was married in Joplin Sept 6, 1875. His place of business is on Main Street, between Second and Third streets, where he does a general beef and pork-packing business. Mr. McConey now occupies a fine new brick, which he recently erected. It has two stories and a basement, and twenty-five feet front by 100 feet deep. He also has a branch house on Main Street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Our subject is a man of good business qualifications, and certainly is worthy the general support accorded him. Mr. McConey is now engaged extensively in the manufacture of brick, and does a general contracting business in brick-work.