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[[File:Lemuel_B._Magill_1911_Winter_Carnival_Pamphlet.jpg|thumb|500px|L. B. Magill in a 1911 [[Winter Carnival]] brochure. [[Historic Saranac Lake Collection]].]]

'''Born:''' January 3, 1868

'''Died:''' October 24, 1916

'''Married:''' Alice L. Betters

'''Lemuel B. Magill''' came to Saranac Lake early in the 20th Century and in 1909 founded the [[Troy Laundry]], the largest and longest lasting of at least three commercial laundries in the village that cleaned and sterilized linen for the local cure industry.  Lemuel, or "Mac" was a traveling salesman in the early 1900s, and in April 1905, was working for the H. C. Curtis &#x26; Company out of Troy, New York while courting his future wife. He also sold drugs and flour at some point. In about 1911 he built the [[Magill Cottage]]. Magill was the chairman of the parade committee for the 1911 [[Winter Carnival]].

As a member or members, Lemuel B. Magill and his wife, Alice L. Magill, were named in the sale of [[Pontiac Club]] property to the [[Saranac Lake Boys' Club|Saranac Lake Boys’ Club]], Inc., in 1917.

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