McKeag family.

Hugh McKeag, plumber, of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, was the father of Edwin C. McKeag, lawyer and real estate developer, of New Brunswick and Highland Park, Middlesex County; George A. McKeag, plumber, of New Brunswick; and Charles L. McKeag, engineer and trust company officer, of New Brunswick and Highland Park.

Edwin C. McKeag: graduated from Rutgers College with a B.A., 1896, and an M.A., 1897, and from Columbia University with an LL.B., 1900, and a Ph.D., 1905; admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney, 1898, and as a counselor, 1901, and to the New York bar, 1899; served as city attorney for New Brunswick, 1907-1909, and in the New Jersey Assembly, 1909; practiced law in New Brunswick beginning ca. 1911; engaged in development of the Magnolia Heights subdivision of Highland Park (on land purchased from his father) beginning in 1911; removed to Highland Park by 1940.