PETER CHARLES McNIFF, D. D. S.

PETER CHARLES McNIFF, D. D. S.
Among the active representatives of professional interests in Laramie is Dr. Peter Charles McNiff, who is successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry, for which he is well qualified by thorough preliminary training and by subsequent study and experience. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, July 23, 1875, a son of Daniel dark McNiff, who was also born in St. Louis and is a representative of one of the old families, of that city, of Irish lineage. He is still an active factor in the world’s work and for the past thirty years has been with the Monon Railroad Company as claim agent, with headquarters in Chicago. He married Louise Krack, who was born in St. Louis and belonged to one of its old and well known families: Her death occurred in Wilmington, Illinois, August 16, 1915, when she was sixty-three years of age. Dr. McNiff was the only child of that marriage. He acquired his education as a student in the public and high schools of Chicago and through the private tutoring of an uncle, the late William McFarlane, who as a young man was employed as a tutor among the wealthiest families of Scotland. Dr. McNiff afterward entered the Chicago College of Dental Surgery and was graduated with the class of 1898, at which time the professional degree was conferred upon him. He then practiced for two years with his preceptor, Dr. C. F. Smith, a well known member of the dental profession in Chicago, and for one year he practiced alone in that city. In 1901 he removed to the west, arriving in Laramie on the 6th of April, 1901, and three days later he opened his present offices at No. 202 Second street. He has since continued in practice, covering a period of more than seventeen years, and success in substantial measure is now his. He belongs to the Wyoming State Dental Association and the American Dental Association and he has served on the state board as a member of the legislative committee. He holds to high professional standards and keeps in touch with the latest researches and discoveries concerning dental surgery. He is registered as a dentist both in Illinois and in Wyoming but prefers the west as a place of residence and has made for himself a most enviable position, enjoying the confidence and high regard of colleagues and contemporaries in the profession. On the 23d of December, 1903, in St. Thomas, Canada, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. McNiff and Miss Clara Livesly, a native of that country and a daughter of John and Ann Livesly. The mother is now living but the father has passed away. Dr. and Mrs. McNiff have two children: Louise, born in Laramie, November 27, 1905; and Jack, born July 12, 1909. In his political views Dr. McNiff is a democrat and keeps informed concerning the vital questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire office. He is very prominent in Masonic circles and is a past master of ,Laramie Lodge, F. & A. M., a member of the consistory at Cheyenne and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine at Rawlins. He is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Laramie and he belongs to St. Matthew’s Episcopal church. These associations indicate much of the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. He is identified with the Laramie Chamber of Commerce and cooperates heartily in every plan and measure for the upbuilding of the city, manifesting at all times a public-spirited devotion to the general good. He has made an excellent record in a professional way and early displayed the elemental strength of his character by working his way through the university. To him opportunity has been the call to action—a call to which he has readily and promptly responded with the result that each forward step in his career has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. His professional activity has been followed by good results and the public as well as his colleagues bear testimony to his pronounced ability. When leisure permits Dr. McNiff indulges his love of hunting and fishing and displays marked skill along both of those lines. He possesses one of the finest private collections of mounted wild animals in the state, all trophies of his markmanship and of which he has just reason to be proud. Whenever vacation time comes to him, he spends it in the mountains and by the streams, being a devoted follower of Nimrod and Izaak Walton.

Among the active representatives of professional interests in Laramie is Dr. Peter Charles McNiff, who is successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry, for which he is well qualified by thorough preliminary training and by subsequent study and experience.
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, July 23, 1875, a son of Daniel dark McNiff, who was also born in St. Louis and is a representative of one of the old families, of that city, of Irish lineage. He is still an active factor in the world’s work and for the past thirty years has been with the Monon Railroad Company as claim agent, with headquarters in Chicago. He married Louise Krack, who was born in St. Louis and belonged to one of its old and well known families: Her death occurred in Wilmington, Illinois, August 16, 1915, when she was sixty-three years of age.
Dr. McNiff was the only child of that marriage. He acquired his education as a student in the public and high schools of Chicago and through the private tutoring of an uncle, the late William McFarlane, who as a young man was employed as a tutor among the wealthiest families of Scotland. Dr. McNiff afterward entered the Chicago College of Dental Surgery and was graduated with the class of 1898, at which time the professional degree was conferred upon him. He then practiced for two years with his preceptor, Dr. C. F. Smith, a well known member of the dental profession in Chicago, and for one year he practiced alone in that city. In 1901 he removed to the west, arriving in Laramie on the 6th of April, 1901, and three days later he opened his present offices at No. 202 Second street. He has since continued in practice, covering a period of more than seventeen years, and success in substantial measure is now his. He belongs to the Wyoming State Dental Association and the American Dental Association and he has served on the state board as a member of the legislative committee. He holds to high professional standards and keeps in touch with the latest researches and discoveries concerning dental surgery. He is registered as a dentist both in Illinois and in Wyoming but prefers the west as a place of residence and has made for himself a most enviable position, enjoying the confidence and high regard of colleagues and contemporaries in the profession.
On the 23d of December, 1903, in St. Thomas, Canada, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. McNiff and Miss Clara Livesly, a native of that country and a daughter of John and Ann Livesly. The mother is now living but the father has passed away. Dr. and Mrs. McNiff have two children: Louise, born in Laramie, November 27, 1905; and Jack, born July 12, 1909.
In his political views Dr. McNiff is a democrat and keeps informed concerning the vital questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire office. He is very prominent in Masonic circles and is a past master of ,Laramie Lodge, F. & A. M., a member of the consistory at Cheyenne and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine at Rawlins. He is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Laramie and he belongs to St. Matthew’s Episcopal church. These associations indicate much of the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. He is identified with the Laramie Chamber of Commerce and cooperates heartily in every plan and measure for the upbuilding of the city, manifesting at all times a public-spirited devotion to the general good. He has made an excellent record in a professional way and early displayed the elemental strength of his character by working his way through the university. To him opportunity has been the call to action—a call to which he has readily and promptly responded with the result that each forward step in his career has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. His professional activity has been followed by good results and the public as well as his colleagues bear testimony to his pronounced ability. When leisure permits Dr. McNiff indulges his love of hunting and fishing and displays marked skill along both of those lines. He possesses one of the finest private collections of mounted wild animals in the state, all trophies of his markmanship and of which he has just reason to be proud. Whenever vacation time comes to him, he spends it in the mountains and by the streams, being a devoted follower of Nimrod and Izaak Walton.